2018 AFL Season

[MW]

Great for drinkers!

No, North Melbourne get ALL the early Sunday games.

Well at least it will be limited to 22 weeks...

[Wedgie]

Great for drinkers!

No, North Melbourne get ALL the early Sunday games.

Shocking for drinkers, early games allow you to get to the pub for happy hour.

[amber_fluid]

Great for drinkers!

No, North Melbourne get ALL the early Sunday games.

Shocking for drinkers, early games allow you to get to the pub for happy hour.

And the problem with that is?

[Spargo]

Great for drinkers!

No, North Melbourne get ALL the early Sunday games.

Well at least it will be limited to 22 weeks...

Going out on a limb there, Nostradamus...

[Spargo]

I just checked the draw for Geelong and they came top 4 and only get one prime time home game and thats against the poorest supported team in the comp.
That doesn't overly bother me as we will pack the place out no matter when we play most weeks similar to Adelaide would but I thought there would be a bit more consistency/common sesnse.

Easter Monday v Hawthorn, 90k at the MCG - Geelong home game.

[Wedgie]

I just checked the draw for Geelong and they came top 4 and only get one prime time home game and thats against the poorest supported team in the comp.
That doesn't overly bother me as we will pack the place out no matter when we play most weeks similar to Adelaide would but I thought there would be a bit more consistency/common sesnse.

Easter Monday v Hawthorn, 90k at the MCG - Geelong home game.

Not prime time and proves my point about teams that regularly pull big crowds no matter when they play, would be the most inconvenient day of the weekend to attend. Good Friday on the other hand.......

Geelong and Hawthorn could play at noon on a Wednesday and still get a massive crowd.

Not much of a home ground advantage for Geelong either.

[Corona Man]

I just checked the draw for Geelong and they came top 4 and only get one prime time home game and thats against the poorest supported team in the comp.
That doesn't overly bother me as we will pack the place out no matter when we play most weeks similar to Adelaide would but I thought there would be a bit more consistency/common sesnse.

Easter Monday v Hawthorn, 90k at the MCG - Geelong home game.

Not prime time and proves my point about teams that regularly pull big crowds no matter when they play, would be the most inconvenient day of the weekend to attend. Good Friday on the other hand.......

Geelong and Hawthorn could play at noon on a Wednesday and still get a massive crowd.

Not much of a home ground advantage for Geelong either.

I’m certainly not driving all the way down the the sleepy hollow to see us get flogged!

[Spargo]

Public holiday
Stand alone game for the day
Prime time enough

[Corona Man]

Now I think about it some more, Easter Monday we will be driving back east from SA. Miss Corona in the car (Cats supporter) she will be dishing it up to me from the back seat. Still I can drop her off at Horsham, and she can make her own way back!

[bennymacca]

I just checked the draw for Geelong and they came top 4 and only get one prime time home game and thats against the poorest supported team in the comp.
That doesn't overly bother me as we will pack the place out no matter when we play most weeks similar to Adelaide would but I thought there would be a bit more consistency/common sesnse.

Easter Monday v Hawthorn, 90k at the MCG - Geelong home game.

Not prime time and proves my point about teams that regularly pull big crowds no matter when they play, would be the most inconvenient day of the weekend to attend. Good Friday on the other hand.......

Geelong and Hawthorn could play at noon on a Wednesday and still get a massive crowd.

Not much of a home ground advantage for Geelong either.

Standalone public holiday games are as prime time as it comes

[bennymacca]

Also about tv ratings more than crowd numbers

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2017-12-03/gf- ... tv-ratings

[Wedgie]

Some decent grand final packages on sale, get in quick to avoid disappointment.

https://afleventoffice.com.au/grand_final_packages.asp

[mighty_tiger_79]

Some decent grand final packages on sale, get in quick to avoid disappointment.

https://afleventoffice.com.au/grand_final_packages.asp

Certainly wont have to worry bout with the Cats.

[Wedgie]

Some decent grand final packages on sale, get in quick to avoid disappointment.

https://afleventoffice.com.au/grand_final_packages.asp

Certainly wont have to worry bout with the Cats.

Doesn't matter, always a fun day out.

[Jim05]

Some decent grand final packages on sale, get in quick to avoid disappointment.

https://afleventoffice.com.au/grand_final_packages.asp

2 guaranteed tickets already with the ability to purchase 2 more so hoping like last year a team makes it that has suckers willing to pay top $ and can fund next years OS holiday

[Booney]

THE rumours are right — sort of.
Foxfooty.com.au understands Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin did offer his resignation following last year’s training camp debacle — but the comment was in the heat of the moment.

His off-the-cuff remark was immediately rebuked by chief executive Peter Jackson and the club’s hierarchy set about formulating a plan to put the drama behind them.

Multiple sources confirmed Goodwin threatened to leave, but said his words were amid a flurry of emotions after it became clear the players went behind his back to get the training camp cancelled.

He never truly contemplated abandoning his post.

In the corresponding two-night pre-season camp in Goodwin’s first pre-season in charge, Dom Tyson dislocated his knee and Christian Salem had a brick fall on his head. Both players were injured but there was no immediate medical assistance on hand to assist them.

When several players made independent contact with AFL Players’ Association staff after the 2017 camp was announced, the AFLPA knew something was wrong.


Whatever the players’ concerns were, they felt they hadn’t been heard by Melbourne’s football hierarchy. Not every player felt this way, but enough to prompt the AFLPA to prompt delegates Tom McDonald and Dom Tyson to open dialogue with the club.

Melbourne assured Tyson and McDonald everything was OK. But it wasn’t.

The players — as many as 14 — remained deeply concerned. The prospect of repeating the camp filled locker room conversation for days.

AFLPA boss Paul Marsh then called captain Nathan Jones, who went to Josh Mahoney and Goodwin. The camp was then pulled a week before it was due to commence.

It was at this moment Goodwin threatened to resign, albeit fleetingly and flippantly. It was laughed off by Jackson, but it didn’t take long for rumours to spread far and wide that he had handed in his notice. These suggestions are off the mark and misrepresent the moment.

The club had made a deposit believed to be as much as $15,000 for the camp and had planned to spend at least $40,000 on the entire project.

Internally, Melbourne has well and truly moved on from whatever the camp did or didn’t achieve. The playing group is generally fit and motivated and the coach is respected and liked.

McDonald, who is unlikely to be fit for Round 1 due to a sore toe, and Bernie Vince are no longer part of the leadership group.

Its two JLT performances were strong and there is legitimate optimism around the club. Fair or unfair, the lingering training camp narrative won’t go away.

In football, winning solves most problems, including this curly one.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/simon- ... 6e281d0b6b

[MW]

Every loss this will get brought up.
Soft underbelly.

[Corona Man]

Every loss this will get brought up.
Soft underbelly.

Interesting observation can’t think of any other team that we could say that about

[MW]

Every loss this will get brought up.
Soft underbelly.

Interesting observation can’t think of any other team that we could say that about

Think you'll get used to the Losses this year mate

[Corona Man]

Every loss this will get brought up.
Soft underbelly.

Interesting observation can’t think of any other team that we could say that about

Think you'll get used to the Losses this year mate

I got used to them last year. I was thinking off another team who are the premiership window and we are going to find out if their soft underbelly will allow them to actually take the opportunity, or cough it up again.