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Going by the first two games, I think Carlton. But it's a long season. I think Carlton have the better list and better best 22. I think it's taken a while to get there and I think that it's taken a while to catch up to Collingwood in a game style/plan sense.

I have big expectations of the Saints but I feel that if they flounder this season that they may well be stuck in the middle until the inevitable happens. They looked good last season and looked to be playing a good brand of footy. There is some good young talent there. But is there enough...

Depends what they want. If living in Melbourne on big dollars is what they want then they haven't made a mistake. If it's premierships then yes they have. They will be the cornerstones of Richmond's rebuild.

The big reason why Collingwood have been so good for the last two seasons is not because they have an exceptional list, they have a good list, it's because they have been ahead of the rest in regards to the anti-congestion rules which came in. When the AFL brought in the stand, 666 and kickout...

Good player in a good side playing off a wing. Would still be if that were the case.

Top 4 quality sides 1. Brisbane - Genuine quality side, hard to see them falter. 2. Carlton - List is very good, depth is good, having a very good run with injury and preseason. Recruited well. Should build on last year. 3. GWS - Really boomed away late last season, very talented list, I...

Who's got the injuries and instability off the field that who was good and promising last season? Think Sydney could go either way. Melbourne looking very likely. Essendon have owned this thread for a long time, can they finally make a significant improvement? Port finished the season poorly...

Hawthorn coming from further back, a few injuries getting about. Going to go with Essendon.

Hawthorn aren't deliberately losing a few games to gain draft picks which is tanking. They are following a long term plan and following the AFL's system so that they can potentially build their list up to the quality needed to challenge for the premiership. Many clubs have done this before...

This one is a hard one, if we rate them purely on goals it excludes pretty much all players the last 20 years. Tactics of the game have excluded them if we rate them purely on goals. Ablett, Lockett and Lloyd were probably the last of the greats who got a look in before teams started to...

The aim of the game is to win the premiership or build towards winning a premiership. Yes teams try to win every game but winning a premiership is higher priority. You do what you can to achieve that, if shedding mature players and becoming weaker for a moment is what the club believes it has...

Collingwood are already there. Carlton are very close. Had some issues with run from defence and in the centre last season but still made the prelim final. Carlton will definitely resolve the issues with rebound run from defence this season. We are all waiting and seeing whether Carlton can...

Cox and Gawn, it's pretty close. Both are exceptional.

What about the score? There are a lot of people offended by the score, like West Coast players this year.

100%, stats tell nothing. It's like saying Charlie Curnow is an ordinary forward because he only kicked 78 goals compared to the guys in the 90s kicking 100-130 goals every year. Pick him up and drop him in a good side in the 90s, he'd kick 10 every week with no congestion and no one dropping...

For me it's Carlton v Essendon 1999. Mostly because I am a Carlton supporter and that is my bias. The one point margin was great and a big part of it but the build up prior to it was epic. It was like a WWE build up for those who were around then and can remember. Carlton underdogs...

Scarlett probably got a look at the last of the big goal kickers. Started in an era where fullbacks didn't get much help and finished in an era where team defence and zoning made life less about defending the man and more about being a part of defending the F50 as a team where he was good at...

haha unreal isn't it by today's standards. SOS was seen as the best full back of the time and one who got a lot of the ball but a lot of the ball wasn't heaps. Rated because he kept Ablett to 0 goals in that game, a player who had kicked 122 goals that season and did that sort of thing often...

AFLX is definitely not a spectators sport. I think the idea of it was to encourage "park football" so that the game gets played in places around the world that do not have ovals but have rectangular fields. It's a game suited to being played in areas of the world where soccer, rugby and...

Barassi is one of if not the biggest legend in the game. Would not be surprised if there is not something significant names after him. The AFL premiership is one idea I like. A stand at the G would be fitting as well.

I kind of like the idea. The issues would be the travel. VFL listed players work another job, so it may clash with their work schedule. Also clubs are going to be spending a whole lot more flying a whole extra squad around the country. I do like it though. Just wonder how it affects the...

One mistake Carlton have been making year after year is the pressure we put on the coach. The reason for Carlton's success is Brian Cook. He's come in and cooled all that down. A pressured coach coaches differently to a comfortable coach. I don't know what Port are doing but they looked...

The rules have been changing since the game was created though. I have to admit at the time I was sceptical. If we still had the same rules the game had 100 years ago it wouldn't be anywhere near as good. I can say from a local footy perspective that the rule changes are good. I've been...

The ruck. Yeah kind of agree here. It was to preserve the role of the ruck. I don't know what was wrong with the third player going up in the ruck. The kick in rule was about congestion. It's opened the game up. The game is professional and played by athletes now so you have a full...

So probably overachieved finishing top 4? Should have managed players better and been happy to finish 8-5th. Hit finals fitter. Or do you think players were pushed harder due to lack of depth and pressure on the coach? Carlton supporters are always bagging out our clubs medical staff for a...

It's probably a bit like when Richmond won in 2017. The older generation remembered Richmond as a powerhouse which had won plenty of flags, a formidable opponent and a fierce rival and didn't want them to win. The younger generation had never known this, they just knew them as a club which...

Did Port overachieve by finishing top 4 and did GWS underachieve by not? That's what last night looked like. It was a quicker, more talented, more skilled side V one who was not. There are issues with Port's pressure. GWS were not put under pressure, it looked structural. Port also looked...

For Carlton it would be two comebacks. The comeback this season has been immense but the 23 year comeback means a hell of a lot more. Go back 23 years. Carlton had never won a wooden spoon, had a better win loss record over all other other clubs bar Port Adelaide, had the most premierships...

We will probably get a GWS v Brisbane grand final. In all seriousness, would love to see it, obviously because I am a Carlton supporter but growing up these two teams have always had this huge rivalry. Regardless of how they are going they always come together and draw a huge crowd. Seeing it...