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Diamond_Jim

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  1. JUH to the Eagles is my guess They will land a very big one in the next two years Dogs can't go anywhere with their defence
  2. A dog does play a part in Ted Lasso The fictional Richmond FC has a greyhound as its mascot... no more spoilers... fantastic feel good show
  3. Left for overseas yesterday so will miss this one Pirhana Park, Coburg is a lovely well located ground. If nearby get along. The local craft brewer used to have a tent there for those who like a beer. Parking should not be hard either in the car park or in the side streets and a short walk to the ground.
  4. The sub rules in 2021 required as I recall a medical opinion before activation. Sure some clubs were very lax about the threshold but if JJ had come on someone would have spilt the beans thus impugning the medico. I like the May replacement theory though. Continued play when we had the game won was outweighed by the medical risk (albeit a slight risk) of severe tendon damage
  5. He's number 1 on the depth list at present. How do you retain such a player? The same conundrum as Bedford/Chandler at the end of last season.
  6. Law of marginal returns A good key forward rewards more than a $700k second ruck who has limited ability in another position If Max was retiring end 2024 it might be different but he's contracted until end 2025 2023/24/25 is our window
  7. If a player develops a career ending injury post contract (contrast with aggravation of an existing injury) the AFL rules allow a negotiated payout if approved by the AFL. The amount of the payout that is outside of the salary cap is part of the negotiations with the AFL. Doubt that it could be used for TMac but it might be a possibility for BBB.
  8. The report from Ch 7 that the Collingwood salary subsidy was only payable if he played for MFC is worrying if true. Substantially reduces the benefit and viability of a trade
  9. Not the place to discuss Bailey Laurie but we simply have too many of the same type of player (small half forward) with no one of them being a standout. AMW is another. Laurie form at VFL level seems to have plateaued but it can sometimes be hard to judge in that comp. List decisions are still several weeks off though
  10. Doesn't sound too bad on Petty from the video but perhaps a rest for next week's game "recovering well from sore ribs which were hit again last game and will be re-assessed later in the week" paraphrased
  11. Lots of good points but your best is the relative benefits to the teams finishing 1-6 and in particular the lack of a sufficient advantage to the top 4. Interstate members of the top 4 get a real advantage from home ground advantage. For Melbourne clubs..sorry it's what happens when you have 10 local teams
  12. I like it in the sense that 7th and 8th in an 18 team comp is not a great season result. These 2 teams would get home ground advantage against 10th and 9th respectively. Realistically 7th and 8th rarely kick on so it gives interest to the nothing weekend. At the same time I would be happy to reduce the season length by a couple of games and put in a 2 week mid season break. I'd even support a Qld gather round in the colder months
  13. I think top 4 is locked this weekend if Brisbane and ourselves win. We would need to lose 3 or 2 (by a percentage damaging margin)of the remaining 5 to be catchable by a team that wins all 5. You could argue that we can catch Brisbane but if they win this weekend they are still one game plus a big percentage in front. The 5-8 spots are almost impossible as the margin between 5 and 14 is so close
  14. On pinching songs/tunes some of the younger ones may not realise how slack copyright laws were even in the 60's. In those days the local Australian music studio bosses/radio DJ's would get the latest singles from the UK and literally allocate a song to local artists for recording. Royalties, permision etc were unheard of. Life was simpler back then with your FJ Holden
  15. Chandler is fighting young Taj for a spot not Spargo. We are presently going one tall short in the forward line. When that tall returns whoever he is that's when things get interesting
  16. Buckley coached Grundy either as assistant or head coach for Grundy's entire career. On Fox he was skeptical about him playing forward. Sure... it's one opinion
  17. Interesting....from the web The original music is from the Gendarmes' Duet (the "bold gendarmes") from the 1867 revision of the opera Geneviève de Brabant by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), which debuted in Paris in 1859. On the Grand Old Flag Written by George Cohan of Yankee Doodle Dandy fame.... The original lyric for this perennial George M. Cohan favorite came, as Cohan later explained, from an encounter he had with a Civil War veteran who fought at Gettysburg. The two men found themselves next to each other and Cohan noticed the vet held a carefully folded but ragged old flag. The man reportedly then turned to Cohan and said, "She's a grand old rag." Cohan thought it was a great line and originally named his tune "You're a Grand Old Rag." So many groups and individuals objected to calling the flag a "rag," however, that he "gave 'em what they wanted" and switched words, renaming the song "You're a Grand Old Flag".
  18. Realistically? Is there a chance of Hawks passing Freo
  19. Sorry GoF will always be a jingoistic US knock off The Crows song is arguably worse being that of the US Marines !! Amazing France has never complained about Brisbane/Fitzroy using the National Anthem of France Time for a reset of the knock offs IMO
  20. The next six gives us time to get a lot right if we are to challenge in finals. Adelaide seem to play a less skilled version of the Collingwood gameplan so that will be a good place to start Ideally we need the Cats to lose one more. Having them 1.5 games behind us is a little worrying especially if we drop a game
  21. Watched ANB carefully on the replay. He struck me as one of the few players that took risks with his kicks. Sure some were to one on ones where the other side prevailed and there were a couple of clangers but if those risks aren't taken we go nowhere. It's not as though we are awash with skilled pin point distributors a la Collingwood
  22. A draw would be almost perfect
  23. Agree Assuming Port lose today We'd need to win 6 and they'd need to lose 3 Won't happen Mind you Port also have the game against Adelaide ??
  24. Those first 4 goals from Collingwood off half back and straight through the corridor were terrifying. No team stops those