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They have numbers waiting outside all the time.

Woah May is playing.

Yep, we spooked.

Considering Adelaide's transition and pace, I think it was the right call. Brown's defensive deficiencies are no secret.

May be the slump we need to have. Can't see us beating Doggies on current form. It's all good.

We weren't spooked against North. Crows are a much stronger outfit. Genuine 50/50 contest now.

They are using the ground space much better than us. We are going direct and turning it over and their transition is slicing us apart. Our mids need to enhance defense pressure.

Bounced the ball while tackled. Holding the ball. No call.

80s rock with Go West - We Close our Eyes followed by Bob Sinclair playing in the pub here over the game and it's infinitely better than listening to Ricciuto.

Backline and forward lines both struggling massively. Crowd transition out of defense is putting us under huge pressure. They always have 2-3 players waiting to rush it out. We also are badly missing Salem.

They're not really.

Jackson is killing it.

They run out to a Nigella Lawson podcast.

Grant Thomas, 2006.

The Dogs have silky class across the ground, and a lot of pace. At Marvel it's going to be our toughest assignment by a far margin. We can't go into the game with both Brown and Weed playing.

VKCrow isn't wrong. They don't seem to be "playing for draft picks", they are punching a bit above their weight already the Crows, and like Carlton, Gold Coast, Freo, they'll claim a few scalps this year as has already occured, albeit earlier in the year. They lack experience and polish around the ground but if they can straighten up and play direct they are dangerous. Fast and hard into Tex and even May can't stop him. He's a big boy. Make no mistake this will be won based on defensive accountability across the middle, which we've been superb at doing all year. But if the likes of Oliver, Trac, Brayshaw and Gawn drop off a bit in defensive accountability the Crows can still score quickly. Not a massive scoring team but if Tex kicks 4+ then it could be in danger of being our first loss.

I thought Carlton would be because they score well but Adelaide is a terrible defensive team and also doesn't score all that heavily. I'm trusting our team more and more, we're going to have to have breakdowns in all areas of the game to drop a game like this.

What was the crowd for those at the game?

This commentary is nauseating.

Nice one Kozzie.

18k at Marvel last night. Has to be the worst Richmond crowd in Melbourne for a long time.

Carlton 2021 is Melbourne 2016. A good average team. We beat a 1st placed Hawthorn in 2016 deep into the season. We have had three bruising encounters and Carlton can look quite good when they're switched on. They lack defensive awareness as a team but they're no easy beats and will be going for blood after folding against the Dogs. Lots of pressure and talk on them this week. I think we are much better than them but anything can happen. Tbh wouldn't be surprised if we lose this week.

Basing the club out of Casey would be a disaster. You also have to consider that a club's base is the primary working location for staff and players. It's not where we play our home games. Getting talent out to Casey would be a challenge. It is not a desirable option and a members vote would put a stop to it once and for all.

How do you know it's closed? Isn't it ultimately dictated by sale rates? ie. once a cap is reached on lower levels they open up level 4? Normally you can still select level 4 but it says "can't find tickets". I just got tickets: you couldn't select level 4 at all and it says "allocation exhausted". Same as other sections. Level 1 open has seats but I couldn't get 5 together. Had to split them by 2 and 3.

Predicting football crowds may be scrapped for this weekend. Shame because AFL members is pretty much allocation exhausted which generally leads to a crowd of 50k+. Gonna be a million dollar hit to the club I reckon.