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New Thread for the new year. Lets hope for a better year.
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AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
MFC Fans Only Non-Demons AFL Discussion – 2024: This year really stinks (but not as much as the Gold Coast rebrand)
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Can see a Carlton v Collingwood GF this year. The AFL want it and both teams should be there abouts. Might leave the country if this happens.
Crows the smoky for me. Their midfield the only question mark really. If they had a star in there, then they'd be looking odds on for top 4. Gold Coast surely make the 8 this year finally. They have an awesome list of talent and a premiership coach now. No excuses. GWS another one to watch. Hard seeing them not high up there with the talent on their list and the way they are playing for their coach. Sydney, Saints and Dees vulnerable tbh. West Coast and Kangas probably the only 2 teams genuinely not a chance for the 8. Tigers could drop away quickly as well if they lose a few early. I think it's a genuine 50/50 whether we make finals or not.
Crows the smoky for me. Their midfield the only question mark really. If they had a star in there, then they'd be looking odds on for top 4. Gold Coast surely make the 8 this year finally. They have an awesome list of talent and a premiership coach now. No excuses. GWS another one to watch. Hard seeing them not high up there with the talent on their list and the way they are playing for their coach. Sydney, Saints and Dees vulnerable tbh. West Coast and Kangas probably the only 2 teams genuinely not a chance for the 8. Tigers could drop away quickly as well if they lose a few early. I think it's a genuine 50/50 whether we make finals or not.
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When your the biggest club in the county, build a new space off a government grant for your AFLW and netball sides, but then fold the netball side and now the AFL boys can use the space during the season
They keep finding ways for the public to hate them even more. But hey, don't act like we wouldn't have done the same. There is a reason why Collingwood have made the most GF's out of any club, because they keep advancing and don't give a f* what other clubs or fans think. They keep finding ways to improve their club. This looks a bit smelly on the surface, but they are the club with brand new facilities. We are still trying to find a location for our club. FFS
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How on earth did they get a grant?
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Brisbane
GWS
Collingwood
Carlton
Adelaide
Sydney
GC
Geelong
There’s your top 8.
Flag - Brisbane or GWS
Runner up - GWS or Brisbane
Lions will find another gear. Didn’t get blown away in the GF which is big. Fagan will find something for them. GWS very well coached and can see them getting their first flag soon.
GWS
Collingwood
Carlton
Adelaide
Sydney
GC
Geelong
There’s your top 8.
Flag - Brisbane or GWS
Runner up - GWS or Brisbane
Lions will find another gear. Didn’t get blown away in the GF which is big. Fagan will find something for them. GWS very well coached and can see them getting their first flag soon.
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Is this gonna be another year where people say "GC will make the 8" ...really? Have we learnt nothing.
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If you just say it every year, eventually you’re going to be right.
Law of averages
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Easier to wait for it to happen instead of trying to be a genius and being wrong constantly.
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look, i said this privately to my best mate today that we are the Baltimore Ravens of the AFL (or there the Dees of the NFL?)
On paper Best list, Best team at points during the year (they should of been playing SF in the SB), both teams finding ways to lose winnable games.
On paper Best list, Best team at points during the year (they should of been playing SF in the SB), both teams finding ways to lose winnable games.
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We don’t have the best list. Would give that title to Brisbane.
Lions and GWS have the best lists. Gold Coast most likely in a couple more years. They have an unbelievable list of young players. Really like Sydney's young core as well.
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Netball side was costing them millions, was a dumb investment in the first place
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Digging into the why
Admittedly I don't have all the info but the allegation as I understand it seems to be they basically went to the government asking for $15m to build the training facilities for their netball team then pissed off the netball team a few years later and got a taxpayer funded facilities upgrade for their footy team.
If they lost less money on their netball team than the tax money they got for their facilities upgrade then they came out ahead.
Topkent
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For now maybe but Craig Kelly spoke about it and basically was saying that between netball and AFLW they were running at a financial loss still.
Bluelegs
Digging into the why
I mean, that's how I'd sell it if I was in his position too.
I don't know if there was malice in it but it's pretty shit seeing the biggest club in the land con the government into a facility upgrade whilst we've been nomads since the 60's
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He also didn't advocate for the netball team either he's just taken over, looked over the finances and said the AFLW plus netball was costing them millions and decided **** off the netball.
Pretty sure Essendon got theirs payed for as well, our problem is we don't have a home still so we don't get shit.
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Real sceptical of this "operating at a loss" type of stuff.
My business had a few years of very poor financial performance, largely due to me spending capital on personal trips to music festivals (here and abroad), furniture for my house, heavy metal records etc. One year I even claimed some vintage toys I bought from ebay. I called them "office adornments", of course my clients really cared about my collection of GI Joe figures
All very important things for the running of a moderately successful business Mr. Taxman!
Still, you do what you can, can't blame the Pies for cooking the books. Everyone tries to.
My business had a few years of very poor financial performance, largely due to me spending capital on personal trips to music festivals (here and abroad), furniture for my house, heavy metal records etc. One year I even claimed some vintage toys I bought from ebay. I called them "office adornments", of course my clients really cared about my collection of GI Joe figures
All very important things for the running of a moderately successful business Mr. Taxman!
Still, you do what you can, can't blame the Pies for cooking the books. Everyone tries to.
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I mean women are paid more in sports now than years ago but no one's watching still, not surprised it's a drain.
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Professional women's tennis and UFC are basically the only women's sports that arent a drain. Maybe soccer?
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Probably golf too.
PerfectFooty
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I'm not going to comment as you all know where i stand with my enjoyment on woman's sports overall, but i did want to add to woman's tennis. Good to watch, get some good rallies in woman's tennis
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I said women's tennis. No question about that, very profitable. Good personalities, some good eye candy and a good skill level/watch.
PerfectFooty
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Yeah i know you said it, I just wanted to add on why i like it too
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Sky Brown should be a bigger name than what she is in women's sport, that kid is ****ing incredible, bronze medal at the Olympics as a 13 year old. The women's Tony Hawk by the time she's done.
