Southern Football League

[the wonder elephant]

how did the wolverine go on sat and whats his form like girth ?i ran in to him at hahndorf on sat morning said hes playing a grade and is pretty fit hhow are your other blackwood lads going ?

[Hasbeen]

[quote="That leaves Lonsdale to talk about - already merged with OSB and kicked out of that oval, no juniors and the MV high school closing down within 2 years, whats their future????????[/quote]

They have year 2/3's 4/5's and 6/7's going on Sundays and a few 14's in a mixed side on Sundays. Obviously the school may be closing so this is evidence there are not many kids in the area anymore, will need to work hard to attract kids to 14's next year and keep the Sunday mini's at the club for future teams.

[The Girth]

how did the wolverine go on sat and whats his form like girth ?i ran in to him at hahndorf on sat morning said hes playing a grade and is pretty fit hhow are your other blackwood lads going ?

the wolverine has been playing a grade mate he started on the bench on saturday but played a prety good second half. he was alot fitter at the start of the year when he was training more but due to work and a hint of slackness his fitness has probably dropped off a touch

[Swooper16]

How long would you give a club Tightlines? Both Morphettville Park and & Hackham have been going backwards each season for the last 5-7 years. Now its got to the point where Hackham are losing to mid table sides by 60+ goals. Wouldnt it be more beneficial to the league if we could attract 2 competitive clubs to replace these 2. If hackham still wish to be represented then they could field a C grade side - and wouldnt they rather have one competitive outfit rather then 2 laughing stocks for sides?

I dont support 2 Divs either - a club like Cove has shown that with a bit effort it is possible to be a respected competitive unit in the SFL. The issue i and i think many others have is that there are teams that are not improving and basically wasting everyones time. You've talked about how good A1 competition is and basically how it sh*ts over SFL. How can the SFL look to gain outside (and inside) respect if we continue tolerating clubs that are only going backwards, especially if we are given the chance to add stronger clubs in our area to the comp?

[Tight_Lines]

How long would you give a club Tightlines? Both Morphettville Park and & Hackham have been going backwards each season for the last 5-7 years. Now its got to the point where Hackham are losing to mid table sides by 60+ goals. Wouldnt it be more beneficial to the league if we could attract 2 competitive clubs to replace these 2. If hackham still wish to be represented then they could field a C grade side - and wouldnt they rather have one competitive outfit rather then 2 laughing stocks for sides?

I dont support 2 Divs either - a club like Cove has shown that with a bit effort it is possible to be a respected competitive unit in the SFL. The issue i and i think many others have is that there are teams that are not improving and basically wasting everyones time. You've talked about how good A1 competition is and basically how it sh*ts over SFL. How can the SFL look to gain outside (and inside) respect if we continue tolerating clubs that are only going backwards, especially if we are given the chance to add stronger clubs in our area to the comp?

I agree with who said that Hackham should only field a side in a lower grade i said the same thing on another thread dont know much about C grade but if that is where they are at. But Morphies in time will improve they have such a lack of senior players that their juniors have suffered they had to pull the pin on their 18's last season because just about all of them where playing A's or B's even 16's where playing. If they can hold these players in a few years they'll have more expeirence and will improve. Looking at their side in the boot they have even more young guys in the side cant expect them to keep up with many sides in their first and second years of senior footy.

[WHEELS&DEALS]

How long would you give a club Tightlines? Both Morphettville Park and & Hackham have been going backwards each season for the last 5-7 years. Now its got to the point where Hackham are losing to mid table sides by 60+ goals. Wouldnt it be more beneficial to the league if we could attract 2 competitive clubs to replace these 2. If hackham still wish to be represented then they could field a C grade side - and wouldnt they rather have one competitive outfit rather then 2 laughing stocks for sides?

I dont support 2 Divs either - a club like Cove has shown that with a bit effort it is possible to be a respected competitive unit in the SFL. The issue i and i think many others have is that there are teams that are not improving and basically wasting everyones time. You've talked about how good A1 competition is and basically how it sh*ts over SFL. How can the SFL look to gain outside (and inside) respect if we continue tolerating clubs that are only going backwards, especially if we are given the chance to add stronger clubs in our area to the comp?

Cove have just been lucky that the area they are in has had a population boom and they have reaped the benifits. It was only 3 or 4 years ago Morphie parks made the finals

[The Girth]

how did the wolverine go on sat and whats his form like girth ?i ran in to him at hahndorf on sat morning said hes playing a grade and is pretty fit hhow are your other blackwood lads going ?

as for the other lads they have been doing well big fizz would be the pick of the bunch has been in the best for the last month or so and best the last 2 weeks

[mrf]

What are opinions of each clubs top 3 players throughout the whole league

[Swooper16]

What are opinions of each clubs top 3 players throughout the whole league

I know for a fact that Scott Pollard is against the war in Iraq.

[The Gimp]

What are opinions of each clubs top 3 players throughout the whole league

I know for a fact that Scott Pollard is against the war in Iraq.

Great call!!

[WHEELS&DEALS]

What are opinions of each clubs top 3 players throughout the whole league

I know for a fact that Scott Pollard is against the war in Iraq.

Thats one of the best comments you have made on this forum swooper.

[Jayne]

What are opinions of each clubs top 3 players throughout the whole league

I know for a fact that Scott Pollard is against the war in Iraq.

Ha ha is a fan of the Howard government's work choice agreements...

[sportsfan]

How long would you give a club Tightlines? Both Morphettville Park and & Hackham have been going backwards each season for the last 5-7 years. Now its got to the point where Hackham are losing to mid table sides by 60+ goals. Wouldnt it be more beneficial to the league if we could attract 2 competitive clubs to replace these 2. If hackham still wish to be represented then they could field a C grade side - and wouldnt they rather have one competitive outfit rather then 2 laughing stocks for sides?

I dont support 2 Divs either - a club like Cove has shown that with a bit effort it is possible to be a respected competitive unit in the SFL. The issue i and i think many others have is that there are teams that are not improving and basically wasting everyones time. You've talked about how good A1 competition is and basically how it sh*ts over SFL. How can the SFL look to gain outside (and inside) respect if we continue tolerating clubs that are only going backwards, especially if we are given the chance to add stronger clubs in our area to the comp?

Cove have just been lucky that the area they are in has had a population boom and they have reaped the benifits. It was only 3 or 4 years ago Morphie parks made the finals

I would agree with you that the cove area has grown in the last few years, but only 6 or 7 years ago, i remember playing u18's and then backing up for the a grade with a heap of other u18's & u16's players when we were getting done by aldinga in div 2. When our club turned div 1, they pretty well started over again. New Board, New coach, and attracted some new players and past players. is it a matter of these clubs sorting out their s**t off the field to get on field results? i admit Hackham are struggling and had a warning a couple of years ago and will probably struggle to go on next year. Maybe the SFL give the other clubs a timeline to get their shit sorted out, cause aldinga is expanding at a fast rate

[footy nut]

Give Clubs Time !!!!!!!!! Facts are that Cove have all junior grades and are good off field and have become more than competative but everyone must agree that the lopsided competition can"t go on year after year.
If the SFL has a chance to replace 2 or 3 strong clubs with struggling ones they must look at it.
This league will find it harder and harder to attract good players while we keep going as it is...

[Numbers]

Tight Lines & Swooper are spot on here!

The C grade competetion currently only has 10 or so sides so having Hackham as a competitive unit in C grade is far better for the league and for the HFC, they would be able to benefit from successs and possibly field A & B grade sides in the future.

Morphy Parks are looking to move to Amatures anyway, that would help them as they could start in A6 and slowly work their way up as they improve. If we replace these sides with others (Blackwood, Mclaren, Edwardstown) then so be it, they will be competitive, if not so be it too!

Alidinga is a complete different situation, they are on the improve and population is getting bigger down that way, Wheels & Deals, it's not luck that Cove has got more players recently, it's about the way the club is presented. I drive past 5 clubs to be involved with the club I am. So you can't say Cove have been lucky. They've presented well and attracted players. This is what Aldinga will need to continue to do in order to slowly improve.

Stop making excuses and start doing the right things for your club and help the club your involved in be successful.

[comeon]

sportfan aldinga is a hard one they are a growing area but have no high school which is a problem as far as 16 & 14 go.They have to go to willunga high and seem to play footy there and stay and play senoir footy there.When aldinga get the high school thay have been talking about jouiors numbers could improve just my opinon

[Zelezny Chucks]

Personally I think your all dreaming - McLaren Vale are not going anywhere.
The topic of going back to 2 divisions for the SFL has been done to death with almost all involved defending the current concept. In previous posts (even started a thread for it) I put the notion of two divisions in the SFL and the benefits to which the diehards said it wont happen.

Its a habit of you popping up where you arent wanted isnt it if you do take the time to take your head out from your arse at least do it in your own Great Shit Football League forum your opinion has less credibility than Michael Jackson in a playground!

[bay boy]

what was the Lonsdale/Marion score on sat ?

[Junior]

what was the Lonsdale/Marion score on sat ?

Lonsdale by 5 points after being over 4 goals down when Marion kicked the first goal of the last quarter.

[The Mexican]

Who would've thought Morphies hold the highest ever SFL score for over 25 years and Christies hold it for 1 week... This season can't end soon enough for Smackem, will be interesting to see what the league will do, have only 1 choice as we all see it... There last 2 weeks would've ended up playing in the dark surely with the amount of time on, 40 minute quarters i would suggest. Will anyone kick 60 against them...??