by saintal » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:17 pm
by Jim05 » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:21 pm
daysofourlives wrote:On a day when many eyes were focused on Hawk Cyril Rioli, the Bulldogs, now aligned with the Western Bulldogs and playing their first season as a standalone team in the VFL competition, came from three goals down early in the final term to win by 22 points, 16.13 (109) to 13.9 (87), in front of 23,816 fans at Etihad Stadium.
Rioli had minimal influence on the contest despite a brief spike in the third term and sat out the final term. Box Hill was also suffering from a string of injuries, adding to their lack of rotations which proved costly in the finish.
So despite it being a Grand Final, game on the line and no one on the bench Cyril Rioli sat out the last quarter. Footscray must be stoked with their "win"
This just sums up with what is wrong with the new SANFL in a nutshell.
by RB » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:23 pm
daysofourlives wrote:So despite it being a Grand Final, game on the line and no one on the bench Cyril Rioli sat out the last quarter.
by holden78 » Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:59 pm
by Dog Day Afternoon » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:11 pm
by topsywaldron » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:35 pm
Dog Day Afternoon wrote:I read someone's post saying that there are now only 4 VFL clubs that are not AFL reserves sides.
To me the solution is simple - send the Crows and Power to the AFL reserves in Victoria and the 4 "pure" Victorian teams to the SANFL.
If NT, Qld and NSW can have the NEAFL we could have a similar arrangement - the AFL and SANFL are now cashed up enough to support the extra travel costs. Seems simple but it's not going to happen!
by FlyingHigh » Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:23 pm
by mal » Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:28 pm
by Red Rocket » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:01 am
by bennymacca » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:09 am
Dog Day Afternoon wrote:I read someone's post saying that there are now only 4 VFL clubs that are not AFL reserves sides.
To me the solution is simple - send the Crows and Power to the AFL reserves in Victoria and the 4 "pure" Victorian teams to the SANFL.
If NT, Qld and NSW can have the NEAFL we could have a similar arrangement - the AFL and SANFL are now cashed up enough to support the extra travel costs. Seems simple but it's not going to happen!
by sjt » Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:36 am
by kickinit » Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:39 am
Dog Day Afternoon wrote:I read someone's post saying that there are now only 4 VFL clubs that are not AFL reserves sides.
To me the solution is simple - send the Crows and Power to the AFL reserves in Victoria and the 4 "pure" Victorian teams to the SANFL.
If NT, Qld and NSW can have the NEAFL we could have a similar arrangement - the AFL and SANFL are now cashed up enough to support the extra travel costs. Seems simple but it's not going to happen!
by Dogwatcher » Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:23 am
by Rising Power » Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:54 am
Red Rocket wrote:Had lunch with a board member of an SANFL club today and he mentioned that despite yesterdays result there are still changes afoot.
At the moment 4 clubs are on board and trying to gather more support but he mentioned that it probably wouldnt get pushed until next year.
A lot depends on the two sides forming an alliance with an amateur side but the proposal would limit the ammount of AFL listed players per game to 14, the others would then go to the ammateur side to play. Small tweak to finals eligibity aswell with 6 games required to qualify unless both sides are still in (like the weekend) As he said too late to get it up this year but will be pushing hard next year for it to be introduced in 2016. He didnt say which 4 clubs were currently onboard but obviously it would be good if all clubs jumped on.
There was also talk of the AFL sides being excluded from finals but a couple of clubs have knocked that on the head already
by tipper » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:44 pm
Rising Power wrote:Red Rocket wrote:Had lunch with a board member of an SANFL club today and he mentioned that despite yesterdays result there are still changes afoot.
At the moment 4 clubs are on board and trying to gather more support but he mentioned that it probably wouldnt get pushed until next year.
A lot depends on the two sides forming an alliance with an amateur side but the proposal would limit the ammount of AFL listed players per game to 14, the others would then go to the ammateur side to play. Small tweak to finals eligibity aswell with 6 games required to qualify unless both sides are still in (like the weekend) As he said too late to get it up this year but will be pushing hard next year for it to be introduced in 2016. He didnt say which 4 clubs were currently onboard but obviously it would be good if all clubs jumped on.
There was also talk of the AFL sides being excluded from finals but a couple of clubs have knocked that on the head already
So push the problem onto the SAAFL? If 19 full time professional players are available like in the GF, a single SAAFL club would take on the additional 5. That would make a hell of a difference to the results of games at that level. Would be interesting to see what changes are actually made.
by Dogwatcher » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:51 pm
by Jim05 » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:55 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:Any SANFL fan who agrees with pushing the problem to the amateur league is being a tad hypocritical.
by heater31 » Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:00 pm
Jim05 wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:Any SANFL fan who agrees with pushing the problem to the amateur league is being a tad hypocritical.
Have to agree.
If they are going to cap players thats fine, 4 or 5 just miss out each week. Up to the AFL clubs to work out a rotation system.
by Rik E Boy » Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:08 pm
Dog Day Afternoon wrote:I read someone's post saying that there are now only 4 VFL clubs that are not AFL reserves sides.
To me the solution is simple - send the Crows and Power to the AFL reserves in Victoria and the 4 "pure" Victorian teams to the SANFL.
If NT, Qld and NSW can have the NEAFL we could have a similar arrangement - the AFL and SANFL are now cashed up enough to support the extra travel costs. Seems simple but it's not going to happen!
by tipper » Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:28 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:Any SANFL fan who agrees with pushing the problem to the amateur league is being a tad hypocritical.
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