binman

I'll take you at your word m5, but the question I have is what does 'more scrutiny actually mean in practice. Particularly as it relates to the context of a football forum. Lets say your concerns are valid. More scrutiny might mean more unfounded criticism, gossip and potshots at the club, rather than balanced crtique. Particularly in tve absence of any real information. And that sort of white noise can cause damage and actually make matters worse. Which is the opposite of what i assume you are hoping to achieve.

Shouldn't be a problem if they have sufficient mental strength.

I never warmed to him.

As good a place as any to put this. Terrific replacement game for the round 9 Alice game i reckon:

Agree. They should use this song in all their campaign material:

When does the season start?

I had the same idea. Had about 25 in a garbage bag with plan to sew them together to create a blanket. My mistake was to store them in a garbage bag. They got put in the garbage. Stopped collecting scarves after that.

I have managed to beat my addiction to exercise.

Maybe. He doesn't look a natural crumbing forward, but as you say he kicked goals. But from memory most were from leads not crumbing?

I'm not sure about being on the slide as such but this year is a critical one for hunt, who is treading water a bit. We need his pace, he is competitive and has an x factor but it's not clear what tge best position and role he is best suited for. And there should be a lot more competition for spots this year, so he won't be gifted any games (hopefully). Big year in his career I reckon. The positive is that if he is regular starting 22 player he will have gone up a level.

Fair point. But nonetheless I still think there is some real potential in players like sparrow, dunkley, jordon, Lockhart and Bedford. ALao petty, spargo, fritter and baker are all coming into their 3rd season and I included that group in my comments. Add jackson, kozzie and rivers to that group and there is a pretty good core of young players coming through.

Good post, agree with most of it. It us an interesting point you make about 1st and 2nd year players going up a level. Last year was unusual in so far as no first year or even second year players made a real impact at senior level (As opposed to just getting a game) These days at least one normally one would have. And no knock on any of those players. Just the way their development has progressed. If you include this year's draftees to the group that is now entering their 2nd and 3rd years it reasonable to expect a handful will make an impact. And maybe one might really surprise and become a really important player.

At first glance I wondered how they had got a recent photo of me and mixed it up with a shot of dunks. But on closer inspection realised it wasn't me. Easy mistake to make though given how similar our physique are.

Agree. Particularly given how poor they were during last season at reporting injuries (when most fans are interested). Hopefully this reflects a shift.

Exactly the same but different

Robbo had that skill too

That article reads like one of my posts.

I think he can. As you say a natural forward. Good hands, good leading patterns, times his leads well and takes advantage of chances. Will be really helped if we can sort our ball movement and get some nice clean entries inside 50.

He has his own injury issues. Shouldn't be sharing them 'round.

Agree on where we stand in the AFL in terms of info to fans. And dees have been hopeless even by that standard. But may only injured himself last Wednesday i think and I'm pleased with some improvement.

Good. And good on the club for getting the info out. A benefit of a solid block of preseason training is mitigating the impact these sort of hiccups.

Agree we have much riding on him. Super critical player. Interesting question as to whether we are asking him to play in a way he is not physically suited to. I sure hope he is up to it.

But probably doesn't surprise you.(the silence that is). Certainly doesn't surprise me.

A fair bit of supposition there ds.

I think Max and Viney should - and will be - co captains.