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[LuvsFooty]

the conditions may have been terrible BJ but remember that the GF is at Compass so it may be a good time to adjust to poor conditions on poor ovals and hope that there is no more rain. After seeing Love play on the weekend he is a massive chance come wednesday night but I fear that the lack of knowledge from umpires may well cost him. Several times he was called Raymond and vice versa.

[BJ Ernest]

the conditions may have been terrible BJ but remember that the GF is at Compass so it may be a good time to adjust to poor conditions on poor ovals and hope that there is no more rain. After seeing Love play on the weekend he is a massive chance come wednesday night but I fear that the lack of knowledge from umpires may well cost him. Several times he was called Raymond and vice versa.

Totally agree LF. Jus saying the conditions were terrible, its no excuse, both sides are playing in it and we certainly had our chances to win. The conditions wont be that bad come end of September i wouldnt think but may still be ordinary.

Disappointing for Owen if that happens, surely they would have a look at the numbers of the players when doing the votes!

I see Willungas 17s made the finals by 5% in the end! Great result for the boys but hopefully can play a lot better than they did on Saturday. Strathalbyn were fantastic and had our boys covered all day!

[LuvsFooty]

the conditions may have been terrible BJ but remember that the GF is at Compass so it may be a good time to adjust to poor conditions on poor ovals and hope that there is no more rain. After seeing Love play on the weekend he is a massive chance come wednesday night but I fear that the lack of knowledge from umpires may well cost him. Several times he was called Raymond and vice versa.

Disappointing for Owen if that happens, surely they would have a look at the numbers of the players when doing the votes!

Ha Ha Ha Ha! BJ you are suggesting that umpires use logic. C'mon its hard enough for them to make basic decisions on the field and you expect them to analyse 42 players at the end of a game and come up with an accurate 3,2,1.

[BJ Ernest]

the conditions may have been terrible BJ but remember that the GF is at Compass so it may be a good time to adjust to poor conditions on poor ovals and hope that there is no more rain. After seeing Love play on the weekend he is a massive chance come wednesday night but I fear that the lack of knowledge from umpires may well cost him. Several times he was called Raymond and vice versa.

Disappointing for Owen if that happens, surely they would have a look at the numbers of the players when doing the votes!

Ha Ha Ha Ha! BJ you are suggesting that umpires use logic. C'mon its hard enough for them to make basic decisions on the field and you expect them to analyse 42 players at the end of a game and come up with an accurate 3,2,1.

Apologies

[Grape Ape]

[quote="BJ Ernest"]

Disappointing for Owen if that happens, surely they would have a look at the numbers of the players when doing the votes!

[quote]


You would think that would be the case but it's clear the umpires have been getting numbers 24 and 29 at Willunga mixed up regularly over the years.

[teamwork]

the conditions may have been terrible BJ but remember that the GF is at Compass so it may be a good time to adjust to poor conditions on poor ovals and hope that there is no more rain. After seeing Love play on the weekend he is a massive chance come wednesday night but I fear that the lack of knowledge from umpires may well cost him. Several times he was called Raymond and vice versa.

Totally agree LF. Jus saying the conditions were terrible, its no excuse, both sides are playing in it and we certainly had our chances to win. The conditions wont be that bad come end of September i wouldnt think but may still be ordinary.

Disappointing for Owen if that happens, surely they would have a look at the numbers of the players when doing the votes!

I see Willungas 17s made the finals by 5% in the end! Great result for the boys but hopefully can play a lot better than they did on Saturday. Strathalbyn were fantastic and had our boys covered all day!

BJ what happened in the B grade, did the A grade require a few players for the day? Its been a while since your B grade has been reduced to only 2 goals!
Your 17's should be able to lift their game BJ they are much better than that score for saturday indicates, to have the mercy rule applied in a contest of 2 VS 5 in a comp that has been so tight all season is very dissapointing and I would not think we will see a margin like that in any of the Snr colts finals.
Saints were very unlucky not to make finals this season to beat all sides but one at some point in the season then to fall 5% short is dissapointing to say the least but it just shows a few of the lads what commitment is required if they are to have success as we have had guys not play over the last 6 weeks for reasons that some would put up with and play knowing what was on the line and these are players who can turn a game.
Good luck to all sides that made the finals in 08!

[Grape Ape]

Disappointing for Owen if that happens, surely they would have a look at the numbers of the players when doing the votes!

You would think that would be the case but it's clear the umpires have been getting numbers 24 and 29 at Willunga mixed up regularly over the years.

[BJ Ernest]

the conditions may have been terrible BJ but remember that the GF is at Compass so it may be a good time to adjust to poor conditions on poor ovals and hope that there is no more rain. After seeing Love play on the weekend he is a massive chance come wednesday night but I fear that the lack of knowledge from umpires may well cost him. Several times he was called Raymond and vice versa.

Totally agree LF. Jus saying the conditions were terrible, its no excuse, both sides are playing in it and we certainly had our chances to win. The conditions wont be that bad come end of September i wouldnt think but may still be ordinary.

Disappointing for Owen if that happens, surely they would have a look at the numbers of the players when doing the votes!

I see Willungas 17s made the finals by 5% in the end! Great result for the boys but hopefully can play a lot better than they did on Saturday. Strathalbyn were fantastic and had our boys covered all day!

BJ what happened in the B grade, did the A grade require a few players for the day? Its been a while since your B grade has been reduced to only 2 goals!
Your 17's should be able to lift their game BJ they are much better than that score for saturday indicates, to have the mercy rule applied in a contest of 2 VS 5 in a comp that has been so tight all season is very dissapointing and I would not think we will see a margin like that in any of the Snr colts finals.
Saints were very unlucky not to make finals this season to beat all sides but one at some point in the season then to fall 5% short is dissapointing to say the least but it just shows a few of the lads what commitment is required if they are to have success as we have had guys not play over the last 6 weeks for reasons that some would put up with and play knowing what was on the line and these are players who can turn a game.
Good luck to all sides that made the finals in 08!

B grade were just totally outworked and outclassed on the day! Strath had winners all over the ground and have plenty of things to work on when they play in 2 weeks time. They were missing 8 players but thats no excuse, you play with what you have!

Fingers crossed for Sundays Elimination final TW. They should be able to play better but Strath were fantastic and in my eyes the premiership favourite going on Saturdays performance.

[LuvsFooty]

team work the Saints senior colts' 31-22 to 0-1 drubbing of Yank would have helped the percentage. you might have got your 5% that you required. disappointing!! then to top things off the team (Willunga) that gets in ahead of you gets the old mercy rule enforced on the weekend. Rules are rules but this ten goal maximum margin in senior colts is rubbish. Speaking of colts where is there a list of leading goal kickers?

[words of wisdom]

I see Willungas 17s made the finals by 5% in the end! Great result for the boys but hopefully can play a lot better than they did on Saturday. Strathalbyn were fantastic and had our boys covered all day![/quote]

BJ, The 17's will have to do it on talent alone as they would clearly be lacking direction from Dumb & Dumber!

[teamwork]

team work the Saints senior colts' 31-22 to 0-1 drubbing of Yank would have helped the percentage. you might have got your 5% that you required. disappointing!! then to top things off the team (Willunga) that gets in ahead of you gets the old mercy rule enforced on the weekend. Rules are rules but this ten goal maximum margin in senior colts is rubbish. Speaking of colts where is there a list of leading goal kickers?

I didnt want to bring up that old argument LF but now that you do the Saints snr colts had 4 wins by 30+ goals this season, I am not 100% sure of the exact margin the other sides defeated the two bottom sides by but I am confident as both coaches have told me that we did have the biggest margins against them. The rule should not be in place and the results could have been different but eveyone had the mercy rule inforced on them so we all get the same deal. We lost 4 games by less than a goal this year so if they went the other way we would have finished off top but in footy sometimes things dont always go your way. The positive to come from this season is we only have 6 players going up next season as opposed to other clubs in the finals loosing 10+ players. Out of our 6 only one has been a stand out performer this season all other stand outs have next year in under 17's unless they choose to play at south in the new under 18's as three have already been asked to play 19's this week and to get a taste for next season and two others have been asked if they will try out next season.

[jackpot jim]

have to agree with you herwiththebeer
Forfeits are just the pits for all concerned

On the plus side
No Injuries
Ovals don't get cut up
No gear to wash
Goal umpires, team managers etc get some time off

On the other side
1.No Mail medal votes....what if either a Yank or a Mclaren Player comes second in the reserves medal and could have won it with some votes from Sat. The same with club B&F awards ( I know it is a team sport, however individual awards are part of our great game)
2.Goal kicking same as above.
3.Supporters who pay their $5.00 to watch get ripped off...especially if they have come to watch their son, friend or favorite player play in the reserves.
4.An hour and a half with nothing to do.
5.As this was the last game for the year, there may have been players donning the boots for their last game ever and that is taken away
6. Drive all the way from Yank just to turn around and go back.
Can go on for ages

NOT GOOD

Agree, Forfeits are NOT ideal obviously BUT they only happen once in a Blue Moon so get over it. I'm sure the Yankalilla Footy club are embarrassed by it and will do everything to avoid it happening again. I see the SAINTS 'B' Grade played with only 16 the other week against the Creeks so Credit to them for Battling it out.
Not sure of the circumstances at Yank ? (Had 12 players ?) . Could 4 or 5 of their 'A' Graders have played 2 games to make up a team? I Remember years ago the Creeks at one stage had players who were playing 2 games to make the numbers up.

[A Mum]

Okay, well I hope I don't bore anyone too much with my post

But I just wanted to share something with you all.

This year at McLaren we decided to have a family fun day/break up day for our junior club. Everyone was invited from Auskick, Modies, Minis, Junior Colts, Senior Colts etc. We provided a free BBQ to all.. players, parents, grandparents etc, etc, etc.....We had fun, games, and prizes, longest kick, handball comps etc and even a Junior Colt iron man competition.... and finished off with our Junior Colt best and fairest count (Of which Braden Altus was the winner followed by Zach Cameron and Michael Balas - for those interested).

In my opinion it was a fantastic day and a really good expereince, one which is hopefully a step in the right direction to keeping boys in the game and their families to feel involved/interested and part of their club and stop them 'falling' away.

I'm interested to hear what other clubs do in this regard for their juniors etc

Also just like to say congratulations LF for getting those boys of yours into the 5

[jackpot jim]

LIMB.

Awaiting a Report of the Creeks Gentlemans day yesterday.

One could also question if a day on the Turps 6 days out from finals is an ideal preparation?

[LuvsFooty]

thanks A-Mum. Its good to get such a young side in the finals when it wasn't expected but now we are there hopefully we can last more than 1 week. we will be big under dogs but we will have a crack!!

[cuzzy]

LF noticed that you stood next to Adam Heuskes for part of the game on sat! good experience? his uses his body and size very very well. Why was John Jarrad (A Grade Player) and Jaden Dycer (A Grade Player) playing B grade?

Couldnt help but laugh at John Jarrad running around out there, took some good marks but still as un disiplined as ever and just looks clumsy most of the time. Also is it true that popey has resigned with the club for another 2 years?

Willunga's loss could either be a blessing in disguise or an upset to ruin the season they have player so well. Either the loss will have a positive as they know they cannot slacken off agaisnt sides like strath and give them the competitive spirit back or the confidence will be shot and a bit of worry will be about at the club. Personally i would be worried, going all season with out a loss and finishing off with a loss would be a bit of a concern coming to finals for me.

[MrTeach]

In regards to senior colts leading goalkickers i have not seen the list but i would think there would be a few chances.

Chris Konke from McLaren
Ben Simmounds from Strathalbyn
Jake McMillan from Mt Compass (go Jakey)
Russell Klienig from Saints
Tom Johnson from Langhorne creek
Jake Stanfield from Willunga

I think it will be out fof the lad from McLaren Chris Konke or Jake McMillan but if Simmounds had played the whole season he would have won easily.


Can anyone give me insight into these names and what you think?

[LuvsFooty]

LF noticed that you stood next to Adam Heuskes for part of the game on sat! good experience? his uses his body and size very very well. Why was John Jarrad (A Grade Player) and Jaden Dycer (A Grade Player) playing B grade?

Couldnt help but laugh at John Jarrad running around out there, took some good marks but still as un disiplined as ever and just looks clumsy most of the time. Also is it true that popey has resigned with the club for another 2 years?

Willunga's loss could either be a blessing in disguise or an upset to ruin the season they have player so well. Either the loss will have a positive as they know they cannot slacken off agaisnt sides like strath and give them the competitive spirit back or the confidence will be shot and a bit of worry will be about at the club. Personally i would be worried, going all season with out a loss and finishing off with a loss would be a bit of a concern coming to finals for me.

Yeah cuzzy I have stood him a few times now and we have had some good contests. Its no use going body on body because he wins every time. I thought I had his measure in the first half then he kicked 5 second half goals which was disappointing. Wasn't easy when it was coming in like a pin ball. He certainly shows how important football smarts can be. The best thing he did all day was to encourage 1 of our first gamers who made 2 bad mistakes early. Hueskes had a chat to him, told him to relax and then he settled. Thats great from an opposition player.

jadan has been out for a long time and just wanted a last round run, while ak is pretty much in the same boat. AK's effort has been the story of the year. Some really good efforts brought undone by some stupid shit! Good luck to him where ever he'll be next year

As for pope, yes he has signed for 2 years, we needed to do that for stability. To popey's credit though he has always stated that he will stand down should there be what he considers to be a better candidate.

[A Mum]

In regards to senior colts leading goalkickers i have not seen the list but i would think there would be a few chances.

Chris Konke from McLaren
Ben Simmounds from Strathalbyn
Jake McMillan from Mt Compass (go Jakey)
Russell Klienig from Saints
Tom Johnson from Langhorne creek
Jake Stanfield from Willunga

I think it will be out fof the lad from McLaren Chris Konke or Jake McMillan but if Simmounds had played the whole season he would have won easily.


Can anyone give me insight into these names and what you think?

I can tell you about Chris Kohnke from McLaren Mr T... Don't really know anything about the others

Chris Kohnke is a great player... I liken him to Brett Burton... very athletic... can jump, mark etc.... he also has the ability to duck and weave so to speak and knows exactly where the goals are (Well most of the time!!) a bit like Akamanis too.. he can turn and kick just knowing where the goals are without even looking !! ... he kicks stacks of goals each week so no surprise to see him on your list.

He provides an 'excitement' factor to the games he plays in.

Very nice boy too Made his A grade debut a couple of weeks back and then played against compass and 'carved it up' apparently... I didn't see the whole game but my son was telling me how well he did, and he got into the best players I think too.

[BJ Ernest]

Willunga's loss could either be a blessing in disguise or an upset to ruin the season they have player so well. Either the loss will have a positive as they know they cannot slacken off agaisnt sides like strath and give them the competitive spirit back or the confidence will be shot and a bit of worry will be about at the club. Personally i would be worried, going all season with out a loss and finishing off with a loss would be a bit of a concern coming to finals for me.

2 point loss Cuzzy lets not get carried away!

You not worried about your 15 goal loss to us 3 weeks ago are you? I wouldnt think so. It shows we are not as invincible as everyone keeps saying. We never believed that and are certainly beatable but are also very capable of beating anyone. I reckon its a good thing for us and the comp. Gets us back on our toes (although there was no complacency about the place) and gives every side in the 5 the knowledge that any side is beatable on their day!

Bring on the finals its the best time of year to be involved at a football club!