Everything posted by Diamond_Jim
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Not a great start
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Too slow on the transition from defence and way too many high dump kicks into the forward line. Add in bad inaccuracy (Swans have also missed some easy ones) Have we had a switch of play all day
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Way too much handball
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Another miss (JVR)
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Terrible handball by Smith to Bedford Smith was free while Bedford had two on him.Should have waited until the players came off Bedford and onto him before releasing the handball
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Probably should have been another two goals up. Lucky goal to TMac after the strange ruck infringement
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Looking forward to reports 7plus has blocked my VPN and it doesn't seem to be on the AFL site
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TRAINING: Thursday 1st September 2022
You mean Kev has been hijacking closed training sessions ?
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Training Ground?
IF we win the big one will it be cheese boards and hipster food trucks at Gosch's or can we talk the MCC in to letting us into our home ground.
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
BBO sounds like you may not have visited our palace of pain at Casey Fields. Bar = shed selling cans They only open the shed on the far wing on big days
- Trade and Free Agency rumours
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
If Collingwood can do this deal for $300k and get back a late first rounder .......... speechless 300k is the price of a player bordering on the lower end of a clubs bottom 6 of best 22 I assume the Magpie forums are full of how Brodie will do the right thing for the club and go where the Pies can get the best deal
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Joel Smith set to sign new contract extension.
One can see the argument both ways for the one v two year contract. At a salary cap planning level it makes sense in that you try to avoid having too many outliers in your plan. If we give him one year and he plays say 14 decent games at senior level his value in year 2 goes up a lot. Similarly he's out of contract and open to other offers. It's a gamble but it makes sense. For his sake two years injury free would be wonderful
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
It's an AFL training team so I think MFC players are safe The problem is usually the other way in that when the AFL team ceases to play many of the MFC players are retired for the season
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Saw that a few hours ago and was going to comment albeit perhaps with less emotion. The reality is that VFL crowds of any significance are loss making. Crowd control. additional toilets...the list goes on for very little revenue. Nevertheless get along and enjoy a great day out. Take a folding chair or a picnic rug, take the kids enjoy the grass verges and most importantly breathe it in as you walk the oval in the breaks
- Overseas Dees - How are you watching the finals?
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Vale Gordon Lewis
A great practical lawyer and administrator. He lectured me in Ethics at Summer School a very long time ago. A lovely man. I was involved on the periphery of one club's Board at the time. Insolvency was a real threat and there were a few banks that were scared of public reaction if they ever had to exercise their security over the grandstands on the various suburban grounds
- Wolf of Wall street
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
Not so sure about other clubs being willing to pay a lot more. Like us they can all smell blood in the water after the Treloar fiasco. Pies have said they'll pay $300k but it's the contract length that will drive the price. Add to that no increased TV revenue means no increase of any meaningful amount in the salary cap. Could we see a variable deal based on games played and other KPI's. Probably not but the risk sharing formula will be interesting
- Wolf of Wall street
- Wolf of Wall street
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
As you say an interesting question Smith will definitely play 4 quarters. He's a mile off senior selection. Bowey and Jordon... difficult to say
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Farewell Luke Jackson
Always thought WCE would be his home but I thought they might wait until Nic Nat is closer to retirement. Their ladder position this year puts them in such a great position that they may feel they need to move this year.What better use is there for picks 2 and 20 (?) Money (salary cap) could be an issue but I'm sure it could be worked out
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2022 Finals Tickets
First rounds of finals have never been close to a sell out so I wouldn't worry. Collingwood v Geelong is the hotter ticket by a mile Freo won't sell out.The Gabba might get closer
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CHANGES: QF vs Sydney
????????? source His not playing last weekend was said to be a precautionary move only