The guy on my blue heaven despite cracking eggs on his face is very good at explaining the problems the club has
In relation to to our VFL team it’s a basket case
The players who arnt AfL listed players playing in the VFL prefer to play at a stand alone club
This is because they want to feel like they are at a proper footy club
Case in point
Some guy he mentioned played really well for us in the ruck a few weeks ago
Hudson O’Keefe comes back and this guy goes back to play Montmorency
So players who are decent and mature age would rather play for stand alone clubs like Werribee Southport Port Melbourne
Therefore guys like Wilson and Lemmey play with blokes their age so they get pumped

Has the club addressed this
No
It needs to but as usual it focuses on on the star product

Unless we're going to field 45 players, or leave out Carlton listed players, it's inevitable that non AFL listed players miss out. Ridiculous point.
It's a development side and rightly so. Besides, we're recruited plenty of quality talent for our VFL program. It's just a matter of prioritising.

Yes , AFL listed blokes will always get first dibs and rightly so . My problem is our kids stagnate . Barely any improvement whatsoever . I like Luke Power and Ash Hansen but for some unknown reason the young ones are not showing anything . That talk about Southport being a mature side is a copout for mine . A good young kid should have been chafing at the bit to show his mettle . Nah , as all I can see is insipid half-hearted token efforts .

I sometimes think we have recruited for a style of play that has passed by whereas other teams seem to recruit for where the game is going. Our midfielders are just too slow on the spread compared to other teams.

Unless we're going to field 45 players, or leave out Carlton listed players, it's inevitable that non AFL listed players miss out. Ridiculous point.
It's a development side and rightly so. Besides, we're recruited plenty of quality talent for our VFL program. It's just a matter of prioritising.

Yes , AFL listed blokes will always get first dibs and rightly so . My problem is our kids stagnate . Barely any improvement whatsoever . I like Luke Power and Ash Hansen but for some unknown reason the young ones are not showing anything . That talk about Southport being a mature side is a copout for mine . A good young kid should have been chafing at the bit to show his mettle . Nah , as all I can see is insipid half-hearted token efforts .

Obviously but it’s important we field a competitive VFL side

We’re going to have to start paying the coaching staff under the table.

The guy on my blue heaven despite cracking eggs on his face is very good at explaining the problems the club has
In relation to to our VFL team it’s a basket case
The players who arnt AfL listed players playing in the VFL prefer to play at a stand alone club
This is because they want to feel like they are at a proper footy club
Case in point
Some guy he mentioned played really well for us in the ruck a few weeks ago
Hudson O’Keefe comes back and this guy goes back to play Montmorency
So players who are decent and mature age would rather play for stand alone clubs like Werribee Southport Port Melbourne
Therefore guys like Wilson and Lemmey play with blokes their age so they get pumped

Has the club addressed this
No
It needs to but as usual it focuses on on the star product

Its a disgrace the AFL like to think it has its footy factories in order, but like any business, you need a marketing department to oversee R &D. The AFL, asleep at the wheel as usual, have forgotten the austerity measures they put in place to survive the covid crisis, are still in place.

The AFLPA recently made public for the first time in footy history most players do not want to stay in the football industry as a career choice, given the lack of money and the heavy loads expected from all coaches. All this whilst the AFL Commissioners all stick their hand out for over $1M pa to stay asleep at the wheel and pay consultants to tell them how to suck eggs. Suck they do.

The AFL Commission is a disgrace.

100 % . No wonder we struggle to get decent back up staff . The money is shit .

PS .......... as far as assistant coaches go I would like to see us make a play for Boris Enright and Mickey Barlow .

Keogh, how about you, Bondiblue, and Sydney Blue start a YouTube channel to review our games and analyse our Club?
I think that would be fantastic .
Go Blues!

That’s actually a great idea!

It’d be like “The Rest is Politics” where former British Labour Minister Alastair Campbell and and Former Tory Minister Rory Stewart go head to head.

We could call this one “The Rest are Successful”.

Too right its a great idea . I would pay money to watch those hard arses go head to head . Make Cazz mediator with BV and ABNS providing special comments .

Remove list sizes. Introduce loans.

How far into debt can clubs go?