Don't forget he was up against Kane Cornes, who is still a avery effective stopper. Had Cornes gone to Dal, this thread would probably have a different title.

If Stanley had've clunked a few of those marks he'd been one of our best

Some of you are spoilt brats. Complaining about SD. 40 years ago, all we had was black and white television. There were no live games. Football replay was on Saturday night they would show the final quarter of two or three games. The others missed out. If you wanted live, you either went to the gam...

skeptic wrote:
My attempt at a starting 22
B Cripps, Simpkin, Geary
HB Gram, Fisher, Gilbert
C Demp, Steven, Ledger
HF Godd, Roo, Schnieder
F Milne, Kosi, Saad
R McEvoy, Hayes, Dal
Int Armitage, Peake, Stanley
S Sipposs

Montagna???

Con Gorozidis wrote:I have a Cripps as a dead cert for round 1.

+1

borderbarry wrote:Simpkin at 191cm is the same height as Max. I think he is the best shot at fullback at the moment. He looked more suited than Wilkes.

Yep, and only 1cm shorter than arguably the best full back ever, M. Scarlett.

SainterK wrote:NicNat/Cox 28 hitouts to Ben McEvoy 4

And Stanley got 9. Didn't see the game, how long did Rhys spend in the ruck?

Is BJ out there???

Pwoit wrote:We would have to beat WC by about 14 -17 goals and hope

Hawthorn
Fremantle
Geelong
Melbourne
Western Bulldogs

all lose their matches

All those teams have lost one game, as have we. So it'd be win by 17 goals OR hope they all lose, wouldn't it?

If he plays a couple of good games in the lead up to the season, I doubt they'll wait to see if he does it in the VFL before playing him in the seniors. Senior games should be harder to achieve than that IMO. Again, he has a long way to go. Apparently he's put in a huge pre-season and really impres...

Really like the look of our boy. Will play 200 games IMO.

skfc17 wrote:Sum of his clearance kicks outa the middle looked like a Lil lenny

Yep his kicking action is almost identical at times.

Thought Stanley and Ledger looked good.

Rhys has bulked up and looks primed!

Our defence was pretty damn woeful though, early days however.

Geez I'm excited about tonight! Reckon we'll see a lot from our kids, can't wait!

saintDal wrote:I read on the GWS bigfooty board that Mini was drafted to help the younger players in their reserves team and is therefore not expected to be playing seniors for them.

GWS fans must follow the Suns pretty closely then.

Yep. Was a prolific ball winner as a junior, be interesting to see how he goes if he gets a run in a weaker midfield unit. I wouldn't say their midfield is weaker. I think they will be playing finals this year and I also think Mini will be a premiership player in the next couple of years. It makes ...

Yep. Was a prolific ball winner as a junior, be interesting to see how he goes if he gets a run in a weaker midfield unit.

And good on him.

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Didnt one of the players say theyd done three times the amount of skill work than last pre season? Yeah mate that's what I'd heard, guess we'll have to wait and see for the results. Gilbert's the one I'm really interested in, think his poor kicking really affects his confidence, and he's a confiden...

I've heard we've been focusing on foot skills much more than in seasons past.

Can anyone who's been at training say they've seen any improvements in the kicking skills of Gilbert, Gram and co.?

I think like the team it is going to take Roo a few months to settle into the new game plan. Really when you think about it the full forward and full back postions are up for grabs and unless these positions settle down early in the season then we are in for a long hard season. And if that is the c...

bloody stanley is pissing me off always big wraps on him and then all reports say he looks average sen reporting winmar left the field with blood all over him and was knocked out (??!!) so who was there and what really happened? running with the flight of the ball ran straight into a team mate comi...

Went down for a look, my observations Markworth is going to be a player, tall, extremely quick has all the time in the world when he gets it Lenny is a gun!!!! his in close work at centre bounces is so important to us Saad is lightning quick and hard at it a real excitement machine Cripps and Ledge...

How do you think he'll perform in 2012? We've seen him run defenders into the ground over the years — is he still capable of this, or is his knee going to restrict him? Will the new coach and adjusted game-plan benefit him? If yes, how so? Interested to hear your views, as many seem to have written ...

Saad. No doubt.