Gold Coast and West Sydney - 10 flags in 10 years

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Gold Coast and West Sydney - 10 flags in 10 years

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, August 20 2009 @ 05:23 pm ACST

Yeah I do worry that if a team wins a flag too early, the only way is down, and that isn't good for the long term support of people fed early success. It's a very hard balance. We have clubs in the AFL that can barely win a game and are regarded as very poor. Give them 2 or 3 key players and a good leadership program or a bundle of confidence and suddenly they are in the finals. So with the league really quite even in ability, the difference between top and bottom is quite small.

My feeling is that GC should be in the bottom end of the finals in their second or third year, assuming they get everythign right off field. I expect Guy McKenna to be a very good coach, so I suspect they'll win say 2 flags in the next 8 years. I wouldn't be surprised to see 5 out of the 11 flags from 2015 to 2025 go to the new clubs.

Then I reckon thoughts will turn to Tassie (if their economy goes okay) and just maybe a 3rd WA side (or at least a much bigger stadium - they're bursting at the seams even though their sides are doing poorly right now). I just don't see NT and ACT sides in the next 30 years due to their small populations.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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