Until all teams play equal games
interstate then at this level of professional sport it is gonna be extremely tuff (and need buckets of luck) for a WA team to win the flag. Never gonna happen, until less than half of the clubs exist in Vic and vote that way. More likely to revert to the VFL logo from AFL before that happens too.
Meanwhile profitable clubs continue to prop up the over represented Vic numbers and marketing excercises in NSW and Qld (Gold Coast).
At the level of competition these days, it was remarkeable that the Eagles made 2 GFs in a row in recent years. Don't think we will see that (from any interstate team) for a loooonnngg time. Maybe from Syders or Adelaide but even shorter flight travel is still far more detrimental to the players bodies/fitness than catching a bus accross Melbourne for an (ahem) 'away' game. Such (is life?
) is the wear n tear of travel that it is a big hurdle by the time Sept rolls around.
If ya can't beat em join em though. Possibly the Eagles (and anyone else who can sell out a stadium ie Dockers/Adelaide) should follow Fat Ed's philosophy and 'buy' home games from the struggling clubs with a cut of the door profits?? Ha ha - pity we don't have that 80k seat venue now! LOL! Can't wait to get daylight saving tho.
Go the Saints for the GF!
BTW Reiwolt/Hayes or Chappy/Abelet (or another chrome-dome) for the medal?
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