Diamond_Jim

the smart move is to lose tonight and most of us know it. I'm sure Geelong's coach does. (Assuming a Brisbane win).

The trend is not our friend............

Well there's only one game (possibly two) that interests the MFC purist. Will the Dogs win tonight and if they lose can Brisbane replace them in fourth spot. Dogs are firm favourites to win at Docklands but they have lost their last two against Essendon and Hawthorn (this one was a very solid loss). Dogs to lose on the basis that their forward line will not function correctly (Where's Stringer when you need him). Which sets up the Brisbane v Eagles match at the Gabba.

No Weid in the emergencies or AVB

very strange team to say the least with Jordon and to a lesser extent melksham out. Playing Viney and Sparrow in the same team is a very strange move

Just for those who were wondering...what's next Two cases of Legionnaire's disease reported in Cranbourne. Apparently symptoms are very similar to Covid

aaaah....... Day 15 I believe and except for the 8 days in which we weren't able to visit another house... Day 30. So it's now almost 40 days since visiting another person was permitted.

Hitting almost 2 million jabs a week now nationwide. Not bad but as all my teachers used to say....could do better https://covidvax.live/location/aus

Interesting...must have been played after the AFL Sunday afternoon match (unless they got an exemption)

After ground rental costs the net revenue for a crowd of 20k would be zero. Most of the costs are for security and ushers etc so a closed ground would be much cheaper plus of course the ground gets a fair share of the boundary advertising rights.

10k max if not lower. The ground will have a 50% cap which limits the crowd to 16k only. Add to that the ticket price of say $40 per head and being limited to regional supporters. And of course who gets the game receipts, beverage rights, super box payments and sponsorhip rights etc. (Remember that Geelong controls all those things for Kardinia Park)

The idea of rent a crowd which is all that you will get interstate for the first finals round is laughable. Saints v Bulldogs drew 10,651 last year in the first week. In the second week Richmond v Saints drew 13k The GF and the prelims where States will actually pay money for a team to play there is another case altogether

A neutral final interstate in the first week would be lucky to pull 10k. The AFL are playing a political game and Geelong will be the beneficiary.

1 v 2 and still we can't get an exclusive Nationally televised FTA game. (Sydney will take the GWS game live FTA) Our sponsors must be pulling their proverbial hair out

Looking like Geelong could have an armchair ride to the GF if we lose this weekend. Likely finals... Geelong v Melb (at Kardinia) week off .....assuming Geelong win Prelim: Geelong v ?? (at Kardinia) Week off the pre final bye GF in Perth The only one that is in any doubt would be the prelim venue but it's at least a 50/50 chance. Of course if we win this weekend ........ who knows

If we win and Dogs lose by not much and thus stay fourth where do people think the game might be? I recall a commentator suggesting Tasmania but surely not. Alice Springs temperatures looking nice for a night game

WA government still pays the guaranteed fee unless AFL have bad lawyers

Agree WCW I was surprised as well. Until around mid July, Poland was tracking well numbers wise and then the dialy numbers fell off a cliff. Just goes to show how hard it is getting that last 30% of the population to have the jab

Interesting that Poland's vaccination rate is one of the slowest in the EU https://covidvax.live/location/eu

Could be a few games at the Cattery in the first week of finals

India are ramping up a little.. around 6 million doses per day. Watching the ticker can be therapeutic in these difficult times https://covidvax.live/location/ind

Would be good to sign him over the off season for 2 years. After that who knows. Eagles will throw the proverbial sink to get him.

Yep.... GF in Perth.The real question is the two prelims and perhaps the previous finals. I'm seeing a pre grand final bye that allows quarantining and testing for the visiting teams in Perth.

A very solid win. Challenged and we dealt with it. Wayward Crows in the first quarter and Fritsch's 3 in 90 seconds to finish the match may have flattered us but hell I'll take it. And one of the few games where we kicked more goals than behinds... YAY !!!

Not sure you can play Sparrow and Viney in the same team. Both get the ball and do little with it but they play an important part. Just that you need a running player to leverage the skill. Seems that Viney is better than Sparrow now so Sparrow needs to kick a few goals each match to grab a spot.