Diamond_Jim

Minor improvement this year I think which is encouraging but I'd like to see some bigger steps in 2024. A solid contributor

Boundary line wingmen are so passe

Gone... Preparing myself for the Jackson like platitudes.... "We can only get what they are prepared to give etc" At the very least by staying he's stuffed up the long term salary cap planning. Bit like TMac when he went forward and we had to give him a big salary hike.

His post bye form did not build on the solid pre-bye form. Happy to put that down to first year fatigue. Our gameplan is a tough one for a forward. Quick one on one delivery is not our forte

Poppycock aka Peacock Go West said the man

Why oh Why is he here

I know about this but the fact remains that the land for any development is limited by Punt Rd on one side and Yarra Park on all others. It's a glorified postage stamp by comparison to the other new training facilities

No Tigers are Punt Road is limited in so many ways. Take a trip down there and you'll understand Collingwood will move to Fairfield within ten years

Good point We need to be far more aggressive with our positioning at VFL level. It's not just about winning at that level

Not sure I agree completely. I'm expecting him to be in the mix post bye 2024 His 2023 season showed real glimpses. Far more than I can recall from Weid at a similar time of his development. With TMac down back and Brown as the main decoy forward he should get a good try out at Casey

Have we missed out on a big opportunity at Port Melbourne.... A highly sought-after piece of industrial land in Port Melbourne will be turned into open space and sporting grounds after the local council won a bidding war, quashing the state government’s plan for a new primary school on the site. City of Port Phillip Mayor Heather Consulo announced on Monday the $38.8 million purchase of a 1.54-hectare site adjoining North Port Oval – also known as ETU Stadium – at 509 Williamstown Road in Port Melbourne and the wider Fishermans Bend precinct. The land was the site of an Australia Post warehouse. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/school-v-sports-clubs-the-future-of-this-port-melbourne-site-decided-20231218-p5es6q.html

Ah,,, the old volenti argument Discredited about 100 years ago A bit complicated for this thread but in simple terms either the player broke the rules and volenti doesn't apply or the sports administrator has allowed a sport to be played with inadequate rules

In fairness.. we've had a number of false starts. This one sounds promising but it has so many ifs and "stakeholders" that I'm not quite excited as yet

MRC are not known for gift horses... won't they want a commercial return on the land we are using. Annual lease fees against the already owned facilities of other clubs could be a big financial drain in future years.

Ah the deetails Careful.... the Devil may demand our soul !! Wither the VFL ??

Melb v Bulldogs at the MCG It was a long time ago with my father (not a footy fan)... 1962... I believe we won The next was Hawthorn v Melb at Glenferrie in 1964. Age 9 went with a few grown ups (11 and 12 year olds). Things were different in those days. Can recall a game at Princes Park in 1965 perched on the roof of a tin shed. Barassi's first game against Melb. We won. A few weeks later the Saints beat us and 57 years of failure began

Assuming the VFL still exists by the time Caulfield is built I wonder if we will play VFL games there

wrong answer... of course we go there unless Geelong asks to play them in one of their home MCG games. The real question is should Geelong be able to pick its opponents at the MCG.

The problem is not the list per se but the quality of the players on the list. A big chunk of talent and salary cap. Hopefully January sees them all off the list

Are you telling me it's an arranged wedding Bollywood.... here we come

Agree it's a big year as it is for Woewodin but I can't see Bill making it in the present gameplan. Perhaps if we moved the ball faster and more directly he could be a useful player. Hard to tell

But are you sure? I suspect that one of the reasons for our closed sessions is that deep down under the Casey Snake Pit we are cloning players only to release them on alternative game days. Secretly the match committee meet and decide which one of our clones will play it's obvious... why else would we be training in secret half way to Gippsland !!

I'm warming to secret plays. Spargo to mark the kickouts perhaps ? And then to Schache who just slips off the bench

Suspect it's as basic as not paying for cleaning/opening of public toilets but I like the theory of secret plays better. Kick out to the left to Gawn is of course in the top secret drawer

I laughed when I read that sentence. Perhaps we should ask the current players what they think their grandchildren would prefer?