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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby daysofourlives » Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:44 pm



Still a small part of me that thinks it and the Tasmanian team wont go ahead.
I have always thought the AFL didnt really want it and were hoping it fell over at government level.
No coach is rushing to commit, even Fagan is pretty much out the running now for an off field role
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Jimmy_041 » Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:57 am

daysofourlives wrote:


Still a small part of me that thinks it and the Tasmanian team wont go ahead.
I have always thought the AFL didnt really want it and were hoping it fell over at government level.
No coach is rushing to commit, even Fagan is pretty much out the running now for an off field role


Lucky there's an election coming up
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby dedja » Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:23 pm

Rum’un ;;)
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby wenchbarwer » Wed Mar 19, 2025 8:46 am

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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby RB » Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:14 am

dedja wrote:Rum’un ;;)


He looks more like a skinny-legged, impoverished rat, than a Tasmanian devil.
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby wenchbarwer » Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:19 am

RB wrote:
dedja wrote:Rum’un ;;)


He looks more like a skinny-legged, impoverished rat, than a Tasmanian devil.


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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Jim05 » Wed Apr 02, 2025 8:11 pm

Now blown out to $1.5bn and AFL still demanding a roof or no stadium. In very real danger of this whole thing not going ahead.
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby dedja » Wed Apr 02, 2025 8:42 pm

JLN will be pissed off if the govt still proceeds. Time will tell whether they’re pissed off enough to kill their coalition support for the govt.

The proposed stadium isn’t popular, and the report just confirmed what most people knew in that it’s a complete waste of money.

The 3 JLN MPs will effectively decide what happens from here.
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Thu Apr 03, 2025 7:27 am

I'd say it's almost done and dusted....
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Lightning McQueen » Thu Apr 03, 2025 7:49 am

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I'd say it's almost done and dusted....

In which way?
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Booney » Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:53 am

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mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I'd say it's almost done and dusted....

In which way?


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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:59 am

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mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I'd say it's almost done and dusted....

In which way?

No tassie team
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby whufc » Thu Apr 03, 2025 9:44 am

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I'd say it's almost done and dusted....

In which way?

No tassie team


Not convinced. The AFL will play hard ball but ultimately, they will still look like d***ks and will cop a fair bit of flack if a team doesnt get up.

They also need to get to 20 teams ASAP to get the extra game on TV so worst case would be a delay of entry but Tasmania will be in one way or another within 5 years.

My guess is they will still come in and play at the current ovals with a T&C to have a ground within a certain period of time or something.
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Lightning McQueen » Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:14 am

Booney wrote:
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mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I'd say it's almost done and dusted....

In which way?


Not good.

Define good. I don't see a need for a new team. I'd rather see less.
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Armchair expert » Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:17 am

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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Lightning McQueen » Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:24 am

whufc wrote:
Not convinced. The AFL will play hard ball but ultimately, they will still look like d***ks and will cop a fair bit of flack if a team doesnt get up.

They also need to get to 20 teams ASAP to get the extra game on TV so worst case would be a delay of entry but Tasmania will be in one way or another within 5 years.

My guess is they will still come in and play at the current ovals with a T&C to have a ground within a certain period of time or something.


If they want twenty teams they need to have two divisions IMO. Why is it that Australian sports are content in programming biased fixtures, BBL, AFL, NRL and I'm pretty sure A-League is the same, if you aren't playing each other once at home and once away then it isn't a fair system as far as I'm concerned.

Things would only be more complicated by introducing new teams, introducing one at a time and having a bye is somewhat amateur.
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby whufc » Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:35 am

Lightning McQueen wrote:
whufc wrote:
Not convinced. The AFL will play hard ball but ultimately, they will still look like d***ks and will cop a fair bit of flack if a team doesnt get up.

They also need to get to 20 teams ASAP to get the extra game on TV so worst case would be a delay of entry but Tasmania will be in one way or another within 5 years.

My guess is they will still come in and play at the current ovals with a T&C to have a ground within a certain period of time or something.


If they want twenty teams they need to have two divisions IMO. Why is it that Australian sports are content in programming biased fixtures, BBL, AFL, NRL and I'm pretty sure A-League is the same, if you aren't playing each other once at home and once away then it isn't a fair system as far as I'm concerned.

Things would only be more complicated by introducing new teams, introducing one at a time and having a bye is somewhat amateur.


Don't disagree.

We often follow American sporting trends, and they are all about business, tv ratings and increasing the $$$$$$. Thats why their biased fixturing.

I dont think the AFL needs more teams but it is going to happen and i agree that when it gets to 20 we will most likley see two divisions....

1. Carlton
2. Collingwood
3. Essendon
4. Western Bulldogs
5. St Kilda
6. Hawthorn
7. North Melbourne
8. Hawthorn
9. Geelong
10. Richmond

All the VIC sides in one division means, larger crowds, bigger tv audiences, guaranteed amount of VIC sides to make the finals and the big one...........if you have two conferences and one side from each conference makes the grand final you guarantee a Victorian side in the grand final ever year.

You play home and away in your own conference for 18 games then 5 cross conference games.

Makes to much business and $$$$ sense for the AFL to not be throwing the concept out there.
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Booney » Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:44 am

Lightning McQueen wrote:
Booney wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:I'd say it's almost done and dusted....

In which way?


Not good.

Define good. I don't see a need for a new team. I'd rather see less.


Not good if you want a Tasmanian team
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Lightning McQueen » Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:45 am

whufc wrote:
Don't disagree.

We often follow American sporting trends, and they are all about business, tv ratings and increasing the $$$$$$. Thats why their biased fixturing.

I dont think the AFL needs more teams but it is going to happen and i agree that when it gets to 20 we will most likley see two divisions....

1. Carlton
2. Collingwood
3. Essendon
4. Western Bulldogs
5. St Kilda
6. Hawthorn
7. North Melbourne
8. Hawthorn
9. Geelong
10. Richmond

All the VIC sides in one division means, larger crowds, bigger tv audiences, guaranteed amount of VIC sides to make the finals and the big one...........if you have two conferences and one side from each conference makes the grand final you guarantee a Victorian side in the grand final ever year.

You play home and away in your own conference for 18 games then 5 cross conference games.

Makes to much business and $$$$ sense for the AFL to not be throwing the concept out there.


Yeah nah, you'll get 16 people rock up to Gold Coast vs Freo, the conference system does have merit but is still heavily flawed.

A promotion/relegation system would be my preference but that isn't going to happen.
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Re: Tasmania Devils

Postby Booney » Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:46 am

If Tasmania don't come in then pretty much every club will be reassessing their draft strategy this year.

With the likely hood of them being in the 2026 draft clubs will be changing how they look at the 26/27 drafts.
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