whatwhat say what

average home and away crowd between these two sides is less than 30,000 - anything around 50,000 would be HUGE

i'll go further - it's four of our top ten players

the fact that this is being floated by pravda is proof positive that it's happening in 2024 like @darkhorse72 said - guaranteed the cats have some classy kids coming through

quite frankly, anything around the 50k mark is HUGE for a clash between these two clubs - the average home & away attendance between the pair is less than 30k

tipping against the pear buttering up against gw$ away after playing the bears at home the night before...yet tipping gw$ to get it done against both adelaide sides others... caltank? filth? kangas? bears? them? swans gw$? gw$? peptides? flagmantle? swans the only one i'm tipping with any confidence

salem got an impact injury in rd 1, 2022 it was unrelated to any other issue; his problem was we brought him straight back and he was underdone i can't see viney playing, and i have my doubts on fritsch too

teams to rise: carlton, gc17, pear teams to fall: filth, tiggas, aints* *sub out for flagmantle in the 'death riding' edition

that was not the question...

a creeping sense of dread as 7.25pm approaches followed by elation, frustration, then - hopefully - satisfaction

i LOATHED the jake melksham acquisition at the time, but - as i was told by those that know - you cough up a second rounder for jake one year so that you get his best mate hibb the following year for the same 'cost' of course, when he kicked that glorious goal from 50 off two steps to put the hawks back in their place in the 2018 finals series all was forgiven and since then he's been one of my favourite journeymen performers, particularly when he is still capable of doing things and turning it on like he did against the bluebaggers in 2022

nice one

can't see us changing our structure built around three tall defenders plus four-five rotating flankers, at least a couple of which are excellent intercept marks due to their ability to read the play first trick is stop the ball getting forward, or at least put them under pressure when they do bring it forward, use our smalls and runners to sprint away from their surplus of lumberers

more if he runs through the midfield

this total hitouts were irrelevant as we dominated post-clearance possession

chandler got a free for in the back, advantage paid to max who had kicked it thru for a goal (off-vision, apparently)

yes, yes, and yes he's one of those classique 'solid' players who looks like he's not have any trouble being a contributor at afl level - not a star, but the equivalent of a harmes, sparrow, jj etc. who can play a role through midfield and covering forward / back as required

richmond got frustrated and got dirty

i'd be amazed if there's more than 50,000 there - isn't our average regular season crowd vs the footscray about 30k? they don't travel to the g and we're both traditionally smaller supporter bases

anb really good through the middle

grawndy with 5 goals with 10 mins to go in the first half

brodie 'coleman' grundy

sauce baker and antivax jones very good for footscray

Unlikely - out til after rd 1 with a hamstring I thought? Sparrow is next inside rotation, I would’ve thought, while Harmes and Jordon might see more centre square activity if Viney is out beyond season start