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Saints by 8 goals over the Suns.

Melbourne's worst is still the worst in the AFL it seems.

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St Kilda beating up on GC suggests a few things.

One - maybe our win against GC wasn't all that special.

Two - maybe we are the wooden spoon favourite for 2015.

Three - maybe this competition is starting to even up a little more.

Fingers damn well crossed it's number three.

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Sydney doing it comfortably against Port who are playing at home.

Maybe we'll be saved from the media blowing smoke up Port's backside for a week. Will make for a nice change.

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Besides all that rjay, the rest of the commission are highly unlikely to give Carlton only a couple of prime time games whilst Fitzpatrick is supposedly "out of the room"

Ch7 are looking for as many sets of eyes as possible and the commission are always going to give them what they want ... during the Daniher years we never received enough prime time exposure despite playing finals in 6 out of 9 years. Back then, we probably didn't care as much for various reasons - nowadays, it's a different matter.

Supporter numbers rules, then success on the field and whether that team is a Victorian team or not (when it comes to the amount of prime time games that a team might receive)

In a nutshell, prime time exposure is geared towards the big Victorian sides. That in turn creates a bigger gap between the have's and the have not's. Also, it's a non issue in the wider footy community so don't expect anything to change.

Related to that observation is that Collingwood make a great deal of money from their away fixtures at the MCG.(including the QB clash) They've got that whole Western stand to exploit for all their games at the MCG (premium and 18 games memberships, reserved seating, merchandise sales and probably food & beverage sales etc etc)

Eddie would welcome "everyone wants to play against Collingwood" (the Victorian sides) as that would probably mean at least 1 less interstate trip (where, in real terms, they're not making any money)

As a conservative estimate, the Pies would probably still make at least 500k from their away games at the MCG but it's probably more like a million (per game)

And we're supposed to be grateful for receiving one blockbuster home fixture a season?

How can they make money off their away fixtures?

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Man, it's hilarious to hear Gillon on radio rambling about his impression that clubs at the bottom are struggling to rebuild their lists. He seemed literally clueless about ways they can make it easier to rebuild, as 4-5 years at the bottom is simply too long to maintain membership/sponsors.

Wouldn't be because the top teams are now able to cherry pick the best players through free agency, without giving anything up? Thus getting stronger without making sacrifices?

Wouldn't be because your Academy bidding system allows Sydney to get the best players in the draft for the lowest first round pick?

He then listed off a number of players who sought trades from top clubs to lower clubs, but conveniently ignored the Clark trade.

Deadset, he's either completely clueless or in desperate damage control about the state of the league.

He's gonna be one of the worst CEO's the leagues had, yeah the price of chips has gone down but meanwhile the inequities in the competition continue to exacerbate.

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He's gonna be one of the worst CEO's the leagues had, yeah the price of chips has gone down but meanwhile the inequities in the competition continue to exacerbate.

The price of beer went down, but so did the cup sizes. Go figure.

The old Mars bar trick. Keep bars $1 by reducing the size of the bar by 2gm every year in the hope nobody notices.

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^^

worse, he will end up carrying the can for Vlad's bad decisions. worst. ever.


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Gill orchestrated the entire expansion plan and the last broadcast rights.

Both have been unmitigated disasters. It speaks volumes about where his interests in the league really lie.

His answer today about broadcast rights vs revenue was extremely telling.

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How can they make money off their away fixtures?

Well, the Magpies sell 18 game memberships and premium memberships which seems to include reserve seating for their away fixtures at the MCG... plus, there's 'other' reserve seating sales in that Western stand for away games at the MCG too (for Collingwood at least)

It would amount to a great deal of money in terms of total revenue but when divided up, the money derived from the revenue obtained from that Western stand could be much the same for home and away games. It probably amounts to more than 500k per game (when everything is factored in) but it could be a lot more.

We just assume that the home team makes all the money at the MCG but it's different for the Pies at least.

These 4 Collingwood membership packages includes all the Collingwood games at the MCG (home & away) It's a little cloudy but I'm fairly sure these memberships includes a reserved seat for their away fixtures at the MCG.

The membership packages cost between $756 & $999 (and they sell a stack of them)

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The only thing that has brought a smile to my face this weekend is Geelong getting their butts kicked at their home ground.

Sucked in.

By the way how's that new environment working out for ya MC!!

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Clark was rubbish, Chip does an arm injury and is subbed off.... don't like to see injuries to any player but it hasn't been a good day for either of these guys.

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I wonder when (iif ever) the day will come where our club can travel to places like Kardinia Park and not only win, but win easily like Freo did.

Freo are a well-oiled machine and will be thereabouts in September again.

Geelong, it annoys me how many of their players try to milk free kicks, and it's even better to see them crumble.

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I would take massive amounts of enjoyment seeing Geelong slide this year, hopefully well out of the 8.

As for Fremantle, I think too many people went too early in dismissing them as a flag chance this year. On current form they appear to stand the best chance of beating Hawthorn or Sydney.

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I'm going to enjoy watching Geelong's slide. They've put it off for a long time but it has finally arrived, and with Clark aboard the sinking ship, it will be hopefully worth the wait.


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Essendon running all over Hawthorn ATM.

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I know we all hate Essendon, but if they're going to play well, at least let it be against Hawthorn.

I'm sick of Hawthorn (and Sydney) and it's good for the competition if these sides are beatable and not totally dominant.

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Maybe there is something to this talk of the MCG's short grass affecting players?

6 clubs played on the MCG in Round 1. So far 5 of them have lost in Round 2 (Richmond, Carlton, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Geelong), and the sixth one is Hawthorn.

Would make our loss a little more tolerable, at least.

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Today's match reminds me of a recent match...7 goals to 1 just before halftime... can't pick the game, though.

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Essendon running all over Hawthorn ATM.

Ah.... the marvels of modern pharmacology

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