Diamond_Jim

Didn't watch the GWS game last night but I have watched them several times. In general the teams that are successful against them force the game to be played around the boundary line and deny room to the outside runners by blocking the corridor. It makes for an ugly game but so be it. Will Goodwin back his usual gameplan or go defensive.

WOW

why are they doing this to us. I was well into my annual grief management process !!!

Hawthorn are probably looking to move on from Clarkson but are naturally concerned by his payout. There's a deal to be done here if we play our cards right. Mind you MFC are not known for their negotiating ability

He's a third tall forward and our master coach has variously played him as a backman and a lone forward. Like most on our list has actually gone backwards each year

It will be a farewell match for so many

2020 At least we beat Collingwood I'm off now

Bad as we have been by a miracle we are still in it,

In case anyone is wondering last scoreless first quarter for us was against Geelong in 2008

because we have a surplus of gun forwards

light winds (15-20kms) and 23

I see we're rated a 7/4 chance to make the 8. Lousy odds considering our win probabilities

Probability of making finals is around 0.28 in my guess based on 70% win probability tonight 50% against GWS and 80% against the Bombers Would be interested to know what odds the bookies are giving for us to make the 8.

Almost a 50% probability. When you remember it included GWS and GCS in their formative years it really is a rubbish record.

add in the Geelong loss perhaps

depends if you now follow the new group think that he was never for 2020 anyway. I have already identified the theme of this year's excuse for our general under performance ..(screwed by travel and scheduling) PS..made a relatively innocuous comment BTL in the Guardian on Dan's plan. Boy the responses I got back from the Defenders of Dan made the posters on here look so friendly. Back into my bubble I go !!

Freo flew up with us the other day. We were forced to wait for them...thus us flying on game day

our percentage is higher and they are one round ahead. The equation hasn't changed...need to win ten games which means we need to win the next three PS a loss by the Eagles makes it almost certain that we would play them in Perth if we made the eight

At $500k plus and contracted for another two years..... ?

Sounds nice ? Perhaps throw in day spa and a surf....not to mention a kebab or two

So mathematically let alone probability wise that's the end of the Bomber's season. Assuming our final round is a dead rubber who would you pick ?

Took me a minute to work out that cryptic comment Very true but I don't think they'll be rushing back

Has always amazed me how international soccer teams can deal with the two leg matches across continents. In October 2017 I went down to Melaka to watch the Socceroos play Syria in a play off to make the world cup. Syria had based itself in Malaysia for that years campaign due to the war in their own country. Few of its players were playing in international leagues so they had been here a while. Members of the Australian team flew in from all around the world 2 days before the game. As usual the temperature was 32-34 and the humidity in excess of 70%. The pitch was not lawn but more like very rough buffalo grass. Australia drew that first leg 1-1 that night and then two days later were playing the return leg in a very cold Sydney. They won and were off to Russia. AFL players have it easy

? It's still a soft cap.. just a "tax" consequence For a club like Richmond etc it's $1 per member Take it out of the salary cap.... now that could be a penalty

Lions v Pies Do we care? Would be nice for some Magpie angst I suppose but they're looking rather safe