Ted Lasso

I reckon Luke Parker has been very good in a team that has hardly lost all year.

I reckon it's extremely brave to assume anything with the EFC, especially if that assumption involves them doing the right thing.

The biggest issue being that Jetta hadn't had 2 navicular injuries in 2 years, there is no doubt he will still have to be managed carefully so it will be a balancing act as to how much strain can go on that foot.

will be very interesting indeed, seems as though the Hogan camp is on total lock down as far as info goes so i doubt anyone is going to get much info for a while on this one.

I'd be shocked if he isn't drafted, i'd absolutely be looking at him, especially with at least one of Dawes and Pedo leaving. we've had a very close look so we're in a very good position to make a call.

point taken "Dazzle" seems the genuine inside info on Demonland is quite thin these days.

Reminds me of a year 8 student copying small extracts of different google results to try and put together an assignment they've forgotten to do until the night before, lots of little snippets of things said on here or in the media all blended together and leading to one conclusion, you, like most of demonland has no idea what Jesse is doing and is seemingly unwilling to commit one way or another, just dancing around the question. for the record, i think he'll stay.

I reckon you're right, why is a team that has been so unwilling to admit guilt, suddenly so happy to pay millions in compo?

Cheers Roosy

Not sure many would have predicted Watts would have the season he did.

Because he's a highly talented and highly professional young player, absolute aerobic beast and if he can pick up a little more speed with a full pre season he could easily be the hard running mid we currently desperately lack, he'd be getting paid peanuts and worst case scenario provides strong leadership and depth at VFL level, keeps pressure on the seniors, there is absolutely zero risk in giving him another year and potential for significant reward. the issue with your point of view is you're making this call based on the now, in his first 2 years i'd have Trenners ahead of at least half of your top list, the club is clearly backing him to recapture his pre injury form. people seem to forget just how good he was before his injury, and forget that we lose very little- nothing by giving him another year.

Absolutely! imagine the dirty secrets that would have come out if someone could have made Dank speak under oath, i suspect we'd be looking at the EFC very differently

Weid is an obvious talent but i still think he needs another 2-3 pre seasons, he has to add some size and improve his running power to consistently impact at AFL level, but he's good serious talent and i think he'll be a very good AFL key forward. Hulett is an interesting one, kind of comes with an AFL body, i think he needs to work on his running ability and try and become a super mobile Gunstan type key forward,not sure how high his ceiling is but he's already a strong VFL performer and i don't think it's a stretch to think he'll be playing AFL next year

I remember watching them on the weekend and seeing so much in what they do being what Macca teaches the players in his small groups at training, gettting low when attacking the ground ball and so on, they're taught to play inside and outside footy the right way from the start and they develop well into at least solid role players, which allows them to have 35 players on their list ready to step up at play a role at AFL level at any moment.

Agreed, we can and i'm sure have asked his management where his thinking is at, but if we want to trade Jesse we have to convince him to go.

So we should recruit a guy who lowers his eyes rather than just simply tell our players to lower theirs?

I can 100% promise you JT is not a dumb footballer, he is if not the sharpest footballer at our club, top 2-3. he has a new contract so regardless of what you or i think he will be playing next year, and he'll have a full pre season to prove he isn't done yet. i would prefer to wish him all the best rather than suggest we delist a contracted former captain.

I must admit i thought at the time it looked like the Scorps were flat and he was trying to fire the boys up a bit with it, clearly just fired the doggies up though

I suspect in a lot of cases the decisions have been made and the players possibly already know, or have a strong indication of which way it'll go.

Don't even bother arguing with him mate, he consistently misses the point with this, people can claim the drug agencies don't know what they're doing all they like, i am yet to see an admission from Saty that the players actions heavily impacted what they could do in this situation. when there are no records and players not putting correct information on the ASADA forms there is only so much an anti drug agency can do. of everyone in this situation, ASADA is the group i feel for the most, they've been painted as the incompetent big bad wolf out to get the poor Essendon victims. even the AFL has rubbished them publicly for threatening their precious revenue, happy to sacrifice the integrity of the game to maintain cash flow through all of this

I've heard from a current giants player that the cultute up there isn't very good, plenty of playing favourites going on

Off to pies

Time for a big clean out, 16 Melbourne listed players playing today, at least half of them should be gone this off season. when a team with Dunn, Garland, Trengove and Grimes can't show leadership at VFL level it really shows how far off our side has been for such a long time

1 team wants to win, the other likes the idea of winning, and the difference is obvious, this is sooooo dissapointing, a team that has two AFL co captains in it should not lack effort in a grand final.

Oliver is going to be a super star