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Grassy wrote: Get rid of the Alignment,Yes.

Peel is here to stay,though better they stay as a Club in their own image.Nobody else's!

Who are you to say what Peel supporters want, I expect the rest of the club presidents to come out and strongly denounce the alignments if they don't .....

Alignment is always going to have issues, not sure its an alignment though when 17 AFL players represent Peel, thats a take over.

You're right RD there is a fair bit of panic from the replys your getting.

Anchorman: With respect mate, if you want to defend the alignment that is your right, but for me at least, you should do it on its own terms; what happens in the the VFL is of no importance in the WAFL.

PN: no panic -- I will dip my lid to them if they win the flag.

Apologies if this has been posted somewhere else but this appeared in the West this morning

West Perth could be penalised over president Brett Raponi’s verbal attack on the alignment model, with the WAFL club issued with a please-explain notice by the WA Football Commission.
The State’s peak football authority contacted the Falcons yesterday to demand a formal response to Raponi’s critical assessment of the league’s alignment rules.

Raponi questioned the competition’s integrity as he urged the WAFC to rethink the partnership model after a Peel Thunder side stacked with 17 Fremantle-listed players demolished West Perth by 60 points at HBF Arena in Sunday’s first semifinal.

“Seventeen is far too many,” Raponi said post-match.

“It is very difficult for 17 AFL-listed players to go up against 22 semi-professional players.

“The WAFC should absolutely be having a look at that situation. We will suggest that to them. Maybe there’s a better way that could even up the competition.”

Raponi has been a long-running critic of the alignment model involving Peel and East Perth.

An AFL-listed footballer who has played at least five WAFL matches at either league or reserves level is deemed eligible for finals under existing rules.

Experienced Dockers Matt de Boer, Nick Suban, Zac Clarke and Tendai Mzungu all played significant roles for Peel in the second finals win in the club’s history.

A WAFC spokesman confirmed the commission would consider whether a fine or other penalty was appropriate after receiving the response from West Perth.

mikeh wrote: Apologies if this has been posted somewhere else but this appeared in the West this morning

West Perth could be penalised over president Brett Raponi’s verbal attack on the alignment model, with the WAFL club issued with a please-explain notice by the WA Football Commission.
The State’s peak football authority contacted the Falcons yesterday to demand a formal response to Raponi’s critical assessment of the league’s alignment rules.

Raponi questioned the competition’s integrity as he urged the WAFC to rethink the partnership model after a Peel Thunder side stacked with 17 Fremantle-listed players demolished West Perth by 60 points at HBF Arena in Sunday’s first semifinal.

“Seventeen is far too many,” Raponi said post-match.

“It is very difficult for 17 AFL-listed players to go up against 22 semi-professional players.

“The WAFC should absolutely be having a look at that situation. We will suggest that to them. Maybe there’s a better way that could even up the competition.”

Raponi has been a long-running critic of the alignment model involving Peel and East Perth.

An AFL-listed footballer who has played at least five WAFL matches at either league or reserves level is deemed eligible for finals under existing rules.

Experienced Dockers Matt de Boer, Nick Suban, Zac Clarke and Tendai Mzungu all played significant roles for Peel in the second finals win in the club’s history.

A WAFC spokesman confirmed the commission would consider whether a fine or other penalty was appropriate after receiving the response from West Perth.

I applaud Raponi but it would of been nice if he had the backing of the other six clubs.

Peter North wrote:

mikeh wrote: Apologies if this has been posted somewhere else but this appeared in the West this morning

West Perth could be penalised over president Brett Raponi’s verbal attack on the alignment model, with the WAFL club issued with a please-explain notice by the WA Football Commission.
The State’s peak football authority contacted the Falcons yesterday to demand a formal response to Raponi’s critical assessment of the league’s alignment rules.

Raponi questioned the competition’s integrity as he urged the WAFC to rethink the partnership model after a Peel Thunder side stacked with 17 Fremantle-listed players demolished West Perth by 60 points at HBF Arena in Sunday’s first semifinal.

“Seventeen is far too many,” Raponi said post-match.

“It is very difficult for 17 AFL-listed players to go up against 22 semi-professional players.

“The WAFC should absolutely be having a look at that situation. We will suggest that to them. Maybe there’s a better way that could even up the competition.”

Raponi has been a long-running critic of the alignment model involving Peel and East Perth.

An AFL-listed footballer who has played at least five WAFL matches at either league or reserves level is deemed eligible for finals under existing rules.

Experienced Dockers Matt de Boer, Nick Suban, Zac Clarke and Tendai Mzungu all played significant roles for Peel in the second finals win in the club’s history.

A WAFC spokesman confirmed the commission would consider whether a fine or other penalty was appropriate after receiving the response from West Perth.

I applaud Raponi but it would of been nice if he had the backing of the other six clubs.

I agree PN he is one president that has been forthright in his views on the effects of the Alignment Model. I can only speak from a SF perspective and sadly President Haydyn Raitt and CEO Stuart Kemp have been MIA.

I guess at day's end whether it's an alignment like the current Peel arrangement or a stand along ressies team the result will be the same given both AFL clubs want all their players together in one WAFL team. What needs to happen imo, is more thought put into AFL players qualifying for WAFL finals. Whether that's increasing games played to 10 or having a quota on how many can play each game or whatever works best ...but clearly the current criterion is not working where you have 18 running around.

Dwert wrote:

Peter North wrote:

mikeh wrote: Apologies if this has been posted somewhere else but this appeared in the West this morning

West Perth could be penalised over president Brett Raponi’s verbal attack on the alignment model, with the WAFL club issued with a please-explain notice by the WA Football Commission.
The State’s peak football authority contacted the Falcons yesterday to demand a formal response to Raponi’s critical assessment of the league’s alignment rules.

Raponi questioned the competition’s integrity as he urged the WAFC to rethink the partnership model after a Peel Thunder side stacked with 17 Fremantle-listed players demolished West Perth by 60 points at HBF Arena in Sunday’s first semifinal.

“Seventeen is far too many,” Raponi said post-match.

“It is very difficult for 17 AFL-listed players to go up against 22 semi-professional players.

“The WAFC should absolutely be having a look at that situation. We will suggest that to them. Maybe there’s a better way that could even up the competition.”

Raponi has been a long-running critic of the alignment model involving Peel and East Perth.

An AFL-listed footballer who has played at least five WAFL matches at either league or reserves level is deemed eligible for finals under existing rules.

Experienced Dockers Matt de Boer, Nick Suban, Zac Clarke and Tendai Mzungu all played significant roles for Peel in the second finals win in the club’s history.

A WAFC spokesman confirmed the commission would consider whether a fine or other penalty was appropriate after receiving the response from West Perth.

I applaud Raponi but it would of been nice if he had the backing of the other six clubs.

I agree PN he is one president that has been forthright in his views on the effects of the Alignment Model. I can only speak from a SF perspective and sadly President Haydyn Raitt and CEO Stuart Kemp have been MIA.

maybe the others aren't engaged in megaphone diplomacy like Raponi. It could be they're making a lot of noise direct to the WAFC in the background rather than talking to the press.

BC wrote: I guess at day's end whether it's an alignment like the current Peel arrangement or a stand along ressies team the result will be the same given both AFL clubs want all their players together in one WAFL team. What needs to happen imo, is more thought put into AFL players qualifying for WAFL finals. Whether that's increasing games played to 10 or having a quota on how many can play each game or whatever works best ...but clearly the current criterion is not working where you have 18 running around.

BC the problem is that there will be the provision that say the WA domiciled AFL club is in the AFL finals and the WAFL aligned club is also in the finals they AFL aligned club will be allowed to lay as many AFL listed players as they like and that could be up to 22 players.