Despite the fact that it was just about the most unconvincing 40 point win i've seen I thought there were heaps of positives out of the game: - Gardiner was great, had a lot of hitouts of which some were quality. He was also very good around the ground. - Gehrig was good and had a huge impact despit...

His goal kicking is a very big concern. Should of kicked 5.2 so far instead of 2.5 this season which would make a big difference to how he's playing. But what makes his goal kicking worse is that all his shots have been relatively easy shots but it will surely turn around soon. Tonight he had a bad ...

It was a great game by Gardi tonight. It wasn't as if he dominated but with wheres he it at the moment it was fantastic. He just looks to be getting better and better and today was a step-up from last week and the most disposals and most hitouts he has had in a game so far this season. It was real e...

Does anybody have any idea of the other boys not named in the side, those being Connors, Chivers, Miles, Van Rheenan and Haretuku (apart from Baker and Attard) and if they are all playing in the reserves? It looks a prety strong side and it shows that it looks like Attard is the only player who is i...

Im happy to disregard the game against Sydney in terms of our game plan and wait a bit longer to see how its going before I make a judgement on it. Surely, we should see a much more free flowing game against Carlton where we will get a better idea of where our gameplan is. I watched last year's West...

I'd probably go with Gehrig and Goddard in for Fiora and C. Gardiner but it could easily be Raph and Fiora or C. Gardiner and Raph. A lot of it could depend on where Goddard plays. He may be eased in across HF in which case it would have to be C. Gardiner but if he is to play across HB it could inst...

Whether or not it is a deliberate ploy or not something still has to be done becuase you can't have players landing on their heads. When someone injures their neck from it the fact that it wasn't a deliberate ploy isn't going to make much difference and isn't going the scenario suddenly acceptable. ...

Knights was definately the standout of the new coaches. He's been able to take his group and getting them playing as he wants them to and one can clearly see the imprint he has on them. Of those on edge Eade and Wallace are the only ones who are probably at any considerable risk and they both won. B...

It was a typical Raph Clarke game for mine. Overall, I thought it was he played alright but we got the usual good and bad parts to his game. He just needs to get those bad errors out of his game and he will be a quite a good player. I liked his mark towards the end in a contested situation to stop a...

5- N. Riewoldt
4- N. Dal Santo
3- S. Fisher
2- L. Fisher
1- J. Geary

B: Blake, Hudghton, L.Fisher HB: Gram, S.Fisher, Gilbert C: X.Clarke, Hayes, Montagna HF: Schneider, Riewoldt, C.Gardiner F: Gehrig, Koschitzke, Milne Foll: King, Ball, Dal Santo Int: Armitage, Harvey, Geary, M. Gardiner Emg: Fiora, R. Clarke, Jones Blake has never really been in my best 22 and may ...

He's not in our best 22 yet but he's definately worth persisting with and with a good pre-season should be able to make good progress this year. Seems to need to put more time into executing the basics because the disposal errors he makes he can't afford to continually make. But, he definately shoul...

They definately went over the top to say the least. You only have to look at the pictures in the paper. However, it added a nice touch, just way too much of it. And the machines were churing them out for ages. I the coverage they cut to shot behind the dias a while after the presentations and they w...

The game plan still seems to be a work in progress. It seems as if Ross Lyon is trying to get us playing an accountable gameplan and get that down pat before expanding our gameplan to become more attacking and quick moving. I think he hopes to make us more attacking with quick ball movement to our f...

His incosistency is always highlighting by playing in defence. He will be better suited more half back than as deep as he played lsat night. What I was annyed at was that he was taking some of the kick-ins. Fair enough, sometimes the closest player should take it to move the ball on quickly, but he ...

In my opinion, he's definately still in the 22 and while it wouldn't be guaranteed he's pretty safe at the moment. He's kicked 4 goals from 2 games which is 44 goals from the 22 Home and Games which would be a very good output. His two games this year have been pretty good. What I find frustrating a...

It looked pretty ugly but he was a making a legitmate attempt to kick the ball so nothing should come of it. Lucky, the ball was in close proximity, otherwise he would be in big trouble.

I'd hope to play Kosi next week but I'd consider resting him with the intention of playing him the following week. 3 out of 4 games should give him a solid base for Rnd 1. It'd be good to get some more games into Max but I don't think his injury will alow him to. But I thought he looked alright toda...

He was very good today. He played relatively deep back and showed that he can build on last year. He managed to have a big impact with only 10 or 12 touches so imagine what he could do with 20+.

He's definately not a very accountable player. But in his defence, I reckon he gets caught out a bit by turnovers because he's the kind of player who when we get possession tries to sneak away from oponents and find space to make himself more dangerous and then finds himself miles away after a bad p...

X was real good Friday night playing through the centre, but with Hayes and Ball still to come back, how much time will he spend in the centre and through the midfield?

i think we should take every game seriosuly but with the same team as the tiges game. Second that. Take ot seriously within reason. It's pretty simple, play players that are 100% ready and fit and don't play those who aren't. So, I'd expect it to be a similiar team as against Richmond xcept with 1 ...

When handing on jumper numbers it needs to be considered that many players like to establish their own number. Just look at Roo and Bally who decided to keep their own numbers instead of the number 1. It can be a great ideas for younger players around 19-20 as long as there isn't too much pressure. ...

Thanks for the reports everyone. Conflicting reports on Michael Gardiner but at least he's on the track and at a reasonable level of fitness which he has barely had while with us.

Sounds like a really good idea. It may be a bit complicated but its fantastic that there is still an opportunity to give a 5-4-3-2-1. And since Armoooo has it all worked out with a good system which as long as Armoooo should work well.