Supermercado

I don't agree with this rule but I can live with it. Not having it in place two days before the season starts is farcical. How can this not have been addressed earlier in the off-season, did somebody read a book about concussion last week and think "christ, we better do something"?

australianfootball.com is an up and coming site, and if I wasn't so familiar with AFL Tables I'd almost prefer it. If somebody went through and added match reports from newspapers to the games that would be fantastic, but speaking from experience it's a monster task. 10 years on and there are still some old games with newspaper reports available that I haven't gotten to. Can't imagine how painful it would be to do with 1897 (even 1858) onwards.

Considering the amount of unforseen historical content the AFL has (clearance reports, reserves and Under 19s player information etc...) they could create an amazing historical resource like AFL Tables or AustralianFootball.com if they wanted to. Maybe they could sign up with Ancestry.com or similar to help deliver it. I said this in the survey but I think they're more interested in whether to put show 50s higher in an earlier column than rebound 50s.

Hope he goes well but don't know if there's much there beyond what we've already seen. However, like Daw if you need to plug a gap you may as well pick somebody who's used to the system. Don't fancy their chances if he's a regular but could be a handy fringe player.

Brutal draw. I suppose they decided that because we've played Richmond and Gold Coast we don't get the byes against Geelong and West Coast as well. Given that we have zero depth I reckon it's lights out unless we beat the Saints and win at least one of the others. North has a reasonably tough run too. Their game against Footscray could prove important. Given that the Dogs have the free win against Richmond in the last round we probably want them to win so we can concentrate on jumping the Roos into eighth.

Jake Spencer is captain of Doncaster in the EFL this year. He joined them for 2020 before the season was cancelled.

I just assumed Yze would take over straight away, but for sickos like me who've wanted Choco for the best part of a decade this would be wild.

It's about time, he's been shot ever since he's had to awkwardly try and keep up with Brian Taylor talking nonsense. However, Brayshaw as a replacement is a disaster. In isolation I don't mind him as a commentator but a partnership with BT will see them go full buffoon. Meanwhile Jason Bennett rots away in the second division of callers...

I will crack it at full volume if this happens but secretly think we might play better at Docklands.

Given that they're bothering to stream it, I guess it's not going to be the equivalent of last year when a glorified Casey team played as 'Melbourne' and were thrashed by Essendon.

It's fun watching Collingwood get belted but there must be some ripper skeletons in everyone's closet. Difference is most clubs would probably just flat out apologise instead of trying to spin it like a great triumph.

Thank you for the patronising update. I'll wait to see what happens when tickets go on sale.

Can't wait to pay $5 to Ticketmaster just to get in on my membership.

Anyone know who got the 8th goal - there's only seven goals listed in this report. The MFCW Twitter also only listed seven. Completeness freaks need to know....

This is a good point. The first year they did custom cards I got a bit overexcited and paid $5 (!) for one, then the next year a blank card turned up when I would probably have paid them another fiver. Every dollar counts.

False comparison, the elevation of Row MM lets you see everything you need to. Watching through the Casey fence would be like sitting at the back of Level 1 of the MCG but even worse because you're looking through a fence.

Which I'd be prepared to get upset about... if they didn't also play Preuss as a full forward in the rain against Freo.

What was the context of this? Did he just flat out blame Cairns as a location or admit that they flubbed selection and choked against lesser teams?

I'm sad that we didn't get Phoenix Spicer

From a purely ruthless perspective, if the AFL really want a team there they should turn the tap off on a Victorian club and force them to merge with Gold Coast. The Suns get the influx of players that should help them become a good side and a spot in the league opens for a brand new Tasmanian team. I can't see the locals going mad for a warmed up corpse of a club parachuted from interstate - and from the perspective of running the joint imagine having to balance the north and south of your own state AND a faction of Victorian based fans of the relocated side?

Surely nobody buys one of these for themselves. The market has to be 99% throwaway Christmas gifts and Kris Kringles.

May missing the All Australian top 40 is the voting irregularity that should be investigated.

He'll do. And now that McDonald (and Brown?) is staying we've got a backup.

There would have to be people still fawning over everything Buckley and Eddie do. It's a cult.

If the Howe experience is anything to go by that means he'll be playing full forward by round 4.