SAAFL Div 3 & 3R (2010)

[Felch]

It is laughable to say that we got 8 goals directly from umpiring decisions. Massive exaggeration. That would mean we should have been beaten by 8 goals. I take that as a huge slur against the effort our blokes put in yesterday. We were gone for all money, 5 goals down early in the third quarter and looked in real trouble of going out in straight sets. Enter Tommy Lipson, 4th game back from a knee reco. Sure, he got a couple of free kicks but that was because he was in front and at the footy. Maybe the free kicks went our way because we were first to the footy in the second half, just as it went Mitchams way early for the same reasons. Lipson kicked 5 for the game, and unfortunately hurt his other knee late in the third, kicking his 5th goal. Hopefully the injury is not as bad as first thought.
Not sure how the umps ruined the game either. Yesterdays match was one of the best games i have seen for a long while. The last quarter was a cracker.
Maybe Mitcham will blame the umps for losing (i havent heard any of them do so as yet), but they could also blame the guy who rushed a point late in the last quarter, or the bloke who dropped the mark on the goal line to force another rushed score. At the end of the day, they were 5 goals up and shouldnt lose from there, just as we were 5 goals up last week and shouldnt have lost but did.
Its all swings and roundabouts - things went our way yesterday, they may not next week.

All i know is that Mitcham continue to be our 'b!tches' in finals matches...3-nil

[NO-MERCY]

8 frees resulted in goals Felch.

[Sturtman]

8 frees resulted in goals Felch.

So what if 8 goals came from frees, a lot of goals do and most of them deserved free kicks. I know you would have like nothing more than for Portland to lose yesterday but it didnt happen. I think Portland had the better of the umpiring but it was terribly one sided.

[NO-MERCY]

8 frees resulted in goals Felch.

So what if 8 goals came from frees, a lot of goals do and most of them deserved free kicks. I know you would have like nothing more than for Portland to lose yesterday but it didnt happen. I think Portland had the better of the umpiring but it was terribly one sided.

I honestly didn't give a rats toss bag who wins, i'm glad you were honest enough to say it was terribly one sided.
If anyone had recorded the game can they please pass it on to Footy Chick for a look.

[lutz]

i didn't think that umpiring was that bad to be honest. having seen mostly d6 and d7 umpiring the last few years, i thought it was about as good as umpiring gets at amateur league level

[Sturtman]

8 frees resulted in goals Felch.

So what if 8 goals came from frees, a lot of goals do and most of them deserved free kicks. I know you would have like nothing more than for Portland to lose yesterday but it didnt happen. I think Portland had the better of the umpiring but it was terribly one sided.

I honestly didn't give a rats toss bag who wins, i'm glad you were honest enough to say it was terribly one sided.
If anyone had recorded the game can they please pass it on to Footy Chick for a look.

That was meant to say Wasn't

[Felch]

8 frees resulted in goals Felch.

That may be the case (i wasnt actually keeping count, but i doubt it was that many) but surely you are not saying that all of them were unwarranted. You get front position and go at the footy, you get rewarded.

I still believe you are selling our blokes short. The efforts of some players yesterday was outstanding, in particular Granleese, Cocchiaro and Laslett. The Mitcham blokes gave everything also - McEvoy finally got a few kicks against us, and Doyle and Ellis were outstanding. Neither side took a backward step all day.

[NO-MERCY]

You blokes had a good honest crack no doubt & got the points well done.
You'd be hoping for the same umpires next week.

[Flipper]

Agree with alot of what you wrote.
I think if it isnt a PAOC v Old Ignatians GF, it will be a wasted year for the team that doesnt make it. No disrespect to Portland and Mitcham, but they're merely making up the numbers and if they were to get to the GF, it would end up a blowout.
Review of CBC's season Flipper?

A lil review of teams.

PAC: Rocky has the Princes firing in all 8 cylinders. Would have a gameplan drilled into them. They will always dish the handball out backwards. Watch for the seagull who will run past the contest and into space. Someone will need to play a defensive role on DeVries take him to areas that wont be dangerous. Wouldnt Peddler v DeVries b fantastic to watch. Would justify the $8. The space they created in their own fwd 50 was great and a big key. Seemed to play the HFF right up the ground to isolate key fwds. No one can go a shoot out with these blokes will take a very negative (defensively) combined with a lot of physical pressure. Tag up on the wings and get men behind the ball running forward. Chip chip till u find an opening must be patient bomb it forward and they will cut you up with a counter attack. Control the ball control the game.

Iggies: These guys match up best against PAC because of the hard strong bodies in and around the ball. Captain coach Peddler: teams could use this against them and get him really puffing and mind off the game. Put as much physical pressure on him as possible. In saying that im sure he can handle it quality player. Their ruck seemed a weak point but all he needs to do is hold his own because the on ballers will clean the rest up.

Portland: Perkins would have to be the best ruckman in the Div giving his team first look. They will attack the corridor. Chip inside play on then pump the ball long. Which is what they need to do with a small fwd line. This gives their fwds a chance. Portland are very skilful and quick and backed themselves in to hit the target with the short kick. They loved the switch on the counter attack and would look for it and use it at every chance they had. Seemed to create a loose man through the middle of the ground with middie rotations. They used their bench the most ive seen by a club all year.

Mitcham: Played a loose man in def all day against us. Will also attack the middle of the ground and play on at every chance. One thing i couldnt believe when watching them was how many blokes were kicking around the corner instead of straightening up. Seemed really keen to get the party tricks going and when they do the crowd gets into and u know ur in trouble. Ellis is the goto man through the middle with Cardigan How they start at centre bounces wont b how they match up on the field they went to great lengths to create a loose man through the middle.

Old Iggs to win the GF against PAC by 15pts.

CBC were stronger and fitter than last year. Overall we were a better club than last year. When u improve but your results are not as good it can be really hard. Obviously we went up a div and everyone understood it was going to be a lot harder. Where we fell down IMO was our 2nd tier players really struggled with the jump up. We didnt get enough cameo appearances from these players. Your top players will perform, those players just needed more help. A good barometer of how good a team is look at their bottom 6 players. I think the year was a success and we did very well to play finals. The highest finish in the clubs history!

Recruiting and preparation for next year has already begun.

[wilfred]

Portland defeated Mitcham by 1 point. Good close game. Mitcham up by 5 goals early in the 3rd quarter. Would have to say Portland had the better of the umpiring. The 2 young umpires seemed to get caught up in the crowd calling for frees IMO.

Good game and good on Portland winning and deserved it probably on the day. All of us were there and none of us could be believe the Umpiring at all. Beyond belief would be a good term. Neither one side or the other, but just horrendous over 4 quarters. A good game destroyed by 2 insipid performances from the maggots, who are just not up to umpiring at this level. The SAAFL should take responsibility for the crap we saw today, but you can bet they wont

I too ventured out to the Portland v Mitcham game & yes saw a game ruined by 2 umpires that were whistle happy & out of their depth, WHATS NEW?
I'll say the Amateur League will cop it this week with a please explain by Mitcham supporters, coaches & officials as they were SLAUGHTERED by the 2 umpires involved on saturday.
5 goals up at one point of the game were Mitcham working hard for each goal only to be crucified every time Portland went forward with free kicks rewarded to Portland, infact 4 goals in the third quarter alone were from disgraceful decisions & a total of 8 goals for the game.
I wonder if there were any umpire observers at the game??I hope they were watching the game & are honest with their assesment as that performance cost Mitcham a chance to play in a preliminary final.
Mark Shadiac & Barry Oates will be under the pump certainly after that display, if only they had listened to the Div 3 coaches & also read their reports on the umpires but no they wouldn't listen or communicate with the coaches to get experienced umpires out there with an academy umpire to help enhance their ability & better their performances.
I was only talking about the WHAT IFS with these umpires the other week, WHAT IF their decision making has an influence on the result of a final??
Well yesterday proved exactly that & Mitcham are owed a huge apology by the League.[/quo




gee never would have thought u to post another whinging post on bad umpiring no mercy..... get over it mate u obviously not happy with the thunder winning but it was a much deserved win... maybe if u were looking at the game from booth side u would have seen to that portland were ripped of a few to... no umpires perfect they certinaly had no impact on the final result of the game.... theres always going to be human error and theres always going to be mistakes, as long as its consistant who cares?? i think its about time you let the umpires do there job and you concentrate on ures......

[teaoby]

really good game at Thebby on saturday, was really even in the first quater, iggies had a few tough chances early but didnt put the goals on the board. and every time PAC went into the forward line we seemed to score. Romeo #23 had a lot of ball in the first half but seemed to drop away as the game went on. and frinsdorf was held well by Martin. (but im sure he'll work on his fitness and be better for the run after partying for the past 4weeks)
second half we got control of the midfeild with Dev going into the ruck and the "slutting" ruckman as jimmy likes to call him onto a wing. also really tightend up on them bringing it out of their defence and ultimatly made them bomb which was always gonna be a win to us. think our fitness and pace really got the better of them on a big ground. but would expect them to get over portland next week with white and atkinson in. (assuming they make it through the week )
but stranger things have happened and portland are that sort team, they can get the jump on you! just need to hold the pressure!
3 teams in GF's! and hopefully the D's this week!

[My Free Will]

You blokes had a good honest crack no doubt & got the points well done.
You'd be hoping for the same umpires next week.

Well Well Well after being away all weekend i get home and load up the computer to see what has happened. And guess what No Mercy on hear again complaining about the umpires. The man who said he was having nothing else to do with amatuer league still managed to spare his valuable weekend time to go watch teams he has nothing to do with. Get over it mate, your team came down from div2 and missed the 5. Simple.
On the other side of things well done to portland you guys obviously have had a good year and deserve the right to play of in the mini GF next week. A win there would see you guys achieve alot in the last few years. Will be good to compete against you next year if you can make it. Of course Seaton would have been in your shoes had the umps had not cheated and made them lose, hell they would have gone undefeated they were that good!!! Bloody Umps.

[cokadonkeytoo]

Tips

A's
Mitcham to upset Portland - 4 goals - Hawks to end Portlands finals Campaign. To be even in the first half, but the Hawks to break away in the 2nd with the div1 standard ball movement and hard running.

PAOC over Iggies - 5 goals - OI didn't play 4 quarters of footy last week, and if they cant put four quarters together against PAC, they cant win

B's
Mitcham over SMOSH - 1 goals - down to the wire, but Mitcham B's havent lost at the 'Thunderdome' for a long time now and should continue the good form from last weeks second half.

PAOC over Seaton - 3 goals - Seaton in good form, but cant see them stopping Pacs midfield

C's
Mitcham over Para Hills - 5 goals - If Elton can kick straight this week, the Hawks should get through. They dispayed a good brand of footy on Sunday comfortably accounting for SMOSH all over the ground.

PAC over Seaton - 6 goals - PAC simply too good

Good weekends for Mitcham and PAC!!!

Slightly wrong, they did look like winning in the first thirty seconds but that was about it. Good to get one back on the old rivals

[Slots It Through]

Very good performance by Portland on the weekend, to come from 5 down and win was a great effort.
I think after half time there were quite a few 50/50 free kicks that went Portlands way, but i am not sure there were 8 goals from unwarranted free kicks. If you get infront and are first to the ball you get free kicks.
I was really impressed with Ellis from Mitcham in the last quarter, i thought he really stood up and was almost the difference.
Lipson and Granlese were outstanding for Portland.

[piccachu]

staying well clear of the umpires with this post because there has already been 3 pages worth about them.
was a cracker of a game at port reserve, IMO Portland and Mitcham play very similar brands of footy that make entertaining viewing for supporters, Mitch Doyle for Mitcham is a gun and IMO doesnt get any were near the recognition he deserves in this div. Lipson changed the game for us in the third quarter turning it on before he went down with his knee, Granlese got back to the form the portland faithful know hes capable and was awsome across half back. Dave Bird back tomorrow puts huge prssure on the coaching staff, watch this space

[bubba love]

fantastic win for the thunder and probably the greatest i have been apart of! honestly didn't think the umps were as bad as some of you are going on about, in the 3rd quarter we lifted our intensity and were first to the ball and were rewarded for it, as mitcham were in the second, it's as simple as that! i think it's a great effort by mitcham and portland to do so well this year(portland 7th, mitcham 8th last year) obviousley two clubs that don't splash as much money around as other clubs do, so well done mitcham on a top year and i'm sure you will be right up there again next year!

[stretch]

staying well clear of the umpires with this post because there has already been 3 pages worth about them.
was a cracker of a game at port reserve, IMO Portland and Mitcham play very similar brands of footy that make entertaining viewing for supporters, Mitch Doyle for Mitcham is a gun and IMO doesnt get any were near the recognition he deserves in this div. Lipson changed the game for us in the third quarter turning it on before he went down with his knee, Granlese got back to the form the portland faithful know hes capable and was awsome across half back. Dave Bird back tomorrow puts huge prssure on the coaching staff, watch this space

Good to see some kudos head Doyle's way. Love the way he plays, hard and fair.

Agreed the game on the weekend was a cracker. Not worth saying anything about umpiring, but what is worth mentioning is that I was impressed with Portlands pressure around the ball and desire to run in numbers when they have it. I'd agree that when playing well, both Portland and ourselves play a very similar style of football, which made for a great game on the weekend. Perkins is a star, Wareing is slippery as an eel and it was the best game I've seen Brett 'muffler' Ellis play.

On a sour note, "who took the Jam outta Thornton's donut"? Granted I'm new to Mitcham but that guy is devoid of any class every time I bump into him. Was with a few 'neutrals' at the end of the game who weren't impressed with his expletive rants. It was humorous to watch but maybe a few soothing words to the big fella would be in order. Club passion is one thing but not exactly inspirational for the young'uns.

Also, while I have Portlands attention, do you fellas see much of Jeff 'Strawbs' Emmell Aka 'Red'? Now there's a fella worth his weight in gold to a clubs image.


Anyhoo, it's been a great season to be part of with the Hawks and best of luck to the remaining finalsts

[piccachu]

Good to see some kudos head Doyle's way. Love the way he plays, hard and fair.

Agreed the game on the weekend was a cracker. Not worth saying anything about umpiring, but what is worth mentioning is that I was impressed with Portlands pressure around the ball and desire to run in numbers when they have it. I'd agree that when playing well, both Portland and ourselves play a very similar style of football, which made for a great game on the weekend. Perkins is a star, Wareing is slippery as an eel and it was the best game I've seen Brett 'muffler' Ellis play.

On a sour note, "who took the Jam outta Thornton's donut"? Granted I'm new to Mitcham but that guy is devoid of any class every time I bump into him. Was with a few 'neutrals' at the end of the game who weren't impressed with his expletive rants. It was humorous to watch but maybe a few soothing words to the big fella would be in order. Club passion is one thing but not exactly inspirational for the young'uns.

Also, while I have Portlands attention, do you fellas see much of Jeff 'Strawbs' Emmell Aka 'Red'? Now there's a fella worth his weight in gold to a clubs image.


Anyhoo, it's been a great season to be part of with the Hawks and best of luck to the remaining finalsts

Andy really doesnt like mitcham and inparticular there coach, as mitchams coach refused to shake his hand after the game that we won at your deck late last year. the big fella is still pretty dirty on that.

Big Strawbs was there on saturday, i had a beer with the great man and a bit of a chat, i believe hes still running around in the super rules, very fit man for his age and dont think there would be to many people out there that dont like him

[Iron Fist]

staying well clear of the umpires with this post because there has already been 3 pages worth about them.
was a cracker of a game at port reserve, IMO Portland and Mitcham play very similar brands of footy that make entertaining viewing for supporters, Mitch Doyle for Mitcham is a gun and IMO doesnt get any were near the recognition he deserves in this div. Lipson changed the game for us in the third quarter turning it on before he went down with his knee, Granlese got back to the form the portland faithful know hes capable and was awsome across half back. Dave Bird back tomorrow puts huge prssure on the coaching staff, watch this space

Good to see some kudos head Doyle's way. Love the way he plays, hard and fair.

Agreed the game on the weekend was a cracker. Not worth saying anything about umpiring, but what is worth mentioning is that I was impressed with Portlands pressure around the ball and desire to run in numbers when they have it. I'd agree that when playing well, both Portland and ourselves play a very similar style of football, which made for a great game on the weekend. Perkins is a star, Wareing is slippery as an eel and it was the best game I've seen Brett 'muffler' Ellis play.

On a sour note, "who took the Jam outta Thornton's donut"? Granted I'm new to Mitcham but that guy is devoid of any class every time I bump into him. Was with a few 'neutrals' at the end of the game who weren't impressed with his expletive rants. It was humorous to watch but maybe a few soothing words to the big fella would be in order. Club passion is one thing but not exactly inspirational for the young'uns.

Also, while I have Portlands attention, do you fellas see much of Jeff 'Strawbs' Emmell Aka 'Red'? Now there's a fella worth his weight in gold to a clubs image.


Anyhoo, it's been a great season to be part of with the Hawks and best of luck to the remaining finalsts

On thornton, I didnt see what happened, but know the bloke pretty well, he is simply a passionate man.
There is alot of hate betwen him and Westy, goes back to a game a few years ago when after the game West refused to shake his hand which Andy took great disrepect from. (as alot of people would).
thats enough on that though.

Strawbs is at the club a bit, and is loved by all. Great bloke to have around the club. I still cant get over the fact he still has a kick, he would have to be at least 60??
Ill be dead by then!

Great work by Mitcham this season, along with PAOC and CBC and ourselves
As someone else said CBC and PAOC came up from div 4 and both ourselves and mitcham finished 7th and 8th respectively, great effort for these 4 sides to have played finals this season and PAOC going up again.

[piccachu]

it was also great to see a huge crowd at port reserve on the weekend aswell,
plenty of mitchams supporters/ B grade
plenty of portland supporters
and plenty of other div 3 clubs come down for a look, made a great atmosphere