SAAFL Division 6 & D6R (2012)

[Q.]

What happened to Woodville South on the weekend? Just an off day?

Clearly Mawson Lakes are a force to be reckoned with. The pacesetters. Unstoppable, some might say.

[old farmer]

Does anyone know if G.Malbunka is lining up for IF this season?

I was under the belief he has moved to Victoria for work..

Clearance in to Spencer Gulf League. Hopefully plays more than 9 games for them. Should be nicknamed Tampon, old Bunga

[Lightning McQueen]

What happened to Woodville South on the weekend? Just an off day?

Clearly Mawson Lakes are a force to be reckoned with. The pacesetters. Unstoppable, some might say.

Port Power have asked if they could be a feeder club for Mawson Lakes.

[Lightning McQueen]

Does anyone know if G.Malbunka is lining up for IF this season?

I was under the belief he has moved to Victoria for work..

Clearance in to Spencer Gulf League. Hopefully plays more than 9 games for them. Should be nicknamed Tampon, old Bunga

Does he have strings attached?

[old farmer]

Round 3 and some interesting games in store that could start to separate the table early on, so here are my very early predictions -

Houghton (8th) v Central United (9th) - picking Houghton based on the current weather prediction in what will be a bruising encounter
Lockleys (5th) v Colonel Light Gardens (4th) - match of the round, Lockleys to continue good form of the last 2 weeks and win at home
Ingle Farm (10th) v Blackfriars (2nd) - not one BOS will want to drop. as Zed noted, Farmers not to be under estimated. BOS to win
Trinity (6th) v Mawson Lakes (1st) - an old scholars battle of yesteryear, now just suburban club v OS club. TOS to upstage more fancied rivals
Uni (3rd) v Woodville South (7th) - interesting, uni win on the road and lose at home. unpredictable. Cats to take the points home

Uni made 7 changes to the team that beat Ingle Farm in round 1 which probably explains their unpredictability

not sure how true this is but heard that uni had two or three a graders that are playing C's because of a lengthy overseas trip that was planned?

Why wouldn't it be true, team sheet would show 7 changes. Plus their coach told us there was probably 11 players that should be playing higher.

[old farmer]

Does anyone know if G.Malbunka is lining up for IF this season?

I was under the belief he has moved to Victoria for work..

Clearance in to Spencer Gulf League. Hopefully plays more than 9 games for them. Should be nicknamed Tampon, old Bunga

Does he have strings attached?

NO, in for 1 out for 3

[Q.]

Round 3 and some interesting games in store that could start to separate the table early on, so here are my very early predictions -

Houghton (8th) v Central United (9th) - picking Houghton based on the current weather prediction in what will be a bruising encounter
Lockleys (5th) v Colonel Light Gardens (4th) - match of the round, Lockleys to continue good form of the last 2 weeks and win at home
Ingle Farm (10th) v Blackfriars (2nd) - not one BOS will want to drop. as Zed noted, Farmers not to be under estimated. BOS to win
Trinity (6th) v Mawson Lakes (1st) - an old scholars battle of yesteryear, now just suburban club v OS club. TOS to upstage more fancied rivals
Uni (3rd) v Woodville South (7th) - interesting, uni win on the road and lose at home. unpredictable. Cats to take the points home

Uni made 7 changes to the team that beat Ingle Farm in round 1 which probably explains their unpredictability

not sure how true this is but heard that uni had two or three a graders that are playing C's because of a lengthy overseas trip that was planned?

Why wouldn't it be true, team sheet would show 7 changes. Plus their coach told us there was probably 11 players that should be playing higher.

So they had seven outs from the two teams above.

[Phantom Gossiper]

Does it really matter who was in or out for Uni?

End of the day, every year we know there will be changes to their sides in the lower grades, thats a given, whether through school breaks or call up to higher grades, it happens. You have to play and beat whoever is placed in front of you regardless of the side.

[zedman]

Seems the Hillman rumours aren't the only ones which aren't true on here, Malbunka is staying put at Ingle Farm this year also he's not going anywhere.

[zedman]

Does it really matter who was in or out for Uni?

End of the day, every year we know there will be changes to their sides in the lower grades, thats a given, whether through school breaks or call up to higher grades, it happens. You have to play and beat whoever is placed in front of you regardless of the side.

did you play B grade for IF on saturday PG? was impressed with #30..older guy with a bit of weight but was like a wall in defence..

[Catters_4eva]

What happened to Woodville South on the weekend? Just an off day?

Just an off day.. Woodville South have a large amount of improvement from their performance on Saturday.. But will be ready to rebound hard this week against Adelaide Uni.

[old farmer]

Seems the Hillman rumours aren't the only ones which aren't true on here, Malbunka is staying put at Ingle Farm this year also he's not going anywhere.

Obviously you can't take this bloke on his word

[old farmer]

Does it really matter who was in or out for Uni?

End of the day, every year we know there will be changes to their sides in the lower grades, thats a given, whether through school breaks or call up to higher grades, it happens. You have to play and beat whoever is placed in front of you regardless of the side.

The discussion is about footy tips and their unpredictability, no need to state the obvious.

[Phantom Gossiper]

did you play B grade for IF on saturday PG? was impressed with #30..older guy with a bit of weight but was like a wall in defence..

I suited up.. wouldn't say i played #30 hmm Matt Tremain perhaps? He has been in outstanding form in the two games, must say the farmers B grade owe a lot to the back 6, who constantly repel the opposition attacks, if it wasn't for them I think IF B grade may well have been on the end of some larger scorelines. Our midfield has been very disappointing in the two games, but there is plenty of talent in the group, wont take long to click. Also missing our 1st choice ruckman Hille Sat hurt us, he has been really good in the trials and round 1.

I thought the CLG side was good. Did the 1% stuff really well - tackles, shepherds, 2nd efforts. Thought they ran hard and weren't afraid to take on defenders and break lines and put some really good physical pressure on the Farmers.

[Phantom Gossiper]

The discussion is about footy tips and their unpredictability, no need to state the obvious.

Its what I do best, makes me feel intellectual

[BFG]

not trying to be patronising here and i know that a lot of the talk about woodville south being an unstoppable force in div 6 this year came from outside of the club. But i think it needs to be said that those that voiced those opinions were a fair way off. Im not for a second saying that woody sth wont be a pacesetter this year because i still think they will be grand finalists, BUT it needs to be said that the predictions of being 10 goals better than every other side were pretty ridiculous. Div 6 is a strong comp and i think woody south's results early in the seaosn prove that!

like i said im not having a dig at anyone at woody sth becaue i know it wasnt them talking themselves up but people outside this div need to realise that maintaing your squad from a relegated div 5 side is not a guarantee of being promoted again the next year. same sort of thing happenned with BOS last year and while unlucky not to be promoted were not the powerhouse in div 6 that other people expected them to be.

[zedman]

did you play B grade for IF on saturday PG? was impressed with #30..older guy with a bit of weight but was like a wall in defence..

I suited up.. wouldn't say i played #30 hmm Matt Tremain perhaps? He has been in outstanding form in the two games, must say the farmers B grade owe a lot to the back 6, who constantly repel the opposition attacks, if it wasn't for them I think IF B grade may well have been on the end of some larger scorelines. Our midfield has been very disappointing in the two games, but there is plenty of talent in the group, wont take long to click. Also missing our 1st choice ruckman Hille Sat hurt us, he has been really good in the trials and round 1.

I thought the CLG side was good. Did the 1% stuff really well - tackles, shepherds, 2nd efforts. Thought they ran hard and weren't afraid to take on defenders and break lines and put some really good physical pressure on the Farmers.

yes the B grade defensive group did really well for IF..our B grade has some good kids, they play without fear of failure which can make for exciting watching..then you need the older guys to keep a lid on it..expecting 2 very tough games from lockleys this week..they usually have a good B grade and their A grade performances have been pretty sound so far..

[Senor Moto Gadili]

did you play B grade for IF on saturday PG? was impressed with #30..older guy with a bit of weight but was like a wall in defence..

I suited up.. wouldn't say i played #30 hmm Matt Tremain perhaps? He has been in outstanding form in the two games, must say the farmers B grade owe a lot to the back 6, who constantly repel the opposition attacks, if it wasn't for them I think IF B grade may well have been on the end of some larger scorelines. Our midfield has been very disappointing in the two games, but there is plenty of talent in the group, wont take long to click. Also missing our 1st choice ruckman Hille Sat hurt us, he has been really good in the trials and round 1.

I thought the CLG side was good. Did the 1% stuff really well - tackles, shepherds, 2nd efforts. Thought they ran hard and weren't afraid to take on defenders and break lines and put some really good physical pressure on the Farmers.

yes the B grade defensive group did really well for IF..our B grade has some good kids, they play without fear of failure which can make for exciting watching..then you need the older guys to keep a lid on it..expecting 2 very tough games from lockleys this week..they usually have a good B grade and their A grade performances have been pretty sound so far..

Young lad #8 did very well for you in the B Grade. Always good to have young guys putting pressure on for an A Grade spot.

[watchdog]

Will CLG clear "Wilbur" Wilson in time to take on his old club this week??

[Senor Moto Gadili]

not trying to be patronising here and i know that a lot of the talk about woodville south being an unstoppable force in div 6 this year came from outside of the club. But i think it needs to be said that those that voiced those opinions were a fair way off. Im not for a second saying that woody sth wont be a pacesetter this year because i still think they will be grand finalists, BUT it needs to be said that the predictions of being 10 goals better than every other side were pretty ridiculous. Div 6 is a strong comp and i think woody south's results early in the seaosn prove that!

like i said im not having a dig at anyone at woody sth becaue i know it wasnt them talking themselves up but people outside this div need to realise that maintaing your squad from a relegated div 5 side is not a guarantee of being promoted again the next year. same sort of thing happenned with BOS last year and while unlucky not to be promoted were not the powerhouse in div 6 that other people expected them to be.

Fair call BFG. Recent history tells us to win Div 6 you have to be good enough to play Div 5 finals as most teams that have won Div 6 go on an play Div 5 finals the following year. Woody South were good enough to win 8 games in Div 5 last year which means if they maintain that standard they should be well in the mix, not ahead of the pack. Looking like there will be no easy games in Div 6 this year