Ted Lasso

Is Nathan Basset still there? very well respected assistant coach who could be a huge asset for the club.

They're getting very frustrated at the Dees chasing a couple of players who are currently missing a year because they injected them with illegal supplements and tried to cover the whole thing from them, i am shocked any of those 12 players signed on. I don't think we could get a trade done for both, we'd have to get them as DFA's and the AFL will imo seriously discourage them from taking that course of action.

How good would it be if Roosy coached the womens side, would be a huge get for womens footy and fantastic to keep in involved at the Dees.

I think we'll see Goody turn over the coaching group a little bit when he comes in, personally think Rawlings might well move on anyway, he's been around a while and wants a senior role. Maybe Goody could get someone like his old mate Bassett in as a backline coach? I also think they'll target another experienced coach to replace Roosy, with Macca going to keep focusing on the development programs and so on.

Will viney play??

Richmonds talls arent even vfl standard.

Young short from the tigers is looking good! Highly rated internally but showing some great speed and smarts tonight

Gotta feel for both jacks. Jack grimes bleeds red and blue that pic is heartbreaking

I strongly believe dion will nominate mfc as his preffered destination and the club will work out a deal without selling the farm.

Also would you commit to this club when we have had so many false dawns? I think he is genuinely unsure and thats completely fine its a big decision

I'm not denying he's a good player and would love him at the Dees as a player. I just have information that he's not hugely popular at the Lions, and players have left the club and felt very uncomfortable because of his leadership style and attitude in general. Given his sides performance though, i'm not surprised he's trying to lift the effort and so on, just suggesting some within the club feel he hasn't done it the right way and that, the fact he is somewhat injury prone and his asking price lead to a situation where the Lions are reluctant to re-sign their own captain.

Word is rocky can be pretty brutal towards his team mates and some can't handle it. Very aggressive personnality/leadership style.

Imagine how many teams would pay overs just to get players out of the top sides to get an advantage. and where does it leave contracts? are players going to start signing for 2.5 years?

I have heard there is a little bit of interest in grabbing Grimes as a free agent from at least two AFL clubs, not sure if either will go ahead but Essendrug and the Brisbane Lions are a chance to give him a lifeline and i really hope one of them does.

If Hurley leaves Essendon it will be a nightmare for the team he goes to to get the trade done, if it were us they'd want Brayshaw and Hogan as a starting point because they're totally deluded and overrate their players value by about 400%

He'd be an amazing pick up, but i am 99.9% certain he will stay in Sydney and is just trying to drag a few extra dollars out of the Swans. would you accept the Swans first round pick and Gary Rohan for TMAC?

IF Tmac did request a trade to the Swans what would be our asking price? i certainly see him as worth at least their first rounder, probably a little bit more. would you be comfortable with a three way trade TMAC to Syd - Syd 1st round pick &something else to Suns - Dion Prestia to MFC?

Jesus Stuie, he clearly hadn't seen those posts, are you incapable of just ignoring posts like that or are you hardwired to have a dig at every opportunity?

He's a very good player and shouldn't cost more than our second round pick, if we have to trade at all.

I know Dawes isn't great at clunking marks and doesn't kick a lot of goals, but he has great footy smarts and works insanely hard to create space for his team. Jesse would love one v one rather than three v one

While i see the point you're making, I don't include him in the next crop of emerging Saints ( Billings, McCartin and co ) which i feel lacks depth of talent, they have a couple of good looking players but our depth of quality in terms of our very young group is far superior and that's why i believe we're not only ahead now, but i think we'll be light years ahead in 3 years time.

i thought until recently Weitering was certain to win the Rising star, and i think he probably still will but Gee Track is going to give it a real shake.

I still think the Saints are behind us, simply because they rely more on their older players to win, Roo, Joey and Steven carry their team and i'm not sure their youngsters are anywhere near as good as ours. I think when Joey and roo retire we'll see the Saints slide back a little bit and the lack of top end talent exposed.

Sorry should have said Shorter, in the days of the interchange cap the extra rest our boys have will prove to be an advantage in my opinion.

I would just pick the freshest team we possibly can, crows have a short break coming off a tough game with North, we can gain a real advantage with Run if we're smart. I genuinely think we will win this game.