Fork 'em

And a small snippet read we got beaten by GC .... Not a good start . A flogging from Collingwood and they'll lose interest .

They might decide in season , but they're watching the NAB cup , looking for improvement. If they don't see any , they're gone .

Correct , Collingwood count their BS 3 game menberships . As for the NAB cup turning barrackers into members , too right it does. Bad showing = less members .... Good showing = more members . 2 years ago , there was alot of hype among our supporters during the pre-season of how we'd go . We rolled up against Freo who we viewed as having an inferior side and put in an insipid performance to get rolled by 47pts. Membership momentum was killed . Same thing happened when the Essendon rolled us last year. Good early form in NAB cup and early season is key to memberships, like it or not ,

This too would bring me more comfort . Put all our energy into the next flag , not the last 1 .

I too am with Old Dee. Which in many ways we are . Reminds me again that we were once great. Before I was born .

Watts will always be in the spotlight .

And I agree.

Alcohol

Lets not forget suspend/ban. And your "Post of the year" has now been up 40mins without being deleted .... Amazing .

He worked in it . You've got nothing .

I'd be more concerned about the 2 flags they won in the 90's. That side had bodybuilders all over the field , made the rest of the league look small . Having said that , watching Cousins "Gut run" up and down the field during the last qr of the 2006 GF was ... Interesting .

Unless we are in the football dept any discussion we have here at all is abit of a toss . Who shall we draft , who shall we drop , who gets delisted , who's cpt ....... Pfft . Opinions is all they are and none are more relevant than the next . Maybe some are but .......

FWIW, I knew Sat'day nights game was gonna be ugly as soon as I realised it was gonna be raining and had been for weeks . This was going to render our overhead marking /height advantage ineffective as it has since football started being played. The oppostition would also have the advantage as they would've been training in this sort of slop for said weeks . What I did like in the 1st game was how it took 10 mins for the GC to pass the centre line . Sure they got a couple of easy goal once over the back of the press but this will happen . The second game brisbane had far more of the ball but couldn't capitalise , thats called winning ugly or winning when your not playing well. Good sides find a way to do that . We just might've just learnt a few new little lessons in a micky mouse comp before the real stuff starts . “And it almost felt like a training drill in a way - particularly with the way we’ve practiced the zone and our structures,” - Tom Couch Lastly , no serious injuries . Me , I'm looking forward to seeing how we go on dry grounds when we can use our new height to advantage. I have looked at the draw and am optimistic what the season can produce. A finals berth is not out of the question if we play to potential and improve on the last couple of years .

Losing to the Toigs is unacceptable to me . This mob needs to be kept in their box .

Had to smile when he welcomed Jonathan Brown to the bigtime .

Loved Magners aggression , Love Nicho's pace. Take both.

Obviously not intimidated , good stuff .

Smashing them for the next 10 years would be a nice touch aswell.

Stuff Cloke , Pendlebury is who we want. I realise Neelds from the Pies , but the Cats run a good operation too. We should be looking their way aswell ... [censored] every-one off .

Can't see this stopping until our 13th flag is unfurled. We're a jumpy lot with good reason IMO , as a club we have an unnerving habit of self destructing .

Not sure about Blease and Supercoach. Not sure if he's a great accumilater. Ya only get 6points for an 80m run , 6 bounces , 2 baulks and a goal at top pace from fiddy. If that happens 4 times a game it's still only 24pts.

If Mitch Robinson played for us he'd be a cult figure and I'd love a player like him running around for us .

I remember when football was a mans game .

No , as a player with relentless attack on ball and man .

Is that a Charlie Manson cross on Clarkes forehead ?