SAAFL Division 2 2013

[Freaky Tah]

Walkies beat Kilburn by a couple of goals in tthe A's.

The B grade gave Kilburn a bit of a touch up - 240 to nothing

the Chic's B's were very very ordinary when we played them in a trial a few weeks back and that result does not suprise me

depth could be a issue later on in the season

one or two injuries in the A's and the B's will struggle even more

[FOURTH ESTATE]

Keeping B grade players has been a problem for some clubs in the higher grades for for the last few years.

Bringing thru your 18's is awesome if you can keep them.

They are very attractive to the lower grades as they are zero points.

Should slow the drain to the country leagues now as they are worth 2pts only to country leagues.

Agree with Freaky Tah's comment could be a problem if the A's get a run of injuries down the track.

[Footy Follower]

Walkies beat Kilburn by a couple of goals in tthe A's.

The B grade gave Kilburn a bit of a touch up - 240 to nothing

the Chic's B's were very very ordinary when we played them in a trial a few weeks back and that result does not suprise me

depth could be a issue later on in the season

one or two injuries in the A's and the B's will struggle even more

Building successful teams for long periods of time relies heavily on the depth of the club. Some clubs have a good run for a couple of years when paying players to come and play for them. The difference between Kilburns A's and B's on the weekend was like chalk and cheese. There A's were hard at the body and had some very handy players. There B grade dropped uncontested marks and looked like they should be playing in the Under 14's. Harsh but true. Fortunately for a club like Kilburn, they have good facilities so hopefully they can start to attract players this way also rather than just paying for the good ones. I know juniors have been a bit of a problem too, might be wise to develop this too.

[lutz]

Great win by portland, I didn't give them a chance tbh on the big Thebby oval, I thought it would suit PAOC a lot better but looks like the Thunder should have won by more. I heard Stokes kicked 5.5, could have been an even better debut. Bird was a big in and does make a big difference to their side, I reckon he'd be looking forward to playing Flinders on Thursday after how well he played against them in last year's final.
I see J Wareing got a nice little 5 goal haul aswell... or was it really only 4??

Good win by District's too with only one player on the bench for most of the game for the second week in a row. Not good signs for Modbury. I saw the last quarter and a bit and they were pretty average on their own deck - which was actually in pretty good nick. PDFC a good chance to be 3-0 after a lot of people were writing them off.

On a side note, Yardy Lard, can you tell me if your club District's are gonna be clearing Catterall to Portland any time soon? Seem to be rubbing people up the wrong way just for the sake of it.

[NO-MERCY]

I've heard Stokes is built like the old Grenville Dietrich now a days?

[Freaky Tah]

[quote="NO-MERCY"]I've heard Stokes is built like the old Grenville Dietrich now a days?[/quote

Last seen him when he was 17-18 skinny and 6ft, after the injury he did ballon out so he tells me, if he keeps it up on the track who knows in a couple of months just great determination from the big fulla too have another crack

[Freaky Tah]

Did i see right anton geradis playing reserves for walkies kicking 10?? He goes where the $$$$ are, is he getting $$$$ to play B's?? walkies must have some talent if he cant get a gig in the A's

[Gomer]

Did i see right anton geradis playing reserves for walkies kicking 10?? He goes where the $$$$ are, is he getting $$$$ to play B's?? walkies must have some talent if he cant get a gig in the A's

I'll answer for some of the Walkerville guys. "We dont pay anyone" or "no one in our B grade gets payed, they are here for the love of the club". PFFFFT!
Serioulsy if a club can get to a point allocation across both grades of 40 points plus then good luck to them. I still feel it should be mentioned like it has previoulsy that having a staggering amount of points in a reserves side should also be capped. Understand blokes come back through injury but if the league want more equality amongst the grades this may be one step. If sides like Walkerville dont want to lose players to the country as much as they hate then "not paying" these players if they play in B grade? Thats not the best option and not one that helps keep good players in our league. The Walkerville coach has been very vocal about country teams taking players or offering rediculous money for players that would nt even make a Div 5 A grade side yet something very similar occurs at Walkerville. Good luck to them if tehy are able to keep all the players but for me , if i was offered a gig anfd kept playing in the 2's. I wouldnt be too happy. You can promote how much you hug eachother and spread the love like woodstock and loyalty to Walkerville all you like but thats not always going to keep blokes.

[Hairy_Cat]

Did i see right anton geradis playing reserves for walkies kicking 10?? He goes where the $$$$ are, is he getting $$$$ to play B's?? walkies must have some talent if he cant get a gig in the A's

I'll answer for some of the Walkerville guys. "We dont pay anyone" or "no one in our B grade gets payed, they are here for the love of the club". PFFFFT!
Serioulsy if a club can get to a point allocation across both grades of 40 points plus then good luck to them. I still feel it should be mentioned like it has previoulsy that having a staggering amount of points in a reserves side should also be capped. Understand blokes come back through injury but if the league want more equality amongst the grades this may be one step. If sides like Walkerville dont want to lose players to the country as much as they hate then "not paying" these players if they play in B grade? Thats not the best option and not one that helps keep good players in our league. The Walkerville coach has been very vocal about country teams taking players or offering rediculous money for players that would nt even make a Div 5 A grade side yet something very similar occurs at Walkerville. Good luck to them if tehy are able to keep all the players but for me , if i was offered a gig anfd kept playing in the 2's. I wouldnt be too happy. You can promote how much you hug eachother and spread the love like woodstock and loyalty to Walkerville all you like but thats not always going to keep blokes.

Oh Gomer... I don't know where to start in responding to your misguided comment. First of all, as far as I'm aware you have no involement with our club and with a number of cats on this forum we don't need you to respond on our behalf, but thanks for your attempt. I'm not sure where the "We don't pay anyone" quote came from? I don't recall anyone from the club making any such comment. No one in their right mind would be naive enough to think that most, if not all, division 2 clubs pay some players. As for the points players "issue", people need to realise that just because someone is a "points player" doesn't mean that they should be, or are good enough to be playing A grade at division 2 level. A young lad might come from the country for uni, if they played A grade back home they are worth points, does this automatically mean he should be playing A's? I think not. We have been able to keep a good squad for a number of years now, with our B's playing in every grand final since 2009. We have a great junior system up to under 15s but unfortunately none of our juniors go on to play seniors at our club (due to the fact there is a huge gap between under 15s and senior footy and a lot of our juniors go to private schools and end up playing for old scholar sides). I commend those who run our club for all the effort they put in making Walkerville a club that is able to attract players. Most of our recuirts know someone associated already with the club and as a current player I can confirm that it is a great place to play footy. People seem to have an issue with how things are done at our club but we've been able to establish ourselves in division 2 now which was something we only dreamed about in the early 2000s when we were yo-yoing between divisions.

[Freaky Tah]

Did i see right anton geradis playing reserves for walkies kicking 10?? He goes where the $$$$ are, is he getting $$$$ to play B's?? walkies must have some talent if he cant get a gig in the A's

I'll answer for some of the Walkerville guys. "We dont pay anyone" or "no one in our B grade gets payed, they are here for the love of the club". PFFFFT!
Serioulsy if a club can get to a point allocation across both grades of 40 points plus then good luck to them. I still feel it should be mentioned like it has previoulsy that having a staggering amount of points in a reserves side should also be capped. Understand blokes come back through injury but if the league want more equality amongst the grades this may be one step. If sides like Walkerville dont want to lose players to the country as much as they hate then "not paying" these players if they play in B grade? Thats not the best option and not one that helps keep good players in our league. The Walkerville coach has been very vocal about country teams taking players or offering rediculous money for players that would nt even make a Div 5 A grade side yet something very similar occurs at Walkerville. Good luck to them if tehy are able to keep all the players but for me , if i was offered a gig anfd kept playing in the 2's. I wouldnt be too happy. You can promote how much you hug eachother and spread the love like woodstock and loyalty to Walkerville all you like but thats not always going to keep blokes.

points capped in reserves not going to happen gomer and geradis come from country (in order) since ive known him, south gawler, virginia, mannum, south gawler now walkies the bloke goes where the $$ are and he last 2 years max then off to another club, he has to be getting something or he would not be there i give you the tip

[Freaky Tah]

Did i see right anton geradis playing reserves for walkies kicking 10?? He goes where the $$$$ are, is he getting $$$$ to play B's?? walkies must have some talent if he cant get a gig in the A's

I'll answer for some of the Walkerville guys. "We dont pay anyone" or "no one in our B grade gets payed, they are here for the love of the club". PFFFFT!
Serioulsy if a club can get to a point allocation across both grades of 40 points plus then good luck to them. I still feel it should be mentioned like it has previoulsy that having a staggering amount of points in a reserves side should also be capped. Understand blokes come back through injury but if the league want more equality amongst the grades this may be one step. If sides like Walkerville dont want to lose players to the country as much as they hate then "not paying" these players if they play in B grade? Thats not the best option and not one that helps keep good players in our league. The Walkerville coach has been very vocal about country teams taking players or offering rediculous money for players that would nt even make a Div 5 A grade side yet something very similar occurs at Walkerville. Good luck to them if tehy are able to keep all the players but for me , if i was offered a gig anfd kept playing in the 2's. I wouldnt be too happy. You can promote how much you hug eachother and spread the love like woodstock and loyalty to Walkerville all you like but thats not always going to keep blokes.

Oh Gomer... I don't know where to start in responding to your misguided comment. First of all, as far as I'm aware you have no involement with our club and with a number of cats on this forum we don't need you to respond on our behalf, but thanks for your attempt. I'm not sure where the "We don't pay anyone" quote came from? I don't recall anyone from the club making any such comment. No one in their right mind would be naive enough to think that most, if not all, division 2 clubs pay some players. As for the points players "issue", people need to realise that just because someone is a "points player" doesn't mean that they should be, or are good enough to be playing A grade at division 2 level. A young lad might come from the country for uni, if they played A grade back home they are worth points, does this automatically mean he should be playing A's? I think not. We have been able to keep a good squad for a number of years now, with our B's playing in every grand final since 2009. We have a great junior system up to under 15s but unfortunately none of our juniors go on to play seniors at our club (due to the fact there is a huge gap between under 15s and senior footy and a lot of our juniors go to private schools and end up playing for old scholar sides). I commend those who run our club for all the effort they put in making Walkerville a club that is able to attract players. Most of our recuirts know someone associated already with the club and as a current player I can confirm that it is a great place to play footy. People seem to have an issue with how things are done at our club but we've been able to establish ourselves in division 2 now which was something we only dreamed about in the early 2000s when we were yo-yoing between divisions.

BOOM

[No.43]

Did i see right anton geradis playing reserves for walkies kicking 10?? He goes where the $$$$ are, is he getting $$$$ to play B's?? walkies must have some talent if he cant get a gig in the A's

I'll answer for some of the Walkerville guys. "We dont pay anyone" or "no one in our B grade gets payed, they are here for the love of the club". PFFFFT!
Serioulsy if a club can get to a point allocation across both grades of 40 points plus then good luck to them. I still feel it should be mentioned like it has previoulsy that having a staggering amount of points in a reserves side should also be capped. Understand blokes come back through injury but if the league want more equality amongst the grades this may be one step. If sides like Walkerville dont want to lose players to the country as much as they hate then "not paying" these players if they play in B grade? Thats not the best option and not one that helps keep good players in our league. The Walkerville coach has been very vocal about country teams taking players or offering rediculous money for players that would nt even make a Div 5 A grade side yet something very similar occurs at Walkerville. Good luck to them if tehy are able to keep all the players but for me , if i was offered a gig anfd kept playing in the 2's. I wouldnt be too happy. You can promote how much you hug eachother and spread the love like woodstock and loyalty to Walkerville all you like but thats not always going to keep blokes.

points capped in reserves not going to happen gomer and geradis come from country (in order) since ive known him, south gawler, virginia, mannum, south gawler now walkies the bloke goes where the $$ are and he last 2 years max then off to another club, he has to be getting something or he would not be there i give you the tip

Antons brother in law is at walkies... Dean christie... Thats the connection there

[Freaky Tah]

Thanks for clearing that up No. 43

[Footy Follower]

Did i see right anton geradis playing reserves for walkies kicking 10?? He goes where the $$$$ are, is he getting $$$$ to play B's?? walkies must have some talent if he cant get a gig in the A's

I'll answer for some of the Walkerville guys. "We dont pay anyone" or "no one in our B grade gets payed, they are here for the love of the club". PFFFFT!
Serioulsy if a club can get to a point allocation across both grades of 40 points plus then good luck to them. I still feel it should be mentioned like it has previoulsy that having a staggering amount of points in a reserves side should also be capped. Understand blokes come back through injury but if the league want more equality amongst the grades this may be one step. If sides like Walkerville dont want to lose players to the country as much as they hate then "not paying" these players if they play in B grade? Thats not the best option and not one that helps keep good players in our league. The Walkerville coach has been very vocal about country teams taking players or offering rediculous money for players that would nt even make a Div 5 A grade side yet something very similar occurs at Walkerville. Good luck to them if tehy are able to keep all the players but for me , if i was offered a gig anfd kept playing in the 2's. I wouldnt be too happy. You can promote how much you hug eachother and spread the love like woodstock and loyalty to Walkerville all you like but thats not always going to keep blokes.

points capped in reserves not going to happen gomer and geradis come from country (in order) since ive known him, south gawler, virginia, mannum, south gawler now walkies the bloke goes where the $$ are and he last 2 years max then off to another club, he has to be getting something or he would not be there i give you the tip

Antons brother in law is at walkies... Dean christie... Thats the connection there

The reason Anton is not in the A's at the minute is because he had trained twice with us in the pre-season. Unlike someclubs who don't have the depth, Walkies are in a fortunate position to be able to do this. Now that he is training both nights a week and playing well, I am sure he will feature shortly in the A grade team. A grade games need to be earned by performance and hard work, not gifted to players based on ability.

[Robb_Stark]

heard kane moore is playing some quality football at moment his name would have to be in the mix at walkerville ?

[Hairy_Cat]

heard kane moore is playing some quality football at moment his name would have to be in the mix at walkerville ?

He played A's on the weekend.

[Robb_Stark]

heard kane moore is playing some quality football at moment his name would have to be in the mix at walkerville ?

He played A's on the weekend.

how did he go i thought the bum would have called me up

[LMA]

Did i see right anton geradis playing reserves for walkies kicking 10?? He goes where the $$$$ are, is he getting $$$$ to play B's?? walkies must have some talent if he cant get a gig in the A's

I'll answer for some of the Walkerville guys. "We dont pay anyone" or "no one in our B grade gets payed, they are here for the love of the club". PFFFFT!
Serioulsy if a club can get to a point allocation across both grades of 40 points plus then good luck to them. I still feel it should be mentioned like it has previoulsy that having a staggering amount of points in a reserves side should also be capped. Understand blokes come back through injury but if the league want more equality amongst the grades this may be one step. If sides like Walkerville dont want to lose players to the country as much as they hate then "not paying" these players if they play in B grade? Thats not the best option and not one that helps keep good players in our league. The Walkerville coach has been very vocal about country teams taking players or offering rediculous money for players that would nt even make a Div 5 A grade side yet something very similar occurs at Walkerville. Good luck to them if tehy are able to keep all the players but for me , if i was offered a gig anfd kept playing in the 2's. I wouldnt be too happy. You can promote how much you hug eachother and spread the love like woodstock and loyalty to Walkerville all you like but thats not always going to keep blokes.

points capped in reserves not going to happen gomer and geradis come from country (in order) since ive known him, south gawler, virginia, mannum, south gawler now walkies the bloke goes where the $$ are and he last 2 years max then off to another club, he has to be getting something or he would not be there i give you the tip

Antons brother in law is at walkies... Dean christie... Thats the connection there

Yeah, but where is the connection to Kevin Bacon

[No.43]

Have heard kane moore has ha some belters lately and looks certain to keep his spot... Potential match winner

[Yank Man]

Anyone know how Shane Catterall goes. Heard he might want to move to the country.