Ted Lasso

Also worried. Because our defense has been non existent in both games.

Worried.

Must admit I am not a fan of the current emblem and never have been. New era at Melbourne maybe it'd be cool to have a new emblem to go with the new identity

He has a moment in the first quarter when the saints jumped us where you could see some guys getting a little bit tense and Steele got over to about 6 blokes and just calmed everyone down. Suddenly the players were smiling and we wrestled things back that’s exactly why we recruited him. He’s a solid citizen, a very good player and a an exceptional leader and the saints are footing some of the bill

I read it the opposite. The suns were already doing a victory lap about “they biggest signing since Ablett” I don’t think the deal was ever going to fail to be done, i just don’t think Melbourne accepted the picks until they were sure Humphrey wasn’t going to be able to force his way out. we got 3 first round picks so we weren’t exactly low balled

Really happy for him. He wanted and needed a fresh start. So did we. It’s a win win. We got 3 first round picks and a massive amount of cap space to help us reshape the list in the next 2-3 years

Disco turner, Trent rivers and kozzie co captains

Weird day. good signs though. We Probably do need to tighten up a bit defensively to beat better teams, but a lot more fun to watch

Kozzie Pickett could legitimately win the Brownlow this year. If we go okay in terms of win/loss and he plays anywhere near that level consistently he’s going to go very very close to winning the Brownlow and could finish top 10 in the Coleman as a midfielder

still think this gets done before the deadline

I’m not sure the pass mark is clear in a football sense it’s more about growth and transition to the new game plan. club wise it’s pretty clear though we want a spike in game attendance, membership, confirmation of our home base and no signs of off field drama and chaos

Neither picked Matt Renshaw and both regret it deeply

Jake the snake!!!!

Incredible story If Turner was the next captain given his pathway into the AFL, he’s had to be patient and now he is one of our better players

I miss Judd.

We could do a co captains model. max, kozzie and rivers or turner

Geez that’s horrible for Bowey given he had a career best year last year! The injury is no joke. They say 6 months but I’d be giving him 12, rebuilding slowly and no risking reoccurrence at all. We’re not likely to be in contention so better to look after one of our really good young players properly

He might be considering retirement? Probably keen to see what his family has been up to

I think this is just a little bit the nature of modern footy, guys are going to chase money or go home. He definitely could have handled it better and with a bit more class but he’s young and he will learn. I hope he plays well at freo just not against us

It sounds like windosr, Langford, Lindsay and culley are probably all likely to play a lot of midfield this year based on reports. Is that fair?

I’m always interested in new coaches and how they approach their early weeks at a club trying to establish their plan. Especially if the coach hasn’t had to do that before! It seems likely it’ll be a bit hit and miss for a while and maybe by the middle of next year we will have it totally nailed down

I would suggest you significantly underrate Alex Neal-Bullen. i mean he was a critical role player in a premiership and became vice captain of a team in premiership contention off the back of one pre-season, so i mean he goes okay. but yeah of course we hope he's the next Jamie Elliot and he kicks 60 goals a season

the new Nibbler.

I’m putting it out there but there are some comparisons with Adam Goodes…. This one feels like a Daniel turner level gem