I am about out of patience with the commentators, especially Bruce McAvaney, who whine on about what a hard time the Kangas are having. This club have been given all the options possible by the AFL. They have been continually propped up financially to the point that the AFL told them after they renegged on the Canberra deal no more! If you can't survive you die! Why don't I show the benevolence of the other clubs & the AFL by charting the options they were given.

1. Play games in Sydney & eventually be the second Sydney club; they tried to steal Swans members without making any firm commitment to a long term goal of a move to Sydney

2. Play games in Canberra with an eventual long term goal of a more permenant move there. The AFL was looking at the viability of building a stadium in Canberra: They wanted the AFL subsidy for playing games there but did not commit to any long term scenario.

3. There were several merger options on the table the first being Hawks/Demons which was rejected by the Hawks membership. The Kangas werec asked to consider several merger options as were the Bullies, Tigers & Demons. Some of the combinations were; Tigers/Demons, Tigers/Kangas, Bullies/ Kangas. The Bullies/ Kangas merger wasa very serious option & the bullies were open to negotiation but the Kangas refused to have anything to do with it.

4. Games in Darwin; Refused outright (they may have played a few there but I think they were either Port or Pies games

5. Games in Tassie which they are considering at the moment.

The Swans were given the option way back of moving to Sydney or being wound up, simple really no choice if you want to survive. The Lions were woulnd up & then ended up in Brissie. The Swans were a very unfortunate case of running out of followers in their zone as Soccer was the main sport in our Melbournew zone. The Roys were a basket case much like the Kangas with incredible mismanagement, I know as I worked for the caterer who was never paid & the Footy club went bankrupt & just reregistered in a different name.

I think the Roos have been given too many chances & it is about time the AFL took the same attitude the old VFL & the AFL took to us & the Roy boys respectively. The other clubs & the AFL can't afford to prop this basket case up for much longer.

The Roos should be in talks with Bullies to merge now as both clubs share the same adjoining areas & are constantly in financial difficulty. Failing that what other option is there for them? Tassie! I don't think Tassie want them, they want the Saints or Hawks as thaey are the two most followed teams down there.

The Afl should broker a merger between the two clubs & if the Roos refuse to deal they should delisence the