Diamond_Jim

Good point... there is also the Northern Blues Hope the clubs are sensible with temporary clearances etc. There's also the difficult question of how to pay these players.

the average TV audience in Victoria for VFL is 25% higher than the average TV audience for AFL in NSW. It is not far short of the average viewing audience for the Swans. Why would media companies pay more for an almost stagnating audience in raw numbers and a declining audience in percentage numbers

As an aside the highest rating AFL game in Sydney last year got 87,000 in Sydney to watch it. Brisbane 74,000 It's not exactly killing it north of the border http://www.footyindustry.com/?p=4889

yeah ... I get it but as a visual medium it's boring

you can call it intensity I call it scrappy.... terrible spectacle except for the faux rough stuff in the first 15 minutes which had all the reality of world championship wrestling

have been known to slip down for a moonlight dip Singapore is allowing two people per pool so there is hope. Local population aren't great swimmers so unfortunately not a priority ?

Very warm by the sea here. The gin is once again available but swimming pools remain closed.

They have a new web provider apparently.The format is very similar to that used in soccer and NRL with timelines etc. The stats page is all over the place (or is it just different). One stat that I could not find was hit outs. The match day function is a a mess compared to the simple format they used to have. In the end of the day they are trying to make money out of it and info for fans is secondary. I really object to being funneled through their site for internet radio coverage. Just a way of getting more clicks for their advertisers...may as well employ a click farm for all the good it does.

Needs to play for five more years to justify the trade... will he ??

Noticed a few players glancing up at what I assume was the electronic scoreboard at the MCG. Surprised me that it was operating in these cash strapped times.

This time last year you would have said that we have passed the likes of hawks and North but no we're in our usual position playing all the kids in round 2. What is this curse they call the MFC

Bad form in the first half of 2019 and injured in the second. Has Goody marked his card?

it's there but it is the channel7 feed so unless you want to use the pause and ff buttons not much use.

how to ruin another player....Melbourne 101 Late third round and a contribution to his salary.. plus he'll go to Collingwood

yes... but they don't count and they'll probably play him in the ruck like they did for the practice matches.

Jackson didn't look like scoring last week.... amazing

Brayshaw in those late games of 2018.... but alas not very often and of course White with his twenty metre hits forward Hawks v Tigers tonight ... no dedicated rucks

Hore's already out for 6 weeks with a broken toe after someone stood on it PS.. Ah a fresh injury a la Preuss

Melbourne have pretty well had dominant ruckmen since the Northey days but it has rarely done us much good. The position is an anachronism and is now almost solely judged on round the ground play. I think it is a symptom of the overall crowding of the game where effective clearances are becoming increasingly rare

pencil or pen ? Each season I do a sheet on the computer and update it for each game I attend. After they increased the price of the record from a shilling I stopped buying it.

well argued except that it is the AFL and anything that upsets Collingwood is welcomed by 90% of supporters ?

Bit like the player numbers and the Footy record. Belongs to another era

must say I am tired of this practice. May as well announce the Sunday teams on Friday.The Thursday announcements are a hangover from the old days and are really irrelevant except that the AFL is so reluctant to release any of its media space. It's strange that the teams are announced with such fanfare on Thursday and then the final teams are a deeply hidden postscript. Mind you it could also be that we seem to perennially play on a Sunday.

Fair comment perhaps from European fans.... We have significant concerns regarding attempts by broadcasters to replace or imitate the unique atmosphere produced by fans. Augmented reality technology, pre-recorded chants, and other forms of artificial support represent a rebuke to match-going fans. The absence of fans cannot be compensated for by a computer simulation aimed at the amusement of television audiences. an alliance of fans from 16 countries around Europe from launching a campaign against fake crowd noise. On a stranger note the English League 2 have embraced not only the cardboard cut out concept but have encouraged fakes. Trump and Boris will be in attendance !! https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/17/shaq-oneal-donald-trump-cutouts-league-two-play-offs-northampton-cheltenham-exeter

I can live with the money although five years was perhaps excessive but the draft picks....grrrr Much the same can be said about May Anyway ... we will know the answers by seasons end