binman

I respect your opinion on this, and I consider myself someone who is pretty civic minded and supports fairness, but in this instance i couldn't disagree more about moving. In addition to the points I have made previously I'd at the following ones: Its our home game at our home ground. The bombers are talking about moving their home game from their home ground. Makes no sense at all. The bombers made a decision to make Docklands their home ground. IIRC they had the option of making the G their home ground but chose the Docklands because with the deal they brokered they thought they would make more money there. Erroneously as it turns out They chose the Docklands over the g knowing that full well that with a capacity of 50k there would be occasions where their fans would be disenfranchised and no be vale to secure tickets. IIRC this was the cause of a fair bit of angst from bomber's fans and comes up as an issue whenever the ground is likely to sell out - and has come up again for much the same reason The docklands is the bomber's bed. A bed they sought out for profit. They can lie in it. How would people go with the idea of the Cats asking for a similar swap away from Kardinia park? We are the oldest football club in the word and have played at the G for 140 odd years. History is important. In reality how many extra fans would actually be able to attend? We might get say 35k people to the game if it is played at the G. In that scenario only 15k extra people would be able to attend. The MCC members should be factored into the equation. It is their ground. And the majority of members are dees fans. Why should those members be disenfranchised? (note: i'm not a a member) Grand finals are played at the G. not docklands. Our record has not been great at the G in the last few years and we need to take every single opportunity to play games there The Docklands is a soulless, rubbish venue that most fans hate going to. I certainly do. Why should i and other fans have to have a lesser experience because the bombers want to play their game at our home ground The AFL should recognize the fixturing rubbish we put up with last year and shut down the talk about a move Why is this only coming out now - two weeks before the game? Surely the time for the bombers to address this was prior to the fixture being announced, or if not then soon after (ie last December). People, businesses, the MFC, the MCC etc etc have made plans based on the fixture. It is just not on to make any changes this late in the day. On the above point, like many fans, the thing I missed the most is watching the dees play at the G. And have been waiting a long time for this day. I have made plans. I have been waiting with keen anticipation. Now two weeks out the bombers want to mess with this because they couldn't get their act together to advocate for the change three months ago? I will be furious if there is a change and we have to play docklands. Furious. And I suspect I wont be the only MFC fan to feel that way. If the club does a deal that fury would directed at the MFC and in addition to causing reputational damage would very likely impact on membership sales, offsetting any financial benefit a 'deal' might bring us. No likely financial deal or any compensation would offset the impact of a move Who knows what might happen this year. What if there is another wave and the clubs have to go into another bubble? Say the wave comes after round one. And we don't get another chance to play at the G all season. Bird in the hand. Fury magnified. Football is tribal. And if there is one club i have no desire to 'help out, it is the bombers who were guilty of the most comprehensive, systemic program of cheating in the history of our sport.

Sorry buck, but the MFC should not even entertain any discussion at all. In fact pert should take the opportunity to publically shoot this down today. Go on the radio or whatever and make it crystal clear there is no way we will move. Doing so would sene a message to members that club understands the importance of this game, the first live proper game we can go to since 2019, being played at our spiritual home. The message should there is more important things than money. As all the members who didn't ask for a refund last year know.

Donald Mac gel?

I'm with you kev. He's got something i reckon. Personally i'd play him as a forward.

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.