News Northern Blues alignment with the Club comes to an end - SAD :(

[reg_lower91]

To think this thing is only in its infancy... Scary times ahead folks. Stay safe & be kind to one another!

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Very sad.

But an opportunity for the club to come out the other side with a more closely aligned systematic VFL team.

Good point.

However the sadness of a 138 football club going out of existence overrides any positive aspects this has for Carlton and our player development (least in the short term)

You have to remember that there would be a sizeable number of staff/workers at the NBFC who have/will lose their jobs over this decision.

I do believe this move was probably a long time coming (splitting our alliance with Preston/Northern FC) but it still feels like a very sad day.

For generations of Preston/Northern Bullants supporters and members and stalwart workers, even on a lesser scale, those same awful feelings of loss and grief they would be feeling right now.

 

[Jeremias]

Very sad, though not unexpected.

Thoughts go out to all those affected.

Looking forward to see what setup we go with once all this has passed.

 

[Bluechip66]

So what happens to our reserves?

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Where’s the Pratt family when you need them?

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Sad for Preston but hopefully one positive out of this whole awful situation is the re-creation of a viable Victorian Reserves competition with as many games played as curtain raisers as possible.

 

[therubbernub]

Are we the only victorian AFL club with the same or similar arrangement?

 

[Aphrodite]

Are we the only victorian AFL club with the same or similar arrangement?

Box Hill Hawks?

 

[gbatman]

PRobably a long time coming. I wonder where players like Webb sit who trained with Carlton and signed with Northern? Will they come and be a part of our reserves when things get going again?

 

[therubbernub]

Box Hill Hawks?

presumably they are on much sounder financial footing. Any others?

 

[Styxx]

Tragic, more loss in employment and a loss at community level

 

[LanceRomance]

Where’s the Pratt family when you need them?

Yes, it is very curious that across the board (afl) they (benefactors) are not getting involved.

I have my tin foil hat on here but I feel like this crisis has presented an opportunity for the industry.

 

[Styxx]

presumably they are on much sounder financial footing. Any others?

I see it happening sooner than later

 

[crows dude]

presumably they are on much sounder financial footing. Any others?

Melbourne with Casey

 

[Elmer_Judd]

presumably they are on much sounder financial footing. Any others?

Casey Demons and Sandringham (St Kilda)

 

[crows dude]

Casey Demons and Sandringham (St Kilda)

Western bulldogs with Footsgray

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Western bulldogs with Footsgray

Footscray and The Western Bulldogs are the same club friend

 

[Pablito]

And all because some guy ate a bat in Wuhan. This is so sad.

 

[Jabba73]

Western bulldogs with Footsgray

Might want to see a doctor about that

 

[LanceRomance]

This very sad, the Northern blues /bullants were literally my second club.

Obviously the Carlton blues were number 1.

 

[crows dude]

Footscray and The Western Bulldogs are the same club friend

Yeh I was being mischievous. Like port magpies and port power lol

 

[thylacine60]

gotta say they haven't been going anywhere fast lately............still..............

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

So what happens to our reserves?

From our CEO....

"Should the VFL season go ahead, Carlton will be offered the opportunity to enter a team of our own and we would obviously be leaning heavily on existing Northern Blues players to complement our listed players."

By memory, I thought there was talk of us looking to form our own VFL team a while back...I can only assume that the cost sharing of resources for both our AFL and VFL teams would be one of the overriding factors in the decision.

 

[Bostonian]

They should just merge with another local club.

My junior club St Peter's merged with the old VFA club Geelong West and we're now affiliated with GWS as Geelong West Giants.

GWS even provides a weekend where a heap of our juniors go up to tour their facilities, meet players and go to a game.

A club like Preston should be able to merge and continue in some form.

 

[I bleed Blue]

What a sad day for footy.

Can this virus * off please. Already over it and were not even in lock down yet