Richmond's VFL alignment with Coburg at breaking point (Age)

[the claw]

Claw - if cwood geelong can do it why cant we?

agree not arguing about that.im for our own seconds team. all im asking is does anyone know how they get around fitting in all their players into their reserves side especially talls. if they are getting it right we need to learn from them.
can anyone tell me does that include both a vfl senior and reserves side because thats the only way i can see it working.

[WA Tiger]

Go the second team for mine...better look at players true form and a natural development path for our future players....GOOD MOVE!

[dwaino]

Claw - if cwood geelong can do it why cant we?

agree not arguing about that.im for our own seconds team. all im asking is does anyone know how they get around fitting in all their players into their reserves side especially talls. if they are getting it right we need to learn from them.
can anyone tell me does that include both a vfl senior and reserves side because thats the only way i can see it working.

They have non-AFL listed players in the side to help the balance and cover the balance. It's not perfect in regards to win a VFL flag, but it gives the club more control over the development. It's also a good chance to nuture or uncover some young blokes who didn't develop in time for the draft. While you made a good point about the WC players in the WAFL, that's one team of players spread among numerous sides. It's not the same luxury in the VFL with so many clubs.

[one-eyed]

The Coburg G.M. on VFL Radio at half-time said Caro is entitled to her journalistic opinion but she didn't get her facts right. The Coburg and Richmond players will be staying in a hotel down at Warrnambool and it's been booked for months.

[Tigeritis™©®]

The Coburg G.M. on VFL Radio at half-time said Caro is entitled to her journalistic opinion but she didn't get her facts right. The Coburg and Richmond players will be staying in a hotel down at Warrnambool and it's been booked for months.

nothing wrong with these? 

[WilliamPowell]

The Coburg G.M. on VFL Radio at half-time said Caro is entitled to her journalistic opinion but she didn't get her facts right. The Coburg and Richmond players will be staying in a hotel down at Warrnambool and it's been booked for months.

Hmm but what about the rest of the article GM Jake?   

[mightytiges]

The sooner we break away from Coburg the better. Sadly we seem stuck with them until 2015  .

The benefit of having an affiliate is meant to be to provide senior mature bodies with at least VFL ability and a decent team structure in which your juniors can develop around before progressing up to AFL level. That is not happening at Coburg. How are you meant to develop our younger players in an utter rabble who turn over the ball constantly and are so unaccountable they are constantly outnumbered at both ends of the ground?!

[one-eyed]

President of Coburg just on ABC being interviewed by Phil Cleary.

He just said Coburg will go it alone at the end of the 2013 season which is a year earlier than planned.

So Richmond will have its own VFL side in 2014.

[WilliamPowell]

President of Coburg just on ABC being interviewed by Phil Cleary.

He just said Coburg will go it alone at the end of the 2013 season which is a year earlier than planned.

So Richmond will have its own VFL side in 2014.

Yep just started a new thread so it doesn't get lost