Diamond_Jim

years ago I was on the fringe of one of the consortia looking at buying the airport. The carpark was the main revenue earner then and probably still is despite the increase in retail tenancies. They stuffed the whole airport when they built the first carpark and the hotel. If they had moved it back say 50-100 metres they would not have many of the bottleneck problems they now have. Fancy having a departures lane with a pedestrian crossing from the car park ... engineering at its best.

Point taken but the two wins in the JLT probably told us as much as these games will tell us about our ability to mix it with the power teams. Agree wholeheartedly re your comment on the game plan .. like others yet to be convinced that it will take us anywhere meaningful.

Round 2 and 3 are almost nothing games in the sense if we win they tell us little as to where we are against the other teams vying for 5 to 12 in the comp. Lose on the other hand we can kiss a spot in the top 4 goodbye.

Might go along and watch the Giants pummel the Pies and then head over to Richmond for a meal and what I hope is a stress free game.

Interesting given our NT games that there is no effort by the club to establish a fan experience at a venue. Not a fan of Casey but the idea of a big screen and a curtain raiser of a VFL game seems worth a try.

an example of where the bigger clubs can invest their money to remain at the top, size wise. The fan experience or whatever you like to call it is very important.

just looking up Winx' prize money to date and came across this interesting point: Unlike many elite racehorses, Winx does not have a particularly long stride – her stride was measured at 6.76 metres (22.2 ft) compared to nearly 8.5 metres (28 ft) for Black Caviar and Phar Lap. Instead, her success has been attributed to a "freakish" stride rate that allows her to take 14 strides every 5 seconds, compared to 12 for her rivals. "This means she can settle or accelerate at any time during a race," said Dr. Graeme Putt, who has studied the science of racehorse success. "I think this makes her unique."[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winx_(horse) Would have loved to see her at Ascot.... perhaps we can get some stars from overseas to come and contest the Cox Plate. I see the second favourite for the Cox Plate is Humidor which is a little like ground hog day.

Perhaps a little harsh but the sentiment is correct. That was a game we should have won ... at the MCG.. Dangerfield out and an early injury to a key Geelong player.

The next VFL game occurs after we have played round 3 which means the emergencies will get a run but the flip side is that in a period when the seniors have played 3 games the emergencies (which are those on the cusp of selection) have not had one game in which to display and hone their skills.

Once again the VFL scheduling leaves a lot to be desired. With 4 emergencies being required in Brisbane, senior players will wait yet another week for some match practice. It could have been played on Sunday or even Monday. Would love to hear how the VFL schedule is integrated into the senior schedule if at all.

strange thread no real comment to make except to say come back if we lose to Brisbane ... then our season is in trouble Need to turn 7-4 to make the 8.

Midday on Good Friday for this match Pity that is is not Sunday or Monday as that would give the AFL emergencies a chance for a run. The VFL schedule certainly seems to be a strange one.

No problems with Gawn ... (would have loved if he had kicked it) As so many have said his game , along with that of Oliver and Petracca were the highlights of a gut wrenching loss.

certainly not the dynamic player he was in 2016 ... challenge is to show that he can do it again. If they are going to tag him then Salem or Gus has to step into the breaking the lines mould.

We just have to capitalise on these three plus Gawn and Oliver. Long time since we have had five players who could definitely rank as A graders and even challenge for the longer term tag of elite.

Ash has a long history on this Board and I will think you will find he is welcomed by many.

Hi Ash ... welcome back to the board. Your comments are as usual always welcome. Daniher is a very good forward and I fully expect him to rank among one of the best before he hangs up his boots. In our win against the Bombers last year we were lucky that he didn't kick straight. One thing that amazed me is how the Bombers managed to sign him up for around the $650k per year mark. He is almost certainly a million dollar forward or very close to it.

The more one reads this thread and as others have said there has been some wonderful analysis it becomes blindingly obvious that whatever the game plan be it was not executed to the overall benefit of the team on Sunday. It gives me a lot of hope for the season and moreover we now have two games in which to further hone the game plan before we hit a string of must win games in Hawthorn, Tiges Bombers and Saints. Not belittling our opposition for the next two weeks but let's be honest if we cannot put Brisbane and North away easily our season is not going anywhere. Would also like to see some evidence that our coaching staff are thinking strategically. What was Goodwin thinking in placing a second gamer as a tagger on one of the games most elite players. It was a ten to one shot at best.

Time to win big and snuff out the idea that we are open to being beaten by the lower teams. Go Dees

The second quarter was worrying but lets remember they kicked 5:3 in the first quarter as well. Our system (which is much bigger than our defence ) leaks goals. In the second half we tightened up but the Cat's inaccuracy did hide that we could have been easily scored against. If we are going to play this game plan it is relatively clear that we need to score heavily to win. That probably means around 120 points. Do we have the forward structure to regularly kick 18 goals 12 or thereabouts? If not we need to restructure our defensive system.

Won't happen but I would like Australia to stand out of international cricket for the year. The way we play cricket is toxic and a circuit breaker is required. To argue that everyone does it and that we are just taking the rules to their limits etc etc is just not good enough. As to those directly involved I hate to say it but two year suspensions are in order. That is light.

agree with everything you say Nasher but I don't see Brayshaw as fringe .... when on song he can be top 15 if not better

These guys are obviously taught to run certain patterns into the forward line and if we get our delivery right the two of them have the potential to cut defences to pieces. Up to the mids to learn how to deliver the ball to the advantage of these two guys.

No VFL matches makes it hard for Spargo to get a gig (one practice game I think ?). I think we could do worse than consider Bugg for someone ... perhaps Hannan Brayshaw has to come in. Frost is seeming to have his papers marked like Dunn and Garland before him.

Goodwin is not often challenged on this board but questions have been asked. So far he seems to be repeating his errors which for a coach is not good. We lost today first because of Geelong scoring easy goals on the rebound. Nothing new but that's a coaching error. Secondly our forward delivery was haphazard... okay to be quick but just banging it in so it can be rebounded is again bad coaching. Let's face it there haven't been too many games won by Goodwin's tactical genius.