Bendigo FL discussion 2026

[NeonLeon81]

Sadly it seems it will be a nothing year some folks taking time off to do other things others going through the motions but without their heart in it
Really can’t see how it benefits anyone

There’s plenty of heart still left at the club. If they are playing they they will play to win.

I know for a fact large portion doesn’t really care what league they are in. A small but very loud and influential percentage of that footy clubs are the ones driving this

 

[NeonLeon81]

Frequent flyer points

That’s good south players can now have a frequently flyer card to joint their fuel cards and Coles Myer vouchers they get

Been told SGM is a waste of time. Board has the numbers.

Storm and Castlemaine didn’t come to the party like expected

 

[Jack Doolan]

There’s plenty of heart still left at the club. If they are playing they they will play to win.

I know for a fact large portion doesn’t really care what league they are in. A small but very loud and influential percentage of that footy clubs are the ones driving this

I’d agree with that assessment as has been said players don’t care much and the small group you describe are essentially the people trying to pay the bills and keep the club sustainable so their thoughts carry a lot of weight

 

[Wooden Robot]

There’s plenty of heart still left at the club. If they are playing they they will play to win.

I know for a fact large portion doesn’t really care what league they are in. A small but very loud and influential percentage of that footy clubs are the ones driving this

Exactly.
Reserves and under 18 footy might be a bit messy, but the seniors and all netball grades will be playing to win.
The talent is there. A decent injury run they were sitting second most of the year.
Don’t discount the pride factor. They pretty much locked everyone in pretty quick.

 

[Trent from barwon Heads]

I’d agree with that assessment as has been said players don’t care much and the small group you describe are essentially the people trying to pay the bills and keep the club sustainable so their thoughts carry a lot of weight

Is that why they struggled to get a ressies team this year? Id say thats a pretty resounding not wanting to travel and once you start losing guys for travel, they dont come back, theyll stay in the riddell

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Storm and Castlemaine didn’t come to the party like expected

They better not be wanting Gisborne to help them out with any favours any time in the future, then.

 

[Jack Doolan]

Is that why they struggled to get a ressies team this year? Id say thats a pretty resounding not wanting to travel and once you start losing guys for travel, they dont come back, theyll stay in the riddell

That’s certainly something they have spoken about as a reason why they see the move as being necessary

 

[Jack Doolan]

They better not be wanting Gisborne to help them out with any favours any time in the future, then.

Gisborne pinched a few players off Castlemaine a few years ago so might not be much care for them

 

[Crazymaggy2020]

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/centralvic-breakfast/breakfast/105990068

That’s good south players can now have a frequently flyer card to joint their fuel cards and Coles Myer vouchers they get

Storm and Castlemaine didn’t come to the party like expected

Storm are the HAMAS of the comp. Can’t be trusted

 

[Crazymaggy2020]

Exactly.
Reserves and under 18 footy might be a bit messy, but the seniors and all netball grades will be playing to win.
The talent is there. A decent injury run they were sitting second most of the year.
Don’t discount the pride factor. They pretty much locked everyone in pretty quick.

What about the players who have been announced but haven’t signed ??? Old Prez is just announcing anything he wants. The trump of the bendigo fl is reckless and this will be his last year apparently. Locals sick of the dictatorship

 

[BGOFootyNuff]

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/centralvic-breakfast/breakfast/105990068

Storm are the HAMAS of the comp. Can’t be trusted

Why? What would Strath get for siding with the board? I would not have picked that to happen… wow.

 

[Shinjuku]

That’s good south players can now have a frequently flyer card to joint their fuel cards and Coles Myer vouchers they get

Storm and Castlemaine didn’t come to the party like expected

Storm going self interest again and backing in new coach to get them a flag straight away. Poor leadership. They could vote with the rest and still get what they want.

 

[fatkidinthepocket]

Gisborne pinched a few players off Castlemaine a few years ago so might not be much care for them

Think you will find they were more than happy to leave. Maine only had themselves to blame for them leaving.

 

[fatkidinthepocket]

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/centralvic-breakfast/breakfast/105990068

Storm are the HAMAS of the comp. Can’t be trusted

Where does that leave your mob? ISIS?

 

[toottoot]

South tell Cam Tomlins to jump and he asks how high.

He's a former south boy himself. I'm sure he's happy to help them out

 

[NeonLeon81]

Storm going self interest again and backing in new coach to get them a flag straight away. Poor leadership. They could vote with the rest and still get what they want.

Not sure what a new coach and trying to win a flag has to do with the change of leadership with the board .. but I am surprised they didn’t participate seems odd.

It would seem to me based on the couple of conversations I’ve had that there’s a few happy to watch the gun be loaded but don’t want their fingerprints anywhere near the crime scene. . Sandhurst included

 

[Trent from barwon Heads]

That was an amazing interview with Carol, first of all she said the league is in great shape with 9 clubs and 4 clubs wanting to join, so why is she so hell bent on making gisborne stay then? If the league is in such a great state, im sure none of the 4 clubs are close to gisborne who are wanting to join either.

She then states the league did everything in their powers to help maryborough. Its strange i never saw maryborough given additional points like maybe 60, extra salary or mous with the mcdfl to allow players to come in as 1 point players. No finals in maryborough at all either. Surely they they could have also pushed afl vic to get an afl club to do their community camp in maryborough. They are 4 things just off the top of my head that the board could hwve done. She than states Kyneton joined a minor league, the riddell league is now classified as a major league, so shes wrong again. Its condescending the league chair to both clubs volunteer base to get on public airwaves and gisborne and say this.

To top it off when she lists her own achievements, where there was a real head wobble, she says she is most proud of been the anti-violence board member, right after the holmes fiasco, if she didnt have all her fingerprints over him getting 10 weeks and it speaks volumes of what she said to him on the dias. I can assure you carol I played in the bfl before you were on the board and there wasnt any thug incidents, like where was she when the gisborne player received a broken jaw after a clash with tardrew in a final then? I dont think it was a suspension by the way, but neither was Holmes. You actually could not make this up, I really needed the Benny hill music behind her voice to actually think shes not been serious.

I will agree the state of netball in the region is certainly something she should be proud of, but the state of the bfl isn't, when you have derrick filo point out how bad it is when he did hes interview with McCormick surely you listen. It was also interesting with Peter cole saying how the afl vic was making it harder for country clubs, by making leitchville juniors not 1 pointers as they play in different leagues, which is a real crack at trying to centralise footy into big centres and not help community clubs

 

[Jack Doolan]

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/centralvic-breakfast/breakfast/105990068

Storm are the HAMAS of the comp. Can’t be trusted

Why did Castlemaine side with the board Crazy?

That was an interesting listen thought the Heathcote person made a goose of himself and the second one who might be the same guy who wrote those letters a few pages back was very switched on and should be the new chair
As Trent said the interview with Carol was very strange to say the least
Pity the interviewer didn’t seem to be across the issues enough to push her but local footy guru tells a completely different story about the board help to Maryborough
I haven’t watched the Bendigo league all that long but I go back to past Carol starting and I must have missed all the violence she talked about would have said it was the cleanest league around

 

[Jack Doolan]

Think you will find they were more than happy to leave. Maine only had themselves to blame for them leaving.

It would be a bit odd if players left a club when they weren’t happy to leave doesn’t mean the original club wouldn’t be pissed off though

 

[dognuts]

That was an amazing interview with Carol, first of all she said the league is in great shape with 9 clubs and 4 clubs wanting to join, so why is she so hell bent on making gisborne stay then? If the league is in such a great state, im sure none of the 4 clubs are close to gisborne who are wanting to join either.

She then states the league did everything in their powers to help maryborough. Its strange i never saw maryborough given additional points like maybe 60, extra salary or mous with the mcdfl to allow players to come in as 1 point players. No finals in maryborough at all either. Surely they they could have also pushed afl vic to get an afl club to do their community camp in maryborough. They are 4 things just off the top of my head that the board could hwve done. She than states Kyneton joined a minor league, the riddell league is now classified as a major league, so shes wrong again. Its condescending the league chair to both clubs volunteer base to get on public airwaves and gisborne and say this.

To top it off when she lists her own achievements, where there was a real head wobble, she says she is most proud of been the anti-violence board member, right after the holmes fiasco, if she didnt have all her fingerprints over him getting 10 weeks and it speaks volumes of what she said to him on the dias. I can assure you carol I played in the bfl before you were on the board and there wasnt any thug incidents, like where was she when the gisborne player received a broken jaw after a clash with tardrew in a final then? I dont think it was a suspension by the way, but neither was Holmes. You actually could not make this up, I really needed the Benny hill music behind her voice to actually think shes not been serious.

I will agree the state of netball in the region is certainly something she should be proud of, but the state of the bfl isn't, when you have derrick filo point out how bad it is when he did hes interview with McCormick surely you listen. It was also interesting with Peter cole saying how the afl vic was making it harder for country clubs, by making leitchville juniors not 1 pointers as they play in different leagues, which is a real crack at trying to centralise footy into big centres and not help community clubs

Were they interviewing the BFNL Chair or Donald Trump? Very similar interviewing styles! Both love the power and the spotlight, and both have the uncanny ability to put spin on everything; quick to lay the blame on someone else or point the finger at others.

 

[fatkidinthepocket]

It would be a bit odd if players left a club when they weren’t happy to leave doesn’t mean the original club wouldn’t be pissed off though

The club was the problem

 

[truckster]

The club was the problem

Be careful saying that on here! Never the mains fault. Sandhurst, the board, the afl and Satan must of all had something to do with it

 

[Jack Doolan]

The club was the problem

In my experience it always is in the eyes of the people that leave clubs
I look at Bailey Henderson who I would pick ahead of the other three combined who has rolled his sleeves up and worked to make a better club by coaching the thirds now the firsts and leading the place to higher standards vs skipping out down the road to cherry pick at an already strong team and I know which sort of character I’d prefer my son and daughter to be

 

[rkjc22]

Something that has always stuck with me was when Forest tipped us off that the old commission met with the clubs and deliberately froze out the board that was pretty damning

When did he do that?

 

[Jack Doolan]

When did he do that?

Way back when they tried to get that division league going