Diamond_Jim

I think we would all die happier but I shall not hold my breath

Take away the footy and you have cricket and soccer with a bit of basketball. The cricket this season was lacklustre and due to its early start (date wise) and short tours was difficult to embrace. SEN soccer coverage is great but it is not prime time. Basketball... well it isn't mainstream Perhaps they should take a leaf out of Smooth FM's book and just play music over summer with the occasional extended sports reports.

Interesting you raise this and a great idea to mark the passing of your father in the way you propose. I have considered the Darwin game but for various reasons have not gone. There does not seem to be any effort by the club to arrange packages ..... perhaps it is all AFL travel or whatever they outsourced it to. Even some info about logistics of getting to the ground. seating etc would be useful. Unfortunately the airfares to Alice Springs and Darwin are some of the most expensive routes but with some early booking it should be cheaper.

As Guru Bob once so famously said: "When two big men fly for the ball... only one can find Nirvana"

Think Gunston perhaps as an example of what we need a wonderful forward but he gets the ball by leading and positioning. Rarely have I seen him take a contested mark.... he doesn't need to. Would love to see Watts develop his leading skills

not be surprised and wait to see what happens in the following four matches. The reality is that if we cannot win games such as the one against St Kilda we have not improved

Love it when this Board goes mathematical. Reminds me of all that probability theory we discussed in the run up to the finals last year. Pity we all got the probabilities wrong in the game against Carlton!

If you assume North is outside the eight we have 13 games against teams outside the top 7 of 2016. Win all 13... which is pretty well what the Dogs did last year and you are in the 8. We should be able to do this but history says otherwise Our first 5 games are crucial. Lose 3 and season is almost over. So ..... in short ask me again after 5 rounds It is far too painful being optimistic about the MFC

Yes....but as the ground is now owned by the AFL they will not risk the playing surface..... wait a minute it's only the Saints v MFC so who cares... not like it is the EFC or any of the other power clubs

Well it is the biggest game of the year (as seen through the eyes of the EFC)

Thanks Wiseblood. I see Stefan Martin is dominating in the ruck

Bulldogs down by 25 points mid way through second quarter against Brisbane Would be grateful if someone could comment on the relative strength of tonight's team against that fielded by the Dogs in last year's grand final

So very true Cannot help but wonder if in a few years we will be reading about all the disqualifications from the recent Rio Olympics. The performance of a certain female swimmer definitely raised my eyebrows and sent me off looking for her past performance record. On the Wiggins affair just like the Bombers it needs to be made an offence for the player to ingest something without proper records. This might stop the fiasco of the dog ate my homework excuse. Finally what does this say about the recent dominance of the UK in track and road cycling. Naively I was thinking that the sport had cleaned itself up.

Getting beyond a joke Irrespective of form the pressure that this badly handled media fiasco will put on the man is unacceptable.

so for the big question..... Do we continue the zone for Round 1 or do we tag Riewoldt?

And you guys think you have it hard. I was going to India last month but they cancelled the note equivalent of the $10 and $20 notes. That represented 86% of the currency on issue in a country where 90% plus of the transactions are in cash. To say it caused chaos is an understatement. Came to Hanoi instead. Not much eftpos here but the bia hoi (fresh beer) is cheap!!

sorry.... slow internet here and missed the last goal of third quarter. We were up by more than 50 at one stage AFL website is all over the place .... it is showing agoal as rushed??? GOAL Demons ( Rushed)

no live coverage here.... did we rest players or did we have the usual fade out

The picture quality on the Aus Plus network is woeful. Another fail for non core broadcasting NRL is top quality so it can be done

A blistering well written article... well worth the read.... another snippet: "Those who were at Windy Hill at the time recall the chain of command and attitude of those running football was so inappropriate to that of a professional organisation that if the injecting and dangerous drugs regime hadn't happened some other scandal would have eventually brought them down. "

Interesting ..... if that recording was done in NSW it would have been illegal but in Victoria if one of the persons present made the recording it is legal irrespective of whether the others in the room knew about it. Frankly it is an amazing development.... not in what it reveals but as proof that there are many with different agendas who will not let the matter rest. I still think Danks wants to tell all but perhaps he would like to be paid for his version. Maybe we could start a crowd funding to get Danks' story!

The point made by Choke re the relative absence of free to air coverage is very valid. It remains a fact that the air time given to MFC on free to air in Victoria is minimal. I suspect we are one of if not the least featured Victorian club on FTA. Foxtel will never have the audience of FTA and as Netflix takes over, its audience will continue to decline. Sure it will pay big money for the AFL rights as it goes through its death throes (assuming it does not re-invent itself) but the MFC needs to ensure that we do not suffer as part of that process. Delivery of coverage (read audiences) is vital to our sponsors and the well being of the MFC. An integral part of that audience is the increasing online audience who clearly demand a product far different than that which Foxtel is prepared to provide.

In these days of Trumpism anything is possible when it comes to the news cycle. I am beginning to warm to this idea. Give me a few days and I will believe it.... give it a few weeks and it will be a fact on Demonland.... two months and it is widespread alternative truth .. Yeah... let's rewirte history ......... after all that is what EFC are doing re the gang of 34 !!

We could try Chrysler http://www.autotechreviews.com/start/index.php/news/item/544-dodge-resurrects-the-demon-brand-for-upcoming-challenger-model

If we are to rise we must do what the Bulldogs were able to do during the home and way season..... beat the teams below you. Sounds simple but our losses to Essendon, Carlton and St Kilda (yes they finished above us in the end) were the difference between where we finished and a spot in the eight. Beat the teams outside the eight (assuming they are the same as last year and North drops out) and that is 13 wins to us. Add in a few upsets against the remaining teams in the eight and a higher position (say 6 or 7) opens up. We actually only have 9 games against teams from the top seven of last year compared to 13 against the bottom eight (notionally including North in that group). Sounds simple and the MFC supporter in me is pessimistic but that is the way to achieve success. Drop a game against a lower team and it negates any loss against a higher team. Here is an interesting article on how Chelsea sits nine points clear on top of the EPL table. Its record against the other top six clubs in nothing stunning but it has in the main beaten the bottom 15. In games between the top 6 Liverpool is the leader https://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2017/feb/08/chelsea-premier-league-lead-by-title-rivals Of course this is only the home and away season.... finals are different Hoping for a good ride in 2017 before the GWS juggernaut becomes unstoppable