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Thread definitely should not be closed - there are too many revealing posts.

Selwood's clapping a "nice" touch too.

I just want to post this here to acknowledge what is at stake, this is the Geelong way ...

Heard a bit of "WEED" call going up last Sunday. It would be good it that took off.

I think they alternate the bays - except for directly behind the goals I've got a Level 1 aisle seat - expect Cats bay next to me.

Richmond member at work got 2 tix at 11:20, i.e. 20 mins. Ended up going "Best Available" and they are in the nose-bleed Northern Stand Level 4.

You've got a very long list of favourite commodities there.

IMO that's not correct. Weed is a beautiful kick, I watched it on "all the goals" and that spun as a perfect drop-punt with late fade - only the best can kick that kick. http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2018-08-27/rd-23-all-the-goals 4:50

Telstra provide the infrastructure but AFL Media provides the content

Incredible that there is no prominent notice on the homepage of http://www.afl.com.au/ - there's nothing in the carousel at the top, there's only a text link to a story and that's buried 5 down the list. But there still IS a link to "The Finals - Get Tickets" underneath the Match Centre widget (That widget is a disgrace btw - does not update properly when matches are in progress)

Yeah right

WA Optus Oval ticketing is with Ticketmaster and they don't seem to have had any problems. Is it the venue, i.e. the MCG that is with Ticketek?

The AFL and Ticketek send Scarlett Johansson around to your place with a personal notification and apology

How stupid is it that they sell BOTH matches at the same time!?!? With modern cloud computing services like AWS and Azure that can be ramped up on demand there is absolutely no excuse for capacity problems except for total incompetence.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/st-kildas-clinton-jones-apologises-for-dwarf-burning-incident-20130902-2t1fz.html?source=images

Kelly is contracted and Geelong said they wont trade him. I believe them too.

If I was West Coast and Gaff nominated MFC I'd match and request a tall in trade. Kennedy is close to retirement age and McGovern can play forward or back. I think OMac, Frost and Weed would be in play if it was me.

I'm confident Weideman will make it as an AFL player. It's someone else's (good) idea - if he doesn't make it as a forward he would make a very good key defender - he's strong in the air, clean at ground level for his size and is a beautiful kick. IMO he has to play this week in Hogan's absence. We've got to bite the bullet and give him his opportunity. In the medium term we do have a problem fitting him into the 22 with TMac and Hogan locking in the 2 tall forward spots and barring long-term injury to either (both have had foot troubles) or a move by Hogan back to Perth - he's going to be at Casey and that will not fulfill his ambitions or capability. If Hogan and TMac look good for 2019 pre-season, IMO it would be worth trying him down back over that period. We could retain T.Smith OR Pedo as willing depth in the key forward area In the long run down back we've got Lever, OMac and Frost (who has enhanced his reputation strongly) too, with Petty and Keilty as willing developing depth. We've got one of two promising talls on our list that are likely to be looking for opportunities elsewhere in the medium term - that's a good problem to have.

https://squiggle.com.au/?rid=201822 Right now Squiggle's combined models have us 44% vs West Coast and 63% against GWS (they keep swinging around a bit). That means we're: 0.44*0.63 = 28% to win both 0.44*0.37+0.63*0.56 = 51% to win one 0.56*0.37 = 21% to win none Don't shoot me I'm just the piano player.

that's paying $22 at Sportsbet (including the MFC losses) $5.63 without the MFC games

Simon Godfrey, Paul Hopgood, Alex Neal-Bullen

If you look at this page: https://live.squiggle.com.au/#tower You need to click on TOWER in the top menu bar It shows the probability of finishing position based on running (10,000?) simulations Max Barry's footy data visualisation is 2nd to none

It's impossible to fathom the thinking of many posters here. "Viney upsets the balance of the midfield", "Viney's not that good anyway", "Viney will never play again". He's a bona fide star who won the 2016 B&F at 22. He makes us better and I am hope he is able to get back for finals as planned.

First week of VFL Finals coincides with the AFL week off. He could make it back for that and get game minutes. Viney is exactly who we need come AFL finals.

I'm in favour of red card but it has to remain 18 v 18 on the field. Red card is only applied if the targetted player is out of the rest of the game - then it's 21 v 21.