Non Lions Discussion 2019
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If they had to relocate the Suns then the best bet would be to fold the club entirely beforehand and then hand the license over so in no way would a new Tassie team be associated with GC. And then the AFL would be able maintain the 18-team competition.
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My bet is North Melbourne.
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Yep...Or they put in another team in to have a 20 team league....which isn't likely...Relocation and a name change would have to be on the cards. It was floated back in 2017 that North should move to Tassie and play 5 games in Hobart and 4-5 in Launceston. The AFL didn't dismiss that...In fact, they went on to say that from 2021 there would be a Tassie presence... IMO the AFL have and are giving Nth every opportunity to survive in their own right...For a cash strapped club having to pay 2 coaches next season, I'd say the writing's on the wall
Edit: Found the article.....
AFL Tasmania still open to North Melbourne move south
AFL Tasmania and the State Government are not closing the door on the idea of North Melbourne relocating to Tasmania beyond 2021.
www.abc.net.au
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Surely North are relocated to Tasmania. Removing a Queensland team will not grow the game.
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Agreed...The AFL isn't going to pull the pin on one of the expansion teams...they want a game every week in Rugby territory and fixture it as such..Victoria just has too many clubs to sustain the corporate $'s.
Edit: Presently part of Nths major corporate $'s is play three games a year in Hobart under a $600,000 government deal.
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Hmm ... would that make every map of Australia that doesn't include Tasmania part of an AFL conspiracy?
Would they need to change their colours to say Blue, White, Bottle Green and Yellow (apparenlty the State colours for Tassie are bottle green, yellow and maroon - but they should leave the maroon bit alone)
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As much as North fans can be flogs there are decent fans I'd feel badly for if there club was uprooted and moved to Tasmania - but then it happened to Fitzroy and South Melbourne. Sometime tradition and history don't mean much
There’s other clubs that deserve the arse way more than North Melbourne.
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How many pokies can you fit on one cargo ship?
Let's find out. Then sink it.
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Roast - Chris Fagan: 'Gold Coasters aren't interested in footy'
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/expansion-into-the-heartland-what-an-afl-team-would-mean-for-tasmania-20190831-p52mno.html "I don’t think player retention is one. To be honest with you, I think one of the reasons Gold Coast struggles a little bit is because… it’s a nice place the Gold Coast...
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Fages is a legend. Just can't help himself and has a pot-shot at Gold Coast, and he's entitled to that opinion. It's what every Tasmanian is thinking.
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God, that thread is the ultimate meltdown. Rivals a Vs North Gameday thread. I'm sure the same comments could be made about Brisbane as well, but the question was likely not directed towards us since there's significantly more rabble from ignorance about GC relocating to Tasmania instead of the Lions.
I do recall a former Suns coach making even more direct and derogatory comments about Brisbane.
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Gold Coast is just terrible for sporting teams
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Suns - Spoon
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I think the main problem is that the Gold Coast is where terrible sports administrators and business shonks go to count their money. It's nothing to do with the Gold Coast as a city or community.
I'm sure that given enough time and proper attention, the club will come good.
I'm sure that given enough time and proper attention, the club will come good.
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Fages will need body guards next time we play the Coasters
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Such an irrational reaction on the Suns board.
Is he meant to lie and say the Gold Coast is an AFL cultural Mecca? It’s not.
It’s clearly a reason why frontier clubs struggle with retention. Some players crave being in the bubble.
It was a comment on the market, not a shot at the actual club (something McKenna was happy to do).
I’m sure Fages will be despairing to hear that Mr Bods is angry at him though. Bodsy is permanently angry about something or other... so it may as well be Fages this week. A chip the size of a blue whale on his shoulder.
Is he meant to lie and say the Gold Coast is an AFL cultural Mecca? It’s not.
It’s clearly a reason why frontier clubs struggle with retention. Some players crave being in the bubble.
It was a comment on the market, not a shot at the actual club (something McKenna was happy to do).
I’m sure Fages will be despairing to hear that Mr Bods is angry at him though. Bodsy is permanently angry about something or other... so it may as well be Fages this week. A chip the size of a blue whale on his shoulder.
They desperately need the club to get back to competitiveness to bring a few more supporters to that forum - at the moment all that's left is the lunatic fringe.
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They're getting their knickers in a twist because they think he was comparing Gold Coast's footy culture to Brisbane's... he was clearly wearing his Tassie hat in that article whilst being interviewed about Tassie football by a Tasmanian journalist.
And I don't think he'd disagree if someone said that a Tasmanian team would have retention issues because for someone coming from a big city like Melbourne or Sydney it can be quite a shock, but not a bad one once you get used to it. I have no doubt some players would just want to be in a city/town where people love their footy. And Hobart or Launceston aren't short of those people.
And I don't think he'd disagree if someone said that a Tasmanian team would have retention issues because for someone coming from a big city like Melbourne or Sydney it can be quite a shock, but not a bad one once you get used to it. I have no doubt some players would just want to be in a city/town where people love their footy. And Hobart or Launceston aren't short of those people.
Those Gold Coast heathens should know better than to criticize our Messiah, it will not end well for them.
