Adelaide Plains Football League

[carey]

i'v heard wanganeen is playing for about 5 or 6 clubs this year i'll believe it when i see it i dont think he'll play anywhere at all .

[leftriteout]

I was under the impression by one of this seasons recurits that the owner of the dublin pub is the money backer of the footy club.
this particular recruit was taking himself a sign on of between $3k-$5k with a $350-$400 a game match fee - he also mentioned that the club wasn't looking to take things to seriously this year and that they were very much just rebuilding..... Thats a lot of coin to rebuild with!!

Is there a salary cap in the APFL?

I dont think the Dublin Pub is the Money Backer, They are a sponsor. As do most clubs they would work extremely hard at rasing money, the did rais $15k just from a player auction at the start of the year, and that i serouis money for any club.

Yes there is a salary cap $25K I think including coach Fee.

Pretty sure that number is alot closer to $35k
(think it is same to ALL country league clubs - idea is to stop them from stealing players from SANFL clubs)

[faxuwill]

yes we at Virginia have problems retaining players! we should have retain Corey hodgson as assistant coach to Shane stokes, you have inside knowledge respect and a true great of the game then if after a season or two the need arises he could have sloted in perfectly? Corey, g rigney, Shane stokes and the players that he brought then the prospects for the club becoming competitive season to season would be greatly enhanced.yes the current ruling on the import rule and salary cap the united f c is blatantly fluating should be abolished due to the fact the APFL has no way of policing them lawfully and united know this fact. at h bridge the sad case there was more ram supporters there than their own on sat.

[leftriteout]

yes we at Virginia have problems retaining players! we should have retain Corey hodgson as assistant coach to Shane stokes, you have inside knowledge respect and a true great of the game then if after a season or two the need arises he could have sloted in perfectly? Corey, g rigney, Shane stokes and the players that he brought then the prospects for the club becoming competitive season to season would be greatly enhanced.yes the current ruling on the import rule and salary cap the united f c is blatantly fluating should be abolished due to the fact the APFL has no way of policing them lawfully and united know this fact. at h bridge the sad case there was more ram supporters there than their own on sat.

corey was great player (stating obvious), what is he doing now??

what players do you believe they are flaunting with??

[Start]

Just a couple of points -

Balaklava is a very financial club and run very well, I understand from very close sources that they have always encouraged the senior colts to come through to A grade. Their efforts in attracting quality players to the club has never been a problem as they rarely recruit duds, they just dont get players willy nilly.

One of United strengths if you look over their past import players is most them stay longer than the 3 years as the rules state, therefore they become local players. So there retention rate of imports would probadly be the best in the league.

Faxuwill, Hodgson is a huge lost to the club, here hopes you can get him back sometime in the future in some role.

Carey. Wanganeen has signed with longies and will 95% sure play this against Eagles.

[faxuwill]

Lets just go with the facts here.

These are the number of imports each club can have this year (2007)
- based on population and results over last 5? years
HWE - 4
Balaklava - 3
Two Wells - 5
United - 6
Mallala - 6
Virginia - 6
Hamley Bridge - 7

on the 7th July this is how many imports played
HWE - 1
Balaklava - 2
Two Wells - 2
United - 5
Mallala - 6 (last game june 30)
Virginia - 5
Hamley Bridge - 4

obviously the import rule only applies to A-Grade.
- why should it matter to the B-grade???
(it wouldnt/couldnt have stopped the years where teams like two wells / virginia dropped A-grade players back to B-grade to qualify - surely this is more of a crime???)

ok who was drop of any note 2 Bs at virginia last season ?fact is the apfl issued us a list incuding locals some over 35 years of age and had played more B grade game than A's his name on the not to play list
as for the rest of the A grade players not one even contenplated the idea so get it right go after the club who forsake their juniors for any reason. you stated import rule is based on population so do the APFL take into account that virgnia population consist's of around 48% asian and at this stage not one play's australian rules football?

[carey]

Carey. Wanganeen has signed with longies and will 95% sure play this against Eagles.

the rest of the comp. might not think so but i think thats great news for the APFL and for all the kids tied up in the comp. i hope he goes well .

[faxuwill]

yes we at Virginia have problems retaining players! we should have retain Corey hodgson as assistant coach to Shane stokes, you have inside knowledge respect and a true great of the game then if after a season or two the need arises he could have sloted in perfectly? Corey, g rigney, Shane stokes and the players that he brought then the prospects for the club becoming competitive season to season would be greatly enhanced.yes the current ruling on the import rule and salary cap the united f c is blatantly fluating should be abolished due to the fact the APFL has no way of policing them lawfully and united know this fact. at h bridge the sad case there was more ram supporters there than their own on sat.

corey was great player (stating obvious), what is he doing now??

what players do you believe they are flaunting with??

i think united are not to blame it is the APFL who have hugh problems with rules in general ,rules are for all

[Start]

Iam with Faxuwill here, I dont agree with the import rule or how it is currently structured and policed.

[Dogwatcher]

Fax - if you have such a problem with the association, get on board at season's end and do something about it. Or ensure that your club has a board representative strong enough to do something about your club's obvious concerns.
No point bleating on here over and over about it if you ain't gonna be part of fixing the problem.

[faxuwill]

explain what a forum is for? rolex

[faxuwill]

the wife wanted a watchdog so we got ourselves a miniature tenterfield terrier and called him Rolex. his bark is worse than the bite!

[upyamuva]

Fax - if you have such a problem with the association, get on board at season's end and do something about it. Or ensure that your club has a board representative strong enough to do something about your club's obvious concerns.
No point bleating on here over and over about it if you ain't gonna be part of fixing the problem.

With faxu on this one, I know someone who tried changing the views of the king dumbledorfs in Fairytopia, I know exactly where that someone is today If something cant be discussed on a forum, even with an intent to make people realise that its not always a world of kiss and cuddles out there, why have a forum Everybody seems to love it when others throw babbling bull heard in the pub but get a wee bit sooky lala when it comes to the fax, why not discuss the real problems in the association instead of filling threads with poor poopsy done his hamstring and cant play for 3 weeks

As some clubs don't have a problem with the way things go, others strugle, but its not only the association needing to wake up and smell nana's cheese but its also the mongs who make the desition on behalf of a club that needs to get its head out of its ass. for an eg without naming names how the phuk is a club meant to make money when a senior coach and current president encourages players to spend money at the local family investment as aposed to putting it into the club............I ask you then how the phuk after this shananagins, can the said seniorority have any foot in the door to change the view of king dumbledorf........I ask you I think we are between a ROCK and a hard place, WILSONbody PHIL me in:lol:

[Swamp Donkey]

The only problem with that is you've got to have people to be able to afford to spend $15k at an auction, let's face facts this is country footy and there is an expected amount of imports, but then you have some clubs who have more than others to spend.

I understand that Longies already have to deal with import rotations to fit them all in, John Warrior has been playing in the two's, you would have to think that he would be better than that!!

Longies have to understand that if they are going to do this sort of thing (spending big bucks and recruiting big names), they wil have to take it on the chin if success doesn't come or things don't go well long term, cause thats what they're headed for.

I agree Rooster, you think they would have learnt from the mid to late 90's when all they we doing is loosing grand finals and paying the big bucks!!!!! Wheres the development coming from?? Is that important to these clubs. They currently have some great young talent in thier senior colts its a shame to see them not getting more chances in the A's for the sake of their improvement. With such a strong A' grade side, i would be filtering these young blokes through slowly just to give them a taste of it, otherwise at the end of this year, there will be 12-14 18yr old kids too old for colts and wondering whether they should hang around and maybe play the odd A grade game next season or go elsewhere. "Its not all about the glory every year boys, development is important too"

bit like mallala with all their imports!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(too bad when JH goes to clare next year.... )

Do your research!! Why is it too bad when JH goed to Clare next year? He prob should and i prob would too if i was working up there and just brought a house there. Greg Chapman will be a handy replacement, mind you!!
If you think Mallala is stacking thier side with imports and making local players sit out you prob should get out and watch them. Paul Blackett and Alphy May are the oldest blokes playing, then it falls back to Josh and Whitty whom are 24-25. Unfortunately there wasa big gap there in the youth but in the next 2-3 years their strong development of kids should become obvious. However the imports are young blokes that Mallala are also putting the time into to try and develop because these boys have left their home club on the west coast to come and work or study in Adelaide and need a home club to base themselves and help improve thier footy. leftrightout sitting on the fence. Id say your club was decimated with injuies whn you played the pies, like everyone else? That attitute sounds familiar! Sore L

[Swamp Donkey]

yes we at Virginia have problems retaining players! we should have retain Corey hodgson as assistant coach to Shane stokes, you have inside knowledge respect and a true great of the game then if after a season or two the need arises he could have sloted in perfectly? Corey, g rigney, Shane stokes and the players that he brought then the prospects for the club becoming competitive season to season would be greatly enhanced.yes the current ruling on the import rule and salary cap the united f c is blatantly fluating should be abolished due to the fact the APFL has no way of policing them lawfully and united know this fact. at h bridge the sad case there was more ram supporters there than their own on sat.

Hamley dug thier own grave when they themselves went out and spent up big on Hermann and likes to win a flag, now they are left with nothing!!!!! Poorly managed is or was the issue here and now the current players are left to battle on. Its that clear.

[Dogwatcher]

I never said the forum's not for discussing these things. I just commented on Fax's obssession with the APFL and its decision making processes. Commenting about it on here is fine - letting the world know - but you've got to start from the inside.

[faxuwill]

core (center,middle) up (top) don'st it stand out like a rock on wilson's promentry.

[leftriteout]

Do your research!! Why is it too bad when JH goed to Clare next year? He prob should and i prob would too if i was working up there and just brought a house there. Greg Chapman will be a handy replacement, mind you!!
If you think Mallala is stacking thier side with imports and making local players sit out you prob should get out and watch them. Paul Blackett and Alphy May are the oldest blokes playing, then it falls back to Josh and Whitty whom are 24-25. Unfortunately there wasa big gap there in the youth but in the next 2-3 years their strong development of kids should become obvious. However the imports are young blokes that Mallala are also putting the time into to try and develop because these boys have left their home club on the west coast to come and work or study in Adelaide and need a home club to base themselves and help improve thier footy. leftrightout sitting on the fence. Id say your club was decimated with injuies whn you played the pies, like everyone else? That attitute sounds familiar! Sore L

do my research?? i did!!
- last game Mallala played they had 6 imports (more than anyone else)
all i have done is stated facts.
(i have nothing wrong with imports - good on the clubs that recruit these guys)

full credit to Mallala for going so well this year. They have been the best team so far.
Yes,it seems they have had a good run with injuries.
BUT as well all know, your only as good as the team you put on the park.

[faxuwill]

back to the APFL, 10 week suspension i appealed the serveritiy of the scentance (charged 4 refusing to wave goal flag's) NOT REPORTED BY CENTRAL UMP MIND U ! after 11 weeks the appeal was heard by sanfl rep and i was given addional year for appealing . now if that is the way the APFL run things! you ask if i have a problem with them, yes i have problems with people whom are too gutless to tell the truth and throw in the hierarchy at virginia they knew all the allergation were a pack of lies but not one showed at the hearing or appeal! now they find it very hard to find goal, boundry, ump's on saturdays. ya wanna hear about their racial villification rule????? THEY DONT HAVE ONE!!!

[Swamp Donkey]

yeah i prob flew off the handle a bit there hey!! Your opinion is valued and respected!!!