by RB » Thu Jun 11, 2020 11:24 am
by Jim05 » Thu Jun 11, 2020 11:32 am
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 dealBooney wrote:Jim05 wrote: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 asheswhufc wrote:The Bedge wrote: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)
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.
by The Bedge » Thu Jun 11, 2020 11:36 am
mots02 wrote:massive home crowd advantage against a hapless, re-building, no culture crows..
Dolphin Treasure wrote:Your an attention seeking embarsement..
by Booney » Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:08 pm
by Brodlach » Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:10 pm
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by Sheik Yerbouti » Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:29 pm
Booney wrote:Ports Showdown ticket ballot under way.
by Booney » Thu Jun 11, 2020 6:12 pm
by Booney » Thu Jun 11, 2020 6:13 pm
Sheik Yerbouti wrote:Booney wrote:Ports Showdown ticket ballot under way.
What happens if the Minister of War gets in & you miss out?
by DOC » Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:15 pm
by daysofourlives » Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:21 pm
by daysofourlives » Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:25 pm
by Corona Man » Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:31 pm
daysofourlives wrote:Richmond wouldnt be beating Gold Coast on this form, their kicking has been atrocious
by Corona Man » Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:34 pm
by Booney » Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:41 pm
by LMA » Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:43 pm
DOC wrote:They have the crowd noise just right
by Spargo » Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:47 pm
LMA wrote:DOC wrote:They have the crowd noise just right
And fake tarps, atleast ours were real
by Spargo » Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:54 pm
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