HFL Division 1 (Central)

[hotstuff!]

My latest relegation sums after round 8 are the following.

Onkas 39
Bridgewater 37
Ironbank 30
Lobethal 22
Birdwood 19

Birdwood are truly in the gun at the moment. lets hope Birdwood stay in the comp and TV stay down, if the rumors are true...... if you have no idea whats going on have a look at the country thread.

[magpiemaster]

nearly half way through the year, anyone have any predicitions? medals relegation premiers? i saw mt lofty sat night and they were a very tight unit and hard to break. we only had a very young side in but mt lofty were the better team and deserved the points but the game could have gone either way. i havent seen uraidla since first game and they look like according to their results to be travelling a lot nicer. anyone from birdwood comment? mt barker obviously along with blackwood the best sides in town, if anything blackwood seem to have lifted without gigney, maybe feeling they all need to play better without him.

[kick it to me]

After heading out to Birdwood this week gone i would be really dissapointed to see the Roosters head back to Div 2. As a club they are the best hosts that we visit all season, even on a wet day.
-good canteen, bar & bbq
-improving facilities
-decent blokes
-decent supporter base who rock up

They did a brilliant job running the breast cancer fundraiser, hitting me up for my change everytime i walked away from the bar. They are obviously a really proactive club with some great volunteers. In my mind they dont play the worst brand of footy in the comp either. In contrast we headed out to Lobethal and there wasn't a black and gold jacket in sight on the sidelines, we go to bridgey later on and half our team will come home with some communicable disease from that oval.

I rekon most HFL supporters hope Birdwood start winning some more games and stick around.

[Jardarf]

nearly half way through the year, anyone have any predicitions? medals relegation premiers? i saw mt lofty sat night and they were a very tight unit and hard to break. we only had a very young side in but mt lofty were the better team and deserved the points but the game could have gone either way. i havent seen uraidla since first game and they look like according to their results to be travelling a lot nicer. anyone from birdwood comment? mt barker obviously along with blackwood the best sides in town, if anything blackwood seem to have lifted without gigney, maybe feeling they all need to play better without him.

Still too early to tell just how Blackwood will do without key targets like Gigney and Roche in the forward line. McCormick seemed to do the most damage against Lobethal and the week before against Bridgewater the goals were shared around between a number of players, the real test will come when we face Lofty, Barker and Hahndorf in the next couple months. I wouldn't be relying on 'Kenny' McCormick to be saving the squad every week even if I do tip him to win Mail Medal at the end of the season.

[humour me]

Kick it to me, you must have visited the bar a few too many times at Birdwood if you didn't see any black and gold at Lobethal. From people I've spoken to at other clubs, most people in Central hope all current clubs stay in. Birdwood have done a great job since coming up, improving each year and Loby are one of the most successful clubs over the last 12 years with 3 flags. On the other hand, sentiment I get is that no club wants TV in the comp, especially but not entirely due to happenings over last weekend. Most sensible people can see that once GH decides he's had his fun, he'll be gone and TV will collapse and whichever club that has gone back to country will probably be a basket case by then as well. If this situation (relegation) had come up 6-7 years ago it would be Mt Lofty heading back and look what they've achieved in the last 5 years. The HFL need to ensure that a long term view is taken when the final decisions are made on this issue. Will that happen?

[Rooster]

After heading out to Birdwood this week gone i would be really dissapointed to see the Roosters head back to Div 2. As a club they are the best hosts that we visit all season, even on a wet day.
-good canteen, bar & bbq
-improving facilities
-decent blokes
-decent supporter base who rock up

They did a brilliant job running the breast cancer fundraiser, hitting me up for my change everytime i walked away from the bar. They are obviously a really proactive club with some great volunteers. In my mind they dont play the worst brand of footy in the comp either. In contrast we headed out to Lobethal and there wasn't a black and gold jacket in sight on the sidelines, we go to bridgey later on and half our team will come home with some communicable disease from that oval.

I rekon most HFL supporters hope Birdwood start winning some more games and stick around.

im certainly glad you had a positive experience out at the velodrome... it really would be dissapointing after all the hardwork put in by our club to be relegated to div 2 for a joke of a club like torrens valley. Everyone knows how that club is run, they are one bad mood swing from GH away from having no decent A grade players... and they should be recognised as such. Even though most of the results for this year haven't been what Birdwood had been hoping for, give Kriegy a year or two at the helm to build up the player base... our juniors development programs have always been top notch... and we have a large local volunteer base... it would be quite demoralizing to be relegated. lets hope it doesnt happen.... otherwise all the central div clubs better start protecting their juniors from the TV colts and their dads!!.... allegedly.

[the big fella]

re:
Most sensible people can see that once GH decides he's had his fun, he'll be gone and TV will collapse and whichever club that has gone back to country will probably be a basket case by then as well.


Tell us something we dont know and have known for the last 5 yrs. You central div guys can put up with Gh for a while just like the country div teams have.

Country div is doing very well..except for 2 teams of course..the most even comp for a while with seven teams still vying for the five.

U central guys should stop whinging..u havent been keen to help sort the Gh situation for five yrs and suddenly its your problem and youre all squealling!!!

[sound4]

re:
Most sensible people can see that once GH decides he's had his fun, he'll be gone and TV will collapse and whichever club that has gone back to country will probably be a basket case by then as well.


Tell us something we dont know and have known for the last 5 yrs. You central div guys can put up with Gh for a while just like the country div teams have.

Country div is doing very well..except for 2 teams of course..the most even comp for a while with seven teams still vying for the five.

U central guys should stop whinging..u havent been keen to help sort the Gh situation for five yrs and suddenly its your problem and youre all squealling!!!

I don't know if I can quite agree with your statement re: Centrals having a squeal. The main problem that is appearing on the thread is that the Central teams are concerned that TV will go up and then after X amount of years GH will pull the pin and TV will be left with a useless team and will get pounded week in, week out. I am sure most Centrals teams are happy with TV coming up (except maybe not now after the alleged incidents on the weekend) because they are a very solid team at the moment but seriously lack any core local senior footballers that can hold the side together if GH decides to pull the pin.

[Justquietly]

re:
Most sensible people can see that once GH decides he's had his fun, he'll be gone and TV will collapse and whichever club that has gone back to country will probably be a basket case by then as well.


Tell us something we dont know and have known for the last 5 yrs. You central div guys can put up with Gh for a while just like the country div teams have.

Country div is doing very well..except for 2 teams of course..the most even comp for a while with seven teams still vying for the five.

U central guys should stop whinging..u havent been keen to help sort the Gh situation for five yrs and suddenly its your problem and youre all squealling!!!

We're not squealing at all. My issue has been that these comps are meant to be 'central' and 'Country', Central will definitely not be that when TV come up.
As for your comp doing "Very well ...except for 2 teams", hardly makes it an even comp. And on that point, aren't Kersbrook in the 5? How'd that 'even' game go against Echunga?

[Vaughan]

V,
When it rains at Bridgewater you have limited options to watch the footy due to your clubrooms being across the road. I was over near the coaches boxes on those wooden seats, the rain came and my only option was to watch from the small verandah of the changerooms ( 50m from the oval ). Your oval only fits 20 cars parked on the side and if your not one of those fortunate people to have a park there, then your stuffed.

We're merely suggesting some shelter for which to watch the footy when the rain comes. The wing closest to the road seems a perfect place to have a big shelter and you throw a bar in there and you will make thousands!

hi mop
great suggestions re shelter on the stone wall wing. it is something i have been pushing for decades so that the delicate souls of the HFL can watch the mighty RAIDERS in comfort. as i have said before i much prefer watching the match out in the elements with the boys.

also have to agree on the fantastic hospitality of the birdwood fc. cold beer, a well run club and they were even kind enough to give us the 2 premiership points.

bring on the pies.
RAIDERS till I DIE!!!
V.

[sound4]

re:
Most sensible people can see that once GH decides he's had his fun, he'll be gone and TV will collapse and whichever club that has gone back to country will probably be a basket case by then as well.


Tell us something we dont know and have known for the last 5 yrs. You central div guys can put up with Gh for a while just like the country div teams have.

Country div is doing very well..except for 2 teams of course..the most even comp for a while with seven teams still vying for the five.

U central guys should stop whinging..u havent been keen to help sort the Gh situation for five yrs and suddenly its your problem and youre all squealling!!!

We're not squealing at all. My issue has been that these comps are meant to be 'central' and 'Country', Central will definitely not be that when TV come up.
As for your comp doing "Very well ...except for 2 teams", hardly makes it an even comp. And on that point, aren't Kersbrook in the 5? How'd that 'even' game go against Echunga?

I don't think it will make a world of difference if you have to travel another 5 minutes down the road from Birdwood to TV. My understanding Central and Country inherited their names because it was better than been called Div 1 or Div 2, allowing Country teams to recruit more easily. It just so happened that the better teams in Div 1 Central happened to be located in towns with larger populations and located more "centrally".

[Theinnersanctum]

Gents, have been trying to find out how many games a couple of mates have played in this league but am struggling to find it. I know it was available on the old hills footy website tho. Any suggestions where i can find it now? Cheers.

[Banker]

There still on the old website- http://www.4eb.net/hfl/default.asp
But i dont think its been updated this season, so you will need to go to sportingpulse and add this years

[the big fella]

re:As for your comp doing "Very well ...except for 2 teams", hardly makes it an even comp. And on that point, aren't Kersbrook in the 5? How'd that 'even' game go against Echunga

Echunga beats Nbremer by 8 points the week before ( NB where third Bottom!!) and then beat Kersbrook ( 2nd) by heaps..shows how even the comp is..

we all know Cally shouldnt be there ( except for Big O) while we are only babysitting S/Cambria as a good will gesture for the sake of football.. you central guys are all about yourself and your own clubs...

[Justquietly]

re:As for your comp doing "Very well ...except for 2 teams", hardly makes it an even comp. And on that point, aren't Kersbrook in the 5? How'd that 'even' game go against Echunga

Echunga beats Nbremer by 8 points the week before ( NB where third Bottom!!) and then beat Kersbrook ( 2nd) by heaps..shows how even the comp is..

we all know Cally shouldnt be there ( except for Big O) while we are only babysitting S/Cambria as a good will gesture for the sake of football.. you central guys are all about yourself and your own clubs...

Then don't read the thread.
What's wrong with being about your own club? You go out and cheer for your league do ya?

[has been]

Had a phone call during the week from a bottom club that has only won one game in three years and guess what - made the suggestion that perhaps the league are looking at the possibility of changing the constitution that there be 11 teams in central next season. owen I believe does'nt want Birdwood or Loby going down and the HFL was hedging its bets that Ironbank where gonna be crap and coupled with a shit draw etc they would be the ones to go down. Now the HFL have realised that won't be the case they are looking at bending the rules to suit. Watch this space !!!

[Gervais]

Had a phone call during the week from a bottom club that has only won one game in three years and guess what - made the suggestion that perhaps the league are looking at the possibility of changing the constitution that there be 11 teams in central next season. owen I believe does'nt want Birdwood or Loby going down and the HFL was hedging its bets that Ironbank where gonna be crap and coupled with a **** draw etc they would be the ones to go down. Now the HFL have realised that won't be the case they are looking at bending the rules to suit. Watch this space !!!

If incorrect, this should be an easy one for the HFL to deny quickly. It's well known that Owen and other HFL Board Members read this forum.

Would show a complete lack of spine if true. Weren't all 10 Central clubs aware that they had to perform in 2010 of suffer the consequences ? To do a backflip and allow an 11 team comp would show what a poor governing body they are, whilst also demonstrating a complete unwillingness or inability to make the hard decisions.

Over to you HFL - please confirm or deny.

[magpiemaster]

this wouldnt surprise anyone, owen is prone to back flips and changing his word when it suits him. we need a new HFL leader

[spot on]

Had a phone call during the week from a bottom club that has only won one game in three years and guess what - made the suggestion that perhaps the league are looking at the possibility of changing the constitution that there be 11 teams in central next season. owen I believe does'nt want Birdwood or Loby going down and the HFL was hedging its bets that Ironbank where gonna be crap and coupled with a **** draw etc they would be the ones to go down. Now the HFL have realised that won't be the case they are looking at bending the rules to suit. Watch this space !!!

Owen has never liked Ironbank, although he no doubt will deny that.

[Mop Up]

Had a phone call during the week from a bottom club that has only won one game in three years and guess what - made the suggestion that perhaps the league are looking at the possibility of changing the constitution that there be 11 teams in central next season. owen I believe does'nt want Birdwood or Loby going down and the HFL was hedging its bets that Ironbank where gonna be crap and coupled with a **** draw etc they would be the ones to go down. Now the HFL have realised that won't be the case they are looking at bending the rules to suit. Watch this space !!!

Doesn't surprise me in the slightest

Very used to being treated like a second rate club by the league.... when you get more involved with the club it's crazy the amount of hoops a club like us has to jump through!

As for the actual rumour, would make the HFL look like an absolute joke if halfway through the year they decide to change the constitution, the very rules the league is built on.

Dont get me wrong, I for one don't want to see Loby or Birdwood go down, enjoy Div 1 how it is but to make this move now would make the league look silly....