Sydee

Ruckman , Smuckman Give me a bont, Danger, petracca, Oliver, Dusty any day of the week

They have JUH waiting in the wings who will be a beauty - he may even replace Bruce by years end

Yes until it’s Petracca subbed out of a prelim but fit and good to go for a GF

If our team can’t handle 26 degrees then we are a complete lost cause lack of speed, basic skills, contested ball wins, inside F50 pressure, efficiency going inside 50 - these should be the difference between winning or losing not the temperature

Captain obvious

His best will come when (or if) BBB and Weideman are both in the team, performing and drawing the best two defenders

Not unexpected we brought in BBB but he is injured we recruited 3 young kids and they are being given time as they should be I think this game is 50/50 at best - our side looks slow to me - hope I’m wrong

Find some Vic games when he played amongst the very best he was still one of, if not the best - consistently hard to imagine anyone getting close IMO

So I think we’ve all worked out you don’t like him or don’t rate him No need for you to express that opinion anymore - it is understood

Bowey will play games this year because - he is not slow and - can hit targets

Possibly but his first goal was a gift via a down field free kick where he was easily out positioned by his opponent the second one was the result of a wayward kick but both his shots at goal resulted in full value so he did his job well Hopefully Oscar manages more games and prolongs his career he seems like a nice fella and popular with his teammates I’m still very much of the view that his delisting was in his and the clubs best interests

Hope everyone on our list looks very closely at this - its called peer assessment and the MFC are a big fat fail Judged as likely to make the 8 as Carlton, Essendon, Fremantle, Hawthorn and less likely than Gold Coast No respect , no fear , the MFC are effectively considered to be making up the numbers - again ! Time to get some fire in the belly and fix this NOW

He's right that its been 56 years since our last premiership That's not something to be proud of - somethings NQR Our list is either not good enough (possible) or there is a lack of real hunger by the playing group in particular For many decades this club has appeared to be happy with either modest levels of success or found ways to excuse its failings I think most of this rests with the players, once they cross that line the coaches have limited control In my long journey supporting this club the times I have felt confident going into games knowing that the players would play for each other and give 100% unconditionally have been fairly limited unfortunately

3 out of four 1st choice KP players either ruled out or doubtful for early games - I'd say glass half empty was the mindset but only Sisso will be able to confirm Whatever it was doesn't really matter - our stocks are low and unfortunately TMac continues to struggle so we need help

Respect your opinion Sisso but that feels just a tad "glass half empty" and I hope he can prove you wrong and make a meaningful contribution

AFL rules - anyone's guess how they interpret things but the article says Under the new guidelines, the earliest that a player can return to play after a concussion is on the 12th day after the day on which the concussion was sustained. The concussion occurred on the 8th The first day after was the 9th , the 12th day after is the 20th - therefore he would be ok to play that day

His injury (if that's how to refer to it) was on the 8th - round 1 is on the 20th - the 12th day after the concussion Therefore as long he is ok to play there is no problem - or am I missing something

Add Dan Butler

No but would be as much value as Mitch Brown

I can run out and play CHF but I would be a waste of space - that would be "trying something" Mitch Brown is not the answer IMO - over the off season we have thrown all our cards on the Weid (again despite his inability to perform consistently) and BBB who was effectively dumped by a team that I expected to finish bottom 4 I hope both prove me wrong but neither seem to bring what I believe is sadly lacking in our forward 50 - that is physical presence and aggression

If we are relying on Mitch Brown to kick a wining score we are in serious trouble, is he worse than TMac or Petty I'm not sure but the reality is I suspect all three would struggle to get a game in any of the top tier teams

The way I see things - We fielded our worst starting midfield in quite a few years - They have a very strong midfield (one of the best) and absolutely smashed us in clearances despite us winning the hit out count - This being the case we were always going to struggle - They are well coached , fit and have speed across the ground (not sure we tick those three boxes, arguably only one) - We still have nothing like a functioning forward line. Whether or not the return of Brown and/or Weid will make significant difference we will have to wait and see - personally I have limited confidence in either of them to make a meaningful difference on a consistent basis - We have some players that IMO just aren't good enough and should spend the majority of the year at Casey and if they don't improve should be moved on at years end - Goodwin saying he thinks this team is well prepared & capable of going deep into the finals seems a very long way off to me - The sky is not falling yet - but this group is showing all the tell tale signs from previous seasons of inconsistency and inability to stop teams from effectively icing a game in one quarter

10 The invisable man, There was a huge bloke in a grey t shirt who was instructing and moving among the players displaying how to block where to stand, how to execute various maneuvers, He looked vaguely familiar but have no idea who has was!?? Greg Stafford ? Thx for the report much appreciated

In his first hit out last week Rosman looked a bit lost physically not ready - that is probably to be expected. He is going to take time if he is to make it and that's fine - best to give him time than try and force things too early and destroy his confidence Bowey on the hand was a pleasant surprise - plays taller than I expected, great evasion/awareness and can certainly kick as well as anyone on the list

Ambitious - but good luck with those bets