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8 hours ago, No. 31 said:

Warner to Freo

Curnow to Swans

LJ to Carlton

Does tick a lot of boxes ...

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Ouch. That’s a win for all three. Hope that’s not on the radar … didn’t Warner recommit to Swans on long term contract

 
13 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Ouch. That’s a win for all three. Hope that’s not on the radar … didn’t Warner recommit to Swans on long term contract

Only 2 years. But not likely to re-sign and then ask for a trade the same year

The problems he's having away from the filed don't appear to be impacting his on field performances too much

when is his exit interview?

 

20 minutes ago, BDA said:

The problems he's having away from the filed don't appear to be impacting his on field performances too much

when is his exit interview?

Probably this week now.

57 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Ouch. That’s a win for all three. Hope that’s not on the radar … didn’t Warner recommit to Swans on long term contract

Warner signed a 2 year extension earlier this year (so contracted to the end of 2027).


2 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

This is not a coincidence on the AFL’s part. The profitability and engagement of European football doesn’t waver, even though they have massive inequality. In fact successful clubs being constantly successful is more profitable.

The AFL took note. Big clubs playing in big games makes the game look huge. They no longer have any interest in seeing small clubs succeed. It’s not as profitable, and doesn’t drive engagement with the sport.

What's the governance structure of the AFL compared to European football though? I would have thought that the less well off AFL clubs would have enough voting power to curb the worst excesses of the pure wealth generation aspects (I think Ross's criticism of the FS and academies is evidence of this balancing force). That some of the previous power clubs of Essendon, Carlton and even West Coast and Adelaide have undergone some fairly long periods without sucess suggests to me the AFL isn't totally rigged in favour of the wealthy elite of the competition.

Still I also totally get where you are comming from with the way the AFL executive operates, splurging millons on a single performance of American rappers etc, while making the game increasingly inaccessible for the average punter. And that Geelong have been able to stay up for so long through being able to repeatedly skim FA away from everyone else without loosing any themselves suggests to me there is something quite rotten going on.

Edited by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

On 06/09/2025 at 15:16, GS_1905 said:

Why would you bother supporting a mid-tier club when your chances of winning are next to zero.

At least a quarter of a million people in Australia have supported Melbourne for 60 years, regardless of the above situation.

 

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