jackster83
Killing with a smile
Us and the WA clubs are controlled opposition.lol
Ok this is now a joke.
We are never getting out.
Might as well have not joined the AFL in the first place.
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Us and the WA clubs are controlled opposition.lol
Ok this is now a joke.
We are never getting out.
May as well just have trials against port each week.Us and the WA clubs are controlled opposition.
Might as well have not joined the AFL in the first place.
Not disagreeing with your premise but i cant see how and where Port Power financially support the SANFL.
I would have said they bled the SANFL dry.
GC, are you suggesting you take top up players from SANFL clubs, use them at will and discard them at will and the SANFL clubs just have to suck up being totally stuffed around?Im not sure how the set up is so apologies
Should it be like the old days where we had our players train with us and then send them back - but our top ups train with us 2 nights - we have a group of regulars that we can then send back to their original clubs
Sure its difficult for the clubs and the discarded players but its a win for cohesion and the supplement clubs who get a better trained player
It’s not subsidised, as a foundation SANFL club they had a right to a cut of the sale of Footy Park, it was negotiated that they give up their share of that and not pay a fee for their reserves team.Port are still paying back the SANFL for their license
Not sure if the SANFL team fee is still being subsidized by the SANFL or not
No. Country or amateur league players are semi-contracted to us at match rate and when not required return to their clubGC, are you suggesting you take top up players from SANFL clubs, use them at will and discard them at will and the SANFL clubs just have to suck up being totally stuffed around?
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If it was Scott, it would have been funnier.On reflection Welsh's sprint down the wing was the highlight of the weekend.
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Round 13 SANFL Footy Fix - SANFL
sanfl.com.au
Round 13 SANFL Now Player of the Year Award
Central v Adelaide – Eugene Warrior
3 – Ned McHenry (Adelaide)
2 – Hugh Bond (Adelaide)
1 – Harry Grant (Central)
Sturt v South – Jack Hannath
3 – Tom Lewis (Sturt)
2 – Sid Draper (South)
1 – Oscar Clavarino (South)
Glenelg v Eagles – Grant Coffee
3 – Riley Knight (Eagles)
2 – James Bell (Glenelg)
1 – Luke Reynolds (Glenelg)
West v Norwood – Phil Aspinall
3 – Matt Ling (Norwood)
2 – Izaak Twelftree (Norwood)
1 – Sam Frost (West)
North v Port – Tom Eglington
3 – Dylan Williams (Port)
2 – Dante Visentini (Port)
1 – Tom Clurey (Port)
Round 13 Shearman Medal - Coaches Votes
Central v Adelaide
9 – Ned McHenry (Adelaide)
5 – Kieran Strachan (Adelaide)
4 – Jack Madgen (Adelaide)
3 – Lachlan Gollant (Adelaide)
3 – Kade Dittmar (Central)
2 – Oscar Ryan (Adelaide)
2 – Hugh Bond (Adelaide)
2 – Harry Grant (Central)
Sturt v South
8 – Oliver Grivell (Sturt)
6 – Tom Lewis (Sturt)
5 – Casey Voss (Sturt)
5 – Sid Draper (South)
3 – Kobe Mutch (South)
2 – Zac Becker (Sturt)
1 – Oscar Clavarino (South)
Glenelg v Eagles
10 – Riley Knight (Eagles)
8 – James Bell (Glenelg)
4 – Alex Martini (Glenelg)
3 – Luke Reynolds (Glenelg)
2 – James Rowe (Eagles)
2 – Jarrad Redden (Eagles)
1 – Matt Allen (Glenelg)
North v Port
10 – Dante Visentini (Port)
7 – Tom Clurey (Port)
6 – Dylan Williams (Port)
3 – Dyson Hilder (North)
2 – Kye Roberts (Port)
1 – Sam Ramsay (North)
1 – Hugh Jackson (Port)
West v Norwood
9 – Izaak Twelftree (Norwood)
8 – Matt Ling (Norwood)
7 – Harry Boyd (Norwood)
3 – Jackson Callow (Norwood)
3 – Baynen Lowe (Norwood)
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If this (both the SANFL and AFL clubs) cases are as espoused ( I have my doubts) then why don't the SANFL go way less restricted on us having our ex-players playing for the reserves team? Why can't we have 5 or 10 ex players?? Wrighty, Mackay, Luke Brown, that dude who's now one of our coaches but had the blonde curly hair and was always injured, can't remember his name, etc, etc????
SANFL clubs at war with Power, Crows over top-up players amid discussion over National Reserves competition
SANFL and AFL clubs in South Australia are locked in a struggle over where Port Adelaide and Adelaide can recruit top-up players for their reserve sides. SIMEON THOMAS-WILSON has the latest.
Allowing Adelaide and Port Adelaide to have better access to top-up players in the SANFL would improve the health of South Australian footy, Power chief executive Matthew Richardson said.
With a national reserves competition now on the backburner at AFL House, the Crows and Power will continue to field their reserves sides in the SANFL next year. But this is on the proviso the state league addresses key concerns around top-up players and fixture equality.
Currently the two AFL clubs have to look outside the SANFL for top-up players and are pushing for greater access to promising youngsters through the league’s rookie program.
This year Logan Evans, who continued his strong start to his AFL career against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday, trained with the Power and played for the Magpies in the SANFL as part of the program, before he was picked up in the mid-season draft.
Adelaide has father-son prospect Tyler Welsh at West Lakes as part of the program.
Richardson said the Power wanted the same playing-list rules as the 14 AFL clubs competing in the VFL.
“In order to ensure Port Adelaide and Adelaide are strong in the AFL competition, we need to be able to develop our players at least equally to the way the clubs in the VFL are,” he said on Grandstand SA.
“When you’re a young player, the players you’re playing with are more important than the players you’re playing against because that’s how you learn.
“At the moment there are 14 clubs in the VFL system that are able to put better quality players around their kids.”
SANFL clubs want the Crows and Power to instead focus on recruiting talent from interstate.
But Richardson said the two AFL clubs having better access to top-up players for their SANFL sides would only benefit footy in South Australia.
“An important element of the health of South Australian footy is having two strong, highly competitive AFL teams,” he said. “What that does is it drives the economy at Adelaide Oval because if they’re both performing, more people turn up and that money flows back into community support and the SANFL.
“We’re operating in a system where we feel like we’re starting to be disadvantaged against the other (AFL) clubs.
“If you step back and look back at what’s best for South Australian footy, at the moment there are some warning signs – there’s less talent coming out of South Australia.
“If we keep doing things how we’ve always done them … we’ll go backwards. We don’t want to be in that position, we want to play our role to strengthen South Australian footy.”
Maybe having them back at their junior SANFL clubs is more meaningful for the club and player than running around as a top up player for an AFL reserves team.If this (both the SANFL and AFL clubs) cases are as espoused ( I have my doubts) then why don't the SANFL go way less restricted on us having our ex-players playing for the reserves team? Why can't we have 5 or 10 ex players?? Wrighty, Mackay, Luke Brown, that dude who's now one of our coaches but had the blonde curly hair and was always injured, can't remember his name, etc, etc????
There's no way what's being espoused is what's really cared about.
BUMP!His shoulder is ****ed...get the surgery and get ready for next year.
High impact and intentional.BUMP!
Maybe having them back at their junior SANFL clubs is more meaningful for the club and player than running around as a top up player for an AFL reserves team.
I assume both reserves teams still have a “marquee” player they can nominate and pay that is outside of their restricted non AFL list.
SANFL clubs are heavily restricted by a salary cap and face pretty severe penalties if it’s breached….unless you’re Norwood…they also don’t have the ability to nominate a “marquee” player paid outside the salary cap.
Whereas both reserves sides breach the SANFL salary cap ten fold every week.
Whenever the restrictions on the reserves sides are mentioned the restrictions the SANFL clubs have are never mentioned. It’s such a myopic discussion in the media yet a modicum of inquisitiveness would present a fairer discussion…..can’t have that when it gets in the way of a Chris Davies tantrum can we.
Every decade we’ve had a chance to win a flag and we are tracking to get another chance this decade.That won’t win another flag for 50 years
Thilthorpe’s salary would be more than that of an SANFL club alone.It's also never mentioned that a majority of the real 8 club's supporters don't want the 2 AFL Reserves teams in the SANFL.
Also the salary of 4 or 5 of the AFL players in Sundays team added together would pay our salary cap.
It's typical Port Adelaide everything for them and nothing for anyone else.
I'm surprised they don't want to take the 1st and 2nd players from each club's best and fairest.
Tracking straight back into the bottom 4. Brilliant.Every decade we’ve had a chance to win a flag and we are tracking to get another chance this decade.
I don't think Freo were interesting in leaving their WAFL affiliate side. West coast had some interest though?Could us, Port, Freo and WCE have our own reserves mini competition?
2 out of every 3 games in your home state, 1 out of 3 in WA
I was thinking the same. Probably would be an even harder sell to get top ups though.Could us, Port, Freo and WCE have our own reserves mini competition?
2 out of every 3 games in your home state, 1 out of 3 in WA