Sturt that good? or south that bad?

[smithy]

way too much love between the Bay and Sturt fans lately but thanks for doing us a favour 2 weeks ago and today!!!

GROUP HUG....

[sturt1]

having watched some of todays game sturt are playing at their peak and the woeful old panthers couldnt knock off hackham, can they still make the 5? and as for the blues a great rebound after their reality check against the bays a fortnight back

Make you own mind up about Sturt: just a couple of facts to take into account - we are the only team to beat centrals this season and are sitting 2nd on the ladder. Sturt that good? Maybe

[rochowi]

PATHETIC PANTHERS. An embarrassment to their supporters and most importantly themselves. How most of the ex AFL players ever played there god knows. They would be lucky to be any good at reserves level. Only shining light is the reserves at the moment. That shows our depth. At league level the committment, spirit, guts and desire all not there on Saturday. How can they change so rapidly from one week to the next.

[southee]

PATHETIC PANTHERS. An embarrassment to their supporters and most importantly themselves. How most of the ex AFL players ever played there god knows. They would be lucky to be any good at reserves level. Only shining light is the reserves at the moment. That shows our depth. At league level the committment, spirit, guts and desire all not there on Saturday. How can they change so rapidly from one week to the next.

My view.
Blood the young ressie players who want to be there, drop the AFL hacks who dont want to be there!!!
At least they get experience and it would save some $$$$'s too!!!

[sturtpeter]

I won't get too excited until we beat North and the Eagles.

We haven't beaten the Mighty Roosters since April 15 2005.

Get to Unley, support the team we love.

SturtPeter is emotional...AGAIN

[rochowi]

Southee I think you are right. I can't understand some players like Jacques(a real goer), Munkara, Elliott and Hunter are not getting more opportunities. McGrath, Neagle, Smith, Neagle, Clarke, Handby, possibly Wright, till last game should get dropped to find some form. From what I see they mainly chase guernseys belated at that most of the game instead of going and getting the ball being proactive and improvising. Still think Ellis should be there. Pyman do something to fire these blokes up. No ball for a week. Go down the pub go and have a laugh somewhere whatever. They have the ability as we saw last year.

[Bluedemon]

I won't get too excited until we beat North and the Eagles.

We haven't beaten the Mighty Roosters since April 15 2005.

Get to Unley, support the team we love.

SturtPeter is emotional...AGAIN

SturtPeter i agree with you, if we are going to go further in the finals we need to beat eagles and north. extremely big game this week againsnt north. SturtPeter there is nothing wrong with being emotional about the club you love, i join you also supporting the double blues. i will be behind the goals with the cheer squad screaming for my blues.

[JK]

Just when a thread involving two other clubs comes to the forefront of this site, someone has to make sure we keep talking about the Blues .... AGAIN!!!

(Before anyone spits the chewy, I am of course, just taking the piss )

[southee]

Southee I think you are right. I can't understand some players like Jacques(a real goer), Munkara, Elliott and Hunter are not getting more opportunities. McGrath, Neagle, Smith, Neagle, Clarke, Handby, possibly Wright, till last game should get dropped to find some form. From what I see they mainly chase guernseys belated at that most of the game instead of going and getting the ball being proactive and improvising. Still think Ellis should be there. Pyman do something to fire these blokes up. No ball for a week. Go down the pub go and have a laugh somewhere whatever. They have the ability as we saw last year.

Totally agree rochowi, do you get the feeling it's all become way too serious down there?
It looks like the guys have lost the fun of actually playing footy.
The body langauge shows.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Losing by 110 points sure ain't a remedy for bringing the fun back to your footy Southee. Footy should be really serious for these guys. I think that a Kokoda style trip is what's required. It seems to me (an outsider) that they need to do something that will bring them closer together as a group.

[southee]

Losing by 110 points sure ain't a remedy for bringing the fun back to your footy Southee. Footy should be really serious for these guys. I think that a Kokoda style trip is what's required. It seems to me (an outsider) that they need to do something that will bring them closer together as a group.

Well it was not fun down there at Unley on Saturday!!!
I agree, some bonding might be required.

[rochowi]

southee your right about losing the fun out of footy. Sometimes no matter what level what sport, even work, family etc you play/do you need to take a step back and think are you actually enjoying or liking what you are doing. Most times the players view will be they love playing but somewhere along the line they have lost there way. It is then time to get back to enjoying your footy. When you enjoy it you will feel better and play better. Also team bonding is much underated as when you go out to war you are more likely to defend and help others if you know more about them and actually like your teamates. This applies to footy as well. Pyes please get these blokes getting the fun back into their footy and I am sure they will produce better more consistent results.

[Shin Boner]

I think Pyman thinks he is still coaching in the AFL. They keep playing the so called AFL recuits but some of the local boys have been playing well. I watched the game on channel 2 and it seemed like there was no team spirit as Sturt had. Can't keep relying on the same players each week to win e.g. Sampson, Kenna, etc. Losing Davey I think was huge lost to the Panthers and Archard has been injuried most of the season. You could see on Saturday that the Sturt boys were playing for the coach and the club not like South at the moment.

[southee]

BINGO Shin boner!!!
You are correct in saying Sturt had so much team spirit out there last Saturday and it was obvious they are playing for their coach and supporters.
South on the other hand have not been playing like a team unit all year. Im still scratching my head to work out what the difference is in last year to this year.
We lost Davey and Cupido.
We imported "highly regarded" AFL recruits (they are not my words!!)
Off field things have been going well. Exciting things going on a the club.
So what is it?
Team spirit is missing.
I agree, we are being coached and drilled like an AFL team. It dont work.
Some players not wanting to be there?
I know people on this site have a go at Jarman but I actually think he has a good balance as a coach. Serious when he has to be but brings a bit of fun in as well.
Like I said in previous posts, its time to bring in the kids in the ressies and make a stand by dropping the senior players that dont want to play for South Adelaide this year and beyond.
We cant afford to lose kids that are not getting a crack at senior footy. It's happened to many times down at Panther land.
Im quite interested in seeing how the side performs on Saturday. It will test the character of alot of players