Diamond_Jim

Most if not all of our losses this year have been during the day so it could favour those few vampires on our team.

Have posted before there is minimal incentive to increase crowds at VFL matches. Crowds cost money... attendants, toilets cleaning etc The direction givien to the working party on the redesigned VFL was to save money and as part of that to better integrate the VFL schedule with the AFL schedule (playing the same teams on a weekend etc). The real question is why did they include the old stand alone clubs and in particular the interstate stand alone clubs. Was it part of a government funding package perhaps. I have no idea and it makes no sense. If I was a conspiracy theorist you could say that they have set up a competition that must fail so they can close it down. The reality is that it is probably another stuff up. FWIW other than the number of byes the old VFL/AFL comp while not the best worked reasonably well in my view.

why not play it today and just put it out on delay... we 'd never know these days We could even have alternative endings to stop the leaks like they do with some reality shows. Strange times

the centre corridor must be a covid infection zone judging by the way both teams are avoiding it

They don't come much bigger than this round in a top 4 shaping sense. Starting tonight with the magnificent Freo Dockers against a slightly injury depleted Geelong. A Geelong and Lions loss (with a win by our goodselves) would go a very long way towards securing top 2. Go Dockers !

not in Adelaide I can assure you and even Brisbane these days isn't exactly boiling

what is it about AFL players travelling on planes in winter in footy shorts. Noticed MFC last week travelling to Adelaide and other teams today to Brisbane.

At least two mainstream media reporting likely lockdown. Dan Andrews press conference shortly

Prescient Macca 3 cases just announced in Brisbane

Rumours (no more than rumours) that an MCC transmission has been found. (A 16 year old boy)

Odds on we'll be on the plane to Brisbane Sunday morning Casey V Box Hill could be collateral damage

Vaccinations run at around 4-5M per day which is less than half the required rate for a population of 1.4 billion. Testing is comparatively low. The deaths of the most vulnerable have occurred. Masses of people from the cities have returned to the country villages Think mild hiatus rather than turn around. The first step is to up the vaccination rate to well over 10M per day.(China with a similar population does 20M doses per day.)

The Delta variant is a different beast no doubt. No country in the world has been able to stop its spread. Will Australia be the first ... who knows Today's Victorian outbreak appears at first glance to be manageable but if the football attendee came and went on the train and went to Young and Jacksons, the dots may be well and truly joined. Perhaps I'll watch Groundhog Day tonight.

Had to edit it OD as it appears it was the son of the hospital admittee that went to the MCC.... but yes he was infected My second shot is a four days after yours. Go Dees

Victorian case... 60+ unvaccinated and now quite ill in hospital. Get the jab folks asap please !

was wondering the same and you can throw in Jones. On the who goes out you could put in Harmes as well. Time also to perhaps consider goal kicking accuracy in selection. It's one of our biggest weaknesses.

Friday night is one game national telecast. Saturday night... two games split telecast Guess what our sponsors like

Hibberd's spot will probably come up for grabs sometime next year. Lockhart needs to improve by a factor of around 50% to be in the running. Must admit I didn't see Jordon as a prospect based on 2019 VFL games but he has surprised us all. Perhaps one of Bedford, Chandler or Lockhart could make the grade

would be amazing if Vic escapes another outbreak between now and September.

Was tonight's game in Perth always scheduled for Monday night or was there a reason? Don't mind a Monday night game but in the same weekend that we have had a Thursday night game it makes for a long round.

First jabs = higher likelihood of second jabs = increasing immunity = < vaccine hesitancy

so does that mean masks on while seated?

Quite like the headline on the match report on the AFL website........ Suns rise on Mars

Close on Mars PS.. just got closer

GCS are totally funded by the AFL. Make no mistake this is an AFL decision. Suns v Giants today showing GCS are no pushover. It's not as though we have not travelled this year