Whispering_Jack

A little bit of light for the club is that our very own Karen Paxman has tied with North Melbourne’s Jasmine Garner and Carlton's Maddy Prespakis for the AFLW Player of the Year Award. Congratulations to a terrific player who truly deserved this award!

Now that it appears the Olympics are likely to be postponed for 12 months, I’m more confident that we’ll win next year’s flag.

This one went down well, didn’t it?

If someone had told me six weeks ago that we would be one game from top place at the end of May, I would have taken it.

Thoughts?

I wonder what’s going to happen to the TV programmes like AFL360 and Footy Classified?

This letter to the editor in a WA newspaper talks to why the decision was necessary:-

No premiership awarded.

Our game goes on tonight but ...

My guess is North Melbourne who we beat by 2 points in Round 1 coming from behind.

I suspect that because there is no VFL until further notice, clubs will be inclined to make more changes to their teams from week to week to ensure that they have many players capable of performing at the highest level. It will also keep players on their toes and fully committed. Bottom line is that the teams with player depth are the most likely to succeed.

I suspect that the Bulldogs of 2020 are going the way of last year’s Demons - from highly rated to big fails. They’re lucky that the season probably will last about three rounds at best.

No. There was no play on call and he was tackled to the ground.

Anyone playing on Riewoldt? Whoever he is, he’s the only spectator at the ground.

Probably the best season ever to acquire a nightmare injury. Nightmare injury blow to potential No.1 draft pick

It looks like young Tiernan Stynes has been excelling at an other sport - basketball where he has made the Vic Metro Boys Under 16 team:- IMG_3492.MP4

Like this bloke’s name for some reason. Shoulder ripped from socket, 'but I got him': No.1 pick fancy

I recommend that the AFL suspends the first two rounds. Of course, it’s a co-incidence that we’re drawn to play two of the premiership favourites in those rounds.

Everything removed to Casey Fields where the municipal council has been overthrown and martial law declared. Apparently, players safer from coronavirus and invasion by foreign forces there.

Christian Salem had a debilitating thyroid problem which kept him out of the game for a period.

According to SEN, Harley Bennell has suffered another “slight” calf strain which will set his recovery back again. Christian Salem’s illness is glandular fever - he’s an outside chance to return for round 1. BENNELL SUFFERS ANOTHER CALF INJURY IN LATEST INJURY SETBACK

More importantly, is there any news on the injury front? We had three blokes on crutches on Friday night and three days later, nothing to report?

And that’s all folks. Melbourne finishes in 3rd place. If the AFL was serious about this pre season competition, we would be figuring in an elimination final on the Gold Coast next weekend. Won’t happen. 2020 JLT/Marsh Community Series ladder ~ GWS Giants 2 - - 230 122 188.52 8 Gold Coast 2 - - 193 118 163.55 8 Melbourne 2 - - 184 119 153.62 8 Fremantle 2 - - 145 97 149.48 8 St Kilda 2 - - 179 147 121.76 8 Port Adelaide 2 - - 193 172 112.20 8 Essendon 2 - - 160 148 108.10 8 Collingwood 1 1 - 141 112 125.89 4 ———————————————————— Western Bulldogs 1 1 - 186 152 122.36 4 Brisbane 1 1 - 188 164 114.63 4 North Melbourne 1 1 - 147 181 79.89 4 West Coast - 2 - 141 150 94.00 0 Adelaide - 2 - 134 174 77.01 0 Hawthorn - 2 - 139 182 76.37 0 Richmond - 2 - 139 193 72.02 0 Geelong - 2 - 115187 61.49 0 Carlton - 2 - 109 201 54.22 0 Sydney - 2 - 106 211 22.31 50.23 0

Checked out the club site for the next official training time and it appears that we’re tapering off before the start of the season. AFL training sessions Date: Thursday 12 March Start time: 9.45am Location: Gosch's Paddock

Melbourne has finished in third place on the 2020 JLT/Marsh Community Series ladder ~ GWS Giants 2 - - 230 122 188.52 8 Gold Coast 2 - - 193 118 163.55 8 Melbourne 2 - - 184 119 153.62 8 Fremantle 2 - - 145 97 149.48 8 St Kilda 2 - - 179 147 121.76 8 Port Adelaide 2 - - 193 172 112.20 8 Collingwood 1 1 - 141 112 125.89 4 Western Bulldogs 1 1 - 186 152 122.36 4 ———————————————————— West Coast - 2 - 141 150 94.00 0 Essendon 1 - - 95 87 109.19 4 Brisbane 1 1 - 188 164 114.63 4 Adelaide - 2 - 134 174 77.01 0 Hawthorn - 2 - 139 182 76.37 0 Richmond - 2 - 139 193 72.02 0 North Melbourne - 1 - 57 102 55.88 0 Carlton - 2 - 109 201 54.22 0 Geelong - 1 - 54 122 44.26 0 Sydney - 1 - 27 121 22.31 0