Diamond_Jim

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..

yep... but they did have around 160k plus members between them

Hi what time does training start and finish tomorrow... thanks

the absolute maximum is 40k across both competing clubs... it used to be 20k http://www.afl.com.au/tickets/grandfinal/eligibility

Do people care about the Brownlow winner anymore... seems to be more a weird red carpet session for the voyeurs. Time we moved to the old Eurovision song contest voting system... just imagine all the Melbourne members giving the Collingwood stars... "nul points" Cry Baby (Jemini song) "Cry Baby", written and composed by Martin Isherwood, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, and was performed by the duo Jemini. To date, it is the only song ever entered by the United Kingdom to earn no points ("nul points") from any other countries.

Great last quarter. Box Hill play the same chip around game as the seniors do. Will be a good Grand final next week

Great last quarterI

please that is almost worthy of a ban ?

close game ... 4 points Williamstown's way near to 3/4 time

there are some great podcasts on the algorithms used to set airline prices... it's a dark science but it isn't profiteering because these one off high demand factors are definitely built into the annualised profit of each route. Piece of trivia... Melbourne to Sydney is the second busiest air route in the world.