Ted Lasso

they're going up and down the ladder a bit, i just think he probably wants to see if they're going to stay up the top end before commiting, i think the big Vic offers are on their way now though!

I reckon Port see him as their next captain, i think he is just reluctant to sign an extension a couple of years out, much like Jesse.

The thing that excites me most about 2016 is just the upside in some of the players that weren't at their best or missed last year Dom Tyson, imo at his best is a genuine A grader, if he gets back to his best next year it is a huge asset for us. Jack Trengove, if he gets anywhere near his best it's another Angus Brayshaw, and the way he's moving at the moment, i'm optimistic Dean Kent, missed a good chunk, but i seriously rate this bloke, hard and tough, line breaker with genuine speed and knows how to sniff out a goal, genuine point of difference. Christian Petracca, could have a Hogan-like influence if his training form is anything to go off Jack Watts, i know alot won't agree with this, but i thought he had an extremely good patch of footy for a about 7 rounds in 2015 where he was hard, tackling, running hard and looked very much a player, i really think we can see that consistently this year and justify re-signing him. Christian Salem, Kids a gun, a strong pre season and some midfield time and i think this is his year. and then the newbies who all show good signs.

I reckon we will win 10 this year, probably just miss the finals but be right in the mix for the 8 at the pointy end of the year.

Crossy is still in great shape, kind of wish we picked up him as a rookie at least for one more year.

I think Frost is a CHB,

Massive call but... I think petracca could have as big or an even bigger impact than Jesse Hogan did last year! He's our Jake Stringer 2.0

Cross, Dawes, Lumumba, Grimes out Viney, TMAC, Jetta, Vince in sounds handy to me.

The kid can seriously play.

I often wonder where the club would be right now had we sacked CS and not bails after 186, i get that a 186 point loss is impossible to ignore, and he was already under review but i thought we were good for finals the next year, perhaps it's a measure of just how bad Neeld was, or just how broken the club was.

I think after the recruits we've bought into the club, we're definitely a top 18 team.

I'd be stoked if between Hogan, Garlett and Dawes we get 100 goals, i see no reason Hogan and Garlett couldn't both get 50 and Dawes 25-30 if he can stay fit

certainly not suggesting we make him captain anytime soon, but i think the race for next captain after chunk is wide open with the favourites imo being TMAC, Hogan Viney and Brayshaw after Hogan signs his 8 year deal we will have all the time in the world to make him skipper

Given the way the cats attacked the off season top 4 is a par imo, a midfield of Selwood, Danger, Selwood, Duncan, Motlop, Caddy and co kicking to Hawkins and Clark should be hard to stop, especially if Zac Smith gets on the park. I think the dogs fall to between 8-12th Port Rise to between 6-10 Freo fall to between 3-8 MFC anywhere from 8-18 top 4 imo will be Hawks Eagles Swans Cats

I see jake as a flash player, every now and then he does something incredible, and then he's very average the rest of the time, he's got some ability, hopefully we can help him reach his potential.

He's going to cop 2-3 opponents per game until either Dawes starts taking marks or Weiderman comes on.

Let's be honest, if this were Jayden Hunt and not Dustin Martin he's already be cut from the list, Violence against a woman cannot be tolerated and i see a 12 month ban as the minimum punishment for this.

He has been a highly rated assistant for a few years now, must have thrown up some good match day suggestions to gain this reputation, a bit like Adam Simpson, he is fresh enough out of playing to know the game pretty well but unlike Hird, Buckley and Voss he has the experience as an assistant.

Jesse is captain material for sure, he doesn't settle, drives his own standards

Goody has a reputttion for being an amazing game day coach, i think when he takes over he will have a Macca-Berveridge type impact.

Roos, Goodwin, Jones, Daisy, Jesse, Viney, Brayshaw, Vince, Tmac, Trenners ( i know he didn't play a game but what he's done off field this season has won him a heap of respect in my eyes )

I reckon the Swans will be right back up the top

As difficult as it is, i try and view the rebuild as only really starting under Roos, in his 2 years so far we have gone from 2 wins 58% to 7 wins, which should have been more like 10 a really strong core of talent that looks like taking us forward, slowly winning back respect and i think we can play finals next year if everything plays out perfectly injury wise.

Calculated risk, Richmond wouldn't have requested the test, nor MFC allowed it had either side thought it'd re-injure his Navicular, or it'd already gone again. imo we simply wanted Jake Lever, Richmond expressed an interest in Trengove, we knew there was a chance he may not make it back even being generous and saying trenners was 30-70 to make it back, that'd become the tigers problem and we'd get a high quality player in with no injury history, it was a deal to good to be true. I reckon it's as simple as, RIchmond made a great offer, we ran it by Trenners and he was happy to stay or go, he didn't pass the medical and we move on, clearly there is no bad blood, i'd argue Trenners is as invested in the MFC as anyone, the way he's handled himself this year, and helped Petracca along is a credit to himself and imo inspirational.