Diamond_Jim

Thinking the same thing DA. I see the game is at Colac ... the late Cliffy Young territory... home of gumboots and spuds

Travis Johnstone when on song could win a game off his own boot. He played the game as if he had his own time and space. Unfortunately we did not see it that often. His third quarter against Adelaide in a preliminary final will go down as the best quarter I have ever seen played by a Melbourne player. A conundrum ... you bet... Jack Watts x 2-3 in that department

2 of his goals scored from marking contests apparently

wish him good luck from us all

thanks mate .... good luck and happy watching

When you have time if you could let us know which of the MFC team are playing that would be great. Hope you can find a shady place as it is warming up as you say. 29 at 11:30 am

I think you will find that the idea of the "long bomb" is to kick over the defenders and allow the forwards to run onto the ball. The first Petracca goal came from exactly such a play. The ball that is no good is the one that is put on the forward's head so to speak that is easily defended

Taxes are paid on profits ..... have a think about your statement

thanks..I'll have a look at it

thanks DC ... can you give me an example of one please when you have time ... a post or PM whichever is fine cheers

The degree of incompatibility in the phone market sometimes astounds me. Love or hate Microsoft when they were dominant everyone built to be compatible with the microsoft interface which was made freely available to developers. Because I travel I use a "cheap" Chinese phone (Xiaomi) which is actually one of the world's most popular brands but for reasons beyond me it will not connect to my laptop when I want to transfer photos. I do it via Dropbox but why can't they all talk to each other. I worry that we are going to a large number of non compatible interfaces.

If you're interested, this is the test in layman's term from the ATO site and just to blow your mind the definition of a charity relies substantially upon a law passed in Elizabethan times (that's Queen Liz the First back in the 1600's) : Your sporting organisation will be exempt from income tax, and can self-assess its exemption, if it is not a charity and meets all of the following requirements: it is a not-for-profit society, association or club it is established for the purpose of encouragement of either of the following a game or sport animal racing it meets one of the three following tests physical presence in Australia test DGR test prescribed by law test it complies with all the substantive requirements in its governing rules. This means that your organisation must operate only in a manner consistent with its rules of core importance to its operation, including those related to its object and purpose and those relating to its NFP status. it applies its income and assets solely for the purpose for which it is established.

I posted this during the game thread and our wonderful Demonland host replied that our forward entry had been woeful for the quarter: It is from the AFL game day website and is speaking about the third quarter: "Despite the Demons winning the inside 50 count 16-12 in that third quarter, it was the Saints who found their efficiency, having ten shots on goal from their entries for a result of 6.3 (39)." That stat is so worrying on so many fronts but most damning of our coaching staff. We had plenty of the ball but failed to adopt our game plan to take advantage of our possessions. The four St Kilda goals in the first quarter ... a quarter in which we had total domination was also a concern. It was a practice game but those two faults are the ones we should have been practising as we often failed in these areas in seasons past.

SEN treated that game like a "practice run" ... not sure why they bothered turning up other than to give their producers etc a run. Listened for about 10 minutes and realised the comments on the AFL website provided better insight

Jetta. Garlett and Jones have had around 70% game time each for some very low disposal numbers. Anybody got some insight Thanks

Thanks DA the second line worries me given the natural ruck dominance we should have over the Saints

Ah... our boy Bugg ... when he kicks 'em you know everything is good with the world

Have not got a video feed How other than the 2 goals is Brayshaw doing BTW the 2 goals are great I suspect that Gawn was not in the ruck for the third quarter from the stats. (No problem but where was the game plan to counter that loss of ruck dominance.)

Our first Demonland meltdown for the year and it's only a practice game ... wowo

remember ... no negatvity We have had a great pre season.. the boys have been training the house down.. we have key additions etc etc This team has to prove itself and this is not how you do it !!

worrying stat from AFL website: "After an efficient first half inside 50, the Demons are struggling in this third quarter. Melbourne lead the inside 50 count 10-5 this quarter, but have recorded just one shot on goal, from a free-kick. " Game plan?

We are leading the hit outs 23-13 but are only ahead in clearances 20 -18 Imagine if we could take advantage of Gawn's dominance Would be very interested to see the stats on hits outs to advantage etc

11-5 (71) to 6-4 (40)

see where you are coming from but 8 goals to 1 ..game over 8 goals to 4 ... game still very much on. We need to put teams away when we are on top

So good was the AFLX that we are all off to Hong Kong for a jolly good time at seasons end ... Better book those airfares soon. Are you staying Kowlooon side (my favourite ) or on the island?