SAAFL Division 7 & D7R (2012)

[The Cows]

Flinders uni chalk up 10 goals! Massive day in div 7 footy

But did they win?

when your a side that has most likely now accepted it wont win a game all year, then I believe that its not possible to measure the performance on whether the game was won or not. Football is not always about winning, or sport in general

at the start of the season where your a side that could hardly kick a point and the opposition a certainty to pile on 30 goals, to now be slotting through 10 goals yourself and making plays from goal line to goal line, that flinders uni coach would be smiling from ear to ear i reckon

the men you see playing for that side are bloody legends, we pumped em by over 25 goals both times and they never dropped there head and never stopped trying. half these blokes id say never played footy before, but theyll stick together through thick and thin

Year of the crabs

Totally agree, great bunch of lads and played both games in the spirit it should be played. I also think Smithfield should get a mention as well. After what they have been through over the last few years and to finally be able to field two sides every week is a credit to the club. They have not only turned the club around they have turned the clubs reputation around as well. For some sides it isn't all about winning it is about fielding two sides and just playing this great game. All about the beers after i say

[Lightning McQueen]

Totally agree, great bunch of lads and played both games in the spirit it should be played. I also think Smithfield should get a mention as well. After what they have been through over the last few years and to finally be able to field two sides every week is a credit to the club. They have not only turned the club around they have turned the clubs reputation around as well. For some sides it isn't all about winning it is about fielding two sides and just playing this great game. All about the beers after i say

Funny you should say, I looked at Smithfield's B Grade team sheet on Friday night under emergencies it said "anyone with white shorts". A few far away games in a row, some cold weather and a few injuries and the numbers get tested.

[The Cows]

Totally agree, great bunch of lads and played both games in the spirit it should be played. I also think Smithfield should get a mention as well. After what they have been through over the last few years and to finally be able to field two sides every week is a credit to the club. They have not only turned the club around they have turned the clubs reputation around as well. For some sides it isn't all about winning it is about fielding two sides and just playing this great game. All about the beers after i say

Funny you should say, I looked at Smithfield's B Grade team sheet on Friday night under emergencies it said "anyone with white shorts". A few far away games in a row, some cold weather and a few injuries and the numbers get tested.

Ha Ha it didn't work though i hear. One of your lads works for me and he got the late call up.

[marbles]

its a wonder if any flinders uni players ever played before, and if so the whole club must not have hardly any players from last year ???? wtf

surely theyd have one bloke who's played 50 games or 200 games

or are they just made to play footy or else they dont get their uni degree bahaha

[Yank Man]

[But did they win?

when your a side that has most likely now accepted it wont win a game all year, then I believe that its not possible to measure the performance on whether the game was won or not. Football is not always about winning, or sport in general

at the start of the season where your a side that could hardly kick a point and the opposition a certainty to pile on 30 goals, to now be slotting through 10 goals yourself and making plays from goal line to goal line, that flinders uni coach would be smiling from ear to ear i reckon

the men you see playing for that side are bloody legends, we pumped em by over 25 goals both times and they never dropped there head and never stopped trying. half these blokes id say never played footy before, but theyll stick together through thick and thin

Year of the crabs[/quote]
well said mate
good to hear some intelligence and smarts on this thread instead of the love fest crap thats the norm now[/quote]

No one forces you to read it. deeman you need to know that Div7 this year has had some very ugly moments, not in the spirit of footy, and clubs are searching for respect for each other. Everyone respects Uni and the way they go about their business. Barat has done a great job under difficult circumstances this year and watching their improvement is something all traditionalists are interested in.[/quote]
i think you need to read what i said properly
i agree with what marbels has said about the crabs
its all the other love crap giving me the s6543[/quote]



As I said deeman "no one forces you to read it" . That would be all the other love crap on here. Sometimes we just think marbles is taking the p........s cos thats what he does best, don't you mate. Please marbles no love, just another smart arsssssssssssss comment.

[marbles]

Bahaha geeze a bit of encouragement for our little aussie battler & u blokes turn evil on each other. None of my business guys I still say year of the crabs well done guys good things still to come

[Yank Man]

Bahaha geeze a bit of encouragement for our little aussie battler & u blokes turn evil on each other. None of my business guys I still say year of the crabs well done guys good things still to come

It's ok my friend, I am now on your humour wave length. Agree go the little aussie battler and the big ones as well.

[Bigshow82]

Some interesting games this week:

Henley V North Pines - Henley have been traveling along quite nicely and a little under the radar because of Mitchell Park and TTG's dominance but still find themselves on the same win/loss ratio as TTG. North Pines needs to step up and give Henley a real run for their money if we want to be considered any chance this season. Henley at home you would think would be confident of getting the job done.
Modbury V Mitchell Park - Modbury last week had 50 plus unavailable players over their 4 teams but even if they got a good percentage of them all back at once you would still think the Mitchell Park steam train would not be derailed here.
TTG V Flinders Park - Looking at TTG's team that lost to Mitchell Park on the weekend it looked like they had some quality players missing from the week before, did they not want to show there full hand to the boys at the den before finals? Regardless of this you would think TTG would be far too strong at home for a Flinders park team that would be disappointed in dropping last weeks game to SHOC.
SHOC V Flinders Uni - The Crabs are improving each week, have they improved enough to upset SHOC? I wouldn't think so as SHOC look to keep winning to keep their finals chances alive.
Angle Vale V Smithfield - Is this a danger game for Angle Vale? Will Smithfield cause that upset win over a finals bound team some of us have been talking about? Got with in 2 goals of Henley last week but Angle Vale have more to play for. Could be a good game.

Feel free to discuss.

[marbles]

Bahaha geeze a bit of encouragement for our little aussie battler & u blokes turn evil on each other. None of my business guys I still say year of the crabs well done guys good things still to come

It's ok my friend, I am now on your humour wave length. Agree go the little aussie battler and the big ones as well.

yerp. if u wanna smart arse arrangement, we wont talk about that other year of the crabs u had, yes u know the year, that one u keep quiet about, that one u hoped no one would find out about, hmmm yes we all know it happened

Some interesting games this week:

Henley V North Pines - Henley have been traveling along quite nicely and a little under the radar because of Mitchell Park and TTG's dominance but still find themselves on the same win/loss ratio as TTG. North Pines needs to step up and give Henley a real run for their money if we want to be considered any chance this season. Henley at home you would think would be confident of getting the job done.
Modbury V Mitchell Park - Modbury last week had 50 plus unavailable players over their 4 teams but even if they got a good percentage of them all back at once you would still think the Mitchell Park steam train would not be derailed here.
TTG V Flinders Park - Looking at TTG's team that lost to Mitchell Park on the weekend it looked like they had some quality players missing from the week before, did they not want to show there full hand to the boys at the den before finals? Regardless of this you would think TTG would be far too strong at home for a Flinders park team that would be disappointed in dropping last weeks game to SHOC.
SHOC V Flinders Uni - The Crabs are improving each week, have they improved enough to upset SHOC? I wouldn't think so as SHOC look to keep winning to keep their finals chances alive.
Angle Vale V Smithfield - Is this a danger game for Angle Vale? Will Smithfield cause that upset win over a finals bound team some of us have been talking about? Got with in 2 goals of Henley last week but Angle Vale have more to play for. Could be a good game.

Feel free to discuss.

50 blokes? wtf carn more like 500? surely?

[Yank Man]

Some interesting games this week:

Henley V North Pines - Henley have been traveling along quite nicely and a little under the radar because of Mitchell Park and TTG's dominance but still find themselves on the same win/loss ratio as TTG. North Pines needs to step up and give Henley a real run for their money if we want to be considered any chance this season. Henley at home you would think would be confident of getting the job done.
Modbury V Mitchell Park - Modbury last week had 50 plus unavailable players over their 4 teams but even if they got a good percentage of them all back at once you would still think the Mitchell Park steam train would not be derailed here.
TTG V Flinders Park - Looking at TTG's team that lost to Mitchell Park on the weekend it looked like they had some quality players missing from the week before, did they not want to show there full hand to the boys at the den before finals? Regardless of this you would think TTG would be far too strong at home for a Flinders park team that would be disappointed in dropping last weeks game to SHOC.
SHOC V Flinders Uni - The Crabs are improving each week, have they improved enough to upset SHOC? I wouldn't think so as SHOC look to keep winning to keep their finals chances alive.
Angle Vale V Smithfield - Is this a danger game for Angle Vale? Will Smithfield cause that upset win over a finals bound team some of us have been talking about? Got with in 2 goals of Henley last week but Angle Vale have more to play for. Could be a good game.

Feel free to discuss.

You are a very astute man Bigshow82.

North Pines will get over Henley if they travel, Henley struggle with teams that are accountable and run on them.

Mitchell Pk in the bog over Modbury who appear to be playing their kids for experience, and good on them.

TTG way too good for Flinders Pk. Dont be fooled by TTG's outs, they picked a team of runners to combat MP's strength. Plus they have picked up some real under the radar players in Fraser and Quinn in the last 4 weeks.

Shoc are much better than most think and will account for Uni and be a slim chance to make the 5. In fact they are the best team out of the 5. Plus their A's and B's won't make the 5 so watch their team sheets. Nothing untoward, all I am saying is they have a number of quality players who have played Div 1 res who are still eligible for C's.

Angle Vale at home should win, but Smithfield are the real improvers and marbles has been deflecting since saturday. Maybe they dodged a bullet.

[Bigshow82]

Bahaha geeze a bit of encouragement for our little aussie battler & u blokes turn evil on each other. None of my business guys I still say year of the crabs well done guys good things still to come

It's ok my friend, I am now on your humour wave length. Agree go the little aussie battler and the big ones as well.

yerp. if u wanna smart arse arrangement, we wont talk about that other year of the crabs u had, yes u know the year, that one u keep quiet about, that one u hoped no one would find out about, hmmm yes we all know it happened

Some interesting games this week:

Henley V North Pines - Henley have been traveling along quite nicely and a little under the radar because of Mitchell Park and TTG's dominance but still find themselves on the same win/loss ratio as TTG. North Pines needs to step up and give Henley a real run for their money if we want to be considered any chance this season. Henley at home you would think would be confident of getting the job done.
Modbury V Mitchell Park - Modbury last week had 50 plus unavailable players over their 4 teams but even if they got a good percentage of them all back at once you would still think the Mitchell Park steam train would not be derailed here.
TTG V Flinders Park - Looking at TTG's team that lost to Mitchell Park on the weekend it looked like they had some quality players missing from the week before, did they not want to show there full hand to the boys at the den before finals? Regardless of this you would think TTG would be far too strong at home for a Flinders park team that would be disappointed in dropping last weeks game to SHOC.
SHOC V Flinders Uni - The Crabs are improving each week, have they improved enough to upset SHOC? I wouldn't think so as SHOC look to keep winning to keep their finals chances alive.
Angle Vale V Smithfield - Is this a danger game for Angle Vale? Will Smithfield cause that upset win over a finals bound team some of us have been talking about? Got with in 2 goals of Henley last week but Angle Vale have more to play for. Could be a good game.

Feel free to discuss.

50 blokes? wtf carn more like 500? surely?

That was the word out of Modbury on Saturday. Struggled to fill the 4th side I heard.

[Bigshow82]

Some interesting games this week:

Henley V North Pines - Henley have been traveling along quite nicely and a little under the radar because of Mitchell Park and TTG's dominance but still find themselves on the same win/loss ratio as TTG. North Pines needs to step up and give Henley a real run for their money if we want to be considered any chance this season. Henley at home you would think would be confident of getting the job done.
Modbury V Mitchell Park - Modbury last week had 50 plus unavailable players over their 4 teams but even if they got a good percentage of them all back at once you would still think the Mitchell Park steam train would not be derailed here.
TTG V Flinders Park - Looking at TTG's team that lost to Mitchell Park on the weekend it looked like they had some quality players missing from the week before, did they not want to show there full hand to the boys at the den before finals? Regardless of this you would think TTG would be far too strong at home for a Flinders park team that would be disappointed in dropping last weeks game to SHOC.
SHOC V Flinders Uni - The Crabs are improving each week, have they improved enough to upset SHOC? I wouldn't think so as SHOC look to keep winning to keep their finals chances alive.
Angle Vale V Smithfield - Is this a danger game for Angle Vale? Will Smithfield cause that upset win over a finals bound team some of us have been talking about? Got with in 2 goals of Henley last week but Angle Vale have more to play for. Could be a good game.

Feel free to discuss.

You are a very astute man Bigshow82.

North Pines will get over Henley if they travel, Henley struggle with teams that are accountable and run on them.

Mitchell Pk in the bog over Modbury who appear to be playing their kids for experience, and good on them.

TTG way too good for Flinders Pk. Dont be fooled by TTG's outs, they picked a team of runners to combat MP's strength. Plus they have picked up some real under the radar players in Fraser and Quinn in the last 4 weeks.

Shoc are much better than most think and will account for Uni and be a slim chance to make the 5. In fact they are the best team out of the 5. Plus their A's and B's won't make the 5 so watch their team sheets. Nothing untoward, all I am saying is they have a number of quality players who have played Div 1 res who are still eligible for C's.

Angle Vale at home should win, but Smithfield are the real improvers and marbles has been deflecting since saturday. Maybe they dodged a bullet.

Modbury were a team mainly filled with kids from their U18's Saturday but would these kids benefit more from having a run in their seconds (Div 2R side)?

[Yank Man]

Some interesting games this week:

Henley V North Pines - Henley have been traveling along quite nicely and a little under the radar because of Mitchell Park and TTG's dominance but still find themselves on the same win/loss ratio as TTG. North Pines needs to step up and give Henley a real run for their money if we want to be considered any chance this season. Henley at home you would think would be confident of getting the job done.
Modbury V Mitchell Park - Modbury last week had 50 plus unavailable players over their 4 teams but even if they got a good percentage of them all back at once you would still think the Mitchell Park steam train would not be derailed here.
TTG V Flinders Park - Looking at TTG's team that lost to Mitchell Park on the weekend it looked like they had some quality players missing from the week before, did they not want to show there full hand to the boys at the den before finals? Regardless of this you would think TTG would be far too strong at home for a Flinders park team that would be disappointed in dropping last weeks game to SHOC.
SHOC V Flinders Uni - The Crabs are improving each week, have they improved enough to upset SHOC? I wouldn't think so as SHOC look to keep winning to keep their finals chances alive.
Angle Vale V Smithfield - Is this a danger game for Angle Vale? Will Smithfield cause that upset win over a finals bound team some of us have been talking about? Got with in 2 goals of Henley last week but Angle Vale have more to play for. Could be a good game.

Feel free to discuss.

You are a very astute man Bigshow82.

North Pines will get over Henley if they travel, Henley struggle with teams that are accountable and run on them.

Mitchell Pk in the bog over Modbury who appear to be playing their kids for experience, and good on them.

TTG way too good for Flinders Pk. Dont be fooled by TTG's outs, they picked a team of runners to combat MP's strength. Plus they have picked up some real under the radar players in Fraser and Quinn in the last 4 weeks.

Shoc are much better than most think and will account for Uni and be a slim chance to make the 5. In fact they are the best team out of the 5. Plus their A's and B's won't make the 5 so watch their team sheets. Nothing untoward, all I am saying is they have a number of quality players who have played Div 1 res who are still eligible for C's.

Angle Vale at home should win, but Smithfield are the real improvers and marbles has been deflecting since saturday. Maybe they dodged a bullet.

Modbury were a team mainly filled with kids from their U18's Saturday but would these kids benefit more from having a run in their seconds (Div 2R side)?

They have so many bigshow. Gotta start them somewhere. Matt Jolly is a person I know and he would want to start the development from the best down. Apologies to anyone offended, and some of these kids will rise up the ranks quickly dependant on their maturity. But lets face it, how many of us would seriously love to 20 to 30 pups to work with. For me, good luck to Modbury, winning isn't everything, but development is.

[marbles]

deflector fear not. no ones asked about saturdays game sharks n smithies

this week

henley vs pines: the rise of pines recently has been obvious, their momentum im sure has a great fitness backing. the heavy mud has been prominent all through their recent streak so theyll be a tough task

Modbury V Mitchell Park: after 2 heavy losses modbury with finals fading now faces the giant, and will probably see their biggest loss of the year, as their boys are simply expecting to get majorly pumped and waking up saturday morning wont be holding any excitement at all for the so called injury plagued hawks

TTG V Flinders Park: gullies off a loss prob feelin kicked off their perch, but a little cocky still knowing only they can get close to league leader. Watch out for Flinders Park here cos it is C grade vs C grade and the reds are very driven when theres much too play for. TTG should find form, but it wont be easy

SHOC V Flinders Uni: shocs a lot of boys took off after massive grand final failures from 4 of their sides last year. but now with september nearing the footballer within comes back to life and many may return these next couple weeks. especially where theyre a chance in div 7 to rise. Uni will only help shocs to grow

Angle Vale V Smithfield: dont know much about vales. smithfield had alot of quality down its wings and their forward presses through the corridor were outstanding, up forward wasnt alot to go to, but they were inaccurate at times that were fortunate for us. Id back angle vale, but if Smithfield can improve goal accuracy, and find more fast rovers cleaning up at the base of the pack they could maintain a lead that might see them win in the local derby

[Yank Man]

deflector fear not. no ones asked about saturdays game sharks n smithies

this week

henley vs pines: the rise of pines recently has been obvious, their momentum im sure has a great fitness backing. the heavy mud has been prominent all through their recent streak so theyll be a tough task

Modbury V Mitchell Park: after 2 heavy losses modbury with finals fading now faces the giant, and will probably see their biggest loss of the year, as their boys are simply expecting to get majorly pumped and waking up saturday morning wont be holding any excitement at all for the so called injury plagued hawks

TTG V Flinders Park: gullies off a loss prob feelin kicked off their perch, but a little cocky still knowing only they can get close to league leader. Watch out for Flinders Park here cos it is C grade vs C grade and the reds are very driven when theres much too play for. TTG should find form, but it wont be easy

SHOC V Flinders Uni: shocs a lot of boys took off after massive grand final failures from 4 of their sides last year. but now with september nearing the footballer within comes back to life and many may return these next couple weeks. especially where theyre a chance in div 7 to rise. Uni will only help shocs to grow

Angle Vale V Smithfield: dont know much about vales. smithfield had alot of quality down its wings and their forward presses through the corridor were outstanding, up forward wasnt alot to go to, but they were inaccurate at times that were fortunate for us. Id back angle vale, but if Smithfield can improve goal accuracy, and find more fast rovers cleaning up at the base of the pack they could maintain a lead that might see them win in the local derby

Nice marbles. Fast rovers are now rotating midfielders in the modern game.

[marbles]

blah blah

lets see if the newsletter div 7 journalists can find some new material after yank man, bigshow82 and myself already wrote it up for them

[Yank Man]

blah blah

lets see if the newsletter div 7 journalists can find some new material after yank man, bigshow82 and myself already wrote it up for them

Thanks yank man.

[Footy Smart]

That was the word out of Modbury on Saturday. Struggled to fill the 4th side I heard.

Not 50 but not far off either think it was just under the 40 mark. The last few weeks we have had a massive amount of un availabilities throughout the grades but always managed to scrape the senior sides together which hasnt helped the U18s who have had to forfiet but they have played Seniors.

[morell]

How is the oval looking Modbury guys?

[Footy Smart]

How is the oval looking Modbury guys?

Yeah pretty good, if it doesnt rain there wont be any mud.... some bare patches but not mud atleast Hopefully the council get on it today and give a final fix up