whatwhat say what

the whole benefit of having a game in the nt is purely money - $1m as part of our sponsorship from nt govt - and avoiding having a 'home' game at the docklands carpark

for the last several seasons, we've been scheduled a home game there, so the 'benefit' of a home game in alice has been negated

will we still have to cop that if we get a 'home' game in darwin as well?

as expected, he's learned a lot more playing seniors footy than he will kicking the dew at casey

he offers something that we need

he's unrestricted

if he wants to leave, then he will

he's not quick but he's got good defensive workrate, good skills, and looks to have found a role in the backline

hopefully he continues to develop

1 hour ago, Turner said:

grew up a north fan and i think is seriously considering heading there

so many midfielders at the kangas

6 minutes ago, The Cult of Disco Turner said:

It’s interesting, if you’d have asked me a few weeks ago I might’ve said the speed we’re playing with means Viney might be the odd man out if/when he gets healthy this year.

But given how poorly we rank in both ground ball gets and conceding points from stoppages, I wonder if we still need his grunt work in the midfield.

you can never have too many good players

viney if fit is a walk-up start; at the moment bill laurie is getting a game

last i heard is that wilson is one of those players who wants to get his big packet before he's got the runs on the board

he looks like he'll be a very good player but not sure he's worth $1m a season quite yet

tom lynch set to play

i fully expect plugger mac to get first crack at him, allowing turner and lever to patrol the defensive zone

21 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Richmond have been ravaged by injuries for this one

beware the wounded tiger...

it would have to be the most shallow midfield that casey has fielded for some time

they won't win a lot of games where they routinely get smashed around the contest

if pickett goes for not concussing answorth then dangerfield goes for actually concussing liberatore

OUT: petty (concussion), laurie
IN: plugger mac, lindsay

be interesting to see if cj is fit whether they bring him straight back in

gotta bear in mind the short turn around too

6: Chandler

5: Langford

4: Tholstrup

3: Langdon

2: K Pickett

1: Steele

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

8 different players kicking behinds in just over a quarter not helping!

You watch em straighten up on Anzac Day eve

onley under zero pressure again turns it over by foot and they were very lucky they missed another scoring opportunity, right on the 3/4 time siren

9.7.61 to 17.4.106

bonner with the most possessions but of the dees-listed players, amw and mcdonald have had a fair bit of the ball, but amw in particular has turned it over far too often

we have no midfield depth

and with a mark in the square it's back to 45

quite honestly they look like at least a 12-15 goals to the good better side than the demons

strong mark i50 to tairon ah-mu and he kicks his second

back to 39 the diff

make that 16 goals 4 to them now

amazingly casey only trail i50 by 1 yet it's a 45 point margin

bears can't miss

15.4.94 to 8.7.55 now

onley would have to be one of the worst users of the ball by foot i've ever seen

under zero pressure it seems to come off his ankle and skew sideways

adjacent to elijah hollands in the pre-game warm-up on thursday night

amw drops a sitter of a mark on the d50 and the bears have not one, not two, but three players free and clear i50 so they can walk it into goal

he's been very poor based on the 2 and a bit quarters i've seen - regular turnover merchant

ah-mu kicks his first (not that i saw it; the stream keeps freezing then jumping forward by about 30 seconds)

tommy matthews / marshall has been ragdolled at least three times - bears' tacklers are able to just pick him up and fling him around he is so lightly framed

2 minutes ago, rjay said:

I think 16 is about right 'Macca'...I would like to see the skills of the game retained and this would help.

It would also help the diluting of the talent pool.

i always thought it was bizarre that aflw switched to 16 - the players can't kick as far, the skills aren't as clean, and the women would benefit from 18 players on field as opposed to 16

aflm reduced to 16 would theoretically be a more open game

2 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

This is the year to clean up parts of his game surely? Been in the system for a while now.

he just looks so slow by thought as much as deed - his positioning is routinely poor, he doesn't react to the game situation, and his disposal is not good at vfl level, so can't imagine it'll improve at afl level

he looks a long way off it