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Diamond_Jim

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  1. straight kicking is a wonderful thing and i'll say it again.............
  2. outmarked 4 times straight.... grrrrr
  3. how are we so close
  4. not sure we are winning anywhere entry to the forward line is atrocious
  5. midfield needs to dominate... this is looking like a shootout
  6. was always likely in place of the named BBB...Laurie as sub Could be the other way round but that would surprise me
  7. they couldn't..... could they
  8. aaah I have missed the more cerebral aspects of demonland Pluvius Omnia
  9. hypothetical which Sun's player do you take with your Freo draft pick
  10. But think of the 1.4 billion market in China that Port's games in Shanghai made available to us
  11. Craddle Crash Repairs would be happy with their signage purchase
  12. Bring it home Dan !!!!
  13. he's talking up the product....not the venue
  14. Any State can have it if you put up the most money... If they want they can buy it for two years or more..it's money Qld and NSW have good tourism bases compared to SA who is desperate to buy an event Hell even Dan can buy it for Melbourne if he wants
  15. when we were so poor I enjoyed following Hafey's magpies. They were an exciting team. Have always had a second team when we're travelling badly. Liked West Coast in their "Cousin's prime" and GWS were always good to follow until Jeremy Cameron left. And of course North back in the days of Blight and the Krakouer brothers Hate is such an emotional word It's just a game.... Ted Lasso anyone?
  16. It's changed... no ticket required..just walk in. They don't have a scoreboard so they wheel in an old fashioned yellow light board.. so small that as a visitor you have to ask where it is. Have seen some videos of the outdoor oval at the Hangar. Looks fine but nowhere near the memories of Windy Hill
  17. the find of the season... he provides Salemesque drive from half back
  18. with another hour between games it's done easily The other way is that you only use a section of the ground for game 1.. clear it and allow game 2 patrons in. Other sections pay a slight premium for the two games So many ways... the reality is that only the local teams are drawing and they knew it. Olympic athletics have day and night sessions in bigger stadiums with relatively short breaks for example
  19. very tall team for a potentially wet windy afternoon
  20. Given that it's no teams home game I assume Port and Crows members need to buy a ticket plus a reserved seat. A nice little earner that I had forgotten...70,000 fans at an average of $25 = $2M
  21. 50,000 visitors is not that great . Given a State govt buy of say $20M it works out at $400 per visitor. Concept is good but the execution could be better
  22. Here's a good article on the financial impact of this weekend https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-clubs-set-for-bumper-salary-cap-boost-from-gather-round-20230412-p5czzz.html All 18 AFL clubs have been given an extra half-million dollars in their salary caps as a result of the huge influx of money stemming from the extra game in Gather Round. Senior AFL sources confirmed that the 18 clubs would receive $750,000 each for Gather Round in South Australia and that, of that amount, $500,000 would go to the players at every club - potentially easing some of the fiscal and salary-cap pressure on players and clubs.