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Agreed

I disagree. He brings something different then wheeling out the same ex players who also appear on every other show.

100%... he's a shocker lol

I like Robbo

It’ll be much different being in a footy state

They should do an expansion draft.

@@lije3931 What makes you think kids from Victoria will be happy to get drafted to Hobart? They will have all the same problems as GWS and Gold Coast.

@TB what makes you think they are happy to go to South Australia or even Perth. Most kids just want to play AFL, just like people in all sports like for eg.... the NRL, NFL, baseball, soccer etc

​@@eaglebear5084 A lot of them aren't happy to go to SA and Perth hence why clubs over there are trying to build their lists on local talent. Tasmania might not be as bad as GWS and Gold Coast as they will pick up a few more local kids, but they are going to have similar problems retaining players.

Why not northern territory though?? Canberra is neither but enough nor will there be enough support for a full team in that territory The northern territory is far overdue for some recognition in the afl

GWS is really a semi Canberra team. You just need to have a couple of teams playing out of there, so Giants get more exposure there. Say 3 home and 2 away. You can tee it up so that GWS play Melbourne both home and away in Canberra, So no disadvantage to either club on the field. The members and corporates won't like it, but AFL would just have to top it up. Suns home and away at Canberra is another option.

no need for a Canberra team, since GWS are already a pseudo-Canberra team anyway, since GWS' development zone is already in the limits of Canberra. if anything, there are only two choices left, Darwin, or looking towards New Zealand, a nation that has played AFL longer than most clubs in Australia.

GWS turns into the Canberra team, the Greater Western Sydney supporter experiment has failed. Then create a NT team then it will truly be the AFL. Although an NT team shoudn't be introduced until they have established a stadium and development exactly how Tasmania has done.

@@andrewgreig7761 Giants should be West Sydney and Canberra combined. Its easy to increase the games in Canberra. They play the Bullies twice in Canberra per year (home and away). Gold Coast do the same (home and away). Suddenly that's four matches in Canberra. GWS could even host Sydney in Canberra. Suddenly that's five matches in Canberra and only three home matches. NT will never have the players, supporters or corporate money. Obviously N Queensland has no interest in AFL, otherwise you could go with a northern Australian team. But not going to happen. More likely to get a team in Perth before then. Problem is that Peel while fast growing doesn't have a stadium and I'm not convinced they have a passion for AFL watching. Maybe playing AFL... maybe prawning and kayaking... maybe fishing... but not watching it. Then Joondalup to the north is full of Brits and S AFricans literally. So hard to get an AFL licence there either. But is the obvious next spot. But even then I'd recommend a relocated team rather than a new team.

... combined.

they need a presence in NZ now. Should Vic sides play there. Isn't NZ called the Hawks or Falcons? If they ever get a footy ground in Auckland then four games might be the go.

If we increase our talent pool overseas then we can keep adding

@@zacharybos4230 ssp has shown there is plenty of talent still here that isnt getting used. they just need to set the team up to not fail like the gold coast

Agreed. Dissolve and move the Suns. We've seen enough

is there any citation on this? also why would the AfL give up on a 50 year project in the Gold Coast lmao

quite simple if by 2025 gold coast havent been in a final they dont deserve to be in the afl anymore

Forget about Adelaide Oval. Optus Stadium is easily the best stadium in the country. But won't half the matches have to be in Launceston. So will only be used 6 times a year for footy. The players probably won't like the cold, especially if they're from Perth. But there is no doubt that the countryside is a bonus. The club just needs to maintain a healthy social life for the players.

Yep a smaller Optus would be the blue print.

why do we need another team in the afl. where are we going to find 40 young blokes who want to move from the cities of the mainland to play in tassie. also, where are we going to find another team full of afl ready players from. by robbing other teams again. we cant field strong squads now as the induction of gws and the suns thinned the stocks greatly ten plus years ago, the effects are still being felt now. 6 games into the season, we have at least 6 teams who are never going to make the finals. hell we started the season with 6 teams who were never going to make the finals.

​@@aussieintexas61 Most of your comment is based of misconceptions. You could easily build a team, there's plenty of talent out there. Besides the fact, teams don't spend time at the bottom due to a lack of talent in the country to play top level footy, but usually through their own decisions.

​@@BDub2024 it doesn't really get much colder here in Tassie than it does in Melbourne. There are more upgrades planned for York Park (UTAS Stadium), and they'll play games in Launceston too. The team will be based in Hobart for obvious reasons. I'll never abandon the Magpies, but I'm fully behind a Tasmanian team. I put my name down to be a member during the 2008 bid, and I'll be doing the same again!

Exactly! If Geelong were trying to get in now they'd have excuses of population, stadium etc to reject them.

This money was never deignated for healthcare or housing. So I'm happy to see it going ahead finally. Healthcare and public housing money is there but Tasmania is till behind the larger cities when it comes to allocation. Having said that the local government can do more and do have the funds to do more.

The city is way too small for this monstrosity . Most Tasmanians couldnt give toss about the game. Its the AFL bully boys up north pushing for this. Hospital medical and better roads (these go hand in hand) are greatly needed not to mention housing. Spend those dollars Albo on where its needed not trying to score more points .

hopefully

Hey there mate why do you think there needs to be 20 teams? Is one team bye per week so bad? I don’t believe a NZ team would ever get up as it’s completely unknown there and New Zealanders dont tend to go to sporting events like aussies do.

spot on. Hobartians dont want this.

Fine but lets not have this built right next to the hobart city we already have Blundstone Stadium . What a waste of money this will be.

@@birdie2219 the entire point of the stadium is how it will economically benefit the city that’s why it’s so close. Blundstone is in a terrible location and would bottleneck the team for years to come without benefiting the city. If we do this we do it right so not in 5 years but in 30 years we can say we did the right thing.

@@jake222tube As it is there are plenty of jobs needed to fill in Hobart . There is no benefit building this. Medical/Hospitals are screamng for docs and nurses. The highways are shot. Housing availability a mess and this is just the start. The idiotic Labor Govt/AFL wants to spend millions for a stadium in the city. Imagne the infrastructure needed! Albo obviously wants red points for the next election hopefully he will be turfed way before then. Blundstone is not in a bad location quite scenic actually.. and quicker back to the airport.

Your point here has a major flaw. Currently only 3 percent of players in the league come from Tasmania now. Football has crumbled in Tassie for the last 20 years and development money into junior leagues is almost non existent. Unless you guys are hiding 40 ready made AFL players where are they going to come from?

@@grantmcaskell4568 Have a look at the quality of the players in the year GWS had most of their picks compared with the Gold Coast

@Aaron Farley and how many have GWS since? What you need is players that come from Tassie to be the backbone of the team not 40 kids out of the draft. Not being rude but Tassie is not exactly the most jumping place especially for 40 18 year old kids. The Horne Francis effect will play here so the Tassie team must be built on players who are from there and want to create a strong culture so they don't want to leave after 2 years. I want to see a team from there don't get me wrong but the logistics to do it are mind boggling.

It could still happen, Gather Round is only locked into Adelaide for 3 years.

Tasmania Devils is used by their NAB League academy so they will most likely use that name

@@OldFossil I liked The Tassie Van Diemons myself. Pity about Melbourne. Dambuster re Franklin Dam... but could be contentious. In a tribute to Apples, Tasmania Pink Ladies is the other option. Or Tassie Golden Delicious (for Bruce).

@@OldFossil Tassie Fossils actually, you old fossil.

how about the Hobart Hornets?

I'm a Yank and Tasmanian Devils is most recognized name

theyll probably add a third wa team or third sa team, since NT is not viable

Get to 20 teams and have conferences. It's getting too many in a 'single' comp as it is.

How will you get to 18 or 20 teams? Does a Vic team relocate? or a 20th team join. Perth could have a relocated team, but would probably only get 15,000 initially a match. Peel/Mandurah needs to grow.a bit more first. In the end, the team would play in Perth Stadium (Optus) which is probably too far away. Joondalup to the north is full of British and South Africans. The top six suburbs for British born people live in the surrounds. Northern Territory couldn't support another one.

@@samiam7241 there will never be a third WA or SA team, South Australia barely has enough room for two teams, the same applies to WA, and if NT is not viable there needs to be another option for a team 20, and that option could potentially be Auckland in New Zealand who already have an official bid for 2027-28.

@@mytwosense9135 Conferences lmao. Im telling you, the Americanisation of Australian sport is going to kill our game.

I'd stick with Gold Coast. How will you get to 18 or 20 teams? Does a Vic team relocate? or a 20th team join. Perth could have a relocated team, but would probably only get 15,000 initially a match.

Since all of the requirements have been met it would take some miracle to overturn the decision

once Tassie gets a team, Eddie can blow his load over the team, then we can look to a team 20.

ha haaa ha ridiculous

@@birdie2219 I got the Boondocks from a synonym dictionary. Just sounded good. Tassie Pink Ladies... no other club wears pink and green.

You do realise the executive government (Albo and his cabinet ministers ) and legislative government (Parliament: Labor/Libs\Greens) are separated? Funding allocation is done by the executive government which can not be stopped by the greens.

Adam Bandt and the Greenies will run the new Club ! They will do a study if there are any endangered worms where the new ground is built ! hahahahaha

@@thetwogardens6048 Tassie Worms I love it.

@@thetwogardens6048 Something that captured trees be it beech, ash or blue gum would be tempting. It needs to be something uniquely Tasmanian. Not something rubbish like Spirit. GWS took the Giants, which could have been the giant trees. I still like Dambusters. That's very green as they busted the dam didn't they.

Fremantle can bring back green all they like and Tasmania won't have a problem, mate. Preferably Freo should bring back the old vivid purple aswell, instead of the ugly dark purple they wear now, which might aswell not even be purple at all but just another boring "subtle" colour. Loud and proud. There's no need to be embarrassed about wearing purple. Same goes with Port, who've also opted for the insecure "less-is-more" approach and minimised the teal in their uniform because they really hate it that much, to point where it might aswell not even be there anymore.

We've already got our colours and name. The Tasmanian Devils! While I like our state jumper, I'm not sure it's fitting to use it for an AFL side. Hopefully they get it right! I still think they missed a big opportunity with our basketball side, in not calling them the devils. They could have aligned them with one another and offered all inclusive memberships.

It’s coming and should’ve been there a long time ago

I think that 19 will go to 20 soonish. There are talks of a third SA team coming in. It's not too many, it just reduces double ups in the fixtures and probably evens things out. With 20 teams, for a 23 game season you play everyone once and then have four extras so you can play your biggest rival home and away. Then fill the remaining three on a rotation basis as they currently do. It still reduces perceived unfairness as some teams will play cellar dwellers twice in a season. For example, St Kilda's double ups this season are North, Hawthorn, Gold Coast, Richmond, Carlton and Brisbane. On present form, they're heavy favourites to win twice against those first 4. 16 very gettable points for them. Collingwood on the other hand are doubling up against Adelaide, Carlton, Geelong, Essendon and Brisbane. On present form they'll be favourites, but not by much - any of those sides could steal a win. So in theory St Kilda have an easier path to 24 points in those double ups. Not that it's easy to predict how these respective teams would have looked necessarily, but if you have less double ups overall then you automatically reduce that issue.

I think last year they should've merged saints and north Melbourne (north coming off two wooden spoons and sacked coach, saints in apparent disarray with a sacked coach)

@@adambuntine2059 I would merge north and Gold Coast to become the Gold Coast kangaroos

@@kossend1 I would merge north Melbourne and Gold Coast to become the Gold Coast kangaroos

@@eggman903 Nah if they were going to do that it would have been a few seasons ago. North have spent the last few seasons eliminating all of their debt and upgrading their facilities. Putting aside the last few years onfield, as a club they're now well primed to start making their way up the ladder. Clarkson provides the very best from a coaching perspective and they'll have stability now. But yes, something should be done about Gold Coast. I'd have suggested a merger with St Kilda but they seem to have turned a corner now too.

If they want Geelong then Tassie should be reasonably appealing too. Having said that its tough getting guys to Perth and its got the best beaches, great weather and a 2 million people city. Plus a footy state. So you might have a point.

Tasmania is the least likely state to be associated with sharks spotted along its coast. Too cold. Plus, there's already the NRL's Cronulla Sharks. The Tassie Devil is the perfect localised mascot. Anyone as much as partially educated knows that one of Tasmania's most recognised icons is an animal and has nothing in common with Demons.

Mariners

By your logic then Geelong should be dumped from the AFL! Hypothetically if Geelong were trying to enter now you'd be a naysayer too!

Tassie will struggle and putting all the emphasis on a Hobart stadium is a mistake in a divided State. Remember half the state will end up barracking for their former AFL team anyway. Which means even less supporters and members. Really it needed to be a team like North that could play most home games in Tassie and the most away in Melb. Be based in Tassie.

Relocate Northeroos. Then split into two conferences. Eagles, Dorkers, Crows, Powerpies, Geelong, Saints, Melb, Rich... on other conference Coll, Ess, Carlton, Syd, Giants, Brizzy, Suns, Tassieroos (green blue and white stripes). 16 matches within your conference. Then 9 against the remainder. 24 normal matches plus Gatherround to make it 25. Split the Vic teams whatever way works and that could change. But the non Vic teams would be fixed.

@@BDub2024 That's the AFL's bullshit narrative about a stadium. Getting taxpayers to build THEIR infrastructure! The Tassie team will be popular regardless of playing at Bellerive/York Park or a fancypants expensive new stadium. Just a weird blackmail attempt by the AFL on not just Tassie taxpayers, but ALL taxpayers (since it's relying on fed money).

Tasmania’s population is virtually exactly the same as the Gold Coast and a much more AFL slanted population at that

North belong in Melbourne

North should've been the Gold Coast team. Should've done what South did and move.

not gonna happen we deserve our own team north arent worst then melbourne in the past so make 0 sense

Having 25+ teams in one league with no relegation is not alot lmao

And Tassie is a heartland state. No way they'd back a Victorian reject!

We just need more non Vic teams in. So the power shift moves away from Vic teams that corrupt the system and lead to unfair outcomes.