Southern Football League

[Benchwarmer]

... or else clubs will get sick of it and look to the SAAFL as a preferrable option.

I'd rather be a consistent finalist in Division 2 and not get up to Division 1 than be stuck in 10th or 11th each season - both are virtually the same position on the ladder if you combined the divisions - but at least you'd be having success as a club, and a chance to play off in and win a Grand Final.

Before the critics get to that last point, a Div. 2 flag or Grand Final berth is better than no flag or Grand Final berth!

[The Lova]

The league is a joke i reckon.

Mvale smash everyone and have for years! And the only Blockbuster games that get publicity are when the top 5 are playing one another and even than there isnt many you cant pick.

I think there should be 2 divs. its clear that the teams outside of the top 5 are a long way of the mark. Surely there is a way that the players/supporters of the sfl can make a petition to return it to 2 divs. Alot of people agree that there should be. has anyone DONE something about it or just winge on this website?

I guess the reason the teams like christies or lonsdale dont want to have 2 divs is because if there in div 1 with sides like morphies/reynella/cove/brighton/valley/porties. add christies and lonsadle to that list and they would be like mville and hackham now. only winning games when they play each other.
Its hard to know what to do when there really is 3 teirs of teams at the moment. what the answer is I dont know.
you know what they say you cant please all of the people all of the time.

[THE MOLE]

The league wants one division, so that is the way it will stay, I dont see it changing for a long time. I f hackham were gone, it wouldnt make it such a bad competition, not to many competions dont have 30 goal beatings, but 60 is a joke!

[Benchwarmer]

I can see the fact that the SFL would not be too keen on a 6-8 divisional split, but as a few people have said there is a huge gulf between the better sides and the rest.

Maybe it does need thinking about, or in some way the league aims for 8-8.

[Hills]

[quote="THE MOLE"]The league wants one division, so that is the way it will stay, I dont see it changing for a long time. I f hackham were gone, it wouldnt make it such a bad competition, not to many competions dont have 30 goal beatings, but 60 is a joke![/quote]

thats the thing. there are still going to be 30 goal beltings happening when Hackham are gone. And no body likes playing in them. yes they are bad. but so are Lonsdale, Christies, noarlunga, M Park and Aldinga compared to M Vale. 2 Divs is the way to go! Than when the teams are recruiting more after a few years (because of there succes rate) they can move up to div 1, If they are good enough! At least Div 2 would have a strong comp come finals! Mvale won it by 10 goals last year didnt they? And the atmosphere was shit house!

Imagine a Div 2 GF between Christies and Lonsdale (At porties). It doesnt mean much to the better teams and there supporters but that GF would pulll a crowd i reckon! And it would have a better atmosphere than last years!

[Benchwarmer]

It's a pretty compelling argument, Hills.
Added to that is the fact that the SFL would get an extra gate (therefore revenue) from the staging of extra finals.
That should make it sound more appealing to the board.

[Hills]

thats why it so hard to understand why they cant do it?

6 or 7 team comps arent that bad. And they could attract more teams if they wanted i reckon! Is the SFL too lazy or is it because the board are all from highly established clubs?

[THE MOLE]

They wont go back to 2 divisions, the league and its reps are to pig headed to say that they were wrong. Simple.
It doesnt matter what is right or wrong, while the same people are running the league it will be 1 division.

[Hills]

[quote="THE MOLE"]They wont go back to 2 divisions, the league and its reps are to pig headed to say that they were wrong. Simple.
It doesnt matter what is right or wrong, while the same people are running the league it will be 1 division.[/quote]


BBBBOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Than the league will never get better!

[The Mexican]

They wont go back to 2 divisions, the league and its reps are to pig headed to say that they were wrong. Simple.
It doesnt matter what is right or wrong, while the same people are running the league it will be 1 division.

Spot on Mole, there is no way the comp will go back to 2 div's even if it is the right thing to do... I wonder if the league have been in contact with Kangarilla to see if they would like to re-join, my guess is that they wouldn't entertain the thought, they move to the Hills win a flag and are not getting smashed most weeks.

From what i have read i reckon the following will happen, Hackham will drop out, Morphie Parks go to amateurs and Edwardstown join our league. That leaves us with a bye, not ideal but better than what we are currently going through... Any comments..??

[Zelezny Chucks]

With Edwardstown in it adds another stronger team Hackham and Morphie Park out would reduce the amount of smashings Aldinga will continue to improve and within a couple of years may become a competitive side if they did go you'd have to say that 1 Div would be a better option than two! If they stay in and Townies come down then 2 would definitely be the way sponsors and players would rather be associated with a winning team whether its in div 1 or 2!

But im sure as in other years it'll be too late to get anything done and the league will spend another year in disarray!

[sportsfan]

Well it's surely almost certain Hackham will go, and if the rumour about town's is true, then the shape of the league is gonna change anyway, wouldn't it be as good a time as ever for the SFL board to come up with a new format?????? Although i do feel for those clubs that might end up in div2, although as someone has already said, it's better to play in a div where you are competitive.

[comeon]

For the league to go to two divisions they would need 4-6 sides to join which is not likely to happen so where stuck in this comp for the time being

[Benchwarmer]

You would think that they'd need 16 for an 8 and 8 split, so that's not too distant a possibility.

If things got dire, then a 6-8 split would not be atrocious (ask the Riverland FL). It would mean that a six team division would play each other 4 times (20 matches) and an eight team division would play each other three times (21 matches), with maybe a split round to ensure the Grand Finals were on different weekends - noting that Div 2 would start one week earlier for this to happen. Both would run a Final Four.

Logic says 8-8 would be the best starting point if a split needed to occur, but the league will retract if Hackham are left to die and another club take their place as whipping boys - it would be the start of a domino effect. Better to have Hackham at the bottom of a Division 2 with a better chance of getting a win than go under 408-18 or similar scorelines week in, week out.

[Bulldogsculthero25]

the league is too worried about what clubs like noarlunga, christies think. "oh we're not going to play div 2, we're too proud to drop to that standard". the league board has to grow balls, say something like every team that makes the 8 this year stays in div 1, the rest play in div 2 for 2008 with premiers of div 2 going up and wooden spooners dropping down each year. div 2 teams have no ground to bitch because they couldn't make the 8 the previous year and now they can have something to play for. sides like Aldinga and even lonsdale know they probably won't win a flag for the next few years in div 1 especially the way m/vale are going. at leats in div 2 lonsdale would play finals and aldinga would be closer to playing in them. Players play to play finals and win a flag. yet a side like the lions who are not the worst team going around will play 1 finals game and get smashed by a team like brighton or valley. We have voiced our thoughts to the league about 2 divs but they just turn a deaf ear, but what do you expect when the board is made up of the people whos only thought is of their club not the improvement of the league. 2 DIVISIONS THE ONLY WAY!!!

[footy nut]

A Lot of talk about how shit house the league is while there was a great game on Saturday between Morphies and Cove.The Cobras got within 3 goals in the last quarter before Emus kicked away. Big crowd and the atmosphere was good, some kid that looked like Pollard kicked a heap of goals - havent seen him before and those Bailey boys were all over the place.Cove had the 2 Reavill boys and Vick playing well but lacked a bit of grunt.

[Tight_Lines]

Whats everyone talking about Morphett Vale is top and Undeafted as far as the president is consurned the league is travelling just perfectly!

[Tight_Lines]

A Lot of talk about how shit house the league is while there was a great game on Saturday between Morphies and Cove.The Cobras got within 3 goals in the last quarter before Emus kicked away. Big crowd and the atmosphere was good, some kid that looked like Pollard kicked a heap of goals - havent seen him before and those Bailey boys were all over the place.Cove had the 2 Reavill boys and Vick playing well but lacked a bit of grunt.

Apparently that young guy was 17 and plays at South U\19's they wont see him for the rest of the year he ended up being the difference in the game took it away from us in the third quarter when he kicked 5 in as many minutes. Great hands and i dont think he missed a goal he was good in the second half

[footy nut]

[quote="Tight_Lines"]Whats everyone talking about Morphett Vale is top and Undeafted as far as the president is consurned the league is travelling just perfectly![/quote]



Whats the president of SFL who is a Lions life member got to do with Morphett Vale winning and isnt there 3 Cove people on the board - what do they think of the league.

[The Mexican]

Whats everyone talking about Morphett Vale is top and Undeafted as far as the president is consurned the league is travelling just perfectly!

Whats the president of SFL who is a Lions life member got to do with Morphett Vale winning and isnt there 3 Cove people on the board - what do they think of the league.

I'm with you Footynut, anyone that believes the President is pro M/Vale is sadly mistaken, just because he coached there a few years back some people on here seem to think he is an out and out Emu, other postings oppose that theory like bagging the B grade on the mic at last years GF presentations...