SAAFL Division 6 2013

[heater31]

Will Westminster be hosting the finalthis week or has the cricket club taken over already

Think officially the summer tenancy begins on September 1.

[scottroo]

listed as glandore oval on sportingpulse

[Darth Demon]

I saw a bit of Rosewater and Lockleys game Saturday, caught up with a couple of old Lockleys heads in Dario Gruber and Ranks.
Thought Lockleys looked a quicker side but passing inside forward 50 was pretty bad. Rosewater looked a lot more dangerous going forward but to me look a little top heavy around the ground.

I watched the Rosewater and Lockleys game also. Its the first game I've seen this year, and was quit surprised by the standard, considering everything I have read on this forum this year. It may have been an off week, but I though the standard of football was terrible. At one stage, the skill errors were laughable, didn't seem to be any real game plan from either side, and the decision making was like both teams were playing their first game for the year.... you could have been excused for thinking both sides were at the bottom of the ladder.

I'm not meaning to sound condescending at all, but is there any other thoughts on the game from other people that saw it?

your right in the way of turnovers where up by both sides!
was it due to pressure?? who knows
i know our tackle count was well up on previous weeks

Spot on CC17, I've seen a few D6 matches this year. Based on Satdee's intensity (or lack of) both sides would struggle against a good D3Reserves side.

I can see a CLG v WOS rematch for the GF. I would expect a very different tempo and level of intensity at the contest when they play.

[Rutland Ramble]

The Lockleys Football Club would like to thank Brett Leonard and his coaching staff, Peter and Brendan, for their services over the past 2 years.
Brett is very passionate, and extremely intense about his coaching and a great teacher of the game. We have been incredibly lucky to have him with us at the club, he will be sorely missed.

In my opinion several young players within the group will take quite a lot of what they have learned from their experience with Brett into the rest of their playing days and that will make them all the better for it.

He put a lot of love into his role and demanded it back, unfortunately I don't believe everyone in the playing group was aware of this!!

We wish Brett and his family, all the best, and with his future endeavours and I am certain they will be successful.

Hopefully we are able to acquire the services of someone of similar calibre to continue the good work that he started!!

CC17 Yep, you witnessed an out of form Rosewater ( they have been much better throughout the year ) beat an even worse Lockleys side. I can't make excuses we were less than ordinary on the day but I do wonder what you were doing at Rosies whilst the Cats ( who I believe you were assisting) were getting beaten at home???

DD besides this one the other games were against Mitchell Park and Adelaide Uni you attended,(assuming that you have not indeed been watching another D6 team) given they were bottom 2 maybe not the best form to go on!! Again I agree it was a terrible performance but I don't think that is all that unusual from Finals on a ground affected by weather. I also agree that WOS will play CLG in the big one but I don't think you needed to be Nostradamus to come up with that!!
I am sure the intensity from both will be far more than what you witnessed last Saturday but I won't be surprised to see the skill levels drop from either or both on the day.

[zedman]

really enjoyed coaching against Brett and loved our chats after the games..quality person and coach..big shoes to fill imo..good luck in your search Rutland..

[citycoaster17]

The Lockleys Football Club would like to thank Brett Leonard and his coaching staff, Peter and Brendan, for their services over the past 2 years.
Brett is very passionate, and extremely intense about his coaching and a great teacher of the game. We have been incredibly lucky to have him with us at the club, he will be sorely missed.

In my opinion several young players within the group will take quite a lot of what they have learned from their experience with Brett into the rest of their playing days and that will make them all the better for it.

He put a lot of love into his role and demanded it back, unfortunately I don't believe everyone in the playing group was aware of this!!

We wish Brett and his family, all the best, and with his future endeavours and I am certain they will be successful.

Hopefully we are able to acquire the services of someone of similar calibre to continue the good work that he started!!



CC17 Yep, you witnessed an out of form Rosewater ( they have been much better throughout the year ) beat an even worse Lockleys side. I can't make excuses we were less than ordinary on the day but I do wonder what you were doing at Rosies whilst the Cats ( who I believe you were assisting) were getting beaten at home???

DD besides this one the other games were against Mitchell Park and Adelaide Uni you attended,(assuming that you have not indeed been watching another D6 team) given they were bottom 2 maybe not the best form to go on!! Again I agree it was a terrible performance but I don't think that is all that unusual from Finals on a ground affected by weather. I also agree that WOS will play CLG in the big one but I don't think you needed to be Nostradamus to come up with that!!
I am sure the intensity from both will be far more than what you witnessed last Saturday but I won't be surprised to see the skill levels drop from either or both on the day.

RR, thanks for your honest assessment of the game, as I was wondering if I was the only one that saw the game in that light. I don't know Brett, but I wish him the best also in his future endeavours. Obviously, he took over the club after a few things happened that no one was really comfortable with, and has got the boys and the whole club up and running and playing finals football.

In regards to me being involved with the "cats" please excuse my naivety, but I don't even know which team you are referring to when you mention the cats....

As for the reasons why I was watching the game, this was by no means trying to hang sh^t on the LFC, as I played a substantial number of years for the LFC, and was out there to also catch up with some old mates, and hopefully enjoy the Locks boys having a win in the finals. I agreed with DD's opinion of the game, and as for Nostradamus??? Come on..... The oval was in pretty good condition considering the weather that Adelaide has had, and considering all the talk about Lockleys being an extremely efficient skills team in the wet and bog, the standard of football was sub standard.I think your on the defensive a little there mate for an average performance.

[Rutland Ramble]

Apologies CC17, I must have you mixed up with someone else!!

I am certainly not making excuses for our "less than average performance" it is, what it is!!

I am not trying to offend anyone but I think the bloke with the dark glasses and the Labrador can see a WOS VS CLG grand final!!!

The talk of Lockleys being clean in the wet came from an ex MPFC coach after watching one game against a team that finished 2nd Bottom.

Agreed The standard was sub standard.

What I don't get is being some one who has played a substantial amount of years at Lockleys, and knowing DD has been a quality coach/runner/committee member/president/probably missed a couple more roles!! at the club. You somehow were not able to catch up with him at the game to discuss how poor it was but had to wait until you got on your keyboard to ask the question!!There was not that many there!! You obviously walked to the huddles at the breaks as you know the condition of the ground, yet somehow you still missed him!! Fancy talking about the game that your watching, interesting concept.

I am not defensive about poor performances! I am disappointed at them! Not just the one on Saturday.

[citycoaster17]

Apologies CC17, I must have you mixed up with someone else!!

I am certainly not making excuses for our "less than average performance" it is, what it is!!

I am not trying to offend anyone but I think the bloke with the dark glasses and the Labrador can see a WOS VS CLG grand final!!!

The talk of Lockleys being clean in the wet came from an ex MPFC coach after watching one game against a team that finished 2nd Bottom.

Agreed The standard was sub standard.

What I don't get is being some one who has played a substantial amount

of years at Lockleys, and knowing DD has been a quality coach/runner/committee member/president/probably missed a couple more roles!! at the club. You somehow were not able to catch up with him at the game to discuss how poor it was but had to wait until you got on your keyboard to ask the question!!There was not that many there!! You obviously walked to the huddles at the breaks as you know the condition of the ground, yet somehow you still missed him!! Fancy talking about the game that your watching, interesting concept.

I am not defensive about poor performances! I am disappointed at them! Not just the one on Saturday.

Lol, I did catch up with DD on the day, and enjoyed a beer with him, although he was drinking bourban.... I was just interested in how other people viewed the game, so I could get a better understanding of how people viewed the standard of football in div 6, as DD has been privy to different standards over the past few years

[retired60]

Apologies CC17, I must have you mixed up with someone else!!

I am certainly not making excuses for our "less than average performance" it is, what it is!!

I am not trying to offend anyone but I think the bloke with the dark glasses and the Labrador can see a WOS VS CLG grand final!!!

The talk of Lockleys being clean in the wet came from an ex MPFC coach after watching one game against a team that finished 2nd Bottom.

Agreed The standard was sub standard.

What I don't get is being some one who has played a substantial amount

of years at Lockleys, and knowing DD has been a quality coach/runner/committee member/president/probably missed a couple more roles!! at the club. You somehow were not able to catch up with him at the game to discuss how poor it was but had to wait until you got on your keyboard to ask the question!!There was not that many there!! You obviously walked to the huddles at the breaks as you know the condition of the ground, yet somehow you still missed him!! Fancy talking about the game that your watching, interesting concept.






I am not defensive about poor performances! I am disappointed at them! Not just the one on Saturday.

Lol, I did catch up with DD on the day, and enjoyed a beer with him, although he was drinking bourban.... I was just interested in how other people viewed the game, so I could get a better understanding of how people viewed the standard of football in div 6, as DD has been privy to different standards over the past few years

I think you are all too harsh about the standard. I have been to a number of Div 2 and Div 3 games this year and the standard of the Rosewater / Lockleys game would match the bottom end of Div 3. It was played with great intensity on an oval that whilst acceptable was not of a good standard. There were some bad ball handling errors, but that happens in every game at every level. All in all I thought it was good game.

[Pag]

With all due respect, if Lockleys and Rosewater were Div 3 standard, they'd be in Div 3.

They're in Div 6 because they're Div 6 standard.

Bad call Caro.

[Footy Chick]

[morell]

The old "standard" debate.

This is the best overall standard Div 6 I have seen, by that I mean the depth of the teams is extraordinary - not necessarily in the standard of play or the precision of the kicks. Only need to look at Rosewater, undefeated for much of the year, lose Schar and a couple more and they got 30 goals kicked on them by CLG ...

Everyone would probably look at Mitchell Park and see that we finished second to bottom and lost more games than we won, but we were only 2 games out of the 5, knocked off WOS and BOS and beat CU twice. We were competitive in every game except maybe BOS and CLG away. We improved on last year and recruited well after winning the D7 flag but the sheer quality of the sides was simply too good this year.

[The Riddler]

The old "standard" debate.

This is the best overall standard Div 6 I have seen, by that I mean the depth of the teams is extraordinary - not necessarily in the standard of play or the precision of the kicks. Only need to look at Rosewater, undefeated for much of the year, lose Schar and a couple more and they got 30 goals kicked on them by CLG ...

Everyone would probably look at Mitchell Park and see that we finished second to bottom and lost more games than we won, but we were only 2 games out of the 5, knocked off WOS and BOS and beat CU twice. We were competitive in every game except maybe BOS and CLG away. We improved on last year and recruited well after winning the D7 flag but the sheer quality of the sides was simply too good this year.

I watched the 2 best sides in Div 7 go at it on the weekend and can say the gap between Div 6 & 7 has gotten unbelievably bigger in the past 12 months. You only have to look at us as well Morell, we had a better side this season compared to last, we beat the 2 Top Sides in the comp and yet still couldn't make finals after playing off in a Prelim last year

[The Riddler]

Will we see any surprises tonight at the medal count like last year when Forwood won it from Trinity?
Harvey, Easton, Frank Top 3 for me.....Smoky Ty Corey

[zedman]

Will we see any surprises tonight at the medal count like last year when Forwood won it from Trinity?
Harvey, Easton, Frank Top 3 for me.....Smoky Ty Corey

harvey is a good chance and kicked a huge amount of goals but rare to see a FF win it..reckon pearce will come home hard..frank will be a vote winner and easton will go really well..thats my top 4

[WOS Dragons]

Will we see any surprises tonight at the medal count like last year when Forwood won it from Trinity?
Harvey, Easton, Frank Top 3 for me.....Smoky Ty Corey

harvey is a good chance and kicked a huge amount of goals but rare to see a FF win it..reckon pearce will come home hard..frank will be a vote winner and easton will go really well..thats my top 4

I think harvey should win it - avergaing almost 7 goals a game is massive - the most dominant player in the competition in the team that finished top.

[morell]

Usually a bit of a midfielders medal isn't it? My pick is Frank from Rosies.

[Danky$$]

Usually a bit of a midfielders medal isn't it? My pick is Frank from Rosies.

Joel Peterson from Rosie's

[bloke]

Usually a bit of a midfielders medal isn't it? My pick is Frank from Rosies.

Dylan Frank would have to be the dreamiest player in the SAAFL

[piccachu]

Dylan Frank would have to be the dreamiest player in the SAAFL

So Dreamy, Tony modra look a like