Diamond_Jim

He's here. Doing okay but nothing fantastic

Goal and another miss for Port. Half time 12 points Casey's way

You're right and this is why we should use every tactic we can to move past Carlton while they're down. Chances like this do not come along often.

nah... Buckley said he's just a little clumsy... no malice... by the end of the day it'll be the other fellows fault !!

Fascinating to see the Pie's publicity machine at work in relation to the Mason Cox bump.

you'll get one because red and blue are Port's colours... we even share the same US theme song

A Saints, Lions, Blues, Bombers quadrella would be a great day to start the weekend

I assume he will be in NT with Pedersen. Not sure if Tyson and Hunt will be at Port either. Perhaps Drunk'n or KC can help us out.

you could be right.. I was thinking of him in the Bernie Vince role but I see Billy is 180cm compared to 186cm for Bernie. Not much difference really (2.3 inches) but maybe enough to make it a difficult proposition.

Pies in that third quarter were rebounding so easily out of Dogs fifty. Shows the importance of forward defensive pressure. Pendlebury, Sidebottom and to a lesser extent Treloar and DeGoey are their main movers. Neither team has good forward structure. If we bring our game we should have these two teams comfortably.

No we are undergoing an immersive and interactive experience !! BTW you do know that most of the club songs are rip offs of US military songs. At least Fitzroy/Brisbane have the French National anthem !!

After this week we play these two teams in a row so would be interested to hear about tactics.

But we aren't going to win everything.... unfortunately we're not that good. Dogs lose and they have to win 9 out of 13 to make the 8 .. very hard Basically you can take 8 teams out of the equation almost this weekend on that theory. And then there were 10 !!!

A Bulldogs loss takes them out of the race for the 8 almost.

So who do we want to win tonight's game. My head says Collingwood by a fair margin ... never thought I'd say that !!!

No... we are not Port Melbourne or one of the other favoured teams. #DitchDarwin has been a cause for many of us for years. Keep the Alice game but market it a hell of a lot better as a national TV spectacular. Now as to the MCG... who'd have thought they'd screw us !!

Any news about who is travelling with the team as emergencies.... I assume it is at least Garlett and Pedersen. Would like to see Hunt and Tyson down at Port tomorrow if possible.

Agree ..but of course they wear the sponsor's boot which has to be available for resale. Certainly not impossible to get handmade boots.... might be harder though to replicate the "air cushion" etc claimed by the high end boots. PS Just did some research on the NBA players and in the main they wear off the shelf boots with individually designed orthotic inserts.

what do you call cold... say between 8pm and 11pm ?

From Today's Age....... The topic heading contains my thoughts "But, assuming the club doesn't have a dramatic turnaround and it doesn't win more than four games this year, the Blues should also apply to the AFL for special assistance in the form of a priority draft pick. The AFL, based on the slightly vague criteria established for priority picks, should give Carlton an extra selection inside the top 20 in the national draft, with one important caveat." https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/why-the-blues-need-an-afl-hand-out-20180525-p4zhh6.html

Just wondering as to what the lighting is like at the ground and whether a night game is a possibility in the future.

interesting SWYL.... I would expect that the soccer boot is highly analysed but you make a good point perhaps the stress points are different in Australian rules

the State government maybe but I doubt it ... this was the days of privatization and efficiency dividends ... certainly the original bond holders did not expect to lose out. The stadium was never really part of the "subsidy" side of the Docklands business case. I will agree however that the movie production precinct was. This has been moderately successful but has always required heavy government subsidy simply because the movie companies play locations off each other for bigger subsidies and tax breaks. At least with the coming update of the stadium the State Government have admitted it's a straight out A$250M gift. So I assume no fancy bond issues this time around. I find stadium deals very interesting so DD please give me the benefit of your wisdom. In the US the stadium deals are mainly made public which makes it a lot easier to understand. Here you have to delve into the accounts of the participants or as is usually the case wait for the liquidator's report !!

I would like to see Stretch played in the back half for at least a half each week to see if he can develop into a Vince style role. Not sure he has the necessary instinctive smarts to replace Lewis in time but that is also a possibility. Also not sure that the midfield role is the place to develop decision making skills that carry through to the seniors. Thinking JKH here and worried that Billy is going the same way. Billy has this year and probably next to break into the senior side......... I'm sure everyone here wants to see him given every chance.

it's way put of kilter with our Melbourne performances even in the bad years ... let's face it other than the money the NT games are a total loss... hope they go very soon