AFL Round 2

[RB]

Correct Jim. A typical case of bottling it at the crucial moment.

The VFL clubs' financial woes were not a secret.

I feel if the WAFL/West Coast had held out for a bit longer things would be totally different.

Port trying to join the VFL didn't help but the possibility of a truly national comp had probably slipped away by then.

[Jim05]

Anyone watch the Front Bar last night? I know (or have always heard) how the AFL came about because the VFL was in trouble, but having Ross Oakley on there last night straight up saying it I must admit gave me the shits.

When asked the thought behind the AFL or what kick started it "Well we needed to find a new way to inject some cash into our struggling VFL clubs."

AFL has always been a rebranded VFL, it was never about Australian Rules Football having a truly National Comp (if that was the case NT and Tas would have had teams years ago)

He didn’t say anything I hadn’t read or heard before. Of course it is a rebranded VFL and the stupid non Victorian clubs fell for it boom, line and sinker. The clubs knew what they were getting into yet in their haste to join the comp they somehow forgot that they held all the cards and if they had only held out out for another year or two it would be a vastly different landscape. Only 2-3 VFL clubs would have survived if the interstate clubs had held their nerve and a new national comp would have been formed from the ashes

I say rubbish, what were the chances of all of the VFL/SANFL/WAFL all coming to an agreement on the T's & C's of such a competition?

Whilst the Australian National Football Council ( defunct in 1993 ) was in place there was a governing body not aligned to any state based competition, so perhaps pre-'93 there may have been a chance of an independent body taking over and controlling a truly national competition but by this time West Coast were 6 years in, Adelaide 3 and Fremantle had their licence laying in waiting.

I still maintain West Coast jumped at shadows and if they had held out things would be different. All bar a couple of VFL clubs were insolvent and for memory several of those clubs were only months away from folding. The VFL needed WC far more than WC needed the VFL. I’m still staggered they didn’t atleast negotiate a better deal

[The Bedge]

massive home crowd advantage against a hapless, re-building, no culture crows..

[Booney]

Ports Showdown ticket ballot under way.

[Brodlach]

Essendons Zerk-Thatcher given a one game ban for breaking COVID protocols

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Ports Showdown ticket ballot under way.

What happens if the Minister of War gets in & you miss out?

[Booney]

Wines suspended for 1 week.

[Booney]

Ports Showdown ticket ballot under way.

What happens if the Minister of War gets in & you miss out?

She has very little interest in football.

[DOC]

Soldo gives Cotchin a hand tap in the huddle. 2 weeks unless he has previous then its 3 for me.

[daysofourlives]

My night just been ruined by Daisy fricking Pearce

[daysofourlives]

Richmond wouldnt be beating Gold Coast on this form, their kicking has been atrocious

[Corona Man]

Richmond wouldnt be beating Gold Coast on this form, their kicking has been atrocious

Very flat performance so far.

[Corona Man]

Brown steps out of a poor tackle for an easy goal....

[Dutchy]

Only tipped Collingwood by 7 pts

[Booney]

Moore, Roughead, Maynard, Howe, can't bomb it into the Collingwood defenders.

[DOC]

They have the crowd noise just right

[LMA]

They have the crowd noise just right

And fake tarps, atleast ours were real

[Spargo]

They have the crowd noise just right

And fake tarps, atleast ours were real

Surely they bring’em back for this weekend at Adelaide Oval?

[Spargo]

Why the hell do we need front on/behind the goals vision for a goal line review???
There’s only one angle we need to see.

[DOC]

Surely a behind?