GSFL Movements

[words of wisdom]

Doesn't look like Massie will play at the Bays again.

[Pommy Git]

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 **** too..

In fairness to the juniors, how many are playing in the seniors, propping them up?

[benchmark]

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.

Bays showed some real heart to come back after al most being out of the game no mcgregor but plenty of good old fashioned g and d ..great win will do thier confidence world of good ..

[ORDoubleBlues]

Lang Ck Sandercock Cameron 2 (cleared to keith wouldn't play a's anyway)

Unforunately that attitude doesn't surprise me from someone who would walk into an SANFL side if he put his mind to it.
Heard a figure mentioned about what sort of dollars he's on at Keith and it's fair to say they must have a fairly large budget this year if that's the case. Hopefully for Keith he actually sees the season out.

[live_for_footy]

Lang Ck Sandercock Cameron 2 (cleared to keith wouldn't play a's anyway)

Unforunately that attitude doesn't surprise me from someone who would walk into an SANFL side if he put his mind to it.
Heard a figure mentioned about what sort of dollars he's on at Keith and it's fair to say they must have a fairly large budget this year if that's the case. Hopefully for Keith he actually sees the season out.

has since cleared to strathalbyn. Should play his first game this week.

[ORDoubleBlues]

Lang Ck Sandercock Cameron 2 (cleared to keith wouldn't play a's anyway)

Unforunately that attitude doesn't surprise me from someone who would walk into an SANFL side if he put his mind to it.
Heard a figure mentioned about what sort of dollars he's on at Keith and it's fair to say they must have a fairly large budget this year if that's the case. Hopefully for Keith he actually sees the season out.

has since cleared to strathalbyn. Should play his first game this week.

Hopefully he'll do the right thing by them then.
I'm sure his new 'stepfatherin-law' will do his best to keep him in line.

[field of dreams]

Bays v Pongy
Creek v Goolwa
McLaren v Yank
Compass v Willunga
Strath v Victor

[Smashed Crab]

Bit quiet on the front this week.

Halfway mark, finals teams shaping up, who can upset in the latter half?

This weeks tips
Myp - 10points, starting to find form.
LC - 35points, need to hit form again, Goolwa chance of upset.
Y - 50 points, too classy for Mclaren.
W - 65points, Compass struggling to fire, Braidwood can't kick winning score on one leg.
VH - 34 points, Strath depth hurting.

[live_for_footy]

Bit quiet on the front this week.

Halfway mark, finals teams shaping up, who can upset in the latter half?

This weeks tips
Myp - 10points, starting to find form.
LC - 35points, need to hit form again, Goolwa chance of upset.
Y - 50 points, too classy for Mclaren.
W - 65points, Compass struggling to fire, Braidwood can't kick winning score on one leg.
VH - 34 points, Strath depth hurting.

Strath depth will only get better in the 2nd half of the year. first game all year no senior colts are required to play A grade or reserves. Duffield back out and playing. about half of the 16 injured players are getting back to playing so expect at least a stronger reserves side - however it will be a big ask to beat the roos this week. Your tips look spot on to me.

[jackpot jim]

Is violence on the increace in u17s football? The game between Goolwa and Willunga yesterday was a great match to watch, but the fight that happened in the 3rd term was ugly and i was surprised that only one player was reported

Best senior colts match I've ever seen, with 2 very physical, fit and highly skilled teams going at it hammer and tongs.

Senior colts football is renown for fights, scuffles, brawls and send offs because they are all at an age where flexing their muscles is important. It has been like this and will be like this forever. It's also an age of great frustration because a lot of players get the realization that they are not as good at footy as they thought they were going to be and use late bumps, fighting etc to still have an impact on a game. I must say that the send offs are generally soft, but are handed out to show that the umps are in control of the situation and the fights appear to be worse than they are because all 36 players for some reason want to get involved. Yesterdays fight " looked" ugly but any punches that were thrown were pretty tame. Our lad that came off with a split eye was unlucky, the area above the eye doesnt take much to split

Goolwa suffered their 1st loss for the season in the senior colts today, going down to the Creeks by about 5 goals.
Certainly not the greatest game of senior colts i've seen skill wise etc. but certaintly plenty of desperation on display by both sides as per normal.
Creeks got the jump on Goolwa making full use of the breeze in the 1st term and then held Goolwa in the 2nd to be 4 goals up at 1/2 time.
As you would expect from a top team, Goolwa through everything at the Creeks in the 3rd term to give themselves a chance with the breeze in the last and 2 late goals saw them within 22 pts and a real chance at 3/4 time.
The last term certaintly showed the UGLY side of footy as when it became apparent that they wern't going to bridge the gap, several Goolwa players were more interested in handing out cheep shots resulting in several brawls incuding an ALL in on the siren which continued for at least a minute after the match had ended.
It was very concerning to see as the situation had the potential to get completely out of control as the incident was near the boundary and with the siren gone, spectators were coming on the ground. Also dont think that it's a great idea for a certain team runner to be in the thick of things manhandling and abusing opposition players.
Also disappointing for the 1st time for years that i didn't see any shaking of hands after the game by the players (tho there may have some isolated handshakes).
In the washup there was at least 1 send off and report. Dont know if anything came out of the final mellee on the siren as it appeared the umpire was about to send another player off when the mellee started and siren went.
All this S**T eventuated by the actions of 2 - 3 UNDISCIPLINED players.
Rather than blame the umpires for this rubbish as i heard several people do, it's up to the Coaches and the Clubs to ensure these few undisciplined players to cut this crap out of their game as all it's doing in dragging the rest of the team down as well as THEIR club and also colts footy in general.
As i stated a few weeks ago, i think generally the previous few years have been brilliant in the senior colts, disciplined, skillfull and even comp and would be a real shame if this sort of rubbish crept back into it on a regular basis.

[hamish]

A u17s player in hills got life last week for belting the umpire ,Its time to get tough on these thugs

[wristwatcher]

A u17s player in hills got life last week for belting the umpire ,Its time to get tough on these thugs

AGREED!

[LuvsFooty]

Senior colts was not a good look. Came down to our boys being sore losers in my opinion, but the creek boys also need to take some of the blame. Creeks played very well and although we had a heap out they were just too good. B's was the friendliest game of the day. In the a's creeks too good. Key forwards were the difference. Umpire were disgraceful.

But news of the day was the retirement of Randall follet. Hung up the boots and was chaired from the oval. Kicked s goal late in the last which was fitting. Been a very good player and a good guy as well. 360 a grade games

[words of wisdom]

Senior colts was not a good look. Came down to our boys being sore losers in my opinion, but the creek boys also need to take some of the blame. Creeks played very well and although we had a heap out they were just too good. B's was the friendliest game of the day. In the a's creeks too good. Key forwards were the difference. Umpire were disgraceful.

But news of the day was the retirement of Randall follet. Hung up the boots and was chaired from the oval. Kicked s goal late in the last which was fitting. Been a very good player and a good guy as well. 360 a grade games

Too many players get called guns but Randall Follett has been all of that. I honestly cant think of a better home grown player to play in the Gsfl in the last 20 years. GUN!!

[jackpot jim]

Senior colts was not a good look. Came down to our boys being sore losers in my opinion, but the creek boys also need to take some of the blame. Creeks played very well and although we had a heap out they were just too good. B's was the friendliest game of the day. In the a's creeks too good. Key forwards were the difference. Umpire were disgraceful.

But news of the day was the retirement of Randall follet. Hung up the boots and was chaired from the oval. Kicked s goal late in the last which was fitting. Been a very good player and a good guy as well. 360 a grade games

Too many players get called guns but Randall Follett has been all of that. I honestly cant think of a better home grown player to play in the Gsfl in the last 20 years. GUN!!

Geez that 20 years went quick. Thanx for the memories Randal. Great career.
Lets hope some of the younger talent at the club step into his shoes and are inspired to become at least 1/2 the player he was.

[Snap Kick Ninja]

So is there any reports on the victor strath game? good turn around by strath after losing to the larks the week before

[kickittome]

So is there any reports on the victor strath game? good turn around by strath after losing to the larks the week before

Congratulations to randell follett on a brilliant career 2 time mail medalist, couple of premierships and all australian country selection. Heard that he threw his footy boots in bonfire sat night injuries caught up with him. Talking about footy boots the big duff played his first game since b.o.g in last years gf win, his excuse for not playing all year was not having any footy boots. Duff, sam elliott and hickey back helped balance strath's team structure. Strath kicked with the breeze in 1st qtr and got there running game going again with plenty of marking targets up fwd. Strath were up by 8 goals at half time with the contest pretty much over. Victor had a few out also but had there full strength midfield who got smashed all day with hodge having a very quiet game. Victor need someone to help iljcesen up fwd as he is the only target, he got moved to chb in 3rd qtr they were never going to come back after that.
2 big games this week that could go a long way to shaping the top 3 in yank v strath and will v creek will be interesting to see the results.

[field of dreams]

Didn’t see the Victor/Strath game, but from what looked like a good chance for Victor to get a win against a premiership contender early in the week following a depleted Strath’s surprise loss to Myponga, turned out the other way by game time. Strath regaining Elliot and Hickey (not Eagleton and Cousins though) and the big inclusion of Duffield, and Victor losing Graham, Brown and W Kruger from the previous week and then Hanneman and Parker just prior to the game.

Strath apparently controlled the game from the start with dominant midfield and too many forward targets. Victor also copped another 4 injuries during the game adding to their woes. Straths forward line size would have stretched Victor already without the inclusion of Duff and loss of Brown/Kruger. Back to the drawing board for Victor with hopes that some of the injured come up for the local derby this week.

Congratulations to Randall Follett on a fantastic career. Great player over such a long period and highly respected throughout the league+.

[LuvsFooty]

If you are senior colt heading to the tribunal over the course of the rest of the year, I'm tipping that guilty or not guilty you're going to get done. Seems the league is trying to make a statement in the colts. Last night one of our colts got suspended for 2 matches and although the umpires story had hole after hole in it, it didn't matter.

Umpire was not the umpire in direct control
Said he was 30 metres away was 50+
Said it was the right hand, it was the left
Said it was the 3rd quarter it was the 4th

Pretty poor, but a valuable lesson to youngsters. Get involved I'm on field rubbish and you'll pay a hefty price

[jackpot jim]

If you are senior colt heading to the tribunal over the course of the rest of the year, I'm tipping that guilty or not guilty you're going to get done. Seems the league is trying to make a statement in the colts. Last night one of our colts got suspended for 2 matches and although the umpires story had hole after hole in it, it didn't matter.

Umpire was not the umpire in direct control
Said he was 30 metres away was 50+
Said it was the right hand, it was the left
Said it was the 3rd quarter it was the 4th

Pretty poor, but a valuable lesson to youngsters. Get involved I'm on field rubbish and you'll pay a hefty price

If he was innocent and was found guilty i could understand the frustration but the fact is he was guilty and the 2 match penalty was pretty well spot on in my eyes.
Yes it was the 4th qtr and yes it was the young umpire not in direct control, BUT that is why he saw it as it was an off the ball incident whilst the umpire in control would've been focusing on the action directly around the ball.

Anyway i wouldn't be complaing too much as the player that instigated the brawl on the final siren amazingly wasn't even reported despite it happening directly in front of the more senior of the 2 umpires. Would probably have got a month had he been reported.

As you said, hopefully the lads from BOTH teams learn from it and focus on the footy for the rest of the season.