Spencer Gulf League

[Student]

my understanding is if you play 3 games of b grade you qualify, however if you play a grade the week before the finals and your a grade doesn't make the finals then you cannot play b grade finals.

If thats right, then who will want to play A grade this week for Lions? Will have to use kids but you wouldnt be keen for that with finals on the way! Tough spot for them to be in.....

Plenty said about Lions current plight and clearly will create plenty of discussion but they have two sides in finals and you cant overlook the two other Pirie sides.

Port were poor last year but recovered somewhat this year and will be interesting to see where their A&B finish. After many GF appearances in the Colts they have been hit hard with a shortage of older age kids but have improved as the season went on. I think their 15s and 13s are ok so should recover over time.

Sollies kids have been fantastic this year and their first chance for a flag in yonks and all power to them, I think they will win it! Their b's finished in the 4 last year but have fallen away badly and been belted week in week out this year. Couldnt believe that they ran out with 16 on the weekend including trainers, assistant coaches and 'mature' fill ins! And thats with 7 u18s in the A grade!!! Looks like they only had about 25 senior players to pick from. And with the amount of imports in that lot it must be a worry!! Hopefully their current group of kids will hang around.
Has a side ever spent that much to finish 5th?

Should be an interesting finals series in all grades!

[straight talker]

solomontown imports?? price,turner,fitzgerald and they have not had price for the full year i believe as he played for west adelaide.

[Diddy]

Price has played 13 games and has been in the best players 9 times.

http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info. ... 6-11268269

[Squids]

Will be interesting to see what Sollies do with their Agrade, surely they would want all the kids playing Under18s this week so they can qualify for finals....and probably win the thing... With only 16 in the Bgrade last week, this week they could be looking at a forfeit just to get a team in the A's........ Have seen on facebook a few people asking people to play.

Sollies are about where Lions were 2/3 years ago, weak Agrades but plenty of youth coming through, hopefully Sollies will learn from Lions mistakes and win some senior silverware.

[Diddy]

Pretty sure u/18s can play A-grade in the last round and still play u/18s in the finals. Could be wrong though.

[Squids]

Pretty sure u/18s can play A-grade in the last round and still play u/18s in the finals. Could be wrong though.

Not too sure, I remember Lions players coming back in the last week to win the Under18s flags against us

[straight talker]

Price has played 13 games and has been in the best players 9 times.

http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info. ... 6-11268269

and how many games in a season? I bet they wish they had him all year then they may have won a couple of the close ones they lost and probably should have won.

[kinghit]

Pretty sure u/18s can play A-grade in the last round and still play u/18s in the finals. Could be wrong though.

Not too sure, I remember Lions players coming back in the last week to win the Under18s flags against us

Yep, can play a's if you are under 18s then come back for the finals; souths had about 6 or 7 come back when they won in 08.
As for qualifying for b grade, a mate who plays in the Barossa league says that you have to play the last 5 games of the season for b grade to qualify for their b grade finals; I guess to stop teams realising they can't win A grade and stacking their B's. That practice has cost a lot of teams a lot of pissed off players in the past, who have played all season then been turfed at finals time. I don't think it is much of a huge issue if u18 A graders drop back for finals but to do it for B grade is pretty stiff

[Furry Wall]

You'd have to be pretty shattered if you had played all season in the 2's and got ousted for finals if the club makes the decision to sacrifice their A grade side to benefit the B grade. It might sound a bit old school but I always thought the A grade is picked first preference as the flagship of the club, followed by B grade and then senior colts. Common sense would say the rule should simply be you must play the majority of the year in that grade to be eligible for finals, unless of course the higher grade was playing on the same day and you'd been legitimately squeezed out of the side.

[Sky Pilot]

what do all you SGL blokes think of the push to get footy back to the grass roots. Ports home games at Wandearah Road, Sollies at Globe Oval same in Port Augusta etc?

i like the idea but dont know about paying top dollar for a beer over the bar at the port clubhouse.

Is that right ST? So what do Sollies/Lions/Squids charge for a schooner or glass of chateau cardboard say, in respect of the Sporties and other Pirie pubs?

[straight talker]

what do all you SGL blokes think of the push to get footy back to the grass roots. Ports home games at Wandearah Road, Sollies at Globe Oval same in Port Augusta etc?

i like the idea but dont know about paying top dollar for a beer over the bar at the port clubhouse.

Is that right ST? So what do Sollies/Lions/Squids charge for a schooner or glass of chateau cardboard say, in respect of the Sporties and other Pirie pubs?

pretty sure when i took mum to bingo the other week at the solomontown football club rooms it cost me $3.80 an echo and i also went to the port footy and community club for lunch and an echo cost me $6!!. Have not been to the lions football club for a long time, The sportsmans tavern have pints for $5 normally when ive dropped in for 1 or 2!

[Diddy]

Apparently Sollies are also struggling to fill their league side for tomorrow with all the kids being dropped back to u/18s so they can all have some game time together before finals.

I hear Nigel Anderson & Laz Kovacevic have been asked to pull on the boots.

[Furry Wall]

Apparently Sollies are also struggling to fill their league side for tomorrow with all the kids being dropped back to u/18s so they can all have some game time together before finals.

I hear Nigel Anderson & Laz Kovacevic have been asked to pull on the boots.

Surely in that case Boston to select himself in the B's? Would scare the crap out of a few!

[Sky Pilot]

Apparently Sollies are also struggling to fill their league side for tomorrow with all the kids being dropped back to u/18s so they can all have some game time together before finals.

I hear Nigel Anderson & Laz Kovacevic have been asked to pull on the boots.

Surely in that case Boston to select himself in the B's? Would scare the crap out of a few!

I also heard Monkey Hellmans and Robbie Dennis were coming back but Booga Bickley knocked back the opportunity because was looking at the asistant coaching job at West Lakes with Skippy

[Student]

Plenty on at the cattery if all is to be believed.
After the goings on in Augusta a few weeks back you might have thought it may quieten down but 50’s still being given away by the bench last week and this week heard on the radio Bob has been told Wednesday he is no longer required as a junior umpire after having words with some of the Lions kids about their club being a basket case while umpiring! Feltus must be playing in the Lions 15’s...............
Then Thursday nearly cames to blows with the colts coach about selection this week.
Wasn’t there for any of it but if true, sad to see.
Might be worth travelling down the cats tonight and getting on those $3.80 stubbies just to hear the post match wraps!!

[straight talker]

Plenty on at the cattery if all is to be believed.
After the goings on in Augusta a few weeks back you might have thought it may quieten down but 50’s still being given away by the bench last week and this week heard on the radio Bob has been told Wednesday he is no longer required as a junior umpire after having words with some of the Lions kids about their club being a basket case while umpiring! Feltus must be playing in the Lions 15’s...............
Then Thursday nearly cames to blows with the colts coach about selection this week.
Wasn’t there for any of it but if true, sad to see.
Might be worth travelling down the cats tonight and getting on those $3.80 stubbies just to hear the post match wraps!!

Boston is the A grade coach and rule of thumb is you select your A grade first then the colts that dont get selected go back to the colts and the players that dont get picked for the A grade play B grade. I think the colts coach is exactly that a COLTS coach and should do as he is told that is why solomontown cant take the next step as there are to many chiefs down there well thats the whispers around anyway. There is some talk the whole board needs a good clean out.

[On the couch]

I see centrals been rolled again today making in two loses in row going into finals i said earlier in week that no woolford no centrals is this true n why hasn't he played last two games

[Squids]

Just drove past the Bs and Port are getting flogged!

[Diddy]

Maybe they're stacking their A-grade team.

[Squids]

I think a lack of avenues to goal is more likely to be the problem. A grade side looked about right while Squids would get a game in the Bs with that team they put on the park.

Finals:

PORT PIRIE

Saturday 10/9/11

10.30am Sollies v South (QF)

12.20pm Port v Central (EF)

2.10pm Port v Central (QF)

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PORT AUGUSTA

Sunday 11/9/11

10.30am Lions v West (EF)

12.20pm Lions v West (QF)

2.10pm South v West (EF)

My selections in bold.