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this league is always going to be a 'tv game' - they've tried in the past to boost attendance, and the majority of fans don't care; it's about watching the game, as a group with about 55% of the population residing in nsw and qld, they're always going to command good $$ v'landys is smartly spruiking the product for the saudis, who now control domestic sport's fate with their buying into daz n, who are the incumbent rights holders for the nrl competition whether it remains that way after the expiration of the current deal will tell us a lot about how interested they are in retaining the likes of nrl and afl in particular

first battle is making finals second battle is being in good form going into finals biggest battle is fitness and luck when it counts

seems mean and vindictive; too close to 'unco' for my liking

i suspect it must be very hard to know that yr teammates are gearing up to play against opposition and you're stuck in rehab and recovery

also probably shows my vintage (looking 45, feeling 72) that i still call it that

This is why the majority of serious football fans don't take the little paper seriously ... No mention of Jefferson at all? No talk that Sestan has been training as a defender this year? Calling Laurie a small forward when he's clearly much more of a midfielder? Trash paper.

chin, fullarton werre both playing in the intra-club last week, i think? i think all those pre-season returnees should, fingres crossed, be 'right' for round 1 as such the order is really...including Tholtrup who was missed...with approximate return order... Kysaiah Pickett (suspension) - round 4 Judd McVee (hamstring) - after round 4 Koltyn Tholstrup (bone stress) - after round 6 Luker Kentfield (pneumonia) - TBC Shane McAdam (achilles) - 2026

The protected nature of the games probably precludes ppv I think we can expect a LOT tourism advertising

Sounds very similar to Shane Mannagh, who took a little while to settle into the puddy tatts in his first season in 2024 before being an integral part of the team by finals

Uncle Rupe and his messy family now owns less than 5% of it How do you feel about British-Russian oligarchs and Saudi royal families who order journos to be chopped up if they report ‘falsehoods’ about truth to power?

You got Hanrahan’d

Saudi PIF now owns a significant chunk of Daz N

We lost be a point? After storming home in the last? Possibly the coldest I have ever been at the footy

more thinking 'best available in 2025' - hence why only mcadam was excluded from this narrative there is, of course, a separate and different rd 1, 2025, thread for werridee to change and adjust accordingly as required

can't believe this thread hasn't been updated yet! first xxxiii... B: McVee - May - Lever HB: C. Windsor - Petty - Salem C: Langdon - Petracca - Billings HF: Fritsch - Turner - Chandler F: Jefferson - van Rooyen - Pickett Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Bowey - Langford - Rivers - Sparrow Sub: Lindsay Emerg: Tholstrup - Howes - Campbell next xx B: Hore - Adams - Howes HB: Sestan - McDonald - Moniz-Wakefield C: Sharp - Woewodin - Brown HF: Spargo - Johnson - Mentha F: Melksham - Fullarton - Henderson Foll: Campbell - Tholstrup - Laurie I/c: Verrall - Kentfield missing for start of 2025 so not considered: mcadam casey top-ups: Bonner - Cross - Culley - Doultree - Hardie - Ireland - Smith - Sruk - K. Windsor

4-6 weeks from now takes him being unavailable til about rd 3-4

looks quick and to be a good kick, and can rotate fwd / mid another jack in the pack; welcome to the dees

i suspect you'll be able to navigate to an extra channel to access the coverage generally speaking if it's shown on kayo it's shown on foxtel, and vice-versa

culley was signed by casey for season 2025 the only way he'll be leaving would, i assume, be if he gets a call up to an afl list

i suspect flagmantle and meth coke might alternate as the oppo every year similarly, this may be part of the quid pro quo of radelayed being locked in as 'gil's gather round' for the next few years; a free kick to wa football there's no chance they'd combine teams

as it stands we have one - chandler - available for rd 1, given pickett's suspension, spargo's lack of match play, and pup brown's role as a wing it would make sense if henderson was the chap we were chasing

at least based on vfl performances, he would seem to be a more likely afl-level small forward than roy george be interesting to see whether henderson or culley is preferred at this stage

el jefe into the best 22, sharp to sub, laurie to be carryover emergency

Previously the pear were “cautiously optimistic” https://archive.sen.com.au/news/2023/02/28/port-adelaide-cautiously-optimistic-in-luring-connected-pickett-to-alberton/index.html

Is this the same Kornes who said he was 💯 going to the pear? Absolute oxygen thief