River Murray Football League talk

[the watcher]

The out of town clubs had better be careful how far they push Imps and Ramblers.There are other Leauges that would welcome them if they are pushed to far.The record over the last 20 years show that most clubs get their turn at the top. They may end up with a cosy 5 team comp which will make some of them very satisfied i suspect.

[Purple Cobra's]

[quote="Bazza J"]Think the Roos would be disappointed in Kennedy's value overall. What's the latest on the Wait to Whyalla rumour?[/quote]

Definitely only a rumour, Tyson told me himself that he had heard the Rumour but there is not truth to it.

[grasshopper22]

The out of town clubs had better be careful how far they push Imps and Ramblers.There are other Leauges that would welcome them if they are pushed to far.The record over the last 20 years show that most clubs get their turn at the top. They may end up with a cosy 5 team comp which will make some of them very satisfied i suspect.

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[From The Outer]

Imperials and Ramblers wont go anywhere. Both clubs know how well positioned they are in the RMFL and would struggle to compete with the top teams in the stronger neighbouring leagues.

[anzacspirit]

umm ramblers are attempting to make the outer clubs more competitive with their proposal, doesn't sound to me like they are being pushed anywhere.

[biffboy]

I know people will probably just call me a whinger but I see it as a little harsh that some of you out there think we should have zero or very few points as has just been suggested in the past, not just recently.

Ramlers spent 20 years just making up the numbers and now people seem to want to punish them for a few years of success. Most of this succes has come via a good batch of kids coming through 5-6 years ago and to be stripped of points now is just punishing our locals. Yeah, we have recruits but you cant build a club on them.

Possibly this year we could lose 5 good experienced players to coaching aspirations, retirement etc and bigger $. We pride ourselves on never paying to much for our players but if we get given little points to play with, then maybe we will have to head down this path.

That path is the same one that has other clubs struggling to compete. They have local players seeing guys on there team earning $500+ (and thats an understatement) so they want a slice of the pie and when they cant get it here, they move where they can get some $

I truly believe the points system is good how it is but maybe meninge could use a couple extra as it is a fair extra distance than anywhere else, clubs just need to be smarter on who they recruit like we have done for the past 5-7 years

[From The Outer]

Imperials and Ramblers tend to have less turnover of players for a number of reasons. One major one is they are closer to Adelaide meaning players are less likely to get sick of the travel. Both clubs are going to find it really tough if they lose lots of key players in one year. Despite what a lot of people think they are also lucky in currently not having to pay huge money for top players. For example, Tyson Wait is worth over double what Imperials currently pay him.
I reckon you will find that from now on it will be very hard to attract a top line player to this league who has no connection to that club for less than $1000. I am not sure whether Imperials and Ramblers will be prepared to go down this line. This may well mean an evening up of the competition.
On thing the points system has clearly done is increase player payments to the detriment of individual football clubs and country football in general.

[Swamp Donkey]

Brunoli is yet another so called gun player who has waltzed into this league thinking it would be easy and hasnt had anywhere near the impact he should have.

Plenty of people have rocked up over the years expecting to dominate and have been surprised to find how good this comp is. May not be Div 1 but most teams have alota players that would easily make it big down there and sides like imps, ramblers and mannum over the last 2-3 years would have pushed plenty of teams in Div 1

Players who have played at State level or even higher for that matter, coming back to the RMFL and finding it a bit tougher to get a kick is rarely a reflection of the standard of footy in that league, it happens everywhere. I think its related more to the fact that these type of players are used to playing in well-drilled, well-structured, tight teams that are very predictable to each member of the team. Country footy on the other hand is mainly blokes running around trying to get a kick and rarely does the footy get used consistently at a high skill level. Your also forgetting the fact that clearly footy is not the no.1 priority for these types of players anymore. They have spent their time at a league club and then at A1 level, what more do they need to prove to themselves. IMO to shift from such a level to a random country club that is silly enough to pay massive $$$$$, is purely a move for that very reason and that reason alone $$$$$. I'm sure he didnt make the move for the betterment of his footy development.

[Swooper]

Think the Roos would be disappointed in Kennedy's value overall. What's the latest on the Wait to Whyalla rumour?

Kennedy off to Min Man in NEFL to join his good mate Shaun Gibson who has been appointed coach, he is on a lot less $. Kennedy obviously played for the majority of his career with us at Tanunda and he is truely a great player and great bloke, I think you will find he really did not like playing at Mannum so his heart was never there, with the money they offered him why wouldn't you have a go. Don't know much about Mannum but there maybe a few other problems there other than recruiting players who really don't fit in.

[grasshopper22]

Brunoli is yet another so called gun player who has waltzed into this league thinking it would be easy and hasnt had anywhere near the impact he should have.

Plenty of people have rocked up over the years expecting to dominate and have been surprised to find how good this comp is. May not be Div 1 but most teams have alota players that would easily make it big down there and sides like imps, ramblers and mannum over the last 2-3 years would have pushed plenty of teams in Div 1

Players who have played at State level or even higher for that matter, coming back to the RMFL and finding it a bit tougher to get a kick is rarely a reflection of the standard of footy in that league, it happens everywhere. I think its related more to the fact that these type of players are used to playing in well-drilled, well-structured, tight teams that are very predictable to each member of the team. Country footy on the other hand is mainly blokes running around trying to get a kick and rarely does the footy get used consistently at a high skill level. Your also forgetting the fact that clearly footy is not the no.1 priority for these types of players anymore. They have spent their time at a league club and then at A1 level, what more do they need to prove to themselves. IMO to shift from such a level to a random country club that is silly enough to pay massive $$$$$, is purely a move for that very reason and that reason alone $$$$$. I'm sure he didnt make the move for the betterment of his footy development.

Be interested to know what you class as massive $$$$$?

[Swamp Donkey]

Brunoli is yet another so called gun player who has waltzed into this league thinking it would be easy and hasnt had anywhere near the impact he should have.

Plenty of people have rocked up over the years expecting to dominate and have been surprised to find how good this comp is. May not be Div 1 but most teams have alota players that would easily make it big down there and sides like imps, ramblers and mannum over the last 2-3 years would have pushed plenty of teams in Div 1

Players who have played at State level or even higher for that matter, coming back to the RMFL and finding it a bit tougher to get a kick is rarely a reflection of the standard of footy in that league, it happens everywhere. I think its related more to the fact that these type of players are used to playing in well-drilled, well-structured, tight teams that are very predictable to each member of the team. Country footy on the other hand is mainly blokes running around trying to get a kick and rarely does the footy get used consistently at a high skill level. Your also forgetting the fact that clearly footy is not the no.1 priority for these types of players anymore. They have spent their time at a league club and then at A1 level, what more do they need to prove to themselves. IMO to shift from such a level to a random country club that is silly enough to pay massive $$$$$, is purely a move for that very reason and that reason alone $$$$$. I'm sure he didnt make the move for the betterment of his footy development.

Be interested to know what you class as massive $$$$$?

Personally, I feel if a club invests more than $400 a game in a midfielder, than to me, thats excessive. Whereas a tall forward or ruckman is probably worthy of a bit more.

[grasshopper22]

Brunoli is yet another so called gun player who has waltzed into this league thinking it would be easy and hasnt had anywhere near the impact he should have.

Plenty of people have rocked up over the years expecting to dominate and have been surprised to find how good this comp is. May not be Div 1 but most teams have alota players that would easily make it big down there and sides like imps, ramblers and mannum over the last 2-3 years would have pushed plenty of teams in Div 1

Players who have played at State level or even higher for that matter, coming back to the RMFL and finding it a bit tougher to get a kick is rarely a reflection of the standard of footy in that league, it happens everywhere. I think its related more to the fact that these type of players are used to playing in well-drilled, well-structured, tight teams that are very predictable to each member of the team. Country footy on the other hand is mainly blokes running around trying to get a kick and rarely does the footy get used consistently at a high skill level. Your also forgetting the fact that clearly footy is not the no.1 priority for these types of players anymore. They have spent their time at a league club and then at A1 level, what more do they need to prove to themselves. IMO to shift from such a level to a random country club that is silly enough to pay massive $$$$$, is purely a move for that very reason and that reason alone $$$$$. I'm sure he didnt make the move for the betterment of his footy development.

Be interested to know what you class as massive $$$$$?

Personally, I feel if a club invests more than $400 a game in a midfielder, than to me, thats excessive. Whereas a tall forward or ruckman is probably worthy of a bit more.

Probably realistic if ur based in Adelaide or close too,

[Bazza J]

Think the Roos would be disappointed in Kennedy's value overall. What's the latest on the Wait to Whyalla rumour?

Kennedy off to Min Man in NEFL to join his good mate Shaun Gibson who has been appointed coach, he is on a lot less $. Kennedy obviously played for the majority of his career with us at Tanunda and he is truely a great player and great bloke, I think you will find he really did not like playing at Mannum so his heart was never there, with the money they offered him why wouldn't you have a go. Don't know much about Mannum but there maybe a few other problems there other than recruiting players who really don't fit in.

You don't know much but there may be problems. That's logical. From an outsider looking in (not too far outside) Kennedy rocked up overweight and couldn't get a kick as has been said on here at the start of the season. With the 'money they offered him' comes an expectation to perform and not turn up out of shape. Recruits who fit in at any club are those that have a crack.

[Swamp Donkey]

Think the Roos would be disappointed in Kennedy's value overall. What's the latest on the Wait to Whyalla rumour?

Kennedy off to Min Man in NEFL to join his good mate Shaun Gibson who has been appointed coach, he is on a lot less $. Kennedy obviously played for the majority of his career with us at Tanunda and he is truely a great player and great bloke, I think you will find he really did not like playing at Mannum so his heart was never there, with the money they offered him why wouldn't you have a go. Don't know much about Mannum but there maybe a few other problems there other than recruiting players who really don't fit in.

You don't know much but there may be problems. That's logical. From an outsider looking in (not too far outside) Kennedy rocked up overweight and couldn't get a kick as has been said on here at the start of the season. With the 'money they offered him' comes an expectation to perform and not turn up out of shape. Recruits who fit in at any club are those that have a crack.

Its country footy not AFL. Thats the risk you take when country players are paid massive money.

[GWW]

Noticed on the Hills Country thread that the Love brothers from Tailem are reported to have signed with Echunga.

Anyone have an update on when the points situation will be sorted out in RMFL, I'm sure a lot of clubs would want to be confirming recruits quite soon.

[Panther32]

Noticed on the Hills Country thread that the Love brothers from Tailem are reported to have signed with Echunga.

Anyone have an update on when the points situation will be sorted out in RMFL, I'm sure a lot of clubs would want to be confirming recruits quite soon.

Rumour and inuendo!

[grasshopper22]

Noticed on the Hills Country thread that the Love brothers from Tailem are reported to have signed with Echunga.

Anyone have an update on when the points situation will be sorted out in RMFL, I'm sure a lot of clubs would want to be confirming recruits quite soon.

I think
imps 8
Ramblers 8
Mannum 10
Jervois 13 ?
Taliem 15
Mypo 15
Meningie 15
Does that sound about right?

[GWW]

Doesn't Meningie get an extra 2 regardless of where they finish? So presumably they'd get at least 2 more than the side who finished 6th..

[bigbadkenny]

Adam eclerman back to mypolonga I here

[Pacman]

Quite a few of the Meningie imports from the last few years have all up and left I have heard..... Brunoli probably the only one from that group that will stay cos the $$ are just too good to pass up....