SAAFL Division 3 2014

[Footy Chick]

Golden Grove, Salisbury West and Eastern Park have declined the invitation to go to D3...

[jo172]

Golden Grove, Salisbury West and Eastern Park have declined the invitation to go to D3...

They should ask Glenunga

[Q.]

Golden Grove, Salisbury West and Eastern Park have declined the invitation to go to D3...

Of course they have. It's a week out from R1, hardly enough time to recruit for a higher division.

[Q.]

i can think of a way kilburn struggle to get one side up send them down to div 7 and im sure we can find a team in C1,C2,C3,C4 who will play as a reserves side for them or im sure there are still 1-2 clubs in a bit of trouble still.....

example Kilburn go down to div 7 and the Pooraka C grade comes in as a filler as the reserve side...pooraka C grade players could play in the Kilburn line up and vice versa SAAFL and Pooraka could police it easy cause at the end of the day Pooraka would not field any B grade or border line A graders in its C grade to that could be used to help a kilburn

It's already rubbish that a C-grade team is playing in the D7-reserves (D-Grade level comp) and that clubs and their volunteers are split over two venues in one day and your suggestion is to do it again... No thanks.

[jo172]

i can think of a way kilburn struggle to get one side up send them down to div 7 and im sure we can find a team in C1,C2,C3,C4 who will play as a reserves side for them or im sure there are still 1-2 clubs in a bit of trouble still.....

example Kilburn go down to div 7 and the Pooraka C grade comes in as a filler as the reserve side...pooraka C grade players could play in the Kilburn line up and vice versa SAAFL and Pooraka could police it easy cause at the end of the day Pooraka would not field any B grade or border line A graders in its C grade to that could be used to help a kilburn

It's already rubbish that a C-grade team is playing in the D7-reserves (D-Grade level comp) and that clubs and their volunteers are split over two venues in one day and your suggestion is to do it again... No thanks.

Agree, the big attraction for club's being able to field C/D Grades in 7/7R and 8/8R is being able to consolidate your volunteers/resources at one venue for both Grades.

Having senior sides playing at 3 different locations in one day is a huge logistical pain.

[scottroo]

So are kilburn officially gone from div 3

[Footy Chick]

no they're not

and your argument about 3 different locations is moot - you only do it once in the season .

OUr c'/d's play Blackwood at Blackwood and CLG at CLG on the same day.

One is a 10.15am game and the other a 2.15pm. Blackwood not far from CLG and plenty of time to get from point A to point B.

In one breath you dont' want a bye and in the next you're all complaining because you MIGHT get split up ONCE in a season.

No pleasing some people...

[zedman]

It has always been the case that you need two teams to compete in the divisions that have a reserves comp for a side to be in div 3 with no reserves is a joke.

Sides are just picking and choosing what they do now, relegation and promotion are no longer certainties.

It affects us because we meet the league criteria and don't pick and choose where we play and when we have lean years we face the music.

fair point...

well said..as have many clubs over the years..TTG C grade (yes i know its a C grade but it was a very very good C grade) set the precedent last year when instead of staying promoted in div 6 they asked to go down to div 8 because they couldn't win a game.. and as warned at the time it would start something..which it has..you reap what you sow..

[jo172]

and your argument about 3 different locations is moot - you only do it once in the season .

So where's the line between it being moot and a pain?

Twice a season? Three times a season? 5 times?

Once is annoying and a pain. I don't see anyone spitting the dummy, I just see people expressing annoyance at something that is, well, annoying.

In one breath you don't want a bye and in the next you're all complaining because you MIGHT get split up ONCE in a season.

No pleasing some people...

Well there is. Work the traditional system of an A Grade and a B Grade who both play and play one before the other.

That this situation is impossible due to current events surrounding Kilburn, Flinders Park and others is regrettable. All I see are people expressing their regret.

[Footy Chick]

I'd understand if the y had to do it every other week - it would drive me nuts too - and yes, I agree that D7 and D8 should be filled with the same teams.

Would you prefer an 8 team comp with a shortened competition or the bye?

I'm seeing people having a whinge for the sake of it.

I'm seeing the same people, who were congratulating Kilburn on "sticking it out in d3" now cursing them for not going to the C grades.

Make up your fricking minds!

[Q.]

no they're not

and your argument about 3 different locations is moot - you only do it once in the season .

OUr c'/d's play Blackwood at Blackwood and CLG at CLG on the same day.

One is a 10.15am game and the other a 2.15pm. Blackwood not far from CLG and plenty of time to get from point A to point B.

In one breath you dont' want a bye and in the next you're all complaining because you MIGHT get split up ONCE in a season.

No pleasing some people...

Div 7 has a bye, which the Wingfield fixture could easily be moved to. No loss of revenue, no trying to make a trainer be in two places at once etc

[Footy Chick]

Aren't Wingies out?

[Footy Chick]

Sorry, I just realised this is the D3 thread. why are we going on about C/D grades here?

[Look Good In Leather]

one week out a div 4 club can still slot into the kilburn space

You're kidding, right?

Tell me who'd go up?

I think someone from Golden Grove mentioned they'd like to - but why swap short odds for a flag to play in a flag to finishing in the middle of the pack.

Amateur League culture

[Phantom Gossiper]

I would LOL if Kilburn won the D3 flag this year.. sooo good!

[lutz]

I would LOL if Kilburn won the D3 flag this year.. sooo good!

I'll suck ya dad's dick if they win the D3 flag this year.

[S Demon]

no they're not

and your argument about 3 different locations is moot - you only do it once in the season .

OUr c'/d's play Blackwood at Blackwood and CLG at CLG on the same day.

One is a 10.15am game and the other a 2.15pm. Blackwood not far from CLG and plenty of time to get from point A to point B.

In one breath you dont' want a bye and in the next you're all complaining because you MIGHT get split up ONCE in a season.

No pleasing some people...

The Blackwood home games are actually scheduled as TBA, so who knows where it will be...

[wristwatcher]

one week out a div 4 club can still slot into the kilburn space

You're kidding, right?

Tell me who'd go up?

I think someone from Golden Grove mentioned they'd like to - but why swap short odds for a flag to play in a flag to finishing in the middle of the pack.

Amateur League culture

SFL culture - 1 division with a whole bunch of shit teams.

[hillscrow]

Any word on Plympton trials today?

[carey]

I would LOL if Kilburn won the D3 flag this year.. sooo good!

I'll suck ya dad's dick if they win the D3 flag this year.

And I'll lick his ass while his doing it!