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Like Jordon, not favoured by being at Melbourne. Behind Oliver, Petracca, Viney, Sparrow, Brayshaw and probably Kossie as well in the middle. That is the only place he has played at Casey, because the fore mentioned don't play there. And please don't come up with the ...."he can play half forward" line. He is too small and too slow, and sits behind a lot of other players currently in the 1sts.

Needs to get fit.

That is long gone…..Now repurposed as Thomas Embling hospital. Houses those in the criminal justice system with psychiatric- mental problems….probably more appropriate for Collingwood.

Trouble is they got $12M nearly 20 years ago to redevelop and now another $30M for further development. We have got nothing because we have been sitting on our hands, or coming up with ludicrous options like Yarra Park.... wasting time.

They used to have one at Craigieburn, but ran out of money/interest long ago and so they left.

It was only a couple of days ago that the club fixture for 2024 was on the website. Just amateur. I know Telstra limit the amount of content which can be uploaded each day, but the fixture was released months ago. If you want real content, updates or just plain information about players, ticketing, training reports etc then Demonland is the place to go. And no-one here gets paid to do all of those things.

This proposal at Caulfield is for an Administration and Training facility. How many people on here have visited ( out of the 70K members ) who have actually visited the MCG offices, the AAMI offices or even attended a training session during the year? Not just at finals time. It is not for the fans,....... it is for the club, the players and the administration. And if it is to be in Caulfield, Port Melbourne or Timbuktu, it has to serve that purpose alone. MCG precinct is DEAD. It was never an option because no matter what site was proposed, there just isn't enough land available.

George says.........Louie, Louie........WAY TO GO!

.....and back. And when you lose two finals matches by a total of 9 points, that could well have been the difference, more so when it is spread across the pre-season and season proper. It adds up to dozens of hours not spent in the gym, physio or on the track that other sides are able to use to prepare their players for the best opportunity.

The AFL have left a huge out for exactly the same incident to be dismissed: "Under the new regulation sent to clubs in a memo on Thursday, a player who leaves the ground in an attempt to smother will be expected to take “all reasonable steps to avoid making contact with their opponent’s head and/or minimise the force of any high contact”. So all Maynard ( and his lawyers) would have to say was he took "all reasonable steps". After all he drew in his arms to avoid hitting Angus with his fists and forearm. And there was little else he could do when airborne that was reasonable........ The next similar case that comes up will have the same outcome. And the AFL will wring their hands, yet do nothing about it yet again. All they had to do was "legislate" that any contact with the head as a result of tackle, bump or smother will result in a penalty.

I don't know why a feasibility study is necessary......Is Caulfield feasible? The answer is yes. If no then we are back to stone motherless nothing again. Just get on with it. Caulfield was mooted for development years ago now. Why hasn't such feasibility been carried out already, and long ago. It has been claimed that the Board examined every spare/open space in 30 council areas? That is feasibility and if true has been done. From 2 years ago: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/caulfield-racecourse-unveils-570m-sports-entertainment-precinct-plan-20210413-p57iu8.html Or is this just another ruse in the lead up to elections?

NO snakes....but maybe you like them deep down?

Just spoke with one of the trading staff….Lorne

The problem we had was Birch was forced to play FB in the absence of Colvin and Chaplin as the big bodies. AND she had a calf injury in the first games, then had to play after that because the others weren't available. Small wonder she was running up and down on the spot in the second half of the season. The danger is we have now lost a FB with Gay probably gone as well. Who are the defenders we will have left? While we have 2 days to go in trade period, we have lost or will lose a series of strong bodies in West, Sherriff and Gay and haven't replaced them. We cannot expect a draftee to play midfield or key defender.

Thebarton and Dingley will be. We haven't even got to the West Lakes and Waverley stage.

Have a look at the size and shape of the mids for both sides playing this weekend in the GF. They are all strong, muscular and solid. We cannot afford to lose a player like West, since she can withstand the rigours of the mid-field that is required today to be successful. Lose her and we finish up putting Heath and Mithen inside, and was proven in the finals series...that doesn't work any more in 2023 and beyond.

No. It just gets lumped into either "other revenue" or "general fundraising". But it is just revenue. The "R & B Foundation" is just the means to get a tax benefit and has to be registered with the Australian Sports Foundation. The pity is that in previous years there were a number of sub-programmes, like AFLW, Santa Theresa oval..etc where you could direct your donation. Those options disappeared this year.

There is no war chest. The R&B foundation is simply a means to make a tax deductible donation, which goes into general revenue.

Listen to the Jason Taylor interview.

On the All Australian team: https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1067682/all-aus-team How was Adelaide's Ann Hatchard not included? The top scorer in the B&F for Adelaide yet 4 others are picked ahead of her? She is easily the best player in the Adelaide side, and if it were not for the huge amount of talent in their team pinching votes from her, would have taken out the B&F. Probably because if they included her and Chelsea Randall ( who also deserved a jacket), they would have had 6 players from Adelaide in the side. It would expose the huge leg-up that the AFL gave them, and now we still have as S.A. representative side playing in the Crows colours. Same story with Brisbane. Good to see they were beaten by North this week. But the competition will remain lopsided until Port and the Suns can poach some of the players.

True. And regardless of which government is in power, there is no funding unless you have a proposal which will justify the injection of funds. Our Boards have been asleep at the wheel for the past 40 years, and the current crop have done nothing to further that position. Other clubs have gone to the government with all sorts of slim community benefits which justify the government putting in as well. If we want something to happen we have to do it ourselves, then go with a proposition to the powers that be. Jim Stynes was able to muster supporter enthusiasm to clear debts. What has been asked of supporters in that past 40 years toward getting a home base? Nothing. Imagine what we would have available if we had been asked to make just a small contribution each year over that period of time. All that has been sought has been handouts. All we have heard in the past 4 years has been " we can't say anything because negotiations with government are in confidence" . I wonder what sort of hollow promises will be sprouted at this years AGM?

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1469680/dees-welcome-back-marty-hore

Contest, contest, contest. Kick the ball to get territory. Handball and outside running game looks good when playing lower level sides, but to play at PF leve and abovel it is all about what Simon Goodwin calls a game style to win finals. Hoping Adelaide lose more players this trade period. They are still the S.A. State side. Good to see them lose.

The standards have been appalling since we lost Ben Gibson. The current crop running the show never inspired me from the start when they turned up to pre-season training with a camera, but spent the whole session on their social media on their phones instead of watching what was going on in front of them. It never got better than that, as all we got for the whole season was happy snaps with no commentary, observations or interesting snippets ( you come to Demonland to find out how that is done). The interviews have been similar. Cringeworthy questioning, or just plain boring..."tell us what it is like to be drafted?...." A month after James Harmes, Jordan and Grundy were traded, they still feature on our home page. Next years fixture....not there yet....it's is just sloppy laziness. Bring back Ben, his talents are wasted at Essendon.

When do you get holidays? At what age bracket do you and the team start looking for future talent? Does the draft camp and testing really provide anything else that you don't already know? And would anything from it dissuade you from a particular player? How many do you have on your team these days? Do you seek or get direct intel from the U18 competition coaches/teams?