whatwhat say what

i'll vote nev but borderline call

i never want to hear someone say 'goodwin needs to try something different' ever again

so no recognised ruckman - brave, foolish, or both?

five more years; https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/bucks-given-heaveho-at-sen-in-roster-bungle/news-story/58609673bade515c6e06c5314a6d6ced Speaking on his podcast, Life of Brian, Taylor said: “I am glad to be able to say that I have signed for five years at the Seven Network. So for all those people out there wondering whether you like me or you don’t, bad luck, you’ve got me.”

we have what, about 30, effectively, now? and yet there's barely anything on them worth watching...as someone upthread said, there's a dearth of quality tv and the cost goes towards live sport - as it's 'must see in the moment' tv - and reality / game shows, as they're super cheap to make and able to drive a profit due to sponsorships etc. there's a longstanding rumour that ch7 don't pay for bt - his wage is paid thru a sponsor agreement which helps lower ch7's overheads by about $1m a year the shows on fox footy (via foxtel or kayo) are absolutely appalling in terms of their analysis and coverage; the only good show they had for YEARS was "open mike" and that ended when sheahan 'retired'

55-65k i reckon

media watch had a big section on how fta is in a death spiral this week

just goes to show how worthless fairfax was imo news orgs are dead

fullarton's best vfl game, by some margin, was when he was the #1 ruck he's quite skinny, but he gets to contests and brings the ball to ground around the ground i would think he's more likely than verrall to earn a call-up, but let's see

nathan - dog kynan - pup ryder - pooch ?

if / when uncle rupe dies in the next decade - and he's every chance of living into his 110s, given his lineage - then james is going to sue the ever-loving pantsuits out of lachlan to try and get control of news corpse lachlan hasn't been in charge of a business that he hasn't run into the ground so james better hope it's sooner rather than later given his bro's track record as the man in charge as such, the afl and nrl must be watching the machinations at news warily given how much of the broadcast revenue they contribute towards and didn't kerry stokes sack tim worner more or less specifically cos of the $$s he invested in cricket vs the roi it generated? cricket is great for revenue IF - and only if - india is involved, and that's only for money coming out of india it's why amazon is more than happy to pony up for icc tournaments like the t20 / odi world cups etc; they know they can generate return from it broadcasting back to the subcontinent

wait...what..?

right on queue... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/10/australia-stadiums-food-options-afl-nrl

this is true, but there's little / no incentive for international streaming providers - such as amazon - to invest in afl, or nrl, as we are small, domestic sports with tiny followings locally in the grand scheme of global spend there's no halo effect for prime, netflix, apple to sign up for afl or nrl like there is for c7 etc. from a fta perspective a reckoning is coming for the tv rights of these two sports and it might not be pretty

judging from goodwin's presser, petty was less rather than more likely IN: fullarton OUT: gawn

warms the cockles

it will be interesting to see what this change of coach means for the various assistants would love to get daisy back into our footy dept program

this they've always ridden the ups-and-downs of finals vs high end draft selections the 92 and 94 premierships are almost isolated due to the sheer volume of excellent pre-listed wa players who formed the basis of that success but 05 and 18 were absolutely build by previous year's failures and astute draft selection and, in the case of 05, some interesting 'development' of player's bodies in next to no time

Go get him, Tim Lamb

Alternatively, truthfully: - we bid on Heeney with our pick 2; bloods matched with pick 18 - Moore was never eligible for us

to break glass in case of breaking glass in case of emergency?

this morning goodwin confirmed spargo is having surgery on his achilles

i refuse to buy anything at the games - it's a rip off i remain determinedly low yield

sometimes i think you can't say something more stupid than the last thing i thought you couldn't say that was more stupid than the last thing you said and then you prove me wrong...again

srsly, what is the go with spargo?