The Jackson FIX

I expect the bowling pin costumes provide added protection via padding. Net net a safer outcome for 10x DA’ers

One for the broader AFL; clearly weather is a risk for opening round at this time of year, wreaking havoc on a watertight fixturing process, so next year they should introduce a “Round -1” for contingency purposes

I mean this with the utmost respect but he doesn’t strike me as the type that has ‘good’ pants

Instead of the swirl-target in the DA behind goal to encourage accuracy, 10 x DA members dress up in bowling pin costumes, arrange themselves behind the goal for set shots and then all fall over dramatically as the ball sails through the middle

Entire team + goal kicking coach has to run a lap of the oval (Indian file) at the end of each game for every behind kicked in the match.

Imagine Mrs Jackson’s daggers at the Sunday night dinner table when Luke brings the squeeze over for a roast

It is time to come home son 🥹

I get what you mean but Brad was looking for impact, not a novel.

Chin up Belly

We also have a few unofficial nicknames; Melksham; Jake the Snake (as well as Milkshake) Koltyn: Tinnie Windsor: Duke Spargo; Spargy Pants Salem; Slalom Marty Hore: Deuce Gawn: Whaddya-mean-Maxy and Brad Green was always known affectionately to us as Booga.

It hurts because our club hasn’t benefited greatly from the system but I think they are a necessary evil to keep the game growing at a grass roots level and to keep the best talent in the country away from other codes (particularly in northern states). And to keep them going there needs to be some benefit to the clubs who support them. I agree though that putting dibs on a player late in his junior career (with little involvement in his development to date) is an absolute farce.

Haha what do you mean you can’t avoid it?! Just don’t click on it 🤣

I don’t disagree re. the advertising

I respect that not everybody loves betting but it isn’t illegal and is a pastime of many on Demonland. Hence why I thought a separate thread made sense. Perhaps just don’t visit the thread?

I don’t think a dedicated thread exists (pls merge if so) but felt like a dedicated thread for ppl interested makes more sense than talking about betting in random threads where there are people who just don’t want to talk about betting. Just decided to build a season multi anchored to Harvey Langford winning Rising Star only to realise he was crunched from $16 to $9 (now 2nd favourite) after the North sim. Ouch.

Are SSP contracted as rookies? Do all rookie deals only last 1 year and when is the deadline for ending/ extending / upgrading that contract? The Kossie situation interesting with Narkle and Dudley as SSP at Freo. You’d hope (but not holding my breath) that both are clear on their position with that club before Kossie needs to make a decision on requesting a trade or not.

Who was helping Campbell before AJ came on the other day? Therein probably lies the answer.

This feels about right to me. It’s a very Goodwin side.

I’ll give you the hot tip: the Sturt footy club, the Port Melbourne footy club even the Vermont footy club don’t view themselves as ‘pathways’. They have rich histories, sponsors and supporter bases. They concede some flex in the current SSP system to help give their players a chance at the top stuff. Any suggestion the AFL can just do what it wants with this SSP is just ignorant of the passion and the strength of clubs and supporters at the lower-league level (it isn’t always just about the players).

They’ll use the ball well when they get it but that lineup would get terrorised by Daniels, Greene, Stringer (and Bedford and a mobile Hogan). Howes will be in a more accountable role in lieu of Judd. Probably Rivers back there too for the Giants.

Many of these clubs are the heartbeat of their community, they don’t just exist to service the ‘premier’ competition.

Helpful for AFL clubs, very disruptive to clubs in lower leagues who have players poached in the middle of their season.

They’ve got a young list. Some gems in there though. They’ll be a good side in 2 years, possibly earlier.

Tangles!

He’s one-paced in the same way Robert Harvey and Scott Pendlebury are. A bloody good way.