Dr. Gonzo

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.

I always thought they pinched the old Sports Tonight logo from channel 10.

Don't forget Trac already had several months off though, different circumstances to Clarry.

Either that or they've been watching NZ Parliament https://bsky.app/profile/ziibiing.com/post/3law66jmgjk2n

I am certain you don't see the irony in your post.

Matt Jones?

Crazy, everything fell apart for the Commies after they went for the 4&2 at the 30 down 12-10 - if they kick the FG they go ahead instead Philly goes down the field and gets a TD, Daniels turns it over straight after and then Barkley scores another TD. Instead of up 13-12 with 8 minutes left all of a sudden they're down 26-10 with 4.5 minutes left 😵

Their subscriptions will plummet once HBO goes standalone next year, surely.

That can't be correct for West Coast

Ah yeah Ian Collins, former Carlton player, CEO and President at the time. Hardly think it's being "railroaded" when your President was the one pushing for it.

I thought it was due to Southport being the Sharks and it alienating the other non-Southport supporters up there? Or was that just about them being Southport and not Gold Coast? I may be getting my wires crossed. Sharks is a great name for a footy team, if they knocked it back due to being too aggressive then that tells you all you need to know about the spivs running the league.

By who?

We are scheduled to play a home game there next year but it is not our home ground. The MCG is our home ground, Collingwood, Hawthorn and Richmond are also tenants there. Docklands tenants are North, Bulldogs, Saints, Carlton and Essendon. The AFL schedules some of their home games at the MCG but their home ground is Docklands. Melbourne should not be scheduled to play home games at Docklands at all and certainly not at the expense of Docklands tenants who want to play home games at the G.

I agree but it's been happening for over 30 years now. That's why the AFL brought in the equalisation fund (or competitive balance fund or whatever it's called) to compensate teams who regularly get screwed with the fixture and stadium arrangements. It's why I firmly believe it should be a 17 game season, play everyone once alternating home and away each year. AFL would laugh at that though as although its much fairer they're more worried about the broadcast rights. You think they would realise scarcity is good economically.

Move it to Alice Springs and play Saints at the G.

Marvel is not our home ground. Carlton and Essendon should be playing their home games there, it is their home ground.

Yes but we do also host Anzac Eve and Kings Bday so swings and roundabouts.

Home vs Saints in Alice and WC at Docklands..... Probably as good as we could have hoped for considering, we have a lot of home games vs interstate it feels like and THREE interstate trips in a row after Kings Bday (with a bye thrown in) means more than a month between games in Melbourne. Starting the season with 3 games in Melbourne and finishing with 7 games in Melbourne is a plus, Collingwood again in fi al round, can we just beat these [censored] please?? Sick of losing to them 🤮

The D's?