Southern Football League

[WHEELS&DEALS]

I all seriousness, how many points players & points did MvP have out there today?

Not interested in the net points, ie how many kids they played to compensate (if they did) just who & how many points players did they have?

I heard that Reynella only had 1 player that wasn't a RFC past junior! Good effort if true!

Played with 12 points, no -point player played

[WHEELS&DEALS]

Two disappointing things from Saturday though were no Superdry beer left by the end of the 1st quarter of the A grade game and the boys weren't allowed to have a beer in the changerooms!
Not sure why that rule exists considering you can drink outside and around the changerooms but not in them!!![/quote]

Not to sure why you couldn't drink in your change rooms. I know our boys had a couple of cartons in theirs.

[Panther32]

Not to sure why you couldn't drink in your change rooms. I know our boys had a couple of cartons in theirs.

They better have not been Superdry's!!!
We were told no alcohol in the changerooms in the last 3 GF's.

[WHEELS&DEALS]

I have to agree DTH- I was one who was anti the hickinbotham move, but the crowds are starting to return and the points you make are solid. Standing on the outer side is OK if you are a Flaggies fan....

At the end of the day you want your GF players having the best facilities (Ground/changerooms)- us supporters will watch them anywhere.

P32 is right though- I NEVER understand why places are light on catering for drinks- surely you can always keep and re-sell canned drinks if they are not all used on the day? Would be much better to over-cater drinks IMO.

Who ran them? SAFC or SFL?

Well the main bar under the pergola was run by Morphy Parks (how do they actually choose who gets to run it???), the small mobile one up on the hill had a lady with a Hackham shirt on but not sure whether that one was actually run by them.

Edwardstown Ran the other one. Morphy's have been running one of the stands since the GF was moved to south adelaide. Helps replace the gate takings we don't get during the year

[WHEELS&DEALS]

Not to sure why you couldn't drink in your change rooms. I know our boys had a couple of cartons in theirs.

They better have not been Superdry's!!!
We were told no alcohol in the changerooms in the last 3 GF's.

sorry to say they but they were. would have been happy to swap a few GF medals for a couple of cartons

[Roo Ted]

I am bemused that not many people are tipping Reynella on here. Yes I may be slightly biased but I think some of you are letting your hatred of Reynella blur your thinking!

Reynella knocked off the Roos twice this season already, once by 34 points on their deck and then by 17 in a wet tussle at Reynella. But that game the score was 6.10 to 4.5, so if the Flies kicked straight it should have been more.
The Reynella backline has been awesome this year and the team has great flexibility around the ground with the ability to move blokes where needed.
I think the biggest challenge is going to be for Big Luke Ciampa to compete with Cranston all day.
Here's hoping the finals experience the Wineflies have will shine through tomorrow in what looks like a great day for football!
Flies by 3 goals for me.

Well boys, I wasn't far off with 3 goals!!! (Yes I have come to gloat!)
Great game by the Flies with plenty of boys standing up at various points of the game.
Great efforts by Steve Prescott, Jason Farrier, Dillon Lock, Brenton Tilly, Milo and plenty of others.
I Thought Cranston was good all day for the Roos and Ruwoldt was good too, but after their top 5 or so players they seemed to drop off a bit, but I guess that's the difference between a home grown team and a bought one!
Plenty of celebrations over the weekend and the boys will be kicking off Mad Monday today with a well deserved medal hanging around their neck!

When do blokes become or be considered "home" grown. I reckon most of you on here think we recruit 18-20 new "A" graders every year. We have some in our squad who have now been with us for 5/6/7 years and approaching 100 games for the club if they not played that already. Just because they don't join the club the day they come out of the womb and have colours etched into their skin doesn't mean they don't become home grown. Some of the guys have never played any club footy prior going to the Bays or wherever they played previously before coming to us.

It has been an ongoing process to keep growing the club from those 30/40 goal floggings we used to cop every second week. Still going to need a couple more years before the womb generation come through.

PS well done to the Winies anyway, played the better footy on the day.

[AFLflyer]

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[vics01]

ROO TED
When do blokes become or be considered "home" grown. I reckon most of you on here think we recruit 18-20 new "A" graders every year. We have some in our squad who have now been with us for 5/6/7 years and approaching 100 games for the club if they not played that already. Just because they don't join the club the day they come out of the womb and have colours etched into their skin doesn't mean they don't become home grown. Some of the guys have never played any club footy prior going to the Bays or wherever they played previously before coming to us.

???????? Must have played somewhere

[Roo Ted]

ROO TED
When do blokes become or be considered "home" grown. I reckon most of you on here think we recruit 18-20 new "A" graders every year. We have some in our squad who have now been with us for 5/6/7 years and approaching 100 games for the club if they not played that already. Just because they don't join the club the day they come out of the womb and have colours etched into their skin doesn't mean they don't become home grown. Some of the guys have never played any club footy prior going to the Bays or wherever they played previously before coming to us.

???????? Must have played somewhere

I said they hadn't played club footy, didn't say they hadn't played any footy!!!

Could have out of a school system!

[vics01]

Wheels and Deals
Played with 12 points, no -point player played

Lucky or unlucky I suppose, depends how you look at it Ruwoldt injured so he and White both missed out.

Can't imagine that there would be enough cartons in the world to swap for a medal. Just as well we get to do it all again in 6 months..

ROO TED

Played school footy but no club footy????.. Don't think so

[Roo Ted]

Played school footy but no club footy????.. Don't think so

regardless you peanut most of these blokes have been with us for some considerable time over the journey and have been on the end of some large hidings and have chosen to stay because they could see good things around the club and where it is heading. And before you start sprouting semen everywhere about $$$ and this being the attraction maybe that is some reward for doing the hard yards and getting us to the GF on Saturday after those years of pain.

Anyway Vics you know all that goes on down at the Pastie, maybe we should sign you up and we'll home grow you!

[vics01]

ROOted

Never mentioned $$$$.. Just asked about your school quote.

Very touchy you blokes....

As long as your butt points down you blokes and a number of other clubs will never get full junior programs up again as long as the SANFL and others pander to the College programs community football will be screwed.

There are too many clubs all trying to feed out of the same little pond not enough kids to go around unfortunately unless clubs look at merging totally or combining juniors community football as we know it is screwed.

This is not the hey days of the 80/90 to many other things for kids to do work, other sports, nothing, computer games.

Some of the so called power clubs are struggling for junior numbers, I would imagine even Cove will struggle for junior numbers in the next couple of years through 16/18. Morphett Vale 18 just had numbers this year, Noarlunga and Christies struggled early in the year for numbers along with several other clubs.

We all know all clubs work hard but the reality is if it isn't there you wont get it. ROOS have 8 or 9 clubs within a 10 k radius all trying to recruit the same thing KIDS.. Not enough.. Cove live on a high school this year struggled for under 16. Hackham surrounded by Emus/Shoes/Saints/Porties 3 schools to service 5 clubs not enough kids..


The whole whole SFL board need a reality check we are not a quasi little country league anymore, we are a suburban league facing a whole range of big city issues. So rather than fight the Community Football Board the SFL should be lobbying for them to represent community football and sort out the college programs in the first instance then promotion of community footy before soccer and other sports take over the mantle of the best game to play.

In 2012 Cove/MV combined juniors sides to keep kids on the park 2013 Reynella/Hackham combined a side to keep kids on the park, both seemed to work ok, all clubs got their kids back in one piece with no snipping players, worth a thought for a few others maybe.

[Roo Ted]

As long as your butt points down you blokes and a number of other clubs will never get full junior programs up again as long as the SANFL and others pander to the College programs community football will be screwed.

There are too many clubs all trying to feed out of the same little pond not enough kids to go around unfortunately unless clubs look at merging totally or combining juniors community football as we know it is screwed.

This is not the hey days of the 80/90 to many other things for kids to do work, other sports, nothing, computer games.

Some of the so called power clubs are struggling for junior numbers, I would imagine even Cove will struggle for junior numbers in the next couple of years through 16/18. Morphett Vale 18 just had numbers this year, Noarlunga and Christies struggled early in the year for numbers along with several other clubs.

We all know all clubs work hard but the reality is if it isn't there you wont get it. ROOS have 8 or 9 clubs within a 10 k radius all trying to recruit the same thing KIDS.. Not enough.. Cove live on a high school this year struggled for under 16. Hackham surrounded by Emus/Shoes/Saints/Porties 3 schools to service 5 clubs not enough kids..


The whole whole SFL board need a reality check we are not a quasi little country league anymore, we are a suburban league facing a whole range of big city issues. So rather than fight the Community Football Board the SFL should be lobbying for them to represent community football and sort out the college programs in the first instance then promotion of community footy before soccer and other sports take over the mantle of the best game to play.

In 2012 Cove/MV combined juniors sides to keep kids on the park 2013 Reynella/Hackham combined a side to keep kids on the park, both seemed to work ok, all clubs got their kids back in one piece with no snipping players, worth a thought for a few others maybe.

Something we both agree on.

[tigerpie]

ROO TED
When do blokes become or be considered "home" grown. I reckon most of you on here think we recruit 18-20 new "A" graders every year. We have some in our squad who have now been with us for 5/6/7 years and approaching 100 games for the club if they not played that already. Just because they don't join the club the day they come out of the womb and have colours etched into their skin doesn't mean they don't become home grown. Some of the guys have never played any club footy prior going to the Bays or wherever they played previously before coming to us.

???????? Must have played somewhere

Not necessarily...some have only played school footy or are converts from another sport.
Home grown would be defined as...the 1st club he was registered at.

Now this old..."blame the college system for numbers worries" is a boring argument and been done to death.
Dont underestimate the passionate rivalry that exists at college level, and i dont think the system will change anytime soon. The kids, (and parents) who want to play school and club footy..... find a way!

[footy1992]

U14 Game from the weekend

[Look Good In Leather]

U14 Game from the weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT88CDKGDyI

What an atmosphere!

[MatteeG]

U14 Game from the weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT88CDKGDyI

What an atmosphere!

Great goal by BW (#8 for the flies) in her last game against the boys. She can play!

[AFLflyer]

U14 Game from the weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT88CDKGDyI

What an atmosphere!

Great goal by BW (#8 for the flies) in her last game against the boys. She can play!

She is good. Is that the rules? Girls can only pay to U14's? She should keep playing if she is good enough. well done.

[AFLflyer]

Is there A grade footage like the U14's?

[afc9798]

U14 Game from the weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT88CDKGDyI

What an atmosphere!

Great goal by BW (#8 for the flies) in her last game against the boys. She can play!

Yep she sure can, it's a pity in many ways that females can't go past 14's as she has a lot more to offer and was well up to standard.
Was a very tight game in the first half and both teams played incredibly tight contested footy. Valley opened them up in the 3rd and ran away with it.
Some really strong performances from the lesser lights really kept Valley in the game, but congrats to Reynella who we had fantastic battles with all year.