16 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Certainly has the credentials - a proud Tassie boy. Jack Reiwoldt has surprised me in his role. Tassie is in good hands.

I'm happy for Tasmania to have a team but I am very worried about their ability to be able to retain talent.
Tasmania has the highest amount of young men leaving their state out of any state in Australia, so much so that it's causing there to be a disproportionate amount of older generations. 

As a young man, I would move anywhere in the country to play afl but I wouldn't move to Tassie.

I this has disaster written all over it, but I really hope I'm wrong as Tassie deserve a team and are a footballing state.

10 minutes ago, Deez Man said:

I'm happy for Tasmania to have a team but I am very worried about their ability to be able to retain talent.
Tasmania has the highest amount of young men leaving their state out of any state in Australia, so much so that it's causing there to be a disproportionate amount of older generations. 

As a young man, I would move anywhere in the country to play afl but I wouldn't move to Tassie.

I this has disaster written all over it, but I really hope I'm wrong as Tassie deserve a team and are a footballing state.

The exodus of younger men from Tasmania is in large part due to immigrants having served their time in a regional area. I catch Ubers rather than DIY and various Nepali/Indian/Pakistanis tell me of their travails.

Have you ever been to Tassie?

5 hours ago, Deez Man said:

As a young man, I would move anywhere in the country to play afl but I wouldn't move to Tassie.

Each to their own and I guess like any club they will need good recruiters but I would have no issue with moving to Tasmania to play AFL. The lifestyle down there would suit me more than most places. 

13 hours ago, ANG13 said:

Each to their own and I guess like any club they will need good recruiters but I would have no issue with moving to Tasmania to play AFL. The lifestyle down there would suit me more than most places. 

As mentioned previously, I'm the proud uncle of an AFLW captain who was part of the CBA negotiations.

They said there will be no problem attracting mid-career players looking to get further playing opportunities to Tasmania.

The attraction of a short drive to training compared to what players in Melbourne have to endure a factor as is the cheaper real estate. Geelong make the most of both these to attract and retain players.



 

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1125845/andy-lovell

A favourite Tasmanian son.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Biffin

A reminder for us older Demonlanders about a great Tasmanian MFC player.

Great full back but our circumstances required him to go forward.

Was a shining light in bleak times.

It's going to be difficult to get enough of the cross bench to support the stadium so it looks like the team is dead.

On 01/04/2022 at 23:02, Little Goffy said:

Yep, just because the AFL HQ made an absolute mess of it doesn't mean the ambition is correct.

Karmichael Hunt. Israel Folau. Geezus.

As for Tassie, there have been so many promises and slipping schedules that even when there is a signed contract to look at I'll trust it about as much as a Submarine Procurement Agreement.

I've always believed in a massive boost to the second-tier competitions and feel like Tassie could have been well served by that, but I'm not Tasmanian and won't attempt to speak for what they want.

agree completely

I will believe it when they have $1 billion in the bank ready to shift dirt

Not sure if this is another Tassie thread going but saw that the Devils have released their inaugural VFL jumper.

Tasmania Devils unveil two inaugural playing jumpers - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1471833

Edited March 5Mar 5 by Nascent

It’s terrible. They should change their name to the Tasmanian Leprechauns.

Edited March 5Mar 5 by Ethan Tremblay

On 02/04/2022 at 11:06, Sydney_Demon said:

I think it's a bit rich for any Melbourne supporter to argue about relocation of other clubs. Would you have been happy for either of the mergers with Hawthorn or North to have gone ahead and Melbourne as we know it to not exist? The arguments for or against North & GC are entirely different in any case and they shouldn't be grouped together IMO.

No we wouldn’t have been happy but it didn’t happen. But for those in favour of a 20 team competition play it out, how does it look? Round zero needs to go, byes in rd 2 need to go, a top 10 needs to go. Is there still a week off before the finals or do 1 to 6 rest up while 7 to 10 potentially play 5 finals in a row? There’s enough teams struggling at the moment now without adding two more teams to that mix. The hype of new teams will be short lived as more and more games become unwatchable. The game was right in implementing the AFLW but went to 18 teams too quickly, they would of been better off with 4 teams from Victoria and 1 from each of the other states until the talent pool was there. We don’t seem to learn as a game.

8 hours ago, Nascent said:

Not sure if this is another Tassie thread going but saw that the Devils have released their inaugural VFL jumper.

Tasmania Devils unveil two inaugural playing jumpers - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1471833

It's a step up from the original at least.

Wouldn't mind seeing it with just the hoops.

3 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

It’s terrible. They should change their name to the Tasmanian Leprechauns.

It's good I think. Better than GWS' corporate logo guernsey.

1 minute ago, praha said:

It's good I think. Better than GWS' corporate logo guernsey.

gw$ best top is the the charcoal one

just needs a $ sign, natch

Big fan of the jumper and glad they are sticking with the Tassie state team colours. Feels like a real club as opposed to a franchise like GC and GWS

21 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Big fan of the jumper and glad they are sticking with the Tassie state team colours. Feels like a real club as opposed to a franchise like GC and GWS

it's not tho, is it?

This is the Tassie team list:-

TASMANIA
Jumper No.	First Name	Surname	DOB	Height	Community Club	VFL Games
1	Jye	Menzie	28/10/2002	180	North Hobart	25
2	Jed	Hagan	15/10/2004	174	Glenorchy	0
3	Sam	Siggins	20/03/1994	195	Lauderdale	10
4	Caleb	Mitchell	10/08/2004	186	Lauderdale	44
5	Robbie	Fox	16/04/1993	185	Lauderdale	37
6	Michael	Stingel	14/12/2002	185	North Launceston	1
7	Geordie	Payne	6/11/2005	184	Wynyard	23
8	Brandon	Leary	13/05/2003	179	North Launceston	1
9	Bradley	Cox-Goodyer	8/03/1993	179	Latrobe	0
10	Nick	Williams	2/05/2004	191	Glenorchy	44
11	Bailley	Boag	4/05/1999	187	Burnie	1
12	Daniel	Cooney	5/09/2006	179	Clarence	0
13	Nathaniel	Sulzberger	6/05/2006	187	North Hobart	11
14	Nelson	Beikoff-Smart	15/03/2006	178	Glenorchy	27
15	Rory	Wright	2/06/2007	184	North Hobart	0
16	Archie	Wilkinson	8/05/2002	194	Glenorchy	0
17	Tyler	McGinniss	12/01/2001	195	North Hobart	1
18	Jack	Callinan	7/10/2005	180	Clarence	0
19	Lucas	Wootton	11/05/2007	180	Clarence	0
20	Max	Roney	16/03/2006	185	Lauderdale	0
21	Baxter	Norton	12/06/1999	179	Clarence	5
22	Baker	Smith	26/08/2003	197	Glenorchy	8
23	Cameron	Owen	28/05/2004	204	Glenorchy	32
24	Jaxon	Artemis	24/08/2006	183	Lauderdale	0
25	Darcy	Gardner	7/11/2003	176	Brighton	0
26	Harry	Elmer	13/04/2006	179	Clarence	0
27	Jack	Miller	13/04/2007	181	North Hobart	0
28	Will	Splann	25/10/2003	195	Brighton	0
29	Hugh	Dixon	26/02/1999	197	Kingborough	40
30	Theo	Ives	28/06/2002	191	Glenorchy	0
31	Josh	Wolfe	22/12/2002	190	North Hobart	0
32	Kai	Cameron	27/04/2004	191	Lauderdale	0
33	Zach	Adams	27/07/2001	188	Kingborough	14
34	Maddox	Iverach	30/01/2007	183	Clarence	0
35	Harry	Bayles	28/07/2003	182	Glenorchy	0
36	Max	Geappen	30/07/2006	183	Clarence	0
37	Harry	Brereton	19/09/2006	190	Kingborough	0
38	Max	Mapley	27/10/2005	200	Clarence	0
39	Lachlan	Hay	28/11/2006	177	North Hobart	0
40	Khalen	Matthews	23/03/2006	193	Clarence	0
41	Joseph	Chaplin	8/10/2001	193	Devonport	7
42	Oscar	Paprotny	10/03/2001	179	Clarence	0
43	Oliver	Depaoli-Kubank	24/07/2006	179	Ulverstone	0
44	Yor	Nyanjok	19/10/2002	199	Lauderdale	0
45	Sam	Green	13/05/2001	188	Clarence	8
46	Jarvis	Breen	11/07/2007	178	Clarence	0
47	Charlie	Meadows	27/09/2002	192	Brighton	0
48	Jacob	Boyd	15/04/2000	189	Glenorchy	1
49	Rylee	McHenry	17/07/2007	179	Glenorchy	0
50	Jack	Dolliver	16/03/2004	185	Lauderdale	0

They have a Boag on the playing list but no Cascade. So much for the team representing all of Tasmania.

11 hours ago, Nascent said:

Not sure if this is another Tassie thread going but saw that the Devils have released their inaugural VFL jumper.

Tasmania Devils unveil two inaugural playing jumpers - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1471833

The logo part is too messy and is hard to work out what it is. Just go with the colours. No need for a big stupid logo in the middle of a jumper. There's too many of those on guernseys already.

One of my best mates at the airport heading to Adelaide to watch his beloved Crows tonight and who does he happen to see boarding a flight to Hobart? Peter and Josh Daicos……. Could be nothing of course, it is their bye weekend but just thought that was a bit too juicy not to share

37 minutes ago, MrReims said:

One of my best mates at the airport heading to Adelaide to watch his beloved Crows tonight and who does he happen to see boarding a flight to Hobart? Peter and Josh Daicos……. Could be nothing of course, it is their bye weekend but just thought that was a bit too juicy not to share

Assuming Nick is on the private jet out of Essendon airfield sight unseen 😝

What's their official name - the Tasmania Devils or the Tassie Devils?