whatwhat say what

interesting tidbit on the couch - windsor is 4th behind richards, bont, and english for winning the ball from centre clearances

that was a fun watch

84,712

Massive crowd

1 minute ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

What’s that mean? Lol. AFL coming up with new things all the time..

no, dingley changed it - it went from fully ticketed (e.g. you needed to upgrade to an assigned seat etc. if you were mcc / afl members etc.) to not

i'd guess it's 85k+ at the moment; sounds great and looks packed

5 minutes ago, adonski said:

Weddle should have taken Essendon's Godfather offer

there was no offer

there was a media campaign after the trade period in 2025 that the peptides would target him on a big money deal after his contract was up

i can't see a player leaving dingley to go to the peptides at this point in time

imagine wizard and pickett/s in the same side

would be fun to watch

very entertaining game

similar in some ways to our game yesterday - fast ball movement

Puddy Tatts letting Dingley run thru the middle of the G unimpeded doesn’t seem like a smart move

Seems to happen often when they play on a proper ground

Just now, DeeSpencer said:

Not sure Anderson, Powell and Touk would count as one paced, maybe not express but they’re great midfield runners.

We took advantage of Tracc and Humphrey out and especially of Rowell being underdone.

I feel like Rowell has been best on against us for most of the last 5 or so games. No doubt he was rusty but Steele, Sparrow and even Windsor and Kozzie pressured and tackled him superbly.

steele had a good post-game interview where they said that with rowell they tried to stick to his right hand side to limit his quick hands as he was clearly struggling post-finger injury with handling the ball cleanly

smart tactics

48 minutes ago, Macca said:

You talk like every listed player is a future star when the reality is that there are numerous players who will never get past C grade level. Hundreds in fact

So there's plenty of room for journeymen or for players that can fill a void

We should know, we've recruited and turned over any number of players who at best, are there to fill a void or are just depth players

Not every recruit is going to have a chance of becoming a gun player

Bonner as a depth player providing a bit of value is a distinct possibility ... but not necessarily at the MFC

But if Adams is another NQR, what do we do if Petty & Lever get injured? For starters, we'd need TMac to stay upright

eh? i basically implied he's a very good vfl-level player - which he clearly is

oh, and i'd like him to be in a casey premiership or three!

if petty and / or lever get injured, it's tmac or gawn to chb! the big fella always said he thinks he could be a full back

what was the expected scores?

it felt like gc17 could not miss, dobbing goals from 50+ on the boundary with their wrong foot

8 minutes ago, Macca said:

The bloke who also stood out to me was Bonner ... and if clubs are going to keep a few mature aged players around for experience and so forth, why not him?

We're doing it with T-Mac & Melk for good reason

I understand Bonner is not on an AFL list anymore but the bloke can play. A A mature aged 29yo for a club in the mid-season draft?

he's mitch white 2.0

it would be wonderful if he could similarly be a star in a casey demons premiership

4 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees will definitely have Jett on the list of future ones to watch already.

judging by how well he has started his underage campaign, i don't think we'll be alone there in marking his name on the whiteboard

28 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

I assumed we would be playing at Mt Barker, Clare Valley, or even in a Ceduna grain paddock, considering the disdain the AFL shows us in fixturing etc... I am genuinely surprised that we have been fixtured on the Adelaide Oval. Happy though.

we've been on the oval every gil's round thus far

18 minutes ago, binman said:

🍿?

that'll work

Just now, ElDiablo14 said:

Greedy bastards

They want you to pay 2,000 AUD for their phones plus fees and surcharges by using them

steve jobs didn't set up a charity

27 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

There will be a spot in the defensive rotation on the basis of Petty playing a little more as a backup ruck/ swing than genuine lock down.

i don't think he will tho, cos plugger mac will come out for kentfield to go forward / ruck, and petty will return to being the #1 defender

petty's sticky mitts down the line were fantastic in the second half yesterday when he was playing fwd / ruck

23 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Absolutely ChinMogged Rioli, Noble, Anderson!

clavicular strikes again

3 minutes ago, binman said:

I'm sorry picket, but as a card carrying member of IPS (International Pedant Society), I have to say that makes no @$%@&^ sense!

The Nova? Sure. The Astor? Absolutely. Village? OK.

But Home Theatre System as a play on Cinema? Nup.

I mean a home theatre is almost literally the opposite of a cinema!

shirley sinnema = box office or boxy for short?

On 19/03/2026 at 12:52, ElDiablo14 said:

At least Android beat them at PTV payment.

People complaining about the Myki system completely unaware that Android devices can pay for many years now.

that's because apple wants their standard 30% clip on digital transactions

unsurprising that it's not happened as yet

7 minutes ago, Demongirl35 said:

If we beat Essendon and Lions beat Norf I’m expecting a very good crowd against the Lions. Jim’s game, hopefully good weather, hopefully coming off another win. If that all happens then anything under 45k even maybe 50k would be disappointing imo. No long weekend people are away or with family (Easter) excuse.

that's extremely unrealistic; our biggest ever crowd vs the lions at the g doesn't even come close to cracking 40k

Round 15, 2022 - Melbourne 16.21 (117) d Brisbane 7.11 (53)
Crowd: 37,728

if we could come close to matching that it would be a good crowd; similar to the season starter against the aints

Just now, Dannyz said:

Very important to play Rivers here.

Two weeks for the knee to settle is nice and an obvious reason he didn’t play at Casey.

I’ve heard the inflammation has come right down.

He’s a talent who has been loyal and he deserves to slot back in for Laurie.

good to know

i think the trick is going to be in what role?

king has already said that he will play 'behind' the ball when he returns to the side rather than thru the midfield

personally i'm not dropping tholstrup from the half-back / push-up-to-the-contest lockdown role, so is it rivers or howes? does trent have the discipline to play as a locked-in defender that howes has been performing well in 2026?

3 minutes ago, BDA said:

Our support has been criticised for a long time for being too quiet

This season has shown we can cheer as loud as anyone when we have something to cheer about. Goodys contest and stoppage game plan was effective but it was very boring to watch. We now have reason to jump out of our seats to yell and holler.

Seriously, the last 2 games have been so enjoyable to watch. Long may this continue.

the 24k that came out to see us on easter sunday are the hardcore

that's the baseline of our supporter base

and wow do we go off

watched the second half on replay before bed last night

we were even more dominant on the screen than we were at the ground

left a minimum 7 goal win get away from us

they were very lucky they were so accurate

How good can this group be this year?