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Debate - World Footy rankings - other countries to consider

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Saturday, December 27 2008 @ 04:22 pm ACDT

I gather Croatia could also field a full 18-man team of locals, I'd put them on
the list if you're going to include France and Germany.

Debate - World Footy rankings - other countries to consider

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Sunday, December 28 2008 @ 01:20 am ACDT

Fair enough - you've followed Europe more closely than me. Will be interesting when it comes to ranking them.

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Debate - World Footy rankings - other countries to consider

Authored by: Mudgee
on Monday, December 29 2008 @ 06:17 am ACDT

Hey, come on, you have to rank Germany! ;)

Some info to back that up - approx. 100 germans played in the AFLG in 2008 among the 5 teams. Next year a sixth team will start in the league - the Stuttgart Emus, containing more locals.

As stated in this article, we have fielded full 18-a-side teams over the past couple of years. The only problem we have is the money side of it. At this stage, we still lack a league sponsor and so travel costs are a killer. To play in the AFLG regular home-and-away season, players travel up to 5000km for the season. Hamburg to Munich is about 800km each way, requiring a two night stay - thats a big commitment for a lot of guys but the league is growing anyway. Unfortunately when it comes to international games, many of our top line players prioritise the AFLG season higher so cant spend the extra to get to the international games. A bit unfortunate for international footy, maybe, but it really just reflects on how keenly contested the AFLG is.

Anyway, I reckon the Black Eagles deserve a mention in your rankings - so lets see where we end up!

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Debate - World Footy rankings - other countries to consider

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, December 29 2008 @ 02:08 pm ACDT

100 locals playing in 2008 - that's great to hear. Have no fear, Germany will be in there.

Of course, with relatively strict criteria, a lot of the other new countries won't make the list at all, so Germany might be down the bottom of the list, even though they'd probably be higher than another 15 countries that won't be counted.

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