Diamond_Jim

Interesting... loved the shellacking yesterday but a similar thought did cross my mind and I see the Toiges lost last night. I love the VFL but I am starting to wonder about its relevance heading forward. The fact that Viney didn't play when there was an opportunity to play him for 2-3 quarters adds weight to the question mark as to whether you could get much the same result from a training program with simulated match conditions. It's a lot of money being spent on the VFL teams without an absolutely clear understanding of their role.

Agree... looking back to '88 and 2000 those were years in which a number of players had stand out seasons. This group on the other hand are in the main performing to their expected ability. Of course to win one let alone a couple of flags requires Lady Luck to favour us just a little. Happy Fathers Day

The Pies are ripe for the plucking my friend... believe

win on Friday and barrack like hell for Collingwood on the Saturday ... sounds like a plan. Funnily enough I fear Geelong most (MFCSS perhaps) but get past them and who knows. Trust that the coaching brains trust have it worked out as I'm sure the Geelong coaches will have a plan for Oliver and Gawn.

he and Brayshaw are that x factor together with Oliver that can take us deep over the next few weeks. There is no doubt that Oliver will be heavily tagged so it's up to Petracca and Gus to really hammer home our rucking advantage. Get past Geelong and the lid is officially OFF

interesting... I was at Port last year and they played the Casey song which is sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" aka John Brown's Body...

thanks ... got it via Tune In radio... a very useful app and free

that explains it ... got on for the first quarter but couldn't get back on when I went away for a little while Tune in works beautifully...

thanks ... got it that way many thanks

was working perfectly for me for the first quarter but since then I cannot access the station... not happy

perfect opportunity for some streaming by the club itself

https://www.3ser.org.au/ just click the button saying music and you will get the footy

agree... was just about to post the same... excellent commentary

we await the epicurean report please

Just checked the weather radar... a decent band of rain showers heading straight for Casey Fields. Definitely brolly weather

he's now 27 and came across in 2014 ... played for them since 2015. When did he click .. played 11 games in 2016 and 9 in 2017. His career high game is .. wait for it...... against Melbourne in 2018 with 5 goals

the amazing thing about the great bog was that it was a beautiful sunny day at Coburg. Tomorrow is at Casey (named after the old Governor general.. Baron Casey....a real establishment guy ... wonder if he barracked for the Dees). Anyway I digress ... which is of course half the fun.... I suspect they know where the solid ground is located. Speaking of solid ground I was very surprised by the softness of the Casey surface when I walked on it last week. Would love to hear Drunkn's views on the surface.

A few injuries that day... Melb: White (face), Rigoni (concussion), Johnstone (ankle), Wheatley (adductor), McDonald (calf) Geel: None

actually that can mean less attendances... for example Brisbane and WCE are allocated a number of series tickets which includes the GF. Often these tickets are not used for the lead up games. They should be available for sale on the secondary sites if you hunt around. Traditionally the series ticket game has been the bigger game but the AFL worked out that it can probably get more money by making the less popular game the series game. They would say that it allows more of the participating clubs' fans to attend but my cynical nature says otherwise.

So time is quickly running out for O mac to sign... interesting

Out of curiosity when do the players come out of contract date wise .. is it before or after the trade period Thanks

most would say that two early first rounders would be fair for Hogan so you are valuing Neale at one first rounder. Might be a little low but worth arguing.

Out of interest would a trade of Hogan for Lachie Neale be a fair swap or would we need more?

yeah ... you have to match the dollars.. what makes you think we can match the dollars that a desperate club will throw at him. Freo has way more free salary cap than we have as do many other clubs. We will be in the same position as WCE are with Gaff. Sure they could have matched the Dee's salary offer but no way can they match the North salary offer. That's why WCE are murmuring trade in the sense they want to scare off all the other clubs bar North and make it that much harder (successful v unsuccessful club etc) for Gaff to leave. RFA shifts the balance dramatically in favour of the player. Of course the manager says he'll stay.... his pay day is next year not this year. Our bargaining year is now. Why not sign him up now if he is so certain to stay ?

Miles better than the compensatory pick of around 15 that we would get if he leaves under restricted free agency.