Diamond_Jim

Time to engage in that perennial Melbourne supporter activity of picking a second team to follow for the rest of the year. My favourite is GWS. The reason.... they're like fantasy football with their umpteen first round choices that you can then trade forever. Also their winning has little emotional impact upon anyone. Tonight's a tough one .. the pretentious against the entitled (not quite as entitled as Hawthorn though.) In a lacklustre round as was last week there could be a few upsets so... Richmond Carlton Gold Coast GWS Eagles PS time to watch the World Cup... go Sam Kerr !!

sponsor paying by purchasing memberships perhaps?

Did they ever resolve the ownership of afl.com. IIRC correctly it was originally registered by a domain name miner. A quick google search shows a site offering the domain name for sale.

Will obviously have to be something that tends towards world domination but perhaps I am thinking too small.

Disappointment ranking ... 10 Surprise ranking... 3 Been a #$%^ of a season

One certainly hopes so. The continuation of the zone defence with second string players has without doubt been a tactical error by Goodwin. Would it have made a difference.. maybe we would have won two more games... WCE and Adelaide but the lack of scoring ability has perhaps been our main problem in most games.

Agree.. the Weid needs to improve his positioning and in particular stop being pushed under the ball.

The value of Lewis is shown by the fact that even in his third year which was always going to be a stretch he is being forced out of the team not by form but by the fact that because we cannot make the finals the sensible thing is to play the newcomers. Unfortunately we probably need another Lewis like recruit to replace him given that we don't have a surfeit of experienced players. Thanks Jordan... you delivered what was asked.

you may be right but the enigma is whether in combination with Gawn the two could could be the new Bogey and Mccall. Let's face it.. the season is gone... it's time to dance

I'm with you DV8... the years of just going along to see a player such as Robbie while special also marked the slow death of this club. Time to Maximise the Gawn to the advantage of the team

No Spargo jokes allowed OD

If you could have the same amount for one game as we get for two in the NT plus a guaranteed bye the following week would that change your mind. My problem with China football wise is that it is too late in the year weather wise. As an opening round played say on a Wednesday with the next game on the Sunday week it could work well. The obvious choices for the game are the WA teams due to proximity, time zones and being a big mining state (after all it's a trade delegation) but no way will those clubs give up a home game.

Agree... the days of individual shaming etc are out but as you say I would like to think the coach is calmly discussing at least one on one why the shots were missed and how the chances can be improved. We have now played Darwin on a number of occasions and things such as wind, aiming spots, ball swing, power off the boot etc should be known by the players. No use making mistakes unless you learn from them.. sounds trite... but it works.

good words Saty....

We have a dominant ruckman but still the coaching staff cannot give us a plan that really delivers team dominance from that asset. Strangely enough it was the same by Casey last weekend where Preuss had over 40 hit outs. Perhaps include Preuss as the number 1 or equal ruckman and allow Gawn to concentrate on round the ground play.

It was reported as $4M over four years so make it $20 and we're square or $10 and keep the game in Alice... let some other fool of a club have Darwin if there is one. Saints were paid over a million plus expenses to play in China.

will he look elsewhere if offered a one year contract is perhaps the other question.

Believe it or not Richmond proposed moving their training facility to Cragieburn in 2007. I assume it was to what we now know as Cragieburn Oval... the scene of some JLT games: RICHMOND is set to adopt Craigieburn as its home away from home as the Tigers look to expand training facilities. The club is expected to oversee the construction of a top-quality ground in Melbourne's outer north for training and practice matches in a move that has thrilled locals. A lack of access to Punt Rd Oval during cricket season and the historic ground's smaller dimensions have prompted the 25km move down the Hume Highway. It is hoped an announcement will be made by AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou when he speaks at a Hume City Council business breakfast next Friday. https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/richmond-to-set-up-second-home-at-craigieburn.397751/ And then they threw the cricket club out.... Richmond Football Club will have full access to Punt Road Oval after reaching an agreement with the Richmond Cricket Club that will see it relocate to Mt Waverley. https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2010-10-27/relocation-a-win-for-all

They serve lattes in Berwick .

but the admin staff may have to travel.... I can assure you there's a lot of admin staff living in Berwick and its environs if our present ones don't want to move !!

how Port ever got that one through is akin to daylight robbery not to mention that the losses are underwritten by the AFL. If you amortise the cost of the stadium upgrade funded by the AFL it is unlikely that it will ever break even.

I can assure you the NT government is a deal taker not a deal maker. Other than the Suns and Brisbane no one is remotely interested in playing there. A fair percentage of the tickets are give aways as I understand it and are probably supplemented by the NT buying a stack of three game memberships. The irony is that we could have done the China deal and be paid for one game the same as we get for two NT games

This is where the power clubs have an advantage. Bolton's payout will be included in the soft salary cap. There is no penalty for exceeding this cap other than a dollar for dollar tax paid to the AFL. So the big earning clubs simply bite the bullet. Harder for the poorer clubs. North are reported to have done an offset deal with Scott. In other words he gets next year's money but it is reduced by the amount he receives at his next job.. if he gets one.

The Darwin stadium only has a capacity of 12.5k and the Alice Springs 10k so the crowd numbers are not that relevant. The game is underwritten by the NT government who carry the crowd risk anyway. It's a soul destroying money opportunity that has no upside. FWIW if you are thinking of growing the membership base, the city of Casey alone has more than twice the population of the whole of Darwin.

Like it !! Perfect counter argument to the save Royal Park brigade