GSFL Movements

[jackpot jim]

Creeks will Smash Willunga by at least 10 goals given the forecast is for fine weather.

Who cares about Strath and Compass? Play off for 3rd spot.

[DoublebluTiger]

Went to Compass Willunga game, Wasn't sure Braidwood played, some talk of work commitments. Some suggestions that this is the case for the next week or so too. Is that the case and can someone confirm it?

Compass looked small down back against Willungas big guys and when the delivery is very good it was too much for them. May have been different if they had converted their effort in the 1st quarter to a bigger score than 3-4.

[LuvsFooty]

Probably right Jackpot. Went to Div 1 amatuer finals on the weekend, would love to see the Creek have a crack at one of those teams. Neither impressed me!

[the wonder elephant]

creeks player budget would also rival any of the div 1 sides imo huge !!!!!

[LuvsFooty]

I used to think that wonder elephant but when you look through the list there is a lot of long time creek locals. Eg Rogers, Follett, Follett, Rothe, Tonkin, James, Hill and the list goes on. They would not spend as much as a few other clubs (Bays, VH, Strath)

[FootyMad]

LF if you think the bays or any other club pay half as much as the creeks your dillusional!
The points system is being introduced on the account of the creeks player payments.

[BJ Ernest]

The points system is going to kill the competitveness of the competition.
If what happened at Encounter Bay last year happens when the points system comes in they wouldnt be able to field a side! Too many points.
Sadly theres no way to stop clubs from putting money to players under the table but at least it allows someone to walk on off the street and play at another club without being worth too many points.
I personally dont support the system!

[FootyMad]

I dont support the system either - its a farce, if it aint broke dont fix it.
Sides are not as far apart as people may think, far from the problems being experienced in the SFL.
The points per player have to be less or the the points per team made higher otherwise all that will be achieved is another 2-3 years of the same top of 5 clubs until retirement looms.

[GWW]

Will the points system operate such that all clubs will have the same amount of points allocated to them? I've heard talk that the River Murray League was implementing it such that the clubs down the bottom were allocated more points than the ones up the top. Maybe other leagues may think about operating their points system this way as well.

[LuvsFooty]

I agree FM. forget about the points system, especially in the GSFL! The league is good in terms of the eveness. although Wllunga and LC have been dominate the last couple of years it seems that no team is ever in the doldrums for a long period of time. Just look at Yank and the Saints. Both Clubs played finals 3 years ago and both sides beat top 5 teams this year. If thats the worst we have got then I say let it go!

[FootyMad]

Yeah the bootm ranked teams in the GSFL would get more points to use in the next season but again with the stats in our league that LF posted I'd be happier to see it not come in just yet.

[RyderCourtney]

I had never heard of the points system until i moved from the GSFL to Vic a couple of years back. Have to say that it does make things interesting. Im not sure exactly on what all the rules are as such but seems to reward clubs for bringing back players to where they started. Im sure it will cause a few headaches to start with but its a hell of a lot easier to monitor than the salary cap

[limb]

LF if you think the bays or any other club pay half as much as the creeks your dillusional!
The points system is being introduced on the account of the creeks player payments.

I've heard you talk some crap on this thread FM but this just about tops it.. If you actually take the time to look through the actual playing list you will see that Langhorne Creek have got most of their Senior Colts from the last 5 years now playing senior footy. The likes of Shane Rothe, Felipe Hill, Nick Warren, Matt Footner and the McHughes boys all played colts for the club and have now developed into some of the A Grade's best players.

I think the management of the club should be commended on the way they've held onto their youngsters and developed them. A lot of other teams around the place are losing a substantial percentage of their young players after they finish playing Senior Colts.

Next time get your facts straight.

[Panther32]

So to question your theory Limb, are you saying that these boys aren't being paid or being paid very little? Just because they started out in the colts and turned into very good players there must be a pot of gold for them at the end of the rainbow or they would simply play somewhere else. The ugly ego always ends up popping it's head up and that's no different for local players. Money talks and Bullshit runs a marathon...

[limb]

So to question your theory Limb, are you saying that these boys aren't being paid or being paid very little? Just because they started out in the colts and turned into very good players there must be a pot of gold for them at the end of the rainbow or they would simply play somewhere else. The ugly ego always ends up popping it's head up and that's no different for local players. Money talks and Bullshit runs a marathon...

A lot of blokes want to play for our club because they have played all their colts there and they love the club. You don't need to pay people truckloads of money if they want to play there anyway. Some players get paid and some a lot of other players don't but at the end of the day the main reason they are representing the club is because they enjoy it. That is the recipe for success.

[FootyMad]

LF if you think the bays or any other club pay half as much as the creeks your dillusional!
The points system is being introduced on the account of the creeks player payments.

I've heard you talk some crap on this thread FM but this just about tops it.. If you actually take the time to look through the actual playing list you will see that Langhorne Creek have got most of their Senior Colts from the last 5 years now playing senior footy. The likes of Shane Rothe, Felipe Hill, Nick Warren, Matt Footner and the McHughes boys all played colts for the club and have now developed into some of the A Grade's best players.

I think the management of the club should be commended on the way they've held onto their youngsters and developed them. A lot of other teams around the place are losing a substantial percentage of their young players after they finish playing Senior Colts.

Next time get your facts straight.

I hate to break it to you buddy but I have a couple of family members aswell as a former team mate of mine who is playing at the creeks, they all have very different spins on things to yours limb. Tell me, does this count as 'checking my facts' or are you the authority on all things creek?
Supposing you are for a minute can you maybe tell me the truth behind tha wine label or the apparent recent property purchase rumours?

[FootyMad]

To be honest I really dont give a toss whether you pay your players in happy endings! Im simply stating that there is a lot of money at your club and you dont spend it all on lollies and make up

Now that you've had a crack at me I hope Willunga pump you this week!

[limb]

LF if you think the bays or any other club pay half as much as the creeks your dillusional!
The points system is being introduced on the account of the creeks player payments.

I've heard you talk some crap on this thread FM but this just about tops it.. If you actually take the time to look through the actual playing list you will see that Langhorne Creek have got most of their Senior Colts from the last 5 years now playing senior footy. The likes of Shane Rothe, Felipe Hill, Nick Warren, Matt Footner and the McHughes boys all played colts for the club and have now developed into some of the A Grade's best players.

I think the management of the club should be commended on the way they've held onto their youngsters and developed them. A lot of other teams around the place are losing a substantial percentage of their young players after they finish playing Senior Colts.

Next time get your facts straight.

I hate to break it to you buddy but I have a couple of family members aswell as a former team mate of mine who is playing at the creeks, they all have very different spins on things to yours limb. Tell me, does this count as 'checking my facts' or are you the authority on all things creek?
Supposing you are for a minute can you maybe tell me the truth behind tha wine label or the apparent recent property purchase rumours?

I can assure you that I know a lot more about the club than what you do. Your claim that the no club pays out half as much as the creek is a very bold claim. Your other claim that 'the points system is being introduced on the account of the creeks player payments' is just as ridiculous. From what I've been told the points system is being driven by the SANFL after the success of the system throughout Victoria and for you to claim that it's been brought in specifically because of one club sounds more like sour grapes than anything else. Not sure what you're on about with the property purchase, that sounds like one of the many stories that seem to do the rounds. You're not revealing anything new with the wine, there was a story about it in the Advertiser last year.

Do yourself a favour and p*ss off before you make more of a fool of yourself - if that's possible.

[FootyMad]

Not too quick on ye ol uptake are ya muscles?

You need to recognise where tongue in cheek is used, read other forums knbhead - I already posted that it was a SANFL initiative! And next time attempt to use the terminology of 'sour grapes' correctly, you are the one who appears to have them due to your club being talked about. I never claimed to know more about your club, I asked if by being related to players and knowing another personally if that counts as checking my facts? so answer the question einstein?
I also asked if you can tell me about the rumours not that I started them dimwit! Whoever is reading this to you, get them to do it slower!

[jackpot jim]

So to question your theory Limb, are you saying that these boys aren't being paid or being paid very little? Just because they started out in the colts and turned into very good players there must be a pot of gold for them at the end of the rainbow or they would simply play somewhere else. The ugly ego always ends up popping it's head up and that's no different for local players. Money talks and Bullshit runs a marathon...

The Pot of Gold is a Premiership DipShit.
Whats so hard about Believing that Local Kids that played Colts for their Local club then progress to Senior level and play for NO money or Reward apart from Meal vouchers and Best Player awards given by sponsors and a chance of winning a Flag with THEIR local club???????????????????????????

The only "Very good players that started in Colts for their local Club and then go chasing the $$$$s at other clubs" are the ones that played colts at DUD clubs that have no community spirit or Pride.
Believe it or not there are still young fellas around that are committed and passionate about their local club and community and couldn't care less about chasing $$$$$$$$$.
Maybe the Bigger towns and communities like Strath, Victor/E.Bay, Willunga etc have lost that small town Feel and the younger locals dont feel as patriotic as locals in the smaller towns.
The whole idea of paying outsiders to play is to complement the local talent. The fact is that the Creeks are Top at the moment because of the strength of their Local talent and not because they Pay more money than other clubs or have more recruits. In fact many other clubs would have more outsiders than the creeks and i would be very surprised if there wern't a few clubs Paying out more $$$$$$ than the Creeks.