Ch9 AFL Division 7 - 2015

[Yank Man]

You get the feeling that the next 2 rounds are going to heat up Div7.

Houghton.......the next Smithfield.
Adelaide Uni... Depends on who plays.


Angle Vale, Saliisbury West , St Paul's , Mitchell Pk all fight out the minors and its gunna be a long year for the crabs.

[adr107]

You get the feeling that the next 2 rounds are going to heat up Div7.

Houghton.......the next Smithfield.
Adelaide Uni... Depends on who plays.


Angle Vale, Saliisbury West , St Paul's , Mitchell Pk all fight out the minors and its gunna be a long year for the crabs.

You clearly never saw just how good Smithfield were last year....

[morell]

Interesting, North Pines have only named 14 players.

And smashed Flinders...

That Flinders team also beat Angle Vale quite comfortably.

We will see but still don't understand why they're not playing A Grade.

[Footy Chick]

Now that i've seen the scores AND it's been confirmed that the Wingies guys have gone there - i now agree with you.

[Yank Man]

You get the feeling that the next 2 rounds are going to heat up Div7.

Houghton.......the next Smithfield.
Adelaide Uni... Depends on who plays.


Angle Vale, Saliisbury West , St Paul's , Mitchell Pk all fight out the minors and its gunna be a long year for the crabs.

You clearly never saw just how good Smithfield were last year....

As in maybe undefeated not the same quality.

[adr107]

Interesting, North Pines have only named 14 players.

And smashed Flinders...

That Flinders team also beat Angle Vale quite comfortably.

We will see but still don't understand why they're not playing A Grade.

There will be 6 reserves sides trying their best to make sure it doesn't happen, but if they were to win a premiership it would surely be a hollow feeling knowing you beat the best of Div7R.....

I'd hope anyway....

[morell]

Houghton will give them a run for their money I think. The Adelaide Uni side that trounced us wasn't too bad and you blokes then flogged them.

I'm going to Melbourne for the Houghton game.

[Q.]

@morell @adr107

If North Pines are removed from D7R, are you keen on only playing 14 games for the year?

[morell]

Yep! If it means our A Grade play two more games, absolutely.

From a fiscal POV, a scheduling POV, from an everything POV it makes complete sense.

[tomo]

@morell @adr107

If North Pines are removed from D7R, are you keen on only playing 14 games for the year?

And it is also a possibility that one of the sides may forfeit throughout the year. MP, AV and FU all one team clubs last year, not convinced yet that their reserves will field a side every week.

So could possibly end up less than 14 games.

[Yank Man]

@morell @adr107

If North Pines are removed from D7R, are you keen on only playing 14 games for the year?

Absolutely not. The programme is set, let's not forget what happened at Uni last year in FINALS. That sort of behaviour needs to be addressed and if it means we cop a smashing every time we play them then so be it.

Sorry Q but great clubs like Kilburn, MP Flinders Uni etc etc have been asked to comply with regulations to abide by league policy, which I agree with by the way, then Nth Pines need to be put in a similar situation next year, flag or not. You know as well as me how many players they had registered 2 weeks before season start. The league can't keep holding their hands.

That said we are more than happy to have Salisbury West and North Pines join us on Saturday with a celebration of Anzac Day

[Q.]

I agree with you, I don't want another fixture change, let alone one mid season.

[Yank Man]

I agree with you, I don't want another fixture change, let alone one mid season.

I'm really passionate about league protocol. Rules is rules. Work with them, we have and frankly have become a better club for it.

[morell]

If humanity stuck to the rules all the time, we would still be living in caves. Sometimes rules have to be broken for the larger good. Pragmaticism is a lost art, it seems.

I would love it if the Executive just came out and went BANG! this is how it is, stuff your delegates votes, stuff your quasi bushman's democracy, stuff your pieces of paper with rules on them, this is it because we have the ability to think strategically and a group of volunteers with self serving agendas, do not.

At a minimum it would be a catalyst for changing the ridiculous system.

[Executive Member]

If humanity stuck to the rules all the time, we would still be living in caves. Sometimes rules have to be broken for the larger good. Pragmaticism is a lost art, it seems.

I would love it if the Executive just came out and went BANG! this is how it is, stuff your delegates votes, stuff your quasi bushman's democracy, stuff your pieces of paper with rules on them, this is it because we have the ability to think strategically and a group of volunteers with self serving agendas, do not.

At a minimum it would be a catalyst for changing the ridiculous system.

[Lightning McQueen]

If humanity stuck to the rules all the time, we would still be living in caves. Sometimes rules have to be broken for the larger good. Pragmaticism is a lost art, it seems.

I would love it if the Executive just came out and went BANG! this is how it is, stuff your delegates votes, stuff your quasi bushman's democracy, stuff your pieces of paper with rules on them, this is it because we have the ability to think strategically and a group of volunteers with self serving agendas, do not.

At a minimum it would be a catalyst for changing the ridiculous system.

[Cohiba]

If humanity stuck to the rules all the time, we would still be living in caves. Sometimes rules have to be broken for the larger good. Pragmaticism is a lost art, it seems.

I would love it if the Executive just came out and went BANG! this is how it is, stuff your delegates votes, stuff your quasi bushman's democracy, stuff your pieces of paper with rules on them, this is it because we have the ability to think strategically and a group of volunteers with self serving agendas, do not.

At a minimum it would be a catalyst for changing the ridiculous system.

I see....make everyone equal but put Herr Morell in charge because he is more equal than everybody else......

[Lightning McQueen]

I do think that there is merit, however, the horse has bolted, North Pines are going to win every game by at least 15 goals in Div. 7R, they are no lone soldiers for teams that have dominated this grade though.

[morell]

If humanity stuck to the rules all the time, we would still be living in caves. Sometimes rules have to be broken for the larger good. Pragmaticism is a lost art, it seems.

I would love it if the Executive just came out and went BANG! this is how it is, stuff your delegates votes, stuff your quasi bushman's democracy, stuff your pieces of paper with rules on them, this is it because we have the ability to think strategically and a group of volunteers with self serving agendas, do not.

At a minimum it would be a catalyst for changing the ridiculous system.

The SAAFL should be treated like a business, not a referendum. If the Executive thinks a course of action is for the betterment of the league and sport, they should be able to make that call without having to get a bunch of people in a room that have no idea what they're talking about to vote on it. The people with the most knowledge and least number of agendas should be making the majority of the decisions.

What idea does the Goodwood delegate have on how Div 7 should be fixtured or what is impacting on us? What possible reason would Mitchell Park or Flinders Uni have to vote on an issue affecting Salisbury North?

This concept of getting delegates to make up new rules, forcing clubs to abide by these new made up rules and then pointing to these rules as an reason to not correct blatantly obvious flaws in division 7 2015 is the perfect example of what I'm talking about.

Any sporting system which restricts an Executive team from correctly placing teams in the right division. At any time. Is a flawed system.

Social basketball competitions have superior methodologies.

[morell]

If humanity stuck to the rules all the time, we would still be living in caves. Sometimes rules have to be broken for the larger good. Pragmaticism is a lost art, it seems.

I would love it if the Executive just came out and went BANG! this is how it is, stuff your delegates votes, stuff your quasi bushman's democracy, stuff your pieces of paper with rules on them, this is it because we have the ability to think strategically and a group of volunteers with self serving agendas, do not.

At a minimum it would be a catalyst for changing the ridiculous system.

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Did a pretty good job in retrospect.