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[Plumbers Mate]

surley if the forward manned up on the lose man there for creating a 2 on 1 situation one of the defenders would be smart enough to run off the forward still creating a lose man.

The whole objective was to create a contest in the 'hot spot' so what is your point. Don't they teach you problem solving in uni?

[dickiebird]

did anyone see Beebs in that ad on tv?

[dickiebird]

on 5cc news they reckon Imperials are the netball premiers for 2006 and bostons won the A1reserves

WHAT A JOKE

[another grub]

They do it different in netball DB......if you are undefeated all year and win the second-semi.... you go straight out....its only fair.... comiserations to Wanilla.
Got an in depth preview for the GF GF mighty bomber?

[westcoastpanther]

Reckon I'll head up on Saturday and see if Tumby can pull off an upset in their 100th year, I have a gut feeling they can. The game I saw Tumby should have won but Ruley was out and he is a massive difference. Was the 2nd semi an abberation? Preview would be good MB, where's it going to be won (don't say Cummins )

[our_longreach]

roderick out this week depending on court case this morning
could be out for a while

[mighty bomber]

Reckon I'll head up on Saturday and see if Tumby can pull off an upset in their 100th year, I have a gut feeling they can. The game I saw Tumby should have won but Ruley was out and he is a massive difference. Was the 2nd semi an abberation? Preview would be good MB, where's it going to be won (don't say Cummins )

WCP - Time will only tell if we are good enough to turn things around and knock Ramblers off. One would hope that we could not possibly produce another performance like the 1 at Lock a fortnight ago?? For some unknown reason Tumby have never played well at Lock, even in years of dominance over the Roos our performances have been poor there ... just 1 of those things in footy I guess.
The upside for us is the fact that a number of key players, (Atterton, Hunt, Curtis, Butler, Reid and Higgins), will be better off with another game under their belt - the 2nd semi final was the first game in more than a month for most of those blokes.
Darren Rule is a huge key for them - class player and difficult to hold for 4 quarters. I know it's the most used term in footy, but the midfiled duel is super important. We obviously need to make the supply to Ruley and Burger a little less comfortable. OUr defence was actually pretty good in the 2nd semi, give the way the ball was constantly been pumped into their forward line. Tumby were average, actually worse than average in the 2nd semi final with their midfield accountability and defensive forward line pressure. This has been a major focus, and improvement was shown against lock last week. I feel sure you will see a much harder Blues side this week, and probably positioned more conventially - possibly over thought things in the 2nd semi a little, instead of going with what has worked all year??
Ramblers are like any other side - placed under pressure they can and will make mistakes. Tumby cannot allow the likes of Simon Pedler to simply roam around in 30-40 metres of space as he did in the 2nd semi, picking up touches at will. They have a number of blokes that run forward of the ball, because they back their guns, Bruiser, Rog & George to win their fair share of the footy - they slaughtered us at clearances at Lock, which gave them the option of dropping back the likes of Spider Minhard across our half back line - this then makes any forward attacking difficult.
We beleive we match up pretty well on their key forwards - Steve Atterton, Syd Lawrie, Dylan Higgins v Darren Rule, Adam Richo, Joel Fitz for example. George Pedler, Paul Boxer & Bruiser will always get touches - class players do, but what becomes important is what sort of pressure they get those touches under. Ferret the same for us, he'll always gain touches, and along with the under-rated Josh Cave, Jay Shannon and now probably Hunty, we have the ability to win our fair share form the middle. Coady back in to the ruck should assist this onball division, he spent 3 quarters playing from a forward pocket in the 2nd semi. Sammy Reid showed some good signs last week, 2 goal 6 was not a good return for the work he put in, but again he should benefit from another hit out last week.
So in a nutshell after all that crap - Both sides have strong defences, so the midfield battle between the above guys will be absolutely critical to determining the outcome. No doubt that Ramblers have a more potent forward line, but we feel we have some good match ups there, so the key will be Tumby being able to manufacture a winning score - you would think we need to kick a minimum of 12-14 goals to win. Should be a great game - as previously mentioned you should expect to see a far more disciplined Tumby side than their previous encounter .......

[another grub]

good work MB.... but no fences around here....tip and margain please.
B grade ... could go either way???

[mighty bomber]

good work MB.... but no fences around here....tip and margain please.
B grade ... could go either way???

Tumby to win the reserves by 5 goals + . Boof Marshall to come back in to the side that won the 2nd semi, as well as 2 players back into the A's meaning 2 more will come down.
I'll have a think about the A Grade result .......

[another grub]

Hey fellas....... got this of the PL Times website under the have your say section.... interesting read....


Far West Football Grand Final
Posted by Paul Vandenbergh
Friday, 1 September 2006

To Whom It May Concern:
I write with regards to the Far West Football Grand Final held on 26 August 2006. I originally come from Ceduna, and have been residing in Adelaide for the past 13 years; however I regularly make it to Ceduna each year to watch the events of grand final.
In previous years, I have witnessed some brilliant football and have thoroughly enjoyed my trip home; however, I was very disappointed in the officiating of the A Grade grand final game between Western United and Koonibba Football Club.
I would like to bring to your attention to the statistical column for the frees 'for and against' for each club at which I have great concern.
WESTERN UNITED 64
KOONIBBA 7
This included Koonibba receiving 15 fifty metre penalties to Western United zero (0). I understand that the fifty metre penalties were for language and disputing calls, but I believe that this behaviour came from both teams and Western United did not get penalised once.
I did not realise that the statistics for the frees would be so far apart and thought how would any football team in this country win ANY game let alone a grand final.
The last thing the players need to worry about during a game is the officiating and every spectator (except Western United of course) would have noticed the huge difference between both clubs and the officials.
I believe that sports should not be dictated by officials or a result be determined by their decision making, and that is exactly what happened.
The Western United Football Club was very good on capitalising on these poor decisions from the officials.
A good official should not be noticed and I am very disappointed that the league could allow such poor officiating in a highly anticipated match.
The Koonibba Football Club players were inconsolable after the match and with all the talk and pressure that came with the club celebrating its 100 year existence, had a very heavy burden to carry going into this match.
I trust that these concerns will be considered and addressed for the future, so that such a clear display of unfair advantage does not occur again.
In disappointment
Paul Vandenbergh

[steiger]

Grub - I hope that never gets into the paper (surely they wouldn't) - all hell might break loose

[another grub]

wont make the paper.... just on the site...
Maybe MR could ask for the same umps in the GF.

[steiger]

wont make the paper.... just on the site...
Maybe MR could ask for the same umps in the GF.

BTB reckons we had them last saturday

[westcoastpanther]

Heard this a while back and then saw his name in the NAFC list on another thread that reminded me. Sini Gregov is playing reserves for North, is he a candidate for the most improved player ever or was he underachieving massively while over here. Reactions have generally been 'Gregov, SANFL reserves, no way!!'. Genuine question......

footnote - same could be said of Scott Charman but as a tall ruckman it's harder to tell

[bluestheboy]

Heard this a while back and then saw his name in the NAFC list on another thread that reminded me. Sini Gregov is playing reserves for North, is he a candidate for the most improved player ever or was he underachieving massively while over here. Reactions have generally been 'Gregov, SANFL reserves, no way!!'. Genuine question.....

Sini was only a kid when he left here, still developing in his first year out of under 17's. He was a late starter to Aussie Rules and always going to be a late(r) developer at the game. Haven't seen him for a few years, but he was pushing 6'4" when he left and still growing. The club always had a huge opinion of him and was bitterly dissapointed when he left for Adelaide. If he had stayed no doubt would have been a member of our 2003 Premiership side. Great to see a kid who could easily have dropped off the radar having a go in the big league.

Mayb the question should be how have the PAMFC missed out on another young player from the west coast?

[heater31]

Heard this a while back and then saw his name in the NAFC list on another thread that reminded me. Sini Gregov is playing reserves for North, is he a candidate for the most improved player ever or was he underachieving massively while over here. Reactions have generally been 'Gregov, SANFL reserves, no way!!'. Genuine question......

footnote - same could be said of Scott Charman but as a tall ruckman it's harder to tell

Sini also made the SAAFL u23 state side that defeated the vics and plays div1 for Broadview when not picked for North. His boss in town is involved at North in some capacity and in the begining it was just some preseason trainings with about 5 other blokes and now he is the only one left.


Some other pickings for you blokes Jeremy Johncock played the last two games for Sturt Reserves also Dwayne Treasure got a run. All the Sturt people on their fan fourm were impressed with Johncock's 5 goals against Norwood.


Mighty Bomber you might be able to shed some more light on this that Michael Curtis has given it away at Sturt to come home.

Moving onto my tip for the Great Flinders GF I cant see Tumby beating Ramblers but I do hold a faint hope that they do. Rambler's season seems to only Start around finals time.



PS Pacer how are Rovers looking this year?

[westcoastpanther]

How are the injuries looking at Waybacks this week after such a tough game on Saturday. I suspect there would have been quite a few sore bodies at training last night, as I know we did!! Mallee's have had a week off, are fresh and would be raring to go. It will take a massive effort for the Dee's to get up this week. Dom or somebody will need to slot 7 or 8 with a few more getting multiples as I don't believe a score under 10 goals will be enough to beat the Peckers. One of their inevitable 15 minute bursts sees them get anywhere between 6-8 goals and I predict they will kick at least 15 goals.

[bluestheboy]

panther, I am very confident that we can beat Mallees on Saturday and set up a rematch against you guys the week after. I am very confident of our best list being at least the equal of any in the comp. and apart from schuppas we should have our guns available this week. The last two times we have met mallees we have had a patchwork side resulting in a 5 point loss at pecker park and a last quarter drubbing at Ravendale. With a defence built around Moore, Craig, Hyphen and Gregory we will make Mallees earn every goal....with DR, MB and TG up forward goals will be a bit easier to come by...especially being spoon fed by SH, MG and PG...GO THE DEES

[our_longreach]

Remember what you posted last time btb...

Will be an interesting game at Ravendale tomorrow. Only a goal separated the 2 sides last time at Mallees and the W side is a far better unit this time.

I'm with you WCP, they will get flogged

[another grub]

All aboard.... sounds good in theory btb but MP will have too much drive throught the midfield... and no doubt that defence will hold up but theses guys (MP) have hit their straps.... the ball usage of M Burgoyne, W Bilney, D Walsh, S Wanganeen and co will be too good. come and see me if you want a bet.