daisycutter

hope he actually palmed the ball after that effort

they also rotated 4 extra players which would be to their advantage so early in the season but if you want comparisons just look at the contested side - contested possessions, contested marks, tackles. had them on the back foot most of the time even with no big max. big downer was our disposal efficiency. adelaide's missing players pretty much comparable to our missing players

essendon?

did druggies get any lti's?......just wishing

i'd agree but out of curiosity, do any other afl clubs have a social club attached to the club facilities (excluding separate establishments like the bentleigh club etc)?

practice match results mean sfa. not worth stressing over

nice idea........but the cost and the time that would take to come to completion are big obstacles. it would have to be part of a much larger development. could drag on for decades

for me it is either Deespencer's - Goschs + Carpark F (as per his plan) or Swoopers - Elsternwick Park where there is more expandability

i think you mean Vic Park, young willy? and yes would love to see the filth booted out of our precinct and back to their filthy lair

can't help himself.....eddie everywhere.....next sheeds will jump in with some crackpot idea like relocating to alice springs

ummm......coherent

is this the time to bring up godwin's law and mention hitler and autobahns?

not at all od, but i don't appreciate my delusional dreaming being shattered so early in the season. call me old fashioned.

nope....it's global warming and maybe jack watts

friday is the 21st

sort of.....think it means we should be able to put an estimate on it, in 4-6 weeks 'cos at the moment we have nfi ?

Meaning 'the son of Patrick', Patten is a baptismal name. Variants include Paton, Patton, Padon, Pate, Patt, Patey, Peyton and Payton. This name is often of Scottish descent spreading to Ireland, England and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. a distant relative?

all the best froggy, hope you make a full recovery footy is too stressful for you while you convalesce , so i suggest you have a complete break from footy this season. you will need to find a hobby though and i'm sure uncle bitters will be more than happy to suggest a few

ah ha....the old favourites dilution theory....something like the inverse of favorites to the power #captains.....can't quite remember.....wyl should remember

schwartz pre knee reconstruction would have to be up there....had it all

ok. ds. I did say " there has to be a transition whereby the comp allows for a living wage by becoming fully professional. Only then can you truly get an elite game" I agree with you that you don't need to be fully professional to get an elite game. I should reword that last bit to say "Only then will you be able to develop the best quality outcome" p.s. I know it becomes a bit of a semantic argument but i personally wouldn't describe the current aflw as "elite". I don't mean that as a criticism of the aflw, just an opinion . I'm aware that the aflw is necessarily going through a development process and the ongoing improvement (of individuals) is really apparent and encouraging. It will take time . I'm not convinced the afl has taken the best path so far but i think the die is cast and there is no turning back to a different model.

that may be so in ireland. ds, but it is irrelevant here because the aflw has no interest in being an amateur competition afl(vfl) was amateur too once. but those days are long past and there is no turning back now

why do you care about my opinion on on something you say i shouldn't care about? Does it affect you? you enjoy being on discussion forums? and before we go on let me say i think it's great that women can play aussie rules. I'm all for it and i hope it is great success. I also support the afl getting it established. I hope one day aflw becomes a fully fledged professional elite competition that is able to stand on its own and fund itself. ......so, does that make me weird? great have a meaningful discussion with you......not

yeah, me too. i thought it must have been an optical illusion.

sorry rgb but that is just a load of platitudes as for equal pay. why? afl players are on individual contracts based on their own personal talents, limited of course by the salary cap. The salary cap is set from a share of the afl income (from men). less afl income, less salary cap, less individual contract value. So the issue of aflw player payments should (utimately) be an issue of aflw income. There is no entitlement here. male afl players don't all get the same contract value and the contracts they do get reflect a combination of their individual talent and the profitability of the afl comp.