Unofficial Preview Changes & pre match discussion vs Brisbane (Gather Round) *in memory of Scamper*

[giantroo]

Hold on that says salary caps not cash, seems an odd distinction

All 18 AFL clubs have been given an extra half-million dollars in their salary caps as a result of the huge influx of money stemming from the extra game in Gather Round.

Senior AFL sources confirmed that the 18 clubs would receive $750,000 each for Gather Round in South Australia and that, of that amount, $500,000 would go to the players at every club - potentially easing some of the fiscal and salary-cap pressure on players and clubs.


They said the players would be paid on a pro-rata basis, meaning that every player would get paid in proportion to his 2023 salary.
The clubs would spend the remaining $250,000 on football staff, with the AFL boosting the soft cap on football department spending by that amount. The soft cap had been slashed from nearly $10 million before the pandemic to between $7 million and $8 million in 2023.

The large, one-off increase in clubs’ salary caps is the result of the millions that the AFL has reaped by creating the Gather Round – based on a similar initiative of the NRL – in South Australia and of the huge ticket sales for the nine matches, six of which will largely fill the Adelaide Oval.
The salary cap for every AFL club is $13.54 million and so the increase will boost the player payments for each club to more than $14 million.

 

[Le Grille]

Good reasons to drop
Curtis, 4 games in still not 100% switched on compared to the rest of the team
Turner, if he was on Saad it didn’t work
JZ, still sour on those 2 moronic frees

Will be having a good look at Tucker, pretty avg on Motlop
And Will the Howe experiment continue?

Would not like to be injured playing Bris, they are fairly ruthless

Don’t really see why Goater is in the 2s either but we will know a lot more once we actually see the Logue Corr BMac triple towers in action

JZs positives way outweighed the 2 free kicks imo

 

[Samsquanch]

Yeah I know

When I went to Adelaide for the 2016 elimination final I went to a pub and asked for a coopers red…big mistake.

I got the business by a very affronted bartender…. It’s called sparkling! Complete with eye roll and gen z vocal affectation.

Coopers red... LOL. Are you for real?

You should have waited outside.

 

[Le Grille]

Coopers red... LOL. Are you for real?

You should have waited outside.

Wasn’t there to **** spiders

 

[Mav]

How’d you swing that

Mates who are members that couldn’t come over.

 

[Le Grille]

Mates who are members that couldn’t come over.

Gotya

 

[Reginald0]

JZs positives way outweighed the 2 free kicks imo

No doubt
But potentially
Corr McKay Bergs
Lmac Logue Tucker
Sheezel and JZ floating around

Like a herd of elephants

 

[tazaa]

Did I read somewhere that 26k is break even?

27k

 

[Le Grille]

No doubt
But potentially
Corr McKay Bergs
Lmac Logue Tucker
Sheezel and JZ floating around

Like a herd of elephants

Corr/bergs/logue/tucker/sheez are mobile enough.

Presumably there’s also gonna be rotations

 

[Le Grille]

West End is to SA as Melbourne Bitter is to VIC.

Coopers on tap is the beer you want in SA. Cannot go wrong.

I might go get a coopers carton

 

[giantroo]

SATURDAY, APRIL 15​

North Melbourne v Brisbane at Adelaide Hills, 12.40pm ACST

NORTH MELBOURNE

In: G.Logue, B.McKay
Out: A.Bonar (Omitted), P.Curtis (Omitted), H.Greenwood (Sub)

Last week's sub: Hugh Greenwood

BRISBANE

In: D.Rich, D.Fort
Out: J.Gunston (managed), J.Prior (omitted), D.Robertson (Sub)

Last week's sub: Deven Robertson

 

[Moti]

Glad they dumped Curtis, needed a reminder that he is not a guaranteed member of the team with effort.

 

[jay317]

Curtis for Howe would have been better, but big time ins.

 

[CURVE]

Paul Curtis being dropped is interesting, perhaps Sheezel moves forward this week.

I would expect Greenwood to be sub again.

 

[winalotroos]

Not sure how Turner is still there and Greenwood is dropped

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Right choice on Curtis.

 

[the big lebowski]

No Gunston is handy

 

[Psicosis]

 

[Ligma]

Howes has had a few games to adjust, been giving him the benefit of the doubt, so this game I wanna see him prove why he deserves the spot

 

[Passmore]

At the tip

C’mon….I had it on a school footy trip in 1988. I thought it as alright.

 

[r00boy96]

I love Sheezel in the forward line which is his natural habitat.

It will be a great football trivia question in 10 years. Q. At which stadium did Harry Sheezel kick his first AFL goal? A. Summit Sports Recreation Park

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Not sure why Howe keeps getting picked, but the right call on Curtis.

 

[Ischenko]

Deadset anyone whinging that Turner should have been dropped instead of Curtis - one has played their role superbly, one has been scratchy and is showing every sign of second year blues. Great changes imo. Greenwood should be sub.

 

[Psicosis]

Howes has had a few games to adjust, been giving him the benefit of the doubt, so this game I wanna see him prove why he deserves the spot

Hawthorn supporters waited 90+ games and are still waiting

 

[Le Grille]

Not sure why Howe keeps getting picked, but the right call on Curtis.

I think it’ll change if players start beating the door down at vfl level haven’t quite got that yet