Diamond_Jim

Tomlinson replaced by TMac... weird ... I suppose it provides ruck back up Hore for Bowey Taj for sub Not an inspiring team but we've not got much else BBB... who knows

Lots of complaining on various forums about the Kayo 4k shell game. Foxtel does show Channel 7 games in 4k so it is available. Some suggest it's a rights issue. Others say it's a capacity problem. Bottom line it's a lesser product. As an aside it's been suggested they have also removed the 5:1 sound channel from AFL.

1M is the new 800k Estimated that there will be 60 players on $1M a year by the end of 2024

The encumbent club has one big advantage in signing an existing player in their final contract year but it devalues as each week passes. Injury !! Do you take the 7 x $1M deal now or wait until season's end for the 6 x $1.25M but risk getting far less if you do an ACL. Raises the question of whether players should be able to sign with new clubs during the season as happens in NRL

Re-signed at end of 2022 for 23 and 24. Fox reports that GWS are now offering him a 2 year extension

It will be a fun year for Doggy supporters with both English and JUH up for new contracts. Eagles will throw the farm at English

Hasn't played much at AFL level (19 games.. 12 of which were in 2021). Not sure about his VFL form Ex basketballer with five years at the Lions Not expecting much but hopefully will surprise I like this from an interview he did with SEN when joining MFC “I can bring a lot of energy to the club, first and foremost,” Fullarton added. “On the field my skillset is not like Luke Jackson, but I sort of watch him play a lot and I feel like I can keep progressing and emulate my game off him. “I can get around the ground, I’m pretty good at ground level and I feel like that’s what I can bring to Melbourne.” https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/10/25/why-fullarton-departed-the-lions-and-why-he-ended-up-at-the-demons/

What a strange outcome where the bigger games get the lesser quality coverage Reminds me of how long it took to drag the FTA channels into the HD world

JUH is a bit of a Fritsch clone although skills are different. Assuming you have Petty and a resting ruckman plus JVR we get a little tall. It's a tough one Lose Petty at season's end everything should be on the table

It seems that few FTA games are in 4k. If this is right the whole Kayo in 4k thing is a bit of a con

Here's a link to the games in 4k for the first five rounds https://help.kayosports.com.au/s/article/Which-AFL-games-are-in-4K#one Looks like 5 games a week Our games for Round 1 and 2 are in 4k Not sure what is the criteria for selection as a 4k game but Friday night games seem to be rarely 4k Strangely Collingwood only has one 4k coverage in the first 5 rounds

No when given the picks were both expected to be around 14. Luck made the second year pick higher He was a pick 3 21 year old with proven high level skills. His $1M salary put him in the top 20-40 salary wise in the league Not saying we could have done better but we got nowhere near his future worth Jefferson in 2022 for example shows that pick 14/15 doesn't equal Jackson

A "football incident" and of course Cox was trying to protect the GWS staff from a wayward football.

Lot of love for Fullarton Beauty is by comparison but I do wonder how he will fare at AFL level 19 games in five years for Brisbane (12 were in 2021) Good luck to the guy. How was he at Brisbane VFL level?

Agree We should be rotating the fringe players through various positions at VFL level. Midfield is amazingly bare and same with smaller backmen. We seem to have a surplus of NQR HFF's

Do clubs really trade fair value We got nowhere approaching LJ's worth and if Petty goes we might get a high second round. Don't know much about Holmes... what is he worth (both pick and salary)

I suppose 4 weeks is better than 4-6

Yes he played . Got 2 goals but I didn't see any comments on his "movement"

Thanks Kev Perhaps they are trying light training mixed with match days (one can only hope) IIRC Buddy didn't attend match training for his last few years

A half fit Petty is probably better than the next choice I think they'll use BBB as the sacrifice forward if he's half fit

Ben King of the Suns was probably the one that got away from a lot of clubs. JUH will have a tough decision this year but he's not exactly a power forward. How North keeps its players I'll never understand

High goal accuracy level by Casey. If there is anything in the May niggle TMac may get an AFL game sooner than we think

Just checked the score on landing Deja vu

Hard to take a measure of the combined team. Lots of cusp players but we shall see what the morrow brings

On a loosely related topic if you've ever wondered how many people overseas watch AFL the NRL broke all records with their recent game in Las Vegas..... Wait for it........ Yes the TV viewing audience in the States was 61k Why do we bother NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo said the numbers set a new audience record for NRL games in the US, and were similar to some Major League Soccer games on Fox Sports 1. “These are positive signs in the first year of the long term venture,” he said. “We are proud of what we achieved this year in Las Vegas and have been blown away by how positively Americans have responded to rugby league.” https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/06/nrl-in-las-vegas-tv-ratings-rugby-league-2024