AFL 2025
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Haha
I enjoy Carlton at the mo
just looked at the table
if it wasn't for the sorry ass Eagles, seven Melbourne clubs would be holding up the ladder!
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Not sure which Vic club should leave, but as an outsider I just feel like GWS and Gold Coast are manufactured and feel artificial.
Others may be able to point out the error of my ways, but I don't feel the ... tribalism (?) ... of those clubs. Just don't get the feels when they're playing.
Happy to be wrong.
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The club to be disbanded is obviously Collingwood.
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almost 100% manufactured
but this is where the commercial imperiatives take over, whether we like that or not
the VFL started that ball rolling themselves when they expanded out of Victoriathe West Coast Eagles and Adelaide Crows joining the VFL virtually destroyed the WAFL and SANFL, leagues and clubs with lots of tribalism
several of the Melbourne clubs have done well to survive in the big league
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wasn't guna say it, but now that you've brought up
i'd be ecstatic if Collingwood suddenly disappeared of the face of the earth haha
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Gold Coast and i assume GWS are more important to the AFL than nearly any other club for reasons far beyond the field.
I've mentioned before, but the Suns do all the heavy lifting in terms of development and academies through regional Qld. There are an enormous amount of kids getting high grade coaching in regional Qld areas that would probably otherwise just default to rugby league. They open up pathways to higher levels that just did not exist not that long ago.
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seriously how good is Septmeber going to be? Fans of any of the teams that make the 8 will front up to the game knowing they are a good chance to win, and win well. There is no one locked in best side, everyone is pretty even, every team is capable of both sublime and ridiculous footy, often in the same game.
After that GWS 2nd half last week, who expected them to get torched by the Dogs this week? Ridiculous comp.
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Right, just moves to Perth fellow ferners. I'm on the Freo bandwagon. What are our chances of winning it lol?
I also know bugger all about the game but am making an effort to follow haha.
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@African-Monkey said in AFL 2025:
Right, just moves to Perth fellow ferners. I'm on the Freo bandwagon. What are our chances of winning it lol?
I also know bugger all about the game but am making an effort to follow haha.
If it's anything like Adelaide you won't need to make an effort. It's all you'll see and hear. At least you have the Farce.
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@African-Monkey said in AFL 2025:
Right, just moves to Perth fellow ferners. I'm on the Freo bandwagon. What are our chances of winning it lol?
I also know bugger all about the game but am making an effort to follow haha.
If it's anything like Adelaide you won't need to make an effort. It's all you'll see and hear. At least you have the Farce.
Seen a bit around the place but not like Melbourne where it's rammed down your throat (so far anyway). Never been to Adelaide so can't comment (yet).
Yup the Farce are located 10 mins walk away from where I am, so I will be attending their matches every week.
