Diamond_Jim

Bad turnover and Swans goal

good connection by Woey to Jefferson

Great pass by Culley and Craven goals

Jefferson doing well

Front on

Good delivery by TMac to JVR who misses the mark

Yep... my error

Swans are 20th on the ladder (out of 21 teams) with only one win for the year. We're 13th on 3.5 wins (1.5 games out of 8) Should be a comfortable win but as usual I'll be looking for system and particularly forward movement and delivery. Tholstrup is probably the key watch.

Two results our way this weekend so far in the "Impossible Dream" Quest. Today's games are again pivotal with a Freo loss and and an upset win by the Tigers over GWS very useful. Not sure about Swans v Suns. Head says Suns simply to further remove Sydney as a finalist but for the absolute optimist (not me) you could make a case for a Suns loss

I suspect that in the scheme of things delayed concussion is worse than match day concussion. It's now more than concerning given his age and game style. Culley?

I think we can also thank the clubs themselves for that fiasco.

Sunday weather in the Alice looking even better 20 degrees and light winds No excuses

It's a medium size franchise business run as if it was BHP. Between the AFL hierarchy and the elite players (top 10 at each club) there's just too many people on the gravy train. Take away betting ads ( remember the AFL get a cut on every bet) and the loss making pay TV companies and you have a very shaky competition. In the short term I see increases in admission prices and memberships. Medium term North will go as there's no money/appetite for a twentieth team. NT government may be prepared to stump up the money a la Tasmania but it's a big ask for such a small economy. Eagles and Adelaide need to be super successful to drive the market in those two States just like Collingwood does here. Freo and Port don't really cut it.

In keeping with the game at a time mantra we need Collingwood to have a big win over the Hawks. Could get us that little bit closer but it's a tough ask to catch 5 (Geelong) or 6 (Hawthorn) who both have a two game and a decent percentage break. That leaves only 7 (Bulldogs) and 8 (GWS) as the only teams we can replace

If St Kilda park the bus we could be in trouble. Let's hope we get a decent lead in Q1 and the game opens up from there. If we are to go anywhere this game should be a regulation win

Definitely need a Brisbane win tonight to aid in the Essendon finals demise

Interesting article in the Age about our game last week. Ch 7 are criticizing Fox/Kayo for calling the game from Sth Melb instead of the MCG. I wonder where the call will be from for the Alice game. Calling a game off the screen is sub standard to say the least especially if they are getting the same feed we are seeing

Little known fact Duke of Wellington when he was an unknown General in India lead an invasion force to take the Phillipines (Spanish possession at the time). By the time he landed in Penang en route, Spain had changed sides again and the invasion was called off. You have to love Demonland for a cerebral discussion

I don't think so. It depends upon the game plan evolving. I've see the green shoots both at AFL and VFL level. We will have failures this season. It's the nature of the modern game. If both Tracc and Oliver have golden games post bye we might make the 8 but I see the first half of 2026 as being Goody's big test.

Our competition is in the 6-15 bracket for those who like to play ladder predictor Lose on QB (she lives) and it gets harder. With 11 games completed it's looking like 13 and percentage gets you in. Our percentage is not great but some in the 6-15 bracket are worse. Someone will play a draw so it could even be more complicated. In the immediate sense we need to pass Essendon remembering that they have the extra game against the Suns at the end of the season. (Notionally Suns are second on the ladder at present behind the Pies by only 1%). Anyway let's hopefully enjoy the next two weeks and see where we are. It's a very tough backend of the season as others have mentioned

I'm very concerned that we may not have a few spare weeks for "loading" before our finals series 😁

Not exactly hot in the Red Centre this Sunday Cloudy with a minimum of 6 and maximum of 20 (No rain)

Poor guy just has no luck in recent years

Sums up my thinking. Improving at Casey is a tough ask when we have so many talls there as well

Apparently Essendon have four spots open. The situation will likely change before the draft, but eight clubs have at least one list vacancy: Essendon (four), Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs (two each), and West Coast, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Collingwood and Carlton (one). https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/drafted-on-wednesday-play-on-thursday-the-players-dons-could-pick-up-amid-injury-crisis-20250526-p5m29y.html