SA Footy

Tech1 wrote:

sjt wrote:Interesting article in today's advertiser quoting Roy Laird. Mentioning how playing the afl professionals is a real lottery, damaging the integrity of the sanfl. An example given was South played port with Port having 9 afl players, centrals faced them with 14. Also mentioned no team should have to face them with a shorter break, given their advantage of facilities and not having to work.
Spot on Roy, sticking up for the sanfl and the little integrity left.

Great to see someone respected standing up and saying what every SANFL fan is thinking. I still want that media release for what is going to change for next year, Rowe said it was ment to be released last week but since that little comment about what he heard. I've got a feeling there is going to be something in there to piss us off even more.

Question for you guys what would you be happy with? by the looks of it, both the crows and power wont be able to sign anyone over 23, only one year contract and only from South Australia. I'm wondering what happens to the currently listed players that are over 23, if they are only allowed to play out there current contracts or are not allowed to play next year for them. No mention if anything has changed about how long they have to be out of the SANFL before signing or how much they can pay them or if they can still have a leadership player. I'm all for bringing them esp the way port are structured this year back to the pack but i'd much prefer some more space in the salary cap to make the real SANFL clubs stronger. Oh and i still don't understand why we are allowing port to persist with this academy crap in our reserves, piss them off, not needed, waste of time.

JK wrote:

Hazydog wrote:

Rising Power wrote:http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2014-10-28/2015-nab-challenge-fixture-released-port

Another shonky deal to satisfy the Redlegs?

Yep - the kick backs appear to be still coming...

LOL West and Centrals ovals have hosted NAB games before, but just this one (and a Port game at that), is a kickback?

Tassie Blues wrote:My top 3 for 2015
Legs
Port
Blues
Would love to see South back up next year but history suggests its unlikely to happen.

Dols wrote:On this anyone heard the rumour that jimmy meiklejohn will play for Sturt next year?

carey wrote:

Dols wrote:On this anyone heard the rumour that jimmy meiklejohn will play for Sturt next year?

I heard Port Districts with Jez Clayton

Dols wrote:

Tassie Blues wrote:My top 3 for 2015
Legs
Port
Blues
Would love to see South back up next year but history suggests its unlikely to happen.

pretty confident that the Magpies will win next season. Sturt the dark horse.

Jim05 wrote:

Dols wrote:

Tassie Blues wrote:My top 3 for 2015
Legs
Port
Blues
Would love to see South back up next year but history suggests its unlikely to happen.

pretty confident that the Magpies will win next season. Sturt the dark horse.

Dont write us off, we could possibly be better next season with the new additions and if we can get another one of the blokes we are chasing it will be a fair line up

Dols wrote:On this anyone heard the rumour that jimmy meiklejohn will play for Sturt next year?

Tassie Blues wrote:My top 3 for 2015
Legs
Port
Blues
Would love to see South back up next year but history suggests its unlikely to happen.

Dols wrote:pretty confident that the Magpies will win next season. Sturt the dark horse.

Dogwatcher wrote:We're starting to talk about 2015 now.
Change thread title?

bennymacca wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:We're starting to talk about 2015 now.
Change thread title?

or start a new thread so we don't get 1 billion post long threads?

stan wrote:

bennymacca wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:We're starting to talk about 2015 now.
Change thread title?

or start a new thread so we don't get 1 billion post long threads?

I think we should update the title and keep it going. Then its all in one thread.

SimonH wrote:

Dols wrote:pretty confident that the Magpies will win next season. Sturt the dark horse.

With reserves teams, inconsistency is the theme—even within the one year depending on injuries to the league team's squad, but especially from year to year. Among mature players, the Port 2nds have lost Heath, Hitchcock, Newton, Stevenson and Renouf (presuming they rookie Logan as promised). That's some solid SANFL talent. They've gained only whomever gets displaced from the 22 to make way for Patty Ryder. EDIT: Plus the greatest player of all time Johann Wagner. The rest of the replacements will be kids from the drafts. Plus, especially in the 2nd half of 2014, they had an unusually great run with (lack of) injuries to the AFL list. You couldn't bank on that reoccurring.

Unless Port draft/rookie an unusual number of mature-aged players (or further bend/change the rules with contracting mature 'top-up' players), I see their 2nds being weaker next year.