Summary
* Not so much areas of concern [with the NAB Challenge loss to Melbourne] but definitely room for improvement. Unfortunately, we were defending all night and it takes a toll on you. They pretty much played the way we wanted to play which was a little bit disappointing.
* I don’t think Melbourne are going to be as bad as what people are saying they are. Obviously, they’ve gone out and got a great coach in Paul Roos who’s got the CV to back that up. Their composure was pretty good the other night and they certainly tore us apart in certain areas.
* On Newy's knee injury:
Yeah I think the scans came back that he is really, really old. He’s a great guy and someone that is really the barometer for us, the guys really love playing for him.
* On arriving at Tigerland last year:
I was in rehab at first and probably the thing that really helped me was there were a few senior guys in there in Jack, Axel, Lids, Kingy and big Ivan. So you sort of got to hang around with the old guys and settle in a bit easier. For the first few months, it was just sit back and get a feel for the place to see how it worked; what players were like and who spoke up in meetings. You get an idea of how guys receive feedback and whether you need to put your arm around them, pump them up, or you can be a little bit firmer with them. The first few months were also about understanding their game plan because every club’s different. But once I got a feel for it then it was just be your normal self, speak up as much as possible and don’t hold it back. I got really encouraged by the coaches to do that because they see me as an experienced player and an old head amongst the younger group. So that was probably the main focus for me when I first got to the Club.
* Chaplin was not worried about teammate Jake King’s relationship with bikie leader Toby Mitchell. "Probably the only thing that he did wrong was bring Toby into the change rooms and obviously the club was a little bit disappointed with that. From my view and the playing group we don’t really see an issue with it."
