Diamond_Jim

Sounds like a very dicey practice. Certainly worth querying. Some of the airlines tried this to some degree and were quickly brought in to line

Thanks LH I have found the tendency for boundary line play very irritating. In the GWS game I mentioned North forced GWS to play the boundary thus negating the superior skills of the GWS team. Made for a horrible spectacle but North won. Accordingly I was ready for the same tactic. If it was Goodwin's plan then as you say he deserves great credit.

Solid win with so much to like. One of the more pleasing aspects is that it was a four quarter performance even if not reflected on the scoreboard in the first half. One thing I noticed was that the ball was rarely out of bounds which gave the game the appearance of space. Finally North were putrid and tactically nowhere near the team that beat GWS for example. Now for Collingwood

Moore without Howe is vulnerable. Quite rightly M is encouraged to take risks... how do you take advantage ?? Let's see

add in TJ as a photo opp please Both oozed natural skill and.....

You may well be right. Few players have ever really come back from an injury of that nature.

I'm Spartacus

Well.. that was a stressful half. Probably should be 4 goals up but no... We are Melbourne

Eagles v Carlton... (yawn) Could do with Carlton wearing a clash jumper. Close in colour especially in the wide angle shots

GWS have a great exit strategy which they use occasionally. Small skilful player kicks short straight to a player twenty metres out then runs past receiving player from whom he takes a handball and then attack the corridor

Agree... media are talking up the game which I suppose can be justified in the lead swings but really Port should have won by ten goals. Hardwick's coaching was nothing spectacular. Should have slowed down the game and used his key forwards better.The fast game favours Martin so I suppose it's a trade off issue

That's the big unknown. Is there someone willing to pay. Prices paid for niche sports (and that is what AFL is) are under pressure. Very few if any media companies are making a profit. If clubs want to make your idea work (playing each other twice) ideally you would reduce the number of teams to 12 with four in Melbourne, one in Geelong and one perhaps in Tasmania.

You mean there is someone who doesn't know our gameplan ?

a couple of years on (if not less) and the debate in this thread will appear strange. Boys will be boys ended a long time ago. It's a workplace !! More importantly it's a workplace that sets an example for so many others. Frankly I'm not sure the AFL know how to deal with it. Laugh it off or treat it for what it was.

It's in hands of the AFL integrity committee.... (Need I say more)

BBO... an internal club matter surely. Apologise and move on. After all players cannot be expected to be role models and that horrible journalist was muck raking.

Not a great coaching performance by Hardwick. Took on Port at full strength with a weakened Tigers team and played head on football. Dumb... like Goodwin. His tactics against the Dogs were much better. If Port had kicked straight it would have been a ten goal loss.

Welcome back Spartacus Not the strongest of teams ...but who knows

NT Govt bought limited memberships under a contra deal As in 2020 we dropped Darwin the number they purchased went down. $1m = 10,000 x$100 3 game memberships approx

The 50k was always rubbery as are most clubs numbers. Question is why we fell by such a huge percentage compared to every other club. I have my suspicions but it's time for the club to come clean

Remember ANB pleaded guilty and argued that the impact should be graded as high not severe. Even his advocate argued for a 2 match suspension acknowledging 3 at the most. AFL rep argued for 3-4 Best an appeal would deliver is 3 matches Not worth it... move on and file it as another chapter in the MFCSS saga

Close results aside that was an atrocious game. It was played on the boundary line. Ball was out maybe 60-70% of the time. Strangely it was almost always on the camera side of the ground Same for so many games. I watched the F1 warm up (very boring) and then skipped through the game(kayo 30 second jump is wonderful).

And here's the Richmond apology... Richmond's statement released later on Friday said: "It had become aware of some player behaviour during post-match team songs recently that is unacceptable and not in line with the club or community expectations." "It was a stupid action and I am deeply embarrassed. I've apologised to Mabior," Vlastuin said. "It was unacceptable behaviour and a poor example," Short said.

Thought it was there (the free kick) high contact and he was going for the ball Selwood has been paid those almost every week

It has not gone unnoticed Big Footy board (general) has a lively discussion as does the Tigers sub forum I noticed a post that it's now in the hands of the AFL integrity unit... (no I cannot comment)