2nds 2025 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread

[cleanhands]

Redlegs slipping this bloke should have been on the top of their shopping list, he'll be a gamebreaker at Snaffle level.

We’ll wait n see, I question his commitment

 

[Cromulant]

Redlegs slipping this bloke should have been on the top of their shopping list, he'll be a gamebreaker at Snaffle level.

He should be, got my doubts he will be

 

[George CantStandYa]

More jumping ship at the Bays, Bell gone

 

[cleanhands]

More jumping ship at the Bays, Bell gone

The well is dry Samcro24

 

[GreyCrow]

More jumping ship at the Bays, Bell gone

Insolvent?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

No McFadyen or Anderson at Sturt

Would take an epic choke from Norwood for them to miss the flag from here

 

[cleanhands]

No McFadyen or Anderson at Sturt

Would take an epic choke from Norwood for them to miss the flag from here

Early start on the non back to back

 

[finn]

Thought I read he was wanting to spend more time with the family?
Isn’t sanfl coach a bigger role than the women’s head coach?
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Don't think so, stepped away from the AFC men's program last year while his wife recovered from breast cancer (double mastectomy) so given the women's program involved less travelling and a shorter season makes sense. Coaching Glenelg means no travel in a less demanding scenario

I'd think a lot of it is down to re-evaluating his family life and spending more time with his wife and 3 children more so. The experience of his wife's recent illness would make a lot of husband's reassess what's really important in their life.

Spoke to him at a recent wedding.
To paraphrase, it’s also about being able to stay at home and spend time during the day as its not as much time at the club and, most importantly, gets to be present for the family.

As an aside, it appears that there’s an understanding league wide that the current levels of player and coach time commitment for the SANFL are probably unsustainable but an uncertainty on how to wind it back without losing quality.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Proposal for a $30m redevelopment of Richmond Oval has been knocked back. Failed to secure federal funding

 

[1970crow]

Proposal for a $30m redevelopment of Richmond Oval has been knocked back. Failed to secure federal funding

They’re big enough, surely they could fund it themselves.

 

[Cromulant]

They’re big enough, surely they could fund it themselves.

They arent

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Proposal for a $30m redevelopment of Richmond Oval has been knocked back. Failed to secure federal funding

One of the great oval locations ....SANFL should definitely redevelop Richmond Oval

Centrally located in Adelaide ....so much space around the oval, and more obtainable if needed, in an industrial area

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

One of the great oval locations ....SANFL should definitely redevelop Richmond Oval

Centrally located in Adelaide ....so much space around the oval, and more obtainable if needed, in an industrial area

Also a one sport venue, so football has access all year round

Preseason trainings, hosting state junior squad trainings, AFLW matches

 

[1970crow]

They arent

1. We're undertaking a $100m development with $40m funding, so contributing $60m ourselves.
2. Richmond were looking to undertake a $30m development
3. At balance day 2024, we had $14m ($5m being unexpended grant funds) net current assets compared to Richmond's $41m
4. Excluding capital grant funding, our profit for the period was $1.5m compared to Richmond's $3.4m
5. So we're servicing a $70m loan with $1.5m yearly surplus, whilst Richmond can't service a $30m loan with a $3.4m yearly surplus.

Guess which of the below is from our balance sheet and which is from Richmond's.

 

[1970crow]

They arent

They arent

How's my post, went to all that effort to then read the next post and realise we're talking about West Adelaide's oval. They're going to struggle to get funding from governments, they don't like sinking $ into enterprises that are certain to fail. You need to be able to display at least a veneer you're even a slight chance of remaining a going concern.

 

[Mutineer]

Interesting announcement by the AFL, think we can forget our hopes of an Adelaide Crows team participating in the VFL comp. A National AFL reserves comp would be no less expensive though it could be played as a curtain raiser to the AFK game at veues I guess?

VFL CLUBS TO BE HANDED BLUEPRINT​

Expect the AFL to set out a clear pathway over the next three years for stand-alone teams and interstate sides in the VFL.

The cost of an eastern seaboard competition is prohibitive and in an ideal world the NSW and Queensland-based teams would play in their own leagues.

The six stand-alone teams in Victoria are likely to be given a blueprint as to what is required of them over the next three years.

 

[1970crow]

Interesting announcement by the AFL, think we can forget our hopes of an Adelaide Crows team participating in the VFL comp. A National AFL reserves comp would be no less expensive though it could be played as a curtain raiser to the AFK game at veues I guess?

VFL CLUBS TO BE HANDED BLUEPRINT​

Expect the AFL to set out a clear pathway over the next three years for stand-alone teams and interstate sides in the VFL.

The cost of an eastern seaboard competition is prohibitive and in an ideal world the NSW and Queensland-based teams would play in their own leagues.

The six stand-alone teams in Victoria are likely to be given a blueprint as to what is required of them over the next three years.

What are we paying the SANFL these days, I can't find it. All I can find is $400k indexed from 2014, which would be around $600k by now. If we paid for our travel and our opponents travel (24 players & 20 staff), at $200/flight and $250/room twin share for a 20 game season, we'd be looking at $462k. That would leave a little over $150 per traveller per game for incidentals.

And I'd imagine that we'd be able to secure better pricing and less accommodation by flying in/out on same day. Plus potentially sourcing some staff locally. Would be awesome playing against clubs in the exact same boat as us and also potentially having double headers.

 

[crows dude]

SANFl has approved Dougie Cochrane to transfer to Powers Sanfl team in 2026.

 

[Cromulant]

Welsh was allowed to so it makes sense.

Centrals wont be too pleased mind you

 

[brucetiki]

Welsh was allowed to so it makes sense.

Centrals wont be too pleased mind you

Centrals members will be up in arms about it (especially after Port poached McLennan last season), but the precedent was set with Welsh so fair is fair for both sides

 

[Mutineer]

Great little article on the SANFL website, well worth a read.

Trailblazer Bertie - SANFL

sanfl.com.au

 

[beagle2]

Great little article on the SANFL website, well worth a read.

Trailblazer Bertie - SANFL

sanfl.com.au

Johnny Ryan and Bertie had their company black and white concreting.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

At least Doc is too honest to allow brown paper bag reign to continue

is that why he didn't pick Norwood?

 

[George CantStandYa]

is that why he didn't pick Norwood?

We don’t have a vacancy and we made a prelim with a premiership SANFL coach, Doc would need to pay us.