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sorry, yes, 1/3 majority to kill it off completely i reckon their goose is cooked historicity counts cats also may not have survived if they'd not been situated in a swinging seat at both state and federal level and had smart business people making sure they got every govt handout they get get their grubby little mitts on

essentially, the afl commission is taking a recommendation from clubs as to whether or not tasmania should get a license - they need a minimum of a two-thirds majority of the clubs to support it - i.e. at least seven of the 18 clubs (i.e. one-third plus one) would be required to vote in favour of their entry however, gilligan has already said that he wouldn't take it to the commission to be voted on unless there was mass consensus and support for the entry of a new team; last it was rumoured to be only tony cochrane at gc17 who was going to vote negative to it, but i would argue that if tassie are asking for a provisional license then they think they're cooked and they might not even get the seven being supportive to ratify it

to me, this tends to indicate that they know they're not getting full club support to come in which means, in all likelihood, the notion of a tasmanian team is cooked

left out as he's injured for the next 6 weeks, i presume?

similiarly, colin sylvia (rip) was only ever one pre-season away from breaking out...

no, it's not; 4-6 is the running joke!

don't think either dogga or sideshow bob have been the same since they had covid

vote won't count but fwiw i would've gone with... 6: oliver 5: jordon 4: viney 3: gawn 2: brayshaw 1: spargo

from the bits and bobs i saw, tomlinson and turner pretty solid down back, baker's workrate is afl-level (and kicking is qafl-level), woewodin and deakyn smith look likely types, both amz and laurie pretty quiet, and an afl club should use a mid-season draft selection on corey ellison be interesting to see who returns next week, cos other than tomlinson and to a lesser extent turner no one really put their claims on a role in the afl side

sound reverberates in a colosseum i reckon we were very, very quiet what with us being, well, ordinary

so much for 'sold out' 29k was about 10k more than i was expecting tbh - terrible time for most on a cold melbourne day - and i'd guess that there was nowhere near 1000 freo fans there...i of course took one of them before heading out together for the evening sigh

25,000 tops

gw$ up and about under McVeigh* *slobbo column tomoz: ALL HIRD 14 goals in a quarter at the gabba; i love watching games like this where i know these days that the dees simply wouldn't allow it to happen

that's not going to happen - all decisions will be made under gil's watch as such, his replacement MUST come from inside the boys' club nothing ever changes at afl house

gone from a hater to a lover of milkshake hope he has a ripsnorter today

i was one of those anti-milkshake haters during his first season with us but it was when he was shifted from half-back to half-forward that i became a HUGE fan - think it was defensive effort on jj in the game in which lever did his knee at the docklands carpark that made me admire his workrate, and the goal off two steps in the final vs hawthorn that made me love him hope he has a ripsnorter today

i'm mostly interested in the crowd it SHOULD be upwards of 85-90k...but will it be?

"what'd I do??"

bloods? bears puddy tatts us footscray gc17? aints carltank? pear interesting few games coming up this weekend

if a 19th license is approved then a 20th has to follow quickly thereafter there is no value in adding a 19th team in the competition; a 19th and 20th gives one extra game per round which will provide actual value to broadcast rights etc. still don't think it'll be nt; it'll be a 3rd team in wa

in: viney out: dunstan melksham gets his 200th and bedford remains the super sub

i think it's impossible to compare crowd sizes yet, primarily as wa was at 50% capacity for the first seven rounds, from memory, and kardinia park is undergoing it's latest injection of taxpayer funding, and is at about 60% capacity ultimately the real key is tv / streaming viewership, which has grown significantly over the last few years, and club membership remains super strong throughout two seasons where people were, for the most part, completely unable to attend whatsoever

tassie govt won't come to the party with $$s if it's a relocated team

echo the call about luffy

ralph wrote that story ffs god he's a [censored] of a journo