2025 Adelaide Footy League - Division 5

[#bleedredandblue]

Not sure where you get all of your information from but I’m glad you are in the loop, like I said I’m just a player so nothing to do with me nor do I know what happens next.. but I’ll definitely be following closely

We’re decimated after the weekends game, be lucky to make it past this week unfortunately.. grand final preview this weekend with greenies and Marion, poppy to come in and kick 6

Just for the record I think clarky is a cracking lad, I personally get along with him very well and he can obviously play. Just wanted to throw that out there

[AdelaideSaint73]

I've watched the game back a bit more than I would've normally after watching the hit.

Every second kick looked like a nine-iron. Was it a football or a balloon?

I'd be surprised if either of these two sides gets within 10 goal of Marion.

[Old Red]

Also the umpire handed out a card for striking? But he must be lying to, never seen one handed out for a push in the chest to be honest..

So that umpire your talking about… the statement he made today saying it was a shove to the chest is a flat out lie? Interesting…

So umpires normally can't do anything right but now when it suits your argument they have to be right just because they're umpires eh ?

[whufc]

Wouldn't the easy solution be for the league to request some evidence that x-rays of the jaw were conducted.

If the player genuinely went to the effort of going and obtaining X-rays then that would lean enough to the theory the contact was probably to the jaw if the player went to that extent. Obviously if no broken jaw was found then can play role in the level of force adjudicated.

If no x-rays were conducted then either no contact to the jaw, or contact was pretty insufficient / enough doubt alongside poor footage to suggest benefit of the doubt.

[Lightning McQueen]

Wouldn't the easy solution be for the league to request some evidence that x-rays of the jaw were conducted.

If the player genuinely went to the effort of going and obtaining X-rays then that would lean enough to the theory the contact was probably to the jaw if the player went to that extent. Obviously if no broken jaw was found then can play role in the level of force adjudicated.

If no x-rays were conducted then either no contact to the jaw, or contact was pretty insufficient / enough doubt alongside poor footage to suggest benefit of the doubt.

I think a note from the players mum should suffice.

[wenchbarwer]

Wouldn't the easy solution be for the league to request some evidence that x-rays of the jaw were conducted.

If the player genuinely went to the effort of going and obtaining X-rays then that would lean enough to the theory the contact was probably to the jaw if the player went to that extent. Obviously if no broken jaw was found then can play role in the level of force adjudicated.

If no x-rays were conducted then either no contact to the jaw, or contact was pretty insufficient / enough doubt alongside poor footage to suggest benefit of the doubt.

I think a note from the players mum should suffice.

Not sure a note saying that she thinks I'm cool would get anyone convicted...

[The Bedge]

Enough about Clark.

Big weekend of games coming up - Marion one win away from their first venture into D4! Been an impressive rise for the Rams in recent years, best side all year, deserve to earn the promotion and book the first spot in the GF.

Greenacres have become old hands at this time of the year though, and similarly have risen from canvas to win D7, D6 and now in a position to get out of D5 - when was the last time the Dragons were D4? Great resurgence from the Green & Blacks.

Eastern Park and Pulteney will be interesting - the Blues are humming along nicely, won 5 of their last 6 including toppling the Demons on their own turf. Two sides that love to score heavily and a ground that allows for high scoring encounters. Shame the season ends for one of these two, both exciting sides to watch.

[wenchbarwer]

S Clark not named, AdelFL make ambiguous statement about a case being heard next week instead of this week. Connect the dots, I guess.

[The Bedge]

S Clark not named, AdelFL make ambiguous statement about a case being heard next week instead of this week. Connect the dots, I guess.

The AdFL are always deliberate in their ambiguity which is annoying - think Kernahan likes being clever.

From what I hear the Dragons were given the choice to front up on Wednesday night or tonight, but they chose Wednesday, then they tried to push it back to Friday, but the tribunal had already been set for Wednesday. Greenies pulled the pin at the last minute on.

Given once a player has been reported the laws of the game say he can’t play until the charge is heard, connecting those dots, you'd have to think Greenies are at least conceding he’ll cop something, hoping it gets reduced, but given the league haven’t handed out a single one-match penalty at least in my memory, good luck with that.

[wenchbarwer]

The AdFL are always deliberate in their ambiguity which is annoying - think Kernahan likes being clever.

The pompous tone of "The Update" lends a fair bit of strength to your point...

[The Bedge]

Too much waft in the update - let's be serious, we only read if for tribunal updates and JWITIHIA

[Oldboy1]

S Clark not named, AdelFL make ambiguous statement about a case being heard next week instead of this week. Connect the dots, I guess.

The AdFL are always deliberate in their ambiguity which is annoying - think Kernahan likes being clever.

From what I hear the Dragons were given the choice to front up on Wednesday night or tonight, but they chose Wednesday, then they tried to push it back to Friday, but the tribunal had already been set for Wednesday. Greenies pulled the pin at the last minute on.

Given once a player has been reported the laws of the game say he can’t play until the charge is heard, connecting those dots, you'd have to think Greenies are at least conceding he’ll cop something, hoping it gets reduced, but given the league haven’t handed out a single one-match penalty at least in my memory, good luck with that.

He’ll be playing in their next game.

[AdelaideSaint73]

Enough about Clark.

Big weekend of games coming up - Marion one win away from their first venture into D4! Been an impressive rise for the Rams in recent years, best side all year, deserve to earn the promotion and book the first spot in the GF.

Greenacres have become old hands at this time of the year though, and similarly have risen from canvas to win D7, D6 and now in a position to get out of D5 - when was the last time the Dragons were D4? Great resurgence from the Green & Blacks.

Eastern Park and Pulteney will be interesting - the Blues are humming along nicely, won 5 of their last 6 including toppling the Demons on their own turf. Two sides that love to score heavily and a ground that allows for high scoring encounters. Shame the season ends for one of these two, both exciting sides to watch.

2013 last time in Div 4. Dropped to Div 7 for 2019 season.

[AdelaideSaint73]

The AdFL are always deliberate in their ambiguity which is annoying - think Kernahan likes being clever.

The pompous tone of "The Update" lends a fair bit of strength to your point...

Likes people to think he's clever. Most are awake that he's a bit of wank.

[Observer55]

Eastern Park start Silly Sunday earlier than expected.

[Sticks28]

Things you love to see… eastern park shitting the bed at home two weeks in a row

[Oldboy1]

Things you love to see… eastern park shitting the bed at home two weeks in a row

3 weeks in a row **

[AdelaideSaint73]

Pulteney a real chance next week. They beat Greenacres last year, when arguably they were not as strong and Greenacres were stronger.

[AdelaideSaint73]

The relief to not have to play a Prelim must be palpable down at Marion.

[Down the Hill]

The relief to not have to play a Prelim must be palpable down at Marion.

What does this actually mean? Last year Mitcham & CLG were 4 wins ahead of the rest. Marion went into the finals as 3rd seed and finished 3rd. Great effort after coming up from D6 the year before. They’ve improved again this year although that could be more a case of a weaker D5 than recent years. But well done to a club that was going nowhere in the SFL. They’ve now gone from D7 to D4 since joining the league in 2018.