Just thought I’d share some stats collated since 2014 and the advent of stand alone AFL reserves teams.
Unfortunately “journos” and talking heads don’t seem to be capable of doing a modicum of research into both reserves teams but very willing to comment on the rhetoric spruiked by people like Chris Davies.
This is a bit of a clunky and quick tally of finals since 2014, happy to be corrected where necessary.
Since 2014
F- Finals played.
GF- Grand finals played.
P- Premierships.
FS- Final series played.
Sturt - F-18 GF-3 P-2 FS- 7
WWT - F-16 GF-4 P-2 FS-7
Norwood - F-15 GF-3 P-2 FS-7
Adelaide - F-15 GF-0 P-0 FS-5
Port Power Res. - F-12 GF-3 P-0 FS-5
South- F-11 GF-0 P-0 FS-5
North Adelaide - F-9 GF-3 P-1 FS-4
Glenelg - F-8 GF-3 P-2 FS-6
Centrals - F-8 GF-0 P-0 FS-4
West - F-4 GF-1 P-1 FS-1
Added to that there’s some distinct disadvantages or restrictions SANFL clubs are bound by….it’s not only the reserves teams that face restrictions, again, never brought up in this discussion by those in the media with an agenda.
-Reserves teams have access to the mid season draft, rookie draft and main draft, SANFL clubs don’t, it’s highly likely SANFL clubs will lose players to both reserves teams through the drafts.
-SANFL clubs have to pay a transfer fee to trade in a player from another SANFL club, reserves teams don’t, this includes a delisted AFL player who chooses to go to another SANFL club seperate from his junior SANFL club…as an example, Sturt had to pay a transfer fee to West to get Snelling to Unley even though he was delisted by Essendon.
On the flip side of that, SANFL clubs don’t need to pay a transfer fee to the reserves teams for a player…. ie Sturt wouldn’t need to pay Adelaide for James Matthews.
-SANFL clubs are heavily restricted by a salary cap, reserves teams drastically exceed the SANFL salary cap every week.
-SANFL clubs have to show a minimum turnover profit every year or they get penalised with a lower salary cap.
It’s also interesting to look at the VFL ladder at the moment.
13th Sydney
16th Casey (Melb res)
17th Essendon
19th Collingwood
21st Carlton at the bottom of the table.
So four current top 8 AFL teams are all very low on the VFL ladder. The only person I’ve heard to make this point in the media is Marty Mattner on SEN, you’d think an ex “journalist” like Michaelangelo Rucci could do some research into this topic instead of the parroting typical AFL rhetoric.
It’s not just AFL reserves teams that face restrictions.
Feel free to correct anything or add to this.
Unfortunately “journos” and talking heads don’t seem to be capable of doing a modicum of research into both reserves teams but very willing to comment on the rhetoric spruiked by people like Chris Davies.
This is a bit of a clunky and quick tally of finals since 2014, happy to be corrected where necessary.
Since 2014
F- Finals played.
GF- Grand finals played.
P- Premierships.
FS- Final series played.
Sturt - F-18 GF-3 P-2 FS- 7
WWT - F-16 GF-4 P-2 FS-7
Norwood - F-15 GF-3 P-2 FS-7
Adelaide - F-15 GF-0 P-0 FS-5
Port Power Res. - F-12 GF-3 P-0 FS-5
South- F-11 GF-0 P-0 FS-5
North Adelaide - F-9 GF-3 P-1 FS-4
Glenelg - F-8 GF-3 P-2 FS-6
Centrals - F-8 GF-0 P-0 FS-4
West - F-4 GF-1 P-1 FS-1
Added to that there’s some distinct disadvantages or restrictions SANFL clubs are bound by….it’s not only the reserves teams that face restrictions, again, never brought up in this discussion by those in the media with an agenda.
-Reserves teams have access to the mid season draft, rookie draft and main draft, SANFL clubs don’t, it’s highly likely SANFL clubs will lose players to both reserves teams through the drafts.
-SANFL clubs have to pay a transfer fee to trade in a player from another SANFL club, reserves teams don’t, this includes a delisted AFL player who chooses to go to another SANFL club seperate from his junior SANFL club…as an example, Sturt had to pay a transfer fee to West to get Snelling to Unley even though he was delisted by Essendon.
On the flip side of that, SANFL clubs don’t need to pay a transfer fee to the reserves teams for a player…. ie Sturt wouldn’t need to pay Adelaide for James Matthews.
-SANFL clubs are heavily restricted by a salary cap, reserves teams drastically exceed the SANFL salary cap every week.
-SANFL clubs have to show a minimum turnover profit every year or they get penalised with a lower salary cap.
It’s also interesting to look at the VFL ladder at the moment.
13th Sydney
16th Casey (Melb res)
17th Essendon
19th Collingwood
21st Carlton at the bottom of the table.
So four current top 8 AFL teams are all very low on the VFL ladder. The only person I’ve heard to make this point in the media is Marty Mattner on SEN, you’d think an ex “journalist” like Michaelangelo Rucci could do some research into this topic instead of the parroting typical AFL rhetoric.
It’s not just AFL reserves teams that face restrictions.
Feel free to correct anything or add to this.