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0 chance of petrenko to Portland

FOURTH ESTATE wrote:Massive crowd at Broadies last night. Player presentations held outside the club rooms under the Steve Wintle Pavillion and on the oval.
Biggest crowd seen in years.

29 years for the B Grade

13 years for the A Grade

29 years since an A & B Grade double.

3rd time it has been done, 1987, 89 & 93.

Few other records and hoodoos smashed this year will list them later on once I've had a good sleep.

2 FROM 2 IN 2022

Have you slept yet?

bubba love wrote:0 chance of petrenko to Portland

He going nowhere

I see that SHOCs are looking for a new coach, current coach has stepped down

Bluedemon wrote:I see that SHOCs are looking for a new coach, current coach has stepped down

D1’s problem now.

Nice to be back everyone otherwise.

jo172 wrote:

Bluedemon wrote:I see that SHOCs are looking for a new coach, current coach has stepped down

D1’s problem now.

Nice to be back everyone otherwise.

cailotto to captain coach

Mitch Grigg to Athelstone.

Brodlach wrote:Mitch Grigg to Athelstone.

Massive signing. Won Lobeys B&F and also the premiership. Huge coup

hollywood7477 wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Mitch Grigg to Athelstone.

Massive signing. Won Lobeys B&F and also the premiership. Huge coup

Zero pointer as well isn't he? Huge.

The Bedge wrote:

hollywood7477 wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Mitch Grigg to Athelstone.

Massive signing. Won Lobeys B&F and also the premiership. Huge coup

Zero pointer as well isn't he? Huge.

Absolutely love to see ex-SANFL and AFL players return to their grassroots clubs........... as long as they aren't in Modbury's division.

Not sure if he’s a zero pointer based on junior games. I assume Chris is a life member though

scottroo wrote:Not sure if he’s a zero pointer based on junior games. I assume Chris is a life member though

I suspect that's the case.

It's one of the real problems with the rule. He probably played hundreds of junior games for Athelstone, but because of his talents ended up spending his later teens at Norwood/in state squad. Always considered it ridiculous that being at one club from 8 to 14 (and never being at a different community club) wouldn't be an exception to make someone a zero pointer.

jo172 wrote:

scottroo wrote:Not sure if he’s a zero pointer based on junior games. I assume Chris is a life member though

I suspect that's the case.

It's one of the real problems with the rule. He probably played hundreds of junior games for Athelstone, but because of his talents ended up spending his later teens at Norwood/in state squad. Always considered it ridiculous that being at one club from 8 to 14 (and never being at a different community club) wouldn't be an exception to make someone a zero pointer.

Give it a few more years and i would think the SAAFL could expand the zero pointer rule on the basis all junior records will be online so it wont be so much of a honesty system.

whufc wrote:

jo172 wrote:

scottroo wrote:Not sure if he’s a zero pointer based on junior games. I assume Chris is a life member though

I suspect that's the case.

It's one of the real problems with the rule. He probably played hundreds of junior games for Athelstone, but because of his talents ended up spending his later teens at Norwood/in state squad. Always considered it ridiculous that being at one club from 8 to 14 (and never being at a different community club) wouldn't be an exception to make someone a zero pointer.

Give it a few more years and i would think the SAAFL could expand the zero pointer rule on the basis all junior records will be online so it wont be so much of a honesty system.

Agree, but when these anomalies come up there should be a little bit of wriggle room to come up with a common sense solution.

Be reasonably easy to prove that Mitch Grigg first signed up at Athelstone when he was 7 years old, played every season there through Under 13s, then started splitting his time with Norwood/state programs etc.

There would only be a handful of players a year that this would ever be necessary for. Wouldn't be that hard.

From memory the rule has changed

Any junior footy before 13 at the club and you become a zero in your Second year

jo172 wrote:Agree, but when these anomalies come up there should be a little bit of wriggle room to come up with a common sense solution.

Be reasonably easy to prove that Mitch Grigg first signed up at Athelstone when he was 7 years old, played every season there through Under 13s, then started splitting his time with Norwood/state programs etc.

There would only be a handful of players a year that this would ever be necessary for. Wouldn't be that hard.

It's a shit rule to be honest - take Ingle Farm for example, so many times of the years kids sign up at U7 level, play through to U13's and then there's a gap in teams so head elsewhere. They're not 0 pointers because they haven't played 25 games U13 or higher.

Some kids have played 100+ junior games before that stage.

Maybe they could layer the point rule
Above U13 = 25+ games
Above U7 = 50+ games

scottroo wrote:From memory the rule has changed

Any junior footy before 13 at the club and you become a zero in your Second year

Not the worst compromise.

Have heard that Unley have been on a early recruiting spree including a Div 1 player

Bluedemon wrote:Have heard that Unley have been on a early recruiting spree including a Div 1 player

thats great, maybe theyll win 5 games next year instead of 4

harambe1 wrote:

Bluedemon wrote:Have heard that Unley have been on a early recruiting spree including a Div 1 player

thats great, maybe theyll win 5 games next year instead of 4

A div 1 d-grader