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Absolutely rapt for you and your family, Sparkle! It would have been tragic to miss the game having gone to see them play all year. Enjoy the game!

With an ageing midfield North would be crazy not to take that deal, not that I want to lose Tyson. If the fb post is true, maybe our offer was Tyson plus a draft pick and North baulked at that? Just realised Preuss is in contract till end of 2020. So we must really want him to effectively trade him out of his contract, so maybe it is a simple player swap... ...North will want overs...

Didn't a poster with generally good info say Sam W would be asking for a trade to Geelong as he couldn't get senior games? The next week Jesse was injured. After Sam was selected the poster reported it was up to Sam to decide if he still wanted to go. Let's hope not. Garry may be barking up the wrong tree (nothing knew for him) for Geelong. As an aside, with Sam's recent performances Geelong don't have enough picks/players to trade for him or Hogan!

Don't really disagree but would like to give an alternative view: Re MFC members: There are many reasons why people can't get to games regularly. Some stories that touched me in the last week are: @Deebymistake who is a member and her story is in the 'First Finals' thread. She can now go to the Semi ?. Then @Neitz the Greatwho lives in Brisbane and buys an Armchair membership just to support the club. Brought his Dad down for the Elim. Finally, the delightful story and video of young Sam (son of @Demon Spofforth) who lives in Queensland. I'm sure there are many, many others who can't get to games but still support the club as best they can. Are you referring more to MCC members who have suddenly come out of the woodwork in droves? A friend expressed sympathy for them as they 'pay all that money for membership' then have to queue up or can't get a seat. I couldn't share the sympathy as they are go to MCG Away games for free, are able to get finals tickets for free or a nominal fee. Whereas paid up MFC members have to buy them at AFL prices. Even paying the $200+ per MFC membership for the Grand Final Guarentee only gives the right to buy a ticket; they still have to pay $xxx to buy the ticket. So after spending something like $400-$500 for a membership with GFG they still have to pay around $300-500 to go to all finals. No Guest passes for them either. Last week in the local Ticketek queue I met a 70+ year old lady whose family had been MFC Trident members for 38 years. That is some coin! But she was there in the queue just like everyone else. The real bandwagoners for me are those that don't buy an MCC or MFC membership of any sort, don't volunteer, don't donate, don't go to games but come out at finals time. Have little time for them. This is a long winded way of saying there are varying degrees of merit for priority purchase of finals tickets. Not sure game attendance is the best one. But I don't know what the answer is, either. Finals ticket purchases will only get worse as our membership increase (Great for the Club Revenue).

I wonder if North have told him there is no room on their list or their are other players ahead of him for senior selection. Then his reason of 'wanting senior games' is fair, especially if he will be their 3rd in line. Why choose us? He will be 2nd fiddle to Max, the best ruckman in the league and the player voted Best Player in the league by coaches. And play for a team that is going places. For us, we need a back up ruckman. Win/Win.

Ticketek allocate tickets Bays to members for the teams eg I have tickets in the Pontsford stand bay N31. So there will be demon bays at the opposite end to our cheer squad. A scan of the last few pages of this thread will indicate where those bays are. I've noticed others on DL are reporting tickets in Ponsford stand Bays, so you may still me among friends. Last week I sat in a predominately Cats stand but there were a few demons around me so it wasn't too bad.

Don't give up Sparkle! I just checked Ticketek website and they have seats. Also, I was able to get extra tickets for last weeks game a few days beforehand. I think the AFL mysteriously finds more tickets to release. I would try Ticketek every few hours/days. And if that fails kindhearted DLers have made spare tickets available in this thread. See @Wells 11post above. Goodluck.

The Cheer Squad will be @ M3. From the Cheer Squads twitter feed:

No email from mfc yet on ticket numbers... This is on Hawks website: ON-SALE TICKETS PER MEMBER TRANSACTION LIMIT Competing Club Members 9am – 1pm, Monday September 10 2 8 General Public 2pm, Monday September 10 N/A 8 AFL Members 9am, Tuesday September 11 2 guest passes per member Level 4 16 The same would apply to us but it would be good to get it directly from the club or mfc website.

That is what the club website says but it was put up yesterday. Yes it will be on Club website and members will receive an email. Edit 1) Club website has been updated to be the same as AFL,see below. Edit: 2)From AFL Twitter just now: Ticketing sale info: #AFLHawksDees Competing Club Members – 9am–1pm, Monday September 10 General Public – 2pm, Monday September 10 Thankfully, the Pies/GWS tickets don't go on sale until 10.30 which should make it easier on Ticketek website. Hawks/Richmond members could only get one per because of the combined membership/supporter size. Our membership base is relatively small but Fri night showed we have a lot of supporters. So it could be 2 but may be just 1.

Info is starting to trickle thru on AFL website: http://www.afl.com.au/tickets/finals

I just checked the Ticketek website and they have taken down any reference to AFL games! No ads. Nothing. Very, Very Odd. Something is up! Get ready for another ticket fiasco! Edit: Ticketmaster also has no info for AFL finals and they will be selling WCE Prelim tickets.

Nothing on AFL website yet on pricing, ticket selling times etc etc. Very, very poor by the AFL. Its not like they didn't know there would be two Semi's next week. Staggered they didn't have a template for each of the 4 possible outcomes from this week and just lift off the relevant ones and post on Friday night and last night. Kudos to MFC which had its act together: an email arrived before I got home from the game. I assume they are waiting on the AFL to email to members details of ticket purchasing, not the least of which is how many tickets per member and the price. Thanks to the AFL members now won't have much time to work out their ticket needs. Pity if people need to book flights and accommodation but don't know if they will have tickets!! AFL: It. Is. Not. Rocket. Science.

I note that @Dante has two tickets lined up but wonder whether that applies only to MFC Foundation Heroes as last week Hawk/Rich members could get only one ticket per member because of the combined total member numbers. The prices will be here (when announced): http://www.afl.com.au/tickets/seat-pricing-guide As tickets go on sale at 9.00am Monday I assume the club sends an email to members in the next 24 hours on the rules. On a related note. If Pies win, our game vs Hawks will be the only one for Ticketek. If Pies lose I would hope the AFL stagger the ticket selling times for the two Semis. Edit: I just noticed this on the Ticketek website: When do tickets go on sale? 2018 AFL Finals Series - Week 2 CLUB MEMBERS: Mon Sep 10 9am Game 1 10:30am Game 2 MCC MEMBERS: Mon Sep 10 12noon Game 1 12noon Game 2 GENERAL PUBLIC: Mon Sep 10 2pm Game 1 3:30pm Game 2 AFL MEMBERS: Tue Sep 11 2pm Game 1 2pm Game 2 It looks like ticket sales for the two Semis will be staggered. As our Semi is Friday night I assume it is 'Game 1'. TBC.

Thanks for all the videos! Fleeting moments telling an awesome story of Bruising, unrelenting football. All fair bumps. We clearly targeted Selwood. Both teams came to play we were simply better.

I would rather the camera roaming the rooms without Brian!

Funny you say that. I nearly wrote 3 down, 3 to go! But a lingering tinge of MFCSS stopped me - you know the counting chickens thing... ...but I'm with you all the way FF!

My favourite anti Geelong moments was all the booing directed at Ablett in the second half. Doubt he has heard that before! #Timetohanguptheboots

I know that is rhetorical but just for the record: 3 in the last 3 weeks! If we add a small loss to Syd that would be 4 from 4! Can't beat a top 8 side they say! Well that and all the other negative narratives from the empty brained media commentators will no longer see the light of day. A new day has dawned!

I also thought we stood united and would win when I saw our boys with arms linked and Geelong standing half a metre apart for the national anthem. But the moment of really believing was when Hannan waltzed into goal and Jones kicked a ripper. The guy behind me kindly said to relax and remember to breathe!

That was a huge moment. That little gem happened on the Member's side in front of the i/change bench. Hawkins was lining up for goal in front of the Southern stand from a spot where he had kicked one earlier. Umpire took the ball off Hawkins and paid a free against Selwood. They had the momentum by keeping us goalless in the second quarter and if Hawkins kicked that goal the lead would have been just 15 points with nearly a half of footy still to play. Selwood cost them the momentum and thereafter they lost structure and composure. They looked like the Finals Rookies!! Yep, a real Captain's game from Selwood! In the past he got away with that stuff but not last night! A very late edit: Apparently, the free kick against Selwood was paid by the Emergency Umpire. Didn't know that was allowed. The guy deserves a medal. Hope he umpires our games in future!

Just popped over to read the Geelong bigfooty page. I expected a lot of animosity. Not a bit of it, In fact, here is a selection from the first few pages: -good luck to the dees, their supporters deserve it. -But both teams played rubbish and we were flogged. I hope the demons can now get momentum. -Melbourne should go deep, I'm actually going for them now in this Finals series, they play a good style of footy. Plenty of talent, their list was bound to explode. -Congratulations to Melbourne! The best performing team won. Now, I'm on the Melbourne bandwagon! I think I mentioned my darling Dad was a Melbourne supporter! While I'm devo for my Geelong Cats, I'm delighted for Melbourne! Go Dees! Very gacious of them. They saved their angst for their players and their coach. My favourite comment from them is: Oh well. Hope the Dees belt the p.ss and sh.t next week.

The AFLPA tried for 6 years instead of 8 as part of last years CBA. They failed. Case was closed. It is still 8 years. Jesse will be an UFA in 2021

Not sure where that idea comes from. Jesse won't be a free agent until the END of 2021!!!! He was pre-listed for 2013. Joined the AFL list for 2014. After 8 years on AFL list, player becomes an Unrestricted Free Agent. Other than media musings there is no indication at all that he wants to leave the Dees. Only if he wants to go will he get traded. There is no reason for the club to push him into a trade.

I have a ticket for sale: Olympic Stand. Level 1. M53. Row W. @ cost price of $82 It is for sale as I was able to get a seat on Level 2.