has been wrote:Legs man absolutely love your passion for your club but even your president the honorable Mr Pocock has agreed with the HFL president that at the start of the year EVERY club supported the by laws that have put Echunga in this situation. The season is the 18 Home and away games and the fact it does not state that means nothing in your grasping at straws scenario re finals being included to accumulate points. The reason the HFL adopts this rule is to try to stop exactly what has happened this year. It is as proven easy to buy a flag as you guys did. There will be only one team that goes down if that happens and that is Echunga. Most clubs will vote as per the by law. I know for a fact Nairne are not ready next year to come up so that will be 2016 and by then 1 or 2 mergers will have happened. That is why it makes sense next year for the 11 team central playing 20 minor round games with no spare weekends and then everybody plays everyone twice and the season is the same length and everyone gets 2 weeks off. - really simple and I think you will find that is what happens. Good for all.
We were smart enough to follow Uraidla's model - and if you call that buying a flag then so be it.
As i have previously stated - we had 3 inclusions to last years Country premiership side and 2 juniors (17 & 16)
All Central div clubs pay some players - some more than others - and no one really knows exactly who and how much.
Echunga have been very strategic with this and invested in the right players to suit our side which has paid off in spades.
Thankfully the club presented a great option to play with and reinforced what we are about - winning at the highest level while building a great club for all.
Remember there was no Luke Wilson, Henke or McClure in the winning side - who would all play in any other Central sides starting 18.