SAAFL Division 8 & D8R (2012)

[Executive Member]

Possible Div 8

Broadview
PAOC
SMOSH
Mitcham
Salisbury
Golden Grove
Unley
North Haven

Gepps Cross unconfirmed
Seaton and Hope Valley are out

As far as I know, Gepps Cross are a starter

[woodublieve12]

Having played in both I would rather have both sides together. Look at the Big Picture and not your own back yard.

As stated you can still have triple headers!!!! Just work with the other team involved.

By having D8 & D8R it gives sides a chance to get into D7 and vice versa.

who's other backyard would i care bout???? i see the big picture and i dont agree with it... simple as that.. i wanna do whats best for my club and chnaging the c grade division is not in its best interest...

i have no problem with the d8 and d8r proposals...

[Executive Member]

Having played in both I would rather have both sides together. Look at the Big Picture and not your own back yard.

As stated you can still have triple headers!!!! Just work with the other team involved.

By having D8 & D8R it gives sides a chance to get into D7 and vice versa.

who's other backyard would i care bout???? i see the big picture and i dont agree with it... simple as that.. i wanna do whats best for my club and chnaging the c grade division is not in its best interest...

i have no problem with the d8 and d8r proposals...

If you have no problems with D8/8R then by default you support the new C Grade concept as one can't exist without the other

For example there will be 9 sides previously in C1-C5 that will no longer be there and then C6 gets abolished

That leaves 4 grades for all other C Grade sides, which then need to be filled

[S Demon]

Possible Div 8

Broadview
PAOC
SMOSH
Mitcham
Salisbury
Golden Grove
Unley
North Haven

Gepps Cross unconfirmed
Seaton and Hope Valley are out

As far as I know, Gepps Cross are a starter

Broadview
PAOC
SMOSH
Mitcham
Salisbury
Golden Grove
Unley
North Haven
Gepps Cross

[Yank Man]

Possible Div 8

Broadview
PAOC
SMOSH
Mitcham
Salisbury
Golden Grove
Unley
North Haven

Gepps Cross unconfirmed
Seaton and Hope Valley are out

As far as I know, Gepps Cross are a starter

Broadview
PAOC
SMOSH
Mitcham
Salisbury
Golden Grove
Unley
North Haven
Gepps Cross

Now yor talkin. Demon

[woodublieve12]

If you have no problems with D8/8R then by default you support the new C Grade concept as one can't exist without the other

For example there will be 9 sides previously in C1-C5 that will no longer be there and then C6 gets abolished

That leaves 4 grades for all other C Grade sides, which then need to be filled

well if thats what you think then, im suddenly not a fan... seriously though my main problem is where plympton are proposed to be, in c2... surely you can see a c4 side (us, hectorville, elizabeth) playing c1, c2 sides from last year is just plain silly... also my proposed c4 comp i suggested in a earlier post were we can have triple headers with 5 or six other sides who play in DIV4, plus the the same thing can happen with the clubs in DIV5 clubs... add in some clubs into the c4 and c5 comps who are at that standard and its solved.... surely common sense will prevail... some clubs dont have enough resources where they can have there c grade side to play else were evry week... and someone said that the saafl are goin to get triple headers every week, but tell me how they can make the c grade play were there A's are majority of weeks???? cant happen.... but with my idea and i know other clubs think the same, majority of weeks the c's will play with there A's.... this shouldnt be that complicated, but it seems to me that saafl and some people on here are making it aot harder then it should be....

as i said earlier if it ain't broke dont fix it!!!

[Footy_Rulz]

I am not sure if this has been mentioned but I found out yesterday that in division 8/8R you are still allowed 7 players on the bench.

[TEX07]

I am not sure if this has been mentioned but I found out yesterday that in division 8/8R you are still allowed 7 players on the bench.

Where you have have heard that? Havent seen you on the track??

[Latte Lad]

If you have no problems with D8/8R then by default you support the new C Grade concept as one can't exist without the other

For example there will be 9 sides previously in C1-C5 that will no longer be there and then C6 gets abolished

That leaves 4 grades for all other C Grade sides, which then need to be filled

well if thats what you think then, im suddenly not a fan... seriously though my main problem is where plympton are proposed to be, in c2... surely you can see a c4 side (us, hectorville, elizabeth) playing c1, c2 sides from last year is just plain silly... also my proposed c4 comp i suggested in a earlier post were we can have triple headers with 5 or six other sides who play in DIV4, plus the the same thing can happen with the clubs in DIV5 clubs... add in some clubs into the c4 and c5 comps who are at that standard and its solved.... surely common sense will prevail... some clubs dont have enough resources where they can have there c grade side to play else were evry week... and someone said that the saafl are goin to get triple headers every week, but tell me how they can make the c grade play were there A's are majority of weeks???? cant happen.... but with my idea and i know other clubs think the same, majority of weeks the c's will play with there A's.... this shouldnt be that complicated, but it seems to me that saafl and some people on here are making it aot harder then it should be....

as i said earlier if it ain't broke dont fix it!!!

Having been involved in C Grade footy for years, and in the last 4 years winning flags in C4, C3 and C2, I can tell you are toughest year was in C4 when we beat GG in the GF. There is no obvious difference between C4 and above, it purely depends on the depth of the clubs higher grades. A good C5 side could easily play C1 or C2, and vice versa, and C1 side could also struggle in lower grades.

[lutz]

Are Gaza definitely not having a D grade? Have heard they had 60 on the track this week!

[S Demon]

Are Gaza definitely not having a D grade? Have heard they had 60 on the track this week!

They're listed in C1 and would need quite a few more than 60 to have a D grade

[lutz]

Are Gaza definitely not having a D grade? Have heard they had 60 on the track this week!

They're listed in C1 and would need quite a few more than 60 to have a D grade

How many D graders would be out training with the main group at this time of the year?? I don't know Gaza that well, but if they have 60 blokes on the track atm, I would say it's quite plausible that they COULD have a D grade.

[S Demon]

Are Gaza definitely not having a D grade? Have heard they had 60 on the track this week!

They're listed in C1 and would need quite a few more than 60 to have a D grade

How many D graders would be out training with the main group at this time of the year?? I don't know Gaza that well, but if they have 60 blokes on the track atm, I would say it's quite plausible that they COULD have a D grade.

You're probably right. But with cut off being 27th January to nominate all your sides without copping a $500 fine, I guess its a bit tough to make the call then unless there's 90 out on the track already...

[lutz]

Are Gaza definitely not having a D grade? Have heard they had 60 on the track this week!

They're listed in C1 and would need quite a few more than 60 to have a D grade

How many D graders would be out training with the main group at this time of the year?? I don't know Gaza that well, but if they have 60 blokes on the track atm, I would say it's quite plausible that they COULD have a D grade.

You're probably right. But with cut off being 27th January to nominate all your sides without copping a $500 fine, I guess its a bit tough to make the call then unless there's 90 out on the track already...

Yea that's why i was enquiring, i thought i had read that they had decided against it, just checking.

[The Dark Knight]

Possible Div 8

Broadview
PAOC
SMOSH
Mitcham
Salisbury
Golden Grove
Unley
North Haven

Gepps Cross unconfirmed
Seaton and Hope Valley are out

As far as I know, Gepps Cross are a starter

Broadview
PAOC
SMOSH
Mitcham
Salisbury
Golden Grove
Unley
North Haven
Gepps Cross

I think it's fantastic that were going to have a D grade!! What a change from three years ago where we only had a A and B grade. Great signs for the club, I can't wait for this season to start. The numbers at training have been getting better and better, as more and more guys who weren't seen before christmas come out and I think we will have no trouble filling four sides. Spots especially in the A's and B's are certainly up for grabs.

[Hellboy]

D8/8R

•Broadview
•Gepps Cross
•PAOC
•Flinders Park
•SMOSH
•Mitcham
•Salisbury
•Hope Valley (new)
•Golden Grove
•Unley (new)
•Seaton (new)

What is the likelyhood of all these teams getting 4 sides? As it stands our club need one of these to not have four sides in order for us to have a D Grade

I was led to believe by a member of the executive, that Div 8/8R will have as many sides in it that have 4 teams, so it could end up having 12 sides even though you wont play all sides twice??

I hope that turns out to be true because North Haven have been told that we cannot have a fourth side

So was this all bull$hit?

[Boosh]

No, originally told by the league that we could not have a fourth team but after the 27th when teams pulled out we were offered their place which we took.

[Jetters]

How many players training at this stage of the year do you think would indicate that you would have numbers for a 'D' grade??

[Demon Juke]

How many players training at this stage of the year do you think would indicate that you would have numbers for a 'D' grade??

60 +

[The Cows]

If you have no problems with D8/8R then by default you support the new C Grade concept as one can't exist without the other

For example there will be 9 sides previously in C1-C5 that will no longer be there and then C6 gets abolished

That leaves 4 grades for all other C Grade sides, which then need to be filled

well if thats what you think then, im suddenly not a fan... seriously though my main problem is where plympton are proposed to be, in c2... surely you can see a c4 side (us, hectorville, elizabeth) playing c1, c2 sides from last year is just plain silly... also my proposed c4 comp i suggested in a earlier post were we can have triple headers with 5 or six other sides who play in DIV4, plus the the same thing can happen with the clubs in DIV5 clubs... add in some clubs into the c4 and c5 comps who are at that standard and its solved.... surely common sense will prevail... some clubs dont have enough resources where they can have there c grade side to play else were evry week... and someone said that the saafl are goin to get triple headers every week, but tell me how they can make the c grade play were there A's are majority of weeks???? cant happen.... but with my idea and i know other clubs think the same, majority of weeks the c's will play with there A's.... this shouldnt be that complicated, but it seems to me that saafl and some people on here are making it aot harder then it should be....

as i said earlier if it ain't broke dont fix it!!!

Having been involved in C Grade footy for years, and in the last 4 years winning flags in C4, C3 and C2, I can tell you are toughest year was in C4 when we beat GG in the GF. There is no obvious difference between C4 and above, it purely depends on the depth of the clubs higher grades. A good C5 side could easily play C1 or C2, and vice versa, and C1 side could also struggle in lower grades.

I'm with you matey, iv'e been playing C's for years and there are no easy years of footy. There needs to be a relagation system in the C grades otherwise it gets so lopsided. I can say that because we have had a great last couple of years at Flinders Park and it has become like that with us. Over the last few years we have people playing that could still be playing A grade footy but can't commit for certain reasons. So what happens is other quality players come and play with them and so on. After a couple fo years you have a really strong side. Hey don't forget WB12 we played you the other year and that was our D grade up against your C grade. Exactly the same situation you are talking about on here. All it is bud is a challenge. Adelaide Uni did it last year and they nearly won a flag in C1 after going up from c2 for no reason. Take it on the chin and move on!!