SING IT AGAIN, SISTA.....!

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Good point.

I am taking it 100% seriously.

You know when they introduce Dermott Brereton on tv what do they say?

"Dermott Brereton, 5-time day premiership player and 5-time night time premiership player"
It adds to his status that he has been involved in 10 premiership teams- 5 of them night/pre-season flags.

In the English game of soccer they treat the Carling Cup? or whatever they call it these days (not sure as I don't watch soccer anymore) with less seriousness than the season title, but either way - both are chances for silverware.

I think it is very important for Carlton, a club which is way behind Hawthorn, Essendon* and Collingwood on membership and needs to make every post a winner. I am praying that Carlton wins. Brisbane are a vastly improved side this year and should challenge for the top 8.

Didn’t mean all that much to me if we made the GF or not. Now that we are there though, happy to treat it as a full dress rehearsal and have a crack.

I acknowledge the side benefits as Cazz has detailed.

That being said, would take a 100 point thrashing this week as long as we win round 1.

As we all know, we have quite a brutal first 5 rounds so that is where my focus is at present.

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Be great to see the game at Princess Park. Great old time atmosphere, better surface, heaps of old time Fitzroy supporters and those awesome snags.

We'd get 20 000 easily.

What a great idea. Someone ring the AFL.

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I'm attending. So far I have level 2 behind the goals to myself

http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2013-0 ... d-tomorrow

- Blues skipper to be announced at a news conference to be streamed live from 10:20 Wed. morning on club website.
- Judd confirms that he is playing on Friday night.

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I didnt know how much prize money was on offer, until I read this article :

http://www.footyprophet.com/blog/files/ ... cb-13.html

Not saying that it should be dramatically increased - But as it stands, it's a figure that really seems to be a bit on the low side - even for just a preseason cup.

$200,000 might sound a lot, but it certainly isn't what it used to be - It wouldn't go far - even if a clubs was canny.

I reckon it was about the same amount when South Melbourne/Sydney won it back in 1982 - although then it was a mid-season competition rather than a pre-season competition.

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Winston Churchill

Saw The Mark of Cain at the Golden Plains Festival on the weekend and they rocked (as usual).

Pity John Stanier is touring with Tomahawk at the moment, but the fill-in drummer was pretty good, despite looking about 16 years old.

Their new album is really good and it's great to have them back. One of the most underrated Australian bands of the past 30 years.

Hope you enjoy it mate.

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Funnily enough we did the same thing in the 2009 semi-final against Geelong - and in doing so gave up a chance to make the final - and copped a heap of criticism from the media for doing it.

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Cazzesman has summed it up well for mine....great opportunity for the club. Doesn't mean we can't tinker and try a couple of kids, but we would have been playing this week regardless....better it be on tv, for money and with promotional opportunity...than in Mandurah or Darwin.

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l might see you there mate as one of my brothers has bought reserved seats for a few of us?????

I will be driving down from Bendigo for the game - I will be the one in the Navy Blue polo on level 2 I think he said

Two things....firstly between 1978 and 1986 a selection of teams from the SANFL, WAFL and representative teams from Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania also competed - mostly on Tuesday nights, throughout the season.

Secondly...the prize money is $142,000 for the winner. The club earned $15,000 for each win in the lead up to the final.

It's the heat that makes me this way...but if the nameless person is going to write an 'article'...might be a good idea to do some research first.

It wasn't all plain sailing when playing the interstate teams - in 1980 after the Harris/Jezza turmoil we were flogged by Sth Freo by 91 pts

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... ght+Series

Cazzesman made perfect points.

We've geared ourselves to this point so why shouldn't we want to win?
The player management has been efficient to now and we'll get several wins if things go to plan.

Why hate on something that is good for the club? I don't get it.

..let's face it, player management, structures, introducing new players etc etc, the lead up games have all been about experimentation and management, this final will be our first full dress rehearsal before the season begins.. ..i dare say if we were out of it, we may still have been experimenting.. ..as i said before, us and brions gets a full real hit-up a "round" before the rest of the competition.. ..while other teams are shaking the rust of pre-season off their teams during the first round, our teams will be right to go.. ..we ought to have an edge on the rest of the competition for this reason, and with our harsh start fixture wise some early wins will really give us a boost..

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Although the plan is to get to the game with the family, I'm just wondering if anybody can confirm if it is being shown on free to air? A couple of sites show both Fox and CH7 as broadcasters, but the CH7 guide does not list the game? - sorry if the topic has been covered elsewhere

It's on both.

http://www.afl.com.au/tv-radio

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Thanks. Wonder why the CH7 guide is not listing it..........