HFL Division 1 (Central)

[R. White]

Artis isnt a local. Came from Northern Suburbs, Eastern Park Football Club.

he played senior colts at lofty. he lives 1km away from the club. Just because he played in town doesnt mean he is not a local!!!!!!!!!

[The Real Number 3]

I didnt know he relocated up there! My bad

[leather poisoning]

Congrats to Sinkers on finally picking up an A Grade birth for the devs. Also great maturity from Shane Maslin in dropping himself to the B grade to have a full game, rather than just a quarter or 2 in the A's. Great stuff mate. Good to see Paechy retain his spot, hopefully he will shove it up those who don't rate him. Good luck also to Brett Pistola in his first match.

Who is Sinkers, is he another import

[bazzw]

Sinkers is Mark Sinclair. Has played with the Devils since under 10's. Was Under 17's captain in 04

[shake'n'bake]

There are some sour grapes out there... Leather poisoning you should prob find a thing or two out about a club before you start bagging em out! Im not even a Lofty supporter in fact i'd be on the opposite end of the scale and you are pissing me off!!!

[GetTheSherrin]

leather poisoning. there are 15 locals playing this week. paech, cutts, stapes, b.pistola (u17 for his 1st game), baldy, both temme bros, chappy, dawes, dk, burch, neilsen, peto, davies and artis (real no.3) artis has been playing since u17s which he played 2 yrs of here b4 hed played seniors and lives about 2kms from the oval, he's a local mate!!

R.White couple of those names you listed are in the b's this week, broady, maslin, huff.

15 out of 21 not to bad lads id be interested to see if other teams were that packed with locals..

[R. White]

leather poisoning. there are 15 locals playing this week. paech, cutts, stapes, b.pistola (u17 for his 1st game), baldy, both temme bros, chappy, dawes, dk, burch, neilsen, peto, davies and artis (real no.3) artis has been playing since u17s which he played 2 yrs of here b4 hed played seniors and lives about 2kms from the oval, he's a local mate!!

R.White couple of those names you listed are in the b's this week, broady, maslin, huff.

15 out of 21 not to bad lads id be interested to see if other teams were that packed with locals..

thanks mate. where is young pistola playing. Is he the one who is still playing u17's?

[bazzw]

Yeah he is still in 17's. Starting on the pine

[Silky skills]

Yes good luck to FORESKIN tomoro, youve earnt it mate, kick a bag of jam scrolls

[Silky skills]

Yes good luck to FORESKIN tomoro, youve earnt it mate, kick a bag of jam scrolls

[Thunderer52]

Well it's late on a Friday night again, time for all aspiring footballers to be in bed, make sure you've had a good bowl of spag. bog. and to leave yourself alone, save the energy for tomorrow. As for the weeks character assasination of our good president, please leave the good man alone, nobody's perfect in this world, not one of us, have a good look at the man and his dedication to hills football, you could pay some one $100k and they wouldn't have 1/2 the passion and belief of this man, we don't know how lucky we are. Good to see the "lofty" boys firing up, as much as I dislike them i respect them and good luck for the season, we need them to be strong, but not to strong!!, for the sake of a good competition, wasn't the same when they were down fo so long. (OK so its late and i'm half drunk)
Tips for this week...
Blackwood - easy
Onka's - 5 goals
Cabbage - hate to say it but in by 7 points in a defining game for the thunderers..........nah stuff it IB by a goal.
Lofty - 10 goals
Birdwood - yes go the roosters by 4 points, they deserve a win, it'll keep the comp alive and all those knockers off their backs, we know how hard it is to come into Div 1 !...oops sorry Central, showing my age!!

Look forward to the next weeks opinions - cheers lads and go thunderers

[Thunderer52]

Are you sure your not allowed to play C grade and B grade on the one weekend?? I think you'll find you are allowed to but you must start on the bench in the B grade. Same as the rule from B to A grade.

But never the less Ironbank last thursday had 65+ on the track so even those who trained missed out on a game. Crazy! bit hard to find space on the oval wit that amount of numers at training too

i thought you could only fit 36 on that oval at any one time! "wit those numers at training." Because it's so HUGE that oval of yours

Hey LVIS you obviously can't count....
36 players per side
2 central umpires
2 boundary umpires
2 goal umpires
3 trainers per side(6)
2 water boys per side (4
...that makes a minimum of 52 during a normal game on a little 'ol postage stamp

mind you when we train now we can only use 6 training cones(they resemble the opposing teams IQ) but we do manage.
They call it he postage stamp because when the opposition come we give them a good lickin'!!....pity we didn't have mixed teams!!!

[shake'n'bake]

Blackwood
Onkas
Cabbage
lofty
raiders

[Thunderer52]

Uraidla 17-9
Ironbank 10-14

Uraidla too classy, winning rucks and a majority of the contested ball. In the first half they never wasted an opportunity with good run from the centre bounce 12-3 to 5-9 at the main break. Ironbank missing shots on goal under pressure plus they change the ruckman when the ball is in the oppositions forward line, another easy goal!!! Uraidla just had too much marking power around the ground and then the on ballers running past for plenty of forward movement. After 1/2 time it was pretty even but the damage had been done in the first 10 minutes of the first quarter, 5-1 to 1-5, after that it was reasonably close.
Summary: Too big, too classy and a very good team game by uraidla. IB stuggled all day but never gave up, got to within 3 goals in the third but just not enough fire power all around the ground.
There's always next week......
Any more results coming in??

[LVIS]

Are you sure your not allowed to play C grade and B grade on the one weekend?? I think you'll find you are allowed to but you must start on the bench in the B grade. Same as the rule from B to A grade.

But never the less Ironbank last thursday had 65+ on the track so even those who trained missed out on a game. Crazy! bit hard to find space on the oval wit that amount of numers at training too

i thought you could only fit 36 on that oval at any one time! "wit those numers at training." Because it's so HUGE that oval of yours

Hey LVIS you obviously can't count....
36 players per side
2 central umpires
2 boundary umpires
2 goal umpires
3 trainers per side(6)
2 water boys per side (4
...that makes a minimum of 52 during a normal game on a little 'ol postage stamp

mind you when we train now we can only use 6 training cones(they resemble the opposing teams IQ) but we do manage.
They call it he postage stamp because when the opposition come we give them a good lickin'!!....pity we didn't have mixed teams!!!

That's a fair crowd, i think your overdoing it by saying you could fit six training cones as well

[The Crumber]

If anyone's into the Country Div., just home from watching Cally beat Maccy by 11pts. 16-10 to 14-11. Great game of footy, worth every cent. Both sides were a credit to their clubs and hard at the ball all day.

[magpie in the 80's]

If anyone's into the Country Div., just home from watching Cally beat Maccy by 11pts. 16-10 to 14-11. Great game of footy, worth every cent. Both sides were a credit to their clubs and hard at the ball all day.

Can tell you a bit Tex - a combination of being there Sat and some front bar goss for what it's worth. Apparently nearly 2/3 of Cally's A Grade this year work at the mines or in Adelaide. Hardly any locals there anymore. Their availability for footy depends on their roster - 2 wks on and 2 off. And the Troy Bonds etc only want to play when the side's good, thereby contributing to the other 1/3 of the problem. Training numbers follow the rosters also it seems. Spirit was reportedly high after the Nairne game (presume you're a Nairne lad Tex), but has plummetted since. The strange thing about being there Sat was that Cally were not that bad. They were still chasing at the final siren and it seemed incredible that they hadn't scored all day. The big bonus for Echunga though, would have to be Peter Kleeman. I saw this lad play for Milang a few years back and he was at best a potential talent requiring much development. Goes to show how underestimated a player can be when constantly surrounded by mediocre company. Well done to whoever coaxed him to the Demons. A real pleasure to watch.
This guy will be a GUN in the finals!

so the roster had the cally boys off today crumber. good win. now, cue joe scuderi on what went wrong with (top 4) maccy

[oldblueeyes]

Kersbrook belted Kangarilla by 9 goals without Roger James.
Brad Pearce kicked a lazy 9 as an onballer whilst Paul James tore them apart.

[Jailbird]

Barkeroos over Woods in last kick of the day. Woods were up by nearly 7 goals just before 3/4 time. All runners stopped for the woodmen and Mounts ran all over them. This included a woody being sent from the ground in the last quarter also. Not sure why or who.Leaves the mind wondering about the woodsmen?

[Jailbird]

Scores Mounts 13.6 to Blackwood 13.5