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Even if you could get a symbolically equal merger, if less than half of each club membership approve/vote for it, the new club has less supporters than the bigger of the two clubs goung in
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Even if you could get a symbolically equal merger, if less than half of each club membership approve/vote for it, the new club has less supporters than the bigger of the two clubs goung in
- May 3, 2007
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True dat, fact is mergers aren't accepted by fans, has been proven with your mob and the dees in 96. Was emphatically rejected in the end.
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And still Sydney poo the bed
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Leave me out of your life plans, weirdo.
There is no think.
It is a fact that the AFL has a strategic priority to grow the game in non-traditional football markets New South Wales and Quuensland.
Northernbias is real.
The AFL wants Sydney to be successful, so is anybody surprised that Sydney have made finals in 20 of the 24 seasons in the 21st century (the most of any club), and played in 7 GFs (the most GFs of any clubs).
But WA wowsers think North, StK and Melbourne are advantaged by some imaginary VICBias
- May 3, 2007
- 39,002
- 22,763
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- Fremantle
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- Man City, Valencia, Lazio, Panthers
- May 3, 2007
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- Fremantle
- Other Teams
- Man City, Valencia, Lazio, Panthers
You might have a Point about this....
I am suprised a Victorian Side hasnt finished out side the top 4 and not won the flag... Acutally the dogs did it in 2016.
Ok more specific. I am suprised in a way That a collingwood or Hawthorn or Richmond side hasnt won a flag finishing 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th, then plays 4 finals in a row at the MCG vs a Victorian club.
- May 3, 2007
- 39,002
- 22,763
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
- Other Teams
- Man City, Valencia, Lazio, Panthers
There is no think.
It is a fact that the AFL has a strategic priority to grow the game in non-traditional football markets New South Wales and Queensland.
Northernbias is real.
The AFL wants Sydney to be successful, so is anybody surprised that Sydney have made finals in 20 of the 24 seasons in the 21st century (the most of any club), and played in 7 GFs (the most GFs of any clubs).
But WA wowsers think North, StK and Melbourne are advantaged by some imaginary VICBias
So you say NorthBias or Northen Bias is real eh?
So The WA and SA clubs are the sloppy 3rds in The AFL bedroom?
So According to you and the AFL, This is the rankings on which sides the AFL treats well...
1. North Bias: So Queensland (Brisbane and Gold Coast) and NSW clubs (Sydney and GWS).
2. Vic Bias (the 10 victorian) clubs
3. The WA and SA bias.
Mind you I think the AFL have seen the Toxic Bay 13 poo threads between the SA clubs and have tried everything to prevent the SA clubs in winning a flag.
I am curious on how Tassie will be in this ranking.
If you disagree Dopple ganger, please rank in your View which group of sides the AFL want to see become successful. I am alway curious with your thoughts.
Indeed!!
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this might take a while to quote some of your posts.....
In a way Yes.... But North Melbourne in the 1990s, Specifically from 1994-99 when they at least made prelim finals, were a good side.
Well the Sydney swans making a few grand finals since 1996 is a testament to how good they are. I do envy them being run well. Same with Port Adelaide under coach Ken Hinkley from 2013 onwards.
Saying that the SA clubs , The WA clubs and Victorian clubs have good local state leagues. SA has the SANFL, WA has WAFL, Victoria has, despite having 10 Vic Clubs, can get local talent in the VFL and TAC cup or under 18s cup (the Vic country league). You can complain about NSW and Queensland academy camps all you want. But persuade the AFL to invest money in NSW and Queensland state league to produce AFL draftees.
For a non vic side to make finals spot in the top 8 back in the 1990s and 2000s, They just need to win 12 games. So.... 8 or 9 or 10 games at home and 2 or 3 or 4 away games vs bottom 4 or bottom 6 sides.
I agree with that.
I agree on your view on Port Adelaide. We can go into a different conversation on Port and their violent and toxic hatred towards Ken Hinkley, but thats off topic.
But since you mentioned it. Yep Port finished 2nd in 2024. Got belted in that Qualifying final vs the cats.
Port could of and should of made that 2020 AFL grand final. Won the Qualifying final vs the cats, lost narrowly in the home prelim vs the tigers.
We can add 2021 as well. Again, won the QF vs the cats then got belted in a home prelim vs the dogs.
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The whole thing seems moot when The AFL literally stole Gaz Jnr from geelong, a Vic team to prop them up, possibly costing geelong more flags. Was an unheard of ,off the books offer, definately not Vic Bias. And yeah they will probably do it again for Tassie.
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Ok.... this reply deserves its own spot.... Mainly because you brought up the Victorian clubs.
But you listed 7 Specific Victorian clubs and we are gonna go through all of them.... this is gonna be a long post.
Saying that, you specifically chose certain Victorian sides.
Carlton: Well lets start off with them... Why didnt they play finals from 2002-08 and 2014-22? Carlton struggled in 2002-7 due to 2 reasons.
1. Over reliance on the Old dudes from their 1995 and 1999 grand final sides. They didnt draft well or draft many kids in 1997-2001. Carlton won the spoon in 2002. They had their 1st round picks of 2002, 2003 and 2004 taken away due to salary cap breaches in 1998-2001. Yet the crows in 2012 got done with salary cap breaches with a Dodgy Kurt tippet contract. Only difference was the Crows drafted well in 2007-09, which is suprising as they made finals each year from 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Why Carlton didnt make finals in 2014-22? Because they made finals in 2009-11. They didnt make finals in 2012 and sacked Brett Ratten. Carlton board thought... Mick Malthouse is Available, he is a successful and experienced coach, he can take us to the next step. Carlton made finals in 2013, Malthouse got sacked in 2015 after no finals in 2014 and 2015.
It took a while for Carlton to become decent. But yeah, Carlton shot them selves on the foot in certain years. Carlton has had money but spend it unwisely on the wrong players and wrong staff members.
North Melbourne: In the 1990s, they were great. Some of those key players from 1988 were 18 or 19 or 20 year olds. 8 years later, they won the flag in 1996 as 26 or 27 or 28 year olds. North Melbourne are not a Consistent force over a 60 or 80 or 100 year period Like Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon or Hawthorn.
They Made a grand final in 1950 and lost. They made 5 grand finals in a row from 1974 to 1978. They won 1975 and 1977 and lost the other 3. They then made grand finals in 1996, 1998 and 1999... they won 1996 and 1999. They made a prelim final in 2000, missed out on finals in 2001, made an elim final in 2002 and then Dennis Pagan left at the end of 2002.
From 2003 onwards, they never really had an honest shot at the flag. 2007 was the legit last time they made a prelim final the normal way of finishing in the top 4 at the end of regular season then made a prelim final. Yes North made prelim finals in 2014 and 2015. but both years they finished out side the top 4 and won 2 finals to make a prelim.
North Melbournes lack of Success comes down to 2 reasons.
1. Its North Melbourne. They are not Collingwood or Carlton or hawks. A powerhouse club with lots of money.
2. North Melbournes recruiting and drafting since 2009 has been terrible. Again... North dont have a lot of money to get elite coaches and scouts. If they did, they would of won another flag from 2000 onwards.
Melbourne: Well they made a grand final in 2000. Missed out on finals in 2001, made finals in 2002. Missed out on finals in 2003, Made finals in 2004-6. Missed out on finals in 2007 and then Sacked Neale Daniher. They had the rebuild. Demons had Dean Bailey as coach from 2008 to 2011. Dean Bailey tried to build up the demons side. He put all his eggs in one basket and tried to get the demons to finals in 2011, he didnt and was sacked. He claimed he did what was best for the demons, in a way he indirectly said the demons tanked in his early years at the demons.
Demons didnt play one final from 2007-2017. They made finals in 2018 under Simon Goodwin. They eventually won a flag in 2021 under Simon Goodwin. Yeah they won the 2021 grand final out side the MCG, in WA to be exact but it was a long drought going back to 1964.
Demons lack of success from 2001-2017 was basically, they fielded some good sides but not a top side to win. Their 2007-17 period was tough, Similar to Brisbanes dire 2010-18 period. But both teams eventually got a flag in the end after a long period of no finals.
Essendon: They won a flag in 2000. Then made another grand final in 2001. They were still good. won elim finals vs West coast in 2002, Dockers in 2003 and Demons in 2004. They have not won a final since beating the demons in 2004. They have made a fair bit of elim finals Since 2004 but sadly not won one.
Essendon have suffered a similar fate to Carlton. Both have won 16 flags each. Both have big supporter bases and lots of money. But sadly wasted money on the wrong players and staff members.
Western Bulldogs: Made a fair few prelim finals since 1990: 1992, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2021. The Dogs have Been punching above their weight Since 2000. They made prelim finals for 3 years in a row from 2008 to 2010. Dogs were one of the top sides but they were never the best side in the comp in that period. Saints, cats and other clubs were just better than the dogs in that period..
Dogs did win a flag in 2016. Mind you they finished 7th a drought going back to 1954. They were not the best side but were the best performing side in september. They had a home ground advantage vs the Swans in that Grand final.
Dogs Made another grand final in 2021 outside the top 4. But they got smashed by the demons after half time.
Saint Kilda: Like the dogs and North Melbourne, they are a docklands Tenant but not a consistent victorian power house. Saying that, The saints had a few chances for a flag. Saints have had their fair share of finals since 2000. Yeah they made a grand final in 1997 and finals again in 1998. But had to rebuild from 1999 to 2003. Made finals in 2004-6. They had chances to make a grand final in 2004 and 2005.
in 2004, The saints narrowly lost to Port in 2004 by 6 points. In 2005, they lead by 2 or 3 goals vs the swans at 3 quater time but lost. The saints sacked Grant Thomas at the end of 2006. Ross Lyon is brought in. He was saints coach from 2007 to 2011. Saints had made grand finals in 2009 and 2010. But fell short in both those years. They could of won one or possibly both but didnt. they made finals in 2011, didnt make finals from 2012 to 2019. Made finals in 2020, missed out in 2021 and 2022, made an elim final in 2023 and missed out on finals in 2024.
The weird thing about the saints is, they could of won a flag between 2004-2010. Had the saints won the premiership in etheir 2004 or 2005, then I dont think Ross Lyon would be coaching the saints in 2007.
Richmond: They have had their fair share of tough times. From 1983-2012. they only made finals in 2 of those 30 years. That is 1995 and 2001. But talking about 2001 onwards. They made finals in 2001, didnt play finals again until 2013.
Richmond made finals in 2013-5. Missed out on finals in 2016. They then had that 2017 to 2020 run. They won a flag in 2017, made a prelim in 2018 , won flags in 2019 and 2020. Yes the 2020 grand final vs Geelong was in Queensland. It as a "Neutral" grand final because both sides had no home ground advantage. Same with the 2024 grand final. Tigers missed out on finals in 2021, made finals again in 2022 but missed out of finals in 2023 and 2024.
Richmond had their struggles but they did some Important thing at the end of 2009 in Getting Brendon Gale as CEO, Hardwick as coach and Dusty martin in the 2009 draft.
I dont personally hate Richmond or their (Bigfooty) fans. But no one complained when Richmond were horrible from 1983 to 2012. But when they won 3 flags in 2017, 2019 and 2020, teams and posters cry foul.
At the end of the day.... All those teams struggled due to a combination of things. Its down to a few reasons... Its either over estimation of the playing squad, Bad Recruiting/ trading, bad umpiring decisions, bad coaching, bad development, club is poorly run, club is unlucky or a mixture of a lot of things.
We Talk about fairness and eveness and Equalization....
Doppleganger, Your magpies have won the 1990, 2010 and 2023 flags. Had your team added and won the 2002, 2003 and 2011 flags on the list, would you really be moaning? thats 6 flags Since 1990 or 5 flags won since 2000.
