SAAFL Div 3 & Div 3R (2011)

[Choccies]

Pretty sure I mean that we were lucky to get out of Div 4. No cracks at any of the sides there at all so don't get your knickers in a knot turk and grumpy....

[optimus prime]

Dont know about a weak Div 4 Choccies ... as I recall the Grovers had a couple of close calls during the finals against Greenies with a total margin of about 7points over the 2 games

1 straight kick and you guys would still be in the weak division ...Unley and Salisbury might not agree with you either

wow - u must have been grumpy to create an account just for this post

i honestly think that Div 4 was weaker last year than it was the year before. 2009 and 2010 we had basically the same team and we missed the finals in 2009 so i think choccies makes a fair point. it was definately a weaker division in 2010 compared to the year before!

[turk186]

Dont know about a weak Div 4 Choccies ... as I recall the Grovers had a couple of close calls during the finals against Greenies with a total margin of about 7points over the 2 games

1 straight kick and you guys would still be in the weak division ...Unley and Salisbury might not agree with you either

wow - u must have been grumpy to create an account just for this post

i honestly think that Div 4 was weaker last year than it was the year before. 2009 and 2010 we had basically the same team and we missed the finals in 2009 so i think choccies makes a fair point. it was definately a weaker division in 2010 compared to the year before!

It seems to me that if you guys make finals its a weak division in your collective opinion ... but if you dont its a strong division ... nice to have confidence but a little demeaning to other clubs in the division dont you think..was 2009 also your first year in div 4 after promotion from div 5 ? maybe thats a contributing factor as to why you found it hard ...same as going from div 4 to div 3 and it has nothing to do with a div being weak just lower .. hence the promotion and relegation system that works really well for the SAAFL.


Still good to see that you back each other up both on and off the field.... well played

Hows Weaver fitting in after a couple of season ?? would he stay and or get re-appointed IF you did get relegated ? the fact that you lost a lot of players from 2010 to 2011 has not helped ...do you think you would loose more if you happened to get relegated ???

[optimus prime]

wow - u must have been grumpy to create an account just for this post

i honestly think that Div 4 was weaker last year than it was the year before. 2009 and 2010 we had basically the same team and we missed the finals in 2009 so i think choccies makes a fair point. it was definately a weaker division in 2010 compared to the year before!

It seems to me that if you guys make finals its a weak division in your collective opinion ... but if you dont its a strong division ... nice to have confidence but a little demeaning to other clubs in the division dont you think..was 2009 also your first year in div 4 after promotion from div 5 ? maybe thats a contributing factor as to why you found it hard ...same as going from div 4 to div 3 and it has nothing to do with a div being weak just lower .. hence the promotion and relegation system that works really well for the SAAFL.


Still good to see that you back each other up both on and off the field.... well played

Hows Weaver fitting in after a couple of season ?? would he stay and or get re-appointed IF you did get relegated ? the fact that you lost a lot of players from 2010 to 2011 has not helped ...do you think you would loose more if you happened to get relegated ???

you can only compare what you have experienced, i believe that the PAOC and CBCOC teams of 2009 were stronger teams than the Pooraka and GG of 2010. not trying to make excuses for our poor performance 2009, if you remember we only missed out on finals by 0.6% (something like 6 goals) and missing out on the double chance by 1 game.

as you can imagine things at the club are pretty tough atm but we'll keep fighting. not sure whether or not weaver would re-appointed if we do get relegated, but the boys certainly havent thrown in the towel yet despite where we're sitting. we have been able to match it with almost every team for over a half on most games. it just seems to be a 10-20 minute lapse where we leak alot of goals thats stoping us from being very competitive.

assuming we did get relegated i dont think we would lose many of the players we currently have at the club as the vast majority are all former juniors and have formed alot of strong friendships within the club.

i know alot of lads are keening up for round two, we have a history of performing better in the second half of the season so lets hope we can string a few wins and lift the club

[Choccies]

Wow turk.... Still blaming us and the umpires and the moon and everyone but yourselves for your mob not being promoted are ya ?? Sour grapes if I've ever heard it... Don't think I ever said the teams last year were crap, if anything I was insinuating we were probably lucky to get out of Div 4 because in some games we definitly weren't one of the 2 best sides for the year but that is obviously drowned out by the excuses....

[S Demon]

Hey Choccies, heard you guys are looking for some recruit$ to make sure you're not relegated this season? Got some decent coin to throw around to. Not trying to start sh*t, just what I heard. Good luck to ya I say. Clubs should do whatever they can to stay up IMO

[Choccies]

Well to be honest I would have thought the club may have been a bit more active in this area at the start of this season and for whatever reason we weren't and it definitly hasn't helped us. Don't think this time of the season is the time to go looking for recruits tho but getting Pat McCarthy back from O/S is a start if u wanna call him a 'recruit' !! But, no mate, no recruit hunting mid year, but might need to look for 2012 !!

[turk186]

Hey Choccies ... I have not mentioned umpires or sour grapes or any of the other BS you just mentioned .... you words were a WEAK division 4 last year ... now you and others are saying you really meant something else ... if you dont mean it dont write it end of story.

I am not sooking or anything else..all I am doing is pointing out that there were 8 other teams playing in div4 last year that would clearly have a different point of view on the strength of the division.

As for excuses ... just one group seem to be rolling a few of the old standards out now....

Oh and by the way I have a fair bit of respect for the entire GG operation you included Choccies and do not wish to see you relegated ... just dont try to aportion blame on others and call them weak because your doining it tough... man up and get the job done in house

[Choccies]

Correct. I did say that it was a weak division 4 because if we were one of the 2 to go through then I believe it was. Nothing intended against any other team apart from ourselves but if you have an inferiority complex and wish to take what I said as "Greenacres were weak" then that's up to you. Yes, maybe it doesn't sound good but as I keep saying it is in no way intended to put down any other club.

What old standards are we rolling out ?? Not sure we have used injuries, umpires, big grounds,, small grounds, shape of the ball or anything on here have we or have I missed something ?? Pretty sure we have straight out admitted we have been well below standard and we are working on fixing that. Pretty sure we have complemented every side we have played as being the better sides ?? Can't do much more than that ??? And we've not apportioned blame on anyone except the other 9 teams in Div 3 who I blame for being better than us at this stage !!!

Man up ??? Or spend up ???

[laser]

Choccies, D4 could well have been weaker in 2010, but as an outsider looking in at GG, I reckon you guys improved heaps from 2009 to 2010 as well.

[SATCHEL]

Good to see the league has really stepped up with the hearing that happen or lack there of each week. One player has his hearing suspended because the ump doesnt show up and is not allowed to play until it is heard then gets a week as part of his hearing. That players misses 2 weeks when his suspension is held up as 1 week.

Then One of our lads gets to the tribunal waits an hour and a half for the ump to get thjere and the clown doesnt show. Luckily there is a break this week but then again he might get to his hearing and get a week or more seeing that he is trying to fight the fact that he was trying to protect himself. Unless they are rediculous and/or serious reports if the umps cant be bothered to show up or even call the league to say they cant make it, the reports should be thrown out. Pure and simple.

The hireachy at the SAAFL and the umps demand this so called respect and look at what they do. The umps we had on the weekend were so called SANFL umpires. I'd hate to be those guys with what they dished out last week deliver the same types of calls at Centrals or a Magpies games for that matter. They would get torn 4 new ones let alone just one new one.

[NO-MERCY]

Good to see the league has really stepped up with the hearing that happen or lack there of each week. One player has his hearing suspended because the ump doesnt show up and is not allowed to play until it is heard then gets a week as part of his hearing. That players misses 2 weeks when his suspension is held up as 1 week.

Then One of our lads gets to the tribunal waits an hour and a half for the ump to get thjere and the clown doesnt show. Luckily there is a break this week but then again he might get to his hearing and get a week or more seeing that he is trying to fight the fact that he was trying to protect himself. Unless they are rediculous and/or serious reports if the umps cant be bothered to show up or even call the league to say they cant make it, the reports should be thrown out. Pure and simple.

The hireachy at the SAAFL and the umps demand this so called respect and look at what they do. The umps we had on the weekend were so called SANFL umpires. I'd hate to be those guys with what they dished out last week deliver the same types of calls at Centrals or a Magpies games for that matter. They would get torn 4 new ones let alone just one new one.

Agree SATCH if the maggots can't show the respect needed & show up at the time required then the case should be thrown out.

[Lightning McQueen]

Good to see the league has really stepped up with the hearing that happen or lack there of each week. One player has his hearing suspended because the ump doesnt show up and is not allowed to play until it is heard then gets a week as part of his hearing. That players misses 2 weeks when his suspension is held up as 1 week.

Then One of our lads gets to the tribunal waits an hour and a half for the ump to get thjere and the clown doesnt show. Luckily there is a break this week but then again he might get to his hearing and get a week or more seeing that he is trying to fight the fact that he was trying to protect himself. Unless they are rediculous and/or serious reports if the umps cant be bothered to show up or even call the league to say they cant make it, the reports should be thrown out. Pure and simple.

The hireachy at the SAAFL and the umps demand this so called respect and look at what they do. The umps we had on the weekend were so called SANFL umpires. I'd hate to be those guys with what they dished out last week deliver the same types of calls at Centrals or a Magpies games for that matter. They would get torn 4 new ones let alone just one new one.

I find it interesting how the same umpires names keep popping up each week, i couldn't think of anything worse to do on a Wednesday night.

[Choccies]

Choccies, D4 could well have been weaker in 2010, but as an outsider looking in at GG, I reckon you guys improved heaps from 2009 to 2010 as well.

Yeah you're right laser and we quite possibly have gone equally backwards this year !!

[Footy Smart]

Good to see the league has really stepped up with the hearing that happen or lack there of each week. One player has his hearing suspended because the ump doesnt show up and is not allowed to play until it is heard then gets a week as part of his hearing. That players misses 2 weeks when his suspension is held up as 1 week.

Then One of our lads gets to the tribunal waits an hour and a half for the ump to get thjere and the clown doesnt show. Luckily there is a break this week but then again he might get to his hearing and get a week or more seeing that he is trying to fight the fact that he was trying to protect himself. Unless they are rediculous and/or serious reports if the umps cant be bothered to show up or even call the league to say they cant make it, the reports should be thrown out. Pure and simple.

The hireachy at the SAAFL and the umps demand this so called respect and look at what they do. The umps we had on the weekend were so called SANFL umpires. I'd hate to be those guys with what they dished out last week deliver the same types of calls at Centrals or a Magpies games for that matter. They would get torn 4 new ones let alone just one new one.

I find it interesting how the same umpires names keep popping up each week, i couldn't think of anything worse to do on a Wednesday night.

They get some $$ if they attend dont they?

[Jetters]

Good to see the league has really stepped up with the hearing that happen or lack there of each week. One player has his hearing suspended because the ump doesnt show up and is not allowed to play until it is heard then gets a week as part of his hearing. That players misses 2 weeks when his suspension is held up as 1 week.

Then One of our lads gets to the tribunal waits an hour and a half for the ump to get thjere and the clown doesnt show. Luckily there is a break this week but then again he might get to his hearing and get a week or more seeing that he is trying to fight the fact that he was trying to protect himself. Unless they are rediculous and/or serious reports if the umps cant be bothered to show up or even call the league to say they cant make it, the reports should be thrown out. Pure and simple.

The hireachy at the SAAFL and the umps demand this so called respect and look at what they do. The umps we had on the weekend were so called SANFL umpires. I'd hate to be those guys with what they dished out last week deliver the same types of calls at Centrals or a Magpies games for that matter. They would get torn 4 new ones let alone just one new one.

Agree SATCH if the maggots can't show the respect needed & show up at the time required then the case should be thrown out.

I trained with the SANFL umpires this week and I don't think people realise how much umpires do in fact take pride in their performance. I don't know whether the SAAFL games are filmed, but every SANFL games is and every decision and all positioning is scrutinised. Saying that, it is a shame so few have played much football or really understand the game. Not showing up to a tribunal is of course unacceptable, but surely you guys get bored of coming on here and umpire basing every week, you can't expect AFL standard umpiring in an amateur game.

[Wild Thing]

Jetters - being an amateur competition is not an excuse, if they put their hand up to umpire (and their hands out to get paid) then they should be doing an acceptable job. I understand no one is going to be 100% happy with the umpires and I can accept one or two disputed decisions during a game but the continued level of mediocrity is unacceptable. The one that sh!ts me the most is when they are out of position and then make a guess based on the crowd reaction.

[red strip roo]

funny i had a go @ the umps 6 weeks ago & got abused for it, didn't take long for everyone else to start complaining. Nothing has changed in div 3 they've been poor for the last 3 years & wont change.. i suggested Div 3 clubs to take a stand on the L plate umps, but no one wanted a bar of it??

[old roo]

Would like to say well done to Stephen Beer from Para Hills..
Well done 300 games.. I watched it & all the boys in the B's pulled together for him 7 played really well, A 92 point win over seaton was great..

300 games, 3 time A Grade premiership player. ( 2 Runner Up )
2 time A grade B & F
2 time B grade B & F
U/17's B & F
I think 111 junior games too..

Also heard great night had by all at the club after

might be a mention on grass roots this week so i hear??? Footy Chick ??

[red strip roo]

Would like to say well done to Stephen Beer from Para Hills..
Well done 300 games.. I watched it & all the boys in the B's pulled together for him 7 played really well, A 92 point win over seaton was great..

300 games, 3 time A Grade premiership player. ( 2 Runner Up )
2 time A grade B & F
2 time B grade B & F
U/17's B & F
I think 111 junior games too..

Also heard great night had by all at the club after

might be a mention on grass roots this week so i hear??? Footy Chick ??