Diamond_Jim

No problem with the media pumping up our tyres as it will lead to more attendances and better exposure for sponsors. What will be very damaging is if we get pumped up and don't deliver ... not talking premierships.. just the home and away season. A crowd of 90k on QB is worth a lot of money if we can swing it. The kind of money that might make it easier not to sell games to NT. It's "fun" being a Dees supporter this month which is a feeling we have rarely had for ten odd years. Long may the "fun" continue.

if there was an injury to Hannan or Fritsch (not wishing for that to occur) his inclusion would not surprise ... particularly if we were talking round 18 and his VFL improvement remains on track. There's definitely something there... he may elect to go to another club next year if he can't break into the Dees.

yep... remember that mark... I assumed it was Weideman but asked somebody in the crowd and they said it was a new guy called Fritsch.... a very special day

Leaving for Russia this weekend. Having a few days in Moscow on the way to Kazan so I will try and give you some colour pieces as I travel. Our tickets arrived this week.. luckily as I was not looking forward to having to collect them in Russia. As one poster put up on another forum... What could you expect when I am in Australia going to a game in Russia buying tickets from an organisation based in Switzerland that has them printed in Italy... what could go wrong.

Is the NRL Friday night game still chosen by Channel 9 six weeks out as it used to be? According to Wikipedia it still is but I am not sure. "The Friday night game is considered to be the most watched game of the week and many NRL clubs have openly stated that they appreciate the publicity given by these matches. The Nine Network choose the game they consider to be the "match of the round" 5 or 6 weeks in advance. This system has both positive and negative consequences, as it increases the likelihood of a good game played between two in-form sides, but does not allow fans or clubs a large amount of time to know on which day they will play in any given round ." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Football_(NRL)

Not according to the article,,,, AFL have had better TV audiences since 2011. "At the halfway mark of the season, the NRL is set to eclipse the AFL as the most watched football code on TV in 2018. If current trends continue, the NRL will have a higher premiership season audience than the AFL for the first time since 2011. " I find this the most worrrying comment: "Compared to 2017, AFL TV ratings are falling even faster ... down 13.9 percent to the end of round 9, while the NRL season, which began two weeks earlier, has recorded a drop of only 0.6 percent to the end of round 11. " Ground attendances are good but they aren't where the money of the future lies.

No you're not the only one. Where Dogs had an okay 2016 and then a very good finals series the Tigers had a great 10 week stretch from around mid July. Five games out from the finals I had picked them to miss the 8 but they did their supporters proud.

The AFL TV product this year has in the main been poor especially the prime Friday night games. NRL also have a Thursday night game which gives them another slot to gather ratings.

BTW why wasn't the Alice game played during the indigenous round? Seems that culturally speaking it is as important if not more important than the Richmond v Essendon night game. Thought the paid advertorial by Daisy and BT was very amateurish. I'm sure it could have been done a lot better by others. Loved the cameos by Gilbert McAdam and the starring role of the "tree". Definitely looking at coming up next year but obviously I will have to make sure I buy my tickets in advance. PS: Now understand that it is the Pastor Doug Nichols week and we kicked it off.

On the rest theory I have seen a few clubs "managing" or resting some players but correct me if I am wrong it is not widespread. Cannot see it happening given the 9 day break that follows this game and then the bye. Spargo played a very solid game so not him. Vince looked fine as did Lewis. You can't rest Max and the midfield is working like a Swiss watch.

Took Tim a while but he may just have done what CBDees imagined 18 months ago. Thought he looked like as though he belonged on the weekend. Strong and not easily moved off the ball. Real competition between him, Pedersen and Weideman for that third tall spot.

Casey play Williamstown at Williamstown next week. Hibberd played his first game for us at Casey in the opening round against Williamstown last year along with Weideman and Pedersen.

Was surprised to hear that the ground capacity is as low as 7,000. Not sure it's a long term proposition at such a small ground.

Almost impossible to make a case for a change .... NO Change. Weid and Pedersen back to Williamstown.. almost deja vu save that instead of Hibberd they will have Hunt off the backline. Next week should be a regulation win if we are the team we wish to become.

Went to watch Casey yesterday play Port. One of the things that struck me was that whereas in the past a player would look to kick a goal around the 45 metre mark yesterday the Casey players would look for the handball/kick to a player closer in. Was thinking of making a post last night. To a large extent it didn't work for Casey. ( In fact I criticised Oskar Baker for not backing himself from around the 40 metre mark.) Imagine the surprise when the 7 commentators in the Alice mentioned the accuracy of the Dees and Daisy chimes in to the affect that they were passing off so the kicks were within 20 metres of goal. In a period of AFL football that includes remarkable inaccuracy I think this is a very important part of our game plan

It's not just one player of course but the addition of Gus to the midfield has just made us so more powerful as a team. I think he will soon be paid the compliment of a tag.

North beating Freo in the west... perhaps it is time I gave them some more respect.

welcome ... this thread is for all games of the round except the one the Dees are playing. Not to worry just cut and paste this one into the post game thread. Great to ave you on board. '87 and '88 were very special

Just thought I would bump this thread. We are only at $1400 of the $3,000 the guys need to keep this site going as well as they do (if not better). Come on guys and gals .. time to board the Demonland bandwagon and take out an annual or life membership. Go Dees and thanks Demonland

Great win ... absolute team effort. Let's enjoy it

ahhh I think she was being critical of the AFL expanding the comp without proper analysis and reference to the clubs.

Simple humidity readings can be misleading. It is a measure of what water content the air will hold at various temperatures. For example in Melbourne at the moment the reading is almost 60%. Being inland the relative winter humidity of Alice would be low We had this discussion last year and yes SWYL it feels a lot more humid where you are. We'll talk about it beofre the Darwin game I am sure

he's not a strong kick as yet .. but give it a year or two !!

the similarity (TV wise) of those two jumpers is laughable

The Richmond President mentioned on radio yesterday (3AW) that on some studies it may well be 2032 before the expansion clubs turn a profit. She went on to say that this was significantly later than had first been projected. Queensland is a very difficult market. The Bears/Lions have been there for 30 years.. won three premierships and are still showing a loss. Attendance yesterday 18,000.