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There is always going to be noise this early in the season but I thought I would throw these out there to try and see whether there is improvement in the up and down start to the season: Contested Possession We are down 4.2 a game and that has meant going from 6th in 2016 to 12th at the moment. Uncontested Possessions The new kings of UPs is Goodwin; we are racking up the most at 272 a game, up over 30 a game from last year (when we were 4th). Clearances Down 1.5 a game and that means we slip from 5th in 2016 to 12th. Inside 50s Up slightly but still 7th in the league - same as 2016. Scoring Shots Currently 4th in the league, up from 12th last year and really quite promising. We have had an extra 3.5 shots at goal this year. As an aside - Sydney has had 7.6 less shots at goal this year... Summary To much finessin' with the ball is evident from those numbers of UPs but we are steady in I50s and up in shots at goal. Lot of noise at this point, but it might mean - in an even season - that we create enough to beat enough teams to get into September. I will say - dropping 4 CPs a game is quite a bit of a drop. I would worry if that doesn't correct.

I can't see if it's been raised anywhere else here, but did people notice that the calendar included with our membership packs included the Nab Cup/Nab Challenge/Wizard Cup/Escort Cup or whatever it's called nowadays pre-season game details? We play: Western Bulldogs at Whitten Oval Caaarlton at Princess Park West Coast at Subiaco An interesting mix of games, would this be the 3rd year in a row now we've played the Dogs after Craigieburn last year and Ballarat the year before? We beat them in both these games, but now that they're reigning premiers I imagine interest in this game will be massive, will be a full house. The fact that I can walk to this ground is also a very big bonus! Carlton are one team that we haven't beaten as often as we should in the last few years, and they'll have a fresh set of GWS discards eager to underwhelm again, so let's hope we dispatch them accordingly on their own dungheap. West Coast may be a good chance to get a win at this ground, as it'll soon be replaced by a shinier newer ground paid for by the taxpayers. We should've got over the line this year over there, still don't know how we lost that game. I'd imagine the club will also schedule a bit of leave for Jesse Hogan around this game. Surfs Up. The aim would be at bare minimum beat the BlueBaggers, and possibly Wet Toast.