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The much talked about club in the Southern League were meant to have just showed their faces Sat & premiership no.5 was there's.
Did they get to far ahead of themselves?
Maybe so, talk about a bath some of those Morphies blokes would'nt have had to take a shower after the game, they were bathed clean!
Great effort Greg Anderson & players.
I thought cracks were starting to show at Morphett vale!

NO-MERCY wrote:I thought cracks were starting to show at Morphett vale!

Then why didn't you tell us earlier genius?

Explain the cracks that are starting to show???? Is that cause they didnt win the flag..duh...
What sort of comment is that "did they get a head of themselves.:"
why would you even say that(on what basis)

I agree well done Ando and boys. congrats.

I can see the cracks appearing in either Geelong or Hawthorn. I'll tell you which one next Sunday.

How about with the coach earlier in the year & the players that had had a gutfull of him, yes you know what i'm talking about.
As for getting ahead of themselves, yes this club expected to win the flag & create history of 5 in a row, all i heard throughout the year ( after losing a few ) was yes finals time is different game , we step up & play a brand of football far superior than any in the Southern League, well where's the superiority now?

The Big Shrek wrote:I can see the cracks appearing in either Geelong or Hawthorn. I'll tell you which one next Sunday.

I'll tell you now Shrekky Hawthorn will beat Geelong as i see a hair-line fracture in Geelong.

Hardly think losing both times to Cove would have had the Emus over-confident in the Grand Final.
Anyway, creating a title "no five in a row" is a huge compliment to them ---- highlights the fact they were good enough to win four. Can't find any other current SFL side that has done that too recently. Only ever done three times before, and only once in the last fifty years, which was Morphett Vale !!!
Only current club that can boast it is Aldinga ---- six in a row (still a Southern record) back in the early Thirties. Only other time was Willunga (now in GSFL) --- five in a row back in the Fifties (wich of course they have just matched down there)

I can tell u for sure m/vale never got ahead of themselves at any stage of the year.We actually had ourselves at about 3rd in line going into finals,we thought that cove and brighton especially were extremely good sides and were going to be very difficuilt to beat.Cove were absolutely sensational on the weekend and this year as well,and deserved what they got.
I just hope now from a m/vale point of view that the club does not fall apart as we did when we lost our last a grade flag in about "97",we have some very good juniors coming thru but these kids need the senior players to stick around and help them with their future development.Personally i can really see the baton being taken away and think we will come right back to the field,but would really like too see as valley and brighton have done for m,vale to not be too far away.Once again full congratulations to ando and cove they were the best team all year.

cyclops wrote:I can tell u for sure m/vale never got ahead of themselves at any stage of the year.We actually had ourselves at about 3rd in line going into finals,we thought that cove and brighton especially were extremely good sides and were going to be very difficuilt to beat.Cove were absolutely sensational on the weekend and this year as well,and deserved what they got.
I just hope now from a m/vale point of view that the club does not fall apart as we did when we lost our last a grade flag in about "97",we have some very good juniors coming thru but these kids need the senior players to stick around and help them with their future development.Personally i can really see the baton being taken away and think we will come right back to the field,but would really like too see as valley and brighton have done for m,vale to not be too far away.Once again full congratulations to ando and cove they were the best team all year.

Rather humble 4 you cyclops. Theres no cracks at Morphies. Pottsy set up a great culture down there, you need alot of hard work & a little bit of luck to win a premiership, 4 in a row is a great effort. I cant see Morphies sliping outside the top 5 for years to come. Will Gasko, Fish & Jammer go around again??

Fish has retired. Shorty is a probable retirement. Gaskin has said he was going to do a preseason but then only play C grade. I reckon he might go on. Dylan Sampson is going to continue. Not sure about Jamma.

Think the club will be trying very hard to get Reid & Hodgey back for 09

Swooper16 wrote:Fish has retired. Shorty is a probable retirement. Gaskin has said he was going to do a preseason but then only play C grade. I reckon he might go on. Dylan Sampson is going to continue. Not sure about Jamma.

Think the club will be trying very hard to get Reid & Hodgey back for 09

I hope youre rite swooper,2 extremely good players and would be a real lift for the club for next season,i do feel though if cove can keep this current group together then we made need a few more than Beech and Hodgey.

cyclops wrote:

Swooper16 wrote:Fish has retired. Shorty is a probable retirement. Gaskin has said he was going to do a preseason but then only play C grade. I reckon he might go on. Dylan Sampson is going to continue. Not sure about Jamma.

Think the club will be trying very hard to get Reid & Hodgey back for 09

I hope youre rite swooper,2 extremely good players and would be a real lift for the club for next season,i do feel though if cove can keep this current group together then we made need a few more than Beech and Hodgey.

Reckon we might get Beeching,Hodge and Ewer back.Add Paul Erickson,Matt Erickson,Pittman,Aron Hill,Kain Hewitt as well and i think this may make a difference.Cove were fantastic in the GF and good on them they were the best team all season.They played great footy on the day and deserved their first DIV 1 flag.Great reward for the players and club but im just pleased for Ralph Platten who has given his heart and soul for the club as coach and president,WELL DONE RALPH !!!!

tatts wrote:

cyclops wrote:

Swooper16 wrote:Fish has retired. Shorty is a probable retirement. Gaskin has said he was going to do a preseason but then only play C grade. I reckon he might go on. Dylan Sampson is going to continue. Not sure about Jamma.

Think the club will be trying very hard to get Reid & Hodgey back for 09

I hope youre rite swooper,2 extremely good players and would be a real lift for the club for next season,i do feel though if cove can keep this current group together then we made need a few more than Beech and Hodgey.

Reckon we might get Beeching,Hodge and Ewer back.Add Paul Erickson,Matt Erickson,Pittman,Aron Hill,Kain Hewitt as well and i think this may make a difference.Cove were fantastic in the GF and good on them they were the best team all season.They played great footy on the day and deserved their first DIV 1 flag.Great reward for the players and club but im just pleased for Ralph Platten who has given his heart and soul for the club as coach and president,WELL DONE RALPH !!!!

Now ya talkn tatts,these are sum of the names we need back again to be able to match it with the likes of cove again.I rekn we get these boys bak then this time next year we could be doin this : ,luv ya work tatts!

Would Morphett Vale be willing to offer some decent $$'s to get some of those players back though??

GWW wrote:Would Morphett Vale be willing to offer some decent $$'s to get some of those players back though??

No $ mate,they will just play for love.

cyclops wrote:

GWW wrote:Would Morphett Vale be willing to offer some decent $$'s to get some of those players back though??

No $ mate,they will just play for love.

is that why Polly's leaving ??? for the love!

AFLflyer wrote:

cyclops wrote:

GWW wrote:Would Morphett Vale be willing to offer some decent $$'s to get some of those players back though??

No $ mate,they will just play for love.

is that why Polly's leaving ??? for the love!

Cmon flyer,do u honestly think that polly is going to leave?
there is no way this would ever happen.Man do u know wot polly does for a living?trust me he does not need anymore money i can tell ya rite now.

cyclops wrote:

AFLflyer wrote:

cyclops wrote:

GWW wrote:Would Morphett Vale be willing to offer some decent $$'s to get some of those players back though??

No $ mate,they will just play for love.

is that why Polly's leaving ??? for the love!

Cmon flyer,do u honestly think that polly is going to leave?
there is no way this would ever happen.Man do u know wot polly does for a living?trust me he does not need anymore money i can tell ya rite now.

here's for hoping, he is a big part of your side..... with the other mentioned players retiring, moving on. there would be a few big holes to fill... cash like that would be hard to turn down..!

No $ mate,they will just play for love. [/quote]

is that why Polly's leaving ??? for the love![/quote]
Cmon flyer,do u honestly think that polly is going to leave?
there is no way this would ever happen.Man do u know wot polly does for a living?trust me he does not need anymore money i can tell ya rite now.[/quote]

here's for hoping, he is a big part of your side..... with the other mentioned players retiring, moving on. there would be a few big holes to fill... cash like that would be hard to turn down..![/quote]

That cash is only a cupla hours of work for polly.Youre absolutely rite by saying he is a massive part of our side,and not only this we do need to fill the positions left vacant by the retiree/s.We have sum good kids coming thru the ranks so we need to get back to basics and work our arses off.

NO-MERCY wrote:How about with the coach earlier in the year & the players that had had a gutfull of him, yes you know what i'm talking about.
As for getting ahead of themselves, yes this club expected to win the flag & create history of 5 in a row, all i heard throughout the year ( after losing a few ) was yes finals time is different game , we step up & play a brand of football far superior than any in the Southern League, well where's the superiority now?

Interesting to hear you bringing up bad player/coach relationships, something you know a bit about NM?

Tell me does the fact that they won 4 in a row even count when you started on your little "cracks are showing" rant? It was always going to come to an end one day.

Well done on spotting it after the event though.