Just refreshing the memory watching R1 Richmond game.

Jack Martin sure showed a few of his team mates up with his work ethic and effectiveness.

I hope this R2 team is a far better mentally prepared outfit.

He was almost the only one we had who tackled with any intent ...

_________________
"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

_________________
░L░I░N░K░I░N░B░I░O ░

They call Shaun Burgoyne " Silk "................i reckon they will be calling Jack Martin " Grace " before his career is over.Poise,vision,composure and to top it off such a beautiful graceful player.Pretty to watch i reckon.............yeah, " Grace " it is.

_________________
All my dangerous friends

No Fisher.

Let’s see Philp in action.

Hey guys are we going to have a zoom room for Saturdays clash so we can all be together

Is that the same as the worry room?

lmao do we have a worry room sinners

I am 100% confident that we will be significantly better this year.
If nothing else, the addition of Martin and Docherty will make a huge difference.
Not to mention the clear leap forward that Weitering looks to have made.

And then there is the stuff that I hope will improve us:
- SPS form looked great against the Tigers but can’t say yet whether that is something we can bank
- Teague showed a lot last year - esp his ability to respond with tactical changes during a game. But he is no longer shiny and new. We will now get to see more of his game plan rather than tinkering with the existing plan as per last or just ‘freeing the players up’ as per last year.
- We can bank on Walsh continuing his steady upward trajectory but we now need to see more from Dow and Fisher who have had a fair bit of senior exposure already; similar with big Harry and McGovern
- And there is the unknown potential of Stocker, Philp, Newnes and TDK to look forward to.... hopefully!

I’m not expecting much from Pittonet - I just hope that he competes hard, a la Nankervis to enable our mids to get to work.

So, I don’t know how that places us against the Demons - I rate their list highly although I think their coaching has let them down. But I do expect us to play much better than we did last year.

Their midfield seems pretty good on paper but looks slow ... we need to move the ball quickly and bring in a couple of running types ...

_________________
"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

I find the obsession with rushing Philp perplexing, is this based on anything other than hope?

_________________
Between our dreams and actions lies this world

Hasn't played yet, so still could be anything

_________________
░L░I░N░K░I░N░B░I░O ░

I'd put it down to necessity. We're making up the numbers in a season that has a massive asterisk next to it. Perfect opportunity to fast-track.

I'd rather get games into him than Dow at the moment.

How long till we destroy him.

_________________
Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores.

I think we should start him off in the back pocket first, or at least as a hard tagger, you know, so he can learn the caper first.

Two or three years doing that first, then he’ll be ready to go on ball.

_________________
"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Philip ? surely there is more than one of there newbies putting there hand up ? you'd reckon there would be at least a couple more surely ?

_________________
All my dangerous friends

In the words of Yosemite Sam...
Ha, haha, ha, haha, ah.. Ha... Ha... Hoo... Whooow......


(and for any young ones out there.... Funny... Until reality sets in)

_________________
“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

X 2

_________________
In the Truth there is no news, and in the News there is no truth.

Really? The kid has what we miss, intent, tackles, speed and wins the ball.