Adelaide Footy League Division 5 - 2018

[The Bedge]

When are we going to see a draft draw?

Clubs have already received the draft draw.

Rd 1 - 7-April:
Ingle Farm v Kenilworth
Hectorville v Pulteney
CBC v Smithfield
Woodville South v Lockleys
Blackfriars v Hope Valley

[number2]

So we are in for a interesting division 5 for 2018.

My gut feel is it'll be quite unbalanced comp - the top 3 sides will be a fair way clear of the middle group who will be a country mile ahead of the bottom 3.

Forgive me if you have done this but what order do you have the clubs in?

I have:

Lockleys
CBCOC
Black Friars
Pultney
Hope Valley
Woodville south
Kenilworth
Hectorville
Ingle Farm
Smithfield

[The Bedge]

CBCOC
Lockleys
Pulteney

Blackfriars
Woodville South
Hope Valley
Smithfield

Kenilworth
Ingle Farm
Hectorville

I suspect 5 wins will be enough to avoid relegation, top 5 will be a fair bit harder but would think the top 4 are pretty well locks and everyone else will be fighting for 5th.

Having said that, a long can change over a season, injuries etc kick in, you just never know what can happen..

[Lightning McQueen]

Smithfield will make the 5.

[The Bedge]

Smithfield will make the 5.

Hope not.. I got a $50 bet with a mate that they wont

[Brodlach]

Have Heccies lost many? Down from Divi 4 and you have them bottom. They were competitive last season

[Lightning McQueen]

Smithfield will make the 5.

Hope not.. I got a $50 bet with a mate that they wont

You don't have any mates.

[The Bedge]

Have Heccies lost many? Down from Divi 4 and you have them bottom. They were competitive last season

Don't think so - only really Ingall, Sauerwald and Wootton - more gut feeling lol. They haven't appeared (yet) to top up players, and given they were looking for a B grade coach only a couple weeks ago would be a little unsettling.

Don't really know much about their B grade either, don't know what the depth is like there?

Guess I think may not be a matter of them losing players being the difference, but most of the other sides being quite aggressive in their recruiting or already boasting very strong squads through grades.

[The Bedge]

Smithfield will make the 5.

Hope not.. I got a $50 bet with a mate that they wont

You don't have any mates.

I wont if I lose the bet - he can just phark right off!

[Half Back Flanker]

Have Heccies lost many? Down from Divi 4 and you have them bottom. They were competitive last season

Don't think so - only really Ingall, Sauerwald and Wootton - more gut feeling lol. They haven't appeared (yet) to top up players, and given they were looking for a B grade coach only a couple weeks ago would be a little unsettling.

Don't really know much about their B grade either, don't know what the depth is like there?

Guess I think may not be a matter of them losing players being the difference, but most of the other sides being quite aggressive in their recruiting or already boasting very strong squads through grades.

Have it on pretty good authority Jake Mazone won't be at Heccies next year

[The Bedge]

Have it on pretty good authority Jake Mazone won't be at Heccies next year

I did think he was gone, checked the clearances and he wasn't on there so thought maybe it was someone else I had heard was leaving.

Fair blow if true.

[zedman]

Have Heccies lost many? Down from Divi 4 and you have them bottom. They were competitive last season

Don't think so - only really Ingall, Sauerwald and Wootton - more gut feeling lol. They haven't appeared (yet) to top up players, and given they were looking for a B grade coach only a couple weeks ago would be a little unsettling.

Don't really know much about their B grade either, don't know what the depth is like there?

Guess I think may not be a matter of them losing players being the difference, but most of the other sides being quite aggressive in their recruiting or already boasting very strong squads through grades.

Have it on pretty good authority Jake Mazone won't be at Heccies next year

heard the same..having a year off..

[The Dark Knight]

Have Heccies lost many? Down from Divi 4 and you have them bottom. They were competitive last season

Don't think so - only really Ingall, Sauerwald and Wootton - more gut feeling lol. They haven't appeared (yet) to top up players, and given they were looking for a B grade coach only a couple weeks ago would be a little unsettling.

Don't really know much about their B grade either, don't know what the depth is like there?

Guess I think may not be a matter of them losing players being the difference, but most of the other sides being quite aggressive in their recruiting or already boasting very strong squads through grades.

Their depth wasn't that strong last season in D4R. Finished sixth and were very much middle of the pack, belted by the teams above them but able to beat the bottom teams.

[The Dark Knight]

CBCOC flag favourites for sure. I am gob smacked that they didn't go up last year. We're seriously impressive against us and heard first hand the same against others. Terribly under achieving result not to make the GF.

They were in div 3 about 4 year ago i reckon,going by the clearances they have been very busy,Woodville south also with some big signings and ive heard sumner is staying even no a clearance has been lodged.
Then you have Pulteney who have gone on a recruiting rampage with some big signings,lockleys have strengthen up what was already a candidate.
Us guys, have got a couple coming back home also still a clearance or two to be lodged still.
So we are in for a interesting division 5 for 2018.

I was looking at the SAAFL history page earlier, for those playing at home, CBC were in Div 3 back in 2012.

[beef]

That was about the time Alex Carey played for them

[jo172]

That was about the time Alex Carey played for them

He was by far the best player in the competition that year too.

From memory CBC spent the next few years in a weird phase of winning Reserves/C Grade Flags but A Grade wooden spoons.

[Footy Chick]

That was about the time Alex Carey played for them

Ohhhhh, he's THAT guy....

[Dolphin Treasure]

That was about the time Alex Carey played for them

He was by far the best player in the competition that year too.

From memory CBC spent the next few years in a weird phase of winning Reserves/C Grade Flags but A Grade wooden spoons.

Got relegated in back to back seasons from div 3 & 4, no wooden spoons. Then have played finals pretty much every year since. In those 2 years we relegated we won a c grade flag. The A grade played finals the year the b grade won it & same when the C’s won it again recently.

We had an ageing list & had a large number of blokes retire & a couple head to SANFL clubs. Only just got relegated both years as well.

[Yank Man]

Have Heccies lost many? Down from Divi 4 and you have them bottom. They were competitive last season

Don't think so - only really Ingall, Sauerwald and Wootton - more gut feeling lol. They haven't appeared (yet) to top up players, and given they were looking for a B grade coach only a couple weeks ago would be a little unsettling.

Don't really know much about their B grade either, don't know what the depth is like there?

Guess I think may not be a matter of them losing players being the difference, but most of the other sides being quite aggressive in their recruiting or already boasting very strong squads through grades.

Their depth wasn't that strong last season in D4R. Finished sixth and were very much middle of the pack, belted by the teams above them but able to beat the bottom teams.

They’ve got some really good kids from their U18’s that played A’s and B’s last year and if they have kept them on board then they will be fine. Reckon they played about a dozen of them.

[JesseWhite]

Any reason why Lockleys are favourites in the Poll? Have they picked up some good players?