It's tv driven. Ch7 paid 1b for this. Split the opening round, show maximum games, double advertising potential.

Forward line is second rate, against a half decent backline we are going to struggle scoring. Young Joe is still a year or two off being the kinda player we need up front. Another thing that will cost us in the long run is our inability to consistently put pressure on the opposition's forwards, we had countless air swings last night. That being said our run and carry is top notch and our ball disposals are right up there. Hope the Bombers can make a fist of it this year. Will be a pass mark next week if we get within four goals of the Hawks.

North were absolutely flacid. They still haven't sorted out that forward line and there's nobody making plays down back. 5 seasons on and Josh Gibson still hasn't been replaced, and I'm wondering if Daw will ever live up to all the hype and perform more to the level of his flashes of brilliance, or if he'll be another Daniel Wells.

The players would do well to be reminded that they're probably playing for Brad Scott's job this season.

Edited by afromanGT: 22/3/2014 03:25:25 PM

yeh thats a big one in my books just have to wait and see i guess ... thomas sort of showed he could actually take a set shot so i dunno but if they dont make the 8 this season then struggle town continues for north

If they don't make the 8 after signing Dal Santo, Brad Scott gets the sack.

AFL's cultural diversity partnership with the Victorian government

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Bengali news piece on the growing popularity of Australian Football in India:

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Edited by Mister Football: 24/3/2014 06:57:52 PM

maybe they heard sheedys cry about all the wogs going to the "sokkah" in western sydney...

How did GWS kick 10.19?

From twitter it sounded like some really terrible conditions.

Glad I picked up Mummy in Supercoach this week. :d

Can we all take a minute to laugh at Carlton ...

Should have kept Ratten. At least then when they were shit they were shit with intent, now they're just lost. Gotta feel for Carlton - first Pagan and now Malthouse both fail to help them.

North were better this week. Good ticker to come back from 28 down or whatever it was. Starting to find some chemistry.

got to admit i spent more on beer at the g on sunday than i ever have because they match was terrible then again the dons got up so it sort of evened itself out ...

yeh happy for north hope they can keep it up though and they don't end up being up and down also..

richmond we can need to take a minute to laugh at them as well

What a shit fucking weekend.

It makes it worse that Port are running around in the 04 kit and we're playing in this paddle pop lion shit. Fuck.

Fucking disgraceful.

On a road to nowhere, ten years and counting.

Carlton have a lot of over paid underachievers . There list isn't In the best shape .

Love the new Adelaide Oval

No idea why they gave Thomas big money.

Mick wanted him , so the board agreed to pay Dale the money. Why would you pay a player who has injury issues big money astounds me .

43 points over the Swans. Roo boys gotta be happy with that.

Did not see that happening .

I don't think many people did.

Sydney are absolutely hopeless in the wet, their style of play doesn't work at all in those conditions. This year Longmire seems either too slow-witted or too stubborn to make necessary changes both pre-game and during the game.

True . My mate put money on Sydney to win . Was supposed to win 15k too :lol:

Their old ground-and-pound style under Roos was hard to beat in the wet. I haven't watched a lot of Sydney recently so I can't comment overly but I didn't think Longmire had reinvented the wheel that much at the Swans. Inaccurate kicking definitely cost them at certain points when they could have kept it a lot closer. Going into the final quarter I was thinking "oh here we go, another classic North Melbourne capitulation".

Hopefully the Roos can back it up again next week against Collingwood (they should) because then they've got a pretty tough run. Aside from a Bye and the Lions (which on their current form could be as good as a bye) two trips to Perth, The Cats and The Suns coming up. Not easy.

Yeah Swans loved the wet under Roos, the way they play has actually changed a fair bit from those days. Now they like to back themselves to absorb pressure, work the ball around in their defensive half and draw most of the players into that half of the ground, then go for a quick, counter-attacking break. I think it will actually really suit Franklin but when it's wet it's really not effective and Longmire seems intent on sticking with it

I'm always wary of playing North but I think we should win this one tbh.
Our midfield is really starting to play some good football, Pendles is as classy as ever, but now Beams is getting back to his pre injury All Australian form and Caff is really starting to become one of the elite run with players in the competition, plus Swanny showed signs of improvement on Friday too. If our forward line can finally step up and capitalize on our midfield brilliance we should take this one imo.

Moving the ball quickly isn't an option when you're in wet conditions. I can see what he's thinking, the amount of time Franklin spends in double-coverage is huge and drawing more opposition players into the midfield/their attacking half is going to leave Franklin with more space and more opportunities to get one on one. If Goodes wasn't 74 and gallivanting around the pitch on a zimmer frame you could probably use him to take some heat off Franklin but you've got to work with what you've got I guess. Hopefully the big deal they gave to Franklin leaves them hamstrung and they're unable to give him much tall support up front over the next couple of seasons.

I think both sides will fancy their chances to an extent. Neither is playing their best football just yet but Dal Santo had a good game this weekend, Cunnington played a blinder for us, we've got Jack Ziebell back. If we can get someone to take some of the attention off Petrie (Looking at you, Daw) we're looking good considering that we're still without Andrew Swallow.

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