HFL Division 1 (Central)

[lovethefooty]

someone raise the bat signal....
where is the caped crusader and his excellent preview of the weekend's fixtures!!!

any word on the state of heathfield oval?

[19thman]

I note that (once again) Onkas have been well looked after in finals allocations - this year they've been given the Div 1 Grand Final.

Surely this is getting to be a bit of a joke? Every year this club gets looked after. Gee...wonder why?

Is this confirmed? What's the source?
If true I don't have a huge problem... great deck...

[thevoice]

Where is the Caped Crusader?

Burning questions.
Are Blackwood stacking their B's this week in the run to finals? Albeit they've been doing it most of the year.
Can Barker knock off Lobey for 7 in a row?
Any blades of grass left at Heathfield?

[flanker]

someone raise the bat signal....
where is the caped crusader and his excellent preview of the weekend's fixtures!!!

any word on the state of heathfield oval?

Stuffed! Will be an old fashioned mud wrestle.
Heard word that some major drainage work is possibly in the pipeline, hopefully it eventuates over the next year or so as it is much needed.

[batmanbegins]

Sorry for lack of previews the last two weeks been a busy period at work. Ill do some quick tips this week cant be bothered writing much late on a friday night.
Blackwood V Onkas- Both teams had stinkers last week and the woodies finals hopes are all but shot so this is a fairly meaningless game. Kirwan is a nice in for the dogs and I think for some weird reason they will get a win as the Woodies will be down after having their finals hopes dashed. Doggies by a goal.
Lofty V Hahndorf- Have fun lads the oval will be in a horrid state, The dorf are set in 4th and will be all but assured of that with a win tomorrow whilst the devs are playing for pride. The dorf in the mud will be hard to stop as Paul, Tripodi and Male love the in tight battles but Burch is in very good form for the devs. Cant see lofty getting to close though. Hahndorf by 5 goals.
TV V Uraidla- Battle for top spot, although who would want it with the weird finals set up this year. Seen both teams recently and Uris impressed me more with their defence and team work a lot better than TV who rely on individual brilliance (which they have plenty off however). Tudor-sourtos is a big in of late for the Dees as they are getting back to full strength for the finals, O'sullivan will need to be controlled by Uris as he is a jet but i think Uris are a little better all round. Uris by 4 goals.
Ironbank V Echunga- Hate to say it but we have been average at best over the last half of the year and I cant see that changing tomorrow against the reigning premiers. Cranna will be hard to stop in the ruck and Harland will be a good chance to kick a bag with plenty of supply from jennings and Lindsay. Thomas has been very good for Ironbank as has Desengo but they need more help from some team mates otherwise this could get ugly. Echunga by 8 goals.
Lobethal V Barker- Watching Barker 2 weeks ago I think their the most in form team in the comp as shown by their winning streak. Their pressure was fantastic and their skill level was much better then early in the year, Block returning to full fitness has been huge and Hughes keeps dominating. Lobethal had a good win last week but I dont think their going to be able to take the pressure of Barker, Lobe have relied on too few for most of the year but their top end talent is very good. Barker by 6 goals.

[Keefy]

Might have to bury a few Echunga players into the scoreboard pocket mud

[batmanbegins]

Going to be a fascinating last round to figure out the finals configuration. Barker would be favourites for 5th after beating Lobethal yesterday but lobethal have the better % so if they can beat Uri's they will make the 5. Torrens remarkably are in danger of falling to 4th if they lose to echunga next week as Hahndorf will presumably beat Ironbank and with the better % they could end up 3rd. Then there is the possibility of Echunga ending up on top if they beat TV and lobe get up over Uris. Plenty of possibilities which makes for a fascinating final round, add to that the battle for the spoon between lofty and Onkas and you have a hack of a round.
My tip for the five will be:
Uris
Echunga
Hahndorf
TV
Barker

[jumbo20]

How Jarman go in A grade for Ironbank?

[batmanbegins]

How Jarman go in A grade for Ironbank?

Didn't put himself on. Only played as one player was sick and pulled out at the last minute.

[Corona Man]

Does anyone know how ground allocations are going for finals in Div 1. I heard on the weekend that Onkas have the GF, and that the Prelim was most likely at Hahndorf.... Be interested to know what are grounds are in the running. Assume Uri's get a final.... what about Barker, or Lofty.... does Echunga get a look in?

[Elmer J Thudpucker]

Does anyone know how ground allocations are going for finals in Div 1. I heard on the weekend that Onkas have the GF, and that the Prelim was most likely at Hahndorf.... Be interested to know what are grounds are in the running. Assume Uri's get a final.... what about Barker, or Lofty.... does Echunga get a look in?

Mt Barker Qualifying Final
Mt Pleasant Elimination Final
Uraidla 1st or 2nd Final
Echunga 1st or 2nd Final
Lobethal Preliminary Final
Balhannah Grand Final

[Whos ya daddy]

Does anyone know how ground allocations are going for finals in Div 1. I heard on the weekend that Onkas have the GF, and that the Prelim was most likely at Hahndorf.... Be interested to know what are grounds are in the running. Assume Uri's get a final.... what about Barker, or Lofty.... does Echunga get a look in?

Mt Barker Qualifying Final
Mt Pleasant Elimination Final
Uraidla 1st or 2nd Final
Echunga 1st or 2nd Final
Lobethal Preliminary Final
Balhannah Grand Final

This might have to change. Got a feeling that TV might be playing in it. Which is crazy considering they were top just 2 rounds ago. And I wouldn't want to be coming up again Mt Barker in The Elimination Final that's for sure.

[Look Good In Leather]

Anyone got the relegation status heading into the last 2 rounds?

Heading into the last round:

Hahndorf - 310
Blackwood - 281
Uraidla Districts - 243
Lobethal - 233
Mount Barker - 214
Echunga - 165
Torrens Valley - 153
Mount Lofty District - 142
Ironbank-Cherry Gardens - 129
Onkaparinga Valley - 85

It's all about the B-Grade

[lovethefooty]

what an interesting end to the home and away season for the top 6.
still many possibilities!!
the top two seem safe, but torrens valley, Hahndorf, Lobethal and mt barker still have plenty to play for.
what are they thoughts on how it will end up??
seems likely that mt barker will make it now, which is an amazing effort!!!
torrens valley have their destiny in their own hands, but it will be a pressure game against Echunga who are travelling nicely.
Hahndorf would be favourites against ironbank, but never take anything for granted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good stuff!!!!!

[lovethefooty]

how are the finals locations allocated???
can a final be played on a ground where that a or b grade team may be playing????

would have thought Hahndorf oval will be in as good a condition as any??

[Armytank]

Anyone got the relegation status heading into the last 2 rounds?

Heading into the last round:

Hahndorf - 310
Blackwood - 281
Uraidla Districts - 243
Lobethal - 233
Mount Barker - 214
Echunga - 165
Torrens Valley - 153
Mount Lofty District - 142
Ironbank-Cherry Gardens - 129
Onkaparinga Valley - 85

It's all about the B-Grade

How is it all about the B grade? That is 45 pts that Onkas need to pull back in one round is it not?

[Look Good In Leather]

Anyone got the relegation status heading into the last 2 rounds?

Heading into the last round:

Hahndorf - 310
Blackwood - 281
Uraidla Districts - 243
Lobethal - 233
Mount Barker - 214
Echunga - 165
Torrens Valley - 153
Mount Lofty District - 142
Ironbank-Cherry Gardens - 129
Onkaparinga Valley - 85

It's all about the B-Grade

How is it all about the B grade? That is 45 pts that Onkas need to pull back in one round is it not?

Only won 3 games during the year - their B-Grade has cost them whilst Lofty's B-Grade have saved them

[Armytank]

Anyone got the relegation status heading into the last 2 rounds?

Heading into the last round:

Hahndorf - 310
Blackwood - 281
Uraidla Districts - 243
Lobethal - 233
Mount Barker - 214
Echunga - 165
Torrens Valley - 153
Mount Lofty District - 142
Ironbank-Cherry Gardens - 129
Onkaparinga Valley - 85

It's all about the B-Grade

How is it all about the B grade? That is 45 pts that Onkas need to pull back in one round is it not?

Only won 3 games during the year - their B-Grade has cost them whilst Lofty's B-Grade have saved them

Fair assessment then

[cracka]

Anyone got the relegation status heading into the last 2 rounds?

Heading into the last round:

Hahndorf - 310
Blackwood - 281
Uraidla Districts - 243
Lobethal - 233
Mount Barker - 214
Echunga - 165
Torrens Valley - 153
Mount Lofty District - 142
Ironbank-Cherry Gardens - 129
Onkaparinga Valley - 85

It's all about the B-Grade

How is it all about the B grade? That is 45 pts that Onkas need to pull back in one round is it not?

Only won 3 games during the year - their B-Grade has cost them whilst Lofty's B-Grade have saved them

Going by your numbers we are 57 points behind Lofty which equates to us needing 12 more B grade wins to get above them. Lofty have only won 10 B grade games this year so it's a little bit more than just all about the B grade. Its actually about the whole clubs results as it should be.

[running defender]

So it's all about the whole club
Having a strong Agr and a reasonably strong Bgr makes a big difference
Last year uraidla had 2 teams that never won a game and didn't look like getting relagated
T/valley and Echunga the same this year. It's never gunna be even until you make both colts teams 3 pts and maybe no pts in Brg after round 15 to stop the stacking .