Rd 1 2009 South v West @ Noarlunga

[wycbloods]

Any chance the Crows will give Van Berlo a run in the SANFL this week?

No chance

I'm with Thiele here he is a permanent member of the crows side and despite his foot injury is one of the fittest so won't have a problem fitting straight back in.

[panthers 2008]

With Ben Warren back in the team at full forward and Adam Cockshell at centre half forward I feel better about our forward line.Throw in James Turner,Peter Rolfe,young crow draftee Shaun Mckernan and Jak Kennedy-HUNT and we "should" have the ability to kick a good score.
We will need a big lift in the midfield to have a chance to win this one!
No more practice matches here,this will be a fair dinkum guide to how are respective teams are travelling even though it is early days!
Lets hope all the westies and south supporters get down to Noarlunga and make it a good atmosphere for the clash! I know both of our clubs do not have a truck load of fans,but if we cannot manage to get a crowd of around 2000 it would be very dissapointing!
BIG EFFORT PANTHERS!!!

[bloods08]

With Ben Warren back in the team at full forward and Adam Cockshell at centre half forward I feel better about our forward line.Throw in James Turner,Peter Rolfe,young crow draftee Shaun Mckernan and Jak Kennedy-HUNT and we "should" have the ability to kick a good score.
We will need a big lift in the midfield to have a chance to win this one!
No more practice matches here,this will be a fair dinkum guide to how are respective teams are travelling even though it is early days!
Lets hope all the westies and south supporters get down to Noarlunga and make it a good atmosphere for the clash! I know both of our clubs do not have a truck load of fans,but if we cannot manage to get a crowd of around 2000 it would be very dissapointing!
BIG EFFORT PANTHERS!!!

Can we count the cars as a person in the attendance figures?

[darley16]

Our two clubs are always targets for all other to condem our crowd numbers, so to ALL South & West folks get to this game, no excuses this Saturday, anything under 2000 and we can all expect the usual abuse.

[wycbloods]

Our two clubs are always targets for all other to condem our crowd numbers, so to ALL South & West folks get to this game, no excuses this Saturday, anything under 2000 and we can all expect the usual abuse.

Who ever wins this game may have a few more supporters at their next game as a few may find their way out of the woodwork

[NFC]

Schmidt going to come up for this week?

[t express]

he will come up only a couple stitches !!

[NFC]

he will come up only a couple stitches !!

Great news. Gee, he's got to be one of the best recruits in the league. I know he's a bit different to the average recruit seeing as though he's from Westies originally and he was re-drafted by the Crows but he's going to be a great player and will provide great service to the Bloods.

[wycbloods]

he will come up only a couple stitches !!

Great news. Gee, he's got to be one of the best recruits in the league. I know he's a bit different to the average recruit seeing as though he's from Westies originally and he was re-drafted by the Crows but he's going to be a great player and will provide great service to the Bloods.

Yes i agree NFC i am still surprised that Vossy cut him from the list. Although i believe he offered him a rookie spot but he declined because he was confident he would get a spot on the Gold Coast list after a year with the bloods.

[CoverKing]

Bloods, schmidt was offered a spot but declined. He took the chance that the crows or power would pick him up. He was homesick and wanted to be around his mates and family after he lsot his best mate in car crash early-mid last season. He was willing to give up his AFL dream to do so.Will thrive this year with the bloods IMO

[drebin]

Can't wait for the after match fallout from this blockbuster. The winners will no doubt bring out all the favourites such as "revival", "new era" and god help us "finals"!

And to think it is only round 1!

[nickname]

Can't wait for the after match fallout from this blockbuster. The winners will no doubt bring out all the favourites such as "revival", "new era" and god help us "finals"!

And to think it is only round 1!

Could you work a bit more arrogance into that post?

[westcoastpanther]

Can't wait for the after match fallout from this blockbuster. The winners will no doubt bring out all the favourites such as "revival", "new era" and god help us "finals"!

And to think it is only round 1!

And when North lose, their board have no idea. The coach is a dud and someone will crap on his desk....

North, pacesetters since a GF appearance two years ago, oh but we have lots of money....

[drebin]

Can't wait for the after match fallout from this blockbuster. The winners will no doubt bring out all the favourites such as "revival", "new era" and god help us "finals"!

And to think it is only round 1!

And when North lose, their board have no idea. The coach is a dud and someone will crap on his desk....

North, pacesetters since a GF appearance two years ago, oh but we have lots of money....

I agree with everything you say re your first line but I will correct you in saying that the majority of our Board have no idea most of the time - win, lose or draw.

As for pace setters since 2007 please show me where I mentioned or even hinted at that??? Surely you would realise, being a South supporter with a worse club culture and history than North, that a club like North who are happy to be mediocre in most aspects on and off the field could hardly be any sort of pace setter???

[westcoastpanther]

The winners will no doubt bring out all the favourites such as "revival", "new era" and god help us "finals"!

Please show where any of us plebs hinted this would occur!!

[another grub]

we might win our first three.... we are renowned fast starters!!!!!

[topsywaldron]

Adam Cockshell at centre half forward

If this is your big plan prepare to be disappointed.

[Sojourner]

I think that the best sides to have drawn each other in the first match of the Season are South and West, both sides have done very poorly in recent years and have been giving the "rebuilding" line to their members. The team that loses this match will have few excuses to give to their membership afterwards and I think that the loser of this game could well be the candidate for the spoon in 2009, which I hope might give each sides supporters some more encouragement to go and cheer their side on!

Westies have flogged South in the last two matches and they seem to play well at Noarlunga Oval, so it would be a reasonable pick to go for Westies in the footy tipping, yet on the flipside for a change South have retained most of their list from last season and added to it with several good recruits which might suggest that the club has the capacity to improve on last years results depending on the levle of improvement at other SANFL sides this season. Its for that reason that I am tipping South as I feel the team has the depth to win this one!

[Brodlach]

we might win our first three.... we are renowned fast starters!!!!!

Who do you support Grub?

[Big Phil]

Here is the Bloods line up for their round 1 clash against the Panthers


LEAGUE:

B - D. CUPIDO M. BARBER D.CAIRE

HB - R.ANDERSON R. FERGUSON Ben FISHER

C - J. DAVENPORT C. SCHMIDT S. BAILEY

HF - S. MORRIS Br. FISHER D. PIASENTE

FF - CARUSO R. WILLITS B. MORAN

RUCK - R. DE JONGH S. BLESING J. EZARD

INTERCHANGE FROM - H. HARTLETT B. DAVIES S. MUNN M. KRAKOUER J. BEECH

Quite a few new faces in the red and black this year that I reckon will help them get a win first up.

RESERVES FROM:
G. Rowe, W. Champion, M. Martin, S. Bricknell, D. Sands, B. Wilson, R.Blesing, R. Plant, C. Staples, J. Farrier, T. Mc Allister, R. Richter, M.Shearer, M. Borholm, S. Brown, A. Kinal, J. Boundy, J. Laurie, B. Williams