GSFL Movements

[Bazza J]

In short, pathetic. The SFL should distance themselves as far away as possible. Why would the SFL give royalties on the day to a club that extorts the local clubs by holding players they have no intention of playing in the league side at ransom when they wish to return to their local clubs! such a professional outfit that one...

[field of dreams]

this week ..

the Bays over McLaren - have had a couple of bad losses but with a weeks rest should be too good at home

another hard day for Myponga - Strath to win on wet and windy pongy but about 5 goals

great game this one - victor up and down this year while Willunga going about business as usual
being at home Willunga by about 4 goals

another interesting game - Yank not at their best but the Creeks playing really well - at Yank mm hard one - go for the Creeks with the mighty Feast a weeks rest will be raring to go - Creeks by 3 goals

now my side Compass - sadly are definately worse off this year by a long way even though have a couple of decent inclusions to the side from last year but have gone backwards - but even with their up and down form i think Goolwa will be no match - Compass by about 10 goals

final five is set with the way Compass are playing the gap will only widen in the second half of the season
Strath and Creeks best two sides with Willunga nipping at their heels building towards the finals - then Victor and Yank
none of the bottom 5 from last year have improved enough and I still believe that Compass are the 6th best side but nowhere near as good after watching the Yank, Creek and Strath debacles

I’m going for:
Mclaren to beat Bays. Bays early form seems to have been lost and no Mcgregor wont help.
Strath still too strong for Pongy even without Elliot, Eagleton and Button
Victor to topple Willunga on the side of the hill. (gotta keep the faith!)
Compass to beat Goolwa in a tight one. Hank and Penny back for Goolwa will bring some talent but losing Sam Jones will hurt.
Creek to beat Yank despite the long trek. Tough to pick this one.

[Snap Kick Ninja]

Pongy beat strath by three goals... Boom

[field of dreams]

1 out of 5 - about as well as i'm doing with the afl.

Willunga too strong for victor today. Tight tussle in the first with no scores for the first 10 mins despite willunga doing plenty of attacking. A 50m penalty to willunga fixed that and then for 3 quarters they controlled the game with the game won by 3 quarter time. Victor fought the game out well in the last, but it seemed willunga had put the cue in the rack. The margin got back to 18 points before wilunga put the nail in the coffin. Flag favourites IMO.

Great win by pongy over the more fancied strath. Maybe straths lack of depth will be their demise.

Well done to yank running out the game strongly over creeks. Looks like a cracker of a game going by the scoreboard. The early season favourites in creeks dropping a couple against other contenders recently.

Looks like bays did a great job to come from well behind, being 37 down at quarter time and still 25 down at 3 quarter time.

Compass to strong for goolwa after half time by the looks.

[words of wisdom]

Great win for the mudlarks in both senior sides today, a very long time since this has happened vs strath. Finally able to get a close to full strength side on the park for the first time this year. Looks like all got through today with a couple more back next week. Willunga boys owe us a few beers i think!

[footy ninja]

Was at the Yank V Creeks Game today was an awesome game, Feast in ruck didn't need a shower after the game cause big Josh Wilson was giving him a Bath all day. Awesome Win by the Tigers and are looking very dangerous.

[Yoda JR]

great win by pongy well deserved! Could be a rough few weeks ahead for the strathalbyn football club with a few guns missing?

[jackpot jim]

Was at the Yank V Creeks Game today was an awesome game, Feast in ruck didn't need a shower after the game cause big Josh Wilson was giving him a Bath all day. Awesome Win by the Tigers and are looking very dangerous.

Interesting that Wilson was named Best for Yank, whilst Feast was named 2nd Best for the Creeks.

All a matter of opinion i suppose.

At the end of the day it's the team result that counts and best players mean nothing.

As for the Creeks ? Maybe they've got a bit ahead of themselves after their mauling of Willunga, certaintly a too talented a side not to finish at least top 3 but unless coach Murgatroyd can get their minds on job in the next 9 rounds, may well be another wasted season.

[Bunton]

this is typical south...dont work their zone and then have a big cry in the media about not having a fair slice of the southern area...cant believe they didnt get involved in some way...trophy handouts etc.

Speaking to Dugga Warren, he mentioed the GSFL squad trained at the oval in the lead up to the game and that Ron Fuller and the South CEO was there mingling with the Langhorne Creek crew during the SFL v GSFL game. he also mention that Troy Jacques and Alan Burrows provided awards to the GSFL junior squads.

Not sure what else South are expected to do at a game like this when asked to have it played at their venue, but if Carroll, Elliot and Iljicsen were some of the better GSFL players and they were fringe SANFL players at best, maybe they would have been better of heading to Vic or WA to try to lure some players that may have the ability to make a difference.

[words of wisdom]

this is typical south...dont work their zone and then have a big cry in the media about not having a fair slice of the southern area...cant believe they didnt get involved in some way...trophy handouts etc.

Speaking to Dugga Warren, he mentioed the GSFL squad trained at the oval in the lead up to the game and that Ron Fuller and the South CEO was there mingling with the Langhorne Creek crew during the SFL v GSFL game. he also mention that Troy Jacques and Alan Burrows provided awards to the GSFL junior squads.

Not sure what else South are expected to do at a game like this when asked to have it played at their venue, but if Carroll, Elliot and Iljicsen were some of the better GSFL players and they were fringe SANFL players at best, maybe they would have been better of heading to Vic or WA to try to lure some players that may have the ability to make a difference.

Can you go to WA or Vic please. For a person involved at South you continuely bag your feeder clubs, ex players etc etc and you wonder why your club is in the posistion its in & will be for alot of years to come. Elliot was on an afl list, Iljessen played league for 2 clubs and TC has an exceptional work rate, top bloke & was well respected by the players at South. Someone saw something in all of these footballers who know something about footy unlike yourself. Surely you've got gurnseys, socks & shorts to wash, stick at what you know champ!

[neverwas neverwillbe]

this is typical south...dont work their zone and then have a big cry in the media about not having a fair slice of the southern area...cant believe they didnt get involved in some way...trophy handouts etc.

Speaking to Dugga Warren, he mentioed the GSFL squad trained at the oval in the lead up to the game and that Ron Fuller and the South CEO was there mingling with the Langhorne Creek crew during the SFL v GSFL game. he also mention that Troy Jacques and Alan Burrows provided awards to the GSFL junior squads.

Not sure what else South are expected to do at a game like this when asked to have it played at their venue, but if Carroll, Elliot and Iljicsen were some of the better GSFL players and they were fringe SANFL players at best, maybe they would have been better of heading to Vic or WA to try to lure some players that may have the ability to make a difference.

Can you go to WA or Vic please. For a person involved at South you continuely bag your feeder clubs, ex players etc etc and you wonder why your club is in the posistion its in & will be for alot of years to come. Elliot was on an afl list,
Iljessen played league for 2 clubs and TC has an exceptional work rate, top bloke & was well respected by the players at South. Someone saw something in all of these footballers who know something about footy unlike yourself. Surely
you've got gurnseys, socks & shorts to wash, stick at what you know champ!

Zing!

[qwerty]

Great stuff by Pongy, would have been a few sore heads around on Sunday no doubt.

Some interesting results on the weekend, looks like it could be wide open on the day come finals this year.

On the whole South thing, I Have also seen Jacques at a few junior games in the GSFL since his u/16 role finished so they obviously have someone out there having a look. From most of the opionions on here he seems to be a well respected bloke within great southern/southern football circles and always willing to have a chat, so hopefully some good will come out of that.

[words of wisdom]

Great stuff by Pongy, would have been a few sore heads around on Sunday no doubt.

Some interesting results on the weekend, looks like it could be wide open on the day come finals this year.

On the whole South thing, I Have also seen Jacques at a few junior games in the GSFL since his u/16 role finished so they obviously have someone out there having a look. From most of the opionions on here he seems to be a well respected bloke within great southern/southern football circles and always willing to have a chat, so hopefully some good will come out of that.

Jacquesy is a good mate of mine and many through the Gsfl & Sfl. If you want someone to put everything into developing young footy players, he's your man. He won't sugar coat it for them, he will be tough on them but they will come out better players for it. Unfortunately because of the culture/stigma that is South Adelaide to many people, he may struggle to get the best kids down there that want to go further with there footy. At least people can see him out and about which is a good thing for Safc and changing peoples perceptions.

[field of dreams]

I know sweet fa about the goings-on at South, but going by their 30 goal flogging by 5th place Norwood in the under 18s on the weekend, something sure aint right. Doesnt give much hope for the future in the league side does it.

[qwerty]

I know sweet fa about the goings-on at South, but going by their 30 goal flogging by 5th place Norwood in the under 18s on the weekend, something sure aint right. Doesnt give much hope for the future in the league side does it.

Hard to know isn't it. Is the standard of the Southern / Great Southern junior feeder comps a long way behind those of other SANFL feeder clubs? Are the best kids from these zones playing at South as WOW has alluded?

[LuvsFooty]

I dont think South have the best under 18's available. Take our 17.5's for example. Sitting on top of the ladder at 9-0 and a few of the boys have played A Grade footy and there is a mail medalist amongst them as well but only 1 of them played association footy and he is the only one with a link to South at present. Dont know where the break down is though. Are the kids not been scouted correctly or are they more interested in playing footy with mates at a club level? I suspect the latter because of South's culture. Unfortunately the south system seems to alienate kids from their home towns when they are unable to do things like play school and local sport.

On another note, there is a saying in sport "can't buy a win". But has anyone ever put a price on what it would cost to purchase one? If someone out there has a figure let me know.

[Grape Ape]

On another note, there is a saying in sport "can's buy a win". But has anyone ever put a price on what it would cost to purchase one? If someone out there has a figure let me know.

They're about $5 at Willunga. But I reckon a pint for $4.50 is much better value.

[a.chucka]

this is typical south...dont work their zone and then have a big cry in the media about not having a fair slice of the southern area...cant believe they didnt get involved in some way...trophy handouts etc.

Speaking to Dugga Warren, he mentioed the GSFL squad trained at the oval in the lead up to the game and that Ron Fuller and the South CEO was there mingling with the Langhorne Creek crew during the SFL v GSFL game. he also mention that Troy Jacques and Alan Burrows provided awards to the GSFL junior squads.

Not sure what else South are expected to do at a game like this when asked to have it played at their venue, but if Carroll, Elliot and Iljicsen were some of the better GSFL players and they were fringe SANFL players at best, maybe they would have been better of heading to Vic or WA to try to lure some players that may have the ability to make a difference.

Can you go to WA or Vic please. For a person involved at South you continuely bag your feeder clubs, ex players etc etc and you wonder why your club is in the posistion its in & will be for alot of years to come. Elliot was on an afl list, Iljessen played league for 2 clubs and TC has an exceptional work rate, top bloke & was well respected by the players at South. Someone saw something in all of these footballers who know something about footy unlike yourself. Surely you've got gurnseys, socks & shorts to wash, stick at what you know champ!

Coz all of the 'gun' (rejects) recruits from vic and elsewhere have made a difference. At least back in the day south had good jnrs but they were all turned away at senior footy for vic $$$$ recruits. Worked well hasnt it........ NOT!!!
Indications that south are going backwards is now the jnrs are shit too..

[The Ferret]

i played 4 years of junior footy at south (17s-19s) with most of that being under simmo when he was coaching down there. when he ran the show the country guys were given an 'even' crack alongside the metro kids. it was fair, with the side being comprised of about half metro and half country. and in that time we played in finals and won more oftern than we got beaten. once simmo moved on and a metro coach took over things changed, country guys seemed to start getting a bit of a raw deal in favour of metro guys and eventually chucked in the towell, getting sick of getting the run around. as the country guys began to leave the results become worse and worse.

having had a few years away from south i started watching a few trials and games this year as i have a good mate in the U18's. IMO i dont think Jason Torney could coach a mini colts side. quarter time addresses had to substance to them. he wasnt teaching the kids anything. just had a rant, moved some magnets shook his head then went and sat back in the box. and this is very much the feed back im getting. kids like sam taggart and ayden bartlett have played GOOD a grade football in previous years, and this year, gone to south at the beginning of the year, done full pre-seasons and then been told 'sorry your not good enough'. aaron moules was selected in the state under 18 squad LAST year and then told at the beginning of THIS year he wasnt good enough to get a game in souths U18 round 1 side. yet 3 weeks later hes playing reserves. i mean come on!

its that sort of bull$hit that has sent players packing as they just get fed up. until they get the right people in the right positions, picking sides on merit etc. then the culture may change. until then, expect the juniors to be down the bottom of the ladder and the league side to be full of people being bought in from everywhere but their own underage sides!

[Dewkicker]

I know sweet fa about the goings-on at South, but going by their 30 goal flogging by 5th place Norwood in the under 18s on the weekend, something sure aint right. Doesnt give much hope for the future in the league side does it.

Hard to know isn't it. Is the standard of the Southern / Great Southern junior feeder comps a long way behind those of other SANFL feeder clubs? Are the best kids from these zones playing at South as WOW has alluded?

Pretty sure that the standard of SFL/GSFL under age comps is not the problem. About 6 or 7 years ago the South U17's played finals for a couple of years and included several players from Great Southern, such as Griffen, Maxfield, McKinlay, Lintern, Heinrich, Butler, Elliott, Simmons, Sanders and I think there were a couple of others. Dont know why none, (other than Griff) have gone on but they must have been capable to be up and about the top of the comp as underage players. All are still playing and most at their home club so the attraction of money isn't the problem. Must be a problem somewhere ?