2024 VFL Season - Finals

[Flyingleslieskite]

awesome, would have hoped it was going to be like that. I wonder if tassie will be expected to fly or the VFL club be expected to fly

Bit of both you'd imagine but Tassie should be expected to fly, start getting them used to what lies ahead from 2026 onwards.

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

I've Hird James has said no to coaching the Borough

 

[NickyM]

I've Hird James has said no to coaching the Borough

Do you have a good reliable source

 

[Yoda_]

Do you have a good reliable source

Carowhine Wilson

 

[NickyM]

Carowhine Wilson

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Saints coy on Thomas meeting; Hird won’t coach; Round 24 confirmed

St Kilda are remaining tight-lipped about a meeting between the club’s head of player acquisition Graeme Allan and suspended former North Melbourne midfielder Tarryn Thomas.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

Saints coy on Thomas meeting; Hird won’t coach; Round 24 confirmed

St Kilda are remaining tight-lipped about a meeting between the club’s head of player acquisition Graeme Allan and suspended former North Melbourne midfielder Tarryn Thomas.

www.theage.com.au

Cheers Morts, exactly what I was refering to

 

[bedford]

He hates her more than anyone else and he has a lot of friends

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

He hates her more than anyone else and he has a lot of friends

I think we've Hird enough about all of this now.

 

[troybe]

Southport have signed Matthew Primus

Matthew Primus

Age

49

Ht

198cm

Wt

109kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

6.2

4star

HO

16.7

5star

No current season stats available

D

12.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

HO

13.8

5star

for the next 2 years as coach

 

[Journey]

I dont think you are giving Dolphins enough credit for the astute recruiting they have done.

Tom Murphy - Too good for local footy (played with Somerville Eagles in the strong MPNFL) and was attracted back to VFL
Jackson Voss - A good VFL player who was probably yearning for more responsibility at a stand alone club (local club Pines)
Tyson Milne - See above. A player who needed that great expectation on him to perform. Local enough to the area (Beaumaris)
Matt Johnson came across from Casey as another seeking greater opportunities.
Tap Campbell- Farah had offers to go to multiple clubs but ultimately decided to stay local to his boyhood club (Rye)
George Grey and Matt Johnson were both aligned to Casey but came across for greater opportunities and responsibilities. No body could have predicted the rise and impact both have had for the club.
Ready and Grant are both criminally under appreciated in VFL circles. For VFL big men they compete and that is all you can ask. (Ready Beaumaris Jnr, Grant (Mornington but did play juniors in VAFA)
Jack NEwnes moves to the area and was an astounding get as a strong influence to the group.
Ryan Quirk (Noble Park) wanted his opportunity.


One could argue the only two BIG signings were Trent Mynott and Noah Gown as both out of area and non local products. Mynott as a Bombers supporter was cut prematurely and would be well deserving of another shot at AFL football imho.


The list goes on, if anything, you could say last years list was far far superior in terms of top end talent (Will Fordham, Riley Stoddart, Will Walker, Kai Owen’s) was as good as any VFL talent that maybe, just maybe, it came down to coaching because this group is humming.

Yoda, I was not trying to discredit your players individually as I have only seen them twice this year and what I have seen I agree with above even to the extent of ex port player Bourke i think playing every game for you as well Johnson and Murphy I agree could easily be pumped up for draft opportunity and your backs in Voss Grey and Milne have many years ahead of them . My post was to lament that under our current coach as a team we only had 7 players who had played more than 20 games together. After three years and tonnes of recruit optimism we have to now rebuild especially as 7 of our latest recruits had 7 or less disposals. Good luck next few weeks.

 

[Yoda_]

Yoda, I was not trying to discredit your players individually as I have only seen them twice this year and what I have seen I agree with above even to the extent of a port reject in Bourke i think playing every game for you as well. Johnson and Murphy I agree could easily be pumped up for draft opportunity and your backs in Voss Grey and Milne have many years ahead of them . My post was to lament that under our current coach as a team we only had 7 players who had played more than 20 games together. After three years and tonnes of recruit optimism we have to now rebuild especially as 7 of our latest recruits had 7 or less disposals. Good luck next few weeks.

all good, thanks for your quality and polite reply mate

Gonna be good to see Dolphins (hopefully) post season. Build on it and hope to hell the strong stand alone don't pillage the talent like they always do

 

[MegaA]

I think we've Hird enough about all of this now.

True we have Hird enough of this, after Bedford said on two occasions that he will coach, total B.S.

Your sources also told you that if the union money doesnt come through we are stuffed, they forgot to tell you that they the sponsorship money was handed over last year. I think you need a new source of information Bedford, they keep lying to you !

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

Southport have signed Matthew Primus for the next 2 years as coach

Well, at least one ex AFL coach is coaching a stand alone in the VFL in 2025

Who also have "Port" in their name

 

[bedford]

True we have Hird enough of this, after Bedford said on two occasions that he will coach, total B.S.

Your sources also told you that if the union money doesnt come through we are stuffed, they forgot to tell you that they the sponsorship money was handed over last year. I think you need a new source of information Bedford, they keep lying to you !

Not at all , he did a fair bit of research calling many players of note , but didn't want to change work commitments , wouldn't be the 1st one to do that

 

[MRobbo]

Friday afternoon vfl footy at Tramway Oval about to get underway

All AFL emergencies are playing for both teams

 

[MRobbo]

Quarter Time
Sydney 3-4(22)
Collingwood 2-2(14)

 

[MRobbo]

Half Time
Sydney 3-6(24)
Collingwood 5-3(33)

 

[DTLSchulzy16]

Half Time
Sydney 3-6(24)
Collingwood 5-3(33)

Collingwood going to be fully cooked. Lost 3 players in that first half. Down to 2 on the bench

 

[AussieNick1999]

Frankston are already announcing re-signings for next year. Trent Mynott has re-signed for 2025 and Taine Barlow has signed on for both 2025 and 2026.

Can't remember ever seing a two-year player commitment at Frankston.

 

[Journey]

Frankston are already announcing re-signings for next year. Trent Mynott has re-signed for 2025 and Taine Barlow has signed on for both 2025 and 2026.

Can't remember ever seing a two-year player commitment at Frankston.

Can’t remember sign ons announced before previous season finished.

Marketing department would be ecstatic letting that news out and diminishing any hype before 2025 season, I mean it’s only your CAPTAIN, to get members and supporters juiced! Don’t get too far ahead of yourselves.

 

[Yoda_]

Can’t remember sign ons announced before previous season finished.

Marketing department would be ecstatic letting that news out and diminishing any hype before 2025 season, I mean it’s only your CAPTAIN FFS, to get members and supporters juiced! Don’t get too far ahead of yourselves.

seriously what an atrocious comment. pull your head in

Obviously someone who is engaged in the VFL, knowing the history of a struggling club like Frankston surely you're privilege would respect the commitment Trent and Taine are showing the Dolphins would be more appreciated by opposition supporters

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

seriously what an atrocious comment. pull your head in

Obviously someone who is engaged in the VFL, knowing the history of a struggling club like Frankston surely you're privilege would respect the commitment Trent and Taine are showing the Dolphins would be more appreciated by opposition supporters

Frankston are trying hard to be the best they can in a very difficult competiton and them announcing the re contracting of their key players now before the wildcard rounds show how committed they are to success in the future.

With these players re contracted, players from other clubs they're talking to are now going to strongly consider joining them because they know they're going to hopefully be a good side over the next few years or so.

 

[AussieNick1999]

seriously what an atrocious comment. pull your head in

Obviously someone who is engaged in the VFL, knowing the history of a struggling club like Frankston surely you're privilege would respect the commitment Trent and Taine are showing the Dolphins would be more appreciated by opposition supporters

Don't waste your time indulging these flogs, honestly. They have a narrative that Frankston are a shit club and can't consider the possibility that we're actually going in the right direction. Not worth the time to try and convince them otherwise.

 

[AussieNick1999]

Also for what it's worth, Frankston announced six re-signings tonight:

Trent Mynott
Taine Barlow
Tyson Milne
Joe Lloyd
Tomoya Owens
Noah Gown

Considering the current season hasn't even ended yet, I'm not going to complain.