Diamond_Jim

Perhaps !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a better ratio than usual... which is not saying much

Oh well It would have happened in the last quarter but it's the third

This is just bad coaching. Zero tactical nouse

Right on schedule

Business not quite as usual but we're on track for our usual goal to behind ratio of 1:2. We'll get nowhere until that ratio becomes 2:1

Pies happy to play the game around our forward 40 and then rebound. I would have hoped for some nuance from our coaching staff after last week's debacle

Can we blow the siren now please

A bit of a joke... Freo not willing to pay the dollars or give up the player. Now the media can move onto Harley R PS: I'd almost be happy if LJ moved to Geelong.

I'm ok with $1.2 for five years. (This seems to be the "new million") A little wary for obvious reasons about contract lengths beyond 5 years

My guess he's the sub in case of injury to Lever or more likely if they take off a forward and move Turner forward. But really I have no idea

Lever out?

For all the help that has been given to North and the Suns a competitive Eagles is far more essential to the competition. How they have got themselves into such a mess is amazing even if I knew how they did it

The interesting thing about North's trip to the West is that they play their second sold home game next week in Perth. Obviously they did a deal with the AFL fixture

Oh no

We're growing the pie We're bringing our wonderful game to new markets The mantra continues Would love to read the inside story of how much the China experiment cost. I'll bet we're very jealous of the NRL's play in Vegas

Ok.... I'll say it How did ?????

I believe so: Melbourne sold home games to the ground between 2001 and 2007 in an attempt to rescue their dramatic financial woes, before moving to the ACT for 2008 - 2009 and the Northern Territory from 2010 onwards. http://demonwiki.org/Gabba Edit: Apparently Fitzroy were first in the early 90]s hosting teams at Nth Hobart Oval and then at Bruce stadium in Canberra https://footyology.com.au/is-alice-deal-really-worth-it-for-melbourne/ This article touches on our NT experiment

North are playing two less games in Hobart this year and this is just their attempt to make up the shortfall. Agree with you in the sense that Hobart was neutral while selling a home game to Freo which is to be played at the Perth stadium is marginal to say the least

North playing a home game in Bunbury WA against the Eagles. When you add in their Hobart games they are truly a team without a home. They've also sold their home game against Freo but it's played in Perth at Optus. (This one is interesting because when we sold our home game to Brisbane all those years ago other clubs complained that Brisbane was getting an additional home game that increased their already considerable chances of a high ladder position.) On the money side the deal goes until 2027 and is reported to be worth around $2.5M per year. At $1.25M per match that's very good money by comparison to what is reported for similar deals. For example we are rumoured to receive $800k for playing in Alice Springs

Missed the game tonight but just read this thread from the first bounce to the final siren. Well done posters. To say that you gave me a feel for the game is understating it Thanks to all

Might be worth turning on the Kayo for the second half down at the Pork Barrel. A win down there would definitely be a solid pointer for the Suns

Tigers almost scoreless for two quarters. Swans not exactly killing it but now well ahead What is wrong

Unfortunately true The one thing I would say is that while AFL is faster than VFL there is often more space at AFL level. The jury is out on Tholstrup. My recent watch has been Culley. Maybe

You can feel where this is heading and the AFL need to be careful that it doesn't become the scapegoat. AFL needs to make a clear statement re-confirming its position. Otherwise.... Labor and Liberals back the stadium as part of their election promises. No party gets a majority but Labor puts together a co-alition that has a vague commitment to the stadium like "We're committed to the build when we've dealt with immediate economic priorities." Meanwhile we implore the AFL to allow a team using the existing facilities which we are prepared to spend $100M upgrading. The spin will win as usual but who is the better spinner And then there's the "cash" alternative. $10M to each club might change the approach by each club.