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I think this is about right, and I’m probably being sentimental, but I think Lester’s late season and finals series was consistently better than I’ve seen Doedee play. I’m confident Doedee will get an early run but I legit think it’s line ball.

In his first year especially, he just kept winning these one on one wing contests that he had no right to win against senior players. He was a bit down this year, as many are in their second year, but I don’t think you can teach those instincts. I remain hugely optimistic about Fletcher.

Putting aside my own thoughts about how entertaining Diddy jokes are or aren’t, if you take substantial salaries to participate in an entertainment business then you can’t really be indignant that your employer goes in hard protecting the brand. This isn’t a criminal prosecution and it’s hardly...

No idea who comes out for Levi. Play 23.

I think I’d probably play Fort in Joe’s spot and shuffle the ruck rotations so Oscar spends a bit more time up forward. Otherwise I think Doedee-Lester and Linc-Cal are line ball, which will be awesome for competition. I think Lester’s best football is probably better but age is a factor. Kiddy...

Many years ago he played as a leading forward against St Kilda iirc and kicked 3-4. I would love to see it just for his story arc.

Far out. Enjoy everybody.

I think that contract model (the Fyfe, Buddy, Dusty thing) is mostly a thing of the past. I guess he’ll be on very good but not crazy good money for a pretty long time. 5 years or something.

Best preview I’ve read on here. I am fizzing. Hell yeah.

Happily you won’t see it again this year.

I think Carlton used Melbourne’s strategy and spent a lot of petrol early trying to jump us. They were intense early and couldn’t keep it up now we’re mature enough to steady and reel it back in. For sure I’d rather a good start, but over four quarters I think we have fewer gaps and that will tell.

I think McStay and possibly Adams out is massive for Collingwood. Their defence is undersized and our talls are playing well. Neither of Mihocek or Elliott have been in good form. Dunkley has every chance of limiting De Goey. We’ve won at the MCG in a knockout final far more recently than...

Melbourne also tends to jump us then run out of legs. Give it time.

The other side of that coin is that if we do get it to ground, their talls will struggle to apply much forward pressure. I think we’ll cut them up on the rebound.

I don’t get this argument for Daniher. He played as a full time second ruck this year and had his best and most consistent year in ages. The team flourished with him playing that role, and if anything he’s been less prone to injury this year. Arguably we’re in our window now precisely because...

I came away from last night thinking Wilmot had a shaky game, and had to rethink it this morning having read the universal positivity about his efforts. I reckon I was probably overweighting that specific contest, which felt huge at the time. Him being able to move on from that without going...

Eric is pure majesty. I think people miss it because of his wiry build, but he’s amazingly competitive and often really crafty in open field contests. He’s not a traditional key forward but I love that we have him.

As always, Fagan quick to credit other coaches in the post-match presser—Cam Bruce this time. He looked focussed and didn’t get carried away with making the prelim. Exciting times.

I find a five year offer implausible unless it’s on low, low money. We definitely look for injury arbitrage but five years on decent money for a player with repeat ACLs doesn’t check out.

I agree two but I think Charlie and Harris make it. I find it really difficult to fairly evaluate Lachie because he has set such a high standard. I just think he’s had too many off games this year in a crowded field of new midfield candidates.

Other than a good win against us in round one—where weird results happen often—Port’s record against good sides is pretty poor. Lost to Collingwood twice including a thrashing, scraped past Melbourne at home, thrashed by Carlton. They have by some distance the lowest percentage in the top 4. I...

Melbourne is the only side in it that worries me. Aside from their top end players, they’ve beaten up on us previously and I worry more about our psychology in those games. I think we probably have a similar edge on Pies or Port.

I’m no great fan of playing him now but St Kilda’s midfield doesn’t really have explosive types so I guess it’s a decent matchup for Lyons.

I agree with a lot in this post, but IMO this is the first year in his tenure that we’ve controlled and led most of our games against really good sides coming into the fourth quarter. Those are the games where this strategy gets tested most reliably. I’m happy to be corrected on that, but I feel...

Geelong looks sloooooooow. The Saints have multiple free players in F50 every time they’re in possession last halfway.

I’m excited that Oscar should be back. He has shortcomings but he wins a lot of clearances. I’m optimistic we’ll see a corresponding bounce in output from our midfield unit, and I think that’ll put too much pressure on a makeshift crows backline. It should be a good test but I think we are...

It appears you have misread my post and lumped me in with a school of thought based on that. I’m not cheering for Daly to leave. He is a part of that well run club. My point is—it’s better to lose those figures in a position of strength when you trust your club to make good appointments. There...

Even if it’s true, we’re a pretty well run club now and I doubt we’ll struggle to find a decent replacement. Some fresh voices might not be the worst thing in the world.

I think he’s shown good and creative kicking into 50. Lots of areas to improve but I like what I’ve seen on that front.

I saw a fair bit of poor defending and bad option taking, made to look better by unusually good goalkicking. I’ll be very interested to see how we go against the Pies at Marvel.