Bit of an odd time to start this thread but I’m getting alot of questions so I figured ■■■■ it I’ll answer them.
Unfortunately over the last few years interest from almost all other sites has died but interest from blitz has remained strong.
So I’ll be considering a few options to at least keep forum footy running even as a “blitz thing”
The lead option right now is to hire an “indoor footy” court for a day and simply play a round robin with teams of 6-8 players. They have options for this all over Melbourne including Altona, Tullamarine and Cranbourne. Yes this would cost us but with a good amount a players it shouldn’t break the bank.
Such a shame that interest from other clubs died down - absolutely loved playing forum footy and always had a great time catching catching up with my fellow Blitzers. I still have a few mates asking if there’s another one coming up anytime soon.
Never played indoor footy before but it might be a bit of fun. Put me down as a tentative yes, although it will depend on what time of year we’re looking at.
Agreed nickers the social aspect of the day is my motivation for keeping it alive as a blitz thing.
Rollo (the Melbourne one) retiring kind of killed of their end.
I’ve played a game of indoor footy before out at Altona and it is good fun. Almost anyone can play which opens it up to the female posters and also kids as well.
If we divide the teams into teams of 6 it also means everyone gets an equal run. Which is important if we need to pay. It also means that all we need to have a decent tournament is 24 players which has never been much of an issue.
Most of these places have a bar so a post game drink is also on the cards.
Time of year will be the same. Probably weekend after the GF.
Kind of similar to AFL 9s by the looks of it. I’m definitely the ideal candidate for non-contact footy! Would this be an irregular thing or an actual weekly comp?
What about just having a blitz indoor team playing in a regular comp? We would all follow the season, Jackie could watch them train, djr could live-post the matches, fog could wildly speculate as to their next recruit, the lid-on crew could write them off after their first loss etc etc