Diamond_Jim

Much better quarter but once again inaccurate kicking. Ideally we need goals and behinds at a ratio of 2:1 not 1:1 or worse Strong third quarter and ease through the fourth

Strong quarter

Wow we have shifted a gear

Not much input from Trac so far

Hope May is ok. T Mac down back not an option today

Anybody awake there

Lions coming back strongly but it would be nice.......... Amazingly accurate kicking from both sides......14.2 for the quarter

Agree it's smoke and mirrors Going forward for example is it a rent free maintained clean stadium similar to Kardinia Park. What happens when the State Govt funding expires in ten years Who funds the travel costs of the visiting teams At least it has a bit more meat than the NT (me too) puff piece

For those considering a trip, Frankston is a lovely ground with glimpses of the bay through tall pine trees. On a Sunday nearby parking is easy and they used to have a delightful sausage sizzle. Suggest you go over to the far side from the entrance as many of the locals who congregate on the entrance side were quite well lubricated and vocal when I was last there

Decent game Makes the 8 interesting especially if the Pies beat Carlton

Tigers ahead with accurate kicking... 5 goals straight It's a simple equation

TMac had a very strong game last week.

I strongly object to a 19th team if it means a rolling bye. Assuming 22 games each team will need two byes and if my mathematics is correct three teams will get their second bye in the last three weeks of the season. The ladder is integral to our game and a rolling bye will make a mockery of the concept. Twenty teams.... where is the money coming from? TV rights? Do the sums ....no pay TV model can work in Australia unless it is a loss leader. There are 8 million households. Assume market penetration of 25% gives you 2 million. Assume $50 a month subscription for 6 months and you get $600M. The present rights are around $500M a year. The market penetration level I have used would be impossible to achieve for a service providing one sport only. If you use a foxtel cable model and put sport on top of a basic entertainment service you need to charge at least $70 a month. At that price market penetration drops again. The other traditional revenue source was free to air advertising. This source has been savaged by digital advertising which can be delivered to targeted markets far more effectively than FTA TV ads. The pandemic showed us that the players aren't interested in pay cuts so where do the cuts come from.Community football has got less each year. Plus we have the increasing commitment to and cost of the AFLW. Growing the pie is a wonderful model but in reality at some stage the pie is all gristle and no meat. Perhaps the 20th team could come from New Zealand !!! 😎

Would have been a good game for Salem to have one or two quarters Used to really like the VFL but it's going backwards

Just curious why would he be playing this year for the Northern Knights and not for a VFL side.

they used to joke about the NT Government saying that if you got one side of a street offside you could lose your seat. Interesting dilemna though in the sense that we are demanding that the State governments of Tasmania and NT fund new teams while the competition itself fully funds GCS and GWS

A Sunday game at Frankston. A lovely ground but the local crowd can be lively to say the least. A great sausage sizzle as I recall

NT should fund a summer comp with altered rules. Perhaps 14 a side and 15 minute quarters and triple headers. Build it off the local indigenous leagues and allow each team $X to have two or three "marquee" players. And most importantly get cheap and frequent flights to Darwin

This makes sense. It marks our transition on so many levels

Still firmly of the view that a fully fit Brisbane is our biggest competitor

And Chandler got the same two week penalty ????

6-8 plus broken v fractured.... the distinction is very important

How nice !!

Dare we say.... Go Pies !!

we're a happy team at Melbourne