Diamond_Jim

Remember going to the '87 first final.. sat in the Ponsford stand... had an esky with a nice french rose, pork pies and a good cheese from DJ's food hall. Good glasses of course.... Those were the days !!

needs to be trialled in the lower leagues for a few years and allow some momentum to build (if ever). Last year was a gimmick and got a few along but this year the novelty factor will have gone... Here's a left field idea... $500k to the winner and play it amongst the teams who miss the 8 in the end of season bye week. Move the carnival between the four AFL cities each year and have the Brownlow on the Monday or whenever suits that weekend. Make the players accessible when not playing the games and turn it into a "fan celebration" or similar.

I agree but who kicks the 2-3 goals that we would have hoped Kent would kick... I think that is why Hannan comes in the place of JKH or as some suggest... bring in J Smith and allow Fritsch to roam forward. Either way it's most likely JKH out... but then again I think most of us have been wrong when it comes to selections this year ?

Not Spartacus... please Pompeii ... remember what Ptolemy did to you!

if we are serious as a team this "should" be a good solid win on Friday.. 30 points and then who knows. The odds of four on the trot are low given our performances in big games this year and our inability to stop run ons but I am relatively confident of a win on Friday night (one caveat... we need to nail the set shots).

Little doubt that they will flood our forwardline and rely upon their midfield to cut us up on the rebound. We can either apply forward pressure and maintain ball control or relax the press a little. What we cannot do is bomb the ball to the 30 metre mark and then watch it come sailing back over the defensive press thus putting the likes of Hawkins etc one on one. The problem with our game plan is that it only takes two 15 minute bursts the other way to undo all our good forward work. And of course we need to kick reasonably straight on goals..2 goals 6 and the like for a quarter will kill us. PS: Against WCE our midfielders got caught a few times disposing the ball into the 50 as they were lowering their eyes. Didn't mind this at all because it gave us a chance to reset downfield from the resultant free kick rather than bomb inside the forward 50 and watch the ball come out in an uncontrolled manner. Not sure I put much weight on the GWS game as other than controlled ball movement in the first 15 minutes GWS were not on their game. (Lovely to see the win though.)

The next two games will be Friday and Saturday nights for TV purposes. We have to be playing in Melbourne so I assume it will be Friday against Hawks or Richmond. The other game will be in Melbourne ... Collingwood v (a Sydney based team) or in Perth .. WCE v (a Sydney based team)... as they all play on Saturday this week and particularly because travel is required they will get a Saturday night or if in Perth .. very late afternoon (6pm approx) game

Tim Smith ... relieved by Pedersen.. Tim could have been nearly BOG but he missed several set shots.. has kicked something like 11:23 for the season according to the Casey radio commentators

still showing guest passes and general admission available for AFL members as well as reserved seats https://membership.afl.com.au/week-1-qualifying-elimination-final

about time there was a foxtel equivalent for newspapers... don't mind paying but the idea of paying a sub for each (used to love occasionally browsing the NYT for example) means that one naturally gravitates toward the free on line portals such as The Guardian

lucky they didn't kick straight ..... PS... was wondering why it was played so early in September but of course that was the year of the Sydney Olympics

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