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That would be one way of improving our ambidexterityPerhaps the NEAFL should also include that our players can't kick / handball with their preferred foot / hand.
What a joke. Home ground, 23 players and 16 listed.So Ely Smith goes from captaining the team to missing the GF in the space of a month
I would honestly welcome an eight team reserves comp that consisted of the teams from the four northern states plus those AFL reserves teams out of SA and WA.At this point the Lions, Suns, Giants & Swans might very well be better off creating their own 4 team reserves league. Play each throughout the year from early March until mid September. Eagles, Freo, Crows reserves teams welcome should WAFL/SANFL push them out.
What part?Don't get those selections ! Weird
So we have left out all our first year players, and taking as experienced team as possible in.
Allison and Lyons did too. Not sure about Lester and Basti. Think they were playing more seniors then. Don’t think they played. Keays best on ground.So we have left out all our first year players, and taking as experienced team as possible in.
Pretty sure Eagles, Ballenden, Smith, Lester, Bastinac, Keays all played in our last NEAFL Championship team.
Interesting to consider the WA and SA teams as potential dance partners for reserves. I was thinking their state leagues would try harder to keep them, so their leagues remain relevant and interesting to more supporters. And consequently my thoughts were around convincing the Victorian clubs to dismantle the VFL in favour of an Eastern States reserve comp. But maybe I have it wrong and the SA and WA clubs are an easier sell.NT Thunder have pulled the plug. Might be time to revert to the QAFL/AFL Sydney/AFL Canberra competitions.
At this point the Lions, Suns, Giants & Swans might very well be better off creating their own 4 team reserves league. Play each throughout the year from early March until mid September. Eagles, Freo, Crows reserves teams welcome should WAFL/SANFL push them out.
Bit surprised about Payne but it looks like we picked our best team.
The club has got the selections wrong! The purpose of the seconds is to provide development for our next tier of players. The best experience players can have in the second tier is to play in the pressure environment of a grand final. We have dominated a second rate competition all year with guys who, with the greatest of respect, Are borderline best 22. These guys have done the right thing and put in, but have carried the side and generally been our best players. This was an ideal opportunity to put pressure of guys like Smith and Wooler, who may develop into best 22 players. Some one had to miss out and I feel for whoever doesn’t get a game. But the decision should have been made on what is best for the future of the club. And it doesn’t look like it was.
Like any grand final, I would expect to field the strongest team. For those younger blokes who are playing, and the older blokes (whether they stay on or not) it is right that they are rewarded with a win. Fielding the best team provides the best pathway for the players to be rewarded.The club has got the selections wrong! The purpose of the seconds is to provide development for our next tier of players. The best experience players can have in the second tier is to play in the pressure environment of a grand final. We have dominated a second rate competition all year with guys who, with the greatest of respect, Are borderline best 22. These guys have done the right thing and put in, but have carried the side and generally been our best players. This was an ideal opportunity to put pressure of guys like Smith and Wooler, who may develop into best 22 players. Some one had to miss out and I feel for whoever doesn’t get a game. But the decision should have been made on what is best for the future of the club. And it doesn’t look like it was.
Correct. 22 v 23Do the rules say we can only have four on the bench and our non-AFL opponents five?