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PREGAME: Match SIM vs North Melbourne

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Good to see the AFL have confirmed the 10am start.  

While not defending either MFC's  website in general (or North's)  for being so quiet, it could be that they could say nothing until the AFL had signed off on the 'rumour'.  I see that the Carlton StKilda game is still at 11.

Will be interesting to see if Melb beats North in getting it onto their websites......

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    43 minutes ago, ManDee said:

    Hey Binnie, do you think Arden Street Oval could provide a hint as to the address?

    If you type in into Google Maps guess what! 😀

    Yep, of course.

    But in 2025 99% of organizations that want you to know where they are, or want to promote an event, embed the address and google maps INTO the relevant page on their website.

    Why do they do that?

    So the customer doesn't have to navigate to another web page or site. If the customer does have to do so there is a risk they won't bother - not to mention making the org look like total amateurs. 

    By the by, the Arden Street ground is ALSO on McCauley Road.

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    20 minutes ago, binman said:

     

    By the by, the Arden Street ground is ALSO on McCauley Road.

    I’ve always thought the address was Macaulay Rd because that side of the ground is super close to Macaulay Rd. 

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    This is where the Demon Army will be for both matches on Saturday. It’s the end of the ground where Arden St and Macaulay Rd meet. 
     

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    21 minutes ago, StLeoDee said:

    AFL info has been repeated on the MFC site

     

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    Update just landed in my notifications has the MFC been reading this thread, perhaps? 

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    One of my best mates is a Carlton member. He has equal continued gripes about the disorganised communication from Carlton that we do.

    Mate : "Can I come into this pre-game function room? My membership says I can"

    Carlton: "Nah mate. Next room for you"

    Mate: "I've been through this before. My membership grants me access"

    Carlton: "Definitely not. You are mistaken"

    Mate: "Here is the terms of my membership and an email from the club sent to me after I enquired last time you refused me. It says I'm allowed in"

    Carlton: "I'll check with someone"

    Ten minutes later 

    Carlton "Yeah, ok. Just this once."

    Serves him right.

     

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    The match sim will consist of four 25-minute quarters, plus game-specific simulations at the end of the second and fourth quarters.

    What does the highlighted part mean for the sim against North?

    Are they going to change scores, start play from specific areas of the ground, set the time, bring on and off players before they start a set, interesting words.

    An example could be, we will they ask North to go 3 points ahead with 60 seconds of play left, or vice versa.

    Edited by kev martin

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    I'll try to guess the squad

    B: Lever, Adams, Bowey

    HB: Salem, Petty, Howes

    C: Sharp, Rivers, Billings

    HF: Petracca,van Rooyen, Langford

    F: Fritsch, Turner, Chandler

    FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Langdon

    IC: Lindsay, Sparrow, Moniz-Wakefield, Woewodin, Laurie, Jefferson, Johnson, Sestan, Brown, Campbell, Hore, Fullerton

    9 hours ago, kev martin said:

    The match sim will consist of four 25-minute quarters, plus game-specific simulations at the end of the second and fourth quarters.

    What does the highlighted part mean for the sim against North?

    Are they going to change scores, start play from specific areas of the ground, set the time, bring on and off players before they start a set, interesting words.

    An example could be, we will they ask North to go 3 points ahead with 60 seconds of play left, or vice versa.

    I reckon you nailed your own question.

    North have done this the last 2 years in their match sims vs Richmond and Collingwood.

    It might give both clubs an opportunity to chase a close deficit  in one scenario and hold a close lead in the other. We need practice in this area as we lost a lot of close ones last year.

    Edited by Bring-Back-Powell

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    5 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

    I'll try to guess the squad

    B: Lever, Adams, Bowey

    HB: Salem, Petty, Howes

    C: Sharp, Rivers, Billings

    HF: Petracca,van Rooyen, Langford

    F: Fritsch, Turner, Chandler

    FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Langdon

    IC: Lindsay, Sparrow, Moniz-Wakefield, Woewodin, Laurie, Jefferson, Johnson, Sestan, Brown, Campbell, Hore, Fullerton

    Petracca unlikely this weekend.

    Mitch Cleary last night suggested that Trac will get some minutes next week against Freo.

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    I’m hoping we try different scenarios in this game. 
     

    See what our forward looks like with

    - Johnson , JVR and Turner

    - Jeffo JVR and Turner 

    or 

    - Johnson and JVR

    - Jeffo and JVR

    Hope to see sharp on the wings and then forward

    Langdon wing then middle

    Langford middle than Forward

    K.brown in the forward  

     

     

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    16 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

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    Reading that why do I feel like I’m a 5 yo on a school excursion? 

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    23 hours ago, Adam The God said:

    How can the club not get its act together with the website?

    Socials have absolutely improved this year, but we have an older supporter base, who are much more likely to use the website to seek information.

    We need to do so much better.

    Our supporter base Googles ‘Facebook’ and gets their information there.

    …

     

    Its actually a big problem writ large

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    14 hours ago, kev martin said:

    The match sim will consist of four 25-minute quarters, plus game-specific simulations at the end of the second and fourth quarters.

    What does the highlighted part mean for the sim against North?

    Are they going to change scores, start play from specific areas of the ground, set the time, bring on and off players before they start a set, interesting words.

    An example could be, we will they ask North to go 3 points ahead with 60 seconds of play left, or vice versa.

    That's exactly what's going to happen

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    9 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

    I'll try to guess the squad

    B: Lever, Adams, Bowey

    HB: Salem, Petty, Howes

    C: Sharp, Rivers, Billings

    HF: Sparrow,van Rooyen, Langford

    F: Fritsch, Turner, Chandler

    FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Langdon

    IC: Lindsay, Moniz-Wakefield, Woewodin, Laurie, Jefferson, Johnson, Sestan, Brown, Campbell, Hore, Fullerton

     

    2 hours ago, Sydee said:

    Reading that why do I feel like I’m a 5 yo on a school excursion? 

    All that’s left out is the part about being in pairs and holding hands at all times. 😂

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    5 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Petracca unlikely this weekend.

    Mitch Cleary last night suggested that Trac will get some minutes next week against Freo.

    Sounds like a wise move to me! I would not be surprised if he doesn't play round 1. We all saw how much is absence affected us last season.  I would much prefer he played the last 80% of the reason rather than rush him back for the early part of the season. 

    7 hours ago, At Least I Saw a Flag said:

    Will the match (soz simulation) be live streamed anywhere? On club's website ... or Kayo? 

    Just checked it's on Kayo

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    On 19/02/2025 at 11:42, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I get the impression both clubs are not fussed about fans turning up for this one.

    If fans turned up (say 15k plus) it would probably be a disaster from a crowd management/facilities viewpoint. I think they would want sub 2k at most

     
    38 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    If fans turned up (say 15k plus) it would probably be a disaster from a crowd management/facilities viewpoint. I think they would want sub 2k at most

    If 15k turned up it would definitely be a disaster. Capacity is officially 4k. And many will be bringing camp chairs. 

     I think the weather will put many people off. Regardless, there’ll be way more of their supporters than ours. 


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