Jumping Jack Clennett

Spargo certainly ducked his head, so it was correct not to give him a free…..but to penalise him for incorrect disposal? He was semi-conscious when the ball came out of his hands. Ducking the head to try to avoid a tackle should certainly not be rewarded with a free, but the tackler still has a duty of care not to concuss the ducker.

In some ways I think it's to our advantage not to be on the MCG against Essendon.( esp as an "away" match.) They're on a high, and there'd be a predominantly Essendon crowd at the MCG baying for frees and influencing the umps. It'll still be pro-bomber over there, but we travel well.

Thanks, LaDVC The satellite trackers are pretty good at specifying the distance from your golf ball to the pin on the green. Within a metre or two. I don't think that's the answer. I was hoping some Demonlander might be "in the know" as far as the tracking info is concerned. I'm also interested in the Champion Data employees. There must be at least a dozen at each match. Who are they? How well do they understand footy? It must take a lot of knowledge and experience to judge, for example, what was a hit out to advantage,what was a clanger, a sacrificial act....etc, etc, etc.. Are they well paid? Do they travel interstate? Or, for example, are the Perth statisticians only there.? Ditto with Melbourne stats workers etc.? Do any Demonlanders work for Champion data?

Of course the running done in a footy game is in no way comparable to just jogging with no physical contact!! That's not my point at all! But my point is that the players are constantly on the move for the whole 120 min ( at stoppages players have to walk/jog/ run to "man up". They don't just stand like statues) For an example, let's assume a player sprints pretty flat out for 30 min of the game....probably at an average of about 3 min per k pace....that's 10 k covered. Let's assume he walks or jogs slowly for another 60 min. That's another 5k. Let's (wrongly) assume he's dead still for the other 30 min.(10 min if he's off for rotation for 20 min.) Wild assumptions, I know, but that's the 15 k that player covered......more than most. My point is that I reckon players must walk/run for more than 10 to 15 k in a match. The GPS trackers must only count the distance when they're going over a certain minimum speed. And thanks, BW511, for speculating irrelevantly on how many kicks I'd get walking briskly on the MCG. I wish I was young enough, fit enough, and good enough to be out there . But I don't think it's relevant to my query.

Have a look,DJ. No player is EVER stationary!

At a brisk waking pace you cover about 5 to 6 km in an hour…….. about 10 to 12 k in 120 min.

I hate it when opposition fans all boo when a player is having a set shot for goal. WCE are the worst, but all other supporters do it, including Melbourne( but not so badly) But yesterday it had the reverse effect when JVR was having a set shot! The booing was like the “Roooooo” chant that Dees supporters use! Probably inspired him!

Does anyone know the details of distance tracking in games? I’m always surprised how little is the total distance covered in a match by players. If someone just walks at a leisurely pace for 120 min, they’d cover at least 10k. , yet a player who does 15 k in a match is deemed to have covered a lot of ground. Perhaps the answer is that the GPS devices only register the distance covered when the player is moving at faster than walking pace. Does any Demonlander know about this?

Who should mind Stringer? Perhaps Hibberd might have been an option if not injured.

Great to have you back, Joeboy…..or did I miss your posts in the previous games?

What…… you didn’t read “Dyer ‘ere” ???!!!

Somehow that arrogant, ignorant,opinionated moron, Mark McClure has the nickname “Sellers”.

Everyone is so confident about JVR being our Messiah. But has he really dominated in the twos( the way, say, Hibbo has).? Has he ever kicked a bag for Casey? He’s only 193 cm, shorter and lighter than, for example, Tomlinson. I think it would be a huge error to expect him to do any rucking. I’m having trouble expecting a big showing in his first game. How I hope I’m eating my words on Sunday night!

pe LV is injury in this case,unlike Dermie's(which didn't occur on the footy field!)

PoorvJimmy Jordon didn’t make the seconds!

Does anyone know if the game is being streamed anywhere?

Was there a detectable rise after the SEN radio Melbourne Membership day?

I saw it today. Mainly newly laid turf. ? transfer game to the scene of our ‘87 triumph, the Western Oval?……..surely not!

I noticed in an email that Penfolds has joined MFC as a sponsor. I tried to investigate the MFC to see what are the terms of this deal, and also whether their were benefits for MFC Members. I could find NO mention of Penfolds on the MFC website. Perhaps I missed it. Couldn't find anything on Demonland, either. So I tried googling MFC/Penfolds and found MFC Members can get a significant discount by using the promo code "MELBOURNE". ( about 18% on certain bundles). Why has there been so little publicity for such a prominent and desirable sponsor? Also ,didn't we have another wine company sponsor recently.? I presume this supersedes them. Surely we should be delighted to have Penfolds on board, and do everything possible to nurture, and perhaps upgrade the association in the future. I just checked again, and found that Penfolds ARE listed with the official partners. So the above is not correct, but I still think a little more exposure would be advisable.

He turns 19 in a couple of weeks....so that might be one reason why his physical development is quite advanced. (compared to the recruits who have just turned 18)

It was such bad luck that the live stream cut out just before interesting questions were asked. Amazing coincidence , really.

Oh darn!! The streaming stopped just when we were getting to the interesting part,discussing the resolution , and questions.

Another interesting revelation at the training/sponsor function was that Joel Smith is going to play forward this season. A pretty hard forward line to fit into. Also , Choco said he has taken over as goal-kicking coach. I’m surprised he wasn’t that before…..but it’d be great if he makes a difference to that facet of our game.

Perhaps they all tried tunnel-ball (like Jack F!??!!)

This is killing me! I really want to know the answer. ???something to do with their first games? Or first season. ??something about Finals? I don't think it's to do with their numbers. Perhaps their playing positions?? AAARGH!!! I can't bear it....but I'll keep thinking!