Diamond_Jim

They have a strange game plan that involves 18 players deep defence (note the two parallell line of players) and then running forward together as a wave with handpasses. Keeping it up will be difficult

On 2 March both Petty and Rivers were listed at 3-4 weeks. The GCS game is 3 weeks 3 days after 2 March I suspect they won't be available but who knows. The sub is interesting at multiple levels. Do you take in a versatile tall (not sure we have one) or a mid such as Dunstan or stick with Bedford Casey play Sandringham at 1pm the day after the GCS game. Interesting logistics there for emergency players given the GCS game at 8pm. First flight out of Gold Coast looks to be 8:30am landing Melbourne 11:40am. Then the drive to Casey of at least an hour. Yet another masterpiece of VFLtiming in evidence (why not a 3pm start)

Very impressed by our performance last night. Not only with four members of the backline absent but also at the demonstrated skill level. For anyone who wants to see a "rusty" team have a look at our Round 1 performance against Freo last year. Now if only we could kick a little straighter

In a round concocted by the AFL to give every team a reasonable chance of winning it's interesting that Carlton v Richmond is the only "pure" match and even that could be described as close. Anyone who picks 9 this weekend certainly has my respect: Richmond Collingwood Geelong Swans Lions Hawks Adelaide Eagles

6.Petracca 5. Brown 4. Langdon 3. Viney 2. Oliver 1. ANB Note: Had real difficulty from 4 down. Spargo is also vote worthy PS: Having now read the votes given by others it seems that we all had problems after Petracca. I gave Brown 5 because he kept us in touch when needed

amazing dominance given our backline problems Kick straight and we win this by 40/60 On the other hand to see the guys respond is magical

yep !!!!!!!!!!!!

Being beaten on every stat now.. need to get one or two more before half time and then see what the second half brings Is Salem back on the ground

reminiscent of Q1 in the GF almost identical scores and scoring pattern Would have liked another 2 goals instead of the 5 behinds

some decorum please....😂

On TV it was excellent At the ground I could imagine that the event was dwarfed by the size of the ground. Pity it wasn't dark and they could have used spotlights to focus the action

You'd have to be very unlucky as it's only been around since early December and it's generally accepted that you get minimum immunity of 8 weeks. There is some anecdotal evidence that people can catch Omicron twice, and possibly become infected with the new BA.2 Omicron subvariant shortly after catching the original BA.1 strain. But scientists caution that such reinfections appear rare, especially over a short period of time, and may be overestimated as a result of confusion over testing.

None of the vaccines provide great immunity after 60 days but the third dose (especially for those over 55) pretty well guarantees (99%+) that you won't get seriously ill. TBH Omicron for even double dosed under 50 is rather benign

Collingwood have one (Hoskin Elliot) and Hawks have two (un named) players missing due to covid 3AW news Have to remember that the close contact rules for households still apply. If these rules go the numbers absent each week will drop dramatically

that's the interesting addition for me.

Oh well ..... that removes the Hunt or Smith debate for this week at least

You had me believing that WJ until you mentioned the winning margin..... 19 Points.... a margin that will forever live in my memory.

No It was an AFL decision which could be vetoed by a 2/3 majority vote of the clubs

Gil is quoted as wanting a substantial majority. Let's call the 2/3.In other words 12 clubs. North and Hawks will be saying no (at least privately) unless the AFL underwrites what Tassie used to pay them. That means you need 12 out of 16 and other than the feel good factor there is very little in it for any of the clubs. Will be interesting

It wasn't for GWS and GCS

Amazing... simply lost for words This year, the AFL has changed the day on which the opening game of the season is played. Instead of starting with the traditional Richmond v Carlton fixture on a Thursday, the league has opted to instead play the grand final rematch between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs next Wednesday night. The game would have otherwise been played on a Saturday or Sunday. By moving it to Wednesday, the league has created a stand-alone game. A senior Sportsbet source told The Age and Herald their company alone stood to make an extra million dollars in round one because the match would stand clear of weekend events such as other AFL games, rival sports and horse racing. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-afl-s-engine-how-gambling-money-underpins-footy-20220214-p59wa7.html

Looks like Gil is trying to set up the clubs as the bad boys if the Tasmania team is rejected. .AFL boss Gillon McLachlan has made clear that it will be a strong majority of the clubs, and not the AFL’s “technical” rules or merely the AFL hierarchy, that will drive whether a Tasmanian team gains entry into the competition The AFL chief executive did not nominate a specific number of clubs that needed to back the Tasmanian team - which would be decided in August - but he made plain that this required a comfortable majority of the 18 clubs, saying it needed “the support of our clubs” to happen, rather a strict reading of the league’s rules https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mclachlan-clubs-not-rules-will-decide-if-tasmania-gets-a-team-20220311-p5a40t.html

National Cabinet has recommended that "close contact" rules be relaxed. When and to what extent will be left to each State. This will be fun if they adopt different definitions X can play this week in Melbourne and Sydney but not in Adelaide or Perth. NT... who knows

just watched the last quarter of Round 23. Much more interesting 3QT Tigers 93 Casey 47 Olden with five goals

nothing on the Casey twitter feed or their website Scores are from the Richmond twitter feed and as you would expect their commentary reates to Richmond players only QT: A thoroughly entertaining and fast paced opening term, which saw crafty forwards Cam Olden (3) and Jackson Bowne (2) cash-in up forward, finishing off the great work from up the field. I'm off to watch some Friday TV