Diamond_Jim

Tried to find a picture of the famous hired Orange Bananas who made up their original travelling cheer squad but perhaps this could be their new traveling uniform Mind you the sad thing was that we lost the battle of the Orange Bananas and gave the GWS their first MCG win. Yesterday was enjoyable pay back.

mmmmmmmm then again if the VFL final is played on Sunday we may just be looking at that scenario for a few players. Makes it very unlikely that Viney would have a run for Casey.

Your comment re Petracca ... always looked likely ... is a perfect summation. He teased us with what we may see in the next few weeks I hope.

Have to agree re Fritsch ... not that he did too much wrong but could not seem to get into the game. Would have thought the open style of the second half would have suited him.

That was an enjoyable quarter. Let's repeat it

Were you here for the famous hired orange banana game

So for the benefit of us at the game what are the reports on Tyson and melksham Thanks

Great mark by gawn

Starting to show some real promise

Giants ball movement very precise

Not a great crowd ten minutes before the bounce. Decent queues at the ticket boxes as few were open

I like the sound of the Berwick end. brings back memories of when I fought at Culloden with my Celtic cousins

Almost the Clayton's finals .... yeah we get one but never see them... mind you that could be the easiest thing for us supporters !

plus they (Collingwood) beat us

For a brief magical moment there we almost got presented with a rails run but we will now have to switch to the outside. No one on one sit for us .... out in the death I am afraid

Sounds better than the C407 end ... perhaps we should name them ... a poll perhaps ??

I was starting to have some serious optimism there for a while

yep... what a tease that was !

who is Brody Mihocek

Promise I'll listen to the Dockers theme song at least twice on YouTube if they win. Do they have a Mormon Tabernacle Choir Version?

8:8 a piece Brother !! a big last quarter coming up

A lovely day at Casey with the faintest Zephyr blowing towards the (what do you call the end furthest from the sea.) The first half was close with great and frequent tackling by the Demons preventing the Seagulls from breaking away. Garlett played well and honours were shared between both teams. At half time it seemed that the Seagulls switched into another gear. They found space around the packs and their short kicking game started to take its toll on the Demons. In fact in the third quarter the Demons had few forward entries. The opportunities for Garlett dried up but the Demons managed to stay in touch until the last ten minutes or so when it seemed that it was free kick Seagulls time. What was particularly disappointing was the ease with which Willy got into scoring positions from behinds kicked by Casey. In the last quarter Williamstown took control of the air as well as the short kicking arena and kicked away. I'll leave it to the experts to discuss the finer points of who contributed what but I would say the Garlett's first half was good bordering on very good. His second half was much quieter but that reflected the team as much as him. A good first VFL final could see him back in the mix. The bacon and egg rolls weren't bad but I'm afraid I must rank them behind the Burra burger and the Frankston sausage sizzle. My first time at Casey Fields. Could do with some more trees but otherwise a decent ground lacking the heritage atmosphere of many of the old VFA grounds. From my time walking the field the ground was very soft which surprised me given the lack of rain. It was one level off near mud in some spots. I look forward to heading out again next week (especially since I now know where to turn off the main road to avoid what was a very pleasant drive through the new suburbs) and with the return of some key players

Very interesting

sure will young Willmoy. I consider that the savouring of culinary delights can sometimes exceed the pleasure of watching the football. The famous Burra Burger will however take a lot of beating

As I understand it free agency was bought in as the quid pro quo for the AFLPA not challenging the present restrictions on the basis of restraint of trade. Anything that reduces the ability of a player to maximise his wage will be resisted. Your suggestion which sounds sensible could in practice reduce the amount offered by the higher ranked clubs so it would be resisted unless it was part of an overall renegotiation including reducing the number of years before free agency applies. It's time for the AFLPA to perhaps become a little more transparent about its longer term goals. There are so many competing interests and it is hard to believe that it can be even handed when representing all those interests.