This is an interesting one.... my cousin was on two afl lists, playing a handful of games. His father said the clubs really pushed the players to socialise together, and I took it he felt that the fact my cousin didn’t click and had his own group of friends held him back.
Not sure that was the case... but interesting anyway.
Yeah, I get to a few club events and it's funny how they gravitate towards cliques. Some guys just all bond together. Acres was hanging with Tom Lee, Holmes, Pierce, Farren Ray etc when he first got to the club but seems to have now joined the main group of lads that Bruce seems to be the spiritual leader of. I was worried that Acres might feel displaced once a big group of his friends all went. Newnes, Billings, Lonie, Paddy, Membrey, Bruce etc all seem pretty tight. It's a lot like a school yard though from looking at it with some guys looking like they aren't as included for what ever reason. The older family guys all seem to not give as many ****s and just do their own thing.