Ted Lasso

Agreed, they rely to much on older guys and I am not sure they have the same depth of talent coming through as a lot of the other teams down in the bottom 8, which is a concern considering they're running into teams like giants, suns, dogs and us who are loaded with top end young talent

Giants the best side by a mile, dogs, swans and cats should round out the tonight 4 hawks, crows, dees saints round out the top 8 port to seriously struggle, as will pies and tigers so three sacked coaches.

I reckon to win a flag you need a good 35. Every side will have injuries and so on so depth wins flags

Getting old mate, he and chunk will both rotate through half back next year now we have some depth

Media is his only chance, in my humble opinion

IMO first half of 2016 dom wouldn't be in the giants best 22 but second half he was at his best and imo he'd be in their best 22 fairly comfortably. I still think in 5 years time dom is a good chance to be the best mid out of our young crop, if he plays at his best for a whole season in 17 he will win the bluey imo

As someone who has been through mental illness to a fairly serious degree I am absolutely sympathetic for what James hird is going through, part of me wishes the media would leave him alone, he's missed a year, paid his fines and will never work in the sport he loves again so while I've personally lost respect for him as a football person for his actions I wish him well with his health.

I understand the need to leave James alone and that I don't have all the information but geez his old man didn't need to say anything did he? Just kept him in the media for another couple of weeks.

everyone is one bad season away from being under prsssure in a good side or one good season away from being untouchable. if i had to guess though I'd say Wagner or Jetta are two guys who might find a few blokes in front of them but I think both are AFL level players

Shame about dome knee! Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery, fortunately this may mean someone like petracca gets some midfield minutes. One solider down another comes up.

I think jacks amazing aerobic capacity does help but the way I see it jack is an inside mid fighting against jones, Viney, Lewis, Tyson, brayshaw and Oliver for a spot so he will struggle unless he finds a way to play an outside role without that speed

The hawks had the bonus of recruiting well, developing the players well and clearly felt kokoda contributes to that. When a highly successful organisation does something consistently and has success on the board to back it up, who can question its value, even if it's only 1% of the reason.

Laying down the challenge, if he is good enough he can win his spot back but it won't be easy

I think our backline now has some serious offensive power about it now, frost can run and carry, Salem and Hibbo are beautiful kicks who can set up the play and nev and vince are just good players so I think we are in a position where other teams will struggle to stop all of those players. But I agree hunt will be a huge focus of teams because he is such a game breaker, he creates quality scoring opportunities out of thin air

Jetta. Tmac. Frost vince. Omac. Hibbard hunt. Tyson. Stretch petracca hogan. Kent watts. Weideman. Garlett gawn. Viney. Jones Lewis. Brayshaw.salem Oliver

I think his point is that they continue to do it so rightly or wrongly they believe it works and they have premierships to back up the idea that what they are doing is working. They do almost everything extremely well and that tells me that they know what they are doing and they wouldn't do this training if they didn't feel it could be beneficial to them.

I reckon dean Kent has been building nicely, 25 goals last year and might be a chance to kick 30-35 goals in 2017

One of my favourites! Makes our team so much better. Intrested to see where he plays most of his footy, I absolutely love him off half back but I reckon he could easily be a gun wingman

i personally would have a fully fit Vanders or harmes ahead of melksham in my best 22 but because he's the new recruit most seem to see him as ahead of them

I think it's really hard to judge the value of a particular style of training with a general view, it might help some players, it might do nothing for others, the same way some coaches work for individual players more than others. I do believe these commando type training programs are aimed more at mental strength than physical when you reach elite level sport/fitness. I think we have a really young team that is going to get better with time and hard work under what is a really strong football department these days, and I am happy to back them in to get it right

I might be crazy but I'd nearly be selecting stretch in front of Bernie vince

Bit younger so haven't seen as many but 1. Jeff white 2. Jeff farmer 3.aaron davey 4. Cam bruce 5. David Schwartz 6. Todd viney 7. Jack viney 8. Jayden hunt 9. Max gawn 10. Nev Jetta

oscar McDonald

i reckon the boys had the Carlton and bombers wins banked before the ball was bounced and if that's the case it's something we need to stamp out very quickly. We can't afford to believe our own hype.

Agreed pro dee, I just wonder if the Essendon game in particular was a result of a level of complacency amoung other things, which I think is understandable for such a young team that had been in particularly good form around that time having won all three nab cup games and won in round 1 as well. I understand your point that sides sometimes have a bad day and we need to find a way to win, and I agree but I also see a pattern against teams we start favourites against and that is something we should have a look at, can't afford to drop many of those games if we are to play finals in 2017.