Ted Lasso

Needed that! need Watts to have a big second half!

It's Tracks first game FFS! i thought he's been okay. I still think if we clean our game up we will win this by a couple of goals.

Second half i just want to see Mcdonald follow Rewoldt, he's a leader and he's not making their best player accountable.

We desperately need Jack Watts to get into this game, we need his ball use inside 50

We are so lucky to only be ten points down, now time to kick a couple in a row and stop these drop offs mid game instead of feeling sorry for ourselves all week. Hawthorn don't go to sleep mid game.

Wake up Dees. we aren't good enough to get cocky.

Reasonable first quarter, we look good in attack but need to tidy up the defensive side of the game, the Saints would feel if they can kick straight they're right in this game as well so should be a good game.

Petracca is building into this game nicely.

If the Saints don't improve out of the middle this could get ugly, Jesse has started well and he looks like getting great supply all day

I think Jesse is going to be one of those players who if he starts well will have a day out, he seems to be a confidence player.

Vince imo is a far better player since joining us than he was at the crows for all but one season, he's aged very well so far.

I wonder if Joey and Roo will actually play, neither of them trained this week, Joey literally stood on the sidelines and watched but they've been named.

There are definitely similarities and i think Freo will have to go through the re-build process, that list is just not going to win them a flag. Fingers crossed they make a few better decisions than what we did in that period, i mean they have Ross Lyon but i'm not sure he's really the guy to re-build a club, he's the guy you hire when you're trying to make the jump inside the top 4 and competing for grand finals.

The way it's going they might as well bring in the last touch rule.

I don't rate North at all, Waite won't stay fit/hold this form all year. I think they'll be around top 4 but there are 4-5 teams that are better than them this year.

Anyone else think Stringer has gone backwards? i haven't been at all impressed with anything he's done this year.

1.5 million haha

Geez the doggies are missing Suckling, Bob and JJ

Should be a good game, i reckon North will really struggle against sides like Hawthorn and Sydney because they don't have a great defense

Bet they're regretting that now!

If you look at the two sides and who has to play well for them to win one thing really stands out for me Saints: Rewoldt, Bruce, Fisher, Dempster, Stevens, Joey, Armo, Billings vs Dees: Gawn, Viney, Tyson, Vince, Hogan, Jones, Tmac, Jeffy the age is a huge gap, there has been a handover in my eyes from Vince and Jones to gawn, Hogan Mcdonald and so on which is a stage i don't think the Saints have reached, and when they do i'm not sure the young talent they have is anything like the quality of ours. we will rise while i think they will tread water until that hand over happens

Dees by 24 points, I think the Saints still rely far to much on the older boys which is where we're a long way ahead of them, i reckon Roo and Joey if they play won't be 100% and that hurts them a lot! I think we can get on top of the mids and really give our forwards good supply against an undermanned defense, Fisher and Dempster rely on extra numbers to help them punch above their weight, last week the Giants fast ball movement really exposed how much they struggle one on one with the big forwards

Lets be honest, if Jesse stays or goes he's going to be getting Tom Boyd level dollars on his next contract unless he has a very serious injury.

Sure, but the MFC would clearly be able to pay him the dollars he's worth as well, and allow him to play at the MCG every other week, and not have to fly every second week.

Just bought my cat an armchair membership. get around it guys! 40k members and finals in 2016