Dr. Gonzo

To be honest I don't watch any of these infotainment channels but I assume it would be the same as a "lefty" given a right of response on one of the Sky news programs. All of these are privately owned networks so there is no compulsion for anyone to give equal time to the "other" side. That's why it is so important to keep publicly funded independent services and not gut them like the LNP is doing with the ABC.

What's the difference if the interview takes place at the club or at home? I assume the club may have additional screening/precautions but it isn't specified in the article.

I guess my perception is based on a scale of past experience. Thinking back to the "putrid" performances in 2012/13 I can't put round 1 in the same boat. But it's semantics really, it was disappointing - if we lose on Saturday that will be the season done as far as I'm concerned. We should be putting the Blues away by 5 goals.

Good on Lumumba. Like Goodes he will cop a lot of flak for speaking up but this country still has plenty of issues to confront before we can claim to be a free and egalitarian society.

It was a disappointing game but it was round 1, in Perth, against the premiership favourite a couple of hours after the players were told theirs would be the last game of the season for the foreseeable future. I wasn't happy with the game or the result, but putrid for me would mean getting blown out of the water like the Dogs did. We played well early, didn't convert our chances and lost the game in about 5 minutes. Not great but certainly not "putrid".

We were not "putrid". We lost the game in about 5 minutes in the first quarter. The rest of the game was relatively even albeit frustrating for our lack of finish in front of goal.

The game is at Docklands so probably not an issue then

He also deserves a chance at redemption

Smith, Barassi, La Fontaine, Flower

Jeez tough crowd! I hope Goodwin sticks it up all you doubters just to see the Olympic level backpedalling on here by the so called "supporters" of this club. You're all damaged goods.

I haven't heard anything from the MFC yet on membership options for 2020. Other clubs have emailed their members to let them know what options they have on the table (some have been more underhanded than others *cough* Adelaide *cough*) but haven't seen anything from MFC yet. I'm not seeking a refund but was interested in what options the MFC had come up with. Some clubs have offered merchandise as comp including signed guernsey's and I just read on BigFooty Carlton have offered members a free GA membership for 2021 for someone who was not a member this year. Pretty clever way to grow the membership base.

I was enjoying this thread, did you hit a snag sons?

I doubt we'll pocket anything for away games though, only the home club would

Carlton and Essendon play 3 or 4 home games at the G each year generally against each other, us, Collingwood, Richmond and Hawthorn

not really, I don't think coaches will abandon full ground defense just because the interchange is reduced to 2. I don't know if anything would really get them to change their tactics initially. They would just try and control the footy more by maintaining possession and causing repeat stoppages to take the wind out of the game and allow players to recover.

Because coaches have realised there is nothing stopping your full forward running down to full back and flooding the defence.

I watched quite a few games from the late 80's/90s a few weeks back. Yeah I agree the replay picks the best parts, but I did watch some full games (and not necessarily "classics" just run of the mill home and away games). For me it was better because of the way the game was played, not necessarily the excitement of a close game. Back then you had the excitement of individual players being able to show their individual brilliance on a regular basis due to the space available to them to work in. Does that mean it was 120 minutes of magic? Of course not! But compare it to today's game and it's almost a different sport. Players these days have so little space to work in the game the individual brilliance and skill is suffocated. Even great players like Martin get scragged and gang tackled so frequently that the level of difficulty for them to break away and showcase their skill is next to impossible. I am an advocate for reducing the number of players on the ground as this will limit the ability to zone and force teams to back to a more man on man gamestyle. The interchange probably needs to be drastically reduced as well but other than that I'm not sure whether anything can really be done while keeping the spirit of the game in tact. We don't want zones or onside/offside rules so maybe the genie is just out of the bottle.

The best games from back then are superior to the best games now. They are also more common. Try and find more than 10 great games from the last 5-10 years. Great games from start to finish not just close finishes.

Premier league has no finals series so requires a full home and away fixture.

If the AFL pursue policies of "revenue maximisation" (ie geared around TV ratings and crowds) which favour some clubs above others then they owe it to the clubs who are disadvantaged to employ revenue sharing across the competition. The "compensation" we and others receive is inadequate and ensures we are beholden to the AFL. If they decide to pull that on a whim we are stuffed. These policies have long term implications on things like sponsorship, game day revenue, support base etc and have been going on for around 25 years now.

See @Cards13 Pert obviously read my post yesterday ?

Details?

The club doesn't profit from alcohol or gambling?

I'm pretty sure they are

I'm not advocating for poker machines. They should be banned, it is ridiculous that you can have computers programmed to take people's money in pubs around the state. But they are legal and while they are I would rather any profits go towards MFC rather than the pockets of those who already have more money than they know what to do with. It's going to cause a massive revenue shortfall for us in the coming years that this crisis will only exacerbate.