Ted Lasso

I actually thought Newton loooked pretty good in the small forward role

Absolute rubbish on all counts, John Ralph has lost all credibility over the Essendon saga, he is trying to create news out of thin air now.

Not really relevant to anything but i find it interesting that we are a chance of moving on a couple of blokes who not so long ago finished 3rd and 4th in our B&F as well as potentially two former co-captains and a bloke we paid way overs to get and a former number 1 draft pick, and it wouldn't really hurt our best 22 in any huge way to do so. I am hopefully on a few of these guys, Trengove in particular but it's an interesting situation

I think both Vince and Jones will play a role and rotate through the middle, the interchange cap is going to cause this, but i'd still say we are going to rely pretty heavily on both to do the heavy lifting in the engine room, granted Tyson and Viney are getting pretty close to matching them now.

No they didn't, at all.. O'Rourke was expected to go to Richmond at around pick 9 and Plowman no early then six but potentially outside the top 10, they simply wanted to keep mates together to avoid the go home factor Imagine if they had Whitfield, Wines and Stringer with those three picks now.

Re-sign long term Mcdonald Kent Tyson Garlett Short term Trengove Watts Grimes Jetta Frost Omac Hunt Harmes Newton Vince I believe has a part of his contract that gives him next year as well if he plays enough games which he has easily covered i'd say, but another couple of years on the end isn't something i'd object to Dawes and Pedo I can't see as offering any more then covering Weiderman until he is ready so I'd only keep one and I think it'd be Pederson given Dawes injuries and average performance

I reckon Jake's ban is going to push Salem's move to the midfield back an extra year.

The Giants recruiting imo has been every bit as bad as MFC or Carlton, SOS is talked about as some recruiting genius but if you look over the players he has picked, a lot haven't come on at all or have been traded and the % of successful choices for top 20 selections is so low it's scary. Especially when you consider a lot of those picks like Boyd and Whitfield were seen as obvious choices, so basically all others have failed

Dom Tyson also is a fairly important re-signing, someone I see becoming a very good player for us

Milera is looking pretty good so far

you know what the funniest part of this rumour is? the assertion that he has been talking to Port for some time how long ago was this alleged falling out? and they can still say with absolute certainty that he's off to Port despite his attitude towards training and positivity about the club in interviews, had this rumour been true he would be held back from interviews wherever possible.

Did Roosy knock back Todds attempt to come out of retirement?

I heard Angus Brayshaw has requested a trade to Brisbane because he likes the warm weather.

two things i'd add to this, there would be another SA team keen on him I reckon, and we certainly wouldn't accept a token pick.

Anyone else see a bit of Chris Judd in the way Oliver plays? strong at the contest but that bit of explosive pace as well

LH, i reckon it'll be three years, sounds like Jesse's manager is very conscious of salaries going up and the demand for his client and doesn't want him to miss the boat on more money if he can help it It's disgusting how desperate reporters seem to be for him to leave, but unfortunately for them i think all roads lead to the top for us. Have a dockers supporting mate who even said they don't think Jesse will be leaving Melbourne any time soon, Dockers are far more concerned with luring Macarthey and Hooker at the end of this year

When did Purple say this?

His manager has also stated, multiple times that if Jesse were to be delisted, he'd stay in Melbourne. and Jesse is an extremely loyal dude who fully understands the investement and faith the club has shown him only small thing I have heard that worries me is that the extension might not be for as long as some are hoping.

Finally seems our best two players aren't Jones and Vince, which is a good sign! Viney and Gawn set for a huge impact this year.

Don't even give this rubbish oxygen.

I get the sense the club had made it really clear what Jimmy had to improve to get more game time, and he just simply hadn't done it.

How's the ball movement? it seems like both sides are quite attacking with the long kicks based off the tweets coming through and Jesse has kicked a few sausage rolls?

Woa...

If Paul Roos wants to stay at the MFC he will stay at the MFC, i would be absolutely shocked if the clubs position was any different.

I really think he is just not super confident with the media yet so probably sticking very close to what the coaches are telling him, no pressure, just develop your footy. i personally reckon he'll play about 10 games this year, i reckon the weid might be looked after a bit, so he can develop his body