Diamond_Jim

I had forgotten that Charlie struggled for selection in 2019 and 2020 (only 8 games each season) while he played 18 games in 2018 and every match in 2021. It hasn't come easy but he's a potential 200 gamer Well done Charlie

Buddy's contract at the Swans ends this year. He's reported to be interested in an extension. A Dusty move could put the cat among the pigeons (aka Swans) The flipside is that this confirms Tigers are resigned to a rebuild

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/he-s-paid-us-in-spades-hardwick-gives-blessing-for-martin-to-shift-north-20220517-p5alxs.html Richmond coach Damien Hardwick says Dustin Martin has his “blessing” to shift to Sydney should he desire, declaring whatever Martin provides the Tigers from here is a bonus. Martin has more than two seasons remaining on his seven-year contract at Punt Road, but there has been speculation he could leave early and finish his career away from the AFL fishbowl that is Melbourne. Could be just what the Swans need

Laurie was named as an emergency last week (St Kilda game) so he's certainly on the radar. Shame if Dunstan is injured. He played a good role against the Saints. Then there's Melksham Going forward I would like to see a few more goals from the midfield group. Gawn aside they haven't been giving the 4 odd goals a game you would expect from that group

Ok GWS down....no top 8 That still leaves 14 teams

Melksham would be a possibility Was he a travelling emergency this weekend as I can't recall his name being mentioned at Casey

6 goals in the first and seven in the last Overall a decent day at the office

The amazing thing is that we are playing a team which has several players that have never played together. We on the other hand have been almost unchanged for eons. It's not a great performance

% wise we are doing very well Need a 5 goal to almost nil last quarter and we go home

make that 7

The goal to behind ratio should ideally be 2:1 We are often lucky to hit 1:1

Well that wasn't part of the script

Full time Demons by 110 Great win

How can you forget the infamous 1987 and 1988 seasons Hawthorn

How many times do Freo Lions and ourselves play each other? Could be a cut throat ending for the top 2

Eagles will not play with much of a gameplan and will likely try to own the corridor not to mention pack our forward 50. Could be a frustrating game but hopefully not

Listening to Jeremy Howe being interviewed on the radio last night. I think he mentioned that all bar a couple of the players at Collingwood had been infected with covid during 2022. Given that the infection rate in the 20-30 age group is 50% at best this figure if true surprised me

Amazing that this isn't done. Is it a cost issue 4k has been around for a long time so you would think the prices would be reasonable

The reality is that we rarely score heavily and our average winning margin is probably around 25 points. Brisbane and Freo are likely to have better % than us come season's end. Keepon winning is what we need to do. One loss and we slip to third. The games against Freo and Brisbane have almost become must wins

would be an interesting 10 year stat for all teams

We "gave" one of the Fidge brothers to the inaugural Brisbane Bears. Under the AFL rules each team had to release two players. Needless to say no one released any stars

flashbacks to the loss to the Essendon reserves side in 2017 are probably unwarranted but a few of us still have them

You couldn't see the water he was sipping. Amazing how long it can last Wonder who/what determines who gets the business class seats

Last year there were several games where we were say 20 points ahead well into the last quarter. It surprised me that we did not use those opportunities to practice a few offensive and defensive two minute drills. Perhaps the game is so unpredictable that there is little use. On the thread title I'm not sure there is much quality depth at VFL level but the failures of that competition are so many that it can be hard to judge

One if not both of Freo and Brisbane losing would be nice Pies v Bulldogs could be a good game