James Brayshaw

He's played upwards of 150 games.

Not quite.

They're just under.

But I think we're only a stone's throw away from him being in his best form.

Are you surprised, Max, how well you're going this year?

I mean, it's a completely different way to play.

Your attack, your high scoring.

Are you surprised that you've transitioned so quickly into a different game mode?

No, I mean, a lot of people were calling the Ds.

I don't think Gary Pert went relatively a bit strong a couple of years ago saying it's the best culture he's ever seen.

But I did... I have been saying...

I've been saying similar lines, not to the length of Gary Pert's degree, but I've been saying similar lines, and I've been relatively bullish on the group we had, and all it's taken is just a tiny bit of change.

Goody was an unbelievable coach and one of the smartest men I know, and really, to be fair, gave us a great contest and defense base, and I don't reckon we'd be able to be doing this kingy offense without all of us having 10 years of great contest and great defense, so...

A little bit of change has come in, and, yeah, we've got 12 premiership players.

And the guys who didn't paint a flag are guys like Kate Chandler, Jake Malksham, Harvey Langford, Caleb Windsor.

So some talent around that as well.

Do we like the ruck rules now, Maxie?

You've had a good enough buddy look at them.

As a North Melbourne man, it's curtailed my man Tristan Sherry.

He can't club blokes anymore.