You have been given the task to re-build the composition of the various leagues under the control of AFL Goldfields for the benefit of the region beyond the short-term.
How would your revamp look?
How would your revamp look?
Goldfields Football Rebuild ... Your Say
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I think that we need to revisit a merger of the CHFL and MCDFNL and divisional football.
If clubs aren't playing at their level with similar clubs (strong clubs together and struggling clubs together) then the struggling clubs are likely to face oblivion. Clubs need to come to the realisation that if they are reliant on recruiting from Melbourne or Ballarat or Bendigo for players then they won't travel to a team that is routinely belted.
I am proposing that the current 31 clubs from the two leagues go into a 10-10-11 format, with 18 round seasons and final fives. The format can be Division 1, 2, 3 or else Division 1, 2 North and 2 South.
If teams such as Dunolly, Campbells Creek and Smythesdale were all playing in a 10-team competition away from the Maldons or Beauforts then they would have a better chance of being competitive each week and therefore attract recruits to their club, knowing that in a 10-team league their chances of winning matches and playing finals is increased (50% chance in a 10-team comp). It would also stimulate interest in these clubs and communities.
Some may say that travel would be an issue. To those people, I will offer them two alternatives to consider - (1) would you like to travel and have a club that has a fighting chance on the field each week, or (2) would you like to go on as you are struggling to put teams out each week and eventually run out of steam in the next couple of years, fold, and run the real risk of your club never returning to a football field again.
GOLDFIELDS FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NOTE: BASED ON SENIOR FOOTBALL LADDERS AS AT 25/7/19
I have gone with a 10-10-11 format based on performance not geography, however the Division 2 and 3 clubs could be split into North and South divisions.
If clubs aren't playing at their level with similar clubs (strong clubs together and struggling clubs together) then the struggling clubs are likely to face oblivion. Clubs need to come to the realisation that if they are reliant on recruiting from Melbourne or Ballarat or Bendigo for players then they won't travel to a team that is routinely belted.
I am proposing that the current 31 clubs from the two leagues go into a 10-10-11 format, with 18 round seasons and final fives. The format can be Division 1, 2, 3 or else Division 1, 2 North and 2 South.
If teams such as Dunolly, Campbells Creek and Smythesdale were all playing in a 10-team competition away from the Maldons or Beauforts then they would have a better chance of being competitive each week and therefore attract recruits to their club, knowing that in a 10-team league their chances of winning matches and playing finals is increased (50% chance in a 10-team comp). It would also stimulate interest in these clubs and communities.
Some may say that travel would be an issue. To those people, I will offer them two alternatives to consider - (1) would you like to travel and have a club that has a fighting chance on the field each week, or (2) would you like to go on as you are struggling to put teams out each week and eventually run out of steam in the next couple of years, fold, and run the real risk of your club never returning to a football field again.
GOLDFIELDS FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NOTE: BASED ON SENIOR FOOTBALL LADDERS AS AT 25/7/19
I have gone with a 10-10-11 format based on performance not geography, however the Division 2 and 3 clubs could be split into North and South divisions.
| GOLDFIELDS DIV.1 | GOLDFIELDS DIV.2 | GOLDFIELDS DIV.3 |
| Waubra | Springbank | Creswick |
| Newlyn | Beaufort | Dunnstown |
| Buninyong | Skipton | R'wood-Cor. |
| Gordon | Bungaree | Daylesford |
| Hepburn | Learmonth | Carn-Lint |
| Carisbrook | Lexton | Ballan |
| Natte Bealiba | Maldon | Clunes |
| Trentham | Avoca | Navarre |
| Harcourt | Newstead | Maryborough Rovers |
| Talbot | Royal Park | Dunolly |
| Campbells Creek |
I don’t think merging the 2 leagues into 3 divisions would solve much imo, the top chfl would smash the top mcdfnl, I think if there was a re-structure in the minniera league you could possibly take rokewood skipton carngham and smythesdale if they get going again and place them into the re-structure. Clunes, creswick and Daylesford into the mcdfnl and possibly make that a 2 division comp? Rest of the teams stay in the chfl, only my opinion but something definitely needs to be done, the leagues under the goldfields control are turning to s**t at a rapid pace.
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There's no doubt that very few people will all come up with exactly the same ideas.
The best thing we can do is spitball as many options as there are into the air and hope those in power come up with a worthy plan out of them all.
The best thing we can do is spitball as many options as there are into the air and hope those in power come up with a worthy plan out of them all.
