by hereforthebeer » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:40 pm
jackpot jim wrote:Mr Magoo wrote: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.
Apparently some a grade players said they would play but there b grade coach did not want too,
i am over it, if it was mid season it probably wouldn't have bothered me at all its just frustrating when you have a plan in place to play an oval a certain way to prepare for willunga oval the next week, and the week before the finals you are robbed of this, like i said in a previous post pongys played with only 16 or 17 plus a couple of a graders a few weeks back, surely they could have done the same
who ever thought of the saying winning isn't everything, probably lost!!