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Ok, so this is the strongest team I can come up with (I know there will be some argument over Watts) B Jetta Frost Dunn HB H.L. T.Mac Howe C Newton N.Jones Viney HF Kent Dawes Watts F JHK Hogan Garlett Foll. Jamar Vince Tyson Bench vandenBerg, Salem, Cross, Sub Bail My problem (and it is a good one to have) is where do we fit in the new potential stars coming up, particularly... Brayshaw Petrecca Stretch. as well as potentially O.Mac Neal-Bullen Michie Riley? Toumpas? so... who misses out from the team to make room when these kids become superstars??? and what of the rest... Gawn (If he learns to kick, mark he will be great) M.Jones (can't tell with this bloke) Grimes (Past it?) Garland (Past it?) Pedersen (had a great 2014, will he have a great 2015?) Trengove (broken beyond repair? McKenzie (Get rid of him....) Spencer (NQR) Fitzptrick (Hope he can one day be good, but I think I may be kidding myself) Terlich (Not good enough) Hunt (not seen enough of him to make a judgement.)

I was contemplating the recent trade ins, draftees and now rookies, and its apparent that competition for a spot in our team has gone up several notches and will be hard to earn. That Lumumba, Gartlett, Frost, Hogan, are coming into the team, with the loss of just Frawley (Clarke we never really had) means several 2014 regulars won't get a regular game. That what many reported to be the hardest day of training at the MFC occured on the same day as our high pick recruits arrived was no co-incidence. It was intended to give them a rapid reality check that simply being a high draft pick won't get you into this team in 2015 - A mental and physical shock' for Demon draftees after brutal running session, that both our two prize pick in Petracca and Brayshaw were suitably humbled was the intention. That we just picked up two new rookies Aaron Vandenberg (aged 22, 188 cm, 90 kgs) and Mitchel White (aged 18, 188 cm, 85kg), both competing for midfield and flankers spots. That Grimes reliquished the Captaincy to focus on his football, read, staying in our best 22. All indicates that Roo's is consciously creating an high performance environment with intense competition for spots in the MFC 22, and that the bar is high and getting higher. It feels different to anything I've seen at this club for a long time, and bodes well.