Diamond_Jim

strangely enough we could still win this but somehow I do not care

wind has dropped to 20kms with occasional gusts up to 30..... it hit its peak 15 mins into the first quarter at 41 kph Not sure what if anything it means but I thought I would mention it

why do we choose to play in heat against a team that trains week in week out in warm conditions. Probably makes little difference in that we are so bad but it demonstrates what a joke of a club we are to the rest of the comp.

From the AFL website: Aaron Hall was phenomenal for the Suns that quarter, with 10 disposals, five inside 50s, five score involvements and a goal. He also had an incredible 448 metres gained, the most in a quarter of any player this season. Jayden Hunt has been Melbourne's best metres gained player this year, averaging 450m per game. He had a total of negative 11m for the quarter from just three disposals.

most of our kicks were up and unders that fell short in the wind When we tried to run and carry we stuffed up the handballs Lucky GC are bad but honestly we thought we were a top 8 team ...

terrible venue .... terrible time slot Crowd looks like a VFL size crowd..... And we wonder why this team is going nowhere

ANB !!!! and I thought Bugg was a bad shot

our last three games against GC in Alice have averaged out at losses by 7 goals .... so if we beat them by 21 goals we will have a winning average !!

low scoring game and lots of easy misses considering the venue Thought it would be a better game ........... I found last night's a bit of a yawn .......... tired of scrappy rugby scrum type play I suppose

didn't notice the wind... could be a factor if it continues at that strength. It is however predicted to lessen later in the day: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming south to southwesterly 20 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening

25 degrees at present Based on recent days it will be 29 degrees at game time dropping to around 20 degrees by the end of the game. http://www.bom.gov.au/nt/observations/ntall.shtml?ref=hdr just scroll down for current temp in Alice and surrounds

strangely enough I agree with you but as usual it will mean nothing if we do not follow it up with a few more wins. Looking for some stand out/good performances today from a few players... Oliver, Hannan and Wagner are the three I will be watching. The performance of the last two is vital if we are going to salvage this season. Very tired of the revolving trios of ins and outs.

Jurrah would have put this club on the TV map not to mention the neutral supporters had he been successful. The way he played together with his background was a marketer's dream. Alas it was not to be. On a more relevant note the indigenous round papers over the treatment of Goodes in the last few years of his career by many opposition fans. The average footy fan has a long way to go.

On a slightly wider note it seems that this year could be a big one for trading. Listening to Peter Gordon (president of the Bulldogs) yesterday he made the obvious point that clubs are looking at a 20% increase in the salary cap over the next five years. How individual clubs spread that around is mainly up to them. Some may choose to invest it in one or two players with back ended deals etc. He mentioned this in the context of say North going after Dustin Martin. With our five or so key younger players it will be interesting to see how MFC decides to play the game and of course the likes of Oliver or Petracca could be the subject of big offers from other clubs.

Not as bad as them playing the Port theme song instead of the Oz National Anthem in China a few weeks back !

Late to this technology but it seems that Foxtel Go is the way and then split the subscription costs with a few mates. Not everyone needs it on both phones and laptops. One approved connection per household for example and then chromecast or whatever to the TV and it is around $15 per moth assuming a 4 way split. Completely legal and to keep everyone honest you pre pay the Foxtel for say a year and then if people don't kick in for the next year by say month 10 the primary account holder cancels it. Am I missing something or simply catching up with the way it is done anyway ? Seems that the same works for Netflix , Stan etc if not better because if you are overseas these services do not seem to worry about geo blocking

Swans V Hawks 12th v 17th who would have thought it Hard to see Hawks getting up but would not mind seeing the Swans get a little more humble pie.... Their success in recent years is staring to make some of their supporters Hawthorn like in their arrogance... (yes... I am insanely jealous!!)

The indigenous debate has thankfully moved way beyond themed rounds of football. If anything the AFL is hijacking an important issue for marketing reasons. Hate to say it but they have done the same with the ANZAC day fixture.

here..... the coverage in NT is a bit of a misnomer .. the total population of NT is less than 250K of which half live in Darwin The population of Alice is around the same as Mildura !! Even if half the town came to the game the crowd would be just over 10K It really is a Mickey Mouse game

Indigenous Round... we are playing in the Alice etc.......... you would think that we would be a story but in reality ......... no one cares.......no FTA, no press As I understand it the fee for these away home games is around $500K per game (not sure who pays for travel etc)..... $20 per member and no more of these ridiculous journeys

Was using the AFL Watch as an example of current pricing of the AFL product. The seller according to my invoice is Fox Sports. Hard to see that any stand alone offer would be at a lesser price as I assume AFL watch is a not much if anything of a profit centre. The AFL Watch has pretty well everything that Fox Footy has as far as I can see. It runs yearly but effectively no charge for the off season in the sense that it is $33 for a month and $198 for 12 month. It actually promotes its ability to be projected from your tablet to the screen unlike the local Telstra AFL app. As the season wears on they have in the past offered discounted fee packages to reflect the remaining season.

Thanks.... the Watch AFL service sold to overseas watchers (which is close to your desired requirements) is $33 a month or $198 per year. If I understand correctly the minimum monthly spend for Foxtel package including footy is around $80 per month

Good Point......... Out of interest what would you be prepared to pay for the AFL channel on a monthly/annual basis

Hard to get excited about this game. A win would be nice but unless they follow it up with a few more wins the game means little. Will be looking for a few positives such as: Continued development by Hannan Wagner showing why the selection panel like him ( would help if he cut/dyed his hair so I can distinguish him from Hunt) Oliver to have a great game by foot as well as hand

Great post.... well balanced and informative Reminds us that the players are just young men and we armchair critics need to chill out sometimes.