Seems to be to attract a bigger crowd than the usual Saturday morning mob and entice them to buy a membership with free entry.

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Bawditawaba

I wish *sigh*

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" -Winston Churchill

L.M 35-06

Feel free to follow another sport then?

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BLUES 2010: PAV AND JUDD = FLAGS. DOING IT FOR THE LOVE OF DICK PRATT.

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR TALKINGCARLTON SUPERCOACH 2009 YET?

Boo hoo hoo. Can't watch the practice match.

Much easier for an interstate team to fly in, play and then fly home on a Friday afternoon.

Also frees up the weekend for the clubs to rehab, and have a free weekend before the proper stuff.

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Go to http://www.snoutslouts.org/ for a look at the mighty GFC...

Just for the record CFC have nothing to do with the scheduling or the teams they play, that is all done by the AFL.

Been following them for over 55 years. Nothing has changed

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Cheats never prosper (except in the AFL)

I wonder if 5AA will broadcast it, like they did a couple of years back?

I will be doing my best to go - even if its just to look at the new display in the foyer

Friday suits my friends and i better than Saturday. Its different for everyone.

I am looking forward to it.

I'm going to try and get out of work a bit early and go. It will be a nice end to the week!

Meant to be having people over for dinner Friday. Think they will notice if I turn up an hour late?

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"Get ready, Teddy - you're on": Ron Barassi half time 1970 Grand Final

Adelaide TV news reports suggest that Crows will field their strongest team of the practice matches so far. It should be a good game.

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Crows are looking good this pre-season, McKernan, Walker and Tippet will tell us whether our defence has improved over the summer.

You eat dinner at 5:30?
What are you? Three?

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

At least you will have a legitimate excuse for being late

Yes they will, I'll put the link up on Friday before the game.

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Be prepared for THE most biased commentary in the history of the sport. If you don't have a thick skin for that type of thing, don't listen.

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Koperek.

Hence why I never listen to a Crows game on radio. Makes me wanna VOMIT....

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The Crows are generally a well drilled side with an emphasis on zoning and team defence. I am looking forward to see how our gameplan has been tweaked to play against such teams. Rather than over concerning ourselves with getting through the zone i would like to see us develope our own zone to the point where it rare that we are scored against.
I would imagine like most teams we will be stealing a lot of things from the Pies and i reckon we are well placed to steal and do well with those tactics.
One of my interests this season will be watching teams with very similar tactics come up against each other. I am keen to see how Collingwood would go against a team playing them with identical tactics. The first GF last year was close to that.

I am predicting a lot of arm wrestles this year.

Im my opinion this game on friday could give us a small glimpse of the future.