Diamond_Jim

Out of interest how often do the development players train with the primary list? I assume they also have commitments to the clubs they actually play for each weekend.

the ladder has never been Melbourne's friend. In almost every year that we have made finals we have relied on results of other games to get us just that little higher It's part of the MFC curse

full AFL member with MFC support and used barcode so no they just like to save money by not opening the upper sections.

just went in to look at the AFL availability.... very limited and dotted around the ground If you believe the ticket selling site it must be nearly a sellout which of course it isn't For example level 4 southern stand ... not available ?

ah the old ratings system... based on the 60's demographic somethings do need changing................ no wonder streaming services are taking over

strange to stop the Thursday night games. I would have thought they were rating well. I think some of the lesser clubs would have been quite happy to trade off lower ground attendance for TV exposure. Add in shorter half time interval and you have a great TV package

those Sunday night flights back from Hobart aren't cheap ($250 approx) Only $80 on the way down

Saturday night is behind Friday night and arguably behind Thursday. Better than Sunday afternoon

so I have only one ruck on my list knowing that I can get a backup from another club? Why reward bad planning Loaning out players in the EPL is completely different as the top 6 aren't really competing with the teams who are the beneficiaries of the loan

the problem I see is time in possession. We need to be a lot more efficient with our conversion rate as I doubt Geelong will give us the time in possession that GWS etc allowed us.

Interesting article in the Guardian today on County cricket in England using automatic cameras to stream matches free of charge. Would love to see these used in VFL and potentially in AFL for additional coverage. The technology is obviously rather good these days. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/apr/07/full-stream-ahead-county-cricket-rolls-out-digital-revolution-for-championship PS.. just noticed what I thought was a picture of a very fancy auto camera has a person out of frame ?

there were some great comps. I was lucky enough to attend a match between Redcliffs and Mildura in the early 80's. Probably a crowd of around one thousand and vigourous supporting of both sides. And of course during the 70's the VFA's televised Sunday game was almost game of the week. Then slowly but surely the AFL sucked the money out of every comp and now they complain that they have to support grass roots footy. Sure it's progress but you have to wonder if it could be done better...

it was always round 3 but this is effectively round 6. Unfortunately it is a reflection on how the senior coaches regard the VFL. I suspect they would be happy to keep it as practice matches.

yep the straight down the ground kick with Gawn as the target to tap the ball to a running midfielder is an obvious play. It then challenges the oppo to set up deeper which prevents the zoned lock in tactic otherwise known as the wall. Only works if you have a strong pack marker such as Gawn or dare I say Tom Mac.

Probably about right but given the need to sign Petracca and Oliver not to mention Luke Jackson will we have the money. It's going to be challenging with no increase in the salary cap for at least threee years

wouldn't bet on it. At 25 years of age this is his "money contract."

Agree... quite an aberration If we had a little more accuracy and they kicked say 7.5 the margin would have been 60+

have they used the "are we seeing the two grand finalists" line yet

very much agree Cats just that little better and of course a couple of goals in those last few minutes. Hawkins not afraid to use his body and risk a free when rucking in the forward line. Easily negated by a big leap and knock but the trouble is you can't be sure where the big tap will go to.

no real VFL game until Sunday 18 April the same day we play the Hawks. BB back for Anzac Eve would be a fascinating gamble. The following weekend we play North in windy Hobart

Thanks so around 3k more than our Freo match. It was Easter Sunday but in theory they have 20k more members than us and the crowd limit was 75% The crowd at Manuka was excellent given it has a non covid capacity of 13.5k

now that is left field

TMac is crucial over the next 3 weeks After that we have the luxury of considering BB and Weid

anyone have the attendance figures for Blues v Freo yesterday thanks

Like many I'm a no to Melksham until we see him perform consistently at VFL level. Showed nothing in 2020. Sure at his best h'es good for two goals a game but I think we have that aspect covered. Hibberd/Jetta is more a match up question which I will leave to those more knowledgeable on the Geelong structure I see our first "real" VFL game is Sunday April 18 at Box Hill. PS.. just noticed our first home Casey game is not until 8 May... so much for practice on an MCG size ground.