SAAFL Division 6 2013

[zedman]

a hard slog at rosewater yesterday..both teams really put their bodies on the line..rosies made the most of their opportunities and took the points..looking forward to a return bout in 9 weeks..thanks to JR and co for the beers after the game..much appreciated..

this division keeps throwing up amazing results..its really tightened up with uni winning 2 in a row..hounds finally winning a close one and lockleys finding their true form..all clubs are in the hunt for finals still..the next 8 games will be very interesting..looking forward to the break and a chance to regroup..

[gutterboy]

Mazey can play, good leg speed and racking left leg but no-one to kick too...........two big guys in forward line refuse to chase so comes out faster than in goes in is the big issue for MPFC?

Big win for Rosewater and Lockleys......

yep i agree with you...there lazy don't chase been the problem for them all year...

[morell]

Id say the yankman regime and influence has diminished by now

Fitness is now a cant be fire-trucked inclusion at training as giving mr.wyld the boot cos he wanted paid players and paid recruits just like the gun sides in div 6, now see mitchells themselves being given the relegation boot back to div 7 already when we're hardly nine rounds in ?

Instead of relegation, maybe the lions should go to the naughty corner for a season and be given timeout wait for the blasting i'll cop for this

[marbles]

Carn lions we all want you's to do well, put the footys away for all of june and run run run again on the training track get super fit for a month

[Yank Man]

Id say the yankman regime and influence has diminished by now

Fitness is now a cant be fire-trucked inclusion at training as giving mr.wyld the boot cos he wanted paid players and paid recruits just like the gun sides in div 6, now see mitchells themselves being given the relegation boot back to div 7 already when we're hardly nine rounds in ?

Instead of relegation, maybe the lions should go to the naughty corner for a season and be given timeout wait for the blasting i'll cop for this

You should be in the naughty corner for that post marbles. I know you are looking to fire me up 'cos I've been a good boy lately. Firstly, I resigned and MP didn't give me 'the boot', you know as well as anyone that they tried to keep me. 20 years of footy, day in day out gets to you and you need a break. Saturday's rain slush and cold reminded me why because I could sit at home in Yank with a quiet one with the fire raging and watch my beloved wife's Freo knock off the Crows. 1st time in 20 years we have been able to share that. She has let me do footy for ages and never complained, pay back time. Secondly, the twin towers who 'are lazy and don't chase', those boys are on the wrong side of 30 and can't chase because they have carried the club through the dark times. I would rather go down supporting them than go up having dumped on them. Let's not forget they booted 330 goals between them in my 2 seasons at the den. New coaching structures need time, so don't write them off just yet, as it may very well come back to bite you on the RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR's. Finally, never ever did I ask for paid players, regardless of which clubs pay and who doesn't, the very fabrication of MP is that people play for the club, and if that leaves them up to 6 and down to 7 then so be it. They sleep well at night and their club survives, FOREVER.

[Cohiba]

Id say the yankman regime and influence has diminished by now

Fitness is now a cant be fire-trucked inclusion at training as giving mr.wyld the boot cos he wanted paid players and paid recruits just like the gun sides in div 6, now see mitchells themselves being given the relegation boot back to div 7 already when we're hardly nine rounds in ?

Instead of relegation, maybe the lions should go to the naughty corner for a season and be given timeout wait for the blasting i'll cop for this

You should be in the naughty corner for that post marbles. I know you are looking to fire me up 'cos I've been a good boy lately. Firstly, I resigned and MP didn't give me 'the boot', you know as well as anyone that they tried to keep me. 20 years of footy, day in day out gets to you and you need a break. Saturday's rain slush and cold reminded me why because I could sit at home in Yank with a quiet one with the fire raging and watch my beloved wife's Freo knock off the Crows. 1st time in 20 years we have been able to share that. She has let me do footy for ages and never complained, pay back time. Secondly, the twin towers who 'are lazy and don't chase', those boys are on the wrong side of 30 and can't chase because they have carried the club through the dark times. I would rather go down supporting them than go up having dumped on them. Let's not forget they booted 330 goals between them in my 2 seasons at the den. New coaching structures need time, so don't write them off just yet, as it may very well come back to bite you on the RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR's. Finally, never ever did I ask for paid players, regardless of which clubs pay and who doesn't, the very fabrication of MP is that people play for the club, and if that leaves them up to 6 and down to 7 then so be it. They sleep well at night and their club survives, FOREVER.

Just remember Marbles needs you.......not well and lonely......

[morell]

Yankman. Awesome. Giving you a kiss next time I see you for that post.

Also, Luke played at CHB on the weekend and was pretty good. Keep in mind he was semi retired before the year and didn't do a pre-season.

We are thankful he is playing A grade at all and its a credit to him that he is.

[Bloods4Life]

Id say the yankman regime and influence has diminished by now

Fitness is now a cant be fire-trucked inclusion at training as giving mr.wyld the boot cos he wanted paid players and paid recruits just like the gun sides in div 6, now see mitchells themselves being given the relegation boot back to div 7 already when we're hardly nine rounds in ?

Instead of relegation, maybe the lions should go to the naughty corner for a season and be given timeout wait for the blasting i'll cop for this

You should be in the naughty corner for that post marbles. I know you are looking to fire me up 'cos I've been a good boy lately. Firstly, I resigned and MP didn't give me 'the boot', you know as well as anyone that they tried to keep me. 20 years of footy, day in day out gets to you and you need a break. Saturday's rain slush and cold reminded me why because I could sit at home in Yank with a quiet one with the fire raging and watch my beloved wife's Freo knock off the Crows. 1st time in 20 years we have been able to share that. She has let me do footy for ages and never complained, pay back time. Secondly, the twin towers who 'are lazy and don't chase', those boys are on the wrong side of 30 and can't chase because they have carried the club through the dark times. I would rather go down supporting them than go up having dumped on them. Let's not forget they booted 330 goals between them in my 2 seasons at the den. New coaching structures need time, so don't write them off just yet, as it may very well come back to bite you on the RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR's. Finally, never ever did I ask for paid players, regardless of which clubs pay and who doesn't, the very fabrication of MP is that people play for the club, and if that leaves them up to 6 and down to 7 then so be it. They sleep well at night and their club survives, FOREVER.

Great post

[marbles]

Well with only 2 wins on the board what could your past legacy advise to the lions to turn the season around and even reach the finals, maybe if u havent already, and if your good terms is what u say it is, maybe u could visit the boys on the training track a few times across the next month? Im sure the structures in place are actually still those of last season considering the young rookie coach's last coach was yankman himself, could a regular but not toooo often visit be beneficial to your past players?

[Lance's brother]

Well with only 2 wins on the board what could your past legacy advise to the lions to turn the season around and even reach the finals, maybe if u havent already, and if your good terms is what u say it is, maybe u could visit the boys on the training track a few times across the next month? Im sure the structures in place are actually still those of last season considering the young rookie coach's last coach was yankman himself, could a regular but not toooo often visit be beneficial to your past players?

What's he meant to do when he visits? Undermine the current coach?

Doesn't sound like a good idea to me, even if everyone, including the current coach, would like to see him .

Let the bloke enjoy the retirement he's earned.

[marbles]

Well with only 2 wins on the board what could your past legacy advise to the lions to turn the season around and even reach the finals, maybe if u havent already, and if your good terms is what u say it is, maybe u could visit the boys on the training track a few times across the next month? Im sure the structures in place are actually still those of last season considering the young rookie coach's last coach was yankman himself, could a regular but not toooo often visit be beneficial to your past players?

What's he meant to do when he visits? Undermine the current coach?

Doesn't sound like a good idea to me, even if everyone, including the current coach, would like to see him.

Let the bloke enjoy the retirement he's earned.

yep

[Yank Man]

Well with only 2 wins on the board what could your past legacy advise to the lions to turn the season around and even reach the finals, maybe if u havent already, and if your good terms is what u say it is, maybe u could visit the boys on the training track a few times across the next month? Im sure the structures in place are actually still those of last season considering the young rookie coach's last coach was yankman himself, could a regular but not toooo often visit be beneficial to your past players?

What's he meant to do when he visits? Undermine the current coach?

Doesn't sound like a good idea to me, even if everyone, including the current coach, would like to see him.

Let the bloke enjoy the retirement he's earned.

yep

I've been to games marbles, and kept at distance. Training??? man way too cold for that puppy. Here is an interesting fact for you, MP get the top 4 teams at home in the return round. In 2 and a half years the only teams to have beaten them at home are Mawson Lakes (2011 and 2013), Angle Vale (2011 final) and Adelaide Uni, last week and in a trial in 2011. Even the great Carey has been on the end of that stat. Let's wait and see aye. PS the coach and I communicate regularly and are good mates and I have NO intention of getting in the way of his development. He'll learn.

[morell]

The people having a crack at the MPFC need to understand where we were at by the end of 2010 and just how far we have come. The club was on its knees, won just a single game for the year in a massive upset against Ingle Farm ( ) and lost by an average of over 100 points - eventual premier (?) West Croyden kicked over 50 goals against us. Relegation to Division 7 was our fate and in all honesty given the lack of numbers both training and playing by the end of the year I thought the club was going to fold or at least go down to one side ala Ovingham.

The fact that barely 3 years later we are in a higher quality Division 6 (the best standard D6 I have seen) against teams with massive football budgets and paid players and are more than competitive should be applauded. We don't pay players, we don't have an Old Scholars slush fund, we don't have an inexhaustible pool of Under 18 talent to stock up on each year.

People like Yankman deserve as much credit as they can get which is why I will fight for his right to party each and every time. But there are many, many others. Any criticism of the McDonnell's can **** right off. In the scheme of things having a go at them for "not chasing" is a bit like having a pot shot at Ghandi for going bald. What they and their families have done, and continue to do, for the football club is second to none. Perhaps only the Weekley's and Logan's are on a similar footing in regards to modern day MPFC Royalty.

There is a quote in someone's signature along the lines of "I would rather sleep with a Supermodel who wants me for my money than sleep with someone less attractive because they loved me". And I agree with it. But its not analogous to amateur football. I would rather finish stone cold last with a group of mates and people I would do anything for, than play in a premiership with mercenaries and paid players. Paid players and budgets dry up, what we have at Mitchell Park you can't buy and provided the game we play doesn't turn into a just game of "who has the fatter chequebook" will be around forever.

I will back us in to avoid relegation, but it will be a tough battle.

[Red Rocket]

Anyone care to elaboarate on what happened after the Blackfriars v CU game?
Heard all the Units players have been summoned to the club on Tuesday night to investigate an incident that happened afterwards

[Footy Chick]

If it's an investigation, would probably be best for folks NOT to elaborate...feel free to PM amongst yourselves though

Cheers

[Mr Beefy]

The people having a crack at the MPFC need to understand where we were at by the end of 2010 and just how far we have come. The club was on its knees, won just a single game for the year in a massive upset against Ingle Farm ( ) and lost by an average of over 100 points - eventual premier (?) West Croyden kicked over 50 goals against us. Relegation to Division 7 was our fate and in all honesty given the lack of numbers both training and playing by the end of the year I thought the club was going to fold or at least go down to one side ala Ovingham.

The fact that barely 3 years later we are in a higher quality Division 6 (the best standard D6 I have seen) against teams with massive football budgets and paid players and are more than competitive should be applauded. We don't pay players, we don't have an Old Scholars slush fund, we don't have an inexhaustible pool of Under 18 talent to stock up on each year.

People like Yankman deserve as much credit as they can get which is why I will fight for his right to party each and every time. But there are many, many others. Any criticism of the McDonnell's can **** right off. In the scheme of things having a go at them for "not chasing" is a bit like having a pot shot at Ghandi for going bald. What they and their families have done, and continue to do, for the football club is second to none. Perhaps only the Weekley's and Logan's are on a similar footing in regards to modern day MPFC Royalty.

There is a quote in someone's signature along the lines of "I would rather sleep with a Supermodel who wants me for my money than sleep with someone less attractive because they loved me". And I agree with it. But its not analogous to amateur football. I would rather finish stone cold last with a group of mates and people I would do anything for, than play in a premiership with mercenaries and paid players. Paid players and budgets dry up, what we have at Mitchell Park you can't buy and provided the game we play doesn't turn into a just game of "who has the fatter chequebook" will be around forever.

I will back us in to avoid relegation, but it will be a tough battle.

[morell]

I don't get it.

Not a fan of fishing. I think its cruel.

[sprinttospace]

The people having a crack at the MPFC need to understand where we were at by the end of 2010 and just how far we have come. The club was on its knees, won just a single game for the year in a massive upset against Ingle Farm ( ) and lost by an average of over 100 points - eventual premier (?) West Croyden kicked over 50 goals against us. Relegation to Division 7 was our fate and in all honesty given the lack of numbers both training and playing by the end of the year I thought the club was going to fold or at least go down to one side ala Ovingham.

The fact that barely 3 years later we are in a higher quality Division 6 (the best standard D6 I have seen) against teams with massive football budgets and paid players and are more than competitive should be applauded. We don't pay players, we don't have an Old Scholars slush fund, we don't have an inexhaustible pool of Under 18 talent to stock up on each year.

People like Yankman deserve as much credit as they can get which is why I will fight for his right to party each and every time. But there are many, many others. Any criticism of the McDonnell's can **** right off. In the scheme of things having a go at them for "not chasing" is a bit like having a pot shot at Ghandi for going bald. What they and their families have done, and continue to do, for the football club is second to none. Perhaps only the Weekley's and Logan's are on a similar footing in regards to modern day MPFC Royalty.

There is a quote in someone's signature along the lines of "I would rather sleep with a Supermodel who wants me for my money than sleep with someone less attractive because they loved me". And I agree with it. But its not analogous to amateur football. I would rather finish stone cold last with a group of mates and people I would do anything for, than play in a premiership with mercenaries and paid players. Paid players and budgets dry up, what we have at Mitchell Park you can't buy and provided the game we play doesn't turn into a just game of "who has the fatter chequebook" will be around forever.

I will back us in to avoid relegation, but it will be a tough battle.

credit to your club Morell for hanging in their and getting back up a division. we are still looking for an old scholars slush fund but haven't located one yet. in the end you'd never have it any other way as the successes along the way come from hard work and passion.

[Cohiba]

The people having a crack at the MPFC need to understand where we were at by the end of 2010 and just how far we have come. The club was on its knees, won just a single game for the year in a massive upset against Ingle Farm ( ) and lost by an average of over 100 points - eventual premier (?) West Croyden kicked over 50 goals against us. Relegation to Division 7 was our fate and in all honesty given the lack of numbers both training and playing by the end of the year I thought the club was going to fold or at least go down to one side ala Ovingham.

The fact that barely 3 years later we are in a higher quality Division 6 (the best standard D6 I have seen) against teams with massive football budgets and paid players and are more than competitive should be applauded. We don't pay players, we don't have an Old Scholars slush fund, we don't have an inexhaustible pool of Under 18 talent to stock up on each year.

People like Yankman deserve as much credit as they can get which is why I will fight for his right to party each and every time. But there are many, many others. Any criticism of the McDonnell's can **** right off. In the scheme of things having a go at them for "not chasing" is a bit like having a pot shot at Ghandi for going bald. What they and their families have done, and continue to do, for the football club is second to none. Perhaps only the Weekley's and Logan's are on a similar footing in regards to modern day MPFC Royalty.

There is a quote in someone's signature along the lines of "I would rather sleep with a Supermodel who wants me for my money than sleep with someone less attractive because they loved me". And I agree with it. But its not analogous to amateur football. I would rather finish stone cold last with a group of mates and people I would do anything for, than play in a premiership with mercenaries and paid players. Paid players and budgets dry up, what we have at Mitchell Park you can't buy and provided the game we play doesn't turn into a just game of "who has the fatter chequebook" will be around forever.

I will back us in to avoid relegation, but it will be a tough battle.

credit to your club Morell for hanging in their and getting back up a division. we are still looking for an old scholars slush fund but haven't located one yet. in the end you'd never have it any other way as the successes along the way come from hard work and passion.

I applaud your successes, but I am also intrigued....can you name those Clubs who have an "old scholars slush fund", or are we just having a "Kleenex" moment....

[Dragons]

The people having a crack at the MPFC need to understand where we were at by the end of 2010 and just how far we have come. The club was on its knees, won just a single game for the year in a massive upset against Ingle Farm ( ) and lost by an average of over 100 points - eventual premier (?) West Croyden kicked over 50 goals against us. Relegation to Division 7 was our fate and in all honesty given the lack of numbers both training and playing by the end of the year I thought the club was going to fold or at least go down to one side ala Ovingham.

The fact that barely 3 years later we are in a higher quality Division 6 (the best standard D6 I have seen) against teams with massive football budgets and paid players and are more than competitive should be applauded. We don't pay players, we don't have an Old Scholars slush fund, we don't have an inexhaustible pool of Under 18 talent to stock up on each year.

People like Yankman deserve as much credit as they can get which is why I will fight for his right to party each and every time. But there are many, many others. Any criticism of the McDonnell's can **** right off. In the scheme of things having a go at them for "not chasing" is a bit like having a pot shot at Ghandi for going bald. What they and their families have done, and continue to do, for the football club is second to none. Perhaps only the Weekley's and Logan's are on a similar footing in regards to modern day MPFC Royalty.

There is a quote in someone's signature along the lines of "I would rather sleep with a Supermodel who wants me for my money than sleep with someone less attractive because they loved me". And I agree with it. But its not analogous to amateur football. I would rather finish stone cold last with a group of mates and people I would do anything for, than play in a premiership with mercenaries and paid players. Paid players and budgets dry up, what we have at Mitchell Park you can't buy and provided the game we play doesn't turn into a just game of "who has the fatter chequebook" will be around forever.

I will back us in to avoid relegation, but it will be a tough battle.

credit to your club Morell for hanging in their and getting back up a division. we are still looking for an old scholars slush fund but haven't located one yet. in the end you'd never have it any other way as the successes along the way come from hard work and passion.

I applaud your successes, but I am also intrigued....can you name those Clubs who have an "old scholars slush fund", or are we just having a "Kleenex" moment....

We have a massive slush fund. We have also recently taken to cultivating money trees. Far easier than putting in hard work and building club loyalty etc....