SAAFL Div C6 (2011)

[TEX07]

Hey guys if you look at my previous posts i don't care who you guys have playing in your D grade side. I don't know "Bear" didn't make any comment about him. I just was trying to point out that we pick our A's first B's second and so on. You asked about Cooky playing C grade and i answered the question. At no time did i mention your club and who plays where. Yes, we do have some very good C grade players and if we had two B grade sides they would play there. We don't so they have to wait for their turn. We have some very good young D grade players too and they are pushing to play C grade. I would think we have covered all this cr#p about your D grade side so lets carry on talking about the real issue........ Football!!!!

All good Cows, I understand you were not having a crack and agree move on.

[TEX07]

Does anyone know how it's going to work with SMOSH and Salisbury having played oen less game than other teams after SHOC came in? Considering both teams are 6th and 7th and may push for finals, it might be a bit embarrassing for the league if a team misses out having played less games than other sides through no fault of their own?

I would think the fairest way to go about is to have two simultaneous ladders. One being the current one done on points and the other being a winning percentage ladder. If it works out SMOSH or Salisbury would have made the finals under the percentage ladder it would be done via that. If not it would revert to the current one.

For reference here would be the current standings under the winning percentage

GG (100%)
Flinders Park (87.5%)
SHOC (66.67%)
PAC (62.5%)
Mawson Lakes (50%)
SMOSH (42.85%)
Salisbury (42.85%)

Under this SMOSH and Salisbury would not be in the top 5 so it would revert to the points.

Surely it would be fairer to both SMOSH and Salisbury if the games where they should have played SHOC they are given forfiet wins? I appreciate that this would not be fair to the sides SHOC have played and beaten but they at least had the chance to beat them and lost? The SAAFL should decide on this sooner rather than later so the clubs know where they are at. Maybe SHOC can play two catch up games over the long weekend

[Trader]

Does anyone know how it's going to work with SMOSH and Salisbury having played oen less game than other teams after SHOC came in? Considering both teams are 6th and 7th and may push for finals, it might be a bit embarrassing for the league if a team misses out having played less games than other sides through no fault of their own?

I would think the fairest way to go about is to have two simultaneous ladders. One being the current one done on points and the other being a winning percentage ladder. If it works out SMOSH or Salisbury would have made the finals under the percentage ladder it would be done via that. If not it would revert to the current one.

For reference here would be the current standings under the winning percentage

GG (100%)
Flinders Park (87.5%)
SHOC (66.67%)
PAC (62.5%)
Mawson Lakes (50%)
SMOSH (42.85%)
Salisbury (42.85%)

Under this SMOSH and Salisbury would not be in the top 5 so it would revert to the points.

Surely it would be fairer to both SMOSH and Salisbury if the games where they should have played SHOC they are given forfiet wins? I appreciate that this would not be fair to the sides SHOC have played and beaten but they at least had the chance to beat them and lost? The SAAFL should decide on this sooner rather than later so the clubs know where they are at. Maybe SHOC can play two catch up games over the long weekend

SHOC to play each team once only, then have the results applied to the other half of the draw.

[Port boy]

Bear hasnt played since 2003, and it was in div6, he is 37 and his body is not what it used to be, hence why he stands in the goal square

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Bear hasnt played since 2003, and it was in div6, he is 37 and his body is not what it used to be, hence why he stands in the goal square

Marshall now named for the A grade? Interesting call, new club direction or just a guy helping out?

[TEX07]

Bear hasnt played since 2003, and it was in div6, he is 37 and his body is not what it used to be, hence why he stands in the goal square

Marshall now named for the A grade? Interesting call, new club direction or just a guy helping out?

I assume since you quoted port boy you may think that Marshy and Bear are the same person? two different guys.

Marshy was asked to play up this week in the A grade because of the lack of forward line options we have this week in a must win game, not sure if it is a long term thing, I guess we will need to see how he goes tomorrow. Means if he was to play with us again this year he would have to come back down the grades or at least miss a couple of weeks not sure how it works? My honest opinion I think it is not the best answer for us as a club but can also see why he was asked to play. Kicking goals in C6 is a heap different to kicking them in Div3 but from what I can see, this week in particular we dont have many more options.

[Jugs]

'Bear' Grantham and Marshall are both ex North Adelaide footballers and if they're both sitting down in the goal square come finals time in C6 it will make me sick. Looks like Marshall has the GG club at heart, it's a pity a few of his team mates don't.

[Hefty]

'Bear' Grantham and Marshall are both ex North Adelaide footballers and if they're both sitting down in the goal square come finals time in C6 it will make me sick. Looks like Marshall has the GG club at heart, it's a pity a few of his team mates don't.

Hahaha.....Jugs your envy is starting to show!

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Bear hasnt played since 2003, and it was in div6, he is 37 and his body is not what it used to be, hence why he stands in the goal square

Marshall now named for the A grade? Interesting call, new club direction or just a guy helping out?

I assume since you quoted port boy you may think that Marshy and Bear are the same person? two different guys.

Marshy was asked to play up this week in the A grade because of the lack of forward line options we have this week in a must win game, not sure if it is a long term thing, I guess we will need to see how he goes tomorrow. Means if he was to play with us again this year he would have to come back down the grades or at least miss a couple of weeks not sure how it works? My honest opinion I think it is not the best answer for us as a club but can also see why he was asked to play. Kicking goals in C6 is a heap different to kicking them in Div3 but from what I can see, this week in particular we dont have many more options.

Nah definitely not, was just quoting him because it was half relevant to the last quote - probably should have made it clear.

Yeah from the way I understand it you can only go down 1 grade at a time. Definitely is a big jump from C6 to D3. Having said that, he kicked 37 in 12 games last year in D4. So it's not that big of a step up realistically. Whilst it's not ideal to rely on older guys due to the longevity of the plan it definitely helps a team to know that they have the best possible line up in at any given time.

[TEX07]

'Bear' Grantham and Marshall are both ex North Adelaide footballers and if they're both sitting down in the goal square come finals time in C6 it will make me sick. Looks like Marshall has the GG club at heart, it's a pity a few of his team mates don't.

HA! Your a joke jugs. The fact they are both ex SANFL footballers is irrelevant. I can guarantee you if any one of us were asked to go up and help out the A grade to help the club stay in div 3 we would do it. Put simply, we are not needed to. Marshal at his age may be able to do something to prevent this. In no way would Bear be able to handle it.

Here is the drill for you for the last time. The majority and by majority i mean nearlly all of ur side, is over 32 years of age. There would be a small handful of us that may be able to get a kick in the B grade. We are not required there. That number gets a little bigger in the C grade. If we are not able or required to play any higher than C grade then what difference to the club does it make if we are in the D grade or C grade? Plenty of clubs have players playing the "C" comp that are not considered for their clubs A or B grade. So what if we choose to play together in the D grade. I cant believe that you would actually think that any of us would make a lick of difference to where the club is sitting now because of our form in C6. You have absolutely no idea.

[TEX07]

Bear hasnt played since 2003, and it was in div6, he is 37 and his body is not what it used to be, hence why he stands in the goal square

Marshall now named for the A grade? Interesting call, new club direction or just a guy helping out?

I assume since you quoted port boy you may think that Marshy and Bear are the same person? two different guys.

Marshy was asked to play up this week in the A grade because of the lack of forward line options we have this week in a must win game, not sure if it is a long term thing, I guess we will need to see how he goes tomorrow. Means if he was to play with us again this year he would have to come back down the grades or at least miss a couple of weeks not sure how it works? My honest opinion I think it is not the best answer for us as a club but can also see why he was asked to play. Kicking goals in C6 is a heap different to kicking them in Div3 but from what I can see, this week in particular we dont have many more options.

Nah definitely not, was just quoting him because it was half relevant to the last quote - probably should have made it clear.

Yeah from the way I understand it you can only go down 1 grade at a time. Definitely is a big jump from C6 to D3. Having said that, he kicked 37 in 12 games last year in D4. So it's not that big of a step up realistically. Whilst it's not ideal to rely on older guys due to the longevity of the plan it definitely helps a team to know that they have the best possible line up in at any given time.

From my understanding he was asked for this week only. Having said this if he goes well then I would assume it would be a long term thing. He still can play and has a great set of hands and can kick a goal. Body holding up may be the only issue but you would assume that the deliver up there would be better so he may get some more lace out type of kicks. The guy he is replacing is about 33 himself so I guess you can play at a higher level longer if you can still move a kick a goal, me I am as slow as a wet week and can deffinately not kick a goal

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Bear hasnt played since 2003, and it was in div6, he is 37 and his body is not what it used to be, hence why he stands in the goal square

Marshall now named for the A grade? Interesting call, new club direction or just a guy helping out?

I assume since you quoted port boy you may think that Marshy and Bear are the same person? two different guys.

Marshy was asked to play up this week in the A grade because of the lack of forward line options we have this week in a must win game, not sure if it is a long term thing, I guess we will need to see how he goes tomorrow. Means if he was to play with us again this year he would have to come back down the grades or at least miss a couple of weeks not sure how it works? My honest opinion I think it is not the best answer for us as a club but can also see why he was asked to play. Kicking goals in C6 is a heap different to kicking them in Div3 but from what I can see, this week in particular we dont have many more options.

Nah definitely not, was just quoting him because it was half relevant to the last quote - probably should have made it clear.

Yeah from the way I understand it you can only go down 1 grade at a time. Definitely is a big jump from C6 to D3. Having said that, he kicked 37 in 12 games last year in D4. So it's not that big of a step up realistically. Whilst it's not ideal to rely on older guys due to the longevity of the plan it definitely helps a team to know that they have the best possible line up in at any given time.

From my understanding he was asked for this week only. Having said this if he goes well then I would assume it would be a long term thing. He still can play and has a great set of hands and can kick a goal. Body holding up may be the only issue but you would assume that the deliver up there would be better so he may get some more lace out type of kicks. The guy he is replacing is about 33 himself so I guess you can play at a higher level longer if you can still move a kick a goal, me I am as slow as a wet week and can deffinately not kick a goal [/quote]

Yeah, well I'm assuming it would be a decision in order to stay in Div3? (it's obviously not ideal to be bouncing up and down grades). Playing CBC this week is a big chance to keep in touch with Para Hills and Pembroke. Obviously the older you get the lower you play - although there are obviously exceptions or else your in a situation where you're wasting the ability too low. Good luck to him I say - hopefully none of us see him again

[1 club]

I find it abit strange that golden groves a,b and c grades are all near the bottom and lose by over 10 goals yet there ds are top and win by 10 goals every week.do any of the ds go up to help higher grades?

Does being 5th or 6th with 3 and a half wins out of 7 games classify you as being near the bottom ??? Hell, maybe 2nd place is near the bottom too then 'ey ?? You planker. Yes the A's are struggling, but the B's and C's are mid table and the D's are top. 1 club, 0 brains.

I was going on the results that weekend and on the game i seen your d grade was way better than your c grade against flinders pk.Also when d graders have gone up to the c grade at parks they seemed to hold there own and play well,so would have thought your ds would go ok in the c grade.But sorry for asking

[Footy_Rulz]

Marc Marshall could not even get through training with the A-Grade on thursday night and pulled out of the game friday afternoon. If that is not a sign of how fragile his body is, I dont know what is.

[Footy_Rulz]

'Bear' Grantham and Marshall are both ex North Adelaide footballers and if they're both sitting down in the goal square come finals time in C6 it will make me sick. Looks like Marshall has the GG club at heart, it's a pity a few of his team mates don't.

I look forward to you vomiting then come finals because they will be playing Ds and deservedly so...

[Port boy]

results from todays games?, out injured and couldnt even get to the game cause of work
Footy rules can you stop commenting please cause your making our club sound like a bunch of !@#$wits

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results from todays games?, out injured and couldnt even get to the game cause of work
Footy rules can you stop commenting please cause your making our club sound like a bunch of !@#$wits

Pretty stock standard results with GG, Flinders Park, PAC & SHOC all getting big wins. Top 4 seems to be a cut above the rest. Smosh just getting over the top of Broadview was interesting (looking from the scoring shots they probably should have lost). So I would probably think Salisbury could sneak ahead of them.

[TEX07]

results from todays games?, out injured and couldnt even get to the game cause of work
Footy rules can you stop commenting please cause your making our club sound like a bunch of !@#$wits

Pretty stock standard results with GG, Flinders Park, PAC & SHOC all getting big wins. Top 4 seems to be a cut above the rest. Smosh just getting over the top of Broadview was interesting (looking from the scoring shots they probably should have lost). So I would probably think Salisbury could sneak ahead of them.

I think out of the others Salisbury were the best we played, we only really got over ML in the second half, we were only about 3-4 goals up at half time. Big game for us this week against FP, we wont get away with the same effort in a half of footy against them.

[Hefty]

A lot of people come on here and slate club umpires but I must commend the umpire from Mawson Lakes on the wkend. Was one of the better umps we've had all year and to even send off one of his own for abusive language was something you don't see too often.

Huge anticipation for the top of the table clash against FP this wkend. We will be going into the game nearly full strength and would imagine it will be a "finals type" game. Also good luck to our C's who have hit some good form of late and have a huge challenge against the flag faves but think they will atone themselves v well!!

[RedMagpie]

Ok guys, gonna do something out of the blue here and talk about something that isn't Golden Grove...

Sacred Heart were wonderful on Saturday, there ball movement was sublime. If they had a big ruckman they would be the best side in the comp by a very long way. Kicking for goal however was slightly worse. Good game of footy and played in great spirits untill the half way mark of the last Quater when the usual, Salisbury and Centerlink comments started to be thrown around and the typical Drug references, but seriously guys, you guys paid an obscene amount of money on education, surely you could come up with something original...

Top 3 sides are all looking good this year, PAOC strong and Salisbury, SMOSH and Mawson Lakes looking to Round out the five. Been a far better year at Salisbury and heading in the right direction.