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Yeah I’m a bit the same. Win a flag, it costs you the earth, then they leave and you’re terrible again.

Thing about soccer clubs is there’s a lot less of them so they tend to have a lot more members and players at one club - particularly at junior level where soccer is insanely popular. So it’s a much easier sell for funding when you can say the venue houses this club which services 600 local...

Matthews gets away with it because of his standing as a player but he’s a boring analyst who’s had nothing interesting to say in years. Zero insight. He’s also well into his 70s. Pension him off.

It is generally luck in terms of who walks through the door

I doubt that, all of GWH went to Oakleigh. Otherwise Oakleigh probably wouldn’t have been able to put a side out. The previous year they had a stack of players playing both Ressies and seniors. So same thing. It’s just a merry go round - bring in clubs and others fall over. 50 clubs ain’t...

Just checked their socials, didn’t see Edwards but they have signed Scanlon from Moooroolbark. Reckon he might be 48yo next year.

I’d suggest maybe asking Paul Daffey, he wrote a comprehensive history of the VCFL and knows the history of local footy better than many people. https://pdfooty.wordpress.com/about/

Why? So they can take a big pile of Waverley Blues players and then they can struggle? It doesn’t solve anything. There were a number of clubs that struggled to field reserves teams many times last year. Sooner or later they need to pay the piper. Fiddling by bringing in this team or that...

Gonna need a plan to get back to four divisions

😂 what absolute rubbish

Every situation is different. Going up into a higher division and three key players under contract suddenly want to leave? If you can replace them straight away, sure. If you can’t, it could be a huge blow to the club and place you in relegation danger. That’s going to do way more harm to the...

Social media is, quite possibly, an existential threat to the major parties. Controlling the media is an essential part of how they operate. The spotlight only goes where they want it to. Controlling a few newspaper and TV station owners is pretty easy. Social media has changed that, it gives...

If the player has signed a contract then the club can enforce it and deny transfer. So they certainly do have a leg to stand on. Up to the club if they want to do it. If Mitcham were confident they could quickly replace the players then they may clear them and do so. Otherwise they may simply...

You can be refused a clearance if You’ve signed a contract to play for your current club in the coming year, or You owe the club money, or You have club property In 90% of cases the player usually has the club’s jumpers or something and just hasn’t returned them yet. Not a big deal.

I assume EDFL clubs don’t vote on new clubs, otherwise I wonder why on earth they’d simply vote a blatantly cheating club into their league.

Nathan Wright has left Beaconsfield to return to Chelsea Heights.

Yeah was ditched a few years ago. All local players are three points now Plus one point if playing against their existing club Plus one point if going from a “premier competition” to a non premier competition. Premier comps: Eastern FNL Premier Div, Essendon DFL Div 1, Northern FL Div 1...

Because both parties are completely captured by vested interests. This is why parliamentary reform is needed. Duopolies should be busted.

Pathetic from the players if true. You signed a contract, you’re playing there. I wouldn’t be clearing them.

Former Noble and Rowville mid Ali Zijai has signed at Beaconsfield

Damned either way at this stage. She’s been caught out with an absolute shocker and it’s all just fumbly damage control at this point. Can see this one sticking to her, it’s such a momentous and signature stuff-up regarding her own portfolio. Lesson: get informed about the job you’re meant to...

If they wear their home jumper with white shorts, this is a cracking alternate kit Looks great

Suns new away kit continuing the fine AFL tradition of dark / light combos, should be good.

It also reeks of laughable focus grouping. “Should kids under 16 be banned from social media?” YES! Ok, it tests well! “… how would you envisage this happening? Logically everybody would have to upload proof of ID to use Facebook, YouTube, Instagram…” WHAT? NO WAY! Almost like they didn’t...

And just further to what I’m saying here, it’s worth having a bit of a look at how the major parties are attempting to change political donation laws in different states. They are blatantly acting in an uncompetitive manner in order to cement their duopoly. It’s why it’s getting to the point...

It’s just going to be a series of these types of things until they inevitably pull the plug on the whole moronic idea. Never, ever, ever going to happen. I wonder if Dutton and Murdoch convinced Albo to be the front man on this. What a ridiculous L.

Luke Potts signed at Oakleigh District from Healesville - ex Frankston, Pines and St Kilda City. His travelling group is himself, Dane Swan, Aaron Edwards and Levi Greenwood. All except Swan played at Healesville this year. I’m sure OD could have all four in 2025 if they’re willing to pay for...

At this point they look to be in a world of hurt and will be fighting to avoid the double drop.

I agree. Her problem is that her answer was so unbelievably wrong that it’s hard for her to claim innocence. Nobody would expect to be able to rent a place anywhere in Sydney for a couple of hundred bucks a week. That’s not reasonable. That’s 1990s prices. It’s pretty clear she simply got...

Yeah that’s all logical but I’m thinking we’re probably past that due to the duopoly. It’s a bit of a “the market will always correct itself” type of thing - which is true on paper and true to a point in reality - but any market can always get to a point in either direction where measures are...