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Diamond_Jim

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  1. Joel Smith 3-4 season(s) How prescient
  2. I'm getting that pre 2019 bathwater feeling and we all know how that ended The reality is that the two rarely perform at elite level in the same game. If they do then perhaps we have the makings of a great team.
  3. he actually said the public events section of health were reviewing the rules but no announcement this morning. I also assume that with roof closed Marvel is considered indoors. My guess is 50%.. perhaps 65% at best
  4. Winning against the Dogs would be nice but the one we must win is against Brisbane. We need to keep the interstate teams below us to avoid the interstate final Today's covid outbreak in Vic could impact the Alice game on Friday week. Fingers crossed it doesn't.
  5. would have preferred the other way
  6. Just back from the delights of Casey Fields. Entry took a while due to scanning and lots of Swans supporters needing to pay. Sat near the goals and watched Ben Brown closely for 3 quarters. Hardly ever got near the ball. Forward delivery was almost non existent. I took special notice of his positioning and leading and simply none of it came off. Noticed that he likes to break back to goal a lot. In the final quarter I thought that as Casey got on top the midfield could have done more to bring Brown into play but many just blazed away at goal. It just wasn't his day. TBH the Casey players were eassily the equal of their more fancied AFL bretheren. Finally.. they had run out of egg and bacon rolls PS they seem to have fixed the drainage problems that the ground had in 2019
  7. B brown just can't get in the game Very hard to judge his form
  8. Lot of swans supporters here Lovely day Not a great game so far Interesting.. of our Casey back six only one is MFC Getting thin down back
  9. And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence
  10. so Melbourne to have that loss against a bottom team next two weeks will be interesting
  11. the all round game Trac has been getting so much kudos we can some times forget (but for a moment) what a player he can be
  12. It is a game of two halves
  13. well we love the close ones
  14. Brilliant...Thanks KC
  15. Teams and numbers if available would be great.
  16. open a separate topic thread and we can have a chat
  17. As I advance in years OD I become increasingly of the view that democracy is not for everyone. Imagine a football club truly run by members.. we could extend it to team selection. My complaint about football clubs and the AFL is the lack of transparency. Why for example is each club's deal with the AFL over the use of Docklands confidential. Same for the MCG.
  18. Very difficult to project VFL performances into AFL these days. Geelong seconds had 30 scoring shots to 13 last night winning 15:15 (105) to 7:6 (48) Sydney seconds are 2 and 2 with all games against AFL seconds sides so they might give a good match
  19. Strange selections Hopefully there's some logic but for those thinking Weid is a better bet than Brown.... Nah There's something more and I will leave it to each to paint with their own palette. Melksham for Chandler?.... I'm lost
  20. you have to wonder about the match preview when the writer has Nathan Jones as a likely inclusion.
  21. the AFL site even has a countdown clock. I thought there might be a game tonight but it's only for team selection Not sure about VFL
  22. I'll kick it off from the match preview on Big Footy: Getting this game called off due to Covid and labelled a draw may be our best chance at not losing... https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/face-off-adelaide-crows-vs-melbourne-demons.1268738/ PS Not many posts on Big Footy at present. Does anyone know of other forums?
  23. Preusmably we fly over Saturday morning. Not ideal but that's the way these days. If the same rule applies for the interstate clubs bar WA it must be hard for them.