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* each team will play 23 games over 24 rounds next season. * It will add at least $500,000 to each club’s coffers with some of that money to be used to boost the soft cap on football departments while players, who have agreed to play the extra game, will also receive a slice of the revenue generated. It remains unclear whether the players will be paid from club coffers or the AFL will provide the additional income. * Matches will be held at several venues, with Adelaide Oval the primary base. * The extra round means there will be one less meaningless pre-season game, a boost for players worried about injury heading into the season proper.

I’m assuming we share $500,000 and not each receive $500,000 as this poorly worded tweet suggests.

Are all the matches being played at Adelaide Oval? We'll most likely have to play our home game against the Eagles at some suburban ground.

No way they can play the showdown on that weekend. Port and Adelaide surely have to be playing interstate teams. Make them play Collingwood and Carlton on those weeks. Can we play our Kardinia Park game against the Cats that weekend?

A premiership player, All Australian, four time club best and fairest. What more can you say? "The brilliant midfielder signed a mammoth new seven-year deal in June, to tie him to the Dees until 2030. Oliver remains the heartbeat of the Melbourne midfield and this year became just the third Demon to be crowned a four-time club best-and-fairest winner. Oliver also claimed the AFL Coaches’ Association award for the second consecutive year, sharing the 2022 honour with Touk Miller, and was named in the All-Australian team." - Herald Sun Date of Birth: 22 July 1997 Height: 189cm Weight: 87kg Games MFC 2022: 23 Career Total: 147 Goals MFC 2022: 5 Career Total: 45 Keith “Bluey” Truscott Memorial Trophy Club Best & Fairest: 608 votes Brownlow Medal: 25 votes

The club’s midfield bull and now triple All Australian had another great season, once again featuring near the top of the Brownlow count. A major piece of our great midfield who also causes havoc when going forward and if there is an area for improvement, it’s in his set shots for goal. "Petracca’s long-term future at the Demons is locked in after he signed a seven-year contract extension last year to tie him to the club until the end of season 2029. The midfield star again underlined his importance to the Demons this season, averaging an elite 28 disposals a game. Bravely played through a hairline fracture to his tibia in the Demons’ semi-final loss to the Brisbane Lions with a gutsy 27 disposals and one goal." - Herald Sun Date of Birth: 4 January 1996 Height: 187cm Weight: 97kg Games MFC 2022: 24 Career Total: 151 Goals MFC 2022: 19 Career Total: 142 Sid Anderson Memorial Trophy Second Club Best & Fairest: 553 votes Brownlow Medal: 24 votes

You get a new training facility and you get a new training facility and you get a new training facility. Not you Demons. https://twitter.com/AFL/status/1589882650780581888?s=20&t=jNLl4Lv3RxMuGfO-FsZHZQ

Was our preference in Week 1 to play at Casey or Ikon?

The big-bodied All Australian recorded another podium finish in this year’s club best and fairest underlining his important to the club’s defensive structure upon which its success in matches is so dependent. "Another strong season from the Demons’ backline general, who finished third in the club’s best-and-fairest. Retained his place at full-back in the All-Australian team and was the first defender to hold Lance Franklin goalless this season in the Demons’ qualifying final loss. But he made headlines for the wrong reasons mid-year after his part in a restaurant scuffle with teammate Jake Melksham. Has another year to run on his deal." - Herald Sun Date of Birth: 10 January 1992 Height: 193cm Weight: 101kg Games MFC 2022: 22 Career Total: 193 Goals MFC 2022: 0 Career Total: 23 Ron Barassi Senior Memorial Trophy Third Club Best & Fairest: 473 votes

I just assumed that the higher ranked team in AFLW got the choice of venue based on Adelaide hosting it last year. I would be filthy if I was Brisbane and had to play at Marvel. As a Demon fan I am delighted by this unexpected turn of events.

Adds that tough edge to the midfield, the Demon vice captain leads by example on the field with his straight ahead approach and unflinching desire for the football. "The heart-and-soul Demon remains contracted for another three seasons after turning his back on free agency two years ago. The tough midfielder played 22 games in 2022 – his best season return to date – and remains an integral part of the Melbourne midfield machine, averaging almost 26 disposals and an elite 5.7 tackles a game this year." - Herald Sun Date of Birth: 13 April 1994 Height: 179cm Weight: 86kg Games MFC 2022: 22 Career Total: 172 Goals MFC 2022: 8 Career Total: 48 Ivor Warne-Smith Memorial Trophy Fourth Club Best & Fairest: 471 votes Brownlow Medal: 7 votes

Why would Brisbane have to travel to Melbourne for the Grand Final. Don't they have home ground advantage for finishing on top?