SA Footy

Booney wrote:

RB wrote:

Booney wrote:
Just asked a question, call it rags if you like.

This forum is laughable.

South are in for a long season.

Don't think we will get anywhere near the finals we have had a lot of retirements including Brooksby and we have barely recruited anyone and those we have recruited are very young.

We must have a tonne of money left in the salary cap not sure if we are deliberately not paying the entire amount or if we genuinely can't find anyone to recruit to the club.

Interesting the review done at the club late last year by Bickley & Ridgway listed recruiting, retention & list management as priorities but thus far these areas seem to be lacking given how many players we lost and lack of replacements.

Panther Pack wrote:South are in for a long season.

Don't think we will get anywhere near the finals we have had a lot of retirements including Brooksby and we have barely recruited anyone and those we have recruited are very young.

We must have a tonne of money left in the salary cap not sure if we are deliberately not paying the entire amount or if we genuinely can't find anyone to recruit to the club.

Interesting the review done at the club late last year by Bickley & Ridgway listed recruiting, retention & list management as priorities but thus far these areas seem to be lacking given how many players we lost and lack of replacements.

From the SANFL website:

COMING
Arlo Draper (returned/Collingwood), Callum McCarty (Essendon VFL/Strathfieldsaye), Jake Arundell (Box Hill Hawks), Finn Emile-Brennan (Casey Demons/Dandenong Stingrays), Tom Beaumont (Tasmania Devils), Ethan Roberts (Inner West Magpies AFL NSW), Hayden Kernahan (Returned/Adelaide SANFL), Harvey Lambert (Sacred Heart OC), Oscar Lovelock (Sacred Heart OC), Darren Walters (West Adelaide/Port Noarlunga), Alex Habib (Kangarilla), Dylan Draper (Brighton Bombers), Zac Earl (Glenelg U18), Bailey Pilmore (Aldinga), Noah Goldie (Henley), Corey Grocock (Happy Valley), Dayne McGary (Returned/Brighton)

The ones in bold have already had a crack at SANFL reserves level and proven to be nowhere near it. Grocock & Pilmore both are handy, but left after their U18 year to return to their old clubs, for whatever reasons.

Thiele wrote:

southernbulldog wrote:Any scores from todays trial games

Adelaide 13.14. 92
West 8.9. 57

Port premiership favourites in the AFL &
Ravens for the SANFL

Panther Pack wrote:South are in for a long season.

Don't think we will get anywhere near the finals we have had a lot of retirements including Brooksby and we have barely recruited anyone and those we have recruited are very young.

We must have a tonne of money left in the salary cap not sure if we are deliberately not paying the entire amount or if we genuinely can't find anyone to recruit to the club.

Interesting the review done at the club late last year by Bickley & Ridgway listed recruiting, retention & list management as priorities but thus far these areas seem to be lacking given how many players we lost and lack of replacements.

I haven't heard if Brooksby had retired as yet?

Bluedemon wrote:

Panther Pack wrote:South are in for a long season.

Don't think we will get anywhere near the finals we have had a lot of retirements including Brooksby and we have barely recruited anyone and those we have recruited are very young.

We must have a tonne of money left in the salary cap not sure if we are deliberately not paying the entire amount or if we genuinely can't find anyone to recruit to the club.

Interesting the review done at the club late last year by Bickley & Ridgway listed recruiting, retention & list management as priorities but thus far these areas seem to be lacking given how many players we lost and lack of replacements.

I haven't heard if Brooksby had retired as yet?

There's been nothing official from the club one way or the other regarding him playing in 2024, unless i missed it

If that is correct about Brooksby he will be a massive loss ,still one of the best ruckman in the competition surprised with a few other outs on .Apart from Gibbs & Broadbent who were probably coming to the end .

Westies bringing back the red shorts

Dutchy wrote:Westies bringing back the red shorts

Good on them, we better not bring back those gold ones…

southernbulldog wrote:If that is correct about Brooksby he will be a massive loss ,still one of the best ruckman in the competition surprised with a few other outs on .Apart from Gibbs & Broadbent who were probably coming to the end .

Few surprise outs I thought could have gone on ….

Going to be a long year for South supporters….. patience wearing very thin.

Spargo wrote:

Dutchy wrote:Westies bringing back the red shorts

Good on them, we better not bring back those gold ones…

The Kylie Minogue ones?

Brooksby has been one of the best SANFL players in the past 25 years. If he has retired, the club should say so publicly given it's March already.
Hopefully he can play on.

Nothing confirmed as yet with Brooksby but Abbey Homes mentioned on SEN that his work has changed at Hawthorn and could be hard for him to do the fly in, play and fly out

Bluedemon wrote:Nothing confirmed as yet with Brooksby but Abbey Homes mentioned on SEN that his work has changed at Hawthorn and could be hard for him to do the fly in, play and fly out

Just announced on SEN that Brooksby won't be playing for South this season.

Dutchy wrote:Westies bringing back the red shorts

Away games only getting rid of white shorts. Black will be home and away when they don't clash

There will be 9 very pleased ruckman that Brooksby isnt playing he has been a star for South and they will miss him

southernbulldog wrote:There will be 9 very pleased ruckman that Brooksby isnt playing he has been a star for South and they will miss him

The quality of SANFL ruckman is the worst it's ever been this season. If you remove those playing for the Crows and Power there isn't any standout. Only a few years ago we had players the likes of Baulderstone and Parry running around (together with Brooksby).

Makes you wonder who is going to front up for SA against the Big V.

We might have to turn to big fella - Jarred Redden - from the Eagles who is back. Word has it that he has lost a tonne of weight and is in the best shape since his AFL days.

I’m pretty happy with McGree, his ability to play the Fourth midfielder role has helped us.

Boyd arguably the best in the comp though

am Bays wrote:I’m pretty happy with McGree, his ability to play the Fourth midfielder role has helped us.

He’s the second coming of Trevor Cranston.

Spargo wrote:

am Bays wrote:I’m pretty happy with McGree, his ability to play the Fourth midfielder role has helped us.

He’s the second coming of Trevor Cranston.

He must have got fit since his South Adelaide/Reynella days, was the prototype lumbering, old school ruck then.