AFL 2022 - Pre-season - Week 1 vs St. Kilda

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They made an utter mess of North, we cannot have that happen to us.

Pre-season stuff is a coin toss, you may have one coach who wants to test the limits of the metal, while another is looking to fashion and a new form of decorative origami!

I think you can only take certain little moments as a tell.

For example when Cripps disposed of Steele, that probably means something because there is no way Steele would allow himself to be bullied and he was frustrated after it happened. Another was the intermittent battle between King and Weitering, you could see various challenges and responses, but not 100% of the time, they'll have a ripper battle in the real season provided the umpires do their job and keep the fight fair.

Would we rest Williams, Cerra, Cripps, it is quite possible they won't play the next match they look cherry ripe already? But some will argue they have to play, to measure themselves against the current benchmarks!

I'd like to see O'Brien get another run, some might be focussed on the negatives, sloppy ball handling, but he got to where the footy was a lot and in AFL that is 90% of the work done! I was more worried about McGovern finding himself out of position and out of the contest in D50, he did a couple of nice things but wasn't involved anywhere near enough!

Kemp looked more impressive than Charlie, but Kemp despite beating his opponents to the footy did like O'Brien and failed to hang onto the pill. By the end of the game Charlie's 1-on-1 work was pretty impressive.

Kennedy is a gun kick for goal, why is he snapping set shots from 35m out around the body, is this contagious? Hopefully it is just a practise match experiment, because you need guys like Kennedy kicking straight and hitting targets on the run, and you don't get better at that by kicking around your body! If he or other mids want to experiment I'd much rather they went back 20m or 30m and then sprint towards the mark for a running shot on goal!