Southern Football League

[croc11]

Don't you love it when one of the Top 4 sides actually get challenged - then they use the excuse of injuries and loads of people out.

What about actually praising the efforts of OSB/L for their effort? I am sure that they too had plenty out with injuries as well.

Good to see Reynella pushed all the way by Flaggies as well - from what we have heard the Winies won the game with 1 qtr of footy but were matched all the way and kicked a late goal to win by 5.

Perhaps the so called bottom rung are getting closer inch by inch and it always amazes me to hear that the Top sides have loads of injuries - SO DOES EVERYONE, and when you are struggling club you don't have the depth like the top sides do.

And let us all say - that the bottom clubs get a very ordinary run from the boys in white most weeks against the top sides and usually get a late free kick run when the game is all over. The amount of 50/50 decisions which invariably go one way is most disappointing.

Anyway that is just my point of view.

[The Lova]

Don't you love it when one of the Top 4 sides actually get challenged - then they use the excuse of injuries and loads of people out.

What about actually praising the efforts of OSB/L for their effort? I am sure that they too had plenty out with injuries as well.

Good to see Reynella pushed all the way by Flaggies as well - from what we have heard the Winies won the game with 1 qtr of footy but were matched all the way and kicked a late goal to win by 5.

Perhaps the so called bottom rung are getting closer inch by inch and it always amazes me to hear that the Top sides have loads of injuries - SO DOES EVERYONE, and when you are struggling club you don't have the depth like the top sides do.

And let us all say - that the bottom clubs get a very ordinary run from the boys in white most weeks against the top sides and usually get a late free kick run when the game is all over. The amount of 50/50 decisions which invariably go one way is most disappointing.

Anyway that is just my point of view.

I certainly agree with your fist few comments there croc. Injuries are no excuse for any team. thats what makes a team is being able to pull together when a few key players are out. Everyone has injuries during the year and they take there toll on all teams.

I think the bottom rungs are getting closer and definatley for a half OSB played better footy than the emus. full stop end of story. no excuses. They only lacked the fitness and belief in the last half and couldnt play 4 quaters. although the lower sides are getting better it usually only takes 1 quater of good footy from the top side and the game is over.But credit and praise must be given thats for sure instead of blaming injuries.

Not sure if I agree with you on the free kick call though. everyone feels they get a rough deal from the umpires. In my opinion I feel the umpires can get lop sided when the game is lopsided. ie evening it up a little. If a team is getting flogged they mite be given afew more 50/50 than the player thats had 30 possies or the team thats already winning by 25 goal. I know its not on purpose. but surely a bit of human nature kicks in for the men in white/yellow/orange..... thats just my opinion. its not a whinge cause I dont think the umpires have been too bad at all this year. just a thought..

[The Mexican]

Don't you love it when one of the Top 4 sides actually get challenged - then they use the excuse of injuries and loads of people out.

What about actually praising the efforts of OSB/L for their effort? I am sure that they too had plenty out with injuries as well.

Good to see Reynella pushed all the way by Flaggies as well - from what we have heard the Winies won the game with 1 qtr of footy but were matched all the way and kicked a late goal to win by 5.

Perhaps the so called bottom rung are getting closer inch by inch and it always amazes me to hear that the Top sides have loads of injuries - SO DOES EVERYONE, and when you are struggling club you don't have the depth like the top sides do.

And let us all say - that the bottom clubs get a very ordinary run from the boys in white most weeks against the top sides and usually get a late free kick run when the game is all over. The amount of 50/50 decisions which invariably go one way is most disappointing.

Anyway that is just my point of view.

If you go back to Swoopers posting i think you'll find that he wasn't referring to the amount of injuries that the Emu's are contending with at the moment as an excuse, he was simply making the point in reference to the alleged "bagging" the players coped as they came off the ground at half time as there sounds like they have blooded a few juniors and the like... Win, lose or draw not sure you hear too many excuses from Morphett Vale these days...

Sounds like Lonsdale were more than competitive for a half on the weekend in trying conditions and also the Falcons which can only be good for the comp... The latter seem to have really turned things around after a poor start to the year...

[Swooper16]

Don't you love it when one of the Top 4 sides actually get challenged - then they use the excuse of injuries and loads of people out.

What about actually praising the efforts of OSB/L for their effort? I am sure that they too had plenty out with injuries as well.

Good to see Reynella pushed all the way by Flaggies as well - from what we have heard the Winies won the game with 1 qtr of footy but were matched all the way and kicked a late goal to win by 5.

Perhaps the so called bottom rung are getting closer inch by inch and it always amazes me to hear that the Top sides have loads of injuries - SO DOES EVERYONE, and when you are struggling club you don't have the depth like the top sides do.

And let us all say - that the bottom clubs get a very ordinary run from the boys in white most weeks against the top sides and usually get a late free kick run when the game is all over. The amount of 50/50 decisions which invariably go one way is most disappointing.

Anyway that is just my point of view.

If you go back to Swoopers posting i think you'll find that he wasn't referring to the amount of injuries that the Emu's are contending with at the moment as an excuse, he was simply making the point in reference to the alleged "bagging" the players coped as they came off the ground at half time as there sounds like they have blooded a few juniors and the like... Win, lose or draw not sure you hear too many excuses from Morphett Vale these days...

Sounds like Lonsdale were more than competitive for a half on the weekend in trying conditions and also the Falcons which can only be good for the comp... The latter seem to have really turned things around after a poor start to the year...

Thanks gringo. Didnt mean for injuries etc to come across as an excuse. Both teams had 18 on the field and by the sounds of it on Saturday OSB/Lonsdale's 18 were better for the first half or so.

Its great to see some of the clubs that have been struggling in previous years getting their act together and putting up competitive performances on the weekend. If they can continue to do that on a weekly basis and especially on dry days then it will def benefit the league and all this talk of 2 Divs will soon subside.

[The Hound]

Just wonderring if The Dutchman got to the SFL or trudged his way to the RMFL??

Good to see that we are starting to get to the business end of the season when the real footy starts. Can anyone tell me who are the leading goal kickers this year, Pollard, McKeough, Ramsay must be up near the top.

[The Dutchman]

The Hound has a crack at The Dutchman in his first post...
Thanks for taking an interest buddy. If you are that way inclined i suggest you PM 'numbers'. You might have more luck there...

[The Lova]

The Hound has a crack at The Dutchman in his first post...
Thanks for taking an interest buddy. If you are that way inclined i suggest you PM 'numbers'. You might have more luck there...

Although having a crack in your first post is very ambitious. the question does need to be asked and still wasnt answered. Any Reason???

[The Dutchman]

Thought it was LOVA that said he didnt want to clog up the forum with info about ourselves?
Maybe you & the hound should start your own forum about blokes...call it your "home ground"...

[Injured Phantom]

Good to see Reynella pushed all the way by Flaggies as well - from what we have heard the Winies won the game with 1 qtr of footy but were matched all the way and kicked a late goal to win by 5.[/quote]

One must give credit where credit is due, Flaggies came out to play and their hand skills were fairly clean given the wet conditions.

As far as pushing the winies all the way. Stats & scoreboard do not reflect a game! Firstly playing at Flaggy Oval in constant rain is never a joy, despite being heaps better than several years ago. The conditions were not great for the highly skilled teams which always brings the gap closer together. But if you watched the game, Flaggies had a huge flood in play (it seemed like it started as a loose man in defence but if the ball went into reynellas attack everyone pushed up the ground, full forward at centre). This always reduces the gap as space is reduced, especially in the wet.

Reynella repelled most thrusts forward and still looked the classier team in the tight contests.

Yes Flaggies were good and Reynella not at their best, but did Falcons play to try win a game or keep the scoreboard down as much as possible?

You can not compare winning margins on dry days and wet days. When its crap weather for entertaining footy (it becomes a slog) and the opposition play to negate, you ar happy to walk away with the points and as few injuries as possible, provided your team learns something about wet weather footy and how to deal with those negative tactics.

[The Hound]

"The Hound has a crack at The Dutchman in his first post...
Thanks for taking an interest buddy. If you are that way inclined i suggest you PM 'numbers'. You might have more luck there..."

Bit touchy "Dutchman" just got a sense from your previous posts with "The Lova" that you don't get to see to many SFL games unless it is finals time. How surprising to hear that the emu spectators abused the emu players, at least it means that they are not abusing opposition spectators and looking to cause trouble.

[The Dutchman]

Fair enough Hound. I'm honoured that you would direct your first post at me...
I try to make it to any competitive Emu's game in SFL (Reynella, Cove etc), which obvisouly includes finals. Which club do you support?
Have you been on the receiving end of some taunts from Emu's supporters?

[The Mexican]

"The Hound has a crack at The Dutchman in his first post...
Thanks for taking an interest buddy. If you are that way inclined i suggest you PM 'numbers'. You might have more luck there..."

Bit touchy "Dutchman" just got a sense from your previous posts with "The Lova" that you don't get to see to many SFL games unless it is finals time. How surprising to hear that the emu spectators abused the emu players, at least it means that they are not abusing opposition spectators and looking to cause trouble.

You believe everything you hear do you... The way i've read todays forum has the opinions of 2 different sides to the story obviously you've chosen the negative side... Good on you... When was the last time Morphies spectators caused trouble HoundDOG..?? Sounds like the only trouble they have caused you is on the footy field perhaps, another frustrated past/present player that has been belted by the Emu's...

[reppoh_eht]

Good to see Reynella pushed all the way by Flaggies as well - from what we have heard the Winies won the game with 1 qtr of footy but were matched all the way and kicked a late goal to win by 5.

One must give credit where credit is due, Flaggies came out to play and their hand skills were fairly clean given the wet conditions.

As far as pushing the winies all the way. Stats & scoreboard do not reflect a game! Firstly playing at Flaggy Oval in constant rain is never a joy, despite being heaps better than several years ago. The conditions were not great for the highly skilled teams which always brings the gap closer together. But if you watched the game, Flaggies had a huge flood in play (it seemed like it started as a loose man in defence but if the ball went into reynellas attack everyone pushed up the ground, full forward at centre). This always reduces the gap as space is reduced, especially in the wet.

Reynella repelled most thrusts forward and still looked the classier team in the tight contests.

Yes Flaggies were good and Reynella not at their best, but did Falcons play to try win a game or keep the scoreboard down as much as possible?

You can not compare winning margins on dry days and wet days. When its crap weather for entertaining footy (it becomes a slog) and the opposition play to negate, you ar happy to walk away with the points and as few injuries as possible, provided your team learns something about wet weather footy and how to deal with those negative tactics.

Find it hard to agree with you there mate, Reynella played one loose in defence right from the get go aswell. And when you mention flaggy oval not being a joy to play in when it rains, with the amount of rain that we had i would like to see an oval which would've played better than flaggy oval did. I know Porties, Noarlunga, etc would be good aswell, but with that rain, surely you couldn't have called the conditions (of the oval) bad.

And as for 'Flaggy Flood' that is a joke, and what is even more of a joke, is that you think Flaggies tried to limit the scoring rather than winning.

Really poor post mate.

[Specky McGee]

Injured Phantom, Reynella are obviously the classier team and is why they are second on the ladder with only 1 loss for the year. But in my opinion, and its only an opinion, i thought the 5 goal margin was a bit flattering for Reynella. A few silly free kicks 20 metre out from goal and some jubious umpiring decisions (the apparent touched of the boot when the young lad from flaggy kicked a goal from the boundary, to which the guy on the mark said, 'i didnt touch it!') made the scoreboard look a bit better on Reynella's behalf.

Your right about the conditions, and they definitely played a part in the final margin being closer, but you play in the conditions that show up on a Saturday. As for the oval, give us a break, you would have been hard pressed to find a better surface at any other SFL ground on Saturday. The drainage system works wonders.

You talk about a flood, Farrier played loose in defence all day, even against the wind. When he went loose, we had a man loose in defence. Hardly negative tactics.

[Numbers]

Don't you love it when one of the Top 4 sides actually get challenged - then they use the excuse of injuries and loads of people out.

What about actually praising the efforts of OSB/L for their effort? I am sure that they too had plenty out with injuries as well.

Good to see Reynella pushed all the way by Flaggies as well - from what we have heard the Winies won the game with 1 qtr of footy but were matched all the way and kicked a late goal to win by 5.

Perhaps the so called bottom rung are getting closer inch by inch and it always amazes me to hear that the Top sides have loads of injuries - SO DOES EVERYONE, and when you are struggling club you don't have the depth like the top sides do.

And let us all say - that the bottom clubs get a very ordinary run from the boys in white most weeks against the top sides and usually get a late free kick run when the game is all over. The amount of 50/50 decisions which invariably go one way is most disappointing.

Anyway that is just my point of view.

I wouldn't say that Reynella or Morphies were REALLY challenged. It would be hard for the top 4 sides to stay at their best week after week when there are probably only 4 or so minor round games that they need to play well in to win. Basically for these top 4 sides the season is 18 preseason games and a finals series. When they get to have a real crack without having a gap each week.

To use the bad umpiring as a reason for not winning games is and excuse!

[fly]

Reynella were not anywhere near the best they have been on Saturday but that was due to the never say die hard pressure applied to them by a young Falcons side who if they can stay together for a while will in my opinion become a good side and sit more toward the pointy end of the ladder in the near future.The oval was fine the conditions were difficult for both sides but the Wineflies did overuse the ball which cost them a considerable amount of turnovers.Considering the conditions it was a contest all day.

What is the opinion of posters on this district carnival? SFL must have a bye for this as sides can be severly dissadvantaged with good players required to play 6 games in two days at Port Pirie that no one probably playing in it really cares about I think it is pointless.

[The Mexican]

Reynella were not anywhere near the best they have been on Saturday but that was due to the never say die hard pressure applied to them by a young Falcons side who if they can stay together for a while will in my opinion become a good side and sit more toward the pointy end of the ladder in the near future.The oval was fine the conditions were difficult for both sides but the Wineflies did overuse the ball which cost them a considerable amount of turnovers.Considering the conditions it was a contest all day.

What is the opinion of posters on this district carnival? SFL must have a bye for this as sides can be severly dissadvantaged with good players required to play 6 games in two days at Port Pirie that no one probably playing in it really cares about I think it is pointless.

Great point Fly, to take anywhere up to 3-4 of the top 3-4 sides best players while there are premiership points up for grabs is not correct, will be interesting to see how many from our league actually play, only weekend they can play it is June long weekend which causes a problem with no association game to select from. After this years association competition maybe it is an option if they can overcome the selection criteria. The other issue is potential to injury, we all know these can arise at any time but with only 7 weeks till finals, this cuts things a bit fine...

[Injured Phantom]

Looks like I hit a nerve with specky & reppoh

You guys are really proud of your surface and you should be, it is a vast improvement from years gone by, i think i said that. Yes most other ovals are in shocking shape, and some are worse than yours, never said Flaggy Oval was the worst. I said it isnt a joy to play on in bad weather, actually dont know too many country ovals that are a joy. (Having said that I hear Noarlunga Oval needed to be renamed Noarlunga outdoor swimming pool, well done to the guy who broke out into some breastroke)

The negative tactics wasnt in regard to the loose man in defence, but for major parts of the game when the ball went into Reynellas forward line, the Flaggstaff players pushed heavily into defence which bottled the play and made scoring hard and suffocated leading space. This reduces scoring and makes the contest 'closer' than an open game. That was in response to the croc saying flaggys pushed reynella all the way.

As someone injured watching from the sidelines, I was a touch concerned whenever 'the flood' was in full effect. When the closest player to Flaggies goals is either David Smith or the other extremely quick player, it only takes one or two decent contested wins and a long kick into space and Reynella were in trouble. This nearly worked a few times. Hey when you got guys that that sort of pace, why not kick over their head and let them run on to it. Reynella were too good in this area hence why the ball didnt get too far forward.

Hey I said i thought Flaggys played well and I thought they were cleaner in some areas, but seriously push reynella all the way?

In response to 'fly', gday brother; i see great southern have the week off but southern league play. In previous years I know its a disruption to take out quality players out of the line up for the representative match. Would not be an issue if was playing Hackham but in a clash like Reynella vs Brighton, for both teams is a must win game and am sure both would want to be at full strength. A week off or can the representative match. Should make it mini carnivals over the long weekend

[The Girth]

all ovals struggle in the wet a bit but its how they recover the following week that counts. The shoey oval was wet but will no doubt be cherry rip tonight for training. Wet weather footy is never pretty but what can we do build a roof over the ovals. If you think some of our ovals are crap you should head upto bridgewater or mt barker they are a disgrace.

[Injured Phantom]

all ovals struggle in the wet a bit but its how they recover the following week that counts. The shoey oval was wet but will no doubt be cherry rip tonight for training. Wet weather footy is never pretty but what can we do build a roof over the ovals. If you think some of our ovals are crap you should head upto bridgewater or mt barker they are a disgrace.

Yeah the hills ovals in the wet are 'far from a joy to play on' but the ovals take ages to recover from a beating ... you are completely correct. I personally hate the style of play that some of the ovals up in the Hills force, the bang & crash, bottled up, unpretty football. Thats why I like SFL, the ovals are in better 'condition' & footballing skills can get displayed more often because the game is more open & attacking ...