Intent is good, he gets the message, but that's probably due to the fact he is 6-7th in line for a game

So you base it on his last 12 months were he played under two different coaches, surrounded by several disinterested players, where he managed to kick over 30 goals for the worst team in the comp and finished well in the B&F? Yep sounds fair

Look he has areas he needs to work on but he's not Robinson Crusoe there.

He will play plenty under Bolton I have no doubt.

Lots of people are reading waaay to much into a preseason game.

The only thing I'm comparing it too is last year's first preseason game.

And this one was far better. Looked like we had a plan we were at times successful at implementing.

We are a club setting new standards.

Everitt phoned it in plenty of times last year when it was his turn to do the 1%ers. Big deal if he finished 7th in the B&F of a team that won 4 matches for the year. Kicking an average of just over 1 goal a game hardly excuses him from doing the team things.

He is 27 and has been in the system for a decade. I think he has picked up some bad habits on-field and needs to reset his standards.

He has talent and he has been an OK pick up for us, but I will be very interested to see how he goes under BB. Personally, I think he is one - not the only one - who will need to change or he won't last long on our journey under BB.

That's just my opinion. And it is not based on one practice match.

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

I liked Lamb's aggression at the ball and man.
I didn't like Everitt's lack of aggression at anything.
Phillips has a crack. Reminds me of Mark Porter.
We looked more organised, but there is still a lot of improvement to come.
Don't expect the umpiring to improve this year.

One thing I was surprised by was the amount of support in the crowd. We really need to do more to tap into our support around the country.

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"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Agreed...no South Australian based matches in 2 years is a disgrace.

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"...the less you know - the more you believe..." - Bono 2006

Given we struggle to retain or attract Victorian supporters, we should be looking after our SA and WA supporters as much as we can.

People complain the AFL hand Hawthorn everything, but given we still seem to have good support in Tassie, what are we doing to build on that? Two games down there this year is a good start. Hope we're doing more.

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

I am with you 100% ABNS.

Did Cuningham play?

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

I'll wait til I hear what KK has to say before I go forming an opinion about this

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#DonTheStash

Nope

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

We were never going to win.
It was a first hit out.
I am pleased we didn't com a major injury.
Our midfield was severely depleted and will be a far cry fro that one.
Players have problems reading the flight after six months off so marking is always a bit tricky.
They ran and they ran. That's what BB wanted.

I was pretty pleased with the way it went.

Next week we play the drug cheating club. I hope we win that one, practice match or not.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

I hope we smash them and any hope they may still have left..

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Word is Jack will play next week

Too raw. Why risk it?..especially with his shoulder..

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It's a good story, and frankly he's a lot more up to speed than people think.

Won't win an arm wrestling match, but otherwise has a strong body. The only risk is that with such open competition for spots at Bomber land, they might not leave much in the can.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Great experience for him.
Even better marketing for the club.

"Look, a F/S recruit who is not a filthy drugcheat!"

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I reckon the filthy drug cheats will target him after missing out on him in the draft.

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

Winston Churchill

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Was rapt about that too. Was strange hearing the same amount, if not more cheering for us than the Tassie Hawks.
Hoping they come out again in droves when we play down their later in the year.

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