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Go big O

you are such a miserablist @old dee - it's positively comical* stuff the peptides and the poos&wees mfc confirmed they've cracked 40k members and are nearing a record membership total before rd 1 i'm expecting 30-35k at the g on saturday arvo *which will you will no doubt say is 'just like demons playing football' - you are marvin the paranoid android incarnate

tigers footscray us cats hawks bears pear aints meth coke not confident about us, hawks, or aints

5-2 would be a super result, but 4-3 or 3-4 is more likely i think... i'm expecting wins against freo, hawthorn and north, 50/50s against the aints and gw$, and tough asks against tiges and cats

agreed that jetta has been in the starting side for both the unofficial and the official practice games indicates, at least to me, that at this stage he's part of our preferred back 7 the funny thing about naming 'round 1 sides' is that we really don't play a 6-6-6 line-up other than at the bounce; like most sides we tend to play a 2-3-2 defensive structure, 5-2 through the midfield, and a 2-2-1 forward line; i think of it like this: tall d2 flanker d3 floater d2 on ball 5 outside 2 tall f2 floater f1 deep f1

has pace (when he runs forward) that's basically it

can you make sure you ask something about...something...can't remember what... curious to know his thoughts on: the implementing of a sub on the eve of round 1 and when clubs were given notice this was happening whether staff retention issues been as a result of covid (football manager, media manager, and general manager - commercial all left within the space of 6 months, two to a rival club) impact of diminished capacity crowds upon membership and expected game day revenues recent fiascos regarding advertising for video intern (2020) and coterie club event in an all-male club (2021)

cos he plays the role as 7th defender - rolls back after starting initially on the wing

i'm more worried about the heat - 26 and mostly sunny not only do we melt in the rain but we tend to run outta puff in the heat conditions need to be 'just right' for us to do our best

should give out medals to everyone able to secure a ticket that's not a corporate too

Premier: Richmond Runner-up: Footscray Wooden spoon: North Melbourne Moving up: Footscray Set to fall: Filth Brownlow Medal: Macrae Coleman Medal: Lynch (tiggas) NAB AFL Rising Star: Matt Rowell Best new Demon: Ben Brown (once he gets on the park) Demon All Australian: Gawn, Oliver in the side, plus Trac, May, and Lever in the squad Demon B&F: Oliver Big call: Oliver and Petracca sign extensions announced in the lead-up to Queen's Birthday, Salem leaves as a free agent Ladder prediction: 1. Richmond 2. Footscray 3. Port 4. Bears 5. Geelong 6. Us 7. Aints 8. Meth Coke

what?!?? is that for real?

according to afl site, pickett will definitely play, as will may, salem, brayshaw, and oliver - no mention of hibberd which i guess puts jetta back in the starting side frame, and the general 'vibe' seems to be that jordon will debut... B: Jetta - May - Lever HB: Hunt - Tomlinson - Rivers C: Langdon - Petracca - Salem HF: Jones - McDonald - Neal-Bullen F: Fritsch - Jackson - Pickett Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Harmes I/c: Spargo - Brayshaw - Jordon - Baker Med sub: Chandler Emerg: vandenBerg - Sparrow - Petty

i went in at 10am yesterday and got 4 afl member tix with no dramas on level 2 in afl members, which is my 'traditional' preferred spot any idea re crowd expectation at this point in time?

afl level opponents > vfl level opponents

there's very little difference between where we sit in 7th (experience of 70 games per player) and 6th (average age of 24.6) and fremantle (14th with 58.2 games per player) and brisbane (15th with 23.9) for instance, there's a bigger average discrepancy from 1st in average games played (geelong with 88) and 7th (melbourne with 70) than there is us in 7th and 18th (gold coast with 53)

other than a home final, presumably? at the moment bears are 3rd, crows are 4th - would much rather be at home at casey than having to travel interstate - particularly as it would likely be 'same day travel as play' situation

this is true, but i also think daniel's relatively quiet second half - at least compared to the first - was because they were winning the ball at the contest rather than executing slingshot from half-back for all of daniel's influence for footscray in the back half in quarters 1 and 2 it wasn't necessarily reflected on the scoreboard (in no small part due to their inaccuracy)

i think the big q for me is when can you 'activate' the sub - is it for the 20 mins that it takes to go thru the concussion protocol testing or only after that?

what i'm expecting: B: Hibberd - May - Lever HB: Hunt - Tomlinson - Rivers C: Langdon - Petracca - Salem HF: Jones - McDonald - Neal-Bullen F: Fritsch - Jackson - Pickett Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Harmes I/c: Spargo - Brayshaw - Bowey - Jordon Conc sub: Baker Emerg: vandenBerg - Petty - Chandler - Jetta what my mfcss tells me: B: Jetta - Petty - Lever HB: Hunt - Tomlinson - Rivers C: Langdon - Petracca - Neal-Bullen HF: Jones - McDonald - Spargo F: Fritsch - Jackson - Chandler Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Harmes I/c: Bowey - Jordon - Sparrow - Baker Conc sub: vandenBerg Emerg: Bedford - Laurie - Rosman - Smith

$75 for the t-shirt simon day wore in the "don't go now" clip is a bit steep

velvet sledgehammer loves to tell the story about when big al came to him at the start of the 2000 grand final he said 'fantastic, been waiting for this match-up' or words to that effect four goals in a 10 goal premiership...that's almost under par for lloyd ultimately

that forward line looks better than what our prospective rd 1, 2021 one is looking like

if majak is match-ready, i'm actually not opposed to playing both - t mac spent the whole summer, or at least the first two-thirds of it, training to play the wing... round 1, maybe? B: Rivers - May - Lever HB: Hunt - Tomlinson - Salem C: Langdon - Petracca - McDonald HF: Fritsch - Jackson - Neal-Bullen F: Chandler - Daw - Pickett Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Harmes I/c: Spargo - Brayshaw - Hibberd - vandenBerg Emerg: Bowey - Laurie - Baker - Petty if they play brayshaw they play hibberd and i expect avb to be picked too; you'd presume as long as they got thru a game and a half of competitive football, even at vfl level, they will be picked as they're important to the way we want to play i'm pretty worried about taking all three of them, plus an underdone pickett and a hamstrung salem, into the game - but i'd prefer them to any of the players i've got in the emergency line - we tend to debut a player in rd 1 and bowey seems the likely candidate if one of salem or hibberd don't get up i expect they'll back in tomlinson to keep 'playing his role' - he's the obvious candidate for demonland 'whipping boy' in 2021 - but i'm hoping petty can take the role the likes of astbury plays for the tigers for us longer term

i wonder whether the game was moved forward to friday night given the weather forecast for tomorrow