McQueen

This belongs in the "cliches that should be banned on this site" thread. It's one of the reasons the game is being lost to what once were hard core supporters that believed loyalty extended between player, club and team mates. The same loyalty should extend to the members and fans and in this instance it clearly hasn't. Clark played like a man possessed on many occasions and we were all very impressed by that. However, the deceit and back-flipping has left a sour taste in most supported mouths, from most clubs. Loyalty is considerably underrated.

Once bitten twice shy.

I'd rather not chase him now given the young midfield we're currently assembling and developing. I think it would be wiser to keep some cash spare for the years ahead. That and reckon Dom Tyson will be a better player than him.

I received my Christmas pack in January. Reckon there's room for improvement on that front.

Dwayne Russell is the clear number 1.

Fair call. I believe the only time Roosy referred to him as 'arguably the clubs best player', was when we were right in the middle of the draft assistance request. When that was a lost cause I think Mitch got the mail.

I doubt that. I'm pretty certain he'll be played and will learn on the job like Tom Mc. He's a big unit that has mentioned there is only a few different tweaks to training compared to GWS. The game plan will be a different story and the recruiting team reckon he'll suit the requirements well.

There will the infrequent thread pop up every now and then just like it did with Scully as we vented and purged as was necessary. I know it's not healthy, but I would have MC in my top 5 of the most punchable heads in footy right now.

Where is the time trial held and do they have any ball work drills during this session?

Thank you for completing what I couldn't be effed posting.

Wow. 34 posts into the thread and nobody has mentioned Jack Watts.

And how about this Friday? I'll be passing thru town and it'd be great to see the team train.

I'm confident Oscar Mc will be a player. I'm assuming his attitude to the work ethic and preparation will be equal of Tom's and based on his highlights and training reports, he looks to have a better set of skills (and is taller) than his older brother.Let's all remember that lack of development has been at the crux of many of our failed draft picks. It's been addressed in a pretty spectacular fashion and should pay dividends.

If we win a round 1 game I'm gonna get on it like you wouldn't believe.

So every other teams performance in the bottom 10 will alter but not ours? Gotcha.

What's the baseline your evaluating this from? Past years training or other clubs? We all know what assumptions mean when comparing training and game days.

I've sensed a real belief emerging amongst the players that they're as good as any chance to make the eight this year. Comments from interviews, tweets, training reports etc suggest to me that the team is really expecting a quantum leap in improvement. Maybe they know something we don't? It's probably a bit fantastical but I do like the concept that last year was all about refining the defensive strategies and maintaining possession of the footy by any means, which sometimes looked clumsy and ultimately resulted in cheap turnover goals to the opposition. There's been a lot of talk about the offensive side of the game plan being introduced in the latter half of last season but as evidenced by the results, the team's success of that was pretty limited but glimpses were definitely shown. I guess the optimist in me hopes that last year was part of a staged offensive strategy, albeit limited by a lack of forward targets and F50 entries in which hampered the desired effect and just made the team look plain bad. So the key for me is a fit and full squad. There's no secret to this and all senior coaches speak of it as critical in any clubs push for finals football. We hit round 1 with a team of really fit, best 22 players, then I believe we can mix it with any team but still fall well short of the top 4 - 6 clubs when the heat is really on. Maybe it's a biased view in that I know our list reasonable well, but I consider the core of skilful youngsters on MFC's list to be better than other clubs. But like I said, I'm not as familiar with opposition lists. If we have a good season on the injury front and the offensive side of the game steps up I reckon we can sneak into the eight.

I choose to believe it's real.

I think it just goes to show half of the young hipsters that do the judging wouldn't know a decent beer of it bit them on the arse. I was brought up on VB and still enjoy an ice cold stubbie of the good old vomit bombs.

The passing of Jim had no effect on the outcome against Brisbane a few years ago and furthermore the round 4 tribute game against the Bulldogs. We beat the Toiges after Hafey had passed. Robbie and Jim died way too early and I think the club has honoured their contributions. I like the sentiment but it offers little merit in my opinion.

It's the best mid strength going around.

After a bit of searching I found it on Jamar's Instagram account. Garlands comment was pretty funny.

My apologies but on face value that made absolutely no sense.

Don't let it do your head in.