carey wrote:bloodybouncer wrote:carey wrote:SA 9/240
Great fight back lead by a great carnival 100 to Borgus (103) great way to finish a carnival and surely an all australian spot any 100 is a good innings but at this level that's a fantastic effort. Ash mcdonald again very solid with a nice 57 then some clean hitting late by Mistroni (35) to get us the 240 mark and after being 2/4 I couldn't of asked for much more.
Would done Hutchy. Its been great the ball by ball commentary. Some tight games that just havent swung our way i guess, but thats cricket.
Seems like it has been a very strong showing by SA and you should all be proud as punch for the great effort. A tonne and a 5/fa from some of the junior burgers is also encouraging.
Re: Pidge and the 3 jacks - he has tried that one before on me. Useless. Tell him he needs to empty his nuts too.
Good luck this game.
Cheers Gigs thanks for the support mate.
Ditto that. Appreciate your support Giggsy.
Still shaking my head about returning with a 1-4 win-loss record. Just does not do this group any justice, but if you're looking for sporting justice, play another sport I reckon.

The close losses have been just devastating for this playing group and they will burn in our guts for a long time.
Aside from the 7 blokes who've toured previously, the first time tourers now know how hard 5 days of cricket is mentally, even moreso than physically. As I said to the guys after yesterday's match, losses highlight the deficiencies in one's game at this level far more than a win and the bottom line is we weren't good enough when the key pressure moments presented themselves and when you break a game down into maybe 30-50 of those moments across a day's play, wins are built on winning the majority of those key moments and put simply we didn't.
History shows a reasonably high turnover of players from one Carny to the next, but if we can have representation from the vast majority of the 2012 side, we will go into the 2014 tournament in good shape, particularly with 5 very good young players that still qualify for U23's.
Well done to Dutchy for leading the side well and with great passion. Congratulations to Borgy and Pistol on their richly deserved baggy greens.
Happy New Year SA Footy forumites.