Martin and four others find new AFL homes in 2019 preseason and rookie drafts

Kim is good for one connecting swing a year that we can agree on :)

Maybe in 10-20 years when gws and GCS are stabilised a team in Tassie will happen, I'm not against it I'm sceptical of the time frames that are being stated at the moment. Hagdorn is good for one hit a year so that could be the one man ;)

well with hackdorn coming out last Friday and stating that a Tassie team is on its way in 2022 I guess there are a lot of people in the know who don't agree with you ... but then again the Hack swings and misses more often than not

Thanks Matti, unfortunately back in emergency this morning. Hopefully should be ok.

Hope it all went/goes well mate.

What it means was that l was commenting prior to surgery being done and did not want to be going back and forth while l had real concerns to be worried about. Not sure how you don't understand this. Not sure about you Kane but football isn't my highest priority, you obviously want me to keep commenting while a life threatening situation is going on. That's strange to me. Let me sum it up, l have my opinion and stated it numerous times. Why would l need to keep on going back and forth, doesn't make sense to me. Yep you comment and have a conversation but l will not be going back and forth saying the same stuff over and over again. Your opinion or anyone else's wont change mine no matter how many times you want to respond.

What does surgery have to do with anything? You make a comment on another club then you will be asked questions. Very strange response

Prefer living in Bridgetown mate, they buy 8 games yes that money is important to both clubs but they could gain sponsorship elsewhere in the Melbourne market. Unless the AFL did like gws and compromised completely they still need players in that mid twenties range who aren’t jobbers to field a competitive side, I’m happy to say the good Tassie players will likely be entrenched in major cities with clubs structuring contracts making them unavailable so that leaves only ppl born and raised on the mainland in there mid 20s who will need to desire the Tassie life and I will hazard a guess most will have girlfriends or wives who will need to desire that life aswell, not an easy feat if ppl like Brad Hills missus couldn’t cope with Perth. Also considering the cost involved in broadcasting from Tassie and the likelihood the next rights is going to be less we do have to consider will Fox and seven wish to incur that, there is alot more than being a footy state that will need be considered.

You missed my point but that’s ok you read what wanted and put forward an argument that didn’t exist.

The Tassie govt currently props up 2 AFL teams with sponsorship, gow many games combined do your fantasy sites host a year? As for the late teens to mid 20s Tassie needs to make a side.... they'll draft them just like the other sides do....do you understand how the AFL works? PS if you are a tradie then come to Tassie as there's heaps of work on as Tassies building and construction is the fastest growing in the country.... maybe second to Halls Creek in your mind though

No not really, you provide 30% of a whole as evidence and argue a rich football history is a great reason to give a licensed I chose to rebut in a goofy manner. How about Albury/Wodonga I mean look at the stars from that region I reckon they deserve AFL representation don't you. The romantic argument is all ppl have regarding Tasmania and ultimately no logic, fact is the Qld and NSW government have invested in AFL development what huge contribution besides complaining has the Tassie govt made? Again I reiterate that late teens to mid twenties that are needed for a successful footy side aren't going to leave the mainland due to greater work and education opportunities offered for post career unless aquaculture, chefing, vineyard or strawberries or apples are their calling, that's common sense it's not being anti Tasmania in anyway.

Looks like youve conceded as you are now sprouting gibberish

What makes up the other 70%? Again your first argument was romantic in the vein of Byron or Shelley with the meandering prose of frost. Tiwi islands have been great for football and more recently halls creek I guess reward shall be a team in the AFL, how about lake grace next or any nyoongar area should that be rewarded for the contribution to the game? Maybe the Bunbury burners or Albany gaps.

Yeah and a big mistake the Hawks made. I can admit when they make a mistake or pay overs for a player. Not a one eyed football supporter. I made my point but was not going to continue a conversation days on end. Not worth my time and energy to go back and forth all day. I will comment on an article as much as l want to and wont be dictated by you or anyone. Just so you know why, my partner was going in for MAJOR surgery which was more of a concern than going back and forth with Macca and Col. Don't presume or assume unless you know the whole story.

Oh - and here's a quote from a research paper put out by UTAS this year "The largest age group moving to Tasmania was those aged 25 to 29 years (14.0% of all movers), followed by those aged 20 to 24 (11.8%) and then 30 to 34 (10.3%)." Wow - look at those retirees just flooding here ....

They deserve a team because they are a football state that produces more than enough champions of the game. They have the population base and they produce more than enough sporting champions in different sports, both men and women. But it is the paternalistic garbage of people with no knowledge of the state that is trying to prevent a team in Tassie of its own rights They have a state cricket team, the current Test Captain is a Tasmanian, they have a BBL and womens BBL team and Tasmania already hosts 8 AFL games a season, yet for some bizarro world reasoning they can't host 11 with their own team.

Well, nobody watches the Suns games.. he has s good highlights package.. so truely hard to rate him.. true test will be st MCG against Richmond and Collingwood. Lets see

Kane, they picked him up as a free agent with a 2 year contract @ $500k a year. This was back in 2017 so value now would be around $600k. He only played 6 games and retired in 2018 but Hawks still had to pay out his contract. 6 games for $1m equates to nearly $170 k a game. Doubt any player has ever cost that much.

Dean, didn't your mob pay Vickery 800k a year over 3 years and then pay his last year out to do whatever he wanted to when he was probably worth no more than 250? No doubt in your eye's that was a good deal. And if you don't want to continue a conversation when you are challenged then don't comment on another clubs choices.

Well done to SOS! He made a very boring event less boring, hats off.