Dr. Gonzo

Well they've planted their flag regarding the new facilities, stating they will begin construction by 2023 and it will be in the MCG precinct. I like the ambitions overall, some will see them as unachievable I see them as aspirational.

Daniel Kerr had a rough summer That game was classic (was 1990 you're thinking of) Players walked off the ground arm in arm giving the supporters the finger while singing Grand Old Flag (Bennett, Grinter and Wilson being prime offenders from memory). Unfortunately they had the last laugh knocking us out of the semis one month later Collingwood was always my most hated team but Hawthorn and West Coast weren't far behind as a kid. We won the 88 Elimination Final but they knocked us out in 90, 91 and 94 and then again in 2018. I really hate the Eagles, arrogant tossers as well who always get away with the home cooked umpiring and then still have the nerve to whinge

Nah we don't need full time umpires though

But we haven't redeemed ourselves yet? I don't really see the difference

If we got the win I wouldn't care haha

I thought that was stretching credulity a little.

You haven't heard of an insurance policy? Preuss is a backup in case Max goes down.

I thought that was implied

Not a big call an idiotic/clickbait call.

Has anyone ever done the rising star/brownlow/norm Smith trifecta?

The only issue I have with this is talent. There is already not enough talent to go around for 18 teams adding another will only exacerbate this issue.

The title is setting up the theme of the season for us. Whether it comes to fruition or not will play out in time but it's nothing more than a marketing tool. If we have another crap season I have a suspicion the title of a preseason promo series will be the least of our problems

Within the next 3-5 years every club will be doing something similar Seriously anyone who complains after watching that will just complain about anything.

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Oh and [censored] Cornes

Withholding memberships isn't going to make the club perform any better. In fact withholding financial support is going to be detrimental if anything.

Or they can restructure some contracts to front load them into this year giving them a war chest to splurge in October.

They'll probably get senior games, they may even become key parts of our team. But at this stage the expectation on them for 2020 should be purely on their development anything else is a bonus.

Yeah it was, with the coverage from the MCG concourse to Richmond station I don't mind it, would be a good (only?) chance for us to get a training facility incorporated next to the MCG

No holds paid all game which is quite astounding. Seems they were only paying what was blindingly obvious - makes the OPI against Little before the half difficult to explain. Once they threw the flag they had to uphold it but could have easily been a no call. Was almost identical to the one not paid against Thielen when he caught the game winning TD against the Saints in OT a couple of weeks back.

Playing devils advocate, I guess they could say something like, "all we want them to focus on this season is their development and consolidating a spot in the starting 18 at Casey"

Definitely. I hate the Pats but respect the hell out of Belichick. The time and preparation he's put into his craft is second to none. As a Jets supporter I wonder what could have been had he remained as coach of the Jets for more than one day. Would he still have succeeded or was it only the right environment and combination of factors that produced it. Similar to Clarkson at Hawthorn, would he have been as successful if he'd gone to Richmond in 2004? Or Melbourne? Gotta have the off field right to let the on field do it's thing. It's funny, reading gridiron genius by Mike Lombardi recently, he made a comment that it's best to defer especially on the road. The rationale being the crowd is loudest for the 1st drive of the game which can impact the offences communication. After half time many people are still making their way back to their seats, in the bars, toilets etc so crowd is much quieter. Same could be said for the superbowl.

Jimmy G had the ball with 2.30 left on the clock and 3 timeouts plus the 2 minute warning. Had the opportunity for a superbowl winning drive if he was good enough. He wasn't. A better QB would have hit that long pass on 3rd and 10 on the dime and gave them 4 shots at the end zone.

A Belichick move. If you get the ball to end the first half, get the ball to start the second half. Potential to get 14 pts up on your opponent and deprive the opposition offence from touching the ball for 45-60 minutes.

I generally post on the NFL page on bigfooty or Jets Gang Green forum if in doing my NFL thing On the 9ers, Bosa is a beast, love watching him play. Mahomes does ridiculous things I haven't really seen other QBs do, throwing across his bodywhike running away from the receiver