Diamond_Jim

the stand alones are often quite strong.... it's a bit of a lottery... five injuries to the AFL team and the VFL team starts to wobble

definitely hoping for a big win by the Toiges.... couldn't stand a Blues team on the way up Draw between the dogs and the Pies Giants and Saints is the other one that interests me... Go the Orange

On paper that team from last year looks as good as the one we are likely to field on Saturday

the increase to 21/22 players were justified by injuries. Now we have an increase to 23. Why stop there. How about a panel of potential subs like soccer where you can have forwards, midfielders and even a reserve goalkeeper to choose from. After all a team should never be disadvantaged. Seriously though with the man on the mark rule and this one how many more untrialled changes are we going to see.

perhaps we need the old MCG ring of steel brought back BBO.

I'll live with that if it's a compulsory week off for the subbed player. The opportuntiy to game it otherwise is obvious

Not thrilled... lovely day to sit in the sunshine and it's allocated level 1 undercover as best available in the AFL reserve. My usual seating for a game like this is half a stand to myself on level 3. Will I bother going... not sure

Wow... it's great to be number 1 in something Memories of 2019 pre-season. ?

If you want to download the ticket to your phone and thus avoid the need for internet on entry the app requires Google wallet. Just removes uncertainty if you hit a wifi blackspot taking a screen shot could be a decent work around but I'm sick of Ticketek and their processes.

could someone explain why I have to download Google wallet to use the ticketek app which is the only way of presenting your phone ticket. Also what info does Google wallet rquire thanks

sad but true. I often used my AFL membership to head along to a lesser game. Admittedly it is usually because one of the teams has a star player you want to watch. I'd be happy to go along and see Brisbane or WCE play the Bulldogs for example. (Hate the woof woof that goes on the scoreboard after a goal... nearly as bad as North's "zoom".)

We should be marketing this game to the neutral supporter as an easy to enter game. Might put a few dollars in our coffers if we could get 10k or more of general admission.

Will we see a gameplan that recognises a lack of goal kicking power from Goodwin. While not a great specatacle a score of 5.11 to 3:13 would be a good outcome. For once I would like to see an opposition fifty metre zone as packed as ours.

the other tactic is that they just sit off our midfield and tackle the recipient who is often forced into a wayward handball. It happened repeatedly in the recent Bulldogs game. Brings back memories of Jamar... hardly ever lost the tap but rarely hit it to advantage. TBH I have given up on the ruck position and it just becomes an issue of whether the nominated ruck is useful in another capacity. Perhaps it's a position that will benefit from less rotations as midfielders get tired but who knows.

Not what I meant... the club nominates its own player to go out. It's a bit like the sub rule in reverse in that you will nominate your 22nd best player whereas the subbed in player under the AFL rule will be the 23rd best player for the other side. It's not that much difference in outcome but it reduces the number of players required.

agree but every time there's an issue we add another player. We only got to 22 because Sheedy complained about having one less on the bench. Now we effectively have 23 at a time when the salary caps are strained to their max You could nominate the player to be removed before the game to avoid argument.

Lateral thinking but why not reduce both teams by one if there is a concussion. Won't happen but it evens up the teams and could make for a more interesting outcome.

Interesting that today's Qld covid case is within the 28 day ban imposed by WA. Will the Eagles V GCS game go ahead in Perth... (only Round1)

Surprised by this AFL kite. Another nail in the VFL coffin

the new Gil speak for being forced interstate due to covid lockdowns etc... McLachlan, who works closely with the Victorian government in particular, said teams might be “out of market for a period of time” due to border closures.

We need a T Mac miracle if we are going to salvage the first part of our season. In the two practice matches he has shown nothing to suggest that such a miracle will be forthcoming but we've lived in hope rather than expectation for so many of the last 50 years...

Very useful. I hadn't realised there was aCasey game. Wonder if it's worth going along

No walk up in the traditional sense but I assume you can buy online at anytime (including while standing outside the gates). Reserved seat ticketing is a requirement for covid planning of any event. Can't see it changing this season.

Fritsch was a late recruit and had a year at Casey before joining the AFL. From round 1 with Casey his talent was obvious. Not sure we can say he was developed at Casey.. perhaps more correctly he showed his talent at Casey. FWIW I agree that despite being regular finalists Casey has not been a fertile source for progressing our draftees. Petty is the next test. Before injury in 2020 he had 2 (or3) years at Casey.

AS FD says one can forgive the centre clearance play but our inability to run and spread was disappointing to say the least. Tom Mac AVB and probably Hunt are not the future. Plus was that other than one shot Fritsch nailed the gettable goals. Had two shots from the boundary which were never likely. Jones was solid and Trac was average at best. Anyway too early for panic but there wasn't much to excite in that hit out. Had the Dogs kicked straight in the first half you could probably add another four goals to the loss