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Flat track bullies North, when everything is going their way they look great, when it's not it goes to the other extreme

Would, Hogan, Frawley, Dunn, Garland, Mcdonald be too top heavy? i'd rather play Hogan Clark or Dawes and have fitzy breathing down their necks

Much deserved! i'm sure this would mean alot to Jimmy and would mean alot to his family.

I am predicting a 5 goal win to us, perfect start to the season, think it'll be a long year for the Saints

Jack Grimes would have to be half a chance off the half back flank.

Haha glad we aren't paying him 1.2 million or whatever he is on to be average, wouldn't get a run in our midfield these days

you could swap Toumpas for Blease, i mostly thought blease was a better sub type player

Imo fitzy has gone ahead of Dawes anyway, i'd pick him in my side if all four big forwards were fit, the ability to chop out in the ruck and extra speed around the ground is huge

So impressed with George Stone, couldn't ask for a better bloke to be in charge of our young midfield and think in time he will be as valuable to our club as Paul Roos

Now that we are getting closer i thought it might be worth having a guess at our round 1 lineup Alexis Georgiou James Frawley Lynden Dunn Jack Grimes Tom Mcdonald Dean Terlich Jack Watts Dom Tyson Daniel Cross Jeremy Howe Jack fitzpatrick Jesse Hogan Jay Kennedy-Harris Chris Dawes Jack Viney Max Gawn Jack Trengove Nathan Jones Bernie Vince Jimmy Toumpas Viv Michie Matt Jones

If you wanted to be hated by your own club, that's a good way to go about it! i'd like to take credit for all success the MFC has in the future as i called for Mark Neeld's head!

It's amazing how something as simple as players having some confidence and a clear role and gameplan that works makes us a totally different plan, and a coach who noone could question isn't bad either!

The thing i think Howe adds is that he is an absolute nightmare to find a match up for, if he isn't All Australian he might be the hardest player in the comp to match up, obviously some stiff comp for that title

If trenners plays every game like he did on friday night he will quickly become one of if not our most valuable player, won't be flashy or pretty to watch but like chunk jones will get the job done week in week out which is all anyone could ask of him

I actually tipped Howe, Frawley and Nathan Jones to be AA this year, somewhat Bias but i think all three are more than capable, and if that happens we might give 8th a little shake

We need a Ruckman, for me it's Mitch Clark who needs to get his foot right and play that role, we need an out and out superstar mid to go with our work horses, if that comes from within ( Viney, Toumpas or someone like that ) or outside, a Fyfe type through free agency, we need James Frawley to stay onboard. we need Roosy and PJ to stay on board for at least another 2 years Hogan to live up to the hype, Howe, Grimes, Frawley, Clark, Garland, N.jones to find AA form

Sylvia's one touch compared to Bernie's 32 I think we did alright

Considering How we went last year Maybe the better question is who will reach AFL standard

Before friday night i felt as though if trenners didn't improve he was looking at time in the VFL most of our mids were ahead of him, now he has sured up that spot for now in my mind

Will be interesting to see who the big improvers are under Paul Roos this year my predictions are Jack Grimes Jack Trengove Jeremy howe to be All Australian and Lynden Dunn

Could very well win the Bluey this year, just love the ball in this blokes hands, if that happens 30 plus times a game with our forward line we will get the opportunity to kick a winning score

Unfounded prediction? if we aren't backing these blokes to be guns then we wouldn't have considered them all top 5 selections in the first place, you don't draft a bloke at pick 4 hoping he'll be solid, you're looking for a star.

He really protects the ball drop well this bloke, his smarts help him make up for perhaps a slight lack of height for a key defender, certainly think he has the capacity to be a solid AFL level defender

Reckon there is abit of Matty Stokes about this kid? maybe Christiansan?

Terlich was third in the best and fairest of a side that would have lost to strong VFL sides, Chip consistantly beats guys like jack rewoldt and travis cloke, they are very different players and Terlich is far more easily replaced, not saying he is at all a bad player but Chip is a quality key position player and a full back at that, Full back at the MFC in recent years would be the second worst job going, second only to head coach.