News 2021 St.Kilda AFLW Media Thread

[Greg1853]

Yep the provisional licences are a con job.

The provisional licences are participation awards for participating in the bidding process. Hopefully they came with a smiley face and are put on the inside of the dunny door in the clubrooms

 

[Ice-Wolf]

I think it's time to be proactive and stick to the AFL.

We need to quickly organise an exhibition game with Geelong to be played before the upcoming homegame.

And then announce we will be playing a short H&A season next year between Geelong, Richmond and North Melbourne.

 

[crasha301]

couldnt agree more on sandy. like perse said, we didnt put them in this position, they found themselves in it. they can survive if they get 100% on board, or they can go it alone. we cant keep compromising on this stuff. we are already half way through the rebuild, the development system needs to be sorted now, not in 2-3 years time

we need more control, not only over who we play and where but also we need more of our people working in roles at the VFL. now i understand we put in place a lot of the coaches for the senior team, but i think it would be good if we had more opportunity to have our volunteers/staff etc being exposed to match day and team prep. it gives more st kilda people an opportunity to be exposed to the side. i'd also like to see our veterans, not retire and go play for another VFL/WAFL side etc. it would be great to keep them on board in roles at our VFL side, to help develop the kids and maybe cut their teeth in coaching/recruitment/administration etc. that also goes for ex players at other clubs that we could pick the brains of

the ground is also a big one for me. we need be playing our kids on bigger grounds, not postage stamps

lastly, if we are going to be paying rent on a ground and upgrading facilities, wouldnt it be nice to have 2k punters every fortnight spending their money at our bar, not sandys. buying our merch. not sandys. you'd be surprised how much the bar turns over on after a finals win

The club im involved with had the bar at the gf last year (clubs take turns each year) we made 30k in profit with just over 6k turning up.

At our home games we make about 8k in profit just from the bar.

Saints are Def missing out on a lot of $$$

 

[Persevering Saint]

other issue is under the alignment model we are effectively trying to prop up the maintenance and rent of a 2nd ground. just not needed.

Hang on. So, we complain about other teams having multiple grounds in their training facilities, but when we finally get one on the cheap, we complain as well?

 

[Persevering Saint]

Things seem to be getting a little tense around here. We need someone to lighten the mood. Unfortunately that won't be me.

Anyway, I think I've come up a good solution to this thing with Sandy. Just here me out and follow the steps.

1. Go to google images and download a photo of a dead zebra. Blow it up to poster size at Officeworks with the additional bonus of creeping everyone there out. Laminate it and tie it up neatly. A bow is preferred.

2. Arrange a formal meeting with this Danncy Corcoran man. Hire a board room or use one we already have. One of those intimidating ones you see in movies (eg Spiderman 1 when Osborn was sacked and went cray cray). Make sure the room has only Finnis and Danny boy.

3. Walk to whiteboard. Yes, there needs to be a whiteboard. Slowly, unravel photo of said dead zebra. Very slowly. For additional effect, one can photoshop Finnis or Roo with a shot gun in a poacher's outfit. Stand there stoically and stare at Danny. Make eye contact.

4. Coolly roll up the poster and roll it across the table. Walk out of the room without saying a word. Don't lock the door. Sit in car and drive off.

5. In about five minutes, Dan will relaise his errors. He'll call. With tears in his eyes and maybe even snot dribbling down his chin ( http://www.funnyalltime.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Crying-baby.jpg) he'll beg you to take him back. Coldly you ask, "What's red, white and black?" Lost and defeated, Dan will look at the picture you left him and say "The Zebras"*

Gg Danny. Gg.

*in case this is unclear, it's because a bleeding zebra is red! white and black.

Note: I do not condone poaching in any form. But if a zebra has been maimed and put on google, we may as well use it to our advantage.

And if that doesn't work, he wakes up with a zebra's head in his bed.

#makehimanofferhecantrefuse

 

[Cornish]

I am all for getting this ground done and dusted first and foremost, then look at who or what is next in the queue. To me thats a stand alone VFL side, worry about womens footy when that up and running. Saints admin have their fingers in too many pies for my liking.

 

[Defacto]

Hang on. So, we complain about other teams having multiple grounds in their training facilities, but when we finally get one on the cheap, we complain as well?

Hang on. Who has complained about that. What team needs multiple grounds? Freo are spending 100m on their new ground and it has one oval. Whats the purpose of multiple ovals?

 

[Dr Spaceman]

I am stunned that the AFL didn't announce they had awarded a licence to the Essendon Football Club. Even though the EFC had not applied for one.

Stunned I tells ya

 

[crasha301]

Are we extending the oval at moorabin?

As long as the Oval is big enough to line out the mcg and edihad im happy.

 

[Defacto]

Are we extending the oval at moorabin?

As long as the Oval is big enough to line out the mcg and edihad im happy.

Only needs an extra 5m each side for the MCG

 

[Defacto]

 

[Defacto]

So 5m each side width wise and 10m each end length wise to cover all grounds

 

[crasha301]

So 5m each side width wise and 10m each end length wise to cover all grounds

Thats pretty reasonable, wouldn't cost to much either.

 

[StFly]

There's not 3.5 million people living in the bayside area.

You can pretty much piss on everything outside of a 15km radius of the Melbourne CBD as "things the AFL don't want anything to do with", as a club we marketed ourselves as the bayside club with an intent to be the club down the south east corridor and as such, as the club for the east of the state, this has been sullied a bit with Hawthorn relocating to that area.

In order for us to be, well, the bayside club, we need to own the east, we need to win the east, we need to have the east of the state because the west has Geelong and north has Essendon, North and the Dogs and to do this, it would be grand if we had an inaugural womans team in the start up league just as it would to have a team in what would be the AFl reserves instead of the VFL wannabe reserves. This is common sense marketing wise.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

I am stunned that the AFL didn't announce they had awarded a licence to the Essendon Football Club. Even though the EFC had not applied for one.

Stunned I tells ya

If the AFL thought they could have got away with it they would have. People already smell bullshit about the Carlton licence.

 

[plugger66]

You can pretty much piss on everything outside of a 15km radius of the Melbourne CBD as "things the AFL don't want anything to do with", as a club we marketed ourselves as the bayside club with an intent to be the club down the south east corridor and as such, as the club for the east of the state, this has been sullied a bit with Hawthorn relocating to that area.

In order for us to be, well, the bayside club, we need to own the east, we need to win the east, we need to have the east of the state because the west has Geelong and north has Essendon, North and the Dogs and to do this, it would be grand if we had an inaugural womans team in the start up league just as it would to have a team in what would be the AFl reserves instead of the VFL wannabe reserves. This is common sense marketing wise.

The east? We have never had anything to do with the east. Better to just stick to the south and south east. I don't think we need to worry about areas like Vermont and Bayswater and then there is Hawthorn who have the inner east covered.

 

[Plumber66]

Someone took the wrong exit ramp on this thread.

 

[VDS66]

Someone took the wrong exit ramp on this thread.

It happens/ Get used to it.

I heard today that Fremantle now have 2 women's teams?

 

[VDS66]

The east? We have never had anything to do with the east. Better to just stick to the south and south east. I don't think we need to worry about areas like Vermont and Bayswater and then there is Hawthorn who have the inner east covered.

Hate to say it, but I have always done so... you're better off not venturing too far out. For the average family, it costs a packet as well as taking forever to get to a game. Which is why I was never a fan of trying to grow Frankston / Seaford. I know there's a few diehards that will travel from wherever.

Getting back to Moorabbin will be a boon for us as the surrounding areas are more affluent, more young families and getting to games isn't a big deal due to both Nepean Hwy and the Frankston line.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

So Collinwood's bid was apparently "We're Collingwood" similar to Richmond's bid of "Yellow & Black" and their strengths lay in the exact same area as Carlton so what does the AFL do awards a licence to both instead of just one or the other (or heaven forbid neither) and in doing so we miss out and so do the South-Eastern suburbs.

 

[sauce_head]

You will probably find that was not on the incentives the board set themselves in order to achieve their annual bonuses.

 

[Jack Stevens]

I imagine that not having the women's team means we lose Peta Searle. You'd think she'd be hot coaching property for the other teams.

 

[saintsrfreak]

I imagine that not having the women's team means we lose Peta Searle. You'd think she'd be hot coaching property for the other teams.

Pretty sure she said she wants to keep coaching in the men's

 

[Tommy Wigs]

In order for us to be, well, the bayside club, we need to own the east, we need to win the east, we need to have the east of the state because the west has Geelong and north has Essendon, North and the Dogs and to do this, it would be grand if we had an inaugural womans team in the start up league just as it would to have a team in what would be the AFl reserves instead of the VFL wannabe reserves. This is common sense marketing wise.

Agree with this. I think it's a longer and bigger 'game' than just focusing solely on our next flag and this is why I find it disappointing. Could have been a great tool in a large and unfettered (by Hawthorn) area to promote and hopefully build a longer term base.

 

[Jack Stevens]

Pretty sure she said she wants to keep coaching in the men's

I don't see why she couldn't do both. Her role at St Kilda is only part time, and the women's league only goes for a couple of months. Collingwood could offer her more money than we ever could, too.