Dr. Gonzo

Exactly, if you can go to games like this and don't I don't know why you bother following at all.

The problem is people looking to equate loading with results rather than performance. Your performance can lead to poor results but it's more about how you perform on the day (ie noticeable fatigue, sluggishness, inability to cover ground, inability for repeated efforts etc)

Interesting to note who was the fitness coach at Geelong in 2007 - Dean Robinson aka The Weapon - also at Essendon when Goodwin was there.

Pretty sure that's meant to read Flogmantle

Scott's comments were after they beat Eagles in Perth about 6-8 weeks ago.

Not so, it's been mentioned here and there over 25 years. The most common example is Craig at the Crows when Blight was coach. Nevermind the date stamp this article is from 2007 (notice the Crows midfielder who is quoted in the article 🤔) https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/crows-can-do-it-the-hard-way/news-story/8dbb81862363821fdf0a51548b4adb85 Also "1997: Becomes fitness adviser and assistant coach of Adelaide. He plays a massive role in Adelaide winning back-to-back premierships. Craig had previously been a sports scientist at South Australian Institute of Sport. His “tapering” training is regarded as cutting edge among the AFL" https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/755571/neil-craig-timeline

"because if you had been on a heavy training plan that week you were wrecked by the time you ran onto the field."

Fair point but his routine is all off. Not alone either, Petracca is also a serial offender.

How could you play on a 135m long ground? The centre square would be 7.5m inside the 50m line at each end. A good article here about ground sizes. As I mentioned a few weeks back although Geelong is thought of as a small ground it isn't really - it's a narrow ground but longer than the MCG. This length plays into how the Cats play it as much as the width. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-16/cody-and-sean-afl-analysis-how-much-do-ground-sizes-matter/101154950

I hope so

It might drizzle a little in the afternoon but don't think it will be a downpour. Certainly not enough to deter supporters from getting there.

Even if North finishes last WCE would still pick him up in the PSD. North aren't going to meet his price and force him to play somewhere he doesn't want to be. Especially when they are trying to build a culture there. Hell even WCE may not meet his contract demands if he makes it clear he only wants to play at Freo.

Max can play up forward but (other than a freakish Prelim final) his goalkicking is suspect at best. He can drop back but not as a key position defender. Grundy is very similar although not as good a contested mark around the ground. Someone worth looking at as a stop gap backup ruck could be Darcy Fort? Seems on the outer at Brisbane who won't play two rucks and can kick a goal.

It's not sold out, there are still heaps of seats at the top of the Ponsford and the Northern Stands on Ticketek. But you are correct a GA membership entitles you to the same pool of tickets as the general public which puts you at a disadvantage if you have to wait for it to appear on the mobile app. I guess the other option is using your membership barcode to "purchase" a GA ticket through ticketek?

You won't wanna miss this one. Biggest Demons v Pies game since the 88 Semi Final. 2nd v 3rd. Friday night. Round 21. Should be a massive crowd. And we get to feed them some humble pie 😝

80k+

Between he and Gawn we'd have over a million in cap space dedicated to two aging rucks who can't do much else. No thanks.

I think they actually brought the boundary in by a few metres on that side when building the new stand rather than making it wider.

Interesting, it seems we've been setting our zone further back this year for whatever reason - it hasn't been the high forward press we saw last year.

I'd rather Grundy in than Cox, the Texan has a way of getting hold of us.

It looks like there's still plenty of GA at the top of the Ponsford and Northern stands

May out, Petty on and off injured, Max injured should've been subbed out but Turner was concussed so was subbed out instead. We kept bombing it straight down the throats of Cox and Moore.

Jackson has to agree to go to WCE we don't have the power to trade him there without his consent.

And his work up the ground as a marking option.