News coming out of AFL is that some stage this year they will hold serious talks about a merger/relocation.

Now I don't know the teams it involves but the usual names are being thrown up (us, north doggies)

Not sure what to think about this one

Hmmmm, trolling around for suckers are we Household?

A merger can only happen if another team is introduced as the TV rights agreement requires an 18 team competition. Can't see that happening - but relocation of a team to Tasmania isn't beyond the realms of possibility.

A merger can only happen if another team is introduced as the TV rights agreement requires an 18 team competition. Can't see that happening - but relocation of a team to Tasmania isn't beyond the realms of possibility.

Dont mention Tassie.....

Can we merge with hawthorn again or even geelong. Then we'd be guaranteed of finals. There is enough money in the AFL pockets for all teams to survive. I think we are safe

Wouldn't Essendon be a better choice ?

They're going to be needing a coach and we've got one

Essendon are going to need 30+ players too

Wouldn't Essendon be a better choice ?

They're going to be needing a coach and we've got one

Sauce for this 'news' House?

Toady, for once you pull up a decent footy related pic. Well done young man.

News coming out of AFL is that some stage this year they will hold serious talks about a merger/relocation.

Now I don't know the teams it involves but the usual names are being thrown up (us, north doggies)

Not sure what to think about this one

When throwing grenades, tell us where it is coming from.

When throwing grenades, tell us where it is coming from.

Hes farting grenades.

Sauce for this 'news' House?

Toady, for once you pull up a decent footy related pic. Well done young man.

When throwing grenades, tell us where it is coming from.

Hes farting grenades.

Time to produce some facts 'house!

Sauce for this 'news' House?

Toady, for once you pull up a decent footy related pic. Well done young man.

Its off season Moonie so footy related pics are optional.

But that one was for you LOL

Wouldn't Essendon be a better choice ?

They're going to be needing a coach and we've got one

Let's merge with essendon. We can call the new team, the Melbourne Demons and use a red and blue strip.

Sounds only fair.

Its off season Moonie so footy related pics are optional.

But that one was for you LOL

But that one was for you LOL (Love on line?)

But that one was for you LOL (Love on line?)

Stop taking threads off topic will you Bitty!!

Maybe the AFL has come to the realisation that the GWS experiment is not working, so they are going to merge them with us, relocate the team to Canberra and call us the Melbourne Avenue Demons.

nah its legit

A merger between the Melbourne Demons and the Western Bulldogs in which both teams' lists are combined would make for a pretty good side. Of course the obvious name for such a team would be the Melbourne.......Demons.

The jumper would look a little like this:

Of course it is legit!

Two very different topics.

Relocation - is a possibility. Tasmania perhaps, North Queensland perhaps. Darwin isn't big enough, Sydney's 2nd team has a long way to go, and Brisbane and Gold Coast are, well.... No one of course would be stupid enough to suggest a Melbourne team relocate to SA or WA. NZ is a long term proposition. NZ. So it is Tasmania (North is the most likely candidate) or North Queensland (!?!?) as the only short/medium term options. Country Victoria at a pinch I suppose, but really....

Merger, is only a possibility if you get four teams down to two, or merge two teams to one, and introduce another team (The AFL is not going to go the TV networks with one team sitting out each week, that is lost revenue). So if you introduce another team, the question become where? (See previous paragraph).

If you merge 4 teams in Melbourne down to two you risk not only loosing most of the fans of the two subordinate teams in the two mergers, but a lot of fans of the dominate teams in the merger. You can't expand a competition by destroying support in the heartland.

The question that begs to asked here is Why? What is broken? What needs to be fixed?

Or possibly the merger being considered is the establishment of a new super team, the Essendon Sharks.

Edited January 19, 201411 yr by Flying Cloud

nah its legit

If it's legit, then I'm sure you will have no problem in providing links to the source.

Nothing about it on any major website, just this one. I suspect a troll in our midst.

Nothing about it on any major website, just this one. I suspect a troll in our midst.

Don't tell me you actually went looking ?? !!!

(Surely the fact that it's only 70 more sleeps til April 1 alerted you ?)

nah its legit

Well then, I'm not doubting this...

Edited January 19, 201411 yr by Karl Stefanovic