Diamond_Jim

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Why did you have to remind us of how we lost the unloseable game

No crowd at the WA footy is the latest news

much preferred to the 3:20 time slot which in winter means it's cold and dark by games end.

Viney... having a good run of form and ... The foot Has the curse returned

That was an emphatic Brisbane win. Wonder if they have found some real form

spit or in the oven sounds wonderful

that worked well last time we did something similar

Enjoy the run... i certainly shall The challenge always was in the second half of the season. When I saw the draw I thought we could with luck go 8-3 or better for the first half Brisbane in Alice is looking tough along with the Dogs game Let's face it while we have had a few finals appearances the seasons themselves have been mainly excruciatingly close.

Will definitely be a big game. Cats kicked themselves out of the game.

love talkback after a Pies loss

Looking ugly for the Pies

Good to see the AFL continuing last night with their distancing model by leaving great swathes of the upper deck empty. Expect the same with Pies v Suns today.

Simple tactics... both teams denied the other the corridor and played the boundary. Thought Dogs would be smarter but the boundary/handballing won them the Cup in 2016

mmmm looking like a possibility yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !

Given what I have invested so far that sounds like a bargain. I will contact them immediately PS am now ticketed up for $229 Couldn't help but notice the GF packages but that may be getting ahead of myself

Here's a good article on why the Saints aren't firing Jack Steele, Brad Crouch, Bradley Hill and Seb Ross are all winners of AFL club best-and-fairest awards. Along with Zak Jones and Jack Billings they are all between 25 and 27. This is a group that should be close to the peak of its powers. And yet it is misfiring. The Age approached coaching staff from rival clubs - speaking this week on the condition of anonymity - in a bid to better understand where St Kilda are being let down.... A theme from the rival views espoused was that the Saints had been drawn towards the ball too much and not paying enough respect defensively to their opponents. While a lack of cohesion - Crouch is only four games into his St Kilda career - was identified as part of the explanation, there was also a suggestion that the Saints’ midfielders looked overly focused on themselves and not in playing their part in a system. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/what-is-going-wrong-with-st-kilda-s-misfiring-midfield-20210429-p57nnt.html

no one is sugeesting he's surplus but you simply can't have the number of highly paid forwards that we have. Tom Mac will either go at seasons end or his contract will be renegotiated. If Tmac has a stellar season we are in a perfect trade position. Something MFC has rarely experienced

just booked the hire car. Certainly not a cheap weekend... better get a ticket !! Might have to climb a tree and watch from outside like one did fifty years ago. If anyone hears anything about ticket and meal deals or the like that can be booked earlier would love to hear thanks

taking the longer term view and putting to one side the top of the table clash there are some delicious matches to consider. If you think we can make top 4 you want the least number of interstate teams in the four. (Unless we think we end 1 or 2 which I am far from thinking.) On that basis we probably want Freo to beat the eagles and Port to beat Brisbane. (Of course Brisbane beating Port gives us one more game on Port and increases the chances of top 2) Hell it's hard As to the Tigers game I would love to go top but a Tiger loss gives us another game on them. Swans beating Cats would be nice as well. So with all those caveats... Dogs Pies (who cares) Hawks (do we care) Port Swans Us Blues Freo

Was thinking about this overnight. You have to wonder how covid affected the various clubs and how the fully integrated clubs vs the aligned vs the standalones went about rebuilding their VFL lists. Was any support given to the players in 2020 as the AFL fled to its warm northern bubble. Overall I think it was a dumb idea to restructure the comp this year. Perhaps in 2-3 years time but it's increasingly looking like the proverbial dogs breakfast.

Let's be honest. The standard of opposition was woeful. One almost needs to mark down every stat by 50%

Bedford Sparrow and Chandler named for Casey Melksham as sub perhaps on Sunday

NRL used to name its Friday night games in six week blocks. All other games remained fixed. It was a reasonable compromise between the issues you raise and the need to ensure that the Friday night TV fixture was top drawer. At the end of the day the totally floating fixture does little for crowd attendance but it keeps the TV companies happy which these days is very important.

Lucky I booked my flight to Alice for Thursday. Had planned for anytime that weekend but Friday night was not really in my plans. Now to buy a ticket ??