Diamond_Jim

The point I was making is that it's not a competition league. It's a training device.... don't confuse that with a genuine competition The inclusion of the interstate teams was to aid their training but by doing so it marked the end of what was a flawed but reasonable competition

they started the season early because of only one practice match thus another bye at VFL level It's a mickey mouse comp unfortunately

Spot on But closed fields for elite male sports don't cut it.

Port Melbourne would be magnificent but it needed doing 30 years ago when you could have picked up adjoining land for a good price. As it is now it's probably just a little too small for a top class complex. 2 ovals, pool, gym, wet weather training area and admin centre. On the other hand it's probably similar in size to Tigers at Punt Rd. And of course you have Port FC and Port Phillip Council

They had a loan facility. Not sure that they ever drew down against it. Their main concern was zero games in 2020 and therefore no TV or stadium revenue. The 2020 season was restarted and the crisis averted even though overall revenue was down

Sausage roll and pie report from the Yea bakery perhaps?

Would like to see what drives the revenues of the various clubs. Of course it's a combination but what are the big drivers? Raw membership numbers Reserved seat sales Gate receipts from away team supporters Coteries Sale of home games ( Hawthorn, North MFC) Merchandising Somewhat surprised if our subsidy did not go down in 2022 (did it) on the back of the 2021 success. Gold Coast and GWS are a continual basket case neither of which have shown financial improvement since their entry into the competition. Port Adelaide is an enigma especially when you compare them to Freo (Both second teams in a football mad city with similar populations)

Kayo just increased its monthly price $25 = One screen $30= Two screens $35 = Three screens The Telstra subscribers discount is finished. Some AFL clubs are allowing members a $220 per year ($19 per month) subscription. (Bulldogs). Not sure if MFC offers a similar deal. Of course if you were intending to cancel over summer this deal is more expensive than a month to month subscription

Ooh ooh … Entrecote team to open Sri Lankan restaurant Hopper Joint in Prahran this spring

So.. he's a chance Would surprise a few posters

Do we share Gosch's paddock?

The blueprint for how to beat us and why they have been successful on the last three occasions. I call it the Z system

We've now hit the mainstream media https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/kysaiah-pickett-to-be-given-time-to-weigh-up-future-20230130-p5cglx.html Melbourne are confident they have created the perfect environment to convince livewire forward Kysaiah Pickett to extend his time at the Demons beyond this season, but they will not be rushing him to decide on his future.

Tend to agree but perhaps making PF is the pass with making GF the expectation. Forward structure is the big unknown

As I said in my post I have no idea but it's clear that the Jackson strategy failed. They've had a year to think up a better one. At the start of the Jackson saga most said Freo didn't have the "trade resources" but turned out they did. The problem is that if you offer a player mega dollars no other club than the offering club is likely to compete. That leaves you with the choice of taking what is offered or forcing the player into the PSD. One strategy is to get other clubs interested in the player. If needed offer to pay part of the salary for a few years. Assuming you can attract interest from elsewhere and thus scaring off the "attacking club" the player is more likely to stay. Not perfect by any means but it's a strategy.

Yep wonder when interest moves to concern and then to worry. From there it's despair before angry acceptance. From a trade aspect I have no idea what the correct tactics are but I hope we have a better plan than we did for Jackson. Have great sympathy for our list/salary cap management staff. The general rule is that players are well paid until say 25 years of age at which time they get the big deal. We were unlucky that Jackson got the mega deal offer at 21. Looking like Kozzie will get a similar offer. A perfect storm when for the first time in decades we have 5 plus very good/elite players in the over 25 brigade

Some good points there. Perhaps the role could be shared between Dunstan and Sparrow via the sub mechanism. I'm still a believer in picking a team having regard to conditions (wet, dry, heat etc) and the strengths/weaknesses of the opposition. Obviously Goodwin has another view

Everything you need to know about the new sub rule and more. Interesting that clubs basically admitted they were breaching the old rule. So much for medical ethics. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/back-to-the-future-how-the-afl-s-new-substitute-rule-may-work-in-2023-20230125-p5cfbp.html Wonder who will be our sub. Under the medical sub rules I favoured Joel Smith as he provided cover if a key tall went down. If the main driver is now going to be fresh legs I'm not sure. Chandler jumps out but one would assume if he performs well in that role he would get a full game rather quickly. Assuming we are having a decent season I wouldn't mind seeing AMW and Woewodin exposed to AFL as the sub

yep just did the same but nothing jumped out from the last 20 posts or so that can be seen on the profile

mmmmmmm they got rid of a practice game so they could play the Harry Potter round in Adelaide and now clubs are adding a scratch match

If only.. both Colingwood and Adelaide beat us with quick ball movement in 2021 and it simply got worse in 2022 as more teams adopted that tactic against us last year. It is increasingly the new game style for many teams (see Hawthorn) so we need to work it out

We all know why we failed in the forward line last year but I'm interested in knowing what we might do to stop the kamikaze run on sides like Collingwood who seemed to take our defence apart even after we had the jinxed lead of around 26 points. Is the answer simply fix the forward line and kick more goals? I hope they have the analysis team working hard on what type of players and plays were used to cut our defence open. I have some gut feelings as to how it was done (attacking from our defensive pocket forward entries) but I'd love to see some serious analysis. And .. please... let's thrash the Pies this year.

Don't think we've had a game at Coburg since they remodelled the outer side of the ground. It certainly was a lovely venue not to mention convenient

If it is you'll need to get there early. The grandstand was conveniently condemned allowing them to knock it down. Not sure if that has been done but at best it will be a construction site with no seats. Not much space in the rest of the ground. Maximum capacity probably under 3k. You could lobby for Windy Hill perhaps .... A bit of 70's character left in that ground still Casey is a llllong way.. I agree

A lot of people made mistakes with the hubs. Harvey was not the lone ranger. A VFL list is not an AFL list anyway. Good luck to him if he wants to take his life in this direction