The Jackson FIX

Pert sounded similarly confident about getting 50k to the G on Saturday. Kingy and Whately just questioned whether Pert has his finger close enough to the pulse. I’d be lying if I said I completely disagreed with them...

Dominant defence helped with that. Same thing that probably saved a 100 point loss to Footscray in the pre-season game

VERY small sample but midfield dynamics seem to have gone backwards under Yze. Hope there is a method to his madness

Gawn was average. I thought sides had learnt how to negate his rucking but for large parts today they didn’t need to, he just found them on his own. Urgent stoppage practice at Casey this week pls

Many I am sure couldn’t make it for a legitimate reason. If you are not one of them then shame on you.

Of more concern right now is the joint is empty 20 minutes from the bounce. Cannot for the life of me understand why we don’t have 40k+ here. Embarrassing

We do, but they are obviously thin. They managed to film a video piece featuring Checker drinking a sponsor’s product.... clearly a matter of prioritisation. maybe it is the way of the future though - the players have all made a fuss of Clarry on social so perhaps that’s a low rent way to celebrate the occasion nowadays.

Or Mitch Brown

I would love to see these pre-match supporter comments from the opposition re-visited at the end of the year, with awards for comedy, delusion and grammar. Colingwoad sure to be very short in the latter market.

James Jordon confirmed to debut. Good on him. Tear ‘em up son.

Hmm just double check that. I’ve got an mcc ticket (free reserved seat as a member) and have a barcode. My assumption is you’ll need to scan both mcc membership card and reserved seat barcode for entry for Covid rules.

I didn’t receive an sms at first but contacted Ticketek via Twitter and they reissued the tickets and I got the sms then (they were quite quick actually). I didn’t see the barcode to scan on the confirmation email so I would be wary of assuming you can access the ground via the ‘confirmation’ email.

Lol probably me. I’ve drunkenly thrown my scarf in a bin Rd 1 before so I’ll need something to convince there is some light in some tunnel somewhere so I don’t chuck another scarf.

Apparently the suspension happened because MFC submitted a request for the incident to be reviewed, not because he was reported mid or post game. Wow. edit. The article says the ‘demons’ submitted a review (not MFC) and I forgot Perth were called the demons

That young tall Treacy has been suspended from a wafl game. They are missing a lot of talls

Yes. Less optimistic about the following week though, ‘aints might touch us up.

Spot on, they understand how to play to Gawn now. Sadly, it doesn’t appear we a) have a sufficiently evolved game plan to counter this or b) sufficiently evolved undergrowth of talent to counter this. Having said that, less footy this more-season to assess than previous years. I remember a match (can’t recall which one) several years ago where Gawn and Viney had the ball talking. Those days feel long gone.

Oliver is the value for the Brownlow more so than Trac I feel. Very consistent poller (I think he had ~13 votes in a lean-ish yr last yr) and his contract is up for renewal which will probably give him motivation plus keep him in the media spotlight through out the year.

Thanks for the podcast fellas, a good listen. @binman’s dog might benefit from a run around in the 2s before he features in another firsts podcast.

Darcy will be out too I assume.

He played in the 1sts in round 1, 2018 and was drafted in November 2017. He has played 60 AFL games. Couldn’t have played more than 10 games at Casey (being generous). edit. Forgot he was recruited from there so I will take your point on that one

I think Spargo can be ok but I am Beginning to wonder whether our arrangement with Casey is impacting our kids’ development. Baker should be better than he is. Bedford hasn’t come on. In fact, I find it difficult to pin point one player that has developed well down at Casey and then quickly risen to the challenge when called Upon in the 1s. Richmond is full of players like that.

Never fun to lose, even though pre-season. Understandably got monstered in the midfield - probably by the best midfield in the comp. Most sad to see was some of our Casey players of the past few years don’t seem to have advanced at the rate you’d hope - Bedford, Baker (arguably Sparrow) culprits. If they’re in the selection frame in the next two months we’re in strife.

Thanks for the updates all.

How many heartlands do we have?