BL&G Football League

[rupert]

From what I heard he never signed anywhere. Was in talks with a number of clubs which included Angaston, Yorketown where he grew up and Freeling to name a few. Where he works I would imagine is irrelevant as I thought I saw in the Sunday Mail he was a firey in the city. Also think this had been covered a couple of months earlier in the forum...

[The Gimp]

From what I heard he never signed anywhere. Was in talks with a number of clubs which included Angaston, Yorketown where he grew up and Freeling to name a few. Where he works I would imagine is irrelevant as I thought I saw in the Sunday Mail he was a firey in the city. Also think this had been covered a couple of months earlier in the forum...

Well he's been cleared to Ango, so I think you'll find he's playing there.

[Osama]

Further more my ladder prediction for 2009:

Tanunda
Gawler Central
South Gawler*
Barossa
--------------
Kapunda
Nuriootpa
Willaston
Angaston
Freeling

*South are the hard one here, with the inclusion of 1 or 2 more quality players they could move up the ladder, yet they are prone to self implode during the year. Nuri may also improve a little more than I have accounted for here, but they cant afford to lose any players, infact they probably need to add to their list.

Schluter / Mail Medal: M Greenwood, had a slow start to the year this year and still came equal third, if is fit and firing come round one next year expect to see him place his second medal around his neck.

So Nuri aren't quite good enough to break into the finals this year? i thought they had some handy recruits?

I think Liquid will change that... Angaston and Nuriootpa will be very tough this year...

I heard the biggest recruit in the BLG Matty Dawes had actually signed at the Southern Eagles in the YP because he is from Yorketown, but then moved to Angaston due to work... Interesting...

Not sure on your source B&S, but I can reassure you that Dawes is signed, sealed and delivered to Angaston and has been looking very good on the track for some time.

[UNDERthePACK]

Further more my ladder prediction for 2009:

Tanunda
Gawler Central
South Gawler*
Barossa
--------------
Kapunda
Nuriootpa
Willaston
Angaston
Freeling

*South are the hard one here, with the inclusion of 1 or 2 more quality players they could move up the ladder, yet they are prone to self implode during the year. Nuri may also improve a little more than I have accounted for here, but they cant afford to lose any players, infact they probably need to add to their list.

Schluter / Mail Medal: M Greenwood, had a slow start to the year this year and still came equal third, if is fit and firing come round one next year expect to see him place his second medal around his neck.

So Nuri aren't quite good enough to break into the finals this year? i thought they had some handy recruits?

I think Liquid will change that... Angaston and Nuriootpa will be very tough this year...

I heard the biggest recruit in the BLG Matty Dawes had actually signed at the Southern Eagles in the YP because he is from Yorketown, but then moved to Angaston due to work... Interesting...

Not sure on your source B&S, but I can reassure you that Dawes is signed, sealed and delivered to Angaston and has been looking very good on the track for some time.

Osama, your no relation to Rupert are you, cause it sounds like you guys are saying the same thing.

Nuri are looking extremely good on the track, have had good numbers now for a couple of weeks and certainly a lot of fit looking young lads out. Nuri could be very handy but what I am hearing from Hillbilly land is that the Angaston squad is coming together nicely. Obviously with Tanunda already stitched up a finals gig it might be a prodominately Barossa based finals series this year.

[Liquid Confidence]

Further more my ladder prediction for 2009:

Tanunda
Gawler Central
South Gawler*
Barossa
--------------
Kapunda
Nuriootpa
Willaston
Angaston
Freeling

*South are the hard one here, with the inclusion of 1 or 2 more quality players they could move up the ladder, yet they are prone to self implode during the year. Nuri may also improve a little more than I have accounted for here, but they cant afford to lose any players, infact they probably need to add to their list.

Schluter / Mail Medal: M Greenwood, had a slow start to the year this year and still came equal third, if is fit and firing come round one next year expect to see him place his second medal around his neck.

So Nuri aren't quite good enough to break into the finals this year? i thought they had some handy recruits?

BB, That prediction was made a while ago, and I did make the statement at that time that Nuri had room to go forward, as I have highlighted....

Not sure if Kapunda will be as strong as last year, so Nuri may easily go past them... Im hearing good things from Ango, but I want to see results before I go pumping their tyres, yes they have complimented their midfield, but still no Key Position Players that I am aware of, so unless they are going to kick a winning score from their midfield every week (which is extremely hard to do), they still may struggle to beat the good sides, therefore 4th would be the best result I could see for them...

Still happy to Have Tanunda on top, and Centrals comfortably in the top 4, but I thought they would have added more to their squad than what I am hearing...

I think I will happily mark Kapunda, Freeling and Williston as not being able to make the four, and leave 6 side to battle for four positions....

Still sticking with Greenwood as my medal winner...

[Pinch Hitter]

Willaston to be the big improvers in 2009 and are key candidates to replace kapunda.

Ango and south were never in contention for the four last year and a few ins and outs aren't going to see them make a quantum leap predicted on here.

Nuri to improve on their insipid performances of last year but no meteoric rise some of the posters are counting on.

[daysofourlives]

Willaston to be the big improvers in 2009 and are key candidates to replace kapunda.

Ango and south were never in contention for the four last year and a few ins and outs aren't going to see them make a quantum leap predicted on here.

Nuri to improve on their insipid performances of last year but no meteoric rise some of the posters are counting on.

agreed pinch hitter on most predictions but i think ango will sneak in2 the 4

nuri will not make the 4, all their recruits are just average footballers that have been at the club b4 and had no success. nat salter basically hasnt played for 2 years so i wouldnt expect much from him coming off the reco. his brother is a fringe a grader at best. ribbons is a gun though along with gogoll who should go ok so should improve on last year

south will do their usual thing with all the hype about them now and by round 5 the knives will be out for herzick and when u really look at it they have only replaced the ones that have left

i think barossa will have the biggest dip out of anyone, their strength was the midfield and i think they will finish just in front of kapunda and freeling

so my prediction would be
tanunda
centrals
angaston
willaston
south
nuri
barossa
kapunda
freeling
with centrals to get their preliminary final yips and not make the g/f

[Rum Runner]

Willaston to be the big improvers in 2009 and are key candidates to replace kapunda.

Ango and south were never in contention for the four last year and a few ins and outs aren't going to see them make a quantum leap predicted on here.

Nuri to improve on their insipid performances of last year but no meteoric rise some of the posters are counting on.

agreed pinch hitter on most predictions but i think ango will sneak in2 the 4

nuri will not make the 4, all their recruits are just average footballers that have been at the club b4 and had no success. nat salter basically hasnt played for 2 years so i wouldnt expect much from him coming off the reco. his brother is a fringe a grader at best. ribbons is a gun though along with gogoll who should go ok so should improve on last year

south will do their usual thing with all the hype about them now and by round 5 the knives will be out for herzick and when u really look at it they have only replaced the ones that have left

i think barossa will have the biggest dip out of anyone, their strength was the midfield and i think they will finish just in front of kapunda and freeling

so my prediction would be
tanunda
centrals
angaston
willaston
south
nuri
barossa
kapunda
freeling
with centrals to get their preliminary final yips and not make the g/f

No yips this year. Great depth. Combination of youth and experience.

[vilidog]

Willaston to be the big improvers in 2009 and are key candidates to replace kapunda.

Ango and south were never in contention for the four last year and a few ins and outs aren't going to see them make a quantum leap predicted on here.

Nuri to improve on their insipid performances of last year but no meteoric rise some of the posters are counting on.

The 08 fixture tells me that Nuri knocked off willaston on both occasions.

going on the clearances website id suggest that nuri have significantly strengenthed whilst willaston have lost alot of quality and at best there recruits balance that loss (chris mclean irreplacable IMO however). So for mine Willaston wont be going anywhere this year and im taking your form guide with a "pinch" of salt. pardon the pun

[daysofourlives]

Willaston to be the big improvers in 2009 and are key candidates to replace kapunda.

Ango and south were never in contention for the four last year and a few ins and outs aren't going to see them make a quantum leap predicted on here.

Nuri to improve on their insipid performances of last year but no meteoric rise some of the posters are counting on.

agreed pinch hitter on most predictions but i think ango will sneak in2 the 4

nuri will not make the 4, all their recruits are just average footballers that have been at the club b4 and had no success. nat salter basically hasnt played for 2 years so i wouldnt expect much from him coming off the reco. his brother is a fringe a grader at best. ribbons is a gun though along with gogoll who should go ok so should improve on last year

south will do their usual thing with all the hype about them now and by round 5 the knives will be out for herzick and when u really look at it they have only replaced the ones that have left

i think barossa will have the biggest dip out of anyone, their strength was the midfield and i think they will finish just in front of kapunda and freeling

so my prediction would be
tanunda
centrals
angaston
willaston
south
nuri
barossa
kapunda
freeling
with centrals to get their preliminary final yips and not make the g/f

No yips this year. Great depth. Combination of youth and experience.

might be but can the coach get them all pulling in the same direction, he is unproven at this level and better coaches than him havnt got the group past the prelim

[The Big Shrek]

Gogoll will be interesting. Don't think the bloke has played a game at two o'clock for a while.

Obviously he has some character and work ethic to stick it out at that level for a while, rather than chasing money in the country early in his career.

[drifter]

Pinch hitter,
agree with most of your predictions on the ladder, but I gotta say, your pick on Willaston has to be a bit of bias doesnt it ? Big losses in Both McLeans and your leading goalscorer in Coghill from last year. What is replacing them?
Also, as I have asked before, gun midfield for Ango, but whose going to play in the key posts ?

[Toronto]

drifter, guess you'll have to wait til rd1 to see who fills these key posts! What will you want next? the whole starting line up? Would be pretty silly for any club to give away some of their best kept secrets. You keep asking the silly questions and i'll keep answering them for you

[BL&G_Ump]

Just a few more Ins

KFC - Chip Greenwood (from Eudunda FC)

FFC - Jarrad Julyan (from Mintaro FC)
Casey Lippasaar (from SGFC)

BDFC - Damian Rowley (from Kingston FC)
Jake Wicker (from Golden Grove FC)

[The Duke]

Willaston to be the big improvers in 2009 and are key candidates to replace kapunda.

Ango and south were never in contention for the four last year and a few ins and outs aren't going to see them make a quantum leap predicted on here.

Nuri to improve on their insipid performances of last year but no meteoric rise some of the posters are counting on.

Interesting Pinch Hitter. Can you elaborate on where the improvement is going to come from at Willaston?
I understand that the losses are far outweighed by the gains so far, bearing in mind that you will have to win at least 4 more games than in 2008, to play finals. Maybe Olly is playing his cards close to his moe
I hear that after playing for every club in the state, Dima Steinert has gone back to his roots to finish his career in the reserves.

[Pinch Hitter]

Pinch hitter,
agree with most of your predictions on the ladder, but I gotta say, your pick on Willaston has to be a bit of bias doesnt it ? Big losses in Both McLeans and your leading goalscorer in Coghill from last year. What is replacing them?
Also, as I have asked before, gun midfield for Ango, but whose going to play in the key posts ?

C Mclean absence will be countered with the addition of B Casey different type of player but as suggested in the bunyip he will play a mid-field forward role.

Willastons 1 forward target was easy to match up on last year, so they needed to address this regardless of whether coghill stayed or not. But he's gone making restructuring their forward set up unavoidable.

Ave 3 goals per game should be found with a fit norsworthy, carters and bornholdt after playing with or missing the season with injury. Add walton and cole as full time players and its easy to see why my mates at willaston are more interested on what they can do with what has been retained and not about covering the few outs.

The quality of some of the coaching at willaston might have meant the difference in a couple of 'should of won' games last year, so an improvement can surely be expected in this area with a qualified bloke at the wheel.

Good things to come from willaston is sure this year and a bit more luck with injuries should see them in contention for the top four.

[drifter]

Agree with you on Willaston Duke, Dimma Steinert, he's had more clubs than Tiger woods that one.
Toronto, I did hear that Bascombe could be lining up at full back, they need a big gorilla to stand Kennedy, with his beard and his long hair he's half way there

[Toronto]

Bascombe v Kennedy would be a interesting match-up, only add to the hype already surrounding this game, after last years fireworks! Expect a big crowd come rd1 sunday, would think most opposition coaches would be along for a look, along with you i assume drifter?

[Osama]

Drifter - Brenton has had the long black and grey locks cut, although his Osama like beard will be enough to strike fear through the Kennedy camp come Rd 1. Would be an unconvensional but interesting match up.

[drifter]

Osama, he actually looked a bit like yourself last time I saw him