daisycutter

this a good article on what the afl gets out of gambling. it's from a year or two ago https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-afl-s-engine-how-gambling-money-underpins-footy-20220214-p59wa7.html

kicked a goal with their first kick in first afl game (i believe) supermercado needs to update his lists section

actually it is joshua! 😂 🤣 😆

hmmmm, defrauding a betting agency sounds a bit like stealing money from the mafia

@demonstone alert

christian's thinking thank god it didn't get referred to the mro 🤣

and anyway, it's not one ump who gives the downlow votes, it's a joint decision by the 3 field umpires in theory, that is

on top of everything else unresolved, this will ensure gil will never be able to handover to a successor 🤢

i'm still trying to get the connection with "magic"

i preferred the wild man from borneo look i...th..in...k 🥴

Doc "Mr. Magic" Baldock

and the goal umpires will be wizards and signal scores with wands rather than flags goal posts will be flexible and fitted with anti-collision detectors thus eliminating any posters ch7 will run harry potter repeats between games

i have two passions in my football world 1. watching my team win 2. watching young talent develop their game and hone their skills mfc aflw is giving me both at the moment yeah sure i know there is still a long way to go and everything is far from rosy but it's continually on the up

and then we'd go through all the expansion confusion and disruption later on damned if you do and damned if you don't rome wasn't built in a day and all that guff

haven't met a single person in favour of this afl is another universe sometimes......or a univer$e

fixed it for ya, nev

wth is dogga doing at meth coke? 😲

the libs have said they approve in principle(!) and the major business groups have endorsed the plan. for what that is worth

the mcg redevelopment is planned to start in 2027 and done in stages so finals etc can still be staged. it probably wouldn't be finished until the end of the decade (or even later!). if this is the new direction it is a very long wait with many uncertainties

maybe the government panel has indicated it might be part of southern stand redevelopment (maybe including richmond station and building over train lines) but not yet guaranteed. this takes us back to the same conundrum with aami carpark redevelopment in not being able to go public and the need for secrecy because of government involvement. they can't say the aami carpark scenario has fallen through because they never announced (hinted yes) it in the first place just guessing though......

hey, what's a hundred years give or take?

boy, od, you've turned from a pessimist to an optimist 🤣 or has your account been hacked? 😲

just to clarify dz, i was 2 years younger (not earlier) than you, meaning 1947