Diamond_Jim

So who ended up as the travelling emergencies? thanks Wouldn't mind getting down to Werribee but it's a long way round the ring road etc

well for those who still believe in Santa Claus a Kangas win could be a good one for the MFC. Must say Brown is expert at playing for frees and I mean that in a technical way.

One has to ask sometimes if the AFL has it's match ticketing/promotions right. North home game tonight against a team that claims 100,000 members (perhaps 200,000 plus supporters) but there is barely half a stadium full (25,000). A team like North could make big money by promoting itself to the Tiges fans as a cheap way to see your team etc etc. Then again the cynic in me tells me that these membership numbers are perhaps flakey to say the least.

Has to be one of the most lacklustre rounds of football from a match up viewpoint. Hard to get excited about any of the matches but in keeping with the impossible dream the following results are probably in our interest. Richmond Collingwood Giants Geelong Lions v Hawks... draw Saints Carlton' Eagles

ah... a glitch of the system... I was quoting Razer but used his quote that was embedded in your post... I suppose I am now a purveyor of fake news !!

Have you considered Pastafarianism and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I am particularly enamoured with their theory that global warming is due to the reduction in the number of pirates plying our high seas.

T Boyd for Werribee = Tom Boyd but not "the" Tom Boyd

Is being flummoxed the equivalent of being in a state of flux?

hasn't exactly "dominated" but they were okay The absence of Preuss amazes me ... should be included if only to relieve Max in the bathroom heat of Darwin

Interesting thread. GWS as the table shows is the best at the play on game. I have seen them live being beaten on three occasions in the last twelve months and it is always by hard tackling teams who prevent the quick handball release from the pack. One of those occasions was of course the MFC win in round 23 last year. Most would agree that GWS are incredibly talented and perhaps if they cannot pull it off it shows that it is isn't the way to go.

Preuss is an automatic selection for Darwin simply on the basis of resting Max during the game. It will not tell us much about playing both but if it even looks like working I would repeat the experiment against Collingwood. Preuss is not instead of Smith or Weideman he's in addition to one of those two. The cost is in one less mid on the bench.

Lewis has been a valuable addition. If both he and Jones don't go into 2020 we need to look at another mature age recruit if we believe we are anywhere near the window. Let me ask... if you had given Lewis a two year contract in 2016 would you have given him another year at the end of 2018?

The Jones that we saw on Sunday against GWS doesn't get another year. The level of injuries means we don't have to debate the "Drop" word at present but it's time to begin thinking about the question. How it is handled will be a measure of our maturity as a club.

a new low.... given our form we can afford to have a laugh. I wonder if he gets paid.... there used to be clauses about pay being withheld if suspended but I don't think they have them anymore.

It's probably a play off between Stretch and JKH. Assuming Maynard goes we need at least one back up mid. Stretch should get say another 2 games and then JKH can have a run of 5 or 6 games. I'd love to see them both make it but alas .......

28 degrees at game time with a relative humidity of 70%. Luckily a win or loss this week is irrelevant but this game has to go. At least it will give some of us an excuse for the Collingwood thrashing on QB.

Agree The stand alone teams are generally stronger across the board than the aligned teams where the aligned team has more than say 6 players injured. They also have the benefit of training as a team whereas the Casey listed players rarely train with the AFL squad.

Perhaps the easiest thing is to look towards the next six to eight weeks and ask what improvement we would like to see win lose or draw. For me it's relatively easy... I want to see improvement in the form of Brayshaw and Viney plus I want Tom Mac to improve his marking skills and his interaction with one or two of our small forwards. The drop off in the form of Jones is alarming and was highlighted against GWS. Did he win any one on ones? To me the finding of form by the senior players is far more important than discovering a young gem. (BTW there probably isn't one). I'll be happy with thirteenth place and eight odd wins plus some close losses. As to the wins I want to see some high scoring thrashings.... not the five odd point fall over the line wins we have achieved so far.

Apparently the player nominates his deal.... Players must submit their contract terms when nominating - A player on a short-term contract ending on October 31 the same year receives a minimum of $50,000, with a further $20,000 if they are not re-signed or picked up as a delisted free agent - A player on a contract that ends on October 31 the following year is subject to the same terms as any other player https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-17/midseason-draft-rules-clubs-allowed-to-test-up-to-three-players

I assume he gets a six month contract period in which to impress. I suppose the upside for him is that he's coming into a team into which it may not be too hard to impress. Good luck Kyle....

One of the special things about Australian sport has been the mixing of supporters at games. It would be a shame for it to be lost.

putting those two together does not make for a bright future. My positive spin is that in the good form of 2018 mirrored reasonable form in 2017 so it's not that 2018 was an aberration. Where that form has gone for so many of them who knows.

great theory but hard in practice. In the national draft these players would be picks 70 plus. Very hard to recognise potential at that point. It's simple ... best available but not a small please. Our depth is so sadly lacking even a project depth player would be a plus.

Tigers had a similar number and didn't fold. Third choice ruckman. Let's face it the best 22 uninjured players have let us down badly.

did they have drums for the marching season. Nothing like the Battle of the Boyne to get the tempers flying. On a completely different note if you haven't seen Derry Girls it is magnifcent television.