lutz wrote:Bigshow82 wrote:lutz wrote:With TTG looking like staying down, I'd probably let Houghton stay up... They will have a new coach who I'd assume will bring a few players, and they're usually pretty good at recruiting anyway. I'm guessing they'd like another chance at D6?
Also I saw someone alluded to Wingy Royals having two sides. If they have two sides I wouldn't want them even mentioned in the same sentence as D7 for next season. D8 should be where they start if they manage to field a B grade. I don't think they even made finals in C4!
Lutz I mentioned Wingfield and Div 7 because as I understand it Div 8 is for C and D grade sides. So if they can get a second team together you think they should play in a div where all other teams can play 7 on the bench? Wouldnt that put more pressure on them? Div 7 is the lowest A grade competition so if they can get 2 teams together they should be in.
Just because you can play 7 on the bench doesn't mean you have to or should (but that's a separate issue). I think you may be correct that D8 is only for C and D grade sides, perhaps that should be amended. That may have been a condition to entice the C/D grade sides from the old C grade comp to join D8.
Wingfield, at this stage, would probably struggle more than Flinders Uni, who I also think should probably play in D8 until they can earn promotion to D7.
It would be unfair to put a developing club like Winfield into a comp where they would get smashed every week, where they would likely lose players and go back to where they started.
I agree with you Lutz but only if Broadview and/or SMOSH are interested in coming up from Div 8. I think that Div 8 should be able to have 'A' grade sides in it like a Flinders Uni who have been struggling for a while now and if they want to go down to Div 8 I think they should be allowed to, perhaps Div 8 could be the grade they can be competitive in. Therefore if Broadview and SMOSH choose to go up then I think Wingfield should be in Div 8 along with Flinder Uni.
Although this depends on if Wingfield are going to have two sides.