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PREGAME: Match SIM vs North Melbourne

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51 minutes ago, bush demon said:

Looks like The Crows, The Eagles, The Swans and Hawks could be in  for some grief...

…….. so the bloody Magpies get away scot-free again??

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    Nice, it's on Kayo 8am Perth time.  Happy to get to the preseason game against Freo here in WA just before the season starts.  Hopefully the clubs also does some activities for young wa supporters while they are here for it.

     

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    NOTE: Due to expected extreme weather there’s a change to start time of the practice match vs North at Arden St this Saturday February 22nd. The match is now scheduled to start at 10am

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    On 16/02/2025 at 11:56, binman said:

    Well, you've taken on the wrong person to play the pedantry game with.

    Pandemics are not by definition, world wide.

    From wiki:

    A pandemic (/pænˈdɛmɪk/ pan-DEM-ik) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has a sudden increase in cases and spreads across a large region, for instance multiple continents OR world wide, affecting a substantial number of individuals.

    From the Oxford dictionary:

    a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country OR the world at a particular time.

    I stand corrected and I thank you for the mature and respectful way you’ve brought it to my attention, ie. you didn’t say “YOU’RE WRONG!” Now I’m gonna have to go back and reread your post because I’m sure there’s at least one typo. 😁

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    On 14/02/2025 at 06:25, Matt Demon said:

    I would suggest public transport as there's limited parking.

    Also be careful of the elephants 🐘 

    No trunk calls !!

     

    On 12/02/2025 at 12:10, daisycutter said:

    should be back in time for finals

     

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    4 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    NOTE: Due to expected extreme weather there’s a change to start time of the practice match vs North at Arden St this Saturday February 22nd. The match is now scheduled to start at 10am

    I was going to point this out.  Mid 30's isn't a great way to watch football.  

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    On 14/02/2025 at 09:58, Ghostwriter said:

    Definitely public transport. The ground is basically on a main road and parking is very difficult to get. There’s South Kensington train station and North Melbourne train station with Arden St kinda in the middle.

     

    Does any train actually ever stop at South Kensington?

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    There is also Kensington Station (Craigeburn line) - both are about a 20 minute walk, but I would suggest Kensington Station might be a slightly easier and more straight forward walk, plus I also believe trains don't always stop at South Kensington...check that.

     

     

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    I assume when everyone is saying South Kensington, what they really mean is Macauley. Macauley is on the Upfield line and about a 10 minute walk to Arden St. North Melbourne is an ever so slightly longer walk but North Melbourne has a lot more trains running to it. 

    If you end up at Kensington or South Kensington Stations then you're probably lost. 

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    On 14/02/2025 at 04:56, Tough Kent said:

    Anyone been to the Arden Street ground before? What is parking like? Is public transport a better option from East Malvern?

    Thanks in advance.

    We’ve been told parking may not be as big a problem as first thought. Arden St Oval is in an area largely surrounded by factories which are closed on weekends. 

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    30 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

    I assume when everyone is saying South Kensington, what they really mean is Macauley. Macauley is on the Upfield line and about a 10 minute walk to Arden St. North Melbourne is an ever so slightly longer walk but North Melbourne has a lot more trains running to it. 

    If you end up at Kensington or South Kensington Stations then you're probably lost. 

    Depends on where you coming from AoB - if you are coming in on the Craigeburn line and don't want to hop trains at North Melbourne you might go Kensington or just continue on to North Melbourne station - 10 minutes walk also.

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    1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    As it stands at the moment, you can watch live on Kayo or there’s a 1 hour package on Fox Footy at 6:00pm *.

    * check your local guides 

     

    Hopefully Foxtel revise their scheduling by using one of their other sports channel to show our game live. At the moment Fox Footy is showing Carlton V St Kilda live but not our game.

    Seems odd that you pay more for Foxtel than Kayo and yet Kayo only shows the game live.

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    On 14/02/2025 at 08:58, Ghostwriter said:

    Definitely public transport. The ground is basically on a main road and parking is very difficult to get. There’s South Kensington train station and North Melbourne train station with Arden St kinda in the middle.

     

    Off Macauley Road over railway line or around back of Lost Dogs Home  Forty years ago

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Hopefully Foxtel revise their scheduling by using one of their other sports channel to show our game live. At the moment Fox Footy is showing Carlton V St Kilda live but not our game.

    Seems odd that you pay more for Foxtel than Kayo and yet Kayo only shows the game live.

    i suspect you'll be able to navigate to an extra channel to access the coverage

    generally speaking if it's shown on kayo it's shown on foxtel, and vice-versa

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    27 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    i suspect you'll be able to navigate to an extra channel to access the coverage

    generally speaking if it's shown on kayo it's shown on foxtel, and vice-versa

    Yeah I think you're right. They did this yesterday with the WC/Rich and Geel/Hawks game.

    In 2022 I think Kayo had exclusive rights to these match sims and were not shown on Foxtel which I found bizarre at the time. They rectified that the following year.

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    9 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Yeah I think you're right. They did this yesterday with the WC/Rich and Geel/Hawks game.

    In 2022 I think Kayo had exclusive rights to these match sims and were not shown on Foxtel which I found bizarre at the time. They rectified that the following year.

    Kako on Kayo?

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    7 hours ago, Axis of Bob said:

    I assume when everyone is saying South Kensington, what they really mean is Macauley. Macauley is on the Upfield line and about a 10 minute walk to Arden St. North Melbourne is an ever so slightly longer walk but North Melbourne has a lot more trains running to it. 

    If you end up at Kensington or South Kensington Stations then you're probably lost. 

    Yeah I suggested South Kensington which is on the Craigieburn line but I was getting that confused with Macaulay which is on the Upfield line and which is close to the ground.

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    Couldn’t be stuffed with a new thread on the other pre season games but what I saw from the Geelong Hawks game tells me that Cats will contend again. Hawks look disinterested so hard to gauge. 

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    12 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Yeah I suggested South Kensington which is on the Craigieburn line but I was getting that confused with Macaulay which is on the Upfield line and which is close to the ground.

    This is exactly what I’ve been talking about!!! 

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    43 minutes ago, 58er said:

    This is exactly what I’ve been talking about!!! 

    You’ve been talking about the best way to get to Arden St? Or you’ve been talking about Demonland not being the place to go to for things like the best way to get to Arden St? If the latter, there’s no harm in posting tips from people who may know the area well for folks who don’t know the area well. 

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    22 hours ago, Pipefitter said:

    Does any train actually ever stop at South Kensington?

    I’m on the Sunbury line and our train flies past South Kensington without stopping. One time I was on a Werribee train and when it stopped at South Kensington I took photos to prove trains do actually stop there. I deliberately made them blurry just like photos of Big Foot sightings or anything else mythical. 😅

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    On 18/02/2025 at 00:12, RalphiusMaximus said:

    I was going to point this out.  Mid 30's isn't a great way to watch football.  

    I feel for the Casey players, their match starts at 1pm 🥵

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    This talk of scheduling for heat.

    We can look forward to games on breakfast television when the Roos are relocated as the North Australia team.

     

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    52 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    I feel for the Casey players, their match starts at 1pm 🥵

    Is the match def at 10am .?


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