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nah, that's consistent forward line pressure i can completely understand why anb holds his spot despite his woeful disposal - he runs all day and works hard defensively, something that few in our side seem to be capable of doing consistently

impact player coming off the bench

mcc kicked off the norm smith curse when they allowed the tiggas to occupy it from 65 onwards

nope, got the word from a mate of his - tomlinson was told he wasn't in the 22 for round 1 prior to the last preseason match, the performance therein helped him secure his spot in the 22 despite his performance (or lack thereof) on the training track i was similarly mighty surprised to learn this given that, as you say, he plays in a position we clearly targeted, he performed when the heat was on him

Troy Chaplin very bullish on Lockhart and Rivers in the latest official podcast

if only he played well my understanding is his spot in the 22 for round 1 was borderline and was saved by a very good preseason hit-out plus the injuries to salem and jones if he plays like he did against meth coke again he'll be out of the side pretty quickly

pfft, this the afl, mcc, and mcg trust we're talking about transparency? never gonna happen!

i think this was discussed in the financial issues thread? this is a case of the afl doing a deal to enable funds to be passed on that they've been withholding from the mcg; a deal has been done next trick will be for the afl to stroke and pull themselves with a similar deal for the carpark tenants every dollar helps

i think everyone likes marty hore cos he's a good honest toiler the fact remains that he was in and out of our side last year when we finished 17th unfortunately - a bit like jayden hunt - if he's in our best 22 we're really not a very good side

this helps... https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/early-christmas-present-mcg-tenant-clubs-get-multi-million-dollar-windfall-20200603-p54z7j.html Collingwood, Melbourne, Richmond, Hawthorn, Carlton and Essendon will each receive home game payments estimated at between $150,000 and $200,000 per match for the remainder of the shortened season.

B: Jetta - May - Lever HB: Salem - O Mac - Hibberd ? Langdon - Petracca - Tomlinson HF: Jones - T Mac - Melksham F: Weideman - Fritsch - Pickett Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Harmes - Jackson - Brayshaw - Bennell Emerg: vandenBerg - Neal-Bullen - Brown - Lockhart biggest queries for me were hibberd or lockhart, tomlinson or anb, jackson or brown i full expect harmes to play back, which i'm not personally a fan of

something to do with the determination of it as an indoor venue for the entirety of the season as opposed to an outdoor one some of the time, an indoor one some of the time consistency

afl doesn't have the rights to use grounds between october and end of march the fixture is ALWAYS going to be compromised...until they reduce it to a 17-round season

might as well get darcy daniher too - between him and joe they might have an uninjured body at some point kornes really is an idiot

Thanks @Ethan Tremblay

Our conversion of supporters to members is, historically, the best in the competition We have a small supporter base

Cough, tanking, cough

from my understanding they are still the footscray football club; they just 'trade as' western bulldogs

that's a pure baiting article i refuse to believe relegation will ever happen in the afl

it's easy to watch highlight games and go 'wow, footy was so much better back then!' show me a dour slog between fitzroy and melbourne in the early 80s and tell me football was better yes, football has evolved, and become increasingly defensively-focused, but that is typical of the evolution of nearly every sport worldwide cricket is one of the few games that now favours attacking (batting side) over defense (fielding side) with the evolution of bats >>>>>> non-evolution of bowling and the ball

excellent, and sobering, post from my understand the afl WILL be imposing interest on their loans, but NOT for the season as is stands i struggle to see how 18 clubs will exist for the longterm - the reckoning that covid-19 has had with how fragile the football industry is is a reflection of us being a domestic-only proposition, i guess, but also that we were over subscribed and how tight the margins actually were

only 103k registered users? that's somewhat surprising - i would've thought bf was way bigger than that

the carpark roof will remain shut for the entirety of 2020

can't wait for the next exciting update i've only just read this thread and the anticipation in have for our glorious premiership is strong

ultimately it doesn't matter as the income would not have been coming in from pokies at this time worse still, their value as a sale opportunity would have fundamentally disappeared for the time being, and likely diminished for what we received for the license pert and bartlett were hopefully honest in the podcast - if it's even worse than that let on, then we're in trouble we're not the only ones, but i imagine with the two northern franchises, north, and st. kilda we're the fifth club under serious future threat