Diamond_Jim

Salem... 6-8 weeks !!! Hell

GWS starting to go into a downward spiral. 12-16 is probably the best they can hope for. You wonder if the AFL will give them assistance in the draft etc. I assume they have access to NSW players on the same basis as the Swans

Probably not but perhaps the real question is whether anyone will care if they do. GWS was the science experiment with their excellent drafting but even they couldn't crack the relevancy factor

You have to wonder why he stays. Sydney would love him for example

Nice stat but with the AFL introducing their 50/50 rounds to increase TV viewing in the early season you will see more of these types of stats

Weid a late withdrawal due to a toe injury. He deserves a better run injury wise

They were often as an unopposed sweeper in the backline. His disposal was good but rarely was he pressured. Good game but I'm not sure what it means for AFL selection

The site is primarily web based with an app that has not been updated in years. It broadcasts one sport in 720p at a price other streaming services charge for 4k with lots more content. Compared to other single sport streaming services the similar NFL app is less than a third the cost and the formula 1 app is even cheaper To say it's free with you overseas membership is a misnomer as the club will be paying the provider for your subscription. In short it's over priced and ten years behind the times. It has a monopoly in a very small pool so it seems we can expect little more

Putting to one side the issue with its inability to access current events those match reports are quite good. I assume it has digitally trusted data sources which themselves take time to put up their data. Wonder how long it takes to synchronise.. days, weeks....?

Based on VFL form... JVR for McDonald Jordon at the very least replaces Melksham as the sub Schache took a knock and did not return for the last quarter

Maybe... T Mac but I expect not JVR having a good last quarter... not doing his chances any harm

Casey disposal leaving a little to be desired

Would have preferred to see if Schache could have slotted it without the 50 penalty

Sub instead of Melksham perhaps

Not much from JVR.. a glimpse from Schache but no more. Joel Smith did a little Conditions look perfect.. looking forward to the remaining three quarters

21-6 inside 50's

well... not quite the first quarter we were hoping for

Sounds like he's out to me.

There's an 8:35 pm flight to Melbourne. I suspect it will have a few players on board unless they want to get up for 7am flight tomorrow

Brisbane has changed a little from when its version of a big day out was heading into the Valley for lunch at the TC Beirne's Department store

Wow... (Is there any team you like SWYL) The relocation of the Swans and the Lions is probably the best thing the AFL ever did. Agree it was tough on their Melbourne followers Everyone knows we probably still have two clubs too many in Melbourne but that fight is now dead

Not delusional by any means but I wonder how many players you can have in this category and still maintain list balance. Tuck was in the days of lists of fifty plus players. Geelong is interesting. Dangerfield played 15 home and away games out of 22 last year. Assuming he was fit to play in all is that enough input. Extrapolate that to 3 players treated similarly and you have 21 games to be covered from your remaining list. Will we see veteran allowances for list sizes in future years to keep them in the game

There's an article in today's Age about Pendlebury that is on point... The point of this is not to illustrate that Pendlebury is a good player. Anyone with opposing thumbs and even a passing interest in football knows that, but it is said to appreciate that he has never not been a good player. He has never stopped being a good player and, at 35, he shows no sign of going quietly into the night. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/he-could-break-the-games-record-the-remarkable-ageless-scott-pendlebury-20230322-p5cudk.html

Would have been a BT Sports feed I expect. I wish the AFL would publish what it receives for overseas rights. It wont be much but I think we'd be surprised by how little it is. My guess is that they would do a lot better not relying on the foreign cable/streaming companies and upgrading the Watch AFL platform. At present Watch AFL is afterthought

Had we won last year we might now be discussing the "Dynasty" word and perhaps we will in the future. Pre 2018 our list was almost unique in that we had few players in that post 27-28 years of age that you could rely upon to play a very solid game week in week out. Think North's Harvey as an example, Post 30 year old stars have often had multi years of high paid contracts and can be sensible about taking a few dollars less in the outer years. In the short term we have Gawn and May entering the over 32 zone and in the medium term we have Salem and Lever followed not that long after by Oliver and Petracca (and perhaps Brayshaw). How we manage these players individually and in a team context will to a large extent determine our success in the window beginning say three years from now. It's a pity that none are key forwards as that seems to the most common position for longevity. Not an immediate issue but if we want to remain a finals force these are the hypotheticals that need discussing. Of course the game could take another turn tactics wise that renders older players obsolete. Another way of discussing it could be to analyse if Hawthorn's management of its veterans was worse than Geelong's and if so what lessons can be learnt.