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Simply not enough talent for 18 Teams

Soidee
in Melbourne Demons

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That's one reason why some Melbourne based teams have players on their list who would not get an game at the highest level.

The MFC have more than 10 players who would not get a game anywhere else. Gene pool cannot cope with 18 teams.

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    a lot of top end talent has gone to the suns and Giants, makes it fairly hard for teams like us to rebuild when that's going on, mind you it's not an excuse, our development and recruiting hasn't been too great, although it seems to be picking up now

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    There is enough talent for any number of teams, as long as that talent is distributed evenly. Right now it isn't. Not even close.

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    That's one reason why some Melbourne based teams have players on their list who would not get an game at the highest level.

    The MFC have more than 10 players who would not get a game anywhere else. Gene pool cannot cope with 18 teams.

    its not the talent, its the lack of space. there isn't enough talent in the whole world when there is NO space. 'No space' is to break down oppo' skills & it works. both ways.

    the answer isn't reducing teams.

    how many players?

    'the answer my friend, is blowin O' the Pine, the answer is blowin O' the pine'

    Edited by dee-luded

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    That's one reason why some Melbourne based teams have players on their list who would not get an game at the highest level.

    The MFC have more than 10 players who would not get a game anywhere else. Gene pool cannot cope with 18 teams.

    You've initiated some cracking threads in recent weeks.

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    This is a good year for us if we get 2 picks in the top 5.

    Next year we'll add Toumpas, Trengove, Hogan and a few quality kids - hopefully a couple top picks.

    Also, improvement from Salem, Kennedy-Harris, Kent and Viney.

    We'll be a VERY promising side next year.

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    There's a lot of talent in the NEAFL that could easily be distributed to a few clubs.

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    GWS and Gold Coast would be better teams with about 6 (3 in the team, 3 pushing for spots) mature depth players. In return each one of those sides could give 1 good young player to each of he bottom 12 teams.

    It's just 1 player but that could go a long way.

    Most teams have 6 or so young kids on their list not ready for AFL of which

    As long as every team has a couple of A graders, some mature players who are above average, some decent young players and enough role players to field most of a side each week the comp is at a healthy place. If the comp is healthy then the standard doesn't matter so much.

    If the bottom team goes 6-16 with a percentage of 70 and the top team goes 16-6 with a percentage no more than 140 then we have a reasonable comp. We aren't too far off that.

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