AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
romsey and lancefield, woodend and Macedon will never merge and IMO nor should they.
Omho so remember we all have opinions, Clubs won’t have to merge, 2 clubs will move next year. 1 top six and 1 bottom club. Another will feel the strain and go into recess I would think. It will be a matter of whether the RDFL can get other clubs to join.
Who is the top 6 club that is moving Humphrey?
Nothing new there this has been discussed over the last 3 years with nothing ever done the clubs and executive of the RDFL have no idea the comp is doomed due to to many Egos and a board that enjoy the perks as long as there is no hard yaka
Last years premiers I feel.
I was told by people at that club that they are going nowhere, I would be very surprised if that has changed.
Time will tell anyway I guess, plenty of noise around about plenty.
Surely it’s more productive to spread gossip and promote unlikely doomsday scenarios than bring facts into this?
Why couldn’t a business model like the CHFL work in the RDFL ? In that you have 2 full time staff members running the league. The clubs paid over 300k for fees last year. Surely there has to be a cheaper way forward.
Be interested to know how you know everything that’s going on.
Some good work there Smokey & worth exploring. I will correct you as sometimes they do come back, Wallan did this in 2008 after being belted in the Northern League, made finals in 2009. Great decision by the Wallan board at the time & look at them now. I don't believe Romsey are going that bad financially, sure they may owe fees, but they are a community strong enough to survive financially. I can tell you that Melton South DO NOT WANT TO RETURN TO THE RDFL (fact) The Western Rams would be the go there but their running out of time. I like the work you have put in here Smokey, some good arguments to come out of it, should be no bullets!
Agree with you on the Kilmore topic. I believe if they ever win a flag in the Northern League, they will struggle to compete once promoted. They would be a good fit back in the RDFL, however the Kilmore people would probably disagree. Melton South believe they are above the RDFL.
You need plenty of $$$ to play finals in the BFL, or have a very good junior program, South has neither. South are also in an industrial area compared to Centrals who are in a growth area. Their are some good people at South, you only need one idiot to bring the culture down, so I don't believe their is a culture problem there, as its very difficult to control everyone who walks in the joint. If South crossed over to the league they were born in, they would be very competitive & it would rejuvenate the club as a whole, however the people who are in charge atm, do not want to come across. In my opinion & my opinion only, If they stay put in the BFL, Centrals will become the number two club in Melton, purely because you don't need as many $$$, so they will have success before South & everyone wants to know & be apart of a winning team, that includes sponsors & you can only go to the well, so many times.
I personally don’t see any problem with South crossing over to the RDFL, to me given their recent history it seems like a smart option. Unfortunately as Slyone eluded to there is a huge ingrained belief at South that they are too good for the RDFL which was understandable during the early to mid 2000’s but maybe isn’t the case now, ironically Centrals current coach was leading South during arguably their most successful era but fell short of winning a flag. In more recent times I have had discussions with mates at South and I always say when the “too good for the RDFL” comments come up that maybe you shouldn’t hang your hat on the competition your in but judge it on your own results.
There is but the clubs are to busy surviving they pay there subs to have this shit sorted. The only way this can be done is for the clubs to hold a meeting presidents secretary treasurers and perhaps two delegates people from the clubs with business experience. Approach AFL vic and put forward a business model that is sustainable and ask for there support also approach a few other clubs Kyneton etc .Then formulate a plan call the Goldfields to a extraordinary general meeting Put forward that the clubs have decided to move and have a plans formulated to move forward.
Yeh they removed a very capable and proven coach to throw money at a very high profile replacement that r*ped and pillaged the club. Original coach could have dragged them off the bottom with the money that they waisted.
