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Good to see that the MFC is leading the AFL by getting a microphone among the journalists so we can hear the questions.

Spot on! But while the AFL will never admit they got it wrong ( like the AFLW season and its conference system) I think the next Melbourne player to front the tribunal will have a "more favourable" decision go their way as pay back.

Congratulations to Adelaide for winning the AFLW Grand Final. Without a doubt it was one of the most decisive drubbings of a second rate side in Carlton who should not have been there in the first place. The disastrous 2019 conference system was all there to be seen after Adelaide were able to beat the two top sides in B division by over 10 goals and 7 goals respectively. That's not a finals series and only served to debase the efforts of better sides in the competition. Gil is lucky there are other things going on in the media at the moment, so the scribes have completely missed this debacle.

People need to get over the numbers. The AVERAGE player is from the last CBA in June 2017 is earning $371,000.

It is not possible to read anything in terms of defensive structures from the Richmond-Collinwood game. Richmond lost Rance, their best defender. Collingwood have Cox the tallest player in the league.

Didn't trouble the people going to Collingwood/Geelong or Richmond/Carlton

Still a long way to go for Carlton, but the fact they got within 2 goals in the 3rd quarter has shown the weakness in Richmonds armour. While it was only one game Martin and Cotchin have dropped off considerably from their 2017 form, but they are still very good players. It happens with age. Cripps and Walsh really took it up to them and the clearance stats went Carltons way. It's not the 666 stuff, that is a complete furphy. If Richmond were to lose Nankervis...then they would be really stuffed. The Bloos need to get rid of those old stagers that fill their side before they can become a genuine threat. Jones, Fasolo, and Simpson are just list cloggers...but then they haven't got anyone else at the moment.

The AFL couldn't possibly go for this simple solution. An extra 2 goal umpires with eyes that can see....goodness! Much better to spend thousands of $ on untried untested audio technology and then sit some clown up in a video box reviewing everything and still getting it wrong.

Exactly, and while I don't know the list situation at Casey, perhaps with Lockhart now a Melbourne rookie, it leaves space for them to pick up a "project" ruckman.....who was that one from Vermont who played in the game last week? Perhaps KC or Drunkn can fill us in?

While nothing was as good as Hogan's heroes, especially when someone fails at the speccie and lands on their head.....I witnessed a really intriguing event while at the local ice hockey game in Revelstoke, Canada. As a fund raiser during the 1/3 time break while they re-ice the rink they drive a golf cart around the ice. On top of the golf cart is a large bucket. Before and during the game you can buy 3 frisbees for $5 , each marked with a number that is assigned to you. If you can get your frisbee into the bucket you get 1/2 of the nights takings from frisbee sales. It was amazing to see thousands of frisbees hurled into the arena, with a couple of successes to share the prize pool. Can you imagine the same at the MCG? Might be a little harder to clean up than the 1/2 dozen kids with huge brooms at the ice-rink were able to do...... but a real earner for that local club.....

None of them, it will be Frost.

Volume was well down as well Andy. Had the computer levels at 100% to be able to hear properly.

No they don’t...they have to be somewhere between the forward and back 50m line. If a team wants to play an extra back then It has already been calculated it will take 2 seconds to get a “winger” into that position. It is shorter than the time for an unrestricted bounce,tap and kick into the forward line. I am sure the coaches are already looking at the percentage of times a game that happens, and whether it is more worthwhile leaving the opposition winger un- marked. And both coaches will be doing the same thing.

Should never have been a report. Ran into the back of the Brisbane player. No strike at all. Vision at 3.12 in the attached vidio to this article here: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-19/dees-coach-goes-extra-mile-to-connect-with-his-players

Ran past the ball and collected in the head, even if incidental. Should be a week.

Yes, I am well aware of the MCC's support. The point is that the level of support is totally insufficient for what football brings to the MCC. If Geelong play at home, with a crowd of 30K, they pocket about $1M per game. We don't get all the gate receipts from the MCC members and their guests, nor anything from the advertising, nor the parking fees at the ground. It should not be expected that the MCC members have to double dip to keep the MFC viable, when the MCC is doing so well from football. The last time I looked the MCC had 25K MFC supporters. IF the MCC gives $1M to the MFC each year, it represents a paltry $40 for each supporter. Does that seem remotely fair, especially since we play a dozen matches at the MCG each year. If the MCC provided the $219 for MCC/MFC membership, instead of the members themselves, they would be giving the MFC $5M each year.

How many of the MCC members would remain if they could only access the cricket with their membership? I'm sure the waiting list would collapse. The truth is the MCC is dependant upon football for their revenue, and they take from the football clubs who play at the MCG to their benefit, which means other clubs as well as Melbourne ( who currently have the biggest affiliation in the MCC). Those who are already MCC/MFC effectively make a donation. I think the MCC currently provides some support to the MFC, but it is totally inadequate for what the MCC gain in gate receipts/membership of the MCC/ ground advertising during football season. How to convince the MCC to contribute a just amount, rather than just those passionate MCC/MFC members alone? Or to provide names of MFC supporters in the MCC, to increase MFC membership numbers, to appear more attractive to sponsors. Trouble is if the MCC were to do this then all the other clubs would be looking for the same, which would really challenge the future of the MCC.

I’m with Peter Gordon on this one: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/aflx-shouldn-t-be-played-during-women-s-season-if-at-all-gordon-20190214-p50xq7.html All the money being wasted or rather gambled on this meaningless competition, while the Women are tossed crumbs.

Trouble with all that era of Jags was that the huge lump of iron at the front could get the cars up to really high speeds, but the brakes were from the same era...totally inadequate for the momentum that had been developed. They could never take a corner at speed, and usually suffered severe brake fade after a couple of applications. I’m sure that has all been rectified today, but all I care is that whoever owns Jaguar is paying us loads of money to keep our football club competitive. I certainly don’t want to be in Port or St.Kildas situation hoping that chocolate milk producers are going to fork out anything substantial in sponsorship.

Easy......subscribe to the site, take out a membership, help Andy cover his costs............and they disappear!!!!

Not sure Jones will be available R1. Just doing boxing at training prior to Maroochydore, and the video seemed to indicate more of the same up there. No running is not a good sign this close to season start. Still, we have plenty of options to fill the gap.....

Flu...... Apart from the ridiculous notion that Clubs would not be insisting on flu shots for every player ( easy for Essendope!)...there is always the annual knee flu, shoulder flu, leg flu that Clubs insist players are suffering.

I hope we can get as much support for our proposed facilities, from the Federal government ($15M) matched by the State government (another $15M) as the Lions are getting: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-01-30/lions-secure-final-15m-of-funding-for-new-training-aflw-base

When 666 is used the "wingman" only has to be at the intersection of the square and the 50m arc. On most grounds that is less than 20 metres away from the CHB position, so it will take about 2 seconds to reach that point. The opposition will be doing the same thing, so it is unlikely to have a spare opposition player on the wing..if they do, then he will be covered by the player coming off the HFF line...it is the same distance to cover. The rule only applies to centre bounces from the time the ball is bounced to when the ruckman taps it. ....2 seconds? That is why it will NOT apply for 99.9% of the game.

If he has popped the shoulder, some sort of damage has been done. Scans today should determine exactly what. News report last night showed him running around without any strapping. But then G.Ablett was shown doing exactly the same 2 years ago when at the Suns. Trouble was he couldn't lift his arm above shoulder height for another 6 months. Clubs don't want the fans to lose hope before the season even starts. He would be a huge loss to them if the prognosis isn't good.