SAAFL Div C3 (2011)

[TEX07]

Strange rule if so, surely a higher side should be able to pick from anyone in the club, not saying you are not right, I wouldn't have a clue just seems unfair if you get some injuries for example and you cant promote players from lower grades.

[Demon Juke]

Strange rule if so, surely a higher side should be able to pick from anyone in the club, not saying you are not right, I wouldn't have a clue just seems unfair if you get some injuries for example and you cant promote players from lower grades.

I think it was that the team they submitted for the 'a' grade final, a bloke played 'b' grade prem final then was allowed to play the next week!

[SATCHEL]

Great to see we had 2 of the top 3 in last nights votes. J.Meegan taking the medal on 17 votes to Dubby on 15. Very deserved winner. This is his 2nd medal which is great. Realy looking forward top this weekend. Should be another great game.

[kickinit]

did one of your boys win it satchel?

[SATCHEL]

did one of your boys win it satchel?

Yeah mate we had the top 2 third went to someone (cant realy remember as we werent given a print out of the votes) and pretty much our top 4 that were invited and a couple that werent made it in the top 20 so im realy happy with the outcome. You gonna be out there on Sunday mate? Will shout ya one if you are?

[Lightning McQueen]

Great to see we had 2 of the top 3 in last nights votes. J.Meegan taking the medal on 17 votes to Dubby on 15. Very deserved winner. This is his 2nd medal which is great. Realy looking forward top this weekend. Should be another great game.

Good work manbag, did you get a mention in the acceptance speech?

[SATCHEL]

No my little toy car i didnt, as he was not able to attend. Unfortuneatly my loui vuitton did not make an appearance either. I'll wear it especially for you on the weekend.

[kickinit]

we be trying to mate got a family dinner on so probably won't be able to stay until the end.

[SATCHEL]

This week will be some what of a test of character for not only my lads but i feel Smosh as well.

FP vs Smosh - Even though they took care of Mitcham last week i still think they a not going to be able to knock FP off this week. Fp are far to good all over the ground not just in some positions like the rest of us. Smosh have big targets up forward but not like FP have. Demant will need to be shut right down and cook would have to be not playing for it to go any other way. It wont be a flogging by any stretch but i can see FP winning by 6-7 goals

Mitcham vs Portland - This is massive for us. We have never made finals in Div 3 before and this will show if we have what it takes to mix it with the top 3 in the major rounds. The score this year is one a piece. I like my players have a lot of respect for Mitcham and how they go about it. They move the ball quickly, run in numbers and create a wall that is hard to get past. Adih? Is a great target for Mitcham and is their leading goal scorer. It will be a great hit out and i am really looking forward to it. Heath is a great bloke and is one of the coaches i have plenty of time for. Should be an awesome game.

[Lightning McQueen]

No my little toy car i didnt, as he was not able to attend. Unfortuneatly my loui vuitton did not make an appearance either. I'll wear it especially for you on the weekend.

Make sure you pack your skittles then.

PS: Good Luck. Keep up the good work

[kickinit]

Went and watched mitcham vs portland today mitcham got up by 9points. Let me tell you this was probably one of the best amateur football games I have ever watched. Portland kicked 5 goals in the first qtr and really looked good with ball movement and trapping the ball in there forward lines. Mitcham regrouped and started to play there running style of football going into to half a point up. Mitcham went into 3qtr time a couple goals up, I think in the last qtr mitcham got 4 or 5 goals in front but portland regrouped and stuck at and never gave up with mitcham kicking a goal with in a couple of seconds of the final siren. Both sides should be proud of how they went about there was a little bit of biff but nothing serious not even a punch thrown. The umpiring was probably the best i've seen in the c3 comp this even though i haven't seen that many games, it was pretty consistent and thats all you can really ask for. Satchel you and your boys should be very proud of how you've gone about your season this year. If you asked in one if portland would play finals this year they would of thought you where joking. But you and your boys put that behind you and focussed on the things that count and thats winning games. I'm sure you will do great in c2 next year. Mitcham take on smash again this week i'm sure there hurting from there lost last week, lets see if smash can make the gf with playing there c grade side if they drop those few b graders again i hope they get absolutely belted in the gf.

[SATCHEL]

Well very dissapoitning effort from us yesterday. After starting off so bloody well we went missing in the 2nd. You can not play 2-3 quarters of footy in a final and expect to win. I will agree with you Kick and say it was a cracker game but will disagree on the umpiring. They were really good in the first with paying what was there and letting play go on but after that they were atrocious. They never protected the bloke over the footy for both sides and started to make sh!t up. The advantge rule was never given correctly which was testimant to the last call of the day when a free was given when we were 20 out from our goal and the free was again made up as he went and then everyone stops to work out why and then advantage is given and they Mitcham have 3 blokes free on teh wing and they get the goal to be 9 points up then the siren goes. Im sorry but if thats what SAAFL call good umps ill throw in the towel now. Im not saying Mitcham dont deserve the win as they did and they took home the game. We have been sitting bottom 2 for the past 4 years so teh blokes get a lot of the credit for that. I will however say that i was very very close to not signing off on the ground report yesterday. That oval is unfit to play on in the middle. Having discussions with Mitcham's football Director he was not happy with how the ground was. he was makign up a lot of excuses and very good and valid opoints about how hard it is for them to keep the ground to a good standard to play footy on. The middle was the hardest ive seen it and was damgerous. Supposedly the club asked the council and the cricket club to water the middle and roll it and they were told a flat out NO. Its footy season for god sake who cares what the cricket spastics have to say. When the cricket club poisons the middle so the grass wont grow and then have theitr say during footy season. I'd be given them the F bomb loud and clear. When the Director of the opositions club says the grounds not up to standard what does that actually say. I sent a bloke on for rotation in the middle and within 2 seconds he is sling tackled in front of the ump and knocked out. The ump did nothing and let play go on while my bloke is visibly with the f uckin fairies and cant walk and lets the play go through where he is done and theirs almost a collision between he my trainers and the play itself. Heath is a great coach and he won hands down on the day. We lost that game in the second quarter. We didnt score against the breeze until the last quarter when we decided taht we wanted to be reactive and play with some. Saying that we have come a long way and i am very proud of the lads. Mitcham to take on Smosh next week. Smosh will easily get the job done i think. I feel taht if clubs are able to have multiple teams in the finals if they make the second round no team shopuld be able to drop players. It just doesnt sit well with me or any one else for that matter. Until its look into you have free run. C2 next year and looking forward to the challenge. Not sure what its like but looking forward to being the best C2 side this side of town.

[turbo182]

lets see if smash can make the gf with playing there c grade side if they drop those few b graders again i hope they get absolutely belted in the gf.

Mate - there guys you were talking about (Taylor Parham etc.) All played C Grade this week, so I'm not sure theres any validity to your argument about dropping players.

That was the ebst C grade side I've seen in a few years at SMOSH - but FLinders were jsut too good. Hopefulyl the boys can get over Mitcham, and turn it aorund in tweo weeks time!

[hollywood7477]

Well very dissapoitning effort from us yesterday. After starting off so bloody well we went missing in the 2nd. You can not play 2-3 quarters of footy in a final and expect to win. I will agree with you Kick and say it was a cracker game but will disagree on the umpiring. They were really good in the first with paying what was there and letting play go on but after that they were atrocious. They never protected the bloke over the footy for both sides and started to make sh!t up. The advantge rule was never given correctly which was testimant to the last call of the day when a free was given when we were 20 out from our goal and the free was again made up as he went and then everyone stops to work out why and then advantage is given and they Mitcham have 3 blokes free on teh wing and they get the goal to be 9 points up then the siren goes. Im sorry but if thats what SAAFL call good umps ill throw in the towel now. Im not saying Mitcham dont deserve the win as they did and they took home the game. We have been sitting bottom 2 for the past 4 years so teh blokes get a lot of the credit for that. I will however say that i was very very close to not signing off on the ground report yesterday. That oval is unfit to play on in the middle. Having discussions with Mitcham's football Director he was not happy with how the ground was. he was makign up a lot of excuses and very good and valid opoints about how hard it is for them to keep the ground to a good standard to play footy on. The middle was the hardest ive seen it and was damgerous. Supposedly the club asked the council and the cricket club to water the middle and roll it and they were told a flat out NO. Its footy season for god sake who cares what the cricket spastics have to say. When the cricket club poisons the middle so the grass wont grow and then have theitr say during footy season. I'd be given them the F bomb loud and clear. When the Director of the opositions club says the grounds not up to standard what does that actually say. I sent a bloke on for rotation in the middle and within 2 seconds he is sling tackled in front of the ump and knocked out. The ump did nothing and let play go on while my bloke is visibly with the f uckin fairies and cant walk and lets the play go through where he is done and theirs almost a collision between he my trainers and the play itself. Heath is a great coach and he won hands down on the day. We lost that game in the second quarter. We didnt score against the breeze until the last quarter when we decided taht we wanted to be reactive and play with some. Saying that we have come a long way and i am very proud of the lads. Mitcham to take on Smosh next week. Smosh will easily get the job done i think. I feel taht if clubs are able to have multiple teams in the finals if they make the second round no team shopuld be able to drop players. It just doesnt sit well with me or any one else for that matter. Until its look into you have free run. C2 next year and looking forward to the challenge. Not sure what its like but looking forward to being the best C2 side this side of town.

Satchel let me' just say what a fantastic game of footy yesterday especially for c grade standard. You guys put up a real fight so credit where credits due. Ur ruckman is an absolute monster and not sure why our ruckman was doin trying to do outbody him cos he had no chance.
In regards to the centre yes it is way too hard, I spoke to Heath on thurs and said someone should ce down and water tge centre themselves because it was dangerous. The cricket club and council are a disgrace!!! When we don't want the oval mowed they mow it when we do they say the oval is too wet to mow. The club needs to get their own curator to look after the oval. Someone could have been seriously injured yesterday. Goodluck next year.
By the way did you happen to catch the b grade game on sat at flinders . We have them thus week so if you any info would be much appreciated....

[SATCHEL]

It was a great game mate. Both of our sides have taken it up a level in the last 12 months. Youguys have always been up there but you guys have turned it around with the way you play and discipline. There is always biff in a C grade game. I feel taht 67 for us was targeted a little by 23 but theres history there and my guy had the last laugh between them but not the main laugh in the end. Oh well thats footy. Didnt get to go to the game on Saturday mate, but its meant to be pretty much like your ground. Hard as a rock. I cant understand it when there is strict protocols when it comes to hosting finals etc. I know FP were terrible (from one of their own). I did watch them against Seaton and they made Seaton look like they shouldnt have even been there. OUr B grade would have given FP a better go of it. Seaton looked like they were just there so the game could be played. In saying that the FP B grade are in a bit of a slump (again form one of their own) and are looking at the prospects of going out this week (also like in their A's in straight sets) to you guys. Wont know until the weekend.

[HawkieRanger]

Was also pretty impressed with the standard of the C grade yesterday - don't get to see many games throughout the year.

I thought the umpiring was of a really good standard, called what needed to be called but also let the game go as much as possible. Far better than some of the performances I've seen in the A's.

The middle is like concrete, but the rest of the ground is in pretty good condition. Believe some lads tried to get some water on it Saturday night but didn't have much luck. The council is a joke and come August - it's as if footy is finish, time to start getting the pitch ready for cricket!!

Our lads showed a lot of a character to come back from where they were at 1/4 time, as did Portland in the last. Was also good of the Portland lads to not take much of the banter from the sidelines to heart there was some quality calls in their however

[kickinit]

lets see if smash can make the gf with playing there c grade side if they drop those few b graders again i hope they get absolutely belted in the gf.

Mate - there guys you were talking about (Taylor Parham etc.) All played C Grade this week, so I'm not sure theres any validity to your argument about dropping players.

That was the ebst C grade side I've seen in a few years at SMOSH - but FLinders were jsut too good. Hopefulyl the boys can get over Mitcham, and turn it aorund in tweo weeks time!

so your saying taylor parham is a c grader then why did he play more a grade this year then c grade? I think the rule needs to be brought in if your higher side has the week off then only those players that have qualified for the lower side should be able to play. Hey at the end of the day smosh are in titled to play those because of the rules, i think it's poor that the saafl let this happen and should be looking at changing the rules pretty quickly.

[hollywood7477]

Was also pretty impressed with the standard of the C grade yesterday - don't get to see many games throughout the year.

I thought the umpiring was of a really good standard, called what needed to be called but also let the game go as much as possible. Far better than some of the performances I've seen in the A's.

The middle is like concrete, but the rest of the ground is in pretty good condition. Believe some lads tried to get some water on it Saturday night but didn't have much luck. The council is a joke and come August - it's as if footy is finish, time to start getting the pitch ready for cricket!!

Our lads showed a lot of a character to come back from where they were at 1/4 time, as did Portland in the last. Was also good of the Portland lads to not take much of the banter from the sidelines to heart there was some quality calls in their however

The boys showed a fair bit if character on the weekend and we know how hard it will be this week. Hopefully the boys and our c grade can keep going!!!!!

[TEX07]

lets see if smash can make the gf with playing there c grade side if they drop those few b graders again i hope they get absolutely belted in the gf.

Mate - there guys you were talking about (Taylor Parham etc.) All played C Grade this week, so I'm not sure theres any validity to your argument about dropping players.

That was the ebst C grade side I've seen in a few years at SMOSH - but FLinders were jsut too good. Hopefulyl the boys can get over Mitcham, and turn it aorund in tweo weeks time!

so your saying taylor parham is a c grader then why did he play more a grade this year then c grade? I think the rule needs to be brought in if your higher side has the week off then only those players that have qualified for the lower side should be able to play. Hey at the end of the day smosh are in titled to play those because of the rules, i think it's poor that the saafl let this happen and should be looking at changing the rules pretty quickly.

I agree, the rule is dumb and only promotes sides being able to drop players back. If a side does it they have played within the rules and good luck to them. I dont know of the players that you are mentioning here but if they are fringe B graders and fighting for thier spot in the next grade all good (which I guess is the main purpose for the rule??) but if they are just trying to get that side one more game then I believe it is not what it was intended for. It gives a real unfair disadvantage to those sides who have all sides in the finals which should hav no bearing on the lower grades.

[Dingles]

lets see if smash can make the gf with playing there c grade side if they drop those few b graders again i hope they get absolutely belted in the gf.

Mate - there guys you were talking about (Taylor Parham etc.) All played C Grade this week, so I'm not sure theres any validity to your argument about dropping players.

That was the ebst C grade side I've seen in a few years at SMOSH - but FLinders were jsut too good. Hopefulyl the boys can get over Mitcham, and turn it aorund in tweo weeks time!

Has the decision to drop players from your bs to your cs harboured any ill feelings. There was a story doing the traps saturday at lion park that a few players and senior football officials have had some issues with the b grade coach in relation to this, even mention of possible sacking at the end of the year. My thoughts on it would be pretty hard to get rid of the coach when he is possibly going to win a flag, the proof is in the pudding.