Diamond_Jim

Thanks... great start by Australia

Round 1 has now become a contrived 50/50 round with roughly equal clubs pitched against each other. Not sure what people think but to me it robs the regular season of decent matches when teams are more settled

I set myself up for this match just before the great lockdown of 2021. Had the airfares booked and a lovely airbnb just on the outskirts. In order to guarantee a ticket I bought an MFC entertainment package. Meal and ticket if I recall for $100. In the scheme of things it was cheap compared to the other costs. Got the money back from the club at the end of 2021 without asking. Still sitting on useless airline credits though. I even have one from Thessaloniki to Bologna from April 2020 which I'll also never use

The mailing list is handled by the ticket company. Not impressed at all. This is what I posted on the ticketing thread: On a related topic I have got some strange emails from the membership depts managed presumably by the ticketing companies. First was last week encouraging me to renew my MFC membership which was done 4 months ago. Yesterday I got one asking me to join the North Melbourne tipping comp. The footer said I had registered to receive updates from North Melbourne which of course I have never done. In these days of cyber hacks you wonder how secure and maintained your data is. Not to mention where it is

I thought Carlton lacked structure in its gameplan last night with Richmond continuing its helter skelter gameplan. Geelong and Collingwood gameplans are/were very different. I wonder which one will succeed this evening

On a related topic I have got some strange emails from the membership depts managed presumably by the ticketing companies. First was last week encouraging me to renew my MFC membership which was done 4 months ago. Yesterday I got one asking me to join the North Melbourne tipping comp. The footer said I had registered to receive updates from North Melbourne which of course I have never done. In these days of cyber hacks you wonder how secure and maintained your data is. Not to mention where it is

His kick to advantage was lacking but I often wondered if at least some blame lay with the receivers. When selected at AFL level a few years back he didn't get much of the ball and had little impact. Thought he deserved selection last year when Langdon was injured

I called it 😁

Curnow clutch goal sends Blue's fans into frenzy of joy

A bit like the ICC with Indian pitches (lol)

A draw would be a good result for us methinks

Some big queues trying to get in by the looks of the drone shot ten minutes before the game

I wonder if you have to download a separate QR code for each VFL match as well

Many thanks for the discussion and your efforts Don't have a card.. just wanted to download my membership once a year and not have to do it again

Hi Can I download my membership to my phone, save it and then use it for walk up entry as I would use a digital card. Thanks

Must say I don't understand the need for all the byes unless it is driven by the need to reduce travelling by interstate teams and thus keeping costs down. With the ten Melbourne based AFL teams and the non aligned Melbourne teams (around 6 if I recall) there are ample teams for a twenty round season with no byes between the Melbourne teams alone.

Would be interesting to see figures on away fans and neutrals over the years. Membership costs with all the hard sell add ons naturally leads to supporters making use of the membership and questioning the cost of an away game. As an AFL member I used to frequently attend neutral games but covid and the ticketing process put an end to that. I see yesterday that they were offering GA tickets for $18 as a flash sale for our game.

The AFL finally have their opening round blockbuster between Carlton and Richmond. Can someone tell me when they became a thing for the opening round. Of course most games have been a snorefest but even I will watch this one until half time

Does it matter.. the winner will be showing premiership form The loser..a strong showing but coach X needs to address............

Time to adopt the self interest tipping system Wins by the Saints, Port and Suns would be nice Cats over Pies to avoid a week of Pie worship in the media

Makes you wonder why JVR was not played at senior level in the practice games given the Fritsch concerns. (one quarter I think he got against the Saints) Same could be said of Schache

Mitch H is not loved by a few Bulldogs fans Is he their ANB?

No ones home game and each team gets 900k IIRC. Don't worry about not getting a ticket as you probably wouldn't have found affordable accommodation Gather round and I'll tell you a story about a man named Gil A poor mountaineer but he kept the clubs fed Then one day while shooting at a bear up from the ground came a a guzzling ooze Gambling Money, The New Gold, Sporting Tea

Just to clarify.. El Diablo was answering my post on whether Clarrie was possibly among the top 5 of all time Demon players. I said as follows "If Oliver can add say 10 more goals a season to his performance and get his handball to kick ratio around 50/50 I think he goes close to one of the best of all time. Remember his opposition is now at a much higher level than those who we normally think of as the best. His handballs to advantage are sublime. Would like to hear what people think of his kicking to advantage"

It's the algorithm !! The selling of tickets bay by bay may be good for ground management but it results in low choice for the attendees. MFC have maybe 4 games a year with crowds over 60k. Good seats should be the least of our worries