Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
So basically you are blaming blokes playing in the ZPL and assorted Zone Leagues as being responsible for the lack of competitiveness from teams 3-8??

There may well be blokes playing in ZPL and Zone Leagues who could make the comp stronger but ask yourself why they don't want to play for these clubs??

Could it be down to how they are run?? These blokes may be taking a soft option to win a trophy as you put it but who wants to do something they don't enjoy.

Can't be a hell of a lot of fun being part of clubs 3-8 getting tonked all season. Can see they ain't enjoying it when they can't get the numbers comfortably for some grades

Stop trying to blame all and sundry for the weakness in NEW FM.


The clubs are weak because of how they run their race. Fix this make the comp stronger and stop blaming everything else
Your so negative, if the answer is make the clubs stronger you tell everyone your solution, is it disband NewFM and make ZPL the stepping stone to NBN, is it disband all current division and go back to the old 5 divisions from years ago and teams got promoted on ability not grounds. Just throwing wild remarks and questions out there is not helping the comp. To say players are not happy at all these clubs is ridiculous, why do they turn up each week. There are players at Cessnock that have over 200 club games and wouldn't play any where else. They have a believe in the club and there future. Unlike some there are players out there that do like the challenge of playing against the likes of Maitland or valo.