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The Bedge wrote:Sorry everyone, not at work today - will post Monday instead!

Haaha, yeah wouldn't want to do it in unpaid time ay?

Thanks to pag and the boys from Salisbury for making the treck to Mortlock Park today.

Was bloody freezing and felt more like round 15 in July.

3 close games played in good spirits, all the best for season 2019

scottroo wrote:Thanks to pag and the boys from Salisbury for making the treck to Mortlock Park today.

Was bloody freezing and felt more like round 15 in July.

3 close games played in good spirits, all the best for season 2019

Cheers mate, good luck to you and your lads.

@zedman did you enjoy the game?

Pag wrote:

scottroo wrote:Thanks to pag and the boys from Salisbury for making the treck to Mortlock Park today.

Was bloody freezing and felt more like round 15 in July.

3 close games played in good spirits, all the best for season 2019

Cheers mate, good luck to you and your lads.

@zedman did you enjoy the game?

4-5 goal breeze made it a difficult game to judge..salisbury lads were pretty good, first time i have seen you guys..saw enough to know you will be around the money..clg also looked very tidy..got some speed and some good ones to come into the team for round 1..both sides would be happy with that trial..

Season Preview - Kenilworth
2018
Won - 12
Lost - 6
Draw - 0
Position - 4th (1x games off 2nd)
Notes - Beat most sides last year, including Grand Finalist Woodville South. Dropped elimination final by 14pts after slipping to 4th following last round.

B Grade
Won - 13
Lost - 5
Position - 3rd (lost Semi Final)

Player movement
OUT
Cream, Anthony
Gibbs, Thomas
Groth, Harrison
Lloyd, Taylor
Mcnicol, Braeden
Savage, Jay
Scudds, Ben
Taylor, Joshua

IN
Bidstrup, Max
Boskemper, Felix
Buckley, Alex
Casey, Tom
Chadburn, Thomas
Compton, Matthew
Cooper, Issac
Diamondopoulos, Peter
Hofmeyer, Luke
Lawrence, Karl
Liverton, Andrew
Markham, Liam
Mason, Angus
Mcardle, Ross
Norman, Ashley
Pearce, Noah
Rose, Cooper
Stevens, Thomas
Vea Vea, Neil

For large parts of last season, the Burras looked the side most equipped to challenge CBC for the flag, unfortunately a few hiccups late in the season saw them slide, and a crucial Rd 18 loss cost them the double chance.

Fast forward to this season, and added more top end talent to bolster an already impressive list, as well as the addition of a league ruckman and boy oh boy it looks to have all the key ingredients to success.

Haven't appeared to lose anyone of note, except Savage but he's easily replaced with the inclusions and return of former premiership stars.

Depth through the B grade was good, one of the best sides over the minor round complimented with experience and talent and several who could make the step up, and the club as a whole play their ground incredibly well.

New clubrooms, new recruits, big things coming for the Kenilworth.. if it all goes to plan, they'll be LaughingKookaburras come September.

Prediction: 1st

Season Preview - Lockleys
2018
Won - 13
Lost - 5
Draw - 0
Position - 3rd (1x games off 2nd)
Notes - Premier ruckman Martinello, multi-dimensional forward line, explosive backline, shit midfield.

B Grade
Won - 17
Lost - 1
Position - 1st (lost Semi Final)

Player movement
OUT
Akeroyd, Jack
Buchecker, Callan
Cashel, Emmett
Gatis, Stavros
Hutchings, David
Krieg, Tim
Marshman, Michael
Williams, Jake
Woolston, Josh
Zweck, Daniel

IN
Carbone, Jake
Chaplin, Jared
Connor, Ethan
Connor, Isaiah
Cunningham, Braden
Dunatov, Markus
Faraone, Jospeh
Ling, Tristen
Moore, Connor
Mullen, Lachlan
Pope, Luke
Sarti, Jordan
Schild, Thomas
Sponza, Dion
Tappin, Dylan
Traianos, Matt
Trenorden, Edward

Have been up for a few years now, constantly around the mark - through all grades - that ability to maintain wins over the minor round but fail at the finals hurdles must at some point begin having an impact on the playing group. Only have themselves to blame for last year - comfortably the most consistent club in the division across all grades, even ahead of CBC - inaccuracy when it mattered ended their season prematurely, kicked 4.20 in the qualifying final and backed up with 10.18 in the Semi Final.. losing both games by a combined 8 points.

High scoring, aggressive side, led by one of the best and most versatile rucks in getting around these grades and a rebounding back 6 the Demons are a well drilled unit and will continue to challenge sides through out the season and be around the mark.

A difficult opening three games will test the Dee's - only reason I have them finishing so low, I expect them to wind up as the season goes on.

Williams is a blow to their midfield stocks, replaced with Traianos, and Gatis hurts the B grade in up forward, but expect Rafanelli to step up and relish in the chance to be the big dog target. A number of juniors to be blooded through the seniors will continue to keep Lockleys around the mark, and perhaps a quieter lead up to this season will allow them to go through early with a little less attention as everyones eyes look to Hope Valley, Kenilworth, Smithfield and Salisbury with interest.

Get around the Stormy Special.

Prediction: 4th

The Bedge wrote:Stop trying to downplay your mob sir - saw enough Friday night to know you're a contender.

zedman wrote:salisbury lads were pretty good, first time i have seen you guys..saw enough to know you will be around the money....

Great minds...

Season Preview - Pulteney
2018
Won - 13
Lost - 5
Draw - 0
Position - 2nd (Lost prelim)
Notes - Huge off season signing of The Bedge to replace 100 goal forward Langford.

B Grade
Won - 9
Lost - 9
Position - 6th (2x games outside 5)

Player movement
OUT
Bohnsack, Jordan
Dolling, Trent
Langford, Thomas
Lindner, Kurt
Luckett, Jack
Sharp, Nigel
Wood, Nathan

IN
Babidge, Harry
Barabas, Scott
Bedgebad, Matt
Belczacki, Michael
Brodie, Rory
Cotton, Tom
Esposito, Joe
Esposito, Tony
Fitzpatrick, Heath
Gully, Adam
Hill, Braden
Hodgson, Daniel
Miller, Daniel
Newcombe, Jarryd
Norton, Patrick
Perry, Cooper
Raines, Ernest
Rowlands, Nick
Ryenbakken, Matthew
Schwertfeger, Jake
Simpson, Garry
Smith, Ryan
Styles, Dylan
Taylor, Clinton
Traeger, Ben
Tripodi, Antonio
Tripodi, James

Let's not stuff around here, we aren't here to **** spiders - we are here to win it.. in the C grade

Lost Langford up forward 107 goals, and the retirements of Cleveland, Latchford, Frick, Rowlands and Darley leaves a fair hole as well as Luckett and Mattner off to YPFL. Have recruited reasonably well to replace, but depth will continue to be an issue - except for the super C grade.. in fact i dont even know half the "recruits".

The announcement of Michael Tripodi as C grade coach has dragged half of the Italian community out for a kick, hopefully a few will be happy to play in the B grade who are coming from a fair way back this year compared to most.

However, the Blues did have a steady season last year and good base to work with, and fun fact last season was only the third time in 17 years of coaching i'd missed finals - that includes cricket (pleased to say returned to cricket finals again this year ), also another fun fact.. won a premiership in 1999 and 2003, coached a premiership in 2007, 2011 and lost a Grand Final in 2015.. it's 2019 this year.. omen?



Prediction: 3rd

zedman wrote:

Pag wrote:

scottroo wrote:Thanks to pag and the boys from Salisbury for making the treck to Mortlock Park today.

Was bloody freezing and felt more like round 15 in July.

3 close games played in good spirits, all the best for season 2019

Cheers mate, good luck to you and your lads.

@zedman did you enjoy the game?

4-5 goal breeze made it a difficult game to judge..salisbury lads were pretty good, first time i have seen you guys..saw enough to know you will be around the money..clg also looked very tidy..got some speed and some good ones to come into the team for round 1..both sides would be happy with that trial..

#onedayyou'llsaysomethingyoureallythink
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The Bedge wrote:

The Bedge wrote:Stop trying to downplay your mob sir - saw enough Friday night to know you're a contender.

zedman wrote:salisbury lads were pretty good, first time i have seen you guys..saw enough to know you will be around the money....

Great minds...

My God.

Bedge is Daniel Scott-Collings still with you guys

scottroo wrote:Bedge is Daniel Scott-Collings still with you guys

As far as I know, yes. Played the trial games, moved well.

Some great news coming out of Kenilworth with the grand opening of the new social clubrooms scheduled for our home fixture vs Smithfield Rd 3. Having spent some time there over the last week and seeing it’s near completion it is a very impressive set up which no doubt will be very well received by any people visiting Simonds Park this year.

Parts of the new facilities will also be open this weeks round 1 clash vs Trinity O.S also.

Abdulla's clearance request canceled?

Lightning McQueen wrote:Abdulla's clearance request canceled?

Word out the Norf is he'll be back playing with Smiffies next week.

LaughingKookaburra wrote:Some great news coming out of Kenilworth with the grand opening of the new social clubrooms scheduled for our home fixture vs Smithfield Rd 3. Having spent some time there over the last week and seeing it’s near completion it is a very impressive set up which no doubt will be very well received by any people visiting Simonds Park this year.

Parts of the new facilities will also be open this weeks round 1 clash vs Trinity O.S also.

Heard Kenilworths Under 18's not playing this week, did they forfeit??

Eagles2014 wrote:

LaughingKookaburra wrote:Some great news coming out of Kenilworth with the grand opening of the new social clubrooms scheduled for our home fixture vs Smithfield Rd 3. Having spent some time there over the last week and seeing it’s near completion it is a very impressive set up which no doubt will be very well received by any people visiting Simonds Park this year.

Parts of the new facilities will also be open this weeks round 1 clash vs Trinity O.S also.

Heard Kenilworths Under 18's not playing this week, did they forfeit??

We didn’t forfeit - Not sure on the exact details or reasons.

Any reason why BOS v Pulteney is at Thebby this week?

Pag wrote:Any reason why BOS v Pulteney is at Thebby this week?

Because we prefer the bigger ground.. and frankly we do whatever the **** we want.



Also because St Doms is U/A.

The Bedge wrote:

Pag wrote:Any reason why BOS v Pulteney is at Thebby this week?

Because we prefer the bigger ground.. and frankly we do whatever the **** we want.



Also because St Doms is U/A.

Adelaide Crows measuring up the site on Saturday?