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If it was ever time to merge with WCE , now is it. I am done.  45 years of supporting that rabble is enough . They have tried everything, to no avail. It just makes sense. Perth West Coast Demons, black red and gold (like the jumper in 1979 that was worn once). New changerooms and stand in the future , no coach appointed , lets move on ....its time. I know I am going to cop it from the  diehards (which I am one )   , but I am done if something doesnt happen. I would rather merge than fold or continue in the present format.  Adrian Barich Do it!!!!

You/re not going to cop it from me, Omah. I do not and will never support being an aligned club, but I'm beyond caring. If it goes to a member's vote, I won't vote yes, but I may well abstain. To an extent, it would be a relief to walk away, which is what I would do. I couldn't support an alignment team. Nor could I do what EP fans did: cash in on an alignment and then pretend it never happened when it comes to an end. But i can free up my weekends, stop checking the WAFL app every five minutes when I can't make it to a game... I'm starting to like the sound of that. 

Maybe by the start of next season I'll get a bit of hope and enthusiasm back, but I'm flat as a tack right now. I just can't begin to imagine where success is going to come from. 

Ted Nugent wrote:

You/re not going to cop it from me, Omah. I do not and will never support being an aligned club, but I'm beyond caring. If it goes to a member's vote, I won't vote yes, but I may well abstain. To an extent, it would be a relief to walk away, which is what I would do. I couldn't support an alignment team. Nor could I do what EP fans did: cash in on an alignment and then pretend it never happened when it comes to an end. But i can free up my weekends, stop checking the WAFL app every five minutes when I can't make it to a game... I'm starting to like the sound of that. 

Maybe by the start of next season I'll get a bit of hope and enthusiasm back, but I'm flat as a tack right now. I just can't begin to imagine where success is going to come from. 

You may as well put this 47 year malaise behind you Teddy,and spend more productive time with your confidante STD.

you do that and you can kiss goodbye to your name
WCE have had a 37 year dip at getting your name and they are just waiting for that soft handout
currently they are only team in Australia that hasn't an actual town name
you would just be giving something that isn't earnt and providing a pack of criminals an easy get

Rather than aligning with the wankers, the WAFC should be doing things around zones, points and salary cap to get Perth up the ladder. Having all original 8 WAFL teams competitive and enjoying success on a regular basis is essential for survival of the league. WAFC, over to you. Perth supporters have had enough and I don't blame them one little bit.

Sadly BC, clubs aren't going to hand over their successful zones to help Perth, as Perth aren't going to hand over their financial success to help other clubs. Equality has two sides to it. Are Subi willing to hand over the Goldfields to Perth? I know EF handed over the North Midlands zone to Perth, now they would like Geraldton no doubt.


Perhaps a club like Peel , with the best of both worlds- money and zones should be looked at first then. Perth push into  EF, EF push into SF, SF push into Peel....Peel rely on Freo for their recruiting - best 18 yr olds around the state and country....plus they get access to senior players for free, which other WAFL clubs,  would cough up 10-12 pts  and pay 50K for eg Reidy, Brodie, Voss, Erasmus, Aish etc. But Peel are a protected species, so that won't happen.Cl have money and zones.....the best zones, how about they cough up something? 

On the flip side EP have just won the minor premiership, their zones aren't chocablock full of riches.....they have recruited quality and done their best with what local resources they have.....ditto SD.....have they received better zones, more cap and player points? Some clubs have zones, some have money, focus on the ones who have both first and work down from there I guess.

All this constant talk about zones. Why are there zones? There are no zones in the AFL system and, generally speaking, the competition is tight every year. Is it time to re-think the whole WAFL system and at least discuss ways of moving forward without zones. Just a thought. 

Omah wrote:

If it was ever time to merge with WCE , now is it. I am done.  45 years of supporting that rabble is enough . They have tried everything, to no avail. It just makes sense. Perth West Coast Demons, black red and gold (like the jumper in 1979 that was worn once). New changerooms and stand in the future , no coach appointed , lets move on ....its time. I know I am going to cop it from the  diehards (which I am one )   , but I am done if something doesnt happen. I would rather merge than fold or continue in the present format.  Adrian Barich Do it!!!!
 

                 I believe that would be a backward step!

We have far too many clubs in the comp, its ridiculous, the talent pool is too thin to produce quality games, I watched a heap of footy on 7 this year and the quality of the comp has really fallen away, very few high standard games, WCE reserves are a joke, Peel would be if they did not have shockers, WP have already been banrupted once , Perth are a basket case , constant talk of moving around zones, is just shuffling the deck chairs, make one club stronger apparently by weakening another - stupid logic.

We need to consolidate what we have and make stronger sustainable club units and mitigate the damage to others, mergers/alignments call it what you like but they are the only way forward with a comp that is struggling for relevance.

Zones aren't an instant fix either. Was speaking to someone who works at a WAFL club earlier this year and they said that even if the zones changed it could be 3-5 years before you started to see any benefit. Also, there was no guarantee that the players coming through would be of a high enough standard.

So, while a redistribution of zones may give you access to more players it's not going to necessarily fix all the issues.