SAAFL Division 5 & D5R (2012)

[The Dark Knight]

Give credit where credit is due, it must have been a quality statement if three years later it still gets a run.

And I love bringing it up!

Well then Jabber, do you think your beloved premiership winning Plympton boys beat a Div 1 reserves side? I think they would.

[Masha]

Henly and Shocs B Grade woudl beat any team in Div 5, deal with it

Disagree, IMO a Div 5 A grade team would beat a Div 1 Reserves side.

Since the original claim was " A div 1 reserves side", I do believe this claim is correct. Couldnt imagine EPFC or the other bottom B grade sides in Div 1 been very competitive with a Div 5 A grade side. He didnt say all of the Div1 ressie sides.....

[Masha]

Have Brahma Lodge given up on thier quest to defeat a Div 1 reserves side and have now moved thier focus toward winning a flag? Sounds sensible.

I havent bought into that argument before but i'm still confident that any top div 5 side would beat the majority of div 1R teams

You don't have to worry about it anymore mate.

Browny can change his claim to Div 3 A grade vs Div 1 Reserves....but then again couldnt imagine that been a concern to him either, more like can a C3 side beat a Div1 Ressie team???

[Executive Member]

I believe said club that this statement came from was in Div 6 at the time, lets not forget!

Think you mean said player
Not sure the club has ever endorsed any of he great mans comments

[Executive Member]

Have Brahma Lodge given up on thier quest to defeat a Div 1 reserves side and have now moved thier focus toward winning a flag? Sounds sensible.

I havent bought into that argument before but i'm still confident that any top div 5 side would beat the majority of div 1R teams

You don't have to worry about it anymore mate.

Browny can change his claim to Div 3 A grade vs Div 1 Reserves....but then again couldnt imagine that been a concern to him either, more like can a C3 side beat a Div1 Ressie team???

Have Salisbury bought out his contract Pag

[superboot7]

I know ya mean no disrespect, it's just your opinion and we'll never really know! But I think you disrespect alot of A grade senior footballers with such a claim. I know many lads who have enough of Div 1 or 2 head down to the lower divisions, because it's still a good level of footy... Just less serious! I guess they didn't want to play B's at the higher standard is because they'd play a better standard of football in lower Div A grade sides. I don't think it would be a bad game at all!

Cash...You seem very confident. How would you possibly know to make such a "no way" statement. I would suggest that any clubs A grade side in the top half of Div 5 would be filled with good footballers that love their local club. I've had Div 1 reserve players play with me before and haven't set the world on fire, but have been good additions to the side. I would say it would be a close game.

im not denying Div 5 sides don't have good footballers that lover their club im just saying they would struggle against the clubs with good depth like henly shocs and probably a few more. But at the same time would probably beat the couple at the bottom who are looking at being relegated

[Q.]

I know ya mean no disrespect, it's just your opinion and we'll never really know! But I think you disrespect alot of A grade senior footballers with such a claim. I know many lads who have enough of Div 1 or 2 head down to the lower divisions, because it's still a good level of footy... Just less serious! I guess they didn't want to play B's at the higher standard is because they'd play a better standard of football in lower Div A grade sides. I don't think it would be a bad game at all!

Agree. I have no hesitation in suggesting it would be a level playing field.

[Jabber]

Give credit where credit is due, it must have been a quality statement if three years later it still gets a run.

And I love bringing it up!

Well then Jabber, do you think your beloved premiership winning Plympton boys beat a Div 1 reserves side? I think they would.

I think they'd match skill wise but be run off their feet, I know from umpiring div 2 res they were quick little buggers, they wouldn't get any slower in 1 res.

[Neville Bartoss]

Played both div 1 and 2 reserves and div 5. The standard of both is pretty similar. Id say the top two or three sides in div 1 reserves would beat most sides in div 5 but any lower than that they would get beaten. I remember we played a trial against hope valley when I was at gepps and we won by a goal or so from memory

[Browny25]

I personally think the perception of Div 1R is a little more than people would actually think...

B grade is B grade

[Browny25]

Have Brahma Lodge given up on thier quest to defeat a Div 1 reserves side and have now moved thier focus toward winning a flag? Sounds sensible.

I havent bought into that argument before but i'm still confident that any top div 5 side would beat the majority of div 1R teams

You don't have to worry about it anymore mate.

Browny can change his claim to Div 3 A grade vs Div 1 Reserves....but then again couldnt imagine that been a concern to him either, more like can a C3 side beat a Div1 Ressie team???

Yes Masha, I'm a C3 player at best.

[Masha]

Browny can change his claim to Div 3 A grade vs Div 1 Reserves....but then again couldnt imagine that been a concern to him either, more like can a C3 side beat a Div1 Ressie team???

Yes Masha, I'm a C3 player at best.

C5??

[Browny25]

Why play C5 when i could play C3?

[Neville Bartoss]

The depth of the top three div 1 clubs mean that some very good players filter into the reserves. That added with the superior fitness of the div 1 reserves players who generally train with the a grade makes the game a little faster but on occasions less skillful than div 5. My perception anyway

[TIRED TIGER]

Played both div 1 and 2 reserves and div 5. The standard of both is pretty similar. Id say the top two or three sides in div 1 reserves would beat most sides in div 5 but any lower than that they would get beaten. I remember we played a trial against hope valley when I was at gepps and we won by a goal or so from memory

NB you can't get a guide from that trial game,because on the tuesday we played broadies with 1/2 A grade and 1/2 B grade. Then on the Thursday we used the other half the A grade and B grade. This discussion has changed goal posts so often its a joke. Started off as Brahma lodge when in Div 6 could beat a div 1res team, now its div 5 sides against the top sides in div1 res.we will never know but it keeps people occupied I suppose

[zedman]

That's correct TT, it was div 6.

So would Kenilworth or Glenunga beat SHOC or Henley div 1r ?

[Perfect Drug]

That's correct TT, it was div 6.

So would Kenilworth or Glenunga beat SHOC or Henley div 1r ?

To be honest...SHOC C grade was hard enough in 2010...... We have improved our list quite a bit since then though I suppose. Not sure how much better their B grade is than their C grade, that's the question for me.

[Q.]

That's correct TT, it was div 6.

So would Kenilworth or Glenunga beat SHOC or Henley div 1r ?

This year's results against Henley's C-Grade:

Glenunga 23.25 163 def Henley 9.13 67

Glenunga 12.7 79 def Henley 9.15 69

Kenilworth 20.14 134 def Henley 6.5 41

Kenilworth 13.14 92 def Henley 7.8 50


Obviously the C-Grade was a fair way off the mark, but I'd say the B-Grade would easily make up those 90-point thrashings.

[marbles]

Shocs and henleys b grade are made up of blokes who hav played plenty of A grade in past 10 years and full of blokes who are about to play plenty of A grade for years to come. There may be a few who at best are just b graders.

In comparison to div5ers each team may hav about 3 maybe 4 guys that could play div one A grade and the rest of em could hardly get a game in div1 reserves

personally i believe anybody can play footy at any level. what defines a player is his endeavour to run or hunt down the footy 30 or 40 times a game. It is the distance one travels in match.

Chris judd - 16km

how many km would u cover?

[Boosh]

Shocs and henleys b grade are made up of blokes who hav played plenty of A grade in past 10 years and full of blokes who are about to play plenty of A grade for years to come. There may be a few who at best are just b graders.

In comparison to div5ers each team may hav about 3 maybe 4 guys that could play div one A grade and the rest of em could hardly get a game in div1 reserves

personally i believe anybody can play footy at any level. what defines a player is his endeavour to run or hunt down the footy 30 or 40 times a game. It is the distance one travels in match.

Chris judd - 16km

how many km would u cover?

I reckon I would cover 16km reasonably comfortably - we are talking over an entire season though right?