Diamond_Jim

There's an article in today's Age about Pendlebury that is on point... The point of this is not to illustrate that Pendlebury is a good player. Anyone with opposing thumbs and even a passing interest in football knows that, but it is said to appreciate that he has never not been a good player. He has never stopped being a good player and, at 35, he shows no sign of going quietly into the night. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/he-could-break-the-games-record-the-remarkable-ageless-scott-pendlebury-20230322-p5cudk.html

Would have been a BT Sports feed I expect. I wish the AFL would publish what it receives for overseas rights. It wont be much but I think we'd be surprised by how little it is. My guess is that they would do a lot better not relying on the foreign cable/streaming companies and upgrading the Watch AFL platform. At present Watch AFL is afterthought

Had we won last year we might now be discussing the "Dynasty" word and perhaps we will in the future. Pre 2018 our list was almost unique in that we had few players in that post 27-28 years of age that you could rely upon to play a very solid game week in week out. Think North's Harvey as an example, Post 30 year old stars have often had multi years of high paid contracts and can be sensible about taking a few dollars less in the outer years. In the short term we have Gawn and May entering the over 32 zone and in the medium term we have Salem and Lever followed not that long after by Oliver and Petracca (and perhaps Brayshaw). How we manage these players individually and in a team context will to a large extent determine our success in the window beginning say three years from now. It's a pity that none are key forwards as that seems to the most common position for longevity. Not an immediate issue but if we want to remain a finals force these are the hypotheticals that need discussing. Of course the game could take another turn tactics wise that renders older players obsolete. Another way of discussing it could be to analyse if Hawthorn's management of its veterans was worse than Geelong's and if so what lessons can be learnt.

For the price WatchAFL has to rank as one of the worst platforms in modern sport streaming. It's almost designed to fail. One has to wonder if it's run by the same people who designed the new VFL competition.

Like many games accuracy on goal will decide this one. Both ourselves and the Dogs left 4-6 goals each on the table last week. Get that goal to behind ratio to around 70/30 and the game is ours. Three big ins for us.. hopefully all fit and match ready. Cameron had four possessions last week. Is he waning? Expect to see Gawn scragged and Oliver tagged. With Sydney next week this is a big game in the scheme of things Dees by 20

not too many book depositories in Casey from what I've heard

Brilliant... I'd be very interested in knowing what question you framed. You can almost see a tree dripping with cliches but it's good. Scary what these apps will do as they self learn over the next ten years

Applying the Jesuit theory now is the time to grow the long term supporter base How about offering North and Hawks members a free entry with their kids for a game. Give them a scarf. The publicity will be enormous given the over reaction that will occur in some areas. Dare we do the same offer for Essendon supporters

6 weeks for a finger injury... poor guy... was looking forward to seeing Taj as the sub in Perth Joel Smith aka The Invisible Man

JVR not playing in the seniors practice matches (save for one quarter) means they have a plan for him. What it is I have no idea. Will be watching the Casey game closely on Saturday

I'd be tempted to rest Gawn as well. Grundy is a real plus in our armory Will be a fascinating season on the rotation front if injuries are low

Thanks.. was about to check the weather... Sounds like a warm one Rotations and sub use will be important

we need our over the fence training watchers.. Picket Fence where are you

Probably correct but a budding conspiracy is better. Where are they training.. the only place we have that is capable of being "closed" is Port Melbourne

"Cameras Only" so not closed training.... Very interesting as they used to say. What should we read into this

Agree...Was amazed how often the Dogs did the dump kick out of defence. It was like 2022 first ten rounds again. Made it comparatively easy for Tomlinson and Lever to defend Wonder what tactics Brisbane will adopt

On the far right of the MFC web page you will see a tab for hospitality. At present there's no mention of the Alice game. I suggest you email the club and register your interest. The packages people are very responsive in my experience

Not the news we were hoping for

Petty initially ducked which caused Naughton's arm to go over the shoulder. It was the correct call even though the lingering nature made it look unusual

unless things have changed...yes byo chair/ blanket .. enjoy the grassy knolls AND please report on the bacon and egg rolls

I do believe we have entered the zone of enjoyment Go Dees

well we went into the zone of death at a 26 point lead and failed to break out. Here we are again... Need to get to the 34 point zone of comfort please

Sorry .. the Age picture was of a fist by Kozzie to the chin of McCrae

Already a big picture in the Age Flush on the chin by the looks of it

wow...