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I'm not sure it is that great an unknown to be honest, i mean he's been there for two years, no doubt pulling strings, we're playing his game style and leaving out Garlo and Dunn to play kids. I think it'll be very seamless

He's an absolute jet, not to many defenders wouldn't have nightmares about playing him, and the scary part is when the Suns aren't a basket case he's going to get far better supply than he is now and put daylight between himself and any other key forward in the game. I thought T'mac was about the only reason he didn't blow the game apart today.

I love the way Watts owns the big moment, not unlike Jimmy Bartel or Shaun Burgoyne but i am not sure making him a leader is a great plan, i want to see him re-produce this form for at least another year. Nev Jetta i think will be in the leadership group next year. if Dion Prestia comes to the club i would have thought he'd also find himself in there.

Both at seasons end surely

i find the lack of noise around this to be a good sign, but really strange, when both Tom and his brother are OOC, that's a huge part of our planning for the next decade and there is little to no noise in the media about them being unsigned.

So you think they're going to let two of their brightest young talents walk for less than first round picks? or they're going to lose the two existing top 10 picks they hold? They'll definitely get one for Prestia ( unless he comes to us ) and even with O'meara's injury if he went to the Hawks for example i expect they'd want at least pick 18 but depending on who he goes to that pick might become even earlier

I suspect the Suns will go to the draft with at least 4 first round if not top 10 picks. they currently have 4 and 9 should get a first rounder for both Prestia and O'meara unless Prestia comes to us Not a bad place to start a re-build 4 top 10 picks at least

An interesting stat to throw at you is when we win games this year we average around 45 points scored as a result of intercept turnover, meaning it's accounting for around 40% of our winning scores, Tom is by a mile our best intercept player, so i'd argue that for us to win we need Tom and we need him playing well with this game plan.

If a club offered up a second round pick for Garland i reckon we should take it and run. I can't see him getting back into the side now, i reckon we should and will persist with Mcdonald, Mcdonald and Frost going forward, i'd prefer if we keep one of the older blokes we keep Dunn

One of the more interesting interviews i've ever seen, some of what Jacko said was just horrible and he probably shouldn't ever be allowed on the air again, but i think he thinks he was being honest. Not sure any of the current day journo's ( Barrett, Caro and co ) could have handled an interview like that as well as what Mike did, i reckon he probably needed a cold one very quickly after that. I think the biggest take away i got from that was in a different era of footy two fundementals of the game were givens for just about every player, being able to use both sides when kicking, and being a good set shot at goal. Not nearly enough time is spent on those things, growing up my old man made me kick on my left ( non dominant side ) at Auskick and my right at mini league which was straight after that to develop those skills, and it makes a very real difference in senior footy, but so many blokes go into the AFL system unable to kick both sides and missing easy set shots at goal, which i understand the pressure is a factor in that but it's not everything, though most players seem to rarely miss at training so it's not as simple as saying they should practice more.

He's on track to kick 50 goals this year, as effectively a second year player. Adelaide he played on Talia who beats everyone West coast he copped Mcgoven who's a bloody good defender Hawks he copped Chip Frawley who is beating most forwards I am not the least bit worried about Jesse as a player, he's going along beautifully.

Doesn't have to be cut, but i am pretty certain if another club expressed interest the Dees would look at a trade, he's not looked like getting a game for most of the season and our young key backs look pretty good.

The Suns will want either a top 10 pick and a player or two first rounders for Jaeger who is seriously injury prone, it's the sort of punt Hawthorn can take, we can't afford the risk, nomatter how good the reward.

He won't be traded unless he wants out, end of story.

I think the really positive thing for our backline is this year we're playing Hunt, Wagner, O'mac and Frost who are all under 40 games and T'mac and Jetta who aren't old either, and they're working with a totally different system to the last two years and we're only plus 2 points per game but +4 goals a game as well. really like Frost at CHB

Yeah, he's definitely had a tough year hasn't he, hopefully we persist for another year. I'm not sure on Trengove either, if we trade him we are going to get a rubbish pick at best in return, maybe a third rounder and i really think he offers more to the group as a leader/ on field leader at VFL level who will put pressure on for a senior spot. I hope we give him one more year, but it'll be a tough call for the coaches, i think the fact it's Goodwins call helps him, Goody really rates Trengove.

Macca rate JKH? I wouldn't mind seeing Trengove delisted and Rookied, i think he's got way to much talent to not give one more year, having said that it's going to be tough from here.

I would be reluctant to make any unforced changes, if we play the way we did against the WCE against the Suns but convert a bit better, it'll be an 80 point win. O'mac out Oliver In I think if O'mac misses we're going to have to accept a height disadvantage against the Suns tall forwards, but i think we should have a huge advantage in the middle, so if we smash them in there, it won't matter.

With the likelyhood that Dunn and Grimes will be leaving us at years end and the serious possibility Trengove, Garland, Dawes and Pederson might join them we are going to be seriously light on in three main areas going into the draft Rucks, Key backs and experienced forwards and with the possibility of T'mac and Hogan potentially leaving within the next two years, we need this to be a very active off season to try and at least get some stop gaps in to cover the losses/potential losses,

If Tom requests a trade at years end, what is he worth? i personally think a key position player of his age/quality/upside is worth a first round pick and a fringe player. will be very interesting to see what he does over the next 6-7 weeks.

I would think it's very unlikely ANB will go anywhere other than MFC or a S.A side Will be very interesting to see if we trade Col at the end of his first season back in the leadership group, very MFC

We don't have to worry about the Hawks, they're hoping to land both Tom Mitchell and Jaeger O'meara this off season, they won't have anything left to trade after those two.

Big moment in the game

God i hope we win this

I genuinely think we will win. I've finally lost it totally