South v Sturt Rd 20 2006

[Wedgie]

Brodie hopes to push claims

WARREN PARTLAND

August 18, 2006 12:15am
Article from: The Advertiser

MAGAREY Medallist Brodie Atkinson will start his audition for the Sturt coaching job at Unley Oval tomorrow.
The former star rover wants the job and has made no secret of the fact. With premiership coach Brenton Phillips stepping aside this week, Atkinson will take on the caretaker role for the rest of the season.

That gives him four games to convince Sturt management he deserves the job. And it is a tough gig to take on.

Since beating West Adelaide at Richmond last month, the Double Blues have been thrashed by Woodville-West Torrens, Central District and Glenelg by a combined 331 points. It has been a dark period for the club with the lack of spirit and enthusiasm most evident.

Atkinson can do his chances of retaining the position next year no harm if he can inspire a competitive effort against South Adelaide. No doubt he will have a similar thought process to Phillips, having been raised on the same Michael Nunan football philosophies.

"This is a great opportunity for me and I'm grateful for it," Atkinson said.

"When a new coach takes over . . . that can work for me or against me.

"I just want to make sure we are competitive. If our recent form is just about attitude then hopefully we can change that."

It doesn't matter who is in charge though if the players are not prepared to have a fair-dinkum crack and show more commitment to the cause.

Sturt has named youngsters Joel Kay, Sam Miles and Martin Wilson on a four-man bench, having lost hard-nut Andrew Whiteman, who damaged his knee against Glenelg last week and demoted Jacob Bowen.

The Panthers lost skipper Clay Sampson (knee) and named Ben Neagle, Leigh Kruger and Sam Elliott, who has yet to make his debut, in a 23-man squad.

Clubs have a habit of lifting the standard when a coach is replaced and the Panthers will be wary of a troubled Sturt.

South, a win behind fifth-placed Magpies, cannot afford to drop this game if it wants to play a role in the finals.

The Panthers have not won at Unley since 1984, when Graham Cornes was coach. Recent form, however, indicates that statistic is on the verge of being altered.

After beating ladder-leader Woodville-West Torrens by 66 points, the Panthers showed fight to overcome Norwood last week. Both those wins were at Noarlunga, whereas away from home they have had just two victories from eight games.

Midfielder Michael Handby's form against the Redlegs was encouraging after regaining his spot in the league side while livewire Alwyn Davey is maturing into a definite prospect to be drafted into the AFL.

[blueandwhite]

A great win by the boys today. Unley has given us nightmares for a couple of decades(!) and todays result helped erase a few of those. The disappointing aspect was Souths inability to close the game out, being outscored by Sturt in the last quarter. Kenna ,Davey and Archard used their blinding speed to effect and Warren, Cupido and the underated Iljecson were damaging in attack. For Sturt I thought Chambers was a real handful as he usually is and young Hurley was also prominent.
I beleive this game was originally to be played at Murray Bridge but the venue was changed back to Unley because the ground at the bridge wasnt up to scratch. I would be staggered if it is any worse than Unley at the moment. Many thanks to the Unley council who presented me with a ticket for parking too close to a Fire Hydrant. I will pay it on the proviso that the funds are spent on a bag of lawn seed , fertiliser and water for the hallowed turf at Unley Oval.

[GWW]

A great win by the boys today. Unley has given us nightmares for a couple of decades(!) and todays result helped erase a few of those. The disappointing aspect was Souths inability to close the game out, being outscored by Sturt in the last quarter. Kenna ,Davey and Archard used their blinding speed to effect and Warren, Cupido and the underated Iljecson were damaging in attack. For Sturt I thought Chambers was a real handful as he usually is and young Hurley was also prominent.
I beleive this game was originally to be played at Murray Bridge but the venue was changed back to Unley because the ground at the bridge wasnt up to scratch. I would be staggered if it is any worse than Unley at the moment. Many thanks to the Unley council who presented me with a ticket for parking too close to a Fire Hydrant. I will pay it on the proviso that the funds are spent on a bag of lawn seed , fertiliser and water for the hallowed turf at Unley Oval.

How did Carlile go? Did he stand Chambers?

[blueandwhite]

I think for once Carlisle had his colours lowered, he ended up in attack in the finish.

[sturt1]

Well there you go.

[Jimmy]

A great win by the boys today. Unley has given us nightmares for a couple of decades(!) and todays result helped erase a few of those. The disappointing aspect was Souths inability to close the game out, being outscored by Sturt in the last quarter. Kenna ,Davey and Archard used their blinding speed to effect and Warren, Cupido and the underated Iljecson were damaging in attack. For Sturt I thought Chambers was a real handful as he usually is and young Hurley was also prominent.
I beleive this game was originally to be played at Murray Bridge but the venue was changed back to Unley because the ground at the bridge wasnt up to scratch. I would be staggered if it is any worse than Unley at the moment. Many thanks to the Unley council who presented me with a ticket for parking too close to a Fire Hydrant. I will pay it on the proviso that the funds are spent on a bag of lawn seed , fertiliser and water for the hallowed turf at Unley Oval.

no, you'll pay it because you parked too close to a fire hydrant...

[ORDoubleBlues]

Many thanks to the Unley council who presented me with a ticket for parking too close to a Fire Hydrant.

Am sorry to hear that mate.
Given their anti SFC attitude, they probably have more inspectors on the beat than normal on a match day.

[sturtpeter]

Gee! Some people are hard to please.

If you know the regulations regarding parking too close to a fire hydrant, Why park there in the first place??

When Unley was soggy the drainage problem was addressed. Now after the driest winter for over a Century you complain about the condition of Unley Oval.

The conditions couldn't have been too bad as you managed to kick a massive tally.

And Steven Rowe calls his callers, "Sooky Sooky La La."

If the cap fits wear it

[heater31]

Many thanks to the Unley council who presented me with a ticket for parking too close to a Fire Hydrant.

well if you didnt park there in the first place there would be no problem.



If the Unley CC employ more parking inspectors on the weekend how bout putting them in the office during the week to answer my work related telephone calls the buggers never return them