Diamond_Jim

Hopefully Oscar to beat Norris on the latter's home track. If it's the other way the WDC is wide open. Storm who are in third place play the Cowboys (12th) in Townsville. As it's State Of Origin week could be an upset. Storm have been hot and cold and have lost a few close ones. And of course there's cricket with Australia playing the Windies and England playing India in a ripper of a series in UK. AFL..... does it matter anymore. I'm more interested in the Tasmanian elections and the Devil's saga. (Tasmanian politics are very boring) Edit... sorry I forgot Wimbledon. With a number of the top seeds dropping is this "the Demon's" year to go deep into the tournament?

So Stan won the EPL rights (formally announced today) and also announced today a $5 per month price increase. As Stan Sports is an add on to the movie/TV Stan the price is now $32 per month Let the games begin

Just saw the replay in an Age article. He could be "gone". Remember the VFL player who jumped the fence and flattened a spectator in the Army Reserve Cup at the old South Melbourne ground. Those were the days !!!!

With the season over effectively for nine of the 18 clubs my mind has turned to the nature of our competition and to wondering if like the EPL we need parallel competitions to maintain our interest. The bottom nine are now only playing to "shape the eight". Having done that for 20 plus years after 1964 it no longer floats my boat. Is there something else after death?

No quick answers as we all know I'm afraid we'll be celebrating minor wins as we struggle each year to make the 8. 5 of our best 22 (May Gawn Melksham McDonald Salem) and maybe Lever will be gone by the end of 2027. We're hamstrung by high worth extra long contracts so attracting replacements won't be easy and it will become increasingly hard to keep any up and coming youngster who stars. The bright spot as I see it is that the new style of football may make it easier to find players. 6 foot quick players who can kick and handball on both sides are the future as are forwards who can find space. The latter don't need to be big and tall anymore. It's all about space and delivery. Financially we'll struggle as memberships and attendances will at best plateau. Oh well C'est la vie as it has been at most times as a Melbourne supporter

Casey were probably even worse proponents of the gameplan judged on their first half yesterday

Congrats to him but shame that Melksham kicked 5 goals. He's not the future

Hell no The big win out of this game was more goals than behinds and Sharp just stuffed that KPI

A brief slither of light just stamped out. So quickly Blink and you miss it Reminiscent of our few years as a good team

Starting to look and feel ugly

Only watched the first half What happened to the great corridor play of a few weeks ago. They were obviously trying the connection game of handball and short low kicks but in the main the handballs missed and the kicks were so low they hit the ground half way. Lever needs a rest and a reset. The modern game has left him as a dinosaur. He was always an up and under with his kicking style and he is easily bypassed by fast delivery into our defensive 50

The errant handballs and the grubbing kicks... Keystone cops is four levels above Suns are way cleaner so its clearly not conditions.

Casey midfield being cut to pieces this quarter

Unwatchable scrappy football by Casey. Pack after pack with handballs in hope and scrappy kicks. Not worried about a win but the complete absence of system is concerning. Hopefully it improves

I'm generally very complimentary to the camera work and commentary at VFL games but this is bad. Zero funds obviously

No reason to run Lever into the ground in an irrelevant season. 2026 is where the game is at

If Lever plays I'll be amazed/disappointed. Similar but not quite as strong on Windsor

Yep we definitely missed that boat The memorabilia was rather meh as well. Straight out of the blank T Shirt press shops seemingly

Shaping up as a resignation game A pity

I can't see the method in these changes. It brings back memories of revolving interchange players but worse. I very much hope Windsor and Lever don't play VFL. They both need a re-set Tholstrup and Sharp... good luck Jefferson...?? It's not so much the changes but the lack of method and planning

If it's the latter Picket Fence might get his wish Is there time to get a flight PF ???

In the "bad years" our over 25 talent was almost non existent in some years. The list is now more balanced with players who are immeasurably better. If I have a complaint it is that we got no "discount" factor in the salaries demanded by our players following our 2021 flag. On LJ he's not coming to Melbourne FC but I'd love to see him leave Freo

If correct Nine drove a hard bargain and moreover they have signalled to the EPL that the rights have almost halved in value since Optus bought them. Amazing and should send a chill through those sports who thought that media rights only go one way price wise. The decision not to buy Optus Streaming itself was another interesting element. The remaining sports on Optus will be concerned as to their future exposure

Port v Carlton is a Stake in the Heart type match both on a team and coaching basis A rather uninspiring round otherwise unless there's a big upset. Hawthorn v North at the Cold Bowl might be interesting if it's not a low scoring slug fest. (Why you would play that game at 4:20pm in Tasmania is beyond me)

Local basketball league did the same thing after it left Channel 10 all those years ago. It had a great spot in the early Sunday afternoon with recognised players and teams. Nowaday's other than the Jumping Jacks or whatever they're called I couldn't name a team