Diamond_Jim

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The post you responded to asked why Luke Darcy was not commentating

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Free kicks decide the game Freo need a forward In the scheme of things a Carlton win is probably good for us

Accidental forearm to the throat Medium impact

Oh Harry

A perfect use of clash jumpers If only

Game over Was an enjoyable second quarter Hopefully the next game is a little more interesting

Very good !

Has Cameron had a touch 1 kick apparently

Charlie Cameron injured ? Edit.. just saw him

Comical dropped mark

Does it generate that much? Everywhere within 60kms of Adelaide books out for the Adelaide Test Match. Average daily crowd is around 35k. Assume tourists make up 20% and you come up with 7k tourists. Judging from this forum which contains ardent supporters few made the trip. The reality is that for each club less than 1k can attend. Perhaps a game at Renmark and Port Lincoln would open things up. Renmark has the nearby towns of Mildura and Berri each off which offer additional accommodation options. There was a lot written on the benefit of event tourism around the Taylor Swift concert. The bottom line was that unless you attract international tourists there is no net national benefit. Taking that to State level you need to attract interstate visitors. The reasoning is that if the money had not been spent by locals on the event most of it would still have been spent locally on something else On the assumption you are getting 10k interstate tourists the Govt of SA is paying $2000 per visitor. Event figures have always been rubbery but politicians love them. WA will pay a fortune post 2026 is my guess

Tough game given that a few players are literally walking wounded. Definitely need that bye for a few. I'd be tempted to rest BBB and play Fullarton. This would free up JVR from relief ruck and give Max a little less time in the ruck (say 60%). Win this one and we have built a great launch pad. If Kozzie is suspended I'm not sure who we bring in. AMW I assume. If Chandler doesn't come up and Kozzie is suspended we might struggle

One week would be lucky I think...

Thank you JVR !!

We could have been five goals up but we're ahead

Our four key forwards are almost statless as a group

Let's get that scoreboard ticking please (with goals)

4 behinds grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Oh well we are at least getting forward Let's go

Completely outcoached and outplayed that quarter Lucky they didn't kick straight Adelaide play a chip game.... you win 70 metres out from their goal and rebound

mmmm Not the start we were hoping for early days

some scoring would be nice

Nowhere near that much The league’s first so-called festival of football was held last year, and a deal with the South Australian government reportedly worth $15m annually was extended until the end of 2026 To this you would add the stadium profits... AFL get the gate receipts, catering fees etc less expenses. All up it gives each club extra revenue of around $800k is my guess https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/04/afl-gather-round-2024-south-australia-schedule-matches