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Wind really picking up. Blowing towards the end Casey are kicking to this quarter

A goal to Casey. Freeman looking likely

32-21 Casey's way

And a fifty metre penalty gives them another goal

After a miskick from defence bombers goal

Just got here. First time I have ever had to ask someone where the scoreboard is. Quite a breeze

As a last resort we can scream ... "EQUALIZATION"

Rusty... your points are well made and that is why Casey is the answer. The Government will provide the money and land out there whereas for the inner city.... forget it even if you could find the land. Have a look at the Eagles press release... it's all about community benefit etc

In the days of Ricky Barham flying down the wing and Tommy Hafey as their coach they were my second team. It only lasted until they won the 1990 premiership. I think that was the year my MFCSS started as I began to realise any team could have won that year and we fluffed it.

So who ended up being the travelling emergency? May make it but looks like there will only be around 7 MFC players available. And with Bombers on top of the VFL ladder it may not be the happiest of days.

Only this season ?

A former MFC rookie.... good to see him still involved in the game. Reminds me of Paul Reiffel a former Australian cricketer (35 tests) who is now on the elite cricket umpire panel. Would be good to see a few more of those players who did not quite make it on the AFL umpiring panel.

George add to that West Coast's new facility and that of Freo just to mention two more: https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/west-coast-eagles-training-base-to-be-known-as-mineral-resources-park-ng-b881122267z We are in danger of going backwards fast.

What genius at AFL fixturing gave us two consecutive away games interstate. Doesn't fuss me overly given that the season is dead but if we had been flying form wise it would have been an issue. I'm even looking forward to Darwin this year... a great chance to play loads of kids. If you count the North game in round 23 that we play in Tasmania we play interstate six times.

ebooks my friend... save the rainforest Even the Old man and the Sea is digistised.

Great point Earnest.... In these days of youtube wunderkinds this is the perfect opening for a couple of live wired female football fans to make their mark. Increasingly everybody has the youtube app on their TV etc so it's easy access for viewers. AFL is careful to control the rebroadcast of its footage and photos etc but the past has shown there can still be success without those add ons. Have been watching several food/travel youtubers recently and the money some of them make astounds me.

Covering the railyards has been the mythical solution for so long it's akin to finding the North West Passage. To suggest that a Government would allow the significant rail disruption for a football club admin centre is just not on. It would need to be part of something much bigger and it would be twenty years in the making. If you want a left field solution how about an underground cut and cover facility in Yarra Park. Would probably fail due to the above ground trees but that's the kind of thing... and it needs to be green with cutting edge community benefits etc etc

Groundbreaking TV in its day but irrelevant as much of FTA has become. Probably last watched it in the 2000 finals series.

Looking at it selfishly Sydney Brisbane Collingwood St Kilda Port v Crows.. probably even Geelong Hawks Freo

One of those games where a win means little but a loss would send shivers through the club. I having flashbacks to the St Kilda game which in a way ended our season. The key is that our players find form in this game and maintain dominance for the majority of the game. If we can get our forward line working.. a big "if".... it should be a 40 point win.

ANB is a listed emergency for the AFL team. They will take two emergencies to the Gold Coast. By my count that will leave 7 MFC players for the game at Windy Hill. Must be getting close to a record low.

Ah.. the G word let's be honest if you still have 70% of your players and you can't beat the GCS it ain't the the players. We're 9 weeks into the season .. 12 if you count JLT etc... off season ops etc are not an excuse. A win tomorrow means little... a loss on the other hand

Doubt Lewis is on $600K plus. Maybe 500k for two years plus the third at say $300k. He came to us because we offered three years and we all knew if we got two years that would be great. The fact that he is among the first picked in his third year is not his fault.

famous maxim in politics.... Politics is the art of the possible. Time perhaps to stop tilting at windmills

I suspect Waverley has planning restrictions . The grandstand is heritage listed for example. The Dingley project will rival the Essendon facilities at Tullamarine (which by the way includes the admin staff) Kingston Council already assisted the Hawks with a planning scheme amendment that enables them to use the Dingley site for sports and social activities, as well as advertising at the ground and nearby. "This is a project, when completed, which we hope will service our needs for the next 50 to 100 years," Kennett said. "We've got to get it right … it is probably going to cost about $135 million. "It's a massive project, but when completed, we will be the only club in the AFL who owns their facility. Everyone else is built on crown or state land. "We don't know what's going to happen to (current base) Waverley just yet. We still own it … we might retain it, we might sell it – those decisions will be made closer to the time." A Monash Council source confirmed to AFL.com.au they were in the dark about Hawthorn's intentions for Waverley Park, but the expectation was the oval would remain regardless. Kennett previously stated that construction would not start until the Hawks raised about half of the funds required, but still hopes that process will begin next year. https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-18/hawks-set-to-unveil-grand-plan-for-new-dingley-fortress