Ted Lasso

I'm not a fan of restricted free agency to be honest, offers are so rarely matched it's pointless, and why would you want to keep a player who doesn't want to be there.

Hopefully he nominates WCE so we can take pick 2 and Jack Darling off their hands and be done with it

So they should, he's an incredible operator capable of getting that club back on track off field very quickly.

Pick 10 (back from dogs) plus pick 14 (Freo) plus Josh Treacy or Lloyd Meek I think this is a fair and reasonable outcome for both parties. If we have to accept later first round picks, i'd want them in this years draft.

Honestly i think it reflects really badly on Brisbane that they're seemingly not only accepting this behavior, but they're keeping this guy on as captain. I honestly believe that if Max did something like this, seriously consideration would go into removing the captaincy from him

Sam Reid got hold of us with no steven May and Petty injured, that won't happen again. very confident we will get this done fairly comfortably

Feel for Ooze, he deserves a crack at a senior gig, Kingsley is a great appointment, and i reckon he'll do a really strong job for GWS, but feel for yze, though stoked to hang onto him for now Essendon are off their absolute heads if he's not one of their first calls. there is absolutely no rational, fact based basis for thinking James Hird is a better senior coaching prospect than Adem Yze, or about 50 other blokes to be honest.

As a few Demonlanders know i work in high performance outside of my career on here, and the reputation Selwyn Griffith has is amazing, he's especially highly regarded in injury prevention and management which is a huge part of why Burgo was so keen on him. I think we've had a few more hurdles this year than last year in terms of managing injuries and so on, but the fact we can hit QF week with a fully healthy and fit list and in good form is a credit to the entire program. I know the media are obsessed with the cats, but i 100% guarantee we have their measure and will beat them if we play them. The only thing that can stop us going back to back is ourselves, we're perfectly placed.

Wonder if we could get Luke Bruest? would be handy to have a crafty experienced forward down there like that

Oh dear! that's a bad typo! apologies Demonland, i'll show myself out

I don't think mcVeigh is an enormous chance to be honest so it's probably Goody vs Kingsley. you're not going to find two more prepared assistant coaches

I don't believe Grundys trade value is in any way connected to his salary, when a club is offering to pay 1/3 of his salary for 5 years they can't demand much in a trade, essentially we're doing them a favor. they need Grundy to go to sign their other targets and re-shape the list the way Fly wants, i reckon a second rounder gets it done

really feel for Ben Rutten because you feel that even he knows he's only holding the role until they get a commitment from Clarko

I think so, just in terms of the opposition throwing everything at us, Freo and Brisbane weren't desperate or hungry like Carlton were last night.

That's our best win for the year easily, the Blues bought the heat and were dog hungry, make no mistake playing like that they beat most sides. It is incredibly impressive to bring consistently elite-level pressure against them and grind out a win. we could tidy up our attack, but contest, pressure, and defense were all pretty strong

So good to see us play 4 quarters, the Blues would have beaten most sides today, i'd rate that our best win for the year, they were dog hungry for 4 quarters

Harry Petty. Incredibly young player.

Jake Lever needs to stand up if we are going to win this.

Spargo owes us a couple

Spargo has just had the worst 90 seconds of his career and cost the team 2 goals.

Brown playing on Young and not taking a mark is a huge worry, he's got him for height, weight, leap and experience, and he's just had a couple of weeks off. there really isn't much excuse for him

2 carlton supporting morons sitting next to me keep asking, "where are all your supporters?" and one even just made a joke about the Snow I was like "Mate, you realise your season is hanging by a thread here right?"

Every time Saad gets the ball, we need to absolutely smash him, even if it means a free or two. he's so soft and it really seems to rattle him

100% bank the cash and make a huge play for one of these Blues boys

Voss confirms they're going to tag one of our mids.