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Even if agreed to a concession or financial compensation beforehand there would be no guarantee the deal would be honoured by the AFL. But to be honest the real issue is that if the AFL decided to move the venue of our round one game they wouldn't even bother negotiating with us, or do anything other than pay lip service to giving us some sort of compensation. The problem is two fold. One, we are a struggling club with little power or influence. The tigers, pies and even bombers might be able to extract some deal. But not us. Two, the first problem points to a huge issue for the competition. It is just one more example of the unequal playing field the AFL has created by making profit their absolute priority. Sure income is important, but the number one priority should be creating a fair competition. And continually favoring the 'big' clubs and treating the other clubs like poor cousins is an anathema to equality. It is a short sighted, short term approach and entrenches systems such as equalization payments.

It is a very specific rumour. Your source doesn't work at a hospital by any chance?

A gesture of goodwill? You have to be joking. I will be beyond [censored] off if this game is moved. No other club got as badly treated as us last year with the fixture. Some of that was plain bad luck (eg the Eagles game - though, even that is marginal - they should have postponed that game) but most were shafted. As a gesture of goodwill we should play all 23 games at the g.

Jackson is going to br an out and out star

How was that a free to arts?

Not sure about best three, but he has been pretty good. As you say working hard and created a goal from nowhere with his effort and then good kick to Jones. Intersting that he is on ball. Really, you'd have to say if he can't get a game as a mid he doesn't have a spot given how out of sorts he looks down back.

Lever looking terrific. Seems to have put on some bulk too.

Goodwin is Latin for designated period of time without a goal

Their goals have come from: turnovers from rubbish kicks. And small/medium forwards. Some things never change.

It is hard not to dislike Lynch. So I won't bother trying not to. He [censored] me to tears.

I get it confused with spooning. When I went to the physio for treatment he suggested I try the Thai 'massage' place a few doors down, above the pizza parlour.

A world of dew, And within every dewdrop A world of struggle.

Reads like a Towkay infused haiku

Agree on both counts. Surely the Fisherman's bend development (which Covid seems to have stopped in its tracks) would provide an opportunity to build a purpose built football oval and training facilities, with community amenities such as those at Arden Street. And would be much easier i would have thought to get State government financial support. A win win, as they will need parks, playing fields and community spaces in that area - unless of course they want to build the docklands mark 2.

The videos of Pert's and Bartlett's speeches (but not Goodwin's) are up on the MFC facsimile of a website. Glen doesn't exactly glow with good health. That said he might want to have a chat to the AV crew - the lighting is not particularly flattering. He looks a bit grey.

I am of the firm belief the film months python references everything. Case in point:

You can depend on me for predictable bad dad jokes.

Understandable then if he didn't train. My wife assures me childbirth is pretty draining

Actually i'm pleased with the remaining options, which as i understand it are replays of all games, in game heat maps and stats and AFL.pro I have the Telstra live pass but I never used the live streaming option as I found it unwatchable on a phone or on a cropped tablet (you couldn't watch it on a PC, tablet viewing is cropped - a bit bigger than phone but not much, and you couldn't cast). I have kayo (but fully get why people don't want it), but even before i got it, I only ever used the replays, in game heat maps and stats and AFL.pro so nothing changes for me. Before kayo if i could not watch a dees game live for whatever reason ie not on FTA, couldn't get to the game, death in the family etc etc) i went into a complete media blackout and told (read, demanded/threatened) family a, friends and colleagues not to tell me the result - actually in fact not single thing about the game. I then watched the replay of the game on AFL live pass 'as live' 12 hours after it ended, which is when becomes available(once 2 full days - a tigers game. We lost). The big concern for me was not having access to AFL.pro, as it is the one function/tool that is not available anywhere else. I have pumped it up before but i highly recommend people to use it if they have access to it. You can watch the video of EVERY involvement (basically defined as anything for which a stat is collected for) of EVERY player in EVERY game. Its fascinating way to view the game. I assume similar vision (perhaps the same vision) is used by the clubs for individual player reviews. One cool thing is that it changes the focus a bit away from disposals being the key metric for involvement. Sometimes a player, like sparrow a few times last year, would get perhaps 15 possessions and you might think he was not in the game much. But watching his vision he might have 30 involvements (egf his 15 possession, his one percenters, his marks, his fress for, frees against etc) And few times last year i enjoyed Petracca porn - edited vision of all his involvements in games he dominated.

This article isn't the one i read but is bout the same report: https://www.espn.com.au/football/australia-aus/story/3970224/study-finds-australias-golden-generation-of-socceroos-was-an-outlier

Its intersting you say that. last year I read an article about a review in to Australian soccer that looked to answer the question why our national team is so rubbish in comparison to the so called golden era (when we had Kewel, Viduka, Alois, Zelic etc etc). One obvious difference was that we had better players back then, as evidenced by how many played in top leagues around the world, a number that is super low now. But why were they better then given all the elite systems and pathways that now clog up soccer? One of the differences highlighted that Viduka etc al didn't go though elite pathways. They were not taken out of their clubs. They stayed at the junior club and played seniors and that was their pathway. I think it was Aloisi who was quoted as saying that that were able to express themselves and play with freedom, where his view that elite pathways don't encourage that an that to an extent coach flair out of players. The other issue is that taking the best young players out of a club robs that club of role models and talent that brings others up, perhaps young players who might not be selected in the special teams but have the ability to make it.

He aint moved on. And he won't. Physically yes, but not mentally.

Bloody PC police, snowflake virtue signalers

Terrific game of footy. Great win, particularly given paxman was not as prolific as normal and daisy was a bit off in the first 3 quarters (but terrific in the last). Go dees

Fair comments. I actually like Sam as a relief ruck. It gets him involved and I reckon he showed some natural rucking skills in 2018. And as you say he tackled more and did some damage. I thought it was strange he didn't play there at all last year, but perhaps it was related to the hip issues he had (i think it was hip, perhaps someone else?). I take your point about the forward line, and being gassed at season's end. That said six tackles in 13 games is not good enough. And given 2 were against the crows he only had 4 in the remaining 12 games. I have always thought he is a confidence player. Maybe a couple of months working on his upper body strength will help him to compete better against big key defenders and help his mind set. He is a beautiful set shot and we need every good kick we can get. And for a few weeks he seemed to be gelling well with LJ, so I hope he comes back bigger and better. And tackles.