Diamond_Jim

Just one win out of 8 games in the Northern Territory.. batting average certainly needs to improve .

yep... just down the road from the Big wheel ... such a success ... not to mention the restaurants that fail almost by the week down in Docklands. The only good thing about the stadium is that it has a roof that stops the icy winds off the Yarra pool cutting you to pieces. Have you studied the number of failed theme parks in NSW? Does the 20th century Fox theme park ring any bells? Just have a look at the capital investment required per ride and then do the sums on the attendances needed to break even. And just to remind you Docklands Stadium itself was a financial failure... AFL bailed out the financiers by taking a long term playing commitment after which the stadium reverted to the AFL. The original investors including the State Government took a bath. The next battle for the AFL is how to renegotiate the deal that the original owners did with the Medallion club and its members. Not much return on those seats I can assure you.

you'd think Tom Mac would do a quick toe test before he got on the long plane ride... why wait till you get there to test it? Sure test it again when you arrive at the Alice to make doubly sure .. must love the plane ride !!

So of the four who travels ... Garlett and Pedersen leaving Hunt and Tyson to play at Port?

Have you read the Hilary Clinton campaign books as well mate.... must say I was thinking that recently about the MFC

Ah... confusion rains... The terms update and inflammation etc are the headlines on the NFC site but then it links to the old 2:17pm article A communications own goal again!!

agree... that link is timed at 2:17pm before he had had the scan

immersive experiences etc ... reminds me of the shaking movie chairs for Earthquake and 3D movies... such a success. Frankly selling out to a US comic book franchise kind of sits well with my thoughts on where the present AFL administration wants to take the game. Did you know that the US government passed a special law to ensure that Mickey Mouse and friends never went out of copyright whereas our old Oz characters are fair game.

unlikely... if anything it goes up as it will re- enforce in Tom's mind that this contract is his payday. Classic case of the Toby McGuire movie with Tom Cruise

another weekend with the 7/8 man bench Thursday selection is becoming increasingly irrelevant for the Sunday games. Pedersen, Spargo, Garlett, Tyson, Hannan ...and another two/three for the bench. I assume McDonald gets named on the ground and becomes a late withdrawal

Even if it's only a few weeks with the injury together with the Weid being out, Viney returning etc it would be nice for the team to settle down for a decent run together ....

almost instant these days if you have the doc (as I am sure they will have) there to read the scan results. A little longer if you want second opinions etc

If T Mac doesn't play which is likely given the precautionary attitude they will almost certainly adopt I would play Hogan forward and try to use Pedersen or Smith in Hogan's upfield role. IMO Hogan's upfield play has been one of the big pluses this year but until Tom Mac returned we just couldn't kick goals (which is the aim in AFL).

please don't give them ideas. TBH I now refuse to use the names simply because they change so often.

4-6 coming up.. it's always our luck

And of course there was the rise in the centre of the ground that meant if you were near the fence on the wing you couldn't see the other side of the ground. But of course there was the state of the art black (more brown) and white electronic scoreboard with video

welcome back

As an aside I was reading yesterday that Etihad (the airline) is not sailing as well as it once was with route reductions and a removal of the large government subsidy it receives from the Abu Dhabi government. Makes sense that they have stopped the sponsorship...

yep.. agree... the frequent name changes have made sure that it is forever known as Docklands. Hell.. I still think you get off at Spencer Street Station

5 goals last week for Casey with one miss IIRC

a very serious milestone indeed ....

Ethan ... that is almost worth a lifetime ban !!!

We've been busy singing the praises rightfully of a few players lately but I think the form of Nate Jones my be missed by some. His 2017 form was nothing flash but he is certainly back at his best this year if not better. No one deserves success more than Nathan.

Perhaps not any more... Hawks killed that when they cleaned out the "older players" two years ago. In their heyday the Hawks had a great internal ranking system that determined pay. It was simple ... no one got paid more than the best player in the club. Those days are well and truly gone. Now it's market forces.

Could not agree more. Visit Adelaide a lot for business. Crows supporters are "special." The closest we come to them in Victoria is probably the modern Hawthorn supporter. They really expect to win the flag most years. Port supporters may be rabid but at least they are philosophical (think Collingwood). Have not spent much time in Perth but I wonder if Eagles supporters are similar to those who support the Crows. Go Dees !!