Dr. Gonzo

Bosa is out too. Madden curse has extended to the entire team. Combined with the Superbowl loser curse the 9ers were on a hiding to nothing this year.

I'm surprised we couldn't amortise Gus's salary over the years of his contract. Maybe we decided to eat it all this year? Or would it not have been an option?

Legal costs and paying out Brayshaw turned it from a 1.6m profit to a 1.6m loss?

Probably why binge are offering 12 month deals for $5 a month at the moment

DAZN have handled NFL Gamepass since last season. The first season was a debacle - this year it's been a little better but they still have issues you don't expect when paying $250-300 for a sub. Streams randomly restarting, wrong streams starting when you click on a game tile, streams starting at the end so you spoil the score etc etc At least the quality has been ok this year (last year the buffering and drop in frame rate was bad) but still would be very frustrating trying to watch AFL on those servers/platform.

Always tough for the away team on a short week, especially if it's a divisional game and also coming off a brutal divisional game last week. Throw in a 2nd half blizzard and the Steelers were always going to struggle.

Lions Bucs Chiefs

In rounds 3 (Suns), 4 (Cats) and 5 (Bombers) we play teams coming off a bye. Not sure if that helps or hinders that early in the season but it is a quirk worth noting.

What about a Melksham type? Half forward, good overhead, good goal sense, link between mids/fwds?

This is where you're wrong, MFC isn't merely a footy club anymore. It is a brand.

Content that engages younger demographics, duh 🙄

I agree to a point, social media is a cesspit but it is a reflection of society which isn't any better. Telling young people not to use it won't work just like previous generations being told they shouldn't play video games, watch TV or listen to rock/rap/metal music. When has telling kids not to do something ever worked? My kids are primary school and they watch YouTube videos far more than they watch actual TV shows. They know Caden McDonald but would hardly recognise any of the TV footy commentators/journos. The point remains the club needs to leverage social media or get left behind (again) to their detriment. It cost us when TV was introduced, it cost us in the early days of social media (Facebook/X) and will cost us again if we don't get on board (Insta/TikTok).

Melbourne vs Freo is on Easter Saturday too, another crowd killer with people going away for long weekend.

Round 1 vs GWS clashes with the Grand Prix, hopefully no Melbourne supporters are brain-dead enough to watch cars going in a circle really fast and actually turn up to our game.