PaulRB

Like that the MFC are dominating the media cycle today, and if the women win, our media momentum will continue to grow. If we knock off the Cats Sunday week then murmurs of us us being a contender will start to flower. The camp story will only galvanise the team to ensure and prove they are mentally strong. As we build momentum our exuberance and talent will be on display, and the nit-picking doubters in the media and beyond will be silenced. Looking forward to season 2018

Assuming those "test" all make it, Henderson and Scott Selwood out is not bad, given Danger*, Ablett*, Crameri, and Cockatoo will be underdone re match fitness if they play. * lack of match fitness may not slow these two.

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If his comments were for the ladder after the Bye he may be on the money. Our draw means we should be 10-2 when we turn for the second half of the season, with my money on us finishing with 16 wins +/- 3 wins, so Cornesy could have pulled a smokey.

Goosebumps...

Any player who gives us a moment like this, is immortally loved... Ps Bayley should be a ripper too...

If they’re weakened, I hope our boys smell blood and inflict a deep wound. Scarring their opponents is what champion teams do.

Thats a rippingly good side... Ps you missed the full stop after JETTA

True, I feel Garlett, Hannan or Fritsch and Harmes is better balanced, as I see the three former as more specialist forwards, I like Harmes and Hannan's grunt and physicality. It's a tricky one.

I think the combo of Petracca, Garlett, Hannan, Fritsch is too many forward line specialists, with only Petracca likely to spend good amounts of time in the middle. So one of Garlett, Hannan and Fritsch should make way for Harmes (who can also play forward), as Harmes can roll through the middle as well...

You add the experience and hard edge of Viney, Lewis and TMac to that team and the third quarter drop off would have been stemmed immediately... add ANB and Harmes as well, and the Saints' would be thankful to get within ten goals.

Pre-season done, both games won well, no injuries and almost the entire best 22-24 up and running... Couldn’t have asked for more. Bring on season 2018. its gonna be a ripper...

It will be interesting to see where he takes his game this year. I got the feeling last season that he under-estimates how damaging he could also be on the break and once on the outside... Also I suspect with Petracca and Salem coming in Clarry might spend a bit more time forward.

Not yet, evidently. Probably needs some continuity at Casey to build confidence after the run he's had.

Probably needs to bulk up a little ... Mitch Hannan the poor man's Gary Ablett Snr. https://youtu.be/aykwUMaWAc4

So we have to struggle... to make the 8. Awesome, it’s not like any of us thought it would be easy.

One of the things I like about Hannam is that he accelerates into contact and uses his body to impact the opposition. For some reason his movement, snaps and leap reminds me of Gary Ablett Snr... which can only be good.

I thought it was a list of 50 and they’ll drip feed it by fives per day for next couple of weeks... so chill.

Viney will play on Thursday. His run’s been timed perfectly...

Its time to get serious with Viney, Garlett, Tyson, Jetta are all best 22 and need to play prior to Round 1, if fit. Assuming Lewis out only, with Harmes and ANB to recover and play. B: Jetta - O Mac - HibberdHB: Vince - Lever - BrayshawC: Jones - Salem - HuntHF: Petracca - Hogan - MelkshamF: Bugg - T Mac - GarlettFoll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Harmes - Tyson - ANB - Hannan - (Maynard - Pedersen) Emerg: Kent - Frost - JKH - Wagner - Stretch - Fritsch

And this was the champion Data predictions for 2017 made in March 2017... with actual finishing spots (deviation from predicted)... So Champion data... Predicted two teams finishing spots accurately (Port 5th & Brissie last) for the 16 teams they failed to predict accurately their average error was 3.875 spots on ladder out They failed to predict the rise of Essendon (+8), Richmond (+7) and Geelong (+6) They failed to predict the fall of Doggies (-7) and Collingwood (-6) FULL SIMULATION RESULTS (via Champion Data) 1. GWS Giants - 17.1 wins - 99.2% chance of finals - 4th (-3) 2. Sydney Swans - 14.5 - 89.5% - 6th (-4) 3. Western Bulldogs - 14.4 - 89.3% - 10th (-7) 4. Adelaide Crows - 14.2 - 86% - 1st (-3) 5. Port Adelaide - 13.8 - 82.7% - 5th (0) 6. West Coast Eagles - 13.3 - 75.6% - 8th (-2) 7. Collingwood - 12.4 - 61.5% - 13th (-6) 8. Geelong Cats - 12.4 - 61.1% - 2nd (+6) 9. Hawthorn - 11.6 - 46.6% - 12th (-3) 10. Richmond - 10.4 - 25.4% - 3rd (+7) 11. Fremantle - 10.3 - 25% - 14th (-3) 12. Melbourne - 10.2 - 23.1% - 9th (+3) 13. St Kilda - 9.7 - 17.1% - 11th (+2) 14. Gold Coast Suns - 8.9 - 8.9% - 17th (-3) 15. Essendon - 8.2 - 5.2% - 7th (+8) 16. North Melbourne - 7.6 - 3.1% - 15th (+1) 17. Carlton - 5.5 - 0.2% - 16th (+1) 18. Brisbane Lions - 3.6 - 0% - 18th (0)

The issue is really - Does the AFL really need to extract 400+ million a year from it's Football supporters every year, just to run a footy comp?

I really liked that Goodwin has put Hunt on the wing. Ideal spot for him as he's built for space and the rapid transition game.