Mark Schwarzer

A few of your thoughts, Simon, in Cheltenham with Libba out due to concussion.

And if Bont doesn't play, there'll be no 2016 Premiership players on the field tomorrow night to celebrate the 10th anniversary.

Dom from Armstrong Creek, hear me out here.

It's not all doom and gloom for the doggies.

Yeah, Darcy out for the year.

But all these other players will be back soon, and it's a long season.

If we can get Libba and Treloar going in the midfield and Richards, Kennedy and Frazier...

But the big key is to play Bontas a 70% forward for me.

That's what I'd do.

Gerrard, round one doesn't need a gimmick.

Everyone just wants to see some footy.

The AFL, in their wisdom, decided to take it away from the heartland states.

It should have always been round one with four teams travelling to the northern states.

I'm sure a WA team would love to get that travel out of the way early.

That's from Andrew.

And as a former club player development manager for four years, I can endorse Phil's comments regarding the sporadic nature and respect afforded to PDMs in club land.

The other barrier that PDMs battle with is the minimal soft cap amount.

A PDM and the wider wellbeing team can be paid outside the cap.

More money for assistant coaches versus money for a player's off-field development and care with an open question mark.

That is from Drew.