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And probably Howes by next year.

Yours is always the best read after every match @joeboy. Keep it up.......and you are right....Tyson couldn't mark, or kick the ball to Melbourne players.

Why isn't Marvel being used to showcase the game, instead of all these second rate country grounds. Under the roof, good surface, easy for fans to get to and more of them to turn up than some country town, with TV facilities already there to cut down the costs for broadcasters. From 1 September to a mid November Def Leppard concert ( a Tuesday) the only thing happening at the stadium is "stadium golf" a fabricated driving range for the day. The ground is now owned by the AFL.... play football there.

The other thing which annoys me is the simple lack of respect for the AFLW by the AFL. How do you develop interest in the game and get ratings on TV when you send the games to Ballarat, Warrnambool, Alberton, Tasmania, Windy Hill, Unley, Arden st, Whitten oval, Victoria Park......crowds will be pathetic. There is a perfectly good stadium at Marvel under a roof owned by the AFL, where perhaps every Victorian team should play, with conditions guaranteed to produce a good spectacle, with modern facilities for spectators, and no advantage to any side.

3 Home games at Casey out of 10 games in total!! North 5 games at Arden st or Tas Lions 4 home games at their training base and an away game against GC and then another home game in R10 ( you know where that will be)

We were kicked out of AAMI park for the World cup. Gosch's still available. Pies still have access to all their facilities, but their oval is probably being used for FIFA.

No the current Board have said those monies will not be used for that (I don't know why) Why would the Board be loathe to tell the members what is happening?. After all they been promising this since they were put in place, and the Board before them, and the one before them.....I have lost track of the number of times at AGM's, player sponsor events and member meetings where this has been sprouted. ....but we can't tell you anything because it is "in confidence"....or "we will have something positive by the end of this year"......then next year " we should have something to announce by season end"..... It was meant to be in construction according to the Strategic plan by the end of this year.

This was Schache's 50th VFL game between the Dogs and us. Should indicate to people why he isn't playing AFL.

Collingwood did it, why not us? https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/club/member-events Club is falling back to the worst of years past. No notifications or even organising these things for members.

This might not be the only flooding we have to contend with, just to fuel everyones MFCSS if the stadium goes under water: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/storm-surges-could-hit-southbank-as-wild-windy-weather-crosses-victoria-20230707-p5dmfi.html and we all know we don't play well in the wet!

64,976 as of today.....now less than the same time last year!

We have been kicked out of AAMI for the FIFA women’s World Cup. No point training at Gosch’s. The price we pay for not having our own facility. When some say our facilities are as good as anyone’s else’s this is only one example of why they are not.

great read @Dees_In_October. I don't think we have a great weakness in the middle, simply because of lack of height. What we do have is strength, particularly Purcell ( how did we ever get her from Geelong?) and West. They never lose their feet and have that core body strength so critical in the middle. Hanks is building a similar strong core, and is able to find the ball at will....another critical skill in the middle. The return of McNamara is only a further positive to the mids. Lily is ferocious, but I fear as the AFLW body shapes move progressively to the more solid types, that she will struggle physically. It will be interesting with our rucks. Pearce can barely run out a game and will not be able to do so for the whole season, as we have seen in past years. However, when she is on the field she simply cannot be moved. Watt post injury will also be interesting. The age factor is probably not as great as the mens game, since the girls haven't been battered and bruised as much when they hit the 30+ mark. But if she can provide the "cut out" for Pearce that will be all that is needed. I don't like Harris rucking, simply because it takes her away from the forward line, but it does keep her in the game more, and boy is she scary when she attacks the ball. Likewise Zanker can only be a fill in, she is just too light to be hitting bodies in the ruck role. Better suited to other areas. What we really need is another younger tall for 2024 and beyond. I was wondering if Saraid Taylor could fill the role@ 183cm, nearly the same as Pearce. Losing Maggie Caris to netball again, at 190cm and only from the 2020 draft was a big loss.

Managed is the term for JVR. We must not forget the kid is only 19 and wouldn't have played as many games as he has so far if BBB and TMac were available. But after this performance he will only get 1 weeks "rest" in the VFL. Jefferson kicks 4, but easy ones. The kid has huge potential, reads the play, great pair of hands, but has little physical presence yet. He also has to learn to jump off the ground when going for marks. Not close to senior selection, but will be next year. JJ just too good, and after this showing must replace Harmes next week. Verrell. Only his 2nd game, actually did better last week, but again a long way from senior selection, especially for a ruck.

The way teams enter the forward line has changed, particularly this year. And no doubt it is all about statistical outcomes. We were training for "dump kicks" back in pre-season, and most of the teams at the top of the ladder now play the same way. The chances of a "contested mark" in the forward line with zone defences is next to zero. Clubs are depending on a deep kick into the forward line to create ground spillage and a 50:50 chance of getting the ball. Even better with good crumbing forwards like Pickett, Papley etc. Clubs will have done the numbers in terms of goal output. The argument that we should "lower the eyes" is also now irrelevant because of zone defences. It rarely happens to have a forward with space to lead into, and if they do it is almost always deep in a pocket = poor goal conversion. For fans it isn't as spectacular as the big forward taking marks, it's just how the game is played in 2023.

No we had Viney and chose Toumpas over Wines

One good thing out of this weeks hearings/kangaroo court/ show trials was Dan Butlers case being thrown out by the Tribunal because his actions were "not careless" So much for Michael Christian assessing them as careless when all the guy did was tackle his opponent. That Blakey never saw the tackle coming was not Butlers problem. Furthermore it shows these assessments by the MRO are simply opinions. Not good enough!

Absolutely correct!! I was chatting with another Demons supporter at a training session, who was a boxing coach. He told me McCartin would never be allowed into the ring again if he was a boxer. The rules in Victoria for KO, TKO or concussion are a mandatory 30 days away from competition or even training. Next KO etc is 60 days, next 90 days. 4 KO's etc is a 12 month suspension. For a sport which is so brutal, it is laughable that AFL protocols provide less protection, and less consequence for subsequent concussions to the player. Just give it away Paddy. Speak with John Barnes and find out what you are doing to yourself.

Hawthorn are doing just fine……

A really needed selection after Maggie Caris left, even though she is only 183cm compared to Caris at 190. If Lauren Pearce goes down, we struggle to find another tall, and have to use Tayla to fill the gap.

I had a tile or 2, and on the “unveiling” night, they were on portable stands. If I remember they were to be made permanent when we had our own change rooms. Never happened as far as I know.

.....and if we are in our Premiership window now, then we probably will not be in 3-4 years. Just when the AFL will be handing out priority picks to the new side, same as they did for GC and GWS. Pity the sides that are near the bottom of the ladder at that point. A couple of articles in todays Age which speak of the growing disaster in AFL in NSW, and the incomprehensible need to build another stadium in Hobart: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-nrl-is-stronger-here-than-when-the-giants-started-swans-giants-want-afl-to-lift-its-game-20230427-p5d3nl.html https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/as-albanese-backs-an-afl-stadium-for-hobart-tasmanians-are-living-in-tents-20230428-p5d3yo.html

Won't happen. 1. Clubs at the bottom don't give up No 1 pick....it enables them to showcase themselves and their sponsors. You don't get the coverage for pick 3, 4. 5 etc. 2. We are facing our own cliff in a short period of time. Gawn (32), May (31), TMac (31 ), Viney (29), BBB (31), Hibberd (33), Salem (28), Grundy (29). This will in all likelihood be our only chance to select multiple top end talents at the draft, until these players retire. One player alone at pick 1 does not produce Premiership success, you need multiple top end players close in age, as we have already proven.

Was shown on Ch9 news hobbling in to get scans on Tuesday for a severe corkie. 5 day break will be the problem.

Aimee & Blaithin take out the Division 2 Premiership in the LGFA competition. https://www.womens.afl/news/119214/dees-irish-sisters-help-deliver-gaelic-premiership-win