Expansion had to happen, everyone knew there would be some short term pain accompanied with itDucking reality over expansion has cost us in terms of beingf an elite comp, Demetriou squibbed it over the Gold Coast & the die was cast.
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Expansion had to happen, everyone knew there would be some short term pain accompanied with itDucking reality over expansion has cost us in terms of beingf an elite comp, Demetriou squibbed it over the Gold Coast & the die was cast.
This is a furphy, there's never been more talent than there is now. The only team really struggling right now are the Suns, because the Victorians keep pinching their players. The contrasting fortunes of Brisbane and Melbourne show us there isn't as big a talent gap between good and bad teams as you think, rather, performance also depends on form, experience, injuries and luck.It already has, a number of teams have been struggling for years to put a competitive squad together, the gap between the best & worse is as apparent today as it was in ALL State comps.
dont be so sure. someone who is 100 in 2100 is legal drinking age now, and by that tame who knows what medical things will have happened to extend our lifespan.I doubt any of us will be around come the year 2100,
This is a furphy, there's never been more talent than there is now. The only team really struggling right now are the Suns, because the Victorians keep pinching their players. The contrasting fortunes of Brisbane and Melbourne show us there isn't as big a talent gap between good and bad teams as you think, rather, performance also depends on form, experience, injuries and luck.
And even if there was some crippling shortage of talent, there's a relatively simple way to minimise the supposed shortage: cut the number of players on the field to 16 per side, as has been mooted for reducing congestion of play.
I don't know, perhaps it's worth analysing Brisbane and similar clubs who have broken into the top 4 in recent years to determine that.The difference between the best & the rest is the problem - how many top level players do you need to make the 8, the 4?
For which clubs specifically?Happy to acknowledge there are plenty of factors but year after year the excuses wear thin even for the true believers.
I want it to happen for the sake of reducing congestion. I don't think there is a problem with a lack of talent. But this measure would have a benefit in that regard if you believe there is one.That you suggest the 16 player alternative suggests to me we are not really that far apart.
dont be so sure. someone who is 100 in 2100 is legal drinking age now, and by that tame who knows what medical things will have happened to extend our lifespan.
either that or society goes full logans run and players retire by firing squad rather than a motorcade