R23 - Sturt v Centrals Post Match

[Dogwatcher]

Four quarters, Dogs.
The best is good enough. Worst is nowhere near it.

Was there much of a breeze there?

[cennals05]

Four quarters, Dogs.
The best is good enough. Worst is nowhere near it.

Was there much of a breeze there?

Yes the wind was certainly favouring one end. We had it in the 2nd and last.

[Armytank]

Hate doing this especially after a good win, BUT the umpires today were terrible.
.....

Got the feeling that 2 of the umps were fine, it was just the bald guy who was awful. Unfortunately he seemed to have control for most of the game.

Correct, the bald bloke was an absolute disgrace. The others were good because you didn't notice them.

The game was an exellent example of their positions on the ladder.

Centrals not good enough to play 4 qtrs and be a real premiership contender. I don't want to dissmiss them but they were clearly a middle of the table side yesterday.

Sturt only one place lower on the ladder but 4 games behind. Very evident in the constant mistake making. There appeared to be plenty of in-fighting on the oval and a lack of cohesion, clearly playing their last game for the year.

[therisingblues]

Damn rotten final quarter!
Capitulation or did Central finally find fifth gear or both?
Surprised to hear reports about Coad decking someone. Usually a very fair footballer so perhaps the prick deserved it? Just asking.
On another note, as the year draws to an end, for us anyway, I find myself beseeched with questions about what's next year going to mean? I'm still undecided about what I'll do, but a foreboding is settling.
If the SANFL becomes irrelevant then so will its history. No one remembers or cares who won the 1951 Negro league. Without people caring about the present no one will give a damn about the past either. I dearly hope it doesn't go this way. But it definitely feels as though interest has dropped off, with the amount of traffic on this site and the lack of blockbuster crowds this year. The Crows and Power singled us out as their toy and in so doing it seems some damage was already done.
I threw my Crows scarf out last night. I enjoyed the concept when it was more or less a SANFL representative side, but necame less South Australian after that and it's now part of the clan leeching the SANFL so they and the Power can **** off.
I certainly hope I'm wrong about this gloomy forecast, I hope the inclusion of AFL reserves somehow improves things, that they really prize a SANFL flag and their followers are just as switched on.
Sorry to post all this on the wrong thread, but they are my thoughts following the final game and half this thread is already full of next week's match anyway so I don't think it'll hurt too much.

[CENTURION]

The "prick" was James Boyd, all 5 foot 3 of him & the ball was about 40 metres away. But he's used to it, it happens nearly every weekend to him, he's a ball magnet & the opposition see no other way to stop him.

[therisingblues]

The "prick" was James Boyd, all 5 foot 3 of him & the ball was about 40 metres away. But he's used to it, it happens nearly every weekend to him, he's a ball magnet & the opposition see no other way to stop him.

Are you sure he didn't do anything first? Being short is no defence if you're an alleged prick.

[topsywaldron]

Anyone got footage of Boyd's hilariously self-proclaimed 'fend off' that cost him the Magarey?

[CENTURION]

Anyone got footage of Boyd's hilariously self-proclaimed 'fend off' that cost him the Magarey?

retaliation. but still wrong.

[CENTURION]

The "prick" was James Boyd, all 5 foot 3 of him & the ball was about 40 metres away. But he's used to it, it happens nearly every weekend to him, he's a ball magnet & the opposition see no other way to stop him.

Are you sure he didn't do anything first? Being short is no defence if you're an alleged prick.

spoke to him in The Sussex after the game, he didn't even see it coming. Like I said, for some reason he gets targeted nearly every weekend. Oh well, it doesn't seem to bother him too much.

[CENTURION]

Anyone got footage of Boyd's hilariously self-proclaimed 'fend off' that cost him the Magarey?

it was only Jaensch

[cennals05]

Damn rotten final quarter!
Capitulation or did Central finally find fifth gear or both?
Surprised to hear reports about Coad decking someone. Usually a very fair footballer so perhaps the prick deserved it? Just asking.
On another note, as the year draws to an end, for us anyway, I find myself beseeched with questions about what's next year going to mean? I'm still undecided about what I'll do, but a foreboding is settling.
If the SANFL becomes irrelevant then so will its history. No one remembers or cares who won the 1951 Negro league. Without people caring about the present no one will give a damn about the past either. I dearly hope it doesn't go this way. But it definitely feels as though interest has dropped off, with the amount of traffic on this site and the lack of blockbuster crowds this year. The Crows and Power singled us out as their toy and in so doing it seems some damage was already done.
I threw my Crows scarf out last night. I enjoyed the concept when it was more or less a SANFL representative side, but necame less South Australian after that and it's now part of the clan leeching the SANFL so they and the Power can **** off.
I certainly hope I'm wrong about this gloomy forecast, I hope the inclusion of AFL reserves somehow improves things, that they really prize a SANFL flag and their followers are just as switched on.
Sorry to post all this on the wrong thread, but they are my thoughts following the final game and half this thread is already full of next week's match anyway so I don't think it'll hurt too much.

The 'prick' was running into the forward line making a lead for the guy that had the ball. He had no awareness that Coad was even running behind him. Boyd only had eyes for the player kicking the ball about 40 metres away. Coad ran past him, decked him and kept running. Unfortunately most other Centrals players missed it as they too were concentrating on the play.

As CENTURION said, this happens every week and he gets absolutely no protection from the umpires.

[therisingblues]

Just because he didn't see it coming doesn't mean he didn't do anything beforehand.
I'm going on Coad's reputation here and I'm only hearing one side of the story so far. So the question needs to be asked.

[CENTURION]

it doesn't matter anyway, We have more important things to concern Ourselves with.

[cennals05]

Just because he didn't see it coming doesn't mean he didn't do anything beforehand.
I'm going on Coad's reputation here and I'm only hearing one side of the story so far. So the question needs to be asked.

Boyd was no where near Coad before the incident and there were no other incidences in the game prior to this. He was running through the middle of the ground down into the 50 metres and Coad saw that he was loose and started running after him to pick him up. Coad caught up to him about 30 metres out from goal. Decked him and kept running into the goal square. Centrals kicked a goal and then a couple of players remonstrated with Coad as Boyd was still on the ground.

The Sturt lady sitting next to me actually said that it was really poor from Coad and that she'd expect more from the Captain.

[Jim05]

Central fans whingeing about guys being decked behind the play, how soon they forget

[Dogwatcher]

Haven't forgotten. We're just making as much noise as the rest of you do when one of your precious players get bowled over.

[CENTURION]

Central fans whingeing about guys being decked behind the play, how soon they forget

please name the last time a Centrals player did it.

[Jim05]

Central fans whingeing about guys being decked behind the play, how soon they forget

please name the last time a Centrals player did it.

Obst, 3 weeks ago with a sly hit, oh and his headbutt earlier in the year
The Gowans boys made a career of it, but were smart enough not to get caught

[heater31]

Just because he didn't see it coming doesn't mean he didn't do anything beforehand.
I'm going on Coad's reputation here and I'm only hearing one side of the story so far. So the question needs to be asked.

Boyd was no where near Coad before the incident and there were no other incidences in the game prior to this. He was running through the middle of the ground down into the 50 metres and Coad saw that he was loose and started running after him to pick him up. Coad caught up to him about 30 metres out from goal. Decked him and kept running into the goal square. Centrals kicked a goal and then a couple of players remonstrated with Coad as Boyd was still on the ground.

The Sturt lady sitting next to me actually said that it was really poor from Coad and that she'd expect more from the Captain.

Think you will find that they both went to bump each other and Boyd came off 2nd best. Unnecessary niggle I agree, yet people want to make out that he has had a dirty cheap haymaker at someone.

[CENTURION]

Central fans whingeing about guys being decked behind the play, how soon they forget

please name the last time a Centrals player did it.

Obst, 3 weeks ago with a sly hit, oh and his headbutt earlier in the year
The Gowans boys made a career of it, but were smart enough not to get caught

you said DECKED BEHIND PLAY