Mark_Beswick wrote:I said this today at the SANFL SDK
I spoke to some people and said anyone who plays Rd 1 for Port (I call them Magpies FC or maybe something else on the database next year) will debut for the new club. They were not all that happy with this. They were saying its still the magpies which I completely disagreed with.
I said, they are a power reserves side it cant be the magpies. They will have no zones - Players will come from AFL non-starters and top-up players from wherever. This was when it was stated that they may have a reserves team to their sanfl league side without zones.
Therefore, there is an attempt by some on the commission to get Ports SANFL side a reserves side. Thus the power have an academy, afl side, league sanfl side and sanfl reserves side. Seems to be a lot of water to go under the bridge yet and I will make my voice heard next year in every way possible if I get a spot on the board when we discuss this club and such ambitions
I threw this in as well - "One could argue the united club (when Magpies and POwer united) is a new AFL club as well and no premiership and no 1870 link"
One could also argue night is day and day is night. Doesn't make it true.
My GOD the paranoia still runs deep.
Heaven help any club that wants to enhance the development of junior footballers.