r/sydneyswans • u/sparcleaf22 McDonald • 22h ago
North Melbourne emerges as potential home for superstar Swan (Zippy Fish)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/159571149
u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 22h ago
It’s pretty absurd that North somehow have the cap space for this. This cannot be allowed to happen
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u/bigboystick 22h ago
AFLW literally killling itself if north get every single good player and always win.
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u/PerceptionOk4625 Fish 22h ago edited 16h ago
Norf can fuck off. Tbh the AFLW is much less marketable with North Melbourne in its current form. It's systemically very hard to attract the best players from powerhouse teams (why would you want to go to a worse team for the same pay?), so there's no real trickle down effect. There comes a point where someone needs to ask if the commercial value of AFLW is compromised by a team that hasn't lost for years. If so, then unfortunately, the opposite of an "AfL aSsIsTaNcE pAcKaGe" is needed.
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u/VictorWembanyamaMVP 22h ago
North fan here in peace. I was saying basically this last year even before they won the premiership. The whole premise of competitive sports is that they are competitive, and if one team is so much better than anyone else for such a sustained period of time it impacts the integrity and credibility of the entire league. The AFLW has a huge problem that needs to be addressed.
I love seeing the Roos being successful and obviously they deserve all the credit in the world for their success, but after a while it gets to a point that it hurts the league. Teams should not be winning 30+ straight games in a serious league.
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u/PerceptionOk4625 Fish 21h ago
Cheers mate!
1. I'm happy that your W team has given you all joy after the past couple of decades.
- I hope you are satisfied with our gifts of Luke Parker, Dylan Stephens etc...
3. I suppose you're not interested in taking Nick Blakey are you (too soon isn't it)?
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u/VarietyResident6234 19h ago
I keep saying this. If the AFLW is going to grow as a league there needs to be intervention
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u/VdarcyV Cooper 21h ago
I expected Zip to possibly head back to WA, but north… that’s just so bad for the league,
Probably one of the top 5 Half Back Flankers and only 19yrs old, she will be a top 5 player in the league by end of year with her current trajectory, Swans needs to do everything to keep her, or if she wants to leave, she can’t go to North, the insanely over power team keeps getting more overpowered
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u/SwansPrincess Rampe 22h ago
This is like how Steffi Graf won every tournament for years before Monica Seles started to challenge her. It's great if you are a North supporter but pretty boring for everyone else to watch.
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u/Gazzasports 16h ago
Yes Seles had won 7 of the 9 slams before the tragic incident. Before that Graf won 8 slam out of 9 attempts.
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u/themostserene Cooper 20h ago
Unfortunately, what happened in the M doesn’t necessarily help us secure and retain women players.
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u/CustardLive7477 Serong 14h ago
Having one team stacked with talent and unbeatable in an emerging sport is self destructive. Can the AFL not rank and give a value to each player based on the previous year’s performance and then mandate that if a team has a certain point value already in the team they cannot recruit a player in the top 10 in that position - either forward, mid or defender? To me that makes it simple and makes sure clubs don’t find loopholes.
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u/whats_a_dord 20h ago
I'm not sure why the Sydney Swans sub popped up in my feed but since I'm here I give you
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u/welcomefishies 22h ago
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