rolling fog

Our best is markedly better, it’s just so fleeting.

I hope May roasted himself for that. Side note - umpiring has been noticeably rubbish this round.

More physical this quarter - you love to see it

Feels like we’re playing a massively outdated brand of football, of which we’re rubbish at executing anyway. The best sides at the moment are all incredibly clean with the ball in hand and highly efficient in disposal. I guess this also affords them the ability to enter F50 cleanly and directly - not wide and high.

Last week was a shock to the system. This week was confirmation.

Why would Trac even want to stay? Majority of the team phoning in a performance in front of a ~20k crowd when he could be on the big stage. Who could blame him.

Salem just jogging at that chase through the middle

There’s no leadership though - how / who can make a call on the coach? The President is confirmed as only seeing out this season. We have only an interim CEO with the new CEO to be confirmed in APRIL FFS.

Nine touches so far isn’t enough? I’d say he’s one of the very few actually showing something.

Goodness me. Situational awareness anybody.

David King, regardless of what you think of him, called it on SEN this morning - era over. Also, Spargo amd Bowey just aren’t at the level. That’s all.

Did anyone happen to catch the site walkthrough of Hawthorn’s Dingley facility on the news tonight? Goodness me I had no idea the works were so far progressed - impressive stuff.

Pittonet is a genuine liability for the blues

Coniglio cooked their last true opportunity - should’ve gone top of the square instead of wide. Giants will be knackered after that - looked like they ran out of run.

Yep have been thinking this for a little while myself now. Particularly noting that he still can’t get above 100bpm - not sure how that’ll play with potential medicals fwiw.

I’d say that’s that. Freo have really stuck it up. Carlton won’t do anything in finals anyway.

Nice of Salem to finally show up this year

Not to mention any momentum gained from 2021 has well and truly been squandered. A) Supporters were willing and able to open their pockets back then if presented with a vision to get around, B) electoral cycles were favourable to obtain govt funding and C) money was cheap - however the board’s dogmatic approach to facilities persisted - and now none of those three elements are true.

Also, Mark Korda is now largely irrelevant at Collingwood. Aside from probably continuing to pump money into the coterie etc. he’s been well and truly usurped by Geoff Brown - a bit happening there too by the sounds.

Does the Senate inquiry into PwC tax leaks count? If so, then yes I have. FWIW, it’s an absolute travesty that Sayers can continue in a board/governance position given the gravity of what he oversaw at PwC - just goes to show how pervasive power influences can be in this country, but alas I digress.

She seemed pretty chuffed to be standing in the race clapping the players off on Saturday night. She was essentially appointed/elected(?) on a platform of delivering the home base - goodness knows what the status of that is currently. Caulfield racecourse seems dead in the water.

I went to both the GWS game and last night, and I sat by myself like a legend. It was quite peaceful being able to spread out, no queues for anything. It’s a form of therapy for me. I live close by and will do what I can to get my membership fee's worth for the year. But I’m the sort that will go to the opening of an envelope if it’s held at the MCG. Looking back on the opening handful of home games this year I had a solid crew of a dozen-ish family and friends that I knew would be at each game and meet up with - and for the last month it’s now reduced to just me - read into that what you will! But there can be no doubt that MFC supporters in large part have voted with their feet.

I was there tonight, sat in the MCC, and thought it had a real finals-like atmosphere. Sheffield Shield finals.

You’re bang on re the floating fixture. IMO the way it has been run this year is a joke, and the fact we still don’t know the scheduling for Rd 24 is frankly farcical. Heaven forbid your team is on the cusp of Top 8/4 and you were trying to organise travel. The AFL needs to read the room on this - the vast majority of supports live in the real world of travelling some distances to games, planning work shifts, child minding and other commitments.

Maybe he’s now gettable?