Diamond_Jim

MFC involved in another first I assume they will test them all and wait for the results..... Monday game perhaps. It happened in the NRL last week and a game was delayed for a day or so

Guardian reported that it's cancelled but who knows.........

Just got cancelled apparently.....mmmmmm

Victorian Premier just announced a tightening of restrictions Not good but community sport to continue (only non contact) Details still coming out

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 ?