Diamond_Jim

Oliver hasn't got a touch

I used the term CEO in the business sense. Goodwin is the CEO of football and therefore the most powerful person int he club. Pert is an administrator Strange beasts..footy clubs

Yze and Williams are a message for Goodwin... In that sense the group is not cohesive No CEO would put up with it which shows how tenuous Goodwin's position is. Anyway as you say early days and he may surprise

Basically that we have gone nowhere over the last 3 years and that our coaching team is now almost dysfunctional with Yze and Williams in the wing. Bartlett wasn't spared either. Inability to sign Oliver etc Nothing that most of us haven't been saying for a year or two... bottom line Goodwin disappoints

3AW putting the boot into us pre-match

Just some additional info for those who may be interested in Kayo. While Kayo still takes the in game ch 7 commentary there are now no ad breaks (no commentary at that time) and during quarter breaks you get the Fox commentators not Ch 7 A welcome improvement

Any updates or info Lovely morning for footy

Wouldn't it be wonderful if in five weeks time we are wondering how we can possibly fit Weid and B Brown into the team. To sleep..perchance to dream

welcome back !!

Other than draft picks who have gone (almost) straight into the senior team our development via Casey has been less than stellar. Is it any worse than other clubs? No idea. My traditional whinge is that we have such little luck with our 28 plus year olds going on. If you can get two or three of those who perform at a high level week in week out list balance is so much easier. Hopefully May breaks the mould

struck me as a 6 v10 game. Pies dropped a few easy ones and Dogs not that impressive up forward after that first 5-10 minutes. Season wise probably a little more upside in the Pies... De Goey couldn't play that badly again.

there is a retort that is so obvious it need not be stated

Carlton played into the tigers hands and nearly won. Good on them but playing that way against Richmond you will lose four out of six. Not sure what style is required but the slow maul is pobably better.

How the AFL allowed themselves to be gamed by the coaches is just a joke. Concussion... wait a minute .. what about a corky !

the stand alones are often quite strong.... it's a bit of a lottery... five injuries to the AFL team and the VFL team starts to wobble

definitely hoping for a big win by the Toiges.... couldn't stand a Blues team on the way up Draw between the dogs and the Pies Giants and Saints is the other one that interests me... Go the Orange

On paper that team from last year looks as good as the one we are likely to field on Saturday

the increase to 21/22 players were justified by injuries. Now we have an increase to 23. Why stop there. How about a panel of potential subs like soccer where you can have forwards, midfielders and even a reserve goalkeeper to choose from. After all a team should never be disadvantaged. Seriously though with the man on the mark rule and this one how many more untrialled changes are we going to see.

perhaps we need the old MCG ring of steel brought back BBO.

I'll live with that if it's a compulsory week off for the subbed player. The opportuntiy to game it otherwise is obvious

Not thrilled... lovely day to sit in the sunshine and it's allocated level 1 undercover as best available in the AFL reserve. My usual seating for a game like this is half a stand to myself on level 3. Will I bother going... not sure

Wow... it's great to be number 1 in something Memories of 2019 pre-season. ?

If you want to download the ticket to your phone and thus avoid the need for internet on entry the app requires Google wallet. Just removes uncertainty if you hit a wifi blackspot taking a screen shot could be a decent work around but I'm sick of Ticketek and their processes.

could someone explain why I have to download Google wallet to use the ticketek app which is the only way of presenting your phone ticket. Also what info does Google wallet rquire thanks

sad but true. I often used my AFL membership to head along to a lesser game. Admittedly it is usually because one of the teams has a star player you want to watch. I'd be happy to go along and see Brisbane or WCE play the Bulldogs for example. (Hate the woof woof that goes on the scoreboard after a goal... nearly as bad as North's "zoom".)