NORTH EASTERN F/L

[whufc]

NEFL win the trophy from the YPFL.

Adelaide Plains winless for the day.

[Hazbeen]

Here is the link to the results

https://www.playhq.com/afl/org/nutrien- ... 4/226056b5

[Arry Gablett]

Another round down no results really blow the mind in either grade. Maybe in the A grade min man wins over BBH and Saints win over RSMU was a tad closer than expected.

In the b grade the south win over north was a tad closer than expected.

We head into another bye not learning a whole lot since the last one. What we do is in the a grade North Clare looks the real deal and will play finals. RSMU and Min Man are improving each week but only one will be likely to play finals.

The b grade top four looks set with Blyth being the sleeping giant. If they keep the big 3 in particular on the park to go with some solid b graders and strategic stacking they will go deep in the finals.

Free kick count in the saints v RSMU game
9 to Saints
36 to RSMU

the club umpire always comes in handy for some clubs

[whufc]

Back for round 6 this week and in for a pretty decent round of footy.

Saints vs North Clare
A Grade should be an absolute cracker. Saints will start as favourites but North were very competitive against them last year going down by less than a kick in both games. Expect this to be no different. Saints by 2 goals.

B Grade should be a one-sided affair with the flag favorite Saints getting up by over 80 points.

South Clare vs Min Man
Must win for both teams, whoever loses is more than likely out the finals race at this early stage. I was impressed with what i saw from Min Man and would expect them to get up by 4 goals.

In the B Grade Min Man are improving but enough to beat one of the sides who will play finals. South Clare by 6 goals.

Blyth vs BBH
The bottom two sides play one another in what will be a strong physical encounter. Hard to pick a winner but this might be one of the rare games Blyth get to win so i expect them to lift at home and win by a goal.

The B Grade will be a one sided affair with Blyth getting the choccies easily, Blyth by 10 goals.

RSMU vs BSR

Riverton have performed well at home against BSR in recent times and dont think there is too much reason for that to change. Should be a close encounter but expect BSR to get up by 3 goals.

On paper BSR should win this one, maybe a bit of rain about and a bigger oval might see things differently.

[norfoftheborder]

North v Saints
A grade: game of the round for me, I think this one could go either way, saints go in as favourites after last season but I would expect a close game the way these teams match up. I will say could go either way but will close. I’ll go with my roosters by a goal.

B Grade:
Saints should win this one comfortably but the young roosters put up a good fight against south last week so could make it closer than expected saints by 4 goals

RSMU v BSR

A Grade:
Honestly think this will be a fizzer BSR by 8 goals. Riverton have never had an answer for the tigers over the last 6 years with better teams than they have this year.

B Grade:
BSR by 10 Goals, Riverton inexperienced and BsR too good.

Min Man v South

A grade
Min Man should get up in this one by 6-7 goals.

B grade
South will beat min man easily in this one 10 goal.

Bbh v Blyth

A grade
I think Blyth will get there first win in a close one with this game going down to the last kick.

B grade
Blyth too good in this game 8 goals their way.

[Arry Gablett]

Blake Launer at this stage early mail medal favourite

[whufc]

Blake Launer at this stage early mail medal favourite

Yeah bang on.

BSR has to many blokes stealing votes from one another, Luke Hayes, Matt Longbottom and Ash Bruce will all be on very similar votes.

North Clare are pretty even across the board.

The rest of the teams wont win enough games for one of their players to get more votes than Blake.

Also Hamish Latchfield moves to Sydney today so a massive out for Min Man.

[whufc]

Round 6 saw a couple of surprise results.

-In the A Grade Blyth beating BBH so easily despite being 3 goals down at 1/4 time. Albeit i did tip Blyth in the below posts
-Saints beating North Clare so easily, it seems the Roosters are just a tad of the top 2 at the moment but should get their crack come finals.
-In the B Grade RSMU pushed an undermanned BSR right until deep into the last quarter.

Round 7 sees a few decent games.

North Clare vs RSMU
A Grade- Both teams will be looking to bounce back from loses against the top 2 sides. North win this and they will establish themselves as the clear third best team in the comp. I expect them to win by a couple of goals.

B Grade- This will be a tight match as well, RSMU were real solid last week with a couple of older ex A Graders back. If they can get that side on the park this will be a real tight game. Still think North can get up by a couple of goals though.

BSR vs South Clare
A Grade- Hard to see anything but a BSR win in this one.

B Grade- Game of the round in the b grade. BSR were awful last week with a fair few injuries. This game will come down to whose available and i expect South might get up by 3-4 goals.

BBH vs Southern Saints

Both games should crack the 100pts here. Only thing saving BBH is that it will be cold and wet on their own deck.

Min Man vs Blyth
A Grade- Blyth will be on a high after their win last with one last chance to keep their season alive. Min Man have to get the win if they are serious about a top 4 spot and i expect they will do by 5-6 goals without Hamish Latchfield for the rest of the year.

B Grade- Min Man have improved but if Blyth have the Ottens, Clifford that should be enough to see them win by 4-6 goals.

[BPlumber]

Blake Launer at this stage early mail medal favourite

Will Pratt by a mile.
Plays south and BBH 3 times each which will help.

[whufc]

Blake Launer at this stage early mail medal favourite

Will Pratt by a mile.
Plays south and BBH 3 times each which will help.

Most likely going to need maximum points from most of those games you would think.

Surely won't get anything more than 1 vote in 3 of their losses so far (70 pts vs RSMU, 143pts vs SS, 130pts vs BSR). Shouldn't get a vote in the loss against BSR as McShane was Blyth's best imo by a fair way and BSR should get the best two.

Blyth lost in a tight one in round 1, now i know teams don't always name their proper best but wasn't named in Blyth's best 6 that day.

Reckon Will would be doing well to have 6 pts at this stage.

Southern Saints have Blake named as best on in all 5 wins so far and they are more than likely to win a minimum 7-8 games to finish the year.

Reckon the 'by a mile' is a massive stretch. Have seen crazier things though.

[whufc]

Rumours around one club has a huge zero point in.

[whufc]

Probably the first major surprise of the year, Blyth over Min Man in the A Grade by ten goals.

Well done Blyth.

The more competitive sides the better the comp becomes.

[Arry Gablett]

Rumours around one club has a huge zero point in.

who was the big in?

still a two horse race in the A grade, Saints I hope are devoting all their time into how to beat BSR

[norfoftheborder]

Rumours around one club has a huge zero point in.

who was the big in?

still a two horse race in the A grade, Saints I hope are devoting all their time into how to beat BSR

Alex Morgan back for BSR

[whufc]

Bloody good round coming up given results in recent weeks.

Saints vs BSR obviously the pick of the lot. Saints are due in both grades.

Min Man vs RSMU..... once again both grades will be tight contests. Winner in the A Grade goes into the top 4.

South Clare vs Blyth......crackers in both grades. All a sudden Blyth only a win out the top 4. Will be equal fifth if they win Saturday. Surely South go all in on this one to keep their season alive and actually pick their best 21.

North Clare vs BBH....A grade should be a forgone conclusion but the b grade will be a cracker.

One of the best round in both grades for a fair few years i think.

[whufc]

Interesting oddity from the weekend.......Matt Prior playing both b grade and a grade on the weekend.

Not sure about my thoughts on this....especially given he was always going to be playing A Grade.

This happens a lot in rugby union in the state because of a luck of numbers, obviously the player/team are taking a risk injury wise but also not ideal when you have genuine b graders who are probably more c/d graders going up against the bigger/stronger genuine a graders. At times in rugby you would have older blokes not play if they knew they were coming up against a few 120kg flying fijian wingers just helping out the b grade before playing A's.

[norfoftheborder]

Congrats to the Saints on two hard fought wins.

Take the mantle as premiership favourites in both grades.

In for a cracker second half to the year.

I still think BSR A grade are the favourites you don’t win that many flags and become underdogs after a one point loss on a shit day for footy away from home.
BSR still favourites in the As by a bit tbh.

Blyth Snowtown almost cracking into the top 4 after a couple of wins in the trot

[whufc]

Congrats to the Saints on two hard fought wins.

Take the mantle as premiership favourites in both grades.

In for a cracker second half to the year.

[whufc]

Congrats to the Saints on two hard fought wins.

Take the mantle as premiership favourites in both grades.

In for a cracker second half to the year.

I still think BSR A grade are the favourites you don’t win that many flags and become underdogs after a one point loss on a shit day for footy away from home.
BSR still favourites in the As by a bit tbh.

Blyth Snowtown almost cracking into the top 4 after a couple of wins in the trot

Hey let me deflect haha

We just had the wrong players out injured in the wrong conditions and against the wrong opponents. Full credit to the saints they adapted well and had the composure at the right time to get the job done.

[Arry Gablett]

Congrats to the Saints on two hard fought wins.

Take the mantle as premiership favourites in both grades.

In for a cracker second half to the year.

I still think BSR A grade are the favourites you don’t win that many flags and become underdogs after a one point loss on a shit day for footy away from home.
BSR still favourites in the As by a bit tbh.

Blyth Snowtown almost cracking into the top 4 after a couple of wins in the trot

Hey let me deflect haha

We just had the wrong players out injured in the wrong conditions and against the wrong opponents. Full credit to the saints they adapted well and had the composure at the right time to get the job done.

i was gonna say great deflection

but then you tried to sell a sob story of excuses

thinks getting shaky at spalding central?