Diamond_Jim

Looks like strong winds and showers for Friday afternoon. Perfect Casey weather

Probably should have been given a senior game in those last two rounds just to brush off the first game nerves. Has he overtaken Jefferson? Possibly and where does that leave Jefferson. Could be a find

Sounds like we have offered more money plus perhaps an extra year Not thrilled to say the least... "He is 32, turning 33 next year. Melbourne is at the front of the queue. They've got a great offer on the table for him, and I don't think you could begrudge him (leaving). This is a guy that started his AFL career at 24. He's been a warrior, a premiership player for Collingwood, but they just can't match the money. "And they probably can't match the years, given the age and stage. Some of the issues around his body in the last couple of years, clearly hampered by the dislocated toe from the qualifying final in Saturday's prelim." https://au.news.yahoo.com/sydney-swans-player-floated-as-potential-replacement-if-brody-mihocek-departs-collingwood-054632621.html

Who prints a calendar in September in this day and age. Mind you who even buys calendars these days

GCS are by a long way the worst defence in the league. (400 points against with number 17 at 329) Attacking they are solidly mid table. On paper should be a good win (but always beware of Goodwin Sands)

This medal used to be always won by a good player from a lesser club. It was simply that at the higher clubs there were other "good" players who split the votes. It's obviously changed. I'd love to a breakdown on how many players got three votes in a losing team. Similarly where a team loses by 15 points or more how many times does a player in the losing team get votes. Strikes me as a perfect science project for a gambling syndicate.

It's an NFL thing. State and City governments now pay for stadiums. Tasmania unlike NSW is a price taker and this is the price. The AFL didn't tell them where to build the stadium. Most new NFL stadiums are built out of town on cheap land which becomes valuable as an entertainment/exhibition centre with surrounding outlets

The BIG game is the night before at AAMI Storm v Sharks

India or even one or two States of India is definitely worth some grass roots investment. (The China play was a Kochie vanity project that should never be repeated). Strangely enough Kochi could be a perfect place to start. It might even attract the Victorian Indian diaspora. Being 5 hours behind it's not a bad TV market for 7:30pm games either

It's protected by Australian isolation in both a geographical and time zone sense. The only time zone that remotely competes is US sport shown around 10am East Coast time. Agree with your point in that if they had serious competition they would falter. When are we going to hear about games in New Zealand again. They've tried everywhere else

Looking at the ladder I'm not sure percentage will be a big determinant for us but not running out the game is not great.

With Pies and perhaps Geelong on a downer due to age in coming years Brisbane and GCS may establish a window of dominance Entry of Tasmania also helps Brisbane and GCS in that they retain their academy bump while the high draft picks held by lower clubs are compromised by the Tasmanian concessionary picks

One handball too many in some plays. Unlikely to hold up against North

Z cars is back on TV

I wonder if Hipwood is looking for a new home. Can't see him getting back into the Lions forward line unless there's injuries. Collingwood perhaps?

3 weeks for Chol (official just announced on AFL website)

I thought about that. It would be an 11pm flight so most players wouldn't be home much shy of 2am. Why not 3:40pm if that was the driver. My conspiracy mind says it's trial run for the infamous "twilight GF".

That is one way to measure construction costs. A few years back I cam across a site that looked at stadiums around the world using that measure. The most expensive per seat by a long way was Optus stadium in Perth. Building it at the same time as the mining infrastructure lead to the sweetest deal for all concerned. While hobart is different I would imagine that given run away construction costs post covid we'd be seeing a high cost build to say the least

Has anyone explained the logic of a 5:15pm start? No real problem with it but I'm trying to work out why not 4:30 or 6pm for example

Just saw a clip Surely Chol is gone But who knows

As good a reason as any Impossible to pick an emotional favourite BTW: Oscar P got his car going. All is good but he did clip the wall

Oscar Piastri's engine fails in the first practice session in Baku. Not a disaster but worrying

Am I right that the Pies have offered him 2 years at $X. I'd offer 2 years at $X + 125k with tough triggers for year three. We are continually burnt by contract lengths

Well Ugle-Hagen is officially in the room. What room and whose I've no idea A large question remark hangs over Jamarra Ugle-Hagan's head when it comes to the troubled Bulldogs' future, but leading AFL agent Paul Connors believes he can become another Jesse Hogan. https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/09/17/jamarra-ugle-hagan-bulldogs-contract-afl-future

Curnow now angling for Geelong. Amazing to say the least