Mallee FL

[Goldberg]

another A grade premiership IMP'S player so i'm told

Brother bear???

[Reverse Torp]

Are Lameroo playing a trial against Underbool this weekend does anyone know

[carey]

another A grade premiership IMP'S player so i'm told

Brother bear???

[Not Scared]

I'm a regular on this topic and I hope it doesn't antagonise anyone but I'm interested to know how people there see the Mallee League and it's survival in future years. As an outsider looking in the impression I get is that the league has gone downhill standard wise over the last few years, and that it is now relying a lot more on travelling players and some clubs are struggling to sustain this.

With this being the case, would it be better to do something about it early, and get some teams to join with the RFL and make a big strong league?

Both leagues could do with more teams to make them more interesting and I think the travel factor would not be a great issue, and in fact would be quite good fun. If this was done early enough I think a couple of Mallee teams could compete, but if it is left for too long I fear they will only be up to Independent standard.

[carey]

I'm a regular on this topic and I hope it doesn't antagonise anyone but I'm interested to know how people there see the Mallee League and it's survival in future years. As an outsider looking in the impression I get is that the league has gone downhill standard wise over the last few years, and that it is now relying a lot more on travelling players and some clubs are struggling to sustain this.

With this being the case, would it be better to do something about it early, and get some teams to join with the RFL and make a big strong league?

Both leagues could do with more teams to make them more interesting and I think the travel factor would not be a great issue, and in fact would be quite good fun. If this was done early enough I think a couple of Mallee teams could compete, but if it is left for too long I fear they will only be up to Independent standard.

i see what your saying mate but in all honesty i firmly believe the standard of the mallee A grade is getting better. for mine though there is no depth at all. take last year for example BDT went through underfeated because IMO they're bottom 5 players would walk in to any other A grade side yet probably no other sides bottom 5 players would if you get what i mean?

the standard of the B grade is also very low, saying this tho some sides have a couple of older heads who go well and a few young lads who are up and coming but all in all the standard is pretty bad.

[200 Killer Wasps]

I dont think Mallee teams would give a toss about the standard of their B grade teams. While they have four grades running out every Saturday they are surviving, they are making some money and above all they are keeping their community alive.

If you haven't played football in the mallee you probably wouldn't understand why a team like Peake keeps perservering when most years they come bottom. If there were premierships for providing a warm, friendly and inviting atmosphere at a club Peake would have wall to wall pennants in their clubrooms.

[Freo HeaveHo]

I dont think Mallee teams would give a toss about the standard of their B grade teams. While they have four grades running out every Saturday they are surviving, they are making some money and above all they are keeping their community alive.

If you haven't played football in the mallee you probably wouldn't understand why a team like Peake keeps perservering when most years they come bottom. If there were premierships for providing a warm, friendly and inviting atmosphere at a club Peake would have wall to wall pennants in their clubrooms.

Well said .... for these townships sport is all they have other than work and family as they are in remote areas. The work load that certain individuals take on from all clubs in the mallee football league is enormous and im sure as hell all clubs involved in the comp have massive amount of pride and will continue to push to keep this comp alive. I sure as hell have a great time playing there and have met some of the most genuine people your likely to come accross

[slug]

Happy Birthday Dragon good luck tonight!!

[Not Scared]

I'm a regular on this topic and I hope it doesn't antagonise anyone but I'm interested to know how people there see the Mallee League and it's survival in future years. As an outsider looking in the impression I get is that the league has gone downhill standard wise over the last few years, and that it is now relying a lot more on travelling players and some clubs are struggling to sustain this.

With this being the case, would it be better to do something about it early, and get some teams to join with the RFL and make a big strong league?

Both leagues could do with more teams to make them more interesting and I think the travel factor would not be a great issue, and in fact would be quite good fun. If this was done early enough I think a couple of Mallee teams could compete, but if it is left for too long I fear they will only be up to Independent standard.

i see what your saying mate but in all honesty i firmly believe the standard of the mallee A grade is getting better. for mine though there is no depth at all. take last year for example BDT went through underfeated because IMO they're bottom 5 players would walk in to any other A grade side yet probably no other sides bottom 5 players would if you get what i mean?

the standard of the B grade is also very low, saying this tho some sides have a couple of older heads who go well and a few young lads who are up and coming but all in all the standard is pretty bad.

I dont think Mallee teams would give a toss about the standard of their B grade teams. While they have four grades running out every Saturday they are surviving, they are making some money and above all they are keeping their community alive.

If you haven't played football in the mallee you probably wouldn't understand why a team like Peake keeps perservering when most years they come bottom. If there were premierships for providing a warm, friendly and inviting atmosphere at a club Peake would have wall to wall pennants in their clubrooms.

Well said .... for these townships sport is all they have other than work and family as they are in remote areas. The work load that certain individuals take on from all clubs in the mallee football league is enormous and im sure as hell all clubs involved in the comp have massive amount of pride and will continue to push to keep this comp alive. I sure as hell have a great time playing there and have met some of the most genuine people your likely to come accross

I definitely understand how much people’s footy club’s mean to them, and it’s important to keep them going. I’ve got some good friends in the Mallee Comp and they love it. I don’t want to drive past any more paddocks with goal posts and fallen down scoreboards in them on the way to Adelaide, which is partly what makes me think of these ideas. The other part is that I think it could create a really vibrant and interesting comp, a benefit to the Mallee and RFL. Currently I think the RFL is a great competition and is of a good standard, but there are not enough teams in it. Similarly, there would be a range of benefits for the Mallee if they had more teams.

By combining forces early, I think it would avoid a situation where clubs fold and create an interesting, vibrant league that more people would be interested in. It could certainly lead to better sponsorships and crowds.

For the time being though, I’m glad you guys are saying the club’s are surviving well and should continue to do so, but I wanted to get this out there as I don’t think something like this should be seen as a total negative. Time will tell whether this is forced upon us, but if a courageous decision was made to do it early I think it would be of much greater benefit than waiting until it has to be done.

[From The Outer]

Had a look at the Peake trial game last night. They gave Sedan a flogging. Have not seen a lot of Mallee football and do not know a lot of players. Went to see how the RMFL boys played. Lynn is going to be very hard to stop up forward and Lewis Burns and O'Brien have terrific pace and carved up in the mid field. Harrowfield will give the side some real toughness. I know Peake have been easy beats for a while but on what I saw I cannot imagine them being at very least very competitive this year.

[Goldberg]

Had a look at the Peake trial game last night. They gave Sedan a flogging. Have not seen a lot of Mallee football and do not know a lot of players. Went to see how the RMFL boys played. Lynn is going to be very hard to stop up forward and Lewis Burns and O'Brien have terrific pace and carved up in the mid field. Harrowfield will give the side some real toughness. I know Peake have been easy beats for a while but on what I saw I cannot imagine them being at very least very competitive this year.

Where was this played FTO???

[PIMPDADDY]

Had a look at the Peake trial game last night. They gave Sedan a flogging. Have not seen a lot of Mallee football and do not know a lot of players. Went to see how the RMFL boys played. Lynn is going to be very hard to stop up forward and Lewis Burns and O'Brien have terrific pace and carved up in the mid field. Harrowfield will give the side some real toughness. I know Peake have been easy beats for a while but on what I saw I cannot imagine them being at very least very competitive this year.

Where was this played FTO???

Cambrai mate

[Reverse Torp]

Lameroo very competitive with underbool
Had 5 or 6 first pick a graders out too I think
Coach didn't play because of serious knee injury
Did karoonda beat Marion?
Any news on their recruits and how they went

[footyfreak]

come on reverse,shaun walker wasnt even there because he was in darwin fishing.but lameroo where very happy with they saw,sayin that they r better than they thought.
peake travelled to cambrai an pumped them and so they should aswell,i heard peake were only average??and hav lost a few for this weeks trial against tailem.
pinnaroo travelled to moorook an gav them a touch up also,first win for bill.
havent heard result for karoonda v marion,but heard of 4 season endin injuries all for marion.

bdt lost to keith by 3 goal in a game they should of won,apparently.

any more trials this weekend?

[Not Scared]

Murrayville look like they've put together a good side judging by Saturday's trial vs Berri. Berri won by a couple of goals. Berri had about 8 first choice A graders out but I know Murrayville had a few missing as well. Midfield looks very strong with the Goodwood boys who have played together in there before.

Pinnaroo smashed Moorook but not sure you can read anything in to that.

[big-whopper]

No Scores were Kept from the Marion Vs Karoonda game but the Maggies were up by plenty when the game was shortened to 5 qtrs due to injuries

[OnSong]

Murrayville look like they've put together a good side judging by Saturday's trial vs Berri. Berri won by a couple of goals. Berri had about 8 first choice A graders out but I know Murrayville had a few missing as well. Midfield looks very strong with the Goodwood boys who have played together in there before.

Pinnaroo smashed Moorook but not sure you can read anything in to that.

Worsman and Caire, wasn't Caire a medallist in Div 1 or 2???

[bandar]

Pretty sure Caire would have been playing cricket.

[Bum Crack]

Pretty sure Caire would have been playing cricket.

Caire played footy Saturday.

[bandar]

yeah just checked he didn't play I think he has been a bit in between grades at Goodwood but they have been exceptionally strong for a while. I thought there was a third Goodies bloke as well.

Did Chicken play?