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Why would any team commit to a ten year TSL agreement under the current conditions and uncertain circumstances? Why wouldn't the current southern TSL clubs ask Kingborough and New Norfolk to join them in a seven team local league and tell Wade et al to take a running jump? Such a competition...

Let's look at the scoring shots for Sydney's matches against the other top 8 teams in 2012 in chronological order: Rd 2 Sydney 24, Fremantle 21 Rd 4 Sydney 28, North Melbourne 27 Rd 5 Sydney 26, Hawthorn 19 Rd 6 Sydney 24, Adelaide 24 Rd 13 Sydney 20, Geelong 19 Rd 16 Sydney 31, West Coast 19 Rd...

Maybe ... but you wouldn't get to play the grand final on your home ground every year, you'd have to play 10 matches interstate on those teams' home grounds, you would never again play a lucrative "blockbuster" on Easter Monday or any other day, you'd have to play Geelong at Geelong every year...

As it turns out the Shield final will be at Bellerive this year. Given it is fine for the AFL Grand Final to be at the same venue every year regardless of who is playing, why not play the Shield final at Bellerive every year regardless of who is playing. Then the MCG, SCG, Gabba and Adelaide...

Really? In 2013 Sydney double up against teams that finished the 2012 H&A in 1st, 4th, 6th, 9th and 18th (the derby) In 2012, Geelong doubled up against teams that finished the 2011 H&A in 1st, 3rd, 7th, 10th and 14th In 2011, Collingwood doubled up against teams that finished the 2010 H&A in...

Swap our WC and Freo match venues, i.e. Sydney vs West Coast in Sydney and Sydney vs Freo in Perth ... both rare events in recent times. I can't remember the last time Freo got to host us in Perth. It would also be nice if the AFL stopped being so Vic-centric with games at ANZ Stadium. Given the...

Of course both of your matches against Geelong are on YOUR home ground ... maybe you could play Geelong at Geelong sometime? Or we could get Geelong at the SCG twice?

Of course, no rugby league or rugby union players are getting any promotional stuff in Sydney, are they? Feel free to find a single instance of a Swans player other than Adam Goodes showing up on a billboard, TV ad or magazine ad in Sydney .... just one. Cost of living is higher in other AFL...

From a practical point of view when short-distance non-Victorian teams are involved (i.e. not from WA) it is currently feasible to fly to Melbourne for the day to go to the GF. My 6 year old and I did that last weekend and we got home to Sydney about 10pm thanks to Qantas putting on an extra 747...

Someone mentioned the Toronto Star pic in another thread so I hunted it down. Links here: http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/1263217--canada-s-mike-pyke-goes-from-rugby-star-to-australian-rules-football-ace...

North who are about to go out of existence, you mean? DOSA who play in a third tier competition, you mean? TSL finals this year due to re-surfacing of Bellerive so a one-off and unlikely to ever happen again, you mean? AFL Tas's office is still there and they play in which competition? And no, I...

So the AFL should have known half-way through the season that the Olympic Stadium co-tenants Canterbury and Souths were going to meet in a preliminary final the same week as Sydney hosting a preliminary final where they weren't the highest ranked preliminary finalist and fixed it ... seriously...

Current forecast for Friday from BOM Friday 21 September Summary Min 14 Max 25 Partly cloudy. Sydney area Mostly sunny day. Winds northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h shifting southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

In keeping with the nostalgia for old SANFL/WAFL/VFL grounds, how about some pics of North Hobart in its heyday? With the long slow death of footy in Tasmania, NHO is now barely used any more and AFL Tasmania has shifted the Hobart headquarters to the soulless Bellerive Oval. Who remembers the...

Wellington is a great little city, this will be a very tempting long weekend away for those who know.

http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=AFLPRXYF12#.UE_vJFFWpt0 Tickets will be on sale Monday for members of both competing clubs and only go on sale to the general public Tuesday lunchtime. If you are an Eagles member then just buy tickets on Monday, otherwise Tuesday. Even the...

Well considering the Hawks have only drawn more than 45,000 to a game against a non-Victorian team at the MCG once since 2008 (50,000 vs West Coast this year) I find it very difficult to believe that their preliminary final should even be played at the MCG when a more suitable capacity venue for...

It is sadly true that the "national" shows on Fox Footy largely ignore the non-Victorian teams. I stopped watching VFL360 the week of the Sydney/West Coast top of the table clash in Perth when in two hours on the Monday and Tuesday they didn't mention that game at all but spent half an hour...

I think the likely reason is the Rugby Union international at Subiaco on Saturday night. The general rule is that QF's precede EFs so the higher team is never penalised with a shorter break between the QF and the SF. But the rugby at Subiaco forced the Eagles EF to Sunday so for the Crows QF to...

Hawthorn 45 (75k - finals crowds are rarely as big as people expect) - Collingwood out of form Adelaide 40 (40k) - Swans young players are showing tiredness, Adelaide have been waiting for this for a few weeks now Geelong 65 (50k) - Too experienced in Melbourne West Coast 55 (38k) - Eagles too...

Sydney's finals record at the SCG is 4/1 and at the Olympic stadium also 4/1 with a current 5 match winning streak in all home finals. Adelaide's finals record at Football Park is 6/3. I don't think anyone will prefer Sydney over Adelaide or vice versa on that basis.

Well, what do you know? Suddenly level 6 is on sale this morning. Silver category, $29.50.

Well, Ticketek seem to be playing their usual Sydney cash-cow game ... upper levels not on sale so if you want a ticket it will be $46 in gold or $74 in platinum area. All other areas "exhausted". What a great way to attract a crowd when it is live on TV.

Surely the head to head home and away is conflicted by the fact the big Melbourne teams never play Geelong at Geelong? When was the last match between Collingwood and Geelong actually in Geelong?

This ... 41k+ at Waratahs and Reds game at same time. Lots of crossover of fans (see it in Sydney too when Swans and Waratahs/Wallabies matches clash).

There is a point where the noise is so loud you can't really hear it anymore, just white noise, but you can FEEL it. I've experienced it four times - 1979 TFL Grand Final when underdogs Clarence hit the front in the dying seconds, 1996 Prelim at the SCG when Plugger kicked the point, 2000...

Many of us on here grew up when Tasmanian football was strong, the rivalries were great and the local people cared. Now the AFL has steamrolled local football with non-stop TV coverage. The local league is an embarrassment, "crowds" are non-existent and media coverage negligible. So, is this...

By what measure did you have Sydney and Essendon covered in 2011? Played three, won one, lost two including Sydney beating you in Perth. Certainly you finished ahead of these two on the ladder but the draw meant you only played one top eight team twice (Essendon who finished 8th)...

And they endlessly talk about the home ground advantage yet never discuss the fact that all the non-Vic teams have to face away ground DISadvantages 10 times a year. The amount of travel that WC and Freo undertake every year is unbelievable and I hope that one day we have a third team in Perth...

Re: Of yester-year: Sydney Swans vs Adelaide Crows. Round 5 1995 ... 11.9 to 0.1 in final quarter to come from 17 points down to win by 57. Went to the match with a friend from Adelaide :-)