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Reserves are coming back.
- Thread starter tigerbeau
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AFL said it won't happen. VFL clubs would lose way too much money.
Although I'm with you. Would love nothing more than to watch a Reserves Richmond side go around before the Main Game.
Although I'm with you. Would love nothing more than to watch a Reserves Richmond side go around before the Main Game.
Well, it seems that my idea of last year, to join a TAC team up with a VFL team grew legs over the summer, with thanks to Leon Harris.
However, the stumbling point seems to be the VFL administration. They seem to still want to be big fish in a small pond. They want to get their hands on the Football Victoria money, but don't want to give up their prestige.
That's what I've been told anyway.
Whichever way it goes, unless the best TAC players can get a run in the VFL, Victorian juniors will remain behind the 8ball come draft time again.
I still reckon that AFL clubs should have a real senior list of 38, plus a rookie/supplementary list of 10.
Clubs should go into the National Draft with 35 players on their list, before rookie elevations.
The National Draft should see entry of junior players onto a rookie list only.
Then, after the ND & Preseason drafts, each club can have an option of elevating 3 off the rookie list onto the senior list, including juniors just drafted.
This can be followed by a secondary rookie draft to top the rookie lists back up to 10 juniors each.
It's an idea, anyway.
However, the stumbling point seems to be the VFL administration. They seem to still want to be big fish in a small pond. They want to get their hands on the Football Victoria money, but don't want to give up their prestige.
That's what I've been told anyway.
Whichever way it goes, unless the best TAC players can get a run in the VFL, Victorian juniors will remain behind the 8ball come draft time again.
I still reckon that AFL clubs should have a real senior list of 38, plus a rookie/supplementary list of 10.
Clubs should go into the National Draft with 35 players on their list, before rookie elevations.
The National Draft should see entry of junior players onto a rookie list only.
Then, after the ND & Preseason drafts, each club can have an option of elevating 3 off the rookie list onto the senior list, including juniors just drafted.
This can be followed by a secondary rookie draft to top the rookie lists back up to 10 juniors each.
It's an idea, anyway.
the reserves should never have been dismantled.when the smart pricks that did it implemented it they told us it was all about money and the survival of the melbourne clubs.what has changed now ?victorian clubs have been robbed and now they want to sell coals BACK to newcastle .bring it back vlad ,
Whilst I dont really care whether we have a reserves or a Coburg affliliation it seems to me that people remember the reserves through rose coloured glasses. There were a handful of people going to see them play and the team was made up of juniors, has beens and guys picked out from nowhere to make up the numbers. It was a pleasant way to spend the half hour before the main game but I clearly don;t have the same romantic memories as some.
tigertim said:
Very true. Mind you, it was still pretty exciting when we were winning reserves flags in the days before A Kellaway's elevation to the senior list.
I really think there should be a curtain raiser before every game, but bringing back the reserves in the form they were will destroy the VFL. Maybe they could simply play a VFL or TAC game before all Victorian matches. It's so sterile now when you get to the ground and the only things to watch is the players warming up and the endless advertising on the big screens.