SA Footy

First game of the season. No?

Sturt here by 5 goals.

both sides playing for pride.......................no not that pride, strut by 35pts

WEST

West Adelaide coach Brad Gotch has boosted his team’s leg speed ahead of the clash with Sturt at Hisense Stadium.

Pacy trio Nathan Batley, Kenny Karpany and Sam Davidson have been included in the 25-man squad, with Davidson a chance to make his club debut for the Bloods after moving from Port Adelaide’s SANFL team.

Ruckman Stuart Taverner and premiership midfielder Josh Schiller have also been listed on the seven-man extended interchange bench.

Hamish Gordon was sent back to the Reserves while 17-year-old debutant Harry Lemmey will line up for Scotch College.

League

F: C. Fairlie, Ellem, Haysman

HF: Lovell, Keough, Maguire

C: Boyle, Squire, Chamberlain

HB: Murphy, Hupfeld, Dunkin

B: Hill, Ryan, Duval



R: Cleeland, P. Fairlie, K. Stevens

INT: Schiller, Karpany, J. Stevens, Batley, Sinderberry, Taverner, Davidson

IN: Batley, Davidson, Karpany, Schiller, Taverner

OUT: Lemmey (school – Scotch College), Gordon

NEW: Sam Davidson (Port Adelaide SANFL)



Reserves
C. Allan, E. Allan, Anderson, Babic, Bock, Elliot, Faulkner, Fejo, Gordon, J. Johnson, Kelly, Laudato, May, Meline, Morrish, Rana, Redfern, Rundle, Sherlock, R. Stevens, Taylor & Wooldridge

Under-18
F: Baltagie, Barker, Scully
HF: Watts, Young, Westdijk
C: McCormick, Thackeray, Baker
HB: Pridham, Satanek, K. Roberts
B: Martin, Midwinter, Sullivan

R: Steene, White D, Kennedy
INT: J. Roberts, Harkins, Burbridge, J. White



STURT

Sturt will make at least one change to confront West at Hisense Stadium.

Mature-age wingman Charlie Parker has been sidelined by a collarbone injury, opening up an opportunity for at least one of Sturt’s four inclusions to play.

Wingman Josh Shute and midfielder Mani Liddy are prime candidates while talls Oliver Grivell and Riley Grundy are also in the 25-man squad.

Grivell has recovered from a knee injury while Grundy could play his first League game for the Double Blues.

League

F: J. Hone, A. Lochowiak, Patullo

HF: Trenorden, Houlahan, Penfold

C: Slimming, Lewis, Crocker

HB: Carey, Wundke, Voss

B: Page, Edmonds, Coomblas



R: Fahey-Sparks, Davis, Battersby

INT: Dakin, Illman, Thiele, Shute, Grivell, Liddy, Grundy

IN: Grivell, Shute, Grundy, Liddy

OUT: Parker (collarbone)



Reserves
M. Lochowiak, Richards, T. Hone, DeZylva, Lines, Hines, Holland, Wingard, How, Fryer, Taylor, Doyle, Burrows, Thomas, Emmett, Parker-Boers, Walter, Manuell, Spain

Under-18
F: Houston, Stagg, Turner
HF: Gladigau, Fidge, Tragakis
C: Reilly, Aish, Tucker
HB: Bawden, Jordans, Harvey
B: McCourt, Quartermaine, Bosence

R: Thredgold, Pope, Taylor
INT: Reschke, Torode, Field, C. Thomas, Wilden, Mantjaris

Sturt 1.3(9)
West 0.1(1)


1/4 time

Westies goaless at 1/2 time

West are awful

3/4 time

WA 0.3
STU 9.14

Wow.

still goal-less

Westies goaless for the game

Lowest score in about 112 years

Yuck… can’t even use the ‘you had one goal in mind ‘ gag….

LOL

The 1995 winless blues would have beaten that westies side today.

The 95 blues had a saviour in Phil Carman and some hard workers in the background that wouldn’t let things die.

Hope westies can find the same resolve to turn it around.

With every year beyond the post crows era SANFL that gets harder though.

This into the showdown after this week... I'm done

mots02 wrote:The 1995 winless blues would have beaten that westies side today.

The 95 blues had a saviour in Phil Carman and some hard workers in the background that wouldn’t let things die.

Hope westies can find the same resolve to turn it around.

With every year beyond the post crows era SANFL that gets harder though.

The league itself was 10 goals better in 95 so Sturt would have beaten them easy

amber_fluid wrote:

mots02 wrote:The 1995 winless blues would have beaten that westies side today.

The 95 blues had a saviour in Phil Carman and some hard workers in the background that wouldn’t let things die.

Hope westies can find the same resolve to turn it around.

With every year beyond the post crows era SANFL that gets harder though.

The league itself was 10 goals better in 95 so Sturt would have beaten them easy

26 years on…. That might be true but it’s still cold comfort. Man those were dark days.

MW wrote:This into the showdown after this week... I'm done

Grab a beer mate.
Maybe grab a few!!

mots02 wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

mots02 wrote:The 1995 winless blues would have beaten that westies side today.

The 95 blues had a saviour in Phil Carman and some hard workers in the background that wouldn’t let things die.

Hope westies can find the same resolve to turn it around.

With every year beyond the post crows era SANFL that gets harder though.

The league itself was 10 goals better in 95 so Sturt would have beaten them easy

26 years on…. That might be true but it’s still cold comfort. Man those were dark days.

95 was a good year!
Oh how I miss the real Magpies.

What can west do? Other then the 15 flag and runner up in the early 10's, they have been comfortably the worst side in the league since 2005. Recruiting is always terrible which is probably because of $$. Feel for the 500 fans that turn up week in week out to watch this.

Give it 3 or 4 years, and Westies will hold the Blues to 0.5 at the same ground.

Hey, similar results have happened....