Bendigo FL discussion 2024

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Forest St End said:
The next step should be giving clubs the opportunity to sell subscription memberships so people can live stream their games each week.
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I do see the logic in this, but with the amount of scammers trying to get people to fall for this on social media nowadays, I can see it being a rather niche idea which wouldn't benefit clubs.
 
Trent the flight Steward said:
Keep it free forest
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Then you can’t do it at all because the clubs cop it on the gate, especially in poor weather.

tasmanlvr said:
I do see the logic in this, but with the amount of scammers trying to get people to fall for this on social media nowadays, I can see it being a rather niche idea which wouldn't benefit clubs.
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Could be done like the SANFL and NT leagues where you subscribe via the paper.

The addy has the structure in place to do it already, you would subscribe to them and the streams would be hosted on their website behind their paywall. Each person subscribing nominates their club and that club gets a cut.
 
Forest St End said:
Then you can’t do it at all because the clubs cop it on the gate, especially in poor weather.



Could be done like the SANFL and NT leagues where you subscribe via the paper.

The addy has the structure in place to do it already, you would subscribe to them and the streams would be hosted on their website behind their paywall. Each person subscribing nominates their club and that club gets a cut.
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Why would you subscribe to the Addy. Was once a proud part of Bendigo life and culture which had very good journos. Not even a shadow of its former self. Why would you pay to read a Nathan Dole article, bad enough reading the waffle for free.
 

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localfootyguru said:
Well what a weekend. Unfortunately wasn’t a great result for the club on the scoreboard after being comprehensively beaten by a dominant Sandhurst outfit. They will certainly be thereabouts come the end of the year.

As for our fellows, I and the club are really proud of them. Yes we were totally outclassed but our players commitment and effort could never be questioned. Our boys gave their all.

To all the pundits posting the result and carrying on, that’s great to make uneducated and ill informed statements but you weren’t there and didn’t see our fellows have a go. They can only give their best which they did.

To Sandhurst, thanks for hanging around and supporting our club. Many others have negative attitudes towards them but we cannot thank them enough for the help and support they have given us. Many other high performing clubs would not do this.

As for our club, we are way off the mark as everyone knows and as per my previous posts our club is facing a lot of challenges. We are financially sound, have good community and business support. Our challenge is attracting the right players at the right price. Unfortunately that is not an easy task despite our efforts.

Our club will continue through the season and will not close the doors despite what others think. What happens with our future will be discussed again at the end of the year and in a perfect world we would love to stay in the BFNL. Whether that happens I think that is open for discussion as we need to be realistic as we have at all times.

The bigger issue as I have stated many times is the football landscape around Maryborough. Too many clubs and don’t want to recognise the need for change despite numerous reports/ recommendations from former commissions, dwindling playing numbers, the same clubs struggling and a town like Maryborough having an older demographic, limited employment opportunities and a continued loss of younger people to the city for both work and study. Many clubs are happy to dominate year after year, shell out big coin to overrated and over hyped recruits and not consider the state of football and community sport in general across the region (cricket is suffering a similar fate).

We are very proud of all involved with the club and remind ourselves ‘the tough get going when the going gets tough.’ It certainly has been a mantra for our club in recent times.

Our club and people have character, high levels of integrity and determination to make things better. Eventually the tide will turn and we look forward to it but at this time there will be more hard times, we are sticking tight and determined to see things through.

On a positive note, our netball is flying and it is so good to see with our A Reserve team winning yesterday. It was fantastic to see but overshadowed by the senior football result.

Finally as has been mentioned the BFNL needs to be looked at and I hope this occurs. Our club has had good support from the league and whilst you always want more, I hope there will be a bigger picture look at football in the region. It is well overdue as seen by Saturday’s results.

I am sure some of the faceless posters will give their blunt and uninformed opinions but if you are not directly involved you really don’t understand the full situation. I guess that’s the joy of big footy to take pot shots using faceless names.

All the best to all and we will continue to be open and transparent with our happenings as we believe this is the best approach. Further updates will be provided.
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I’m sorry

Rarely do I post but having read this I must
I’m not trying to kick a club when it’s down but some of what you have written here is just plain wrong
Maryborough footy club, quite simply, does not have the support of the local community or businesses
You need to be honest and ask some tough questions why this is the case
As for the old chestnut of too many local clubs, again that’s just garbage
Carisbrook, Dunolly , Natte, Talbot and now the Giants are local clubs who have a hundred years of support
And they flourish
Why?
Because they work hard, they make people feel welcome, they are inclusive and they attract families and people because they do these things
They nurture their juniors, they keep their local families and they care for their people
Saying they pay massive coin for overrated players is just downright rude and also incorrect
Are these so called overrated players only so because they don’t play at your club?
These are the reasons Maryborough are where they are, not any of the excuses you have regurgitated
Even the fact of the devastating defeat on the weekend was pushed to the third back page of the local paper hidden in the corner
Why?
Ask your club that
I hope you survive, but with the wow is me attitude you have I doubt you will
Instead of rubbishing the local clubs maybe learn from them
They got to where they are through hard work and passion
Carisbrook
Natte
Avoca
Talbot
Dunolly
Giants

These are the clubs you should be learning from not blaming for your plight
 
Glacier said:
I’m sorry

Rarely do I post but having read this I must
I’m not trying to kick a club when it’s down but some of what you have written here is just plain wrong
Maryborough footy club, quite simply, does not have the support of the local community or businesses
You need to be honest and ask some tough questions why this is the case
As for the old chestnut of too many local clubs, again that’s just garbage
Carisbrook, Dunolly , Natte, Talbot and now the Giants are local clubs who have a hundred years of support
And they flourish
Why?
Because they work hard, they make people feel welcome, they are inclusive and they attract families and people because they do these things
They nurture their juniors, they keep their local families and they care for their people
Saying they pay massive coin for overrated players is just downright rude and also incorrect
Are these so called overrated players only so because they don’t play at your club?
These are the reasons Maryborough are where they are, not any of the excuses you have regurgitated
Even the fact of the devastating defeat on the weekend was pushed to the third back page of the local paper hidden in the corner
Why?
Ask your club that
I hope you survive, but with the wow is me attitude you have I doubt you will
Instead of rubbishing the local clubs maybe learn from them
They got to where they are through hard work and passion
Carisbrook
Natte
Avoca
Talbot
Dunolly
Giants

These are the clubs you should be learning from not blaming for your plight
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Didn’t natte pay Dane swan $10k just a few days ago ?


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Crazymaggy2020 said:
Didn’t natte pay Dane swan $10k just a few days ago ?


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Natte obviously saw the value in it. I saw a few photos of the day looked like a good crowd.
If clubs have passionate supporters who are happy to raise cash, let em spend it how they want.
 
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Glacier said:
And they flourish
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LFG certainly doesn’t need me to speak for him but that’s just patently incorrect.

Clubs like Dunolly, Talbot, and the Bushy Park/Rovers entity have far from flourished in recent years.

Natte punches above their weight for sure but you wonder how long for with no junior base and Carisbrook seem to have a lot of money to spend.
 
Forest St End said:
LFG certainly doesn’t need me to speak for him but that’s just patently incorrect.

Clubs like Dunolly, Talbot, and the Bushy Park/Rovers entity have far from flourished in recent years.

Natte punches above their weight for sure but you wonder how long for with no junior base and Carisbrook seem to have a lot of money to spend.
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Natte have a very strong junior base
As do Carisbrook
 
Glacier said:
I’m sorry

Rarely do I post but having read this I must
I’m not trying to kick a club when it’s down but some of what you have written here is just plain wrong
Maryborough footy club, quite simply, does not have the support of the local community or businesses
You need to be honest and ask some tough questions why this is the case
As for the old chestnut of too many local clubs, again that’s just garbage
Carisbrook, Dunolly , Natte, Talbot and now the Giants are local clubs who have a hundred years of support
And they flourish
Why?
Because they work hard, they make people feel welcome, they are inclusive and they attract families and people because they do these things
They nurture their juniors, they keep their local families and they care for their people
Saying they pay massive coin for overrated players is just downright rude and also incorrect
Are these so called overrated players only so because they don’t play at your club?
These are the reasons Maryborough are where they are, not any of the excuses you have regurgitated
Even the fact of the devastating defeat on the weekend was pushed to the third back page of the local paper hidden in the corner
Why?
Ask your club that
I hope you survive, but with the wow is me attitude you have I doubt you will
Instead of rubbishing the local clubs maybe learn from them
They got to where they are through hard work and passion
Carisbrook
Natte
Avoca
Talbot
Dunolly
Giants

These are the clubs you should be learning from not blaming for your plight
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So you don’t want to kick a club while they are down, yet you lay both boots in, with force.

I’m keen to hear your thoughts on how you claim the Giants flourish. They’ve been around for 5 minutes, off the back of 2 clubs joining together who unfortunately clearly weren’t flourishing. And they’ve employed one of the biggest mercenaries in local footy in recent memory as coach. Now before you start typing your next rant, I applaud them for having the courage to read the room, join forces and have a crack through a merger - but you can’t seriously claim they’ve flourished?
 
Questions guys (and girls).

As far as restructioning, Would it help if the following happened.

Maryborough stay in the BFNL and have just Carisbrook and Natte Bealiba as clubs in the MCDFNL.

Castlemaine stay in the BFNL and merge with Campbells Creek. Harcourt remains as MCDFNL club.

From afar, Maryborough seems like an older demographic town with business's closing down. It's an issue facing many communities across the country. It's prevalent here in WA.

Would Rochester ever want to come back? Would there be any Echuca teams willing to move?
 

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When did Maryborough win their last flag 98 or 2000? Gee they were a powerful side, I'm sure it was predominantly locals with a couple of imports. Plus I'm sure the best young talent from those clubs came in, like prickles Martin, Jamie Elliott etc. Maryborough can't keep guys 20 to 27 now, that's rhe age bracket to build a premiership from, same with maine. Crameri and bond play in Ballarat, richards Eaglehawk, locals who make the afl don't generally come back and play.

Why do kids go back and play for clubs like rochy, kerang, maffra Leongatha, but then we have clubs like Maryborough and cadtlemaine where there's not that pull. I don't know what the answer is, I'm not sure the afl care anymore as the next big nick, barass, adcock or dusty will end up at a private school if they are talented enough and get drafted anyway
 
Trent the flight Steward said:
When did Maryborough win their last flag 98 or 2000? Gee they were a powerful side, I'm sure it was predominantly locals with a couple of imports. Plus I'm sure the best young talent from those clubs came in, like prickles Martin, Jamie Elliott etc. Maryborough can't keep guys 20 to 27 now, that's rhe age bracket to build a premiership from, same with maine. Crameri and bond play in Ballarat, richards Eaglehawk, locals who make the afl don't generally come back and play.

Why do kids go back and play for clubs like rochy, kerang, maffra Leongatha, but then we have clubs like Maryborough and cadtlemaine where there's not that pull. I don't know what the answer is, I'm not sure the afl care anymore as the next big nick, barass, adcock or dusty will end up at a private school if they are talented enough and get drafted anyway
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I was talking with my uncle today who played back in the early 2000s in a praccy match against Maryborough, they smashed Sunbury. He spoke very highlh of Maryborough and can't believe what's happened to them, but not surprised either. Old town, youngins leaving due to lack of job and that contributes to struggling clubs.

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Trent the flight Steward said:
When did Maryborough win their last flag 98 or 2000? Gee they were a powerful side, I'm sure it was predominantly locals with a couple of imports. Plus I'm sure the best young talent from those clubs came in, like prickles Martin, Jamie Elliott etc. Maryborough can't keep guys 20 to 27 now, that's rhe age bracket to build a premiership from, same with maine. Crameri and bond play in Ballarat, richards Eaglehawk, locals who make the afl don't generally come back and play.

Why do kids go back and play for clubs like rochy, kerang, maffra Leongatha, but then we have clubs like Maryborough and cadtlemaine where there's not that pull. I don't know what the answer is, I'm not sure the afl care anymore as the next big nick, barass, adcock or dusty will end up at a private school if they are talented enough and get drafted anyway
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Around that time Castlemaine, Kyneton, Kangaroo Flat & South Bendigo also had strong teams. To highlight how much as changed since then I have listed below the number of senior premierships won over the last 20 completed seasons:

Golden Square 6
Gisborne 5
Strathfieldsaye 4
Eaglehawk 3
Sandhurst 2

Castlemaine 0
Maryborough 0
Kangaroo Flat 0
South Bendigo 0
Kyneton 0

The top five look almost certain to play off in this year's finals.

In summary Golden Square, Gisborne and Strathfieldsaye have been the consistent powerhouse clubs. Eaglehawk and Sandhurst have had some success. The remaining clubs have really struggled and now have their viability under question. There lies the core of the problem with the present BFNL set up. We have all endlessly thrashed out the reasons and our own solutions but surely the administrators and local media have to accept changes are needed and actually push hard for them.
 
Mad Jack said:
So you don’t want to kick a club while they are down, yet you lay both boots in, with force.

I’m keen to hear your thoughts on how you claim the Giants flourish. They’ve been around for 5 minutes, off the back of 2 clubs joining together who unfortunately clearly weren’t flourishing. And they’ve employed one of the biggest mercenaries in local footy in recent memory as coach. Now before you start typing your next rant, I applaud them for having the courage to read the room, join forces and have a crack through a merger - but you can’t seriously claim they’ve flourished?
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Have you seen the crowds at their games ?
Probably not
Anyway, obviously you didn’t read the post clearly
 
Glacier said:
Have you seen the crowds at their games ?
Probably not
Anyway, obviously you didn’t read the post clearly
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I read the post very clearly. You laid the boots in.
I stand by what I said, you can’t claim they are flourishing. No, I haven’t seen their crowds. I have seen their results though.
 
Mad Jack said:
I stand by what I said, you can’t claim they are flourishing. No, I haven’t seen their crowds. I have seen their results though.
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Yeah, the Bendigo comp might be sick but flawed thinking to compare to Maryborough Castlemaine comp.

Bendigo comp has a runny nose compared to the MC comp being in palliative care.
 
Mad Jack said:
I read the post very clearly. You laid the boots in.
I stand by what I said, you can’t claim they are flourishing. No, I haven’t seen their crowds. I have seen their results though.
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They will probably be alive longer than Maryborough if the type of responses you put up are indicative of the club continuing to look at everything but itself
 
Glacier said:
They will probably be alive longer than Maryborough if the type of responses you put up are indicative of the club continuing to look at everything but itself
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Can you please give me some examples I’ve put up of the club blaming anything but itself please?
 

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