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Yeah, look not my thing as I've said but it is time for something big to give live music a real kick. The Seekers drew around 200k in the 60's to the bowl and Billy Thorpe did similar in the 70's...it's time for another. Given the bowl capacity is around 15k the overflow was well through the park lands... 20k to 30k would be good...200k is probably stretching it these days but why not shoot high. Well overdue. Anyway, just thinking aloud (,allowed)...

You looking for a bit of the old Alan Killigrew 'picket'? Loosen the screws and knock the door down...

Maybe some smart promoter could have them headline a free music bowl show along with some of their contemporaries and up and comers. Do they have that sort of drawing power?

No he didn't... ...and given that Tracc has been our number 1 goal assist player the interesting thing to me is which players are capable of making up the numbers. We're coming from a far way back.

So we should be concerned the amateurs don't rate him a 1st round pick?

Wouldn't miss it...

They're happy to have increased female membership but just don't want to put in too many hard yards. It's like they think their job is done when it's really only started. Invest and set the game up properly AFL.

Probably, and I thought about this before writing. ...but seriously they are very average. She gets by trying to be outrageous and that's a very old song, I've heard it all before.

In '65 I don't think we realised how much help we needed....

No, worst band of all ti me...

Pretty clear... Post-match, however, head coach Mick Stinear confirmed she was in concussion protocols, ruling her out for at least 12 days. "(Eden) is in concussion protocols, was ruled out of the game, so yeah, she'll enter that protocol now. Seems to be doing OK, which is the No.1 thing, but yeah, disappointing to lose a key member for the team for a large part of the game. But the aim will be to get to work as a team, and hopefully give her an opportunity to play again this season," Stinear said.

She might make it back for the prelim, not this week.

She's since been ruled out 'Dee Viney' and in concussion protocols... As you say, number one priority is her wellbeing.

It's more than that 'norm', with Harris (struggling to get involved) & Mackin (carrying injuries) they are our power players. That left us with Fitzy, Heath & Lize to carry the heavy load. Hanks has had to carry way too much and it showed. Hore was brilliant but when they shut her down we had nothing.

From my very limited knowledge watching these kids on short videos, he looks the best of the lot to me. How is he linked to WC and why?

Chaplin was a huge loss for us today. Probably our most consistent for the season, we missed her strength over the ball, her kicking and rebound.

...and he did the right thing with Zanker. She didn't look good when she went off and despite passing the concussion test the eye test won. Good on you Mick for looking after your players.

That's true but the ball got to Taylor because Gillard was ridden in the back. Sliding door moments, that was one.

Umpire, please...

In the back not paid then free to Davidson. Davidson a few secs earlier tried to take out Shell with an elbow...

Zanker could be done for the day, concussion it seems. It might allow us to balance the forward half better, I feel we usually look a bit top heavy. ...anyway that's my positive spin. We've started well and Banno is more involved than she has been most of the season.

I'm not sure I explained myself properly. ...and I'm not thinking you were but some seem to think using say pick 8 on a player the phantoms have as say pick 20 or whatever is a stretch. When I would think the professionals should know all the players in the draft and have their own rankings. If we think he's worth 8 then take him at that. You don't miss a good player because he didn't rank that high in the phantoms. Jackson was a prime point, even a lot of the pros thought we over reached there...but I think the proof was in the premiership with that one. Holmes at 20 was probably the pick of that draft or close to it. We would have no problem using pick 7 or 8 on him now.

I think it's quite funny how people here are concerned we might pay overs for someone we know little about based on "draft experts" opinions. I will trust our recruiting team ahead of these lot any day of the week. ...and another thing; Just thinking as I typed above - who was the female reporter that had a good rep on the draft a few years back and what ever happened to her???

Who is Ed Pascoe???

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