Ted Lasso

When players of the quality of nev Jetta, jack watts and Jeff Garlett aren't locks in the best 22, it's a great sign for our club about where we are at and the quality of our depth

His quick hands are incredible and he suits our game style perfectly! kid could be anything

Melksham t McDonald hibberd hunt o McDonald Vince Salem. Viney stretch petracca hogan vandenberg garlett. Weideman watts gawn. Tyson. Jones lewis, brayshaw, spencer oliver

i was told today that goody wants jack to know that one good year isn't enough, it's not enough to have a good year and get his contract renewed and then go onto autopilot, we need jack to be a match winner and this is a rocket up his bum from goody from all reports as well his training standards and attitudes have lifted quite a lot in the past month but it seems like a really clever preemptive move by the coaches to make sure jack is breathing fire for round 1

They certainly have a strong list, but they rarely seem to be able to get the best out of it and without Nic I think they'll be without their biggest weapon. But I also think the comp is now insanely close and not much will seperate 4th and 14th

Saints and Dees will go into the 8 north and west coast will fall out

Agreed PD I thought brayshaw was really solid yesterday, ran to the right places and got the ball. Its just his first pre season practice game for the year he will need to work his way into it. But I still think he's in for a very strong year

Hogan looks set for a huge year could easily have kicked 5-6 today Lewis is as good a pickup as we expected jones good off half back melksham handy still plenty of work to do

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