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Absolutely NO; population too small and Darwin certainly unsuited to winter football - humid, wet, hot. Alice has a far better winter footy climate notwithstanding the disaster of 2023 (coldest day on record and very unseasonable rain in the area) but the population is way too small. 18 teams dilute the talent pool already, 19 then 20 will just make it worse. 16 would be better. Solution - merge the three teams that have been going to Tasmania (North, Hawks, Saints) as the Tassie Devils. Otherwise just relocate the Kangaroos and keep it at 18. Don't the AFL see the chaos and inequities of an odd number of teams as displayed in the VFL?? Sorry forgot that the AFL have never had the slightest interest in inequity.

Depends if you are flying yourself (would be difficult) or in a plane which should be no problem. i suspect that you are thinking of a punctured lung / pneumothorax (air in the chest cavity around partially collapsed lung) where flying is a big no no.

Maybe Chandler if he is not 100%, which would be sad given his great game Saturday. I haven’t seen AMW play - would he be a like for like Chin replacement, or just maybe the young Kolt?

Mr Fence. I can only think as others have mentioned that this could be perhaps seen as development, though I agree that we are in pressing need of a tall forward in the near future. I don’t know enough about Casey’s forward talls - is he being squeezed out at all? I sadly remember KF prospects when we were aligned with Sandringham being squeezed out and their development stunted by Nick Saunter. Though, frankly, our young player development was overall pretty 💩 back then. The only youngster I can clearly remember from those days who had any success developing through the Zebras was one Nathan Jones.

I believe we have one spot in the midseason draft. Would any of these be an option? If so who would you see as the best prospect?

Hare-Clark system seems better described as Hare Brained. Guaranteed to result in a divided compromised government. Probably appropriate for Tasmania though.

We already have four umpires who seem blind and or oblivious to the vast majority of these off ball elbows, belly jabs and bumps. Surely they can see these, and if not maybe OPSM could replace SpecSavers as their sponsor. A few more off ball free kicks and or 50 meter penalties, with reports and suspensions for striking, and elbowing, would stop this immediately. Repeated belly jabs / elbows are not trivial. Maybe the boundary umpires could also call the most blatant of these. PS the regular repeated unpunished deliberate elbows to Max’s head (and knees to his back) just exposes the utter hypocrisy of the AFL and their insincere “protect the head” stance. If anyone hoped that a change at the top would ease the hypocrisy got it wrong. Gentle kicking is ok and bumps involving the head only apply to certain teams. The only thing that they care about is $$$$$ - so until the class action bankrupts them, including their payouts, nothing will happen.

Yes if stable and not part of the spinal cord surrounds. And add in the reckless assault on Max after he marked - not even a bloody 50 meter which it should have been every time No two injuries are the same. Remember Lockdown Dan was in a brace for months. Other can fracture transverse processes and hardly notice it. Agree re caution but target May at your own peril.

Thanks as always kev Particularly interested in Melk and Turner being in the main group already. How well did they move? And were they involved at all in competitive work?

The Gus “debacle” was a well planned faux prosecution designed to keep the assailant playing finals.

Langdon took a season and a half to recover fully.

Of course not.

It was AI generated - the intelligence, such as it is, is artificial. Agree. I suspect that it was planned to take Petty off maybe mid Q3 - well planned, or very lucky, to have Petty on the ground when the two KPP defenders went down and Hore as the sub. I was amazed to hear the TMc had 100% and BBB 95% TOG. The versatility of our selected team certainly paid dividends today. FFS Petty hardly had a preseason and as above he probably wasn’t excpected to play a full game. Not sure what was his TOG %? as was Stan Alves as I recall 5 goals with a makeshift defence. A great feat. Kudos to all concerned.

Difficult to choose today as it was a very even TEAM effort. 6 Petracca - powerful, positive delivery forward, handy goal 5 Oliver - broke a very heavy tag and his disposal and option taking greatly improved 4 Max - leadership and persistence. 3 Viney - always there when the chips are down 2 Kozzie - actually held his marks and great options 1 Salem - rekaibke and hard to beat Apologies multiple including (though not exhaustive) Tom McD, Frittata, ANB, Sparrow, McVee, Billings et al

Certainly the opportunity to make or break him. Which will it be? Over to you Tommo. IF he takes on all three and wins, then it would be one hell of an achievement Tomlinson was after all the preferred third tall defender early 2021 until he did his ACL.

Bayley Fritsch,Kade Chandler, and Traccas they snapped. OMG - MFCSS kicked straight in. All three actually snapped 😱😱 Wasn’t in the injury report.

Maybe, but seriously if one was after a decent fit-for-purpose camera system crypto would not be my first choice. So maybe counterintuitive . Maybe though some would find their moment of fame worthwhile. The only way jail time could actually prevent it would be preemptive jail as in Minority Report. Or, just jail all bogans?

Crows’ defence looking very slow and disorganized.

They just need to hope for another “prosecutor” who has zero interest in a succesful prosecution. The review system needs a complete review.

Best news from those reports thanks WCW and Demonland was that Petty appeared to have moved, run and kicked without problems. As has been suggested maybe he will be the sub and if not needed earlier replaces BBB in Q3

No. No. Not so. However most agreed that Spargo wasn’t ready. Many feel the same re Petty.

One needs to have culture to have a culture problem. As long as that little stager has a bad day Saturday. 3066

0-3 How sweet it is. Now the question is are the Saints good or the Pies really that bad?

Why to Collingwood get an away game at their 'home' ground when Saints' home is Docklands??

Not so sure - the Saints could well cough it up Looks highly possible And I thought Ross Lyon was the master of locking games down