Diamond_Jim

Stop being "petty"... this is serious !!

Hi Deeko How are the Redcliff Tigers going these days? Remember going to some games in the early '80's. Very good and passionate crowds. I wish someone would stump up the money so MFC could play its NT games in Mildura. The local district population exceeds that of Alice Springs so it's not as silly as it sounds from a club development viewpoint. Cheers

Can someone explain why we did not/could not rookie AVB and then see how he went at Casey. Early days but not looking like a smart move. Hope I am wrong.

you're probably right but if we could improve the accuracy he would make a useful addition. Definitely on trial for 2018 but I suspect the modern unstructured game might suit him in the sense that at least he can find the ball unlike JKH and others

let go of the past... the latest stuff up was three weeks ago......still rather current I would have thought. The MFC needs to be held to a standard and 2017 was not a good example in so many ways.

No it's a small taste of what will come their way this season. I don't care about whether they did the camp or not but it showed abysmal connection between the coach and the playing group. This was another stuff up by a club that seems to move from one mini stuff up to another (need we mention the finals tickets email !!)

Relied in the main on the full back playing on IIRC. Love 'em or hate them the Shaws were excellent in those running back roles

Starting to get a little concerned about how long it is taking Timmy Cahill to find a new club. At his time of leaving Melbourne City, Muscat opined that Timmy had already lined somewhere up but it is now one month later and nothing. Hard to think of a club that will give him good service and also be prepared to take on a stop gap striker that wants guaranteed game time. A genuine conundrum which I hope is quickly settled. Of course he may take the view that as the A league is ending in around a month he really has little to lose by not playing in that league. Perhaps a third level European club might be an answer (assuming he can't get a second level club)

oh hell.........let's go for first and home finals all the way !

Ditto OD for a "pass mark" .... for a "good season" I have 6th and one finals win as my benchmark

so right OD .. we have a very low bar to beat

Ah.. is this the prelude to the "training the house down" thread. A normal MFC pre season ... hopefully not a portent for a normal MFC season.... Not sure I can take another 2016/2017

Don't recall "the depth" shining in 2017. Three Casey regulars have their AFL careers on the line. Same with Vandenberg.

Makes one think the AFL has an agenda.... and guess what.. MFC is not part of it

Have often wondered about the economics of SEN especially outside the AFL season. Talk back personality radio is a high price model by comparison to say Smooth FM where you just have one presenter to the whole of Australia who "pretends" to be in each city.

They did indeed.... I still have nightmares about the "rent a crowd" cheer squad dressed as orange bananas !

10 points for who they beat...

Have we....?? I see a lot of potential but none of them have taken a match by the scruff of the neck as yet.

Could be right there LdC.... Had a look at their membership site and they sell a special package to ACT members. Strangely enough the ACT could turn into a better market long term for GWS than Western Sydney. Manuka stadium is very well located and the ACT population of 400k (mostly middle income) is a reasonable base to work with as a one team city (Brumbies and Raiders aside). Also offers the possibility of road trips for Victorian based fans thus avoiding high priced air fares etc.

Vale the Zephyr for 2017 ... may he come back and sweep all before him in 2018. In the "old" days there would perhaps be talk of putting him over the jumps but alas no longer

HI Drunk'n.....Casey is 54k from the CBD. Most people thought Waverley was a fair drive but that was only 27k from the CBD. Most of the VFL grounds are within 10k of the CBD and have a lot of character. Williamstown on a sunny day is fantastic... a short train ride from the city and some great fish and chips. Coburg is similarly well located and the list goes on. For a CBD based team Casey was always going to be a hard sell. PS I think my favourite is a trip to South Melb market and then a short stroll to Port's oval. At $5 with your MFC membership it's a fun day out. Not sure why we can't share Punt Road with the Toiges on playing days (or perhaps Princes Park) and then have all players train at Gosch's paddock. I suspect the reality is that we get a cheap deal out at Casey and fan following/comfort is not a priority for this competition. A pity because it could be community football at its best with a little work.

Interesting figures for GWS membership. It shows a membership of over 20k for 2017 but I cannot remember them attracting crowds of much more than 13k for any of their home games not to mention their 15k for the final against West Coast. Must be some arbitrage system on GF tickets at play methinks.

I went to about 6 VFL games this year featuring Casey but did not venture out to the Casey ground itself. Really enjoyed the experience but based on the attendances it is hard to see a case being made for substantial investment unless the various grounds can be turned into multi use facilities. Not sure what the future is for VFL but it certainly needs some changes if it is not going to die a slow death.

The Shanghai game was a loss making game that was subsidised to the tune of around 2million by the AFL. That equates to a subsidy of around $200 per attendee. It was a flop and will probably be worse this year given the lack of novelty factor. Port may have grossed $4million but the costs were extremely high. The ones who made a little bit of money were the Suns but as they are an AFL funded club it was just one pocket paying the other.

Interesting Dr G... I very much agree Geelong is a god case in point. Would not be surprised if they play some of their bigger games down at Karidinia Park and make it a high priced ticket affair. I suspect that they would do better with 35k ticketed game as compared to 65k at the MCG where 20k or so are MCC and AFL members