Diamond_Jim

why do I have to pay for a seat in the AFL reserve if they are not allowing walk ups. $9.90 per ticket plus a service fee of $3.25 Moreover they appear to be releasing tickets en bloc the old way thus forcing everyone together. The AFL Reserve will be about 60% full on the night

It's just a light show... which is nice but it doesn't address the fundamentals Level 1... Not sufficient gradient in the seating Level 2/3 Inaccessible to the general fan Level 4... lower half ... okay Upper half... rubbish

Don't see them as like for like. Hibberd will play round 1 based on recent form If he drops form as the season goes on not sure what will happen. Last year you would have said Hore was waiting but he's gone. Of course if you're a Smith fan then perhaps he's the replacement.

No secret here The money on offer from the West plus the endorsements etc will be enormous. I'd be happy with another 2/3 years from Luke. He's on his way to being the highest player to date.

Did Hannan lose it for the Dogs. He had a shot. Would have put them up by 25 points Handballed and it went nowhere... no score and then it happened

Thought that the Casey ground had a few decent bare patches from watching on TV. With AFLW one wonders if they had the time to do repair work over the summer

Big win by the Lions over Crows https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/lions-thrash-the-crows-show-menacing-form-on-the-eve-of-the-season-20220225-p59zqq.html

it wasn't bad but unfortunately they played a lot on the far side of the ground and the camera numbers/ specs/operator were slow to zoom in. For a practice match which I expect was shot on a shoe string it was okay

Richard IV please

purple prose of a high order

Yes I have watched them all. And in 2021 it was mainly at the opening bounce of a quarter Why only then.. that was my question

Thought Bowey started to come good towards the end but I agree it wasn't their best performances. That being said other than Rivers errant handball in the 4th Q there were no howlers. An interesting tactic with Pickett being at the centre bounce for the start of each quarter. It got me to wondering if it was more about forward set up as he only appeared at the first bounce of each quarter.

Nice little cameo by Weideman in the ruck. I think Ben Brown was the only player who crumbed a goal which to me was the only disappointing aspect. Other than that great effort. Perhaps Salem for BOG

Great first half Particularly impressed by Hibberd and Sparrow is showing he is best 22. Pickett just cannot get near it other than on a few link up plays. Would have liked to see some more scoring from forward stoppage. Looking forward to seeing the Weid and Hunt in the second half.

40k would be disappointing but anything over 50k will be a bonus. This will now be a "normal" work day which just adds that extra unknown. I would love the AFL to come out with their seating policy. Last year it was pack them in and close the rest until the last few weeks before shutdown. Have they managed to reprogram that ticket selling computer so that a crowd of say 50k is nicely spaced out in a 100k stadium

looks like they are loading the first years in anticipation of Rd 1 VFL which is a few weeks after the AFL season. Perhaps Melksham and Dunstan the same

just checked ... you are correct. So if you work as a ticket collector at AAMI no mask but if you are selling pies must wear a mask. Of course it makes sense

Closer to the latter but Oliver does not have the break away strength of Bont. His handball receives and gives over his shoulders is sublime as well as his ability to work in confined space. There's no doubt we took a little out of Dog's 2016 handball handbook into our 2021 season and boy did it work. Petracca's ability to break clear and deliver or shoot in an unhurried manner is sheer brilliance

There's an explanation somewhere which I read They said they will tailor the number and length of quarters to fit player loads. Expect better players in say first three sessions followed by fringe in next three with some players doing 4 sessions and some doing two. My guess is 15/20 minutes per session without time on. Message therefore is get there on time if you want to see the stars

Interesting we play the Suns the night before on the Gold Coast 1pm start at Casey could make it tight for the emergency contingent

so for Thursday it's just rock up and scan in for the jabbed weather humid and chance of a thunderstorm. Time to dust off the old deck chair A good start and finish time for avoiding the traffic

You have to wonder if it's all about increasing the average spend per attendee. The seating is fine and other than increasing non male toilet facilities the essentials all seem adequate

Masks required in the indoor elements of stadiums approved for over 30k people. The other news is that isolation for close contacts is being considered for general removal. Would help on the player availability issue.

Reading yesterday that both at Docklands and MCG the corporate catering is done by a global catering giant. Amazing it's not a local activity but perhaps there are back room synergies. (Frozen raspberries anyone?)

There are very few 100k seat stadiums in the world. They are all sub standard by comparison to the 50-60k "new" stadiums. Can you make a 100k premium standard stadium pay. I have no idea but it would be a world first Perhaps we could do it instead of the Commonwealth Games 😎