Round 1 Summary - No surprises

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Round 1 Summary - No surprises

Authored by: Jarren
on Wednesday, August 13 2014 @ 04:31 pm ACST

I am not surprised at the comment re players opinions. In this I think the players point of view should prevail, they are the ones paying out of pocket. If it can be confirmed that it is a common view that they want an opportunity to play the best countries, then that should end the debate in my opinion.

I can understand the view that it would be seen as more disappointing to travel around the world to play in an international tournament, at a standard not much different to what you played at home, than to play the best and be outmatched.

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Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Wednesday, August 13 2014 @ 07:48 pm ACST

Jarren - just to be playful - the obvious extension of that thought is that we then want Australia to be included?

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Authored by: Jarren
on Thursday, August 14 2014 @ 12:26 am ACST

If it was put to the IC players that they could play against a full Australian national team, I am pretty sure what the answer would be.

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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, August 14 2014 @ 12:47 am ACST

Agreed. I'm still a great believer in entering an amateur Australian under 20 side in this tournament. I think it would raise the profile of it enormously.

You could say it would mean the result is a foregone conclusion, but for about 13 of the 18 teams let's be realistic, it's no going to be them that wins anyway. And it has been stated above that players want to play the best, well that would give them a sample. And the top few teams would probably still be competitive (but not win) against such an Aussie side. Note that it would be of the utmost importance that the AFL ensured (via the AAFC) that the side was truly representative from across Australia.

So taking on board everything above, if I was calling the shots, IC2017 would in fact be IC2018, with an amateur Australian U20 side included, a lightning carnival on day 1 like IC2011 to determine a two division split, and away we go. (I still like pre-determined 2 divisions but I'm hearing the love for the lightning format).---
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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Authored by: Jörg Pareigis
on Thursday, August 14 2014 @ 06:04 am ACST

I would love it (and I think many international footy players and officials as well) if you would call the shots, Brett! Please raise this when you speak to the AFL. It seems that they are listening to you, too. Hopefully, I will make it down under than as well. Finally!

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, August 14 2014 @ 04:57 pm ACST

Thanks Jörg, you can be my campaign manager.

Yep we'll definitely try to have a chat to the AFL and a IC14 de-brief and try to understand the reasons behind certain things and see if we can get some feedback from the nations about what they'd like to see next time.

Of course there's the IC forum that will be held between the nations and the AFL so ideally some of these things would be discussed and debated then.---
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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