Diamond_Jim

Gold Coast will be a permanent drain on the AFL purse from an attendance basis. The only question is how much. At present the AFL are looking closely at GCS but not at their financial viability ... rather it's about their ability to attract and retain talent. Not hard to guess at the answer to that problem. GCS simply divides the small Qld market and makes it harder for Brisbane to establish itself after almost 30 years up north. I'm a little bit more upbeat about GWS simply because of their access to the Canberra market but let's face it, they have had 3 years of very solid onfield performance and their attendances are not exactly skyrocketing. When they fall off performance wise in 3-5 years the attendance drop could be precipitous.

cannot say for certain with MFC but I am reasonably sure that as a Richmond or Collingwood supporter the likelihood of being P3 and getting a ticket would be absolutely zero. Lotteries for non existent prizes were outlawed years ago. PS: Around $10 per member and we wouldn't need to play in Darwin .. ah it's just a few cups of coffee

wonder how many P3 people will go in the ballot .... there should be a little warning about your chances. Of course it's not just the ballot chances etc... if your team doesn't make it (50% of applicants) you've done your dough.

Priority 1 is guaranteed a seat. The standing room election is there because it has to be there for priorities 2 and 3 and obviously the software is not sophisticated enough to remove that election for priority 1. Hope we all get to enjoy it. I suspect if one were a Tigers supporter it's priority 1 only to get a ticket.

ah... don't you think ticketek charges the AFL for the service as well $1Million plus dollars per year to run a program... that is almost NASA pen charges Happy to pay cost recovery charges plus say 20%... if they want to open up the books

$200k at least per club (x four) to use a computer program that is used each year ... that is seriously expensive software. Bit like the $7 fee to print your ticket or have it sent to your phone. Oh the joys of transparency...

goal kicking and forward delivery will determine it in the end methinks. Midfields will make it tough and it will be who takes the chances. WCE probably ahead of us in raw scoring power

peanuts... peanuts .. shilling a bag

cannot really understand how a ballot works if you have both single and group applicants. Is an application for five people to sit together one ticket (chance) in the ballot or five. If it is five chances do only the selected persons out of the five get offered a ticket. It is a little ambiguous in the mailing. Strangely, probability theory would say you are best registering as five separate persons and not sit together if the group only has one chance. Oh such mysteries we must now solve as we enter this strange territory called finals.

bit like betting on the horse after it has passed the winning post. The last day was around round 18 or so.

These changes are becoming worrying: "The AFL Commission is set to abolish the "hands in the back" rule when it meets next week to consider recommendations from the league’s competition committee." .................... "If the move is rubber stamped by the AFL commission next Monday, the rule will revert to its original form where simply placing a hand on an opponent’s back is legal, until it becomes a push." https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/hands-in-the-back-rule-to-be-abolished-by-afl-commission-20180917-p504c1.html

Lucky it's not in the afternoon ! "High (80%) chance of showers, most likely from the late morning. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning. Possible hail. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending westerly in the morning then becoming light in the evening."

Not to worry ... imagine what you get if you're a Collingwood supporter ?

Probably would have been no change anyway but it has been unfortunate that the two VFL finals in which Casey participated were played in such atrocious conditions.

The Junction oval was special... everyone milling around not really sure what to do except cheer every player as they came out. We're all not so innocent anymore perhaps. Mind you they were late afternoon in those days and gave everyone a perfect excuse to get out of work early !!

Out of interest when are the big training days for the Pies and Toiges... Could make for a fascinatingly crowded precinct

page 3 http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL Tenant/AFL/Files/2017-AFL-GRAND-FINAL-TICKET-SCHEME-AFL-071216.pdf

They include the standing room which could total up to say 10k across both clubs which means only around 5k seats available to priority 2. What a pity GWS couldn't make it.

and of course that 40k will include almost all the standing room allocation so perhaps only 30k seats at max

1965 started as per usual with the MFC winning but of course Barrasi had left for Carlton. I can remember going to Princes Park to watch us play the Blues. Sat on top of an old tin shed with a load of other kids to watch the game. We won that day. In fact we won the first 8 straight and then the unimaginable happened... we lost to the Saints and won 2 out of the next 10 games. Being a Demon supporter has never quite been the same again.

The 87 team made a prelim and followed it up with a GF appearance in 88 so they weren't too bad. A few similarities in the sense that both teams didn't have the greatest of home and way seasons. In '88 we started like a house on fire as I recall then had a mid season slump... (won 7 out of the first 8 and then 6 out of the next 14). Northey was on the radio the other day and like many here say the 1990 premiership was ours to win.

I noticed the picture a member posted of him on the train which prompted the thought process

I assume there is an MFC allocation so in theory it should not matter what time you get in unless the allocation is insufficient

Re-form the Seekers perhaps for pre game entertainment !!

Myer Music bowl sounds like a great place..