BL&G Football League

[cream cheese]

Unfortunately Pinch Hitter all of the players mentioned are former local lads!! would hardly think that will put us on the brink of financial hardship!!!

IF.... Angaston have a number of players return to the club, guys like Kane Read, Jock Auld,
Kent Kingsley (some games) and haven't heard about Louis Hadden yet, then the normally thin air
of that delightful country town will have a distinct hint of premiership in it.
A new recruit or 2 would be icing on the cake.
Losses to be minimal, would think a man to be fairly silly to move on when a club is on the brink.........

Lets not get too carried stewie the competition outside of tanunda wasn't much to write home about. Ango still have to replace bain, robinson and dawes and if they all stay and ango do recruit 1 or 2 more players they will be on the brink alright .... of financial crisis , the panthers are a typical BLG yo yo club. 1 or 2 years at the top 4 years down the bottom.

Other than a once in a generation trough in the clubs history (06,07) the club has traditionally played deep into September.
One of the few clubs in the BL&G that can claim below par success.
Why else has Doecke played 371 games.

[Plugger04]

its fair to say the way the barossa (aka john) has handled the whole sponge situation isnt ideal but queen vic u must let this go, when you have a person of james caliber come knocking on ur door u have to at least have a chat otherwise he would walk straight on by to the next club and im pretty sure most of the other clubs in the league would of welcomed him with open arms and as for the poor turn out to the presentation, i believe the netballers held a seperate presentation, no coach to present a season review etc, and the fact that every1 has been on such a high around the club over the preceeding few years ( 2 premierships from 3 grand finals) lead to a dissappointing turn out..Heard the football trip was a blast tho with good numbers and mateship

If journey man Steven Oconnor was still at the helm would he of got the tap on the shoulder ? Not likely is my initial thoughts.

Rian Nelson was a fantastic goal umpire /rucking launch pad , lets leave his stellar Resume at that.

[BEEGRADER]

BEERBELLY and Pinchy - from an outsiders perspective; My opinion of Freeling is that they have a great history, strong culture and ethos (but not everyone may like what they have). They are up and down and NEED imports to stay alive. They are open that they save up for good years, have a crack and then go down the bottom for a while. Thier juniors seem to have had the same attitude and style over that last decade and going onthier low population they have been lucky to get some good local footballers.
My opinion of South is they dont seem to have a culture or method about thier business. The club seems to breed egos and selfish footballers. This arrogance has birthed some great footballers, but they leave or will leave. South need a vein of discipline through thier junior grades, but they dont have it. They continue to have successful junior teams (have done so for 15 years), but really this has not converted kids into genuine BL&G quality footballers and people.
As you can see BEERBELLY i am yet another person on this forum that would like to help with the funding of South to the APFL and merge with some other mob of idiots... [b][/b]

Great work couldnt of said it better myself. The egos and selfishness also flows off the football field at south and its sad to see with some great people at that club.

Any of you South haters like to elaborate and give some examples of this percieved arrogance, egos and selfishness. General comments like the above mean nothing without facts to back them up.

As fot the comment about junior discipline, South would have the best drilled, most disciplined unselfish juniors going around and the results back this up. (just go to the u17 forum thread to read about the Freeling junior side discipline!)

[drifter]

Beergrader,
I've tried to keep out of this one , but you dont know when to stop. Granted your juniors have been strong, when you have 50 to choose from, that tends to happen. But if its such a great place to be why have i had no less than 4 parents of junior South players approach me in recent months about bringing their kids to Freeling. I have deflected them away from the idea as I dont want to encourage poaching. All mention a culture problem. Mate, talk about our culture, about the only culture you guys have had in the last 10 years has been growing on the walls in the visitors changerooms and showers.

[steam train]

Any of you South haters like to elaborate and give some examples of this percieved arrogance, egos and selfishness. General comments like the above mean nothing without facts to back them up.

As fot the comment about junior discipline, South would have the best drilled, most disciplined unselfish juniors going around and the results back this up. (just go to the u17 forum thread to read about the Freeling junior side discipline!)

Face it Beegrader, South are a joke. A perfect example of all that is ill with this once great club is demonstrated in the playing style of the senior team. They have always played with arrogance and without respect for their opponent which can be a good characteristic of a great side but in the last couple of years with the side being so poor this attitude remained. Along with a lack of discipline which seemed to be encouraged by their coach. Along with this was the in-fighting on the field and selfishness of individuals.

Sure you can hang your hat on the success of your juniors but the facts that are all the gawler teams have strong juniors (particularly south and centrals) due to the larger talent pool to select from. It has always seemed like the gawler sides have had physically better developed juniors. Where they fail (and this is probably a critisism of all sides now) is to actually hold onto this talent and numbers when they transition from juniors to seniors.

[Plugger04]

In a nut shell , South Gawler was always the softest team in the comp when i was splitting the big white up rights in the 80's and 90's. Wouldnt think alot has changed in this decade, please correct me if i am wrong.

They never did believe in bending over backwards to help a team mate , however plenty were willing to bend over forwards at any given opportunity.

[BEEGRADER]

Beergrader,
I've tried to keep out of this one , but you dont know when to stop. Granted your juniors have been strong, when you have 50 to choose from, that tends to happen. But if its such a great place to be why have i had no less than 4 parents of junior South players approach me in recent months about bringing their kids to Freeling. I have deflected them away from the idea as I dont want to encourage poaching. All mention a culture problem. Mate, talk about our culture, about the only culture you guys have had in the last 10 years has been growing on the walls in the visitors changerooms and showers.

Drifter, With all due respect the only reason you would of been approached is due to the large numbers and the kids wanting more game time, nothing to do with culture I can assure you.
ps, for the final time I do not disagree that the last 5-10 years the club has gone nowhere and need to start again to be a feared powerhouse again but you need to google tradition and culture and you will see they are not describing short term events.

[BEEGRADER]

In a nut shell , South Gawler was always the softest team in the comp when i was splitting the big white up rights in the 80's and 90's. Wouldnt think alot has changed in this decade, please correct me if i am wrong.

They never did believe in bending over backwards to help a team mate , however plenty were willing to bend over forwards at any given opportunity.

Plugger, Not sure what planet you fell from but you need to do a little research. Its common knowledge in the BLGFA that South were not only the most skillfull but also the hardest side when they were at their peak in the late 80s and early nineties. Good judges still say they had the best side ever in this competition and would shite on the current Tanunda sides.

If you were up forward for whatever 2 bit outfit you played for you would of only seen the Sherrin once or twice a quarter.

[BEEGRADER]

Any of you South haters like to elaborate and give some examples of this percieved arrogance, egos and selfishness. General comments like the above mean nothing without facts to back them up.

As fot the comment about junior discipline, South would have the best drilled, most disciplined unselfish juniors going around and the results back this up. (just go to the u17 forum thread to read about the Freeling junior side discipline!)

Face it Beegrader, South are a joke. A perfect example of all that is ill with this once great club is demonstrated in the playing style of the senior team. They have always played with arrogance and without respect for their opponent which can be a good characteristic of a great side but in the last couple of years with the side being so poor this attitude remained. Along with a lack of discipline which seemed to be encouraged by their coach. Along with this was the in-fighting on the field and selfishness of individuals.

Sure you can hang your hat on the success of your juniors but the facts that are all the gawler teams have strong juniors (particularly south and centrals) due to the larger talent pool to select from. It has always seemed like the gawler sides have had physically better developed juniors. Where they fail (and this is probably a critisism of all sides now) is to actually hold onto this talent and numbers when they transition from juniors to seniors.

Finally a well thought out, factual, intelligent post. I have never disagreed with any of Steam Trains thoughts in all my posts, in fact I agree but the other posters seem to be stuck on the last 5-10 years where as I am talking about the clubs history and improving on the embarrassment of the past decade.

[Osama]

In a nut shell , South Gawler was always the softest team in the comp when i was splitting the big white up rights in the 80's and 90's. Wouldnt think alot has changed in this decade, please correct me if i am wrong.

They never did believe in bending over backwards to help a team mate , however plenty were willing to bend over forwards at any given opportunity.

Who were the full backs that struck the most amount of fear through ya Plugger?
Or who at least was your toughest opponents.

[Pinch Hitter]

This is why Sponge was seen as a good fit for Hamley, a highlight of his application was that he doesn't shy away from a losing battle, when missing selection for the winless barossa B grade Sponge will still put his hand up for goal umpire. Thats courage!

[Pinch Hitter]

Beergrader,
I've tried to keep out of this one , but you dont know when to stop. Granted your juniors have been strong, when you have 50 to choose from, that tends to happen. But if its such a great place to be why have i had no less than 4 parents of junior South players approach me in recent months about bringing their kids to Freeling. I have deflected them away from the idea as I dont want to encourage poaching. All mention a culture problem. Mate, talk about our culture, about the only culture you guys have had in the last 10 years has been growing on the walls in the visitors changerooms and showers.

Drifter, With all due respect the only reason you would of been approached is due to the large numbers and the kids wanting more game time, nothing to do with culture I can assure you.
ps, for the final time I do not disagree that the last 5-10 years the club has gone nowhere and need to start again to be a feared powerhouse again but you need to google tradition and culture and you will see they are not describing short term events.

It seems south officials had their handsful just educating their members on what was appropriate behaviour in the club rooms and how to treat umpires!! is this the culture you suggest clubs should google and aspire to?

All this talk of culture and tradition at south is a stretch of the imagination BEEGRADER.. although talking sh-t is part of the norms at south during the pre-season.

[Plugger04]

In a nut shell , South Gawler was always the softest team in the comp when i was splitting the big white up rights in the 80's and 90's. Wouldnt think alot has changed in this decade, please correct me if i am wrong.

They never did believe in bending over backwards to help a team mate , however plenty were willing to bend over forwards at any given opportunity.

Who were the full backs that struck the most amount of fear through ya Plugger?
Or who at least was your toughest opponents.

The toughest fullback i encounted from South was definatly Craig Hiskins. Duffy lacked skill and strength but could match most with his pace. There were a few others who got thrown back but generally the damage had already been done.

South had some sucess in the late 80's / early 90's sure but no way would they of been one of the hardest as Beegrader has suggested. During that era Riverton & Willaston were two clubs that made you earn your kicks.


How about urself Osama ?

[check side]

BEERBELLY and Pinchy - from an outsiders perspective; My opinion of Freeling is that they have a great history, strong culture and ethos (but not everyone may like what they have). They are up and down and NEED imports to stay alive. They are open that they save up for good years, have a crack and then go down the bottom for a while. Thier juniors seem to have had the same attitude and style over that last decade and going onthier low population they have been lucky to get some good local footballers.
My opinion of South is they dont seem to have a culture or method about thier business. The club seems to breed egos and selfish footballers. This arrogance has birthed some great footballers, but they leave or will leave. South need a vein of discipline through thier junior grades, but they dont have it. They continue to have successful junior teams (have done so for 15 years), but really this has not converted kids into genuine BL&G quality footballers and people.
As you can see BEERBELLY i am yet another person on this forum that would like to help with the funding of South to the APFL and merge with some other mob of idiots... [b][/b]

Great work couldnt of said it better myself. The egos and selfishness also flows off the football field at south and its sad to see with some great people at that club.

Any of you South haters like to elaborate and give some examples of this percieved arrogance, egos and selfishness. General comments like the above mean nothing without facts to back them up.

As fot the comment about junior discipline, South would have the best drilled, most disciplined unselfish juniors going around and the results back this up. (just go to the u17 forum thread to read about the Freeling junior side discipline!)

haha and if you new anything about that all it was was a hole lot of barossa people trying to come back at the freeling people from there terrible antics in there As.


and as for your 17s yes they are good and they will be good for many years to come but from what i have been told from a few of THEM as soon as juniors is over there gone.

[BEEGRADER]

In a nut shell , South Gawler was always the softest team in the comp when i was splitting the big white up rights in the 80's and 90's. Wouldnt think alot has changed in this decade, please correct me if i am wrong.

They never did believe in bending over backwards to help a team mate , however plenty were willing to bend over forwards at any given opportunity.

Who were the full backs that struck the most amount of fear through ya Plugger?
Or who at least was your toughest opponents.

The toughest fullback i encounted from South was definatly Craig Hiskins. Duffy lacked skill and strength but could match most with his pace. There were a few others who got thrown back but generally the damage had already been done.

South had some sucess in the late 80's / early 90's sure but no way would they of been one of the hardest as Beegrader has suggested. During that era Riverton & Willaston were two clubs that made you earn your kicks.


How about urself Osama ?

Who did you play for Plugger?

ps, dont think Hiskins played at full back much, always up forward if I remember correctly.

[jstlookin]

NO MERCEY... From all reports the Redlegs are on the look out for a full forward who is a hard worker and a can do attitutde.
$100 per goal, car, house and girlfriend.
Do you know anyone who may fit the bill?

if any freeling officials have links to this sight i believe if they were truly looking for help in forward line to ring damien prouse. understand there is a good forward player and his girlfriend have settled in the bfl zone and could help solve freelings troubles. think he has spoken to prouse of his intentions. wouldnt leave it too long as always he has already had numerous offers from a number of clubs. is keen to sign a deal asap.will keep sight posted on any news.

[Pinch Hitter]

NO MERCEY... From all reports the Redlegs are on the look out for a full forward who is a hard worker and a can do attitutde.
$100 per goal, car, house and girlfriend.
Do you know anyone who may fit the bill?

if any freeling officials have links to this sight i believe if they were truly looking for help in forward line to ring damien prouse. understand there is a good forward player and his girlfriend have settled in the bfl zone and could help solve freelings troubles. think he has spoken to prouse of his intentions. wouldnt leave it too long as always he has already had numerous offers from a number of clubs. is keen to sign a deal asap.will keep sight posted on any news.

If he is cheap and nasty then the donnybrooks could be the club for him.

[Cella Dwella]

Hello all! Im new to this caper but have been having a read for a while. Sounds like you are all sick of the"Sponge" story but could someone enlighten me as to what it is all about. I reckon I have heard plenty of President bagging but dont know the story out at Barossa Districts.-Sorry to dredge it up when evry1 seems to have had enough of it. I live in Pirie and this smells very similar to the way Central Augusta recently treated one of their past champions in Port Augusta!(SGL footy.)

[Edgar05]

In a nut shell , South Gawler was always the softest team in the comp when i was splitting the big white up rights in the 80's and 90's. Wouldnt think alot has changed in this decade, please correct me if i am wrong.

They never did believe in bending over backwards to help a team mate , however plenty were willing to bend over forwards at any given opportunity.

Who were the full backs that struck the most amount of fear through ya Plugger?
Or who at least was your toughest opponents.

The toughest fullback i encounted from South was definatly Craig Hiskins. Duffy lacked skill and strength but could match most with his pace. There were a few others who got thrown back but generally the damage had already been done.

South had some sucess in the late 80's / early 90's sure but no way would they of been one of the hardest as Beegrader has suggested. During that era Riverton & Willaston were two clubs that made you earn your kicks.


How about urself Osama ?

Who did you play for Plugger?

ps, dont think Hiskins played at full back much, always up forward if I remember correctly.

How about Brooks Plugger... he often mopped up full forwards back in those days...

[Osama]

In a nut shell , South Gawler was always the softest team in the comp when i was splitting the big white up rights in the 80's and 90's. Wouldnt think alot has changed in this decade, please correct me if i am wrong.

They never did believe in bending over backwards to help a team mate , however plenty were willing to bend over forwards at any given opportunity.

Who were the full backs that struck the most amount of fear through ya Plugger?
Or who at least was your toughest opponents.

The toughest fullback i encounted from South was definatly Craig Hiskins. Duffy lacked skill and strength but could match most with his pace. There were a few others who got thrown back but generally the damage had already been done.

South had some sucess in the late 80's / early 90's sure but no way would they of been one of the hardest as Beegrader has suggested. During that era Riverton & Willaston were two clubs that made you earn your kicks.


How about urself Osama ?

Had a job on Sticks Kernahan against Glenelg back 1983, walked away holding him to 0.2 points.
But locally, Eddie Schwerdt and Billy Lockan found life tough against the utility.