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Petty was keen to go home…when he got offered a huge contract He was never going to be part of a mcadam trade

Does it really need a roof tho?

i reckon i could pick teams out of a hat and have as much success as i do in tipping competition is so even apart from the bottom three or so teams

think you've completely missed my point @Ouch! - and i certainly don't think i'm relentlessly negative but you do you - which is that there's no increased media rights value in a 19th team, which is what funds the competition...so they'll want to get a 20th team in quick smart; where will it be? tasmania should've had a team eons ago, agreed, but because of the perceived / actual value of adding a team where there's already fans they were ignored in favour of making the correct / not 'right' decision to go with the northern franchises to open up into new markets and increase tv rights value i've heard all of that @Purple77 re bellerive, but i just don't think they need a new stadium with a roof at macquarie point, particularly if it can't be utilised for international cricket as well as afl due to having a roof isn't hobart the second driest city during winter, or some bizarre stat like that? so...does it really need a roof?

And doesn’t it having a roof means it can’t be an officially accredited icc venue, which rules international cricket out from being played there? BBL is fine, but nothing at a higher level?

No issue with the team coming in but the stadium is completely unnecessary imo They should’ve been in before those northern franchises that’s for sure

good analysis like us, the pear are prepared to take the game on a little more in the small sample size so far in 2024 - they're leaving the corridor more open and are getting hurt on the rebound when they turn it over then they're away with quick kicks on the 45 and opening up space for their leading forwards it should be an intriguing match-up of sides playing similar styles the big difference for them this time could be no lycett; he's one of those man mountain ruck types that gawn struggles to use his athleticism to quell

bears? baggers flagmantle aints us? footscray bloods puddy tatts

no tiny population and the traditional football season (april to september) is not conducive to the competition given the weather 20th team has to be 3rd perth-based side; joondalup is the obvious place, as @No. 31 said up thread if they're targeting tasmania in 2028 then they'll want that 20th team in by 2031 at the latest, in time for the next tv rights deal even three seasons with 19 teams might be too much of an imbalance in structure and reduction of increased / perceived value in the competition

hmm, i wouldn't call them elite - i'd call them neat they all don't bite off more than they can chew and make 'sensible' decisions rather than 'risky' ones perhaps with greater experience will come greater desire to take the game on, in the mould of blakey from the swans, williams or saad from carlton, and naicos or crisp from the filth

is it really tho? the amount of players coming into the afl system out of the tasmanian ecosystem seems to have grown in the last decade, not fallen in truth, the amount of players coming through a bigger state like south australia is far more concerning and has been flagged at head office as a watch item

unless they win the next 20 games...

i still maintain there is zero $$ value in a tasmanian team coming in as the 19th team - adds nothing to the media rights coffers, which is what funds the game at the end of the day it's definitely got a feed good factor, but tasmania's population hovers around that 500,000 mark - it's dwarfed by the gw$ or gc17 catchment areas for population growth, let alone the value of having two extra teams up north in terms of media rights value i loathe those franchises, but it was the 'correct' move to bring them in; tasmania is just pandering to already converted footy fans i'm more curious about when they'll bring the 20th team in - i am assuming it'll be a third team based in perth

nope he did all that in the wet and we still barely lost

not enough force - downgrade it to a fine (as per sicily)

supercoach points = champion data rankings

if lever is fine, bizarrely i think it's more like that tomlinson comes in and they don't shuffle everything around with petty going back

replacing who tho? to allow salem to move back into the midfield?

one thing that i'd like to see change is pup brown moved out of 'starvation corner' of half-forward he's not going to learn anything in the vfl trying to play the role anb plays at senior level from memory, nibbler played predominantly midfield at vfl level before he found his niche as that gut-running half-forward i get that brown is very slight but it'll benefit him being more involved in the play he played mid at underage level, and i'm confident he's smart enough in the contests to be more involved than he will be in the forward set-up at casey

it was a genuine question; i could only think of weitering and murphy at the filth as prime tall defenders currently injured; didn't even know marchbank was crocked and docherty was a shame to see injured last round

nepo baby mcguire report on lever at least makes it's clear it's not as bad as it could be for lever...

you enjoying all the boeing shenanigans too? i agree it's completely irrational but... planes 😶

looks like libs might only get 14-15 seats of the 35, which places them in a very awkward position final make-up of their parliament won't be known for some time

same day as melbourne vs sydney in 2023 i think? 42k there that day

game will be won / lost in the midfield gawn, oliver, viney, petracca, sparrow, langdon, windsor, billings vs soldo, butters, rozee, drew, farrell, wines, houston, boak they bat deeper than us, i would say, but we have higher quality i love watching butters - one of the best players running around at the moment