Diamond_Jim

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.

yep.. priority 2 The maximum per club allocation is 20k per club (increased from 10k a few years back). IF they allocate the maximum I would expect the allocation to be exhausted in the priority 2 category but that is just a guess. As you say a lot better chance than Tiger members many of whom will have upgraded their memberships in hope of snaring a ticket. The other thing that irks me is that not that long ago you could just walk into the ground at the end of the game if not before. I had always planned to jump a train at 3/4 time if we were in with a chance and see the end. Can't do that anymore !!

what you are speaking of is often debated but the Qantas lobby wins all the time. Asian airlines have wanted to fly into Darwin and then pick up passengers before flying onto the Australlian capital cities and vice versa. NT Government very much in favour of it as the airfares to Darwin are very high and this would have seen a drop by 50% or similar. Same approach is adopted by the Americans so we're not unique.

Another good performance by Weideman on Friday night.... I think he has arrived What has impressed me is his tackling and his ability below the knees. In his VFL days he was always where the ball wasn't but not anymore it seems.

reserved seats is what gets you into category 2... "Demon Seat Members"

only if it is a home and away membership... normal memberships ie home games only are in category 3.

26 degrees forecast for Perth next Saturday... the weather recently has been a far more pleasant 22. Melbourne a nice 20 degree day so very nice to sip on a long drink while watching the saga unfold.