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The TV ratings for this game should put to bed the lie that Sydney are the most supported team in the competition: https://www.afr.com/companies/sport/afl-grand-final-a-ratings-bomb-for-channel-7-20220925-p5bkt9 How is it that barely 300K watch "their team" from NSW in the GF , when supposedly they have 1.2 M "supporters" across the country? And that assumes the NSW viewers are Swans supporters.... oh yes, Roy Morgan think so: https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/sydney-swans-are-the-most-widely-supported-afl-club-ahead-of-collingwood-west-coast-and-essendon

Well done Richmond. Kept Brisbane down in the leaders pack. 18 points to 14!!!

Will hopefully improve with the addition of Duffy this week. A genuine forward. Harris has moved up the ground. Daisy is not a forward, and we have depended on Kate Hore and the mids to put score on the board. Critically % will be a big factor with this biased fixture. If your team is fixtured to play the new sides in the competition you will get big % boost. With only 10 games, there will be a log-jam at the top and second rate sides will get a finals gig, same as when they ran the conference system before.

Probably because names were named in the report, but de-identified for public consumption.

Good idea if it gets rid of pre-season matches, as is proposed. So the players won't be affected. Now watch Gil give it to Tassie in the first year.....and we get allocated Queenstown as the ground to play at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-18/queenstown-gravel-oval-why-was-it-built/11499186

Best way to guarantee another ankle strain. Strapping is good post injury to get back on the day, but if you want it to repair, stop strapping further.

Libby doing it all on her own. Heath great at tackling, but forgets about where the ball is in general play. How many goals did they get from kicking it off the ground in the goal square? Daisy wasted in the forward line. Need to bring Duffey in to kick goals. L. Pearce needs to hit the ball away from the opposition goals.

I think it was @binman who was speaking about Salem, Bowey & ( Spargo or Fritsch)

Not a fan of Melksham by any means, but the reason for retaining him is quite simple: Between main and rookie list we will probably and have lost : M.Brown, Rosman, Daw, Baker, and Jackson. That is 5 list spots already, and we will in all likelihood get 2 draft picks for Jackson. We don't know what Bedford and Chandler will do, but if they were to go, then probably more draft picks. Even with 5 picks, that means our 5th pick is pick 90 at the earliest. If Melksham is delisted another draft spot, then that becomes pick 108. Is Melksham better than a speculative pick 90? One would have to think so.

Stinear hopes to have Goldrick and Gay available this week: ...at 3.45 https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1219798/aflw-rd-3-mick-stinear-post-match?videoId=1219798&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1662880788001

Nothing. Given there have been announcements about Commonwealth games and Womens soccer world cup from the state government, with NOTHING about AAMI park, I suspect that NOTHING is what we are getting. I'm expecting window dressing to cover up the " we can't tell you anything unless the politicians say so" line we have been fed for the past 2 years.

Exactamundo! They had to get rid of Stephenson and Treloar so they could stay under salary cap. Getting rid of Grundy enables them to pay for the increases that will be expected from Daicos x2, Ginnivan and others on their recruiting radars.

The Title says it all.....Useless AFL stats. I assume the home game attendance is the average over the season. That of course is influenced by who you play. A home game against Collingwood for example boosts the average considerably. A home game against GC does the opposite. Geelong stadium being redeveloped with only 20K that can get in, so that drops them down considerably. North & Hawthorn play games in Tassie at a ground with 20K capacity. Memberships? We all know these numbers are fudged. Saints $1 membership last year was the classic. Does anyone really believe North have 50K members when only 9K for both sides turn up for a home game against Melbourne? As for the supporters statistics. Every year the same survey comes out with the same fundamental error. If you ask a regular Joe Blow in NSW which AFL side he supports, the answer will be in all probability Sydney. Then that survey response is translated Australia wide, even if they get zero in all other states. Result, Sydney supposedly have the highest number of supporters. The same scenario would occur if you asked Victorians which Rugby League side they supported. Storm would lead the tally, except no-one in Victoria, SA & WA gives a rats about RL.

Zero tackles for the game.

One of the best things about this session was before it happened. Out on the ground were a whole stack of young kids kicking the ball amonst themselves.....and all wearing Demon jumpers. That hasn't been seen for a number of years. We lost a generation, but we might have snagged the next!

Exactly, and the sooner they introduce this to the Mens game the better. Stops all that Umpire interpretation rubbish.

I now know why the umpires see things differently!

We don't have "world class" facilities. We share facilities with Storm, Rebels and Victory at AAMI. We have to book gym, rehab, pools, ice baths with them. We have 44 players on the list, how many are there among those 3 other clubs? And our Womens team now trains at Gosch's/AAMI. We don't have a centralised admin and we don't have that housed with the football department. We are spread among multiple offices throughout the MCG. The admin isn't even centralised there. The Casey extended facility was built for the AFLW/VFLW teams courtesy of contributions from AFL and Casey council. It is being used by our mens team when there. And no rehab/pool facility included. It ain't world class. One only has to see what Essendon currently have, and what Adelaide are plannning, to see world class.

Prior to 1959 there were no cups produced. Only Flags. In 2004 the AFL allowed clubs to purchase newly minted cups won before 1959. They now receive a cup and a flag when the Premiership is won.

What I want to know is under what moniker does he post in Demonland?

I have been hearing the same story for 30 years at the AGM. From Ridley to Bartlett through the years, the same story. And now we are hearing the same again. Two years ago Pert and Bartlett said we would have an answer in 12 months. 1 year later we are told they can't say anything under government instructions. Something coming, something being negotiated. Caulfield, Elsternwick Park, Junction oval, even digging up Yarra Park. All have come to nothing. Dogs another $30M to redevelop. Richmond $65M to redevelop, Hawthorn $120M to build, Adelaide similar: https://www.afc.com.au/news/1206857/new-facility-update ..and these are clubs with existing training and admin facilities.

Purcell and West 47 touches between them playing in the middle. Only in their 2nd seasons with us. With KP chipping in with 24 of her own, the mids just look awsome. BOG would have to be Libby Birch, who held everything together against the top line forward line in the competition. Hope Goldy gets back soon, because Libby can't do it all on her own. Gillard looks fantastic and can kick long as well. Very quiet games from Bannan and Zanker, so plenty of upside to be found there.

OK @WalkingCivilWar and others from the Demon Army: the players are doing this after a win: Can the Army start it it the crowd so that it becomes our mark

I am sure that Andy appreciates all the kind thoughts offered by everyone. The fact that he keeps this site going to all of our collective benefit is simply very generous. But it is not just the time ( which is extensive) but it costs $'s to run and maintain. Money that otherwise comes from his pocket. Software, upgrades, hosting fees, equipment for podcasts...all costs. So if you can help with these, take out an annual or lifetime membership, or just donate a little to keep the ship afloat. Any extra left over is directed toward player sponsorhip, so the club benefits as well. https://demonland.com/clients/donations/ Thanks again to everyone, you make this site what it is.......

Once again Ticketek has proven to be useless. 1. They allocate tickets by bay. So the best seats in one bay are not available until the worst in the bay next door are sold. 2. How many times do they have to stuff up to learn you cannot sell all the finals games on the one day at the same time? Small wonder people cannot get on. The first game is 8 days away. 3. They have insufficient staff, so don't try to call them to fix up their mistakes. 4. Any barcodes get a ticket, even if for opposing sides....wait until the Collingwood crowd find out and buy out all the tickets for their next game. 4. The problem is the MCC, not the MFC control who sells tickets. They have contracted Ticketek. Marvel stadium owned by the AFL uses Ticketmaster, and buying tickets through them is a breeze.