Ted Lasso

Lets be realistic, he was never going to be around long term, he has already shown more than cale Morton who he was effectively traded 4 with pick 88 or whatever it was and his influence i'm sure has been good, so at this stage i'd say recruiting him was not a bad decision, but i'd be surprised if he has any more than at best one more year.

toumpas is a much better player than wines with ball in hand, viney is a better inside mid in my opinion so we did okay there

id say being 4 goals up at 3/4 time you would win 8 out of 10 i thought we were safe, all credit to the dogs though, griffen would look alright in red and blue

dawes clark and hogan together= opposition nightmare

a smokey for bnf?

its a grand old flag!

is this more of a bad reflection on us or neeld?

Hoping for a win tonight, bit of confidence back into the group

aish, toumpas,viney,sheed,trengove,grimes,jones sounds good to me

if we get a pp a midfield of trengove grimes sheed dunstan jones viney sylvia toumpas kent howe blease could be very good for us

i suspet the pp may be part of the afl trying to sway roos to coach us, in any case we have lost more games by 100 plus points in the last two years than the comp can afford

if we get a priority sheed and aish would be an amazing combo for us

may as well bloody fold

what picks would we likely get as a pp? 2 and 5 or something?

not anytime soon would be my guess

id prefer eade to williams, craig and roos, bloke has built two lists into top 4 teams, develops players well and has experience to burn

So he loses his Brownlow and is banned for 2 years in theory?

It really comes down to the new coach I suppose, if it were me i'd draft Dunstan and Billings or Aish and look at picking up maybe an Ellis and Cross as free agents

Totally agree mate, the thing is IMO if we get the right coach which I think is Eade or Williams, we could rise like Port or Gold coast have, we have a good spine, very good forward line on paper, if we bolster our midfield and get some confidence in the group we could close the cap very quickly, not saying I think we can make finals in 2014 but I think we can certainly be a much improved side and start winning back some respect.

Not sure exactly what picks we would get but say we got 2 and 5 or something, we could trade 2 for an experienced mid, assuming Gws feel they don't need him then 5 we could pick up dunstan

If we got a priority pick he would be a pretty handy bargaining chip in a trade to a side like Carlton or freo who are looking for good forwards, and we need a quality experienced mid.

i love the kids kicking skills, he is going to be an asset

not fussed if roos rules himself out, eade or williams and maybe a sumich or burns in a succession plan might be just as good, roos has never coached a really poor list so he may not be any better than an untried assistant apart from the bonus his profile gives in terms of sponsors

confidence to burn

im warming to eade, hasnt won a flag but he has built a couple of teams to top 4 quality and develps players well