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Looks like Steve & Dill have been busy today hitting the like button. There is no way they get 3,000plus legitimate likes... Looking at the AFL Facebook post last night it was hard to find a positive comment (I think I found one) on AFLX most far from complimentary.

No coach should get 5 years... 3 is the standard and I expect that's what it will be.

Don't tell me Scott Cam and the Block are going to be doing a "reality" show there.

Yep, give me a good old fashioned rumour any day 'hemingway'...

Yep... ...not sure it will ever be cleaned up 'Macca'. Is the will there to do it? Seems they just skim the surface every now and then, make an example of someone then everything goes back to the status quo. Unfortunately gambling/money lends itself to let's just call them dubious activities and that's not restricted to racing. A lot of cleaning to be done.

Now the tennis is finally over and we are starting to move into football mode I'm sure the good news will start to be released shortly. Got to get the most mileage from these announcements.

One thing I can guarantee 'Macca' is that KB is absolutely going to lose it over this rule change. He was a big fan of the previous rule and I think it was under his reign that it was brought in... It's one thing I agree with him on.

They pretty much cleaned this one up 'Macca' only to open the can of worms again. One for the defenders. What position did Hocking play?

Another unforeseen impact may be clubs will put more emphasis on goal kicking practice at training. Kicking a behind gives an even bigger advantage to the opposition than previously...it's going to be a lot easier to go end to end with the whole ground spread out in front of you and not very easy to defend. Accuracy will be king...

Agree that Robbie Gray is their best mid, probably their best player to my mind. ...but they tend to play him more as a forward with the occasional run in the midfield. Maybe Wines is his match up but I suspect we might just let them worry about us as we have the better, more damaging midfield group.

Sorry 'Macca'...shouldn't really have posted. Saw racing, saw red... We all have our irrational sides. I know for a lot of people it's innocent fun, for many others it's the opposite. I have a very personal reason for hating it with a passion. This has been triggered again recently.... It's not the gambling side per se although that is at issue for many (I would think poker machines fall more on the evil side). I've removed my post...a bit mean spirited by me.

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I think we will find KK & Fritsch taking up the wing positions with Salem and even Hibberd rotating with them. Billie would be next in line. I would rather they get as much development time in preseason than wasting it on an outside chance like Smith.

I don't think he uses the ball well enough 'Fat'... We now have a mix of players who can play this position & are good users/decision makers. I would rather them play into form/team in preseason. I think we are past trialling players in positions as far as best 22 go. Casey will be used to further develop depth.

No Bradtke or Chandler? Looks pretty solid though...

Joel and Frosty have similar attributes...great athletically but little to no footy IQ. I think Preuss is a good chance for round 1 given that Port go with the 2 ruck option. It will also be a matter of seeing if the new rule changes make any difference to whether you get a real advantage running 2 rucks. I'm a bit dubious like yourself but will wait and see.

I think the club holds a similar view 'Pro', as do I for what it's worth. Any talk of a trade was quickly knocked on the head... I look forward to seeing what he brings this year.

Totally agree 'Macca', it's not reserved for any one generation.

True 'Mach', the technology of previous generations was the mouth & the rumour files always ran hot. This is just an extension of it.

No problem with the game 'Macca', from what I hear kids love to play it at school...a bit like touch football. Just can't see the point in using current AFL players to push it. I think they would be much better off using retired champions with current VFL/SANFL/WAFL players...would be a further encouragement for players to stay in the game at a higher level rather than giving up or heading back to the minor leagues. Throw a bit of cash around and get inventive with it...I don't like AFL club players being involved at all. This paragraph is all over the place...if there is no need to rejuvenate the game then why bother. The game is broken in the minor leagues and could do with a kick along...it's a hybrid game, why not a hybrid concept. The stars by the way in the BBL weren't current Australian test players, the big names apart from a couple of O/s players were retired/semi retired champions. No one worried about it as the game itself stacked up. Get a game up, get some star power onboard (Pavlich, Mitchell, Vince etc) with the local league players (state of origin feel/someone real to barrack for) add some marketing $'s behind it and off you go.

Agree with this, it makes more sense to me... So was the Sheffield Shield 'Demonland' and it's been on the back of those players that the big bash has flourished. Many of the current BBL players would never had been heard of it they stayed playing shield or local level cricket. Now some of them are household names in the game. If they get the game right and bring in a couple of ex champion players on big coin to supplement VFL listed players (like the BBL have with the likes of Warne) it could work. I don't like the current concept at all, it brings nothing but the chance of injury to key players.

Only half serious with the 2nd point there 'Red' but we should pick up some funds from outside the club. It might not happen directly but any AFL funding should take this into consideration. Everyone else seems to get an advantage on at times rather spurious assumptions and proposals.

We're victims of our ground being taken over by the rest of the competition. Maybe the co tenants should help fund our new home base.

I think this is the issue 'george'... Given the late start to training (and required surgery) and the extra long Christmas break this year I'm not overly concerned with the rehab list. The club wouldn't want to push too many at this stage. The real measure will be after the break. I would expect the injury list to drop markedly after the first week back.

Thought I might post this one here as well...in regard to the Pert interview on SEN.