Bay Riffin

Well Ollie Greeve looks very much like you mentioned. plus hawks just try and grab him last minute. wow.

It cost Essendon the Xavier Lindsay pick. He did not come cheap. They could have manoeuvred to get enough points without giving up their first rounder in what is touted as the best draft since drafting began.

early on you are looking for glimpses of something special. this kid produced a few on the weekend. the one hand gather that left rocket onto the leading full forwards chest probably the highlight.

was looking like he belonged too.

i agree. great player and everyone has the right to feel negative towards the club but you keep it internal. He stuffed up the brand Goodwin had built over the previous 5 or so seasons. When a top player like Houston did an about face watching it, that was it for me. As a teammate how could you listen to him after that.

but also isn't it the right thing to change the style when you don't have the personnel for a faster flowing style.?

Jagga Smith was rated by many recruiters to be number 1 pick in a super draft and he looks a beauty. They pulled out of getting Houston to trade picks for Smith. Wise move. Freo also gained Shai Bolton who will make their midfield very hard to beat. just what they need.

agreed. When most pundits were negative on getting Grundy in, I remember Cornes saying during the pre-season it was a 'brilliant' move. When we stopped playing him he turn coated and said what a disastrous decision that was. no credibility.

I think we are very capable of making it back into finals. we will miss ANB no doubt but Petracca and Oliver is where some real improvement will come from plus some elite youngsters coming through. I feel we now have genuine back up for Gawn. In terms of the midfield i think Pickett and Rivers will add a real point of difference, playing more minutes in there, not just cameos. We may lack some speed down back but Windsor and who knows, Lindsay may help with that a lot. I also think Melksham after a full pre-season my surprise up forward. I think finals is quite achievable.

I can see Freo reaching top 4 this year with probs the best midfield in the league now. and best ruck combo. a bit like the Petracca situation late last year, if Kozzie wanted to go there, how could a deal be done ?

Blakey had two father son choices, then went to swans. his dad happened to be on the payroll as a coach which was purely a coincidence I'm sure. ha ha

Thing is Tmac had a pretty good year, but cant see them playing May, Lever, Tmac and Petty down back in the same team. So im not sure on the logic. Maybe to get Pettys confidence back?. I really do think he was not moving well in a lot of games last year, clearly hampered by injury.

with Windsor, Rivers adding to our midfield and a couple more young guns, i'd train him up as a tagger. Strong, good skills but i dont think he's a natural reader of the play, he'd be better used nullifying an opposition star.

please do go on...what did you see as his strengths and weaknesses?

i might go against the grain here but this image is what i dont want over this preseason. we have had so many hugging images etc like last preseason. and ive seen sooo many images of Oliver AGAIN this preseason hugging everyone. Sorry but its now time to show dedication.