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As always, loves to promote his ideas and favourites, and always operates from self interest. Has done some good things, but gws are either a real team now, or not. Can’t rub it both ways.

Glad there are no crowds allowed. We play in the Sunday arvo death slot 3 times, but it is made for tv!

Petty may yet be the one. He is a good reader of the play, a good footballer and a competitor. As the mobile tall third, he could be the surprise.

Brown was favoured over Weid in round 1. Hopefully Weid has Taken the time to do what needs to be done to make it in. If Brown is the answer, I’m not sure I like the question... Hannan for Bennell.

Regret - we look back and wish we didn't do it. Thats not how it works, you make the best decision that you can at the time. Howe - wanted to go, so this was a trade because we had to. In each case the numpties don’t have all the facts. The clubs might have made some bad calls, but we cant know what would have been the outcome if the trade was not made. I have zero regrets about the trades they mention. I may have more regrets that we were a club that no one wanted to come to for so long, that we were crap at developing players and we chose a string of coaches who were just not up to it.

The choice in who you cut will be interesting, and might give teams a competitive advantage. You would think more advanced teams would need less assistant coaches, and more sports science and fitness. Developing clubs might need more development coaches and less fitness and sports science (less need to keep the old players going?). Who a team cuts will be an interesting strategic choice. I would say we need burgo + a couple, a kicking coach, goodie and maybe Richo. Add back from there.

** Opportunity lost!**. “Mammoth tusk” for full points!

I thought it was an error- we were going to look at Max’s missus....

Commentators pro-pies from the start. Nothing has changed. Pinhead Hudson still sounds like he is dribbling dog poop smelling saliva down his chin, 20 years later. What a talented team. You forget how good that squad was. Shame we couldnt close the gate that year.

Thanks for posting! A great watch on a cold winter’s saturday. The game is so different now, probably better viewing back then. Tough as blazes, too. What a great Demons team - I wonder how they would fare in the modern world?

Not like the NRL, then, where training involves the sharing of hookers and coke..... Not even sharing the footy - i suppose that they could all hand sanitise before and after?? Like I handle the shopping trolleys at Coles with 1500 other shoppers and have to use good hygene to make that work? I’m sure the rules will be clarified before they are allowed out to train.

Our talls were Jamar, Dunn, TMAc, Dawes, Pedo, Frawley. Dunn and TMac did OK back, but thought Pedo was a liability for most of the game, Dawes and Frawley did OK, Jamar limited and lumbering. Our talls round 1 2020: May, Omac, Max, TMac, Brown and Tomlinson. Hmmm...add Jackson and Weid, or even Preuss? So many names on the rest of the field that make you wince: A blood nut in 13 that is not Clarrie. A field full of possibilities. Early days for Viney, Salem and Petracca. And it sounds like this was the game during the injection scandal kicking off for the bombers.

No winners here. A sad affair and a terrible outcome for Dean. Ricky Nixon proves himself to be an obnoxious, glory hunting, narcissistic [censored]. The police officer involved who thought breaching privacy was a good idea. The gutter press that posted pics gained through this obvious breach of privacy. Appropriate process should be followed. Public interest stopped at ‘he was arrested and not bailed’. Everything after that is salacious trash that serves no one.

With the training for clubs about to go up to groups of 10, would you: Train in line groups (forwards, backs, midfielders) Train in groupings (3 forwards, 4 mids, 3 backs) Or something else?? Considering our two greatest needs will be connection between lines (especially Mids to the forwards) and cohesion in line groups, I would suggest we probably need a mix of both. Are we allowed to mix and match?

Apologies, autocorrect got me!

With WA allowing groups of 10 to congregate, WCE and Freo are changing their training to work around this regulation. This means line groups can essentially work together, and train skills, coordination and motivation benefits over other teams who cannot train with others. Should the AFL stop this to allow equity, or will these teams be given an unfair leg up for the rest of this season?

Round 1: there was actually a lot to like. We got blasted in about 7 minutes of the first quarter, some of that WA luck running hard. We never closed the gap, but were not smashed from there. Some bad entries (might be a WC specific problem, as they have a backline that plays perfectly against the way we enter 50), but other elements were pretty solid. Think we might have been 3-3 after 6. Mid table.

You may see this revert after Coronavirus stiffs the AFL. Small coaching teams could be back on the agenda.

Strawbs was a pretty gangly unit. Not made for these conditions! Love Grinter’s hit on Lewis. Fiunny watching it through 2020 eyes. All the out of bounds, protected areas, dropping the pill and high tackles that are let go. Keeps waiting for the whistle!

I hope they are found OK. This is a terrible situation, regardless of who they are, or the ‘advice’ they ignored.

The idea of locking the league into a ‘bubble’ or two ‘bubbles’ would support this, although there is still talk of getting through 17 full rounds. Going to be fascinating how that will be achieved!

This. I am a trident member, and give to the demon draw thingo when the club rings me. Don’t want either if them back. I want a strong and viable MFC on the other side of this. I am paying for a membership, not for a seat (although my seat is quite nice thank you...)

So when the brakes come off, they could organise the Competition into 2 conferences. A southern conference (including the 2 WA teams and 2 SA teams) and an Eastern conference (including the two QLD teams and the two NSW teams). 9 teams in each conference, dividing the Melb teams odds/evens based on last years ladder position (removing the interstate teams), or work it out on who played who in round one (we played West coast co we go into their conference, etc) The AFL could then play a shortened season within the conferences, then have cross-over matches for the finals. This would create some sort of competition, allow a shortened fixture with lots of fan interest and allow a reasonable way of getting a winner at the end of it all. Even better would be to cancel the result of round 1.... Thoughts?

Thanks, Andy. I’m cool with that. Think this is but a small sacrifice in the current climate. Good luck to everyone.

I reckon the moment they are allowed to play again is the time to do this. Many of us dont know if we have the cash or income to ‘cross the bridge’, let alone support the MFC