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We look a lot sharper than last year, but dogs are a good side with the wind behind them! Smith and Salem have been great liking brayshaws game so far as well

Was great to see him back out on the field and there were signs of his class, but I think you're right and he will take a while to get near his best.

I don't think chunk has made any secret of his surprise, and I think a lot of the footy world felt the same but I doubt he would be to worried about it, never seemed to be the type to sook about things

Let's not forget who is really to blame here, Stephen dank and the Essendon footy club for attempting to cheat. Nothing else that happened is nearly as significant as their attempt to cheat and to this day they still deny it.

Viney is everything we want our players to be, hard, never gives up, passionate, loyal, bleeds red and blue he is absolutely ready to captain and the perfect man for the job alongside chunk who will cover any concerns about jacks age

Hard not to respect Rory Sloane

I also think our big weakness against the saints has been speed and speed of ball movement and we have gone some way to addressing that with hunt and stretch now basically certain starters to really add outside run and carry to the side

I wonder if Tim smith might be a sneaky chance at round 1 instead of Sam weideman, I really like Weids but I still think he is going to take a bit of time and Tim smith seems like he could step up right away

They both make us better, Oliver has freakishly clean hands in the contest and is a beast and brayshaw is all class and tackles as hard as anyone both will play. Gus in particular is having a ripper pre season and is set for a huge year

The saints are a strong chance to play finals, if they have the young talent to cover the loss of senior guys over the next few years remains to be seen but I can understand the hype for 2017

This is a really important point I think, I may get shot down for this but I rate hunt just about on par with Kelly for talent, i find it unbelievable that he didn't get a rising star nomination last season. A really great example of a player those who attend training can see the talent of but those who rely on game day only probably didn't know much about, I think we might have another one this year with young smith as well, I really think he's one who could surprise a lot of people this year and play fairly regular senior games

I'm thinking we offer them cam pederson and they give us josh Kelly and Dylan Shiel?

seen more than enough of all three to be really comfy with that deal. Kelly may be the best of the lot but the combined ability of Tyson and Salem is probably a slight win for us imo but both sides would be really happy with it

why would anyone want to leave the giants? Sure he might have to take a pay cut but they might win the next 5 flags

Gawn will be scary! The only times he was really beaten was when he was held out of contests and others got involved. I expect us to score heavily in general but especially from quality taps from Gawn.

Dom is a bit stiff I reckon but I guess you can't fit everyone

Typo, always a risk when posting from the phone, need to double check

Hogan, Bradshaw, stretch, hunt should all be emerging leaders this year. I agree with with most that jack Viney is our next captain, but I reckon billy stretch is a good enough character or leader to do the job and be a long term member of our leadership groups when you look at his training habits, desire to learn and willingness to play to his role and the game plan over individual glory. A coaches dream

Straight swap Garland for Lewis, vince is definitely a leader and one of our more experienced. N.jones captain j.viney vice captain leaders: t mac, Lewis, vince, Gawn

I saw this topic and feared the worst! Fantastic news about him becoming captain though!!

Nat Fyfe checking out where he'll be playing in 2018

Need Jayden hunt up there! Right up there with our best young players

Off field Jordan lewis on field I reckon hibberd will be extremely handy for us

I think if you look at guys like Buckley, hird and voss as great players who became senior coaches, Goodwin has far more experience as an assistant coach than all three combined and at multiple clubs. Been involved with several premiership senior coaches as well so I am very excited to see how we go this season.

absolute freak! Won an all Australian as a forward, a mid and As a half back.