Yank Man wrote:morell wrote:I find that strange considering we tried very hard to get a spot in D7 but were refused.
In fairness to the league they also knew we had 35 odd players and came to watch our 1st trial that we won by 20 goals. To put us in Div 7 and get instant success could have had a bad look. We saw both sides of the picture and we are happy enough where we are. We can rebuild from here.
Hmmm. I would politely disagree Yanky! 35 players doesn't mean they are of standard to be playing D6 A Grade. The side we have wouldn't go close to making finals in D7 this year. Sure, we would be competitive most weeks perhaps but isn't that the point? What is better - a side that will be uncompetitive, likely not win a game, get beaten by 20-30 goals most weeks, sometimes more other weeks, or a side that might win 5-6 games and at least provide a contest to the other teams?
OK, we beat Flinders Uni B Grade by 20 goals. Understand that, but with as much respect to those lads as possible, they're getting beaten by the same sort of margin in
D6R. So our D6 team is roughly the same standard as D6R. I would argue D6R is roughly the same standard as the bottom of D7. Not good.
Mitchell Park and Flinders Uni should be in D7 this year IMO. It's clearly the right decision and I think the results over the next few weeks will vindicate that opinion.