VIC fans - merge, relocate or relegate?

[Johnny Bananas]

Victorian fans - suppose your club had to either merge with another Victorian team, relocate to a different state or get sent down to the VFL, which would be the least worst option in your opinion? Which two factors do you value most between an undiluted club identity, being able to go to games every week or seeing your club play at the highest level?

 

[raymond35]

Just from the few people who've answered so far, the merge is on zero %.
To think that the merger was Ross Oakleys number one aim right through the 1990s. Shows how out of touch his administration was.

 

[Boyd oh Boyd]

I considered drop down just so I could still watch my team live but there's no doubt the VFL is a big step down from the AFL. I'd rather still watch them play in the best league.

 

[Kappa]

Drop to the VFL appears to be the lesser of the evils, however the VFL doesn't exist anymore

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Drop to the VFL appears to be the lesser of the evils, however the VFL doesn't exist anymore

Whatever the new comp is called, then.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

For me relocation would be the lesser of the three evils. The club is still intact, the history and large parts of the identity (I assume) would be intact, if you’re looking at the Swans example. And because there’s so many clubs in Victoria, you’d still get plenty of games to attend each year... plus air travel is generally less expensive these days, you could get to a home game or two each year pretty easily if you wanted to.

I can’t think of a club I’d want to merge with.

Relegation well... I already have a local club I support and watch. The standalone VFL clubs are basically just local clubs, so I imagine I’d grow less interested if Essendon became one.

 

[Mat Mann]

do we need another relocate, merge VIC team thread's from a non-Vic supporter, can't you just regurgitate the same crap on one of the many already ongoing discussions on the same topic.

seems we need a support group

 

[Whiskers]

A club is no longer intact if it goes interstate.
If Geelong was suddenly the Tasmanian Cats, it’s not Geelong is it? Same for any club.

 

[Lsta062]

Relocate is the least worst option for me. The only time that I think I'll accept a merger is if that newly formed club is called Richmond Tigers, has a Tiger as their mascot and wears black and yellow.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

do we need another relocate, merge VIC team thread's from a non-Vic supporter, can't you just regurgitate the same crap on one of the many already ongoing discussions on the same topic.

seems we need a support group

I did a search for it and couldn't find a single topic asking this particular question and having a poll associated with it. If you have an issue with people discussing topics on a football forum, try moving on with your life instead of complaining.

 

[Beerfish]

I think North should be able to decide for themselves.

 

[Mat Mann]

Rumour - The St Kilda debt situation - no more tick

Suggestion from a well placed thourthe that big non Vic clubs have said no more debt support for the Saints. Covid wasn't as bad as feared for the comp and time for fiscal reality to hit, given their own massive revenue hits. Obviously this still needs AFL to agree but not good for the...

www.bigfooty.com

7News: Major Review into the AFL, independent of the AFL & the 18 Clubs, will start early 2021.

Channel 7's T. Browne said 8.12, re purpose of the independent Review "...what footy looks like in decades to come". "...scope is yet to be determined"...

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How the small Melbourne clubs saved footy

Week after week St Kilda, the Dogs and North have occupied the crappy slots in the fixture. 4.40PM Sunday at Docklands. 1.10PM Sunday at Docklands. Usually against an interstate team. The graveyard slot. For many years we even paid for the privilege, such was the shocking nature of the stadium...

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even one based on moving clubs within Melbourne

Relocation within Melbourne?

This is something I’ve thought about a few times. It really doesn’t make much sense to me as to why it hasn’t been tried or even suggested. Greater Melbourne is huge. If there’s not already 5 million population there will be any day now. And it’s still growing rapidly, forecast to overtake...

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just because its a different topic headline and a poll attached, doesn't mean it needs a new thread designed to reign crap on the so-called parasites of the comp

 

[Yojimbo]

Merge, i was Fitzroy zoned as a kid so the merger was not as big a deal for me. If we merged with St Kilda it would cut the travel time to watch training in half for me as i live in the South East. Not everything has to be a negative.

 

[Pklz]

Easier to just fold Footscray, North Melbourne, Melbourne and St Kilda rather than merge them.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Rumour - The St Kilda debt situation - no more tick

Suggestion from a well placed thourthe that big non Vic clubs have said no more debt support for the Saints. Covid wasn't as bad as feared for the comp and time for fiscal reality to hit, given their own massive revenue hits. Obviously this still needs AFL to agree but not good for the...

www.bigfooty.com

7News: Major Review into the AFL, independent of the AFL & the 18 Clubs, will start early 2021.

Channel 7's T. Browne said 8.12, re purpose of the independent Review "...what footy looks like in decades to come". "...scope is yet to be determined"...

www.bigfooty.com

How the small Melbourne clubs saved footy

Week after week St Kilda, the Dogs and North have occupied the crappy slots in the fixture. 4.40PM Sunday at Docklands. 1.10PM Sunday at Docklands. Usually against an interstate team. The graveyard slot. For many years we even paid for the privilege, such was the shocking nature of the stadium...

www.bigfooty.com

even one based on moving clubs within Melbourne

Relocation within Melbourne?

This is something I’ve thought about a few times. It really doesn’t make much sense to me as to why it hasn’t been tried or even suggested. Greater Melbourne is huge. If there’s not already 5 million population there will be any day now. And it’s still growing rapidly, forecast to overtake...

www.bigfooty.com

One thread is to do with St Kilda's debt levels, one is to do with a review of the competition and one is to do with small clubs paying off Docklands Stadium. Absolutely none of them are specifically answering the question I had, and none of them have a poll to get a quick answer from people on which they see as the least worst option. So none of them were good places for this to be posted. Again, if you have issues with people discussing topics in football forums, try moving onto something else.

just because its a different topic headline and a poll attached, doesn't mean it needs a new thread designed to reign crap on the so-called parasites of the comp

You said it, not me. If you want to moan about how your club is castigated by others, I'm sure there are more suitable threads for it, because that's the not the topic of this one.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Easier to just fold Footscray, North Melbourne, Melbourne and St Kilda rather than merge them.

Easier, but it'll lose a lot of money and TV viewers.

 

[HTT]

Ideally?
Basically a merger, but the merged team has no real link to any other team except that they took the place of two previous clubs. And the Richmond Football Club plays at punt road, in the VFL.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

How does get stuffed sound?

 

[Johnny Bananas]

How does get stuffed sound?

Come, come, there's no need to get so angry over someone asking a question on the internet.

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

Easier to just fold Footscray, North Melbourne, Melbourne and St Kilda rather than merge them.

Id rather Carlton fold over those clubs to be honest. Wasting space in the 21st century anyway, club cloggers

 

[BF Tiger]

I think North should be able to decide for themselves.

It’s cheaper to pay out VFL coaches, so I guess they’ll go that option. Their side might be good enough to play finals too.

 

[CrazyJoeFevola]

Coburg-Fitzroy alliance was the closest thing we've seen to a 'drop down' and they drew easily the biggest crowds in the VFL during their brief time in the comp.

 

[Underarm]

Victorian fans - suppose your club had to either merge with another Victorian team, relocate to a different state or get sent down to the VFL, which would be the least worst option in your opinion? Which two factors do you value most between an undiluted club identity, being able to go to games every week or seeing your club play at the highest level?

Why limit to Vic clubs? What would you like the AFL to do to Brisbane next time they drop down the ladder and membership craters?

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Why limit to Vic clubs?

Because they're the only ones discussed as potentially needing to do any of the options above. No other part of the country is so crowded with AFL clubs.

What would you like the AFL to do to Brisbane next time they drop down the ladder and membership craters?

Merge. I enjoy being able to go to AFL games without needing to fly anywhere.

 

[nick1408]

Merge. I enjoy being able to go to AFL games without needing to fly anywhere.

The last time a club merged their fans have to do exactly that - fly to another part of the country to see them play