Diamond_Jim

Thought they might have gone for one more mega club down there to sell some more superboxes. Not many "great" games at a stadium we the taxpayers have spent a fortune on

That fixture is missing round 23/24 It's Collingwood

On the crucial element of five-day breaks, only four teams – Adelaide, Melbourne, Richmond and St Kilda – have been handed two. Essendon, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Sydney and West Coast have escaped without any.

Bit tired of playing the Dogs early in the season. The fixture seems increasingly fixed in boringly grey cement

why not 7:20

It used to be tradie radio in the sense that it was background noise on building sites. Not sure what it is these days. Very difficult to build a national network as the national synergies in radio are few and far between. Perhaps ad selling but for that you have to deliver the required demographic. The other one that is looking down the barrel is Kayo. Losing sports.. no summer blockbusters... mainly free to air copies for AFL games.. price gone up... no increase in picture quality. The value proposition is fast disappearing for many as it fights for a place in the house streaming budget. Even Youtube doubled its prices last month. Addin Netflix with their ban on password sharing, the actors and writers strike in USA (no new content for possibly a year) and you are looking at a perfect storm for this sector

Another salary cap play as far as I read it. Assume it is just a one year deal but with Brown, McDonald and Melksham all likely to leave at the end of 2024 we certainly have a lot of spare salary cap for something

nice... looking forward to Collingwood making the trip in the near future. Cannot see the older brigade of Geelong handling that trip very well. Bulldogs lost that match last year and their follow up match in Melbourne. Together with playing an SA in Gather Round the three losses ended their season. In a season where most games are decided by under 20 points every little bit counts

game over

Don't think I've seen one effective handball from our players

The run and handball works against the less skilful sides but it is shown up by the hard tackling sides that crowd the pack

scrappy game Dees can't break free Early days

yes whoever designed to double header was a bit dumb last year. Be surprised if it gets many more than 25k though unless they give out lots of free tickets

That is my nightmare. It's the only reason I'm in favour of the Alice Springs game which has IMO outlived its usefulness.

The SA free hit Thanks AFL

if Adelaide make the GF do they still get home ground advantage against us should we win our next two?

So you're thinking we should throw in a few dairy heifers? Like it Jersey or Frisian?

Plus a farm and a surfboard

Would like to think we could do a reverse Luke Jackson for Reid end of 2027. My guess is that some Melbourne club will make the mega offer. He could be the first $2M a year player. If he lives up to the hype he'll easily command 6 x $1.6+ in 2027

the unwarranted or delusional belief that one is being persecuted, harassed, or betrayed by others, occurring as part of a mental condition. Ah but we are not paranoid because....the belief that one is being persecuted, harassed, or betrayed by others, occurring as part of a mental condition. is totally warranted when one follows the MFC

Listening to the radio this morning they reported on a Womens Big Bash game played last night at Casey Fields. Is that "our" Casey fields? I assumed we no longer had the cricket pitch issues. Hard centre square area etc

Missed the news but what is meant by "Round Zero"?

Why would they push back. Playing an away game at your home ground is something most clubs wouldn't complain about. AFL should squash it themselves as they need to make Docklands profitable

Now that they can seat 40k there's no reason for the big clubs to avoid the ground. Frankly I expect that GFC will want a few mega home games simply because the local crowd will demand it. Their problem is making big money at the MCG where they play 3 games. Conservatively they need 70k plus at the MCG to match the revenue they receive from 40k at Kardinia Park. The simple answer is drop the MCG. Not stupid in that given how much taxpayers have spent on Geelong it should be fully utilised

Timing appears not to be our strong suit. Dominate the competition before television. Membership and revenue compromised by having a sizable percentage of supporters as MCC members Win a premiership while your membership is locked in their homes with a curfew. Trying to get interest in a training ground when the days of the big build and low interest rates are well behind us. Perhaps we can ride the AI wave to glory because there aren't too many other surf breaks on the horizon