Ricky P

I still reckon we'll get our 10. I think we'll beat GC and Carlton and one more. I actually reckon we're a chance this week - West Coast are pretenders.

We basically cost Geelong a spot in the finals last year. Also beat the Tigers (5th) and Doggies (6th). In 2014 we beat Adelaide in Adelaide.

You don't reckon a quality key defender can't be the difference between winning and losing a final? Really?

Watch some numpty journo report this in the next couple of days as a "rumour from a Melbourne insider".

The post you were responding to was from April.

I reckon he'll be an absolute gun.

Don't forget Jooce!

The only free agent we have who hasn't signed is Grimes. I reckon his manager might've already been on the phone!

Haha I can't see us losing anyone we'd want to keep in the next few years. I'd also argue we've done pretty well out of free agency. We got Vince for Sylvia, Brayshaw for Frawley. Who'd we get for Rivers?

I just voted. It takes about 14 seconds. I reckon we should all vote and get Jack the nomination. He dragged us back into the game through sheer willpower yesterday. A lot of us on here have rightly vented our frustration that yesterday the players went missing when the going got tough. Would surely be a bit hypocritical if we, the fans, did the same thing ;).

This is true. The fact is, we have a younger team now than when Roos started. More than a quarter of the team that played yesterday has played less than 20 games. Yesterday was disappointing for me because I thought we had taken the next step and could go on and have a crack at the finals, but clearly we are still a young and inconsistent team. That doesn't diminish my belief that we'll be a formidable team in the next couple of years. In 2 or 3 years we'll have 4 Jack Vineys running around - Track, Oliver, Brayshaw and the original. I reckon we'll be a fair side when that happens.

Another stupid bloody thread.

Absolute disgrace of a thread.

Absolutely shattered by that.

We're in much better shape percentage-wise than the saints.

North getting pumped. It's all coming together folks! #deesfinals2016

That was tiger ridley coaching wasn't it? What happened in the second half of the season? Injuries?

Mindset/attitude cost us against Essendon. Execution of the gameplan cost us against St Kilda. Doggies just better than us as u say. Didn't see the Port game - was overseas. Put is this way - the hand-wringing over selection that goes on here is in no way commensurate with the influence selection actually has over the outcome.

Yeah but none of those were the reasons we lost. Selection is overrated as a determining factor in games.

We have now officially reached peak #overhypingjayden.

Selection is massively overrated as a factor. We're talking about the 21st/22nd best players. Selection rarely has any bearing on the game.

I definitely understood what you were saying. What you were saying was silly. So I made fun of of it. ?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how they do contracts. Josh Mahoney yells from his office, "First in, best dressed fellas - get em' while they're hot".

Roos has completely transformed our player development. And, whilst he hasn't actually picked the players, he's heavily influenced our recruitment philosophy - e.g. we want competitors. This has undoubtedly significantly contributed to vastly improved recruitment results during his tenure. Not to mention the fact that he's hired quality staff in both areas that will hopefully see our improvement continue into the future. Finally - the season isn't over and we could still make the finals!

This is basically a post about recruiting where the good stuff is credited to the recruiting staff and the bad stuff is blamed on Roos.