Diamond_Jim

Playing in Darwin is another level of discomfort for visiting players. If this two week schedule is to continue visiting teams need to be selected on some form of strict rotational basis. GCS have a good advantage in that Southern Qld in early May is still warm by comparison to Victoria. Then there is recovery time. Games on Thursday night followed by the next round on a Sunday for visiting teams should be the rule. The Darwin curse derailed the Bulldogs season last year as they lost to the Suns and then lost the following week. (Missed finals by one game) Sure you can say.... anyone, anywhere, anytime.. but Darwin is different Avoiding Darwin is now my only reason for supporting our Alice Springs game. I used to be a big fan but now I believe there are better ways to support the local community than token bread and circus shows

You would think that Salem will play. If they wanted to give him a light run there's a Casey game on Saturday. He's not making the trip as an emergency. My guess on the final interchange is McAdam, Salem Brown and Woewodin with Tholstrup as sub

Yep Fullarton and not Verrall Salem being listed is interesting. With Langdon out Hunter will be wondering why he has missed out

Fullarton or Verrall in the squad... I'd prefer Verrall but I think Fullarton. I also think he won't make the final cut BBB and McAdam for game day

With great respect... We Got this Will Dees by 42

This one should have been fixed years ago.... All this rule has changed is the eagerness of players stepping out of the goal square during kick-ins, to secure cheap, junk possessions and distort the game’s statistical records.

Last year I was watching Celtic in the Scottish FA Cup final. For the first half the commentary feed failed but the crowd noise came through. It was bliss

Amazon Prime has the exclusive Australian rights to the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup in USA. A different value proposition to AFL but it does demonstrate that the mega streamers will go into the Sports market. Sky Sports has the UK rights and Willow TV (a specialist cricket streamer) has the US rights. Disney has the non TV rights for India with Star TV holding the TV rights

If the mega streamers come in they will try and buy rights to one game. Friday would be their preference or Thursday if Friday is not available. The issue is that Kayo would scream blue murder and threaten to substantially reduce its bid. Kayo (Foxtel) already pays the lions share of the rights money for a rather raw deal. Can't see it as the cost of providing a standalone broadcast and commentary team for one match for a six month period would make the deal highly unattractive. Then again Kayo could team up with the mega streamer delivering kayo a lower rights price for the gamble that the loss of one game to the mega streamer will not impact its overall subs. Frankly as WSW mentions I cannot see a mega streamer being interested in a one off deal in a small market. For them it just doesn't scale and would take up more management time than its worth (unless kayo presented them with a complete package wrapped in a nice bow.) Also need to remember that the mega streamers are hemorrhaging money and are not so ready to buy market share as they were a few years back.

Thought he might be... Source?

Agree As I said if I was the Bulldogs I would have traded JUH (to whom they are paying $1M) and got Weitering at $1.5M. They are failing in the backline big time but with a key pillar down back they would move up into the next bracket.

Agree... this should be factored into the list selection and the annual plan for any player over 28. We need to think about doing the same for Viney and May for example If we can get these players through to 34/35 in top condition then list balance looks completely different. I'm starting to think that given injuries of around 5 players is the norm for most clubs our list sizes are perhaps too small by say 5 players.

A bye would have been more sensible if this joke of a competition was better organised. Stupid fixture given that Lions AFL team are playing in Brisbane on Saturday night so they'll be keeping back players as well. Should be Brisbane v Richmond on Sunday morning

I said 18-26 Salem aside. Depth is important. Turner and Hore are in best 24 Nothing much left at Casey these days JVR is a one week anomaly

Should make it easier if anything assuming no massive community backlash. Our issue is oval exclusivity (even modified exclusivity). This proposal will include a degree of exclusivity so as a community softener it's good for us. Of course MFCSS suggests that we could become the AFL's sacrificial lamb.

Sorry.. he's (Dusty) better off at GC Saints rumoured to have made a $1.5m per year offer for Weitering Should have been the Dogs after trading JUH https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/revealed-saints-massive-offer-to-make-weitering-one-of-the-richest-players-in-the-afl-20240514-p5jdj6.html

Those injuries are piling up again. Sure, Salem aside they are on the 18-26 level of players but the tank is running thin when you add in Brayshaw and Smith as well

Fullarton went off in the last quarter of the Casey game with what was later reported as a knee strain. I suspect he was off having scans yesterday so he could still be in the mix

He's certainly in the mix. Most of us Casey watchers have him in front of Fullarton. Neither are particularly good in the ruck but Verrall is the better when the ball comes to ground. Marking around the ground they are both okay with neither starring.

It seems that football ovals in the middle of race course is the new thing. AFL heavyweights have expressed an interest in building ovals and change room facilities in the centre of Moonee Valley racecourse under a long-term lease agreement. Such a development could provide a high-performance centre for umpires, act as a training base for visiting interstate teams and help service the sport’s growing demands at suburban level. Several sporting organisations – including soccer, rugby and a golf driving range company – were all looking to lodge submissions with Moonee Valley Racing Club as part of an expression of interest process to utilise the course’s infield. Submissions closed last Friday. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-off-to-the-races-league-could-build-ovals-in-middle-of-moonee-valley-20240514-p5jdhb.html

Determined to take this game lightly. Hell we have enough hard ones. Dees by 42 or more

Just saw that the game is 6:20pm Sunday AEST. Gives a new meaning to graveyard shift for TV watching

With injuries and a few heading to Perth as emergencies we might see see Boy George back for Casey (We play the Lions at 11:05am at Casey)

Given both Turner and JVR out BBB looking more likely

10 of the 14 eligible AFL participants outside the top 8 in the VFL Geelong the only top 8 AFL team to also be top 8 in the VFL 4 of 8 non aligned clubs in top 8. Will be interesting to see how the trends (if any) develop... (byes make interim analysis difficult)