Diamond_Jim

Jake Lever out of the game just before half time... injured

it's the complete lack of form of the "better" players that we are lamenting. If we were saying that a, b and c almost got the team across the line etc then it would be better. Make no mistake this season has been abysmal.

21 points in favour of Casey

My worry is that the players are falling into bad habits and once again getting used to being beaten. Other clubs such as Collingwood and Richmond have heavy injury lists which explains say a 20% drop in form ... ours has been almost total.

The selection of Spargo was mind blowing. I like the guy but his skills this year have been abysmal.

each to his own but have seen it too many time times before.. Used to hang our hats on individual cameos for 30 odd years.. wearing very thin these days

sorry.... but I don't rate a 16 possession game as a great positive. Good for him. Gawn... how many hit outs to advantage ?

We've all heard about "coach killing" games... well we just saw a "fan killing" game. There was not one positive from that game

As the great man Forrest Gump once said Think I'll go home now.....

We mark and stand flat footed. They mark and there's always a spare player running past

I think we can safely forget finals. They are actually playing off Jones...he is so slow

Well if they had kicked straight it would be over Have they turned up the ground loudspeaker Can't hear myself think

Preuss or Lewis in I could understand but .

THE AFL will reap a major financial windfall after striking a colossal new six-year, $2.508 billion broadcast rights agreement. The new deal will see Channel Seven, Foxtel and Telstra continue as the League's broadcasters under the new deal, which will run from 2017 to 2022. https://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-18/afl-on-the-verge-of-signing-new-tv-deal The NRL has reportedly signed off on a record $1.8 billion TV deal for seasons 2018 to 2022. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-26/nrl-tv-deal/6976996 Cricket Australia has put a tough couple of weeks behind it with a massive new $1.2 billion TV rights deal, which puts ODIs and T20 Internationals behind a pay wall for the first time. The joint bid between free-to-air operator Seven West Media and pay-TV's Foxtel divides up coverage of all forms of men's and women's cricket over six years and is double the previous $600 million rights package with the Nine Network. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-13/cricket-coverage-shakeup-with-seven-and-foxtel-winning-rights/9652964 Of course the unknown in all these deals is the amount paid by Foxtel and the figure paid by the FTA channel. Most media pundits have suggested that the foxtel share is more than half. It has been used as a loss leader by Foxtel but my point is that the Kayo play is evidence that Foxtel has given up on this ploy. Conversely to make money on Kayo they need to reduce the cost of content.

yep... Sportsbet.....a bit like the 20 point up rule in AFL. It was declared as done and dusted a couple of days before the election day https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48327159

anyone in mind ? Last time I strolled past Arden street which admittedly was twenty years ago it didn't strike me as being overly large.

sorry NRL

The figures don't lie.... As Kerry Packer once said an Alan Bond only comes along once in a lifetime and there will not be another streaming service that is prepared to lose A$300M a year in Australia alone.

Good result with the Eagles winning If we could win the next two there would be a case for optimism. Need Richmond to belt the Bombers

if every fifth person in Australia subscribed to Kayo that would give a gross revenue for Kayo of $1billion per year. Present AFL rights are $400M.. NFL $250M and cricket $150M .. per year. The sums will never add up.

Foxtel losing money hand over fist... and little chance of growing revenue dramatically plus FTA ad revenues being slashed by digital marketing,. Well reported in the financial press that we have seen the top for the lesser sports and AFL on a global basis is a lesser sport

twenty teams... nice idea and a non compromised draw of 19 rounds. Won't happen. The TV money will soon max out in real terms which leaves eight teams unable to compete without AFL money. Cannot see how they would add another two to the "little 8". Bad crowd at the Hawks match in Launceston. Looks half full at best.

Of course they didn't play us there for a long time. We did give them their first win on the MCG... something we have been kind enough to do for many of the expansion clubs

you're right OD re the move but that is not to say the position of North is not chronic. I suspect that their followers are moving towards their latter years with little regeneration amongst the younger demographic. Mind you St Kilda and to an extent ourselves are in a similar trough. A move to Tasmania if done properly would retain 2/3 of their Victorian supporters and then add another 20k at least Tasmanian full members. The TV money is about to max out so the pressure will be on the clubs themselves to increase their revenue streams. The big 6 or 8 will find ways to spend their money which will leave the others in their wake.

Scott has done a wonderful job and will get a senior role either as coach or football manager. The bigger question for North is whether it takes that last chance and relocates to Tasmania. Eight home games in Tasmania (the Hobart v Launceston issue is a problem) and five at the Docklands. Means the Melbourne followers would get around 10-12 chances to see them. AFL pump money into them along with a mega training facility courtesy of the Federal and Tasmanian State governments. This would be ready in say three years at which time the club would move all its admin etc to Tasmania. The deal is there to be had and the only people who would complain is Hawthorn and well... who cares about them !!