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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #30 on: June 21, 2012, 08:31:13 PM »
Sadly it will never be the same as it was.

Shattered.

Old VFA/VFL clubs like Coburg are being spat out and it's a stuffing disgrace.

Agree Damo.
There was no need to do this, VFA could have found it's own niche without stealing from the AFL's vast coffers.

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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #31 on: June 21, 2012, 10:05:54 PM »
It has to be done.

Who cares about Coburg? It's all about our club, the Richmond Football Club.

well finally someone with a brain.

Spot on

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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #32 on: June 21, 2012, 10:07:24 PM »
The reserves competition should never have been disbanded in the first place!!!

The VFL was the big loser. Was a fantastic competition that has seen historic clubs lose their identities.

My father was president of Williamstown. I grew up with a crazy passion for the willy footy club. They lost me when they changed the theme song to the Collingwood song during that alignment.

Sadly it will never be the same as it was.

Shattered.

Old VFA/VFL clubs like Coburg are being spat out and it's a stuffing disgrace.

Cry me a river, let coburg go it alone, theyd last about as long as a fart in the wind :shh
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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #33 on: June 21, 2012, 10:20:45 PM »
*sniff*

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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #34 on: June 21, 2012, 10:25:01 PM »
It has to be done.

Who cares about Coburg? It's all about our club, the Richmond Football Club.

well finally someone with a brain.

Spot on

Im a member of the RFC not Coburg

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With vfl on the jumper

Its as god intended.


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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #35 on: June 22, 2012, 12:40:44 AM »
Cry me a river, let coburg go it alone, theyd last about as long as a fart in the wind :shh

Of course they can't survive in this inflated competition with increased salary caps etc

They were surviving at part of the old VFA/VFL and would have continued to survive.

And as for "cry me a river". Go stuff yourself.

How about you go and shove your "whoa's" straight up your arse!!

Someone offers a point of view angled at the bigger picture and replies indicate that this is crying a river, or of someone without a brain (cheers Dan).







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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #36 on: June 22, 2012, 03:20:55 AM »
Love your work, Damo. I'd love our own magoos but I'd still wish Coburg well when we part with them.

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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #38 on: June 22, 2012, 07:49:15 AM »
Love your work, Damo. I'd love our own magoos but I'd still wish Coburg well when we part with them.

Bottom line.

Too many football clubs at all levels have disappeared in the last 20 years.

These self anointed custodians of our game are doing a great job.

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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #39 on: June 22, 2012, 08:32:29 AM »
For sure, just have a look at this case with Geelong now, they feel that they are a law unto themselves now, they don't even have to wait for a charge to be laid to lay their punishment.  They can tell if your guilty just by the fact that there was an accusation!  If your an umpire of course your innocent, if your a player your guilty without charge.
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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #40 on: June 22, 2012, 11:51:03 AM »
It has to be done.

Who cares about Coburg? It's all about our club, the Richmond Football Club.

well finally someone with a brain.

Spot on

Im a member of the RFC not Coburg

Rfc games at punt rd

With vfl on the jumper

Its as god intended.

could you imagine the extra revenue they would get with the RFC VFL returning to Punt Road.

Massive especially if a curtain raiser included a top club

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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #41 on: June 22, 2012, 12:08:03 PM »
could you imagine the extra revenue they would get with the RFC VFL returning to Punt Road.

Massive especially if a curtain raiser included a top club

You are right daniel about revenues if the games are played as curtain raiser but what about the games that wont be?

And don't for a minute think all games will be scheduled as curtain raisers 

Dont think the club would end up making much from non curtain raiser games.

Actually would think it could cost them money to be honest simply because the club would need to pay the Dobby Boyle and his council to open the car park and that costs huge money.

And TBBH based on the rubbish that the VFL call their "Draw" makes you wonder how it would all work scheduling wise. 
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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #42 on: June 22, 2012, 12:53:25 PM »
not having a go at going alone. just asking how would having our own reserves team alleviate some of the current on field problems we have now.

ie the tall situation. believe it or not 16 talls plus is about the average number of talls on clubs lists.you need this number to properly cater to injury depth and development.
when building more than 16 is the norm.  we have three ruckmen derickx, graham and browne all playing in the one team derickx has been played everywhere but in the ruck to try to alleviate the problem. hes struggling to make matters worse we currently rotate talls back to the thirds to ensure they get a game every week and coburg is not more top heavy than it is.
you have mcguane, moore, darrou, wright and astbury all talls down back and possibly post
then you have miller post elton ohanlon and one of the ruckmen playing forward. where do you fit the mids and flankers  in. in a stand alone team you still only have 22 positions to fill.you still have this problem.

in wa the dockers and eagles are looking to have stand alone teams  but they ignore one big benefit. their players are all tied to wafl clubs  and when they play seconds they at least play in position in teams that have good balance and structure.
not sure how collingwood and geelong get around this problem any one know?

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By the rolly eyes you either dont understand, a not unusual thing for you,   or you dont  know.  an even more common thing with you. If you insist on acting like  a dick head  all the time one will assume you are exactly that.
What is the rolly eyes thing anyway? some childish attempt at sarcasm.

I will assume on this occasion its the former and  you dont understand what was being asked. So will ask again hopefully in a way your 10 yr old brain can comprehend.
 
How does having a stand alone team alleviate the current problem of playing 3 ruckmen 5 tall defenders and 4 tall forwards in the one team? 
How do collingwood and geelong get around this problem? 
How do they fit all of their talls into one reserve team and still play enough mids etc?
 
Geelong  have the same number of talls as us on their list,  in Collingwoods case more. Yet dont seem to have this structural problem that we have at coburg of trying to fit so many talls into one team thus not playing enough mids. thus playing pretty ordinarily most weeks.

just a few questions that i would have thought deserve a civil answer.  instead of the 10 yr old rolly eyes behavior of someone who clearly doesnt have a clue..

you know the old saying of.
its better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt. sort of sums you up to a tee.

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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #43 on: June 22, 2012, 01:05:56 PM »
Don't worry, it's not all roses at Collingwood VFL level. They got belted by just over a hundred a few weeks back.

 The benefit of having your own (or our own) VFL is having a 100% hand in the development and teaching of the blokes there. It also means you don't have to play anyone in the development league which is a massive step down from VFL firsts.

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Re: Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)
« Reply #44 on: June 22, 2012, 01:08:57 PM »
are you saying that geelong and collingwood dont have a restriction on the number of alf listed players they can play in the vfl when playing against non aligned teams?

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