Sydee

Must be or Geelong's average would be over 30

Hope you are right - at his best he would make us a better team and make life much easier for our forwards

See the problem here? Hasn't earned anything yet I'd suggest

Ah I never mentioned Bailey Smith? The first sentence of your second paragraph essentially confirms what I said he needs to do to get a game BTW it's not Hunter's to lose its Hunters to win - he is no walk up start without doing a great deal right and sustaining it

Maybe - That works if Hunter is playing his role well He was dropped from a team that is inferior (IMO) last season even though the Bulldogs had pretty average wingers eg: Roarke Smith, McLean, Williams etc. If he gets really fit and does the team things, he may be a starter otherwise he is heading for Casey IMO

At his first day at training - wow talk about throw him into the fire 😀

Oh dear - Tatura sound as gifted as my old touch rugby team "the karaoke koalas" Unlike Tatura I honestly can't recall any game where we held the lead

Thanks mate - much appreciated for those of us unable to get along to training ourselves Couple of questions if I may Who would you pick first as a tall forward (schache or JVR)? assuming TMAC and BBB not available Surprised that Trac was struggling with the running - he looked very fit in pics and thought he'd been doing some special training overseas? How was Kozzies demeanor? We are all a bit nervous about where his head space is at. Hunter is supposed to have elite footskills - think it's a matter of just getting used to playing group? Does he look fit ? keeping up in the running ?

Gee hate to think what they are going to say about Jacko when/if he doesn't deliver to their lofty expectations What an absolutely feral bunch

Or perhaps has a very good relationship with most of the recruiters

Welcome home Jed - you have some of the best defenders in the comp to learn from Hope you enjoy a very long and successful career at MFC

smart move if true

or Keeler

78 will be a pass I would assume

Welcome aboard Matt - you are a lucky man coming to the best footy club there is Work hard, take your chances - we are all hopeful you enjoy and have a great career at MFC

Only seen the highlights on AFL.com so probably should keep my gob shut but based on those he didn't inspire me

Better interview his Mum

The ones not based in his home state perhaps?

No point lamenting what has past (we were always going to come out of that trade the loser) - we need to optimize what hand we have now

Wouldn't be assuming we get much output from BBB going forward - Goodwin has said more than once he will have ongoing knee issues to manage for the remainder of his playing days I suspect this isn't a fix but part of the ongoing maintenance regime My sense is that if we are still reliant on him being our main tall target inside F50 in 2023 we have not improved - I remain hopeful that one of the following can happen - JVR has a massive summer and performs at the highest level consistently - H Petty is used as a tall forward - Either Grundy or Gawn (or both) can have a meaningful impact in the F50 - J Smith trains as a forward over summer, stays fit and surprises everyone with 40+ goals (yes, I know this one is a bit out there 😀)

He finished the season off clearly injured - arguably should not have played the last final or the rest of the game vs Swans after fracturing his leg One of my all-time favorites and he is "heart and soul" MFC - love what he has brought so far and can't wait to see what he delivers in the seasons to come We are oh so lucky to have CP5 - absolute gun

That is a pretty good summary of events - not sure anyone is trying to rewrite history based on the fact that LJ has left the building Even before he left many people on this board would have differing views on how much or how little his influence was in the 3rd quarter of the GF Based on your summary and my own observations I think it's fair to say he was one of a number of players that lifted us to a level we haven't seen before. Was he the most influential - I'd say definitely not but he was good like a lot of his mates during that period I'm still really disappointed he left and personally I can't see Grundy offering us more than LJ could in seasons to come. No doubt Grundy is a good footballer, particularly if he can overcome any ongoing injury concerns but if I had a choice, I'd certainly stick with LJ for his ability to jump, his mobility to get to contests, compete as an extra midfielder and his "potential" as a dangerous tall forward. I've been watching a few games of Grundy as a pie, and he seems to really struggle to jump off the ground and his agility/mobility generally is nowhere near as good as LJ

Yes, I know that - I was simply trying to clarify that Oliver Hollands father is not "Dutchy" aka Ben Holland who played some games with MFC

You may be confusing him with big Ben Holland who came from the tigers. Ben Hollands didn't play for MFC

Happily take the first of those but would love to see the Freoflogs sink like a big anchor