Diamond_Jim

yep....like newspapers the club is slowly dying OD. We're there to make up the numbers these days. Going to be hard times for a few clubs post 2021 and the power clubs will show their teeth. Kennett has already had a go.

Nothing sells newspapers these OD....

Assuming a loss against Brisbane this is pretty well our season defining game. If we lose the next two we will 2-5. Assuming you need 9 games to make the eight we would need to maintain a 70% win rate from there on in or in other words a 7-3 winning record. That Geelong loss really screwed us.

our normal weekly game until we realise the season has gone.... this normally arrives around Round 8 for the realists and Round 13 for the optimists.

That loss means it's the season over for the Swans. Same for North if they lose to Richmond. Freo v WC is a bit of a cut throat final as well. Wouldn't do our slim chances any harm if Adelaide could knock off St Kilda

on that basis....I think you know the answer

Thanks LH there is nothing sadder than a sick child... I am sure everyone wishes him well soon By comparison football is irrelevant

sa= anyone but Bruce please

May probably needs to play for another five to six years to make the trade worthwhile. Full backs have traditionally had great longevity. Fingers crossed.

Ablett going home to Geelong for 2 weeks due to injury. Not sure how that works when he tries to return to a hub. Being in Geelong may make it easier but Greater Geelong could easily be added to Melbourne in this lockdown. Given the degree of commuting between Geelong and the CBD I was surprised they weren't included in some form.

Just heard on 3aw that Bruce calls from Adelaide with BT in Melbourne and the boundary rider Hodge in Brisbane. No wonder it's so bad. I thought Hodge was both underutilised and underwhelming. Calls out for local commentary but as many have mentioned Ch 7 seems to think that the callers are the stars !!! Surely WA has excellent commentators for example as would SA. PS.. was watching the Hungarian GP practice session. Track nowhere near as scenic as Austria. Whoever was mixing the sound had no idea.Commentators could hardly be heard over the cars. My natural reaction is to turn up the sound and well.... that didn't work. Hope they fix it for qualifying tonight.

Tonight's game is why we see low scores Bad gameplan by Bombers Carlton thrashed the Dogs.... Think about it

"CLEVER"

Time we had some "truth in broadcasting" 1. Location of commentators 2. Crowd noise.... real or supplemented And while we're at it gt rid of Bruce and BT. Bruce has notes a la his old Olympic days about favourite players. It's boring. I don't need them to tell me "he kicks the ball forward" etc etc

Good analysis by Binman above. This selection only makes sense if we are going to play Gawn forward a lot more and use Jackson in the ruck for extended periods. If it works it will be a selection masterstroke

The R factor is a little illusory but in simple terms it's a measure of infection progression. If Victoria had a R factor of 1.5 we would be in big trouble in a short while. At an R rate of 1.1 a thousand cases becomes 25000 cases in 60 days https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/covid-19-what-is-the-r-number/ By lockdowns you depress the R rate simply by limiting the exposure each infected person has to others. Without lockdowns the R rate of this virus is estimated to be between 2-2.5 and by some as high as 6.(enormous numbers) BTW measles has a R rate much higher than this virus but vaccines prevent infection. Stay safe all.

Round 4 2018 115 -48 Marks the start of Is Goodwin the right guy thread

Another low scoring game. It was wet so a slight excuse but the absolute dominance of defences and the seemingly constant out of bounds is so boring. Add to that the commentary that can even get excited over a rolling maul and........

US$250 for the biovyzr with built in air purifier...Weird

No Brown... not a good selection

Must say I'm not sure that the season needs to be rushed. We have hubs and we have a relatively clear way forward. Rolling byes and games every night just kill season momentum from a fan perspective I can see the advantages of shortening times in the hubs but it's starting to resemble a desperation run rather than being simply agile. GF clashes with the Cox Plate etc are largely irrelevant as the GF will be played at night/twilight interstate and the Cox Plate can be run earlier if needed as the Asian racetracks will probably be shut.(Whether the good horses will come is also questionable.) There's some promising news on vaccines in the Age. They have found the T cell.... (fingers crossed.)

If I was Tassie I would be a little upset about paying Govt money for those two matches. Would have expected games between Melb teams this year

it was a round robin.... that will fly again

I think Bombers and us will get a limited bye and they will use the period to squeeze in another game for us. Too dangerous to have a single game standing alone as the season progresses.

??? My reference was to AVB... never mentioned ANB