- May 5, 2006
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What happens in Perth?
With mad Mondays? Not much that's newsworthy.
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What happens in Perth?
1. Still plenty of time in the 2020s for Hawks to get back up there... They've shown they win one when up there.1: Hawthorn's run of winning a premiership every decade since the 60's will end this decade.
2: The GWS list is not as talented as some would proclaim week after week.
3: The dogs should trade the Bont.
You wouldn't even know Eagles or Freohad mad Monday u hear nothing.With mad Mondays? Not much that's newsworthy.
FMD, it's Pearl Harbor all over again!1. Go back to 15 minute qtrs
2. Night G/Final
3. Get rid of the draft.
Don’t give them ideas by cutting 25% of the match because they’d probably increase the ticket price by 25% to go with it.1. Go back to 15 minute qtrs
2. Night G/Final
3. Get rid of the draft.
The board would be a lot quieter!3. Get rid of the draft.
I thought they were still Footscray but go by WB for marketing purposesWestern Bulldogs should be renamed Footscray or West Melbourne Bulldogs.
Western doesn't do it for me as a name
Agreed. Sounds like a WA team.Western Bulldogs should be renamed Footscray or West Melbourne Bulldogs.
Western doesn't do it for me as a name
The second one is an interesting concept.Unpopular opinion because everyone wants a reserves division
AFL should start a premier 2nd division league instead of a reserves league. Call it the "Australian National Football Championship" (ANFC) and that league essentially be the state league clubs which are not affiliated with AFL reserves to compete. Make it a huge comp and the winners are declared the Champions for winning the grand final. (Basically a better more expansive version of the Foxtel cup.)
Unpopular opinion that will piss everyone off because it means no traditional clubs in the comp and the league because city v city rather than suburb v suburb.
AFL should have been organised like this from the beginning, or have been planned to;
Victoria: 3 teams
NSW: 2 teams
QLD: 1 team
SA: 1 team
Tasmania: 1 team
WA: 1 team
9 team competition, top 5 go to finals.
Victoria's teams would be
a) A team to represent the city (with country zones)
b) A team to represent the South East Suburbs
c) A team to represent the western suburbs and western Victorian.
NSW's teams would be
a) Sydney
b) Western Sydney
Queensland
a) Brisbane based team defacto representing QLD
South Australia
a) A merger of the 9 SANFL clubs to basically create a super club representing SA in the AFL.
Tasmania
a) A team representing the whole state with home games being split between Hobart and Launceston
Western Australia
a) A merger of the WAFL clubs to basically create a super club representing WA in the AFL. Same situation as SA.
With this structure, the league would not have diluted talent, all 9 clubs would have a huge amount of fans, especially the one team states.
The second one is an interesting concept.
However, if Vic only gets 3 teams, no way in hell does rugby loving NSW get 2.
8 - 10 teams would make it a truly elite competition, only the very best would make it.
I agree with the first bit but disagree with the second.Free agency should apply at anytime a player is out of contract, not after a given amount of time.
Players shouldn't have to give consent to trades
Contract still stands, just somebody else foots the billI agree with the first bit but disagree with the second.
Clubs are free to hold players to their contracts, players should be free to do the same.
Contract still stands, just somebody else foots the bill
With this structure, the league would not have diluted talent, all 9 clubs would have a huge amount of fans, especially the one team states.
I don't think it's that simple. If you halve the amount of jobs in AFL, you aren't necessarily keeping the best half of the talent. With a tougher pathway onto a list, other sports or career options become more appealing, and the best players now weren't necessarily the best draftees. Halve the league and who's to say Lachie Neale isn't now making his coin as a physiotherapist?
so maybe my unpopular opinion is: expanding the league has improved the top end of the talent pool
Why is the draft allows clubs players to be picked by any club against their will (used to anyway) but players can't be traded without consent