Happy to accept fwiw
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VAFA General Discussion
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eth-dog
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It's the Boroondara council grounds. Nothing to worry about
ultimate warrior
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Deep sarcasm I suggest
outside_off
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Awful lot of round 1 games listed with TBC next to game time and place. Has the under 19s fixture been finalised?
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Just redid ours.
We have to travel to
Parkdale
Beaumaris
St Bedes
How to kill off Under 19’s
How does travel kill off U/19's?
Nothing has changed in the last 15-20 years - unders have always had to travel to play matches.
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And it’s is hurting under 19’s. Some clubs are flushed. But most will have trouble getting to 9.20am games from the other side of town.
Just a fact.
localfootylegend23
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Thats VAFA for you, clubs from all areas of melbourne, not much you can do unless you change it to east west north south divisions and have lopsided scores
outside_off
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Yes there is things you can do.
Most teams want their players at game an hour beforehand. So if you know a team is traveling significant distance across town, don't schedule them for a 9.30am start Saturday morning. 19 year olds value their sleep!! Same for 6 pm Friday night games when there is footy traffic, and it's going to be difficult for the opposition team to supply game day helpers.
localfootylegend23
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Totally agree but you have to filter around seniors and reserves. It could be at 4.45pm for the distance factor, hoping the ground has sufficient lighting
This isn't a travel issue, it's a ground shortage issue and clubs requiring/wanting to host triple headers to meet ground shortages.
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In our investigations with players coming out of our juniors, Travel time can be a factor for some.
Not all, but we have lost a lot more to NFNL teams in recent times than staying with their school. It is a mixture of both for sure but just highlighting our clubs recent (past 5-10 years) experiences.
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He Berg keep promising the world to the Unders then go and get ex AFL players, leaving kids on contracts they can’t break and spend the year playing at 9.00am. Or only getting a call up when points become an issue.
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Thanks Tim.I know a few teams that will house them Max!
Want to do a game Saturday. Praccy match at Chelsworth
Three travels in one season. Get real!
Season launches for both competition and the umpires Wednesday night just passed (why schedule both on the same night?)
Mr Platinum
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out of HQ with the departure of the great Joe Pignataro. No podcasts to listen to as we build up the season is a backward step, even my dog has its own podcast!
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Do they only have the one side this year in the Clubbies? Do they have ambitions of re-joining divisional football?
Apparently one in clubbies.
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Any danger this new Play HQ system might list the teams at some point between selection night and first bounce?
It's a pretty standard practice I would have thought.
Not an encouraging start. Will be interested to see how it goes with live games this afternoon.
It's a pretty standard practice I would have thought.
Not an encouraging start. Will be interested to see how it goes with live games this afternoon.
