by OnSong » Tue May 24, 2016 7:13 am
by Snags » Tue May 24, 2016 8:44 am
OnSong wrote:Balaklava players selected in APFL squad:
Jason McPharlin
Ryan McPharlin
Travis McCallum
Josh Harkness * DOB 30/6/97
Dean Storic
Jonathon Brice
Luke Guy
Lachlan Robinson
by OnSong » Tue May 24, 2016 8:57 am
Snags wrote:OnSong wrote:Balaklava players selected in APFL squad:
Jason McPharlin
Ryan McPharlin
Travis McCallum
Josh Harkness * DOB 30/6/97
Dean Storic
Jonathon Brice
Luke Guy
Lachlan Robinson
Who's coaching this year onsong?
by Swamp Donkey » Tue May 24, 2016 11:02 am
mighty hounds wrote:Someone that has been around the league for a long time, what did you think of Angle Vale SD? Compared to the bad Hamley teams and the final years of Roseworthy teams?
by Lame Choice » Tue May 24, 2016 3:05 pm
Swamp Donkey wrote:mighty hounds wrote:Someone that has been around the league for a long time, what did you think of Angle Vale SD? Compared to the bad Hamley teams and the final years of Roseworthy teams?
I'll reserve my judgement until they've had a couple of seasons to establish themselves as a country footy club.
This season was always going to be tough for them coming out of Div 7 amateurs, in particular their lack of depth was always going to be an issue. However, I think they deserve opportunity to develop a senior team over the next 3-4 years, especially as they have some talent coming through in their senior colts at the moment. The key questions for me are: 1) can they can hold on to, and further develop the high-end talent in their current senior colts team into quality senior players over the next 3-4 years; and 2) will they be able to top up their list with quality imports. I'm assuming they will have 15+ points to play with each year over the next 3 years, so theoretically they should be able to attract at least 8-10 quality players to the club during this period to support their developing locals. In the meantime, there will be plenty of heartache and the challenge for the coach and the club is to keep the current group interested and their level of effort and competitiveness up (both of these were lacking Saturday - their lack of depth was clearly an issue). If they are unable to do that on a regular basis, and keep getting results like the one on the weekend, I think they are going to find it very tough and the answer to the questions I posed above will almost certainly be no. Such results on a regular basis will provide no incentive for new players to come along, or for young local players to hang around.
Although nobody expects them to cause too many upsets this year, and our expectations of them are very low, I still think they have a lot to lose if they can't at least be competitive and earn some respect this season. Personally I hope they can pull it together and be a force in the APFL within 5-10 years.
by Snags » Tue May 24, 2016 9:53 pm
by Lightning McQueen » Thu May 26, 2016 11:30 am
by Popper Smurf » Thu May 26, 2016 11:32 am
by Lightning McQueen » Thu May 26, 2016 11:46 am
by magpieeagle » Thu May 26, 2016 10:33 pm
by mighty hounds » Fri May 27, 2016 9:01 am
by Swamp Donkey » Fri May 27, 2016 9:50 am
by OnSong » Fri May 27, 2016 10:15 am
Popper Smurf wrote:Mallala players selected in APFL squad:
Joel Montgomerie
Jordan Clements
Nigel Osborn
Will Farrelly
Rob Montgomery
Jake Birchmore *
Troy Algar
Josh Seal
Brent Harris
Angus Bruggemann
by OnSong » Fri May 27, 2016 10:25 am
by Greggy Gregginson » Fri May 27, 2016 10:38 am
Swamp Donkey wrote:Balak 80+
United 80+
Two Wells 40-79
Mallala 1-39
by Mythical Creature » Fri May 27, 2016 11:03 am
by OnSong » Fri May 27, 2016 11:12 am
Swamp Donkey wrote:mighty hounds wrote:Someone that has been around the league for a long time, what did you think of Angle Vale SD? Compared to the bad Hamley teams and the final years of Roseworthy teams?
I'll reserve my judgement until they've had a couple of seasons to establish themselves as a country footy club.
This season was always going to be tough for them coming out of Div 7 amateurs, in particular their lack of depth was always going to be an issue. However, I think they deserve opportunity to develop a senior team over the next 3-4 years, especially as they have some talent coming through in their senior colts at the moment. The key questions for me are: 1) can they can hold on to, and further develop the high-end talent in their current senior colts team into quality senior players over the next 3-4 years; and 2) will they be able to top up their list with quality imports. I'm assuming they will have 15+ points to play with each year over the next 3 years, so theoretically they should be able to attract at least 8-10 quality players to the club during this period to support their developing locals. In the meantime, there will be plenty of heartache and the challenge for the coach and the club is to keep the current group interested and their level of effort and competitiveness up (both of these were lacking Saturday - their lack of depth was clearly an issue). If they are unable to do that on a regular basis, and keep getting results like the one on the weekend, I think they are going to find it very tough and the answer to the questions I posed above will almost certainly be no. Such results on a regular basis will provide no incentive for new players to come along, or for young local players to hang around.
Although nobody expects them to cause too many upsets this year, and our expectations of them are very low, I still think they have a lot to lose if they can't at least be competitive and earn some respect this season. Personally I hope they can pull it together and be a force in the APFL within 5-10 years.
by OnSong » Fri May 27, 2016 11:17 am
Mythical Creature wrote:Balaklava 80+
United 80+
Two Wells 1-39
Mallala 1-39
2 highlights tomorrow.
Kym Jarman plays game number 250 for us, massive effort considering he has travelled from Kapunda or Adelaide since he was 14.
Also looking forward to (hopefully) finally getting my carton of beer from norm11 that he still owes me from a bet on here about 5 years ago. Norm if you don't have time to call into a bottle shop a $50 note will do and I will buy my own beer. Cheers.
by OnSong » Fri May 27, 2016 11:25 am
by Mythical Creature » Fri May 27, 2016 11:29 am
OnSong wrote:Mythical Creature wrote:Balaklava 80+
United 80+
Two Wells 1-39
Mallala 1-39
2 highlights tomorrow.
Kym Jarman plays game number 250 for us, massive effort considering he has travelled from Kapunda or Adelaide since he was 14.
Also looking forward to (hopefully) finally getting my carton of beer from norm11 that he still owes me from a bet on here about 5 years ago. Norm if you don't have time to call into a bottle shop a $50 note will do and I will buy my own beer. Cheers.
Good work Jars.
Norm, I know for a fact MC likes Cascade Light.
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