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Yes he played a million games in the SANFL.
But no games in the big time.
Never proved himself against the best.
A big fish in a tadpole pond.
And I'm sure Fitzroy supporters will be thrilled for Ross Oakley.
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The thing is that if we acknowledge VFL which was a state league, the we should also acknowledge the WAFL and SANFL, which were also state leagues.Enrico_Misso wrote:Peter Carey![]()
Yes he played a million games in the SANFL.
But no games in the big time.
Never proved himself against the best.
A big fish in a tadpole pond.
And I'm sure Fitzroy supporters will be thrilled for Ross Oakley.
I think so.saintsRrising wrote:Is that the cary that the Saints signed...but never arrived?
Hye MMr I am hvaing torble raeding yuor psots.Mr Magic wrote:I think so.saintsRrising wrote:Is that the cary that the Saints signed...but never arrived?
As for teh comparison between VFL, WAFL adn SANFL, surely nobody is suggesting that they were equivalent levels of football ability?
The mere fact that most good footballers in the WAFL adn SANFL ended up in teh VFL shows that the VFL was teh far superior competition.
It's just my dyslexic typing!Enrico_Misso wrote:Hye MMr I am hvaing torble raeding yuor psots.Mr Magic wrote:I think so.saintsRrising wrote:Is that the cary that the Saints signed...but never arrived?
As for the comparison between VFL, WAFL and SANFL, surely nobody is suggesting that they were equivalent levels of football ability?
The mere fact that most good footballers in the WAFL and SANFL ended up in the VFL shows that the VFL was the far superior competition.
Thank heavens he got injured and missed out.kosifantutti23 wrote:With a little luck, Ross Oakley could have been a premiership player for us.
Many very, very good footballers didn't play in vfl - there wasn't that big a gulf between the leagues - and not enough extra money or profile to justify leaving home, family, friends, and your club.Mr Magic wrote:
As for thecomparison between VFL, WAFL annSANFL, surely nobody is suggesting that they were equivalent levels of football ability?
The mere fact that most good footballers in the WAFL and NFL ended up in theVFL shows that the VFL was the ar superior competition.
How many Victorian players left the VFL in their prime to go play in the WAFL/SANFL?desertsaint wrote:Many very, very good footballers didn't play in vfl - there wasn't that big a gulf between the leagues - and not enough extra money or profile to justify leaving home, family, friends, and your club.Mr Magic wrote:
As for thecomparison between VFL, WAFL annSANFL, surely nobody is suggesting that they were equivalent levels of football ability?
The mere fact that most good footballers in the WAFL and NFL ended up in theVFL shows that the VFL was the afr superior competition.
Haydn Bunton - Went to WA aged 25 after winning 3 Brownlows, won 3 Sandovers, returned to Fitzroy in 1942, then played, coached and umpired in the SANFL.Mr Magic wrote:How many Victorian players left the VFL in their prime to go play in the WAFL/SANFL?
Well that's 1 - a very, vewry good one I'll grant you, but I don't think that 1 exception is going to prove my assertion false?Bernard Shakey wrote:Haydn Bunton - Went to WA aged 25 after winning 3 Brownlows, won 3 Sandovers, returned to Fitzroy in 1942, then played, coached and umpired in the SANFL.Mr Magic wrote:How many Victorian players left the VFL in their prime to go play in the WAFL/SANFL?
Yes it was but not by the level you believe, perhaps it was by the 80s when the money and nationwide audience drew more players. Also "most" good footballers didn't move - you know the ones that did and don't know the many top shelf players that didn't. Then make the assumption that if they were any good they would have moved to the VFL.Mr Magic wrote:desertsaint wrote:Many very, very good footballers didn't play in vfl - there wasn't that big a gulf between the leagues - and not enough extra money or profile to justify leaving home, family, friends, and your club.Mr Magic wrote:
As for thecomparison between VFL, WAFL annSANFL, surely nobody is suggesting that they were equivalent levels of football ability?
The mere fact that most good footballers in the WAFL and NFL ended up in theVFL shows that the VFL was the afr superior competition.
I stand to be corrected but I would have thought that the VFL was considered by most to be the pre-eminent competition.