Diamond_Jim

Getting ugly

Hard to get a handle on VFL form given where Casey is as a team.

Strange cats those Crows

Verral centres the ball. Misses by 15 metres. Coburg goal

Coburg winless for this season and a perennial cellar dweller. Not the greatest by Casey

Tholstrup is plateauing. Gets a reasonable amount of the ball but not delivering that little extra

Not the greatest forward delivery by Casey.

Loving the dog in the sound mic

Lucky Freo left Perth yesterday as a refuelling issue has thrown Perth airport into chaos https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-01/perth-airport-planes-grounded-refuelling-problem/103922850 Perth Airport said a problem with load pressure in the fuel lines was causing the issue. "Further cancellations are expected and in-bound flights which have not already left their departure points will also be impacted," a spokesperson said in a statement. "Airlines have been advised not to send aircraft to Perth Airport until further notice unless they have sufficient fuel to make a return flight." It's understood some flights have been delayed since Friday night, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

Read that article last night. It suggests a number of possibilities for the reasons as to the level of injuries but none are conclusive. There is little doubt that it's a combination of smaller lists, lengthened seasons and shorter off seasons. With competition equalisation luck has now become a major player. The luck of the fixture, the luck of the draft, the luck of father son selections.. the list goes on

Ticketmaster supposedly hacked and now Ticketek. The available evidence at this time indicates that, from a privacy perspective, your name, date of birth and email address may have been impacted,” the company said in emails to people who had bought tickets through the company https://www.theage.com.au/national/ticketek-customers-private-details-exposed-in-cyber-incident-20240531-p5jiez.html

I've often thought of syncing Bang bang bang to the cannons of the 1812 Overture

Is he playing VFL tomorrow. I see we're playing at Coburg. An excellent venue (1:05pm Saturday)

Not quite They just beat the third placed team on that team's home ground by 6 goals

Time to get a King perhaps.... St Kilda forward Max King’s career is being wasted. The towering 202-centimetre key forward, selected at No.4 in the 2018 national draft, should be entering the prime of his career, dominating big games in front of appreciative crowds and emerging as one of the AFL’s premier spearheads. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/forget-the-contract-max-king-must-leave-the-saints-20240529-p5jhjn.html

I was a big rugby fan during its glory days. Once they introduced the international club competition and went behind paywalls I lost interest which I rarely regain. The more recent negatives at inter- country level were the "forever" dominance of the All Blacks and the increasing dominance of the long range penalty kick as the major means of scoring as compared to tries

As an aside Ticketmaster (the main competitor of Ticketek) was reportedly hacked recently and the data of 560M users is now up for sale. https://www.9news.com.au/national/ticketmaster-live-nation-hack-560-million-customers-data-reportedly-stolen/7c5baa93-eba6-41c0-8868-9f72e22c6128

If it is a concern limit the throw to 15 metres. We have that distance for bouncing the ball and minimum kick length.

31% of AFL players reach 50 games. I wonder how this stat compares with the above and mid season draftees

Might sound like an anathema to many but I'd be happy to see quicker decisions on HTB if you were allowed to throw the ball. Why is the handball sacred. We lost the place kick and the drop kick but no one screams. The time and place to trial it was with the introduction of the AFLW.

Pendlebury is out for the Pies... Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury has been ruled out of the blockbuster against the Western Bulldogs as the reigning premiers count the cost of their mounting injury toll. Pendlebury failed to complete training at Olympic Park on Wednesday, leaving the track early. The 36-year-old has been battling an arm injury since last week’s draw with Fremantle. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-orders-umpires-to-tighten-holding-the-ball-rule-20240529-p5jhhv.html

Good one Hector PS On reflection Jason's voyage pre-dated the seige of Troy but I like the segway

Some big games there If the Dogs beat the Pies and we do the same the following week that's definitely the end of the Pies' top 4 chances. Of course if Collingwood wins those two and we lose the next two that dire fate may apply to us. Gold Coast beating the Bombers would finish off the weekend nicely. Not sure who I want to see win between Port and Carlton. On the basis that we need to replace a top 4 side you could go for Port but hell a Carlton win... Another draw perhaps

Charlie's return now in the twilight zone

Grass is relatively spongey at Alice. Will take a bit out of the players and if anything favour Freo who play on similar surfaces. If we had the money as a club I would have been over there Tuesday for afternoon training but that was not to be. Need to kick accurately and win the midfield battle. It's a 50/50 game. Had it been in Melbourne (Docklands probably) it would have been a shade under 60/40 our way. It will be a tough game but one we need to win.