hollywood7477 wrote:Dutchy wrote:godra wrote:If the talk is true, my thoughts on where clubs could fall in. This is based on seeing various SFL and SAAFL games this season.
Brighton - Div 2. Far too strong for Div 3. Premiership contender in the SFL who have beaten Flaggies this year and come close to Reynella (who did win the Country Club Championship earlier this year as another poster correctly pointed out) earlier this year, with another blockbuster rematch later this month. I could see Brighton vs SHOC/Gaza being very close games. That is on the proviso Brighton keeps their players if a change in league happens.
Morphie Parks - Personally I liken them to the strength of Edwardstown when they were in the SFL, hence would suggest Div 4. I would imagine they would win more than they lose in Div 4. But I could see others arguing for Div 5 which wouldn't be a wrong answer either. Morphie Parks have been pushed by lesser teams this year but seem to come up with a win at the end of the day.
Hackham/Marion - I feel these teams are at the same level and I would happily suggest Div 6 is appropriate for both of these teams. But if required, I don't think any team could argue acceptance into Div 7 to kick things off. Hackham face the problem of a more than long drive to many grounds which would seriously jeopardise numbers willing to play and travel that far.
I am not proclaiming to be a suburban football expert, this is just my opinion on the state of affairs based on what I have seen different sides offer at various levels of football this year. The SFL would miss Brighton if they do depart, one of the strongest clubs in the league. I can't see the SFL missing Morphie Parks, Hackham or Marion too much if they do leave however.
Pretty accurate I reckon, I know it was only a trial game but it was the last trial of the pre-season and both teams were full strength when Flaggies belted Plympton this year by 20 goals and Plympton are mid table in Div 3. Brighton should be straight to Div 2, especially as they get some Glenelg overflow.
Reynella played Broadies in a trial match. what was the result in that game????
I think we won not 100% sure I wasn't at the game this year but has always been a good hit out.
To put it in perspective twice I have had sides from outside the league join in the grade in which I was playing for Broadies at the time and it was not fun.
1988 we were promoted to A6 after winning the A7 Flag in 87.
In to A6 in 1988 from SAFA came Tea Tree Gully, Modbury. West Lakes started in A7 but were promoted to A6 after Port Adelaide United folded 3 games into the season. At the time all new clubs had to start in A6 and work their way up.
We lost to
Tea Tree Gully by 76 pts
West Lakes 1pt & 105 pts
Defeated Modbury by 5pts
Our D Grade knocked Modbury's B Grade out of in the 1st Semi Final and lost to West Lakes in the Prelim by 11pts
But back then we had a really strong dose of Ex A & B graders playing in our C & D Grade sides.
All three sides finished in the top 3 spots in both grades
TTG kicked over 30 goals a games on 5 occasions. with an average score of 158pts per game and only 41 against per game
West Lakes and Modbury were not far behind.
In 1995 we were promoted to A5 North after losing the A6 Grand Final the year before this time we were joined by Smithfield, Elizabeth & Eastern Park from the recently folded Northern Metropolitian League (CDFA)
Once again it was a scoring frenzy by the 3 A Grade sides over the rest of the competition with Smithfield averaging 159 pts per game and Elizabeth & Eastern Park scoring similar.
Smithfield scored 3 times over 30 goals a game and on another two occasions scored over 50 goals.
Just by saying these sides should start in the lowest division is not good for the other clubs around them and can be quite a negative impact on the rest of the competition. One needs to not only think what is good for their own club but what is best for the competition.
At the end of 1995 we finally saw the demise of SAFA after almost 20 years in existence. The following year we had P1, P2, P3 then A1, A2, & A3.
Imagine if Edwardstown had been put into A6 like every other club had been it would have been truly ugly. They went straight into P1 and played off in the GF that year and most of the other SAFA sides were graded according to their ability and best fit for the league.
1997 would see the league re-align itself a into D1 down as we know it today.
If anything we should learn from history and not make the mistakes of previous winter past!!!