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ArkRoyal wrote: LS: it is a good thing -- all the clubs north of vic., should be knocked over together with a half a dozen in Melbourne

new comp

4 vic clubs
2 sa
2 wa

make it mostly state zoned recruitment; players born north of Victoria can go into a similar draft
must be 20 or over or thirty games in local league
must have a state of origin carnival

If you did something, such as the above, we would actually have an elite league, where each side would play each other three times.

We are off the Grand Final discussion. See " Future of AFL"

LS: my apologies, some people will be looking forward to the gf, so good luck to them.

ArkRoyal wrote: LS: my apologies, some people will be looking forward to the gf, so good luck to them.

Nothing wrong with getting off track Ark - a curious idea, more than a bit daft and never going to happen but curious none the less. Which 4 Melbourne clubs would be in this super league of yours? I would assume you would have at least 5 Victorian clubs with Geelong plus 4 Melbourne clubs. Melbourne, Good Ole Collingwood, the mighty Blues and Essendon? with a promotion/relegation system.

tm -- thanks: relegation is a good idea, I would do it according to the most recent ladder, were we creating such a league.

In the words of Arfur Dayly......it’ll never appen!!

gtrxuone wrote: Best of luck to Geelong.. Rain and thunderstorms forecast.Richmond have only lost 1 game in wet weather in the last 3 seasons.

Cant be any worse than last years GF.

Leather Stops wrote:

ArkRoyal wrote: LS: it is a good thing -- all the clubs north of vic., should be knocked over together with a half a dozen in Melbourne

new comp

4 vic clubs
2 sa
2 wa

make it mostly state zoned recruitment; players born north of Victoria can go into a similar draft
must be 20 or over or thirty games in local league
must have a state of origin carnival

If you did something, such as the above, we would actually have an elite league, where each side would play each other three times.

We are off the Grand Final discussion. See " Future of AFL"

Go down to 1 in WA.

Looks like the weather may be a bit stormy come Saturday night, so that might make it a bit of a slog which I think would suit Richmond

mikeh wrote: Looks like the weather may be a bit stormy come Saturday night, so that might make it a bit of a slog which I think would suit Richmond

This will come down to defenders doing their jobs. Cat are a lot taller but less experienced.
The second or 3rd fiddle forwards will be the answer. Martin & Dangerfield stand out & which ever rises will influence the result. Both have a couple of bludgers & these hurt. I like Blicavs style & with Menegola add that height factor across the centre.. Cats by 22 pts.

ArkRoyal wrote: LS: it is a good thing -- all the clubs north of vic., should be knocked over together with a half a dozen in Melbourne

new comp

4 vic clubs
2 sa
2 wa

make it mostly state zoned recruitment; players born north of Victoria can go into a similar draft
must be 20 or over or thirty games in local league
must have a state of origin carnival

If you did something, such as the above, we would actually have an elite league, where each side would play each other three times.

AR you are on the right track here.
I mean seriously how can you have a supposed "elite national comp" with inept VFL teams like NM, STK, Foots, Melb etc in it?
Every year they rely on handouts from the afl just to survive and contribute little really but are subsidised a lot.
There are WAFL, SANFL & TFL clubs that have as much or more right to be in a proper national league than those continual bloodsuckers!

If they were to have a proper AFL start up from scratch and not the current abomination vfl+ then the team breakdown by state should be imho-

VIC- 4
WA- 1
SA- 1
TAS- 1
QLD- 1
NSW- 1
ACT- 1
NT- 1

20 games played 10 at home & 10 away with a Top 5 finals.
Each state would continue to have its own professional state league- WAFL, SANFL, VFL, TFL etc.
A proper National competition and not the VIC centric wankfest that is really all it is currently!