Gee whiz! Southport have been incredibly impressive since entering the VFL - two GF appearances in three years and it probably would have been three GF appearances in four years had they not cancelled the 2021 season when Southport were sitting pretty second on the ladder. Well done, Sharkies! Now go and claim your first ever VFL flag and make it two premierships in two years for the city of the Gold Coast!
Southport in 2021 were helped by the fact they pretty much played another QLD side every second week
cash dollar and they probably want the AFL to fund it lol
Povo plebs
yeah, there is literally no way around it. Shout out to all the workplaces for letting them have the last couple of Fridays off
Interstate travel in general is ****ed for a part time competition.
The workplaces understand...theres also annual leave
Amazing to think that if Southport wins, that the “Victorian Football League” winners for the last two years will be Queensland teams!
Got some decent wins against Vic teams Carlton, North and Essendon. Also beat other AFL reserves teams Gold Coast, Sydney and Brisbane. They really only had two easier games against Aspley. Plus, they proved next season they their position on the ladder was justified as they made the GF.
Not just Queensland teams. Both Gold Coast teams!
It's a Victorian based competition, which they knew when they joined.
not for this thread but maybe the name of the competition needs to be changed from VFL to reflect that there are now 5 non Victorian teams playing from the East Coast (the reserves of the 4 AFL teams and Southport)?
Changing the leagues name won’t change the fact that it’s a Melbourne based comp
doesn't make it less ****ed for part time athletes and staff that are probably not even that
There isn't really a solution to it unless you either make it a fully-professional league or close to it (which will be a huge cost for the clubs involved) or find another place for the northern clubs (which would also be extremely costly as you'd have to establish a new league from scratch.)
Southport are many times better off than clubs like Preston and Coburg, they are comparatively wealthy and have far better facilities, as evidenced by the fact they have finished top 2 in every VFL season they have competed in.
They dont because they were never a VFA club to begin with and because they're not victorian
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