That was an excellent post KT.I'm not sure it's panic stations just yet. Part of it is we have become used to supporting a successful club.
Four GFs and two premierships in the last decade (only really bested by Hawthorn & Geelong in that time)
and in the finals every year. So when things aren't going along swimmingly (like now) it's tempting to look
elsewhere for who to blame. I just think we need to figure out a way to kick more goals (somehow) and
the rest will take care of itself.
Having said that, it's pretty obvious that the AFL is really still the VFL (10 of 18 teams in Victoria just says it all
really) and not really a national comp, and the exec leadership of the AFL, as shown by the Essendon saga and
more recently the booing of Goodsey are totally bereft of any type of gumption. They are weak and self interested,
not unlike the political leaders of this country. The AFL's barometer of success seems to be how much they can
sell the TV rights for, yet the numbers at the grassroots of footy are way down.
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