HFL Division 1 (Central)

[Amateur Footy]

Can anyone fron Ironbank or Mt Lofty inform us of ins and outs, this could be a decider in the outcome of the game!

As nice as it would be to see ins and outs from all the sides on this forum, it aint gonna happen. If anyone from IB posted that for us I would personally hang em by their their nuts on the coat hanger in the Lofty change room saturdee

[luvinfooty]

20 degrees in the hills in August??? Who said anything about global warming! What ripping weather for footy. Would be suprised if any are rested prior to finals for Lofty. Will want a good win I'd say.

And JQ...Chuck Norris can speak braille.

Im with you Bernie, Ironbank won't be taken lightly (its not like we are playing Birdwood or Lobey), im sure the team will be at as full strength as possible. It would be sweet victory to knock a team out of the finals race, especially Ironbank given the rivalry between the two clubs.

[the wonder elephant]

just as sweet as it would be to knock u off luvinfooty to make sure of our spot with out relying on birdwood to hold mt.ronnie to a low score .

[Tex]

Meadows as close to full strength as we are going to get no excuses in either grade. Go you Doggies!!!

[Justquietly]

thanks 4 the reply silky and good to see you going well down at sturt . i ran in to gilesy last weekend and he was most complimentary about your good self .. but back on topic hahndorf have a lot of work to do to get back to where they were .for a club like that to not be able to have a full b grade is a DISGRACE on the club .i have been playing and watching hills football 4 along time and never thought i would see anything like this from hahny ! do the boys there really want to play 4 the coach ? heard big things were going to happen there this year and nothing has happened if anything your in a worse position than the same time last year !!!!!
jq rest who ever u want to the more the better will be quite happy to see flo on the sidelines and many more ..bring on sat looking forward to the challenge !

TWE - I thought playing Lofty at close to their strongest might be better for you guys? Either way, I think you guys suit the bigger ovals perhaps better than your own and i think it'll be a relatively close one regardless of who takes the park, as Lofty seem to cover player loss well this year.
B grade Courier Cup too...

[ORDoubleBlues]

So it's Country div finals this weekend, isn't it?
Haven't heard much about it at all!It appears that kangy are a fair stride in front, can Meadows or kersbrook take the flag?
I thought Echunga may have been a bit more of a force, but they seemed to have fallen short a little too often against the stronger teams.

Think that Kangy are a bit in front but on their day Kersbrook and Meadows will be capable of beating them and Echunga did beat Kangy during the minor round. Echunga looked like they were flag favourites about half way through the year but injuries and unavailability of players in the second half has derailed them somewhat but if their finals are played on bigger ovals, they'll still be half a chance.
On another topic, it looks almost certain that this was David Murphys first and only season as coach of Macclesfield and he'll most likely head back to Mt Barker next season. Has been a trying year for Murph, with the last minor round game against Meadows having only 7 A graders that suited up in the first game against Nairne. His efforts have certainly been appreciated and I know a few of the younger guys will have definitely learned from him so best wishes to him for his future football endeavours.

[The Gimp]

So it's Country div finals this weekend, isn't it?
Haven't heard much about it at all!It appears that kangy are a fair stride in front, can Meadows or kersbrook take the flag?
I thought Echunga may have been a bit more of a force, but they seemed to have fallen short a little too often against the stronger teams.

Think that Kangy are a bit in front but on their day Kersbrook and Meadows will be capable of beating them and Echunga did beat Kangy during the minor round. Echunga looked like they were flag favourites about half way through the year but injuries and unavailability of players in the second half has derailed them somewhat but if their finals are played on bigger ovals, they'll still be half a chance.
On another topic, it looks almost certain that this was David Murphys first and only season as coach of Macclesfield and he'll most likely head back to Mt Barker next season. Has been a trying year for Murph, with the last minor round game against Meadows having only 7 A graders that suited up in the first game against Nairne. His efforts have certainly been appreciated and I know a few of the younger guys will have definitely learned from him so best wishes to him for his future football endeavours.

Will Murph be heading back to Mt. Barker as coach????

[ORDoubleBlues]

Will Murph be heading back to Mt. Barker as coach????

I wouldn't have thought so. A playing/assistant role perhaps.

[BRaG]

So it's Country div finals this weekend, isn't it?
Haven't heard much about it at all!It appears that kangy are a fair stride in front, can Meadows or kersbrook take the flag?
I thought Echunga may have been a bit more of a force, but they seemed to have fallen short a little too often against the stronger teams.

Think that Kangy are a bit in front but on their day Kersbrook and Meadows will be capable of beating them and Echunga did beat Kangy during the minor round. Echunga looked like they were flag favourites about half way through the year but injuries and unavailability of players in the second half has derailed them somewhat but if their finals are played on bigger ovals, they'll still be half a chance.
On another topic, it looks almost certain that this was David Murphys first and only season as coach of Macclesfield and he'll most likely head back to Mt Barker next season. Has been a trying year for Murph, with the last minor round game against Meadows having only 7 A graders that suited up in the first game against Nairne. His efforts have certainly been appreciated and I know a few of the younger guys will have definitely learned from him so best wishes to him for his future football endeavours.

Is that due to some of them being dropped to b grade so they qualify?

In regards to Echunga beating kangy, I think that was the weekend when we had a ridiculous amount of rain so I dont think much can be read into it. The next time they played it was still wet although nowhere near as much and kangarilla won by close to 100 points.

[the wonder elephant]

jq reckon your on the money big ovals suit us much better this year i agree will be a top day at goat park .. b grade courier cup will be massive as well go u thunderers !!!

[rock]

Saw the A & B grade team sheet for Lofty - lying on a shop counter, mmm....

[ORDoubleBlues]

Is that due to some of them being dropped to b grade so they qualify?

In regards to Echunga beating kangy, I think that was the weekend when we had a ridiculous amount of rain so I dont think much can be read into it. The next time they played it was still wet although nowhere near as much and kangarilla won by close to 100 points.

In regards to the first question, no it wasn't, the other 14 of that first round A grade side have either gotten injured, got ridiculous tribunal suspensions or just decided to pull the pin mid year.
One of the biggest misnomers going around is that Maccy stack their B grade. I can assure you that there is only 4 players in that B grade side that would be walk up starts for the A grade and one of those, Brandon Burdett, shouldn't even be playing at all due to injurys suffered over the years. The main advantage that Maccy has over other B grade sides is that their average/worst B graders are a lot better than most other clubs average/worst B graders.

Think that Echunga can do some damage, they did beat Kersbrook twice as well.

[Tex]

So it's Country div finals this weekend, isn't it?
Haven't heard much about it at all!It appears that kangy are a fair stride in front, can Meadows or kersbrook take the flag?
I thought Echunga may have been a bit more of a force, but they seemed to have fallen short a little too often against the stronger teams.

Think that Kangy are a bit in front but on their day Kersbrook and Meadows will be capable of beating them and Echunga did beat Kangy during the minor round. Echunga looked like they were flag favourites about half way through the year but injuries and unavailability of players in the second half has derailed them somewhat but if their finals are played on bigger ovals, they'll still be half a chance.
On another topic, it looks almost certain that this was David Murphys first and only season as coach of Macclesfield and he'll most likely head back to Mt Barker next season. Has been a trying year for Murph, with the last minor round game against Meadows having only 7 A graders that suited up in the first game against Nairne. His efforts have certainly been appreciated and I know a few of the younger guys will have definitely learned from him so best wishes to him for his future football endeavours.

Is that due to some of them being dropped to b grade so they qualify?

In regards to Echunga beating kangy, I think that was the weekend when we had a ridiculous amount of rain so I dont think much can be read into it. The next time they played it was still wet although nowhere near as much and kangarilla won by close to 100 points.

Kangy are the team to beat they have beaten all the other top 4 teams in the second round comfortably. We have only lost to them in the second round but they did give us a fair touch up It was a real wake up call for Meadows that day.
As for Echunga, TV will beat them this Sunday there playing at Meadows(not the biggest oval going around) Also TV beaten them both times this year.

[Justquietly]

Saw the A & B grade team sheet for Lofty - lying on a shop counter, mmm....

To be honest, I don't reckon at this stage that there'll be too many surprises from either side.
And that "on a shop counter" team sheet is a standard decoy. It's the way footy's going.

[rock]

To be honest, I didn't really care to look at it that closely. Wasn't much of a decoy... had the B grade team sheet on top. Doeasn't really matter on the day much either, both teams will be going hard at it regardless.

[Silky skills]

TWE the Hahndorf coach is a good quality coach but a wise man once told me "you cant make chicken soup with chicken shit"
My old man played under him in the 80s and said he is a great coach and a good bloke, like i said they need to start spending money on players then upgrading lights like they are next year.

[robby]

Cant wait for the Mt Lofty vs Ironbank game this week. Last time was a good day of hard footy and it should be again this time round with A's, B's and 17s all having important matches.
I think with Bridgey being so sh*t many Devils players hav come to treat this as the real derby, grudge matchup of the season.

[Cougar]

ODB Maccys Twos have been strong cos none of their blokes help the ones out, when they sustain a few injuries. How many Maccy blokes doubled up in games during the second half of the season, but wouldn't play 'A' grade solely?? Shouldn't your Ones be the main priority?? I know Kersbrook have made the 'A' grade the No.1 Priority, picking the strongest 21 each week (Could Maccy say that??) which has stripped the 'B' grade a chance of playing finals. If Maccy had gone with this concept would Murph still be going??

Tex, reckon u could be matched up with your little mate from the First Round tomorrow. Should be a good one.

Brag, it's no secret Kersbrook's form of late hasn't been special. We do have however a good habit of preforming better during finals series.

[ORDoubleBlues]

ODB Maccys Twos have been strong cos none of their blokes help the ones out, when they sustain a few injuries. How many Maccy blokes doubled up in games during the second half of the season, but wouldn't play 'A' grade solely?? Shouldn't your Ones be the main priority?? I know Kersbrook have made the 'A' grade the No.1 Priority, picking the strongest 21 each week (Could Maccy say that??) which has stripped the 'B' grade a chance of playing finals. If Maccy had gone with this concept would Murph still be going??

Can't say that I disagree with what you say, I guess I was just responding to the people who think that there's quality footballers running around in the B's who won't play A grade when in reality they just aren't good enough. I do agree that there should be players putting there hand up to play A grade solely.
Know that I've been disappointed personally as I was dragged out of the closet this year with promises that things would be better, this that and the other, etc, etc, etc and I'm certainly no great footballer but in reality it's upsetting that guys won't train and I'm assuming that's because they know if they train, they'll be in line for A grade selection. In one players case, he didn't have a problem playing A grade at other clubs but historically, he's rarely put his hand up to do it for us.
I doubt it would have made any difference with Murph though because even if those players had put their hand up for A's it wouldn't have put any more wins on the board, the thrashings would have just been a bit less

[Rooster]

ODB Maccys Twos have been strong cos none of their blokes help the ones out, when they sustain a few injuries. How many Maccy blokes doubled up in games during the second half of the season, but wouldn't play 'A' grade solely?? Shouldn't your Ones be the main priority?? I know Kersbrook have made the 'A' grade the No.1 Priority, picking the strongest 21 each week (Could Maccy say that??) which has stripped the 'B' grade a chance of playing finals. If Maccy had gone with this concept would Murph still be going??

Tex, reckon u could be matched up with your little mate from the First Round tomorrow. Should be a good one.

Brag, it's no secret Kersbrook's form of late hasn't been special. We do have however a good habit of preforming better during finals series.

except for 03 and 05 when birdwood knocked you guys outta the finals! hey.. in a winless season i gotta find something to brag about!