SAAFL Div 7 & 7R (2010)

[Choccies]

Without a poll or even certainty of the teams....

St Pauls - Discipline is their pre-requisite to a flag
Athelstone - Nice mixture of old and the young, will improve on 2009
Sacred Heart - See Athelstone
Central United - After a terrible 2009, making the finals is a must for club survival
Glenunga - See Central United
Flinders University - Can the youngsters step up?
Adelaide University - Without a proper 'D' grade, will always struggle with depth
North Pines - Will improve, slowly
Angle Vale - Will always struggle to recruit without their own home ground
Ovingham - Will be happy to just to fill two sides each week and build towards 2011

Looks as if Ovingham will not be alone this year getting two sides on the park.
Other clubs are struggling getting numbers.
Pines are not looking good at this stage and are looking for new coach with the hope he can bring some new blood to the club & Angle Vale could find them self much the same.
Maybe these 3 clubs should move into a C grade now before the season starts.
Better to have a good 30 players and winning games each week than getting kick off the park in your lower side.

When you think of other clubs wanting to get into Div 7.
I here Golden Grove are looking at put 2 more senior side on the park this year.
Talk around the Port is SMOSH are back.
Modbury also want in then you have many other clubs that could easily fill teams in DIV 7.
So time for these 3 clubs to maybe go to 1 team in 2010 then to rebuild for the following years ahead and keep their club alive.
I think Pines & Angle Vale will be alright as they have juniors coming on in the next few years. They can work their way back to Div 7.
Not so sure how Ovingham will go but winning games would be a major goal you would think and getting a few flags in lower Div would help them long term.

Sheez !!! We already have A's, B's, C's, D's and under 18's. How many more you reckon we got up our sleeves baggy ???

[KingCarey]

Whilst Central United and Glenunga have made some worthy pick ups my money would be on Mawson Lakes being the bench mark by far

I think Athelstone who finished 3rd last year and the only team St Paul's couldn't beat may have something to say about that.

The Div 2 side has recruited quite heavily (including one of our young guns ) yet again and I expect this to filter down to div 7 and once again make them a very strong unit.

I agree. I can see no reason why Athelstone will not be very strong.

I am sure Glenunga will be much improved on last year, but we have so much improvement needed. Last year was just horrible. We have started pre season early and got some great recruits, this should translate into us being quite competitive. I think the Mozzies and Raggies, and possibly even a few others, are in front of that though.

[finn]

Without a poll or even certainty of the teams....

St Pauls - Discipline is their pre-requisite to a flag
Athelstone - Nice mixture of old and the young, will improve on 2009
Sacred Heart - See Athelstone
Central United - After a terrible 2009, making the finals is a must for club survival
Glenunga - See Central United
Flinders University - Can the youngsters step up?
Adelaide University - Without a proper 'D' grade, will always struggle with depth
North Pines - Will improve, slowly
Angle Vale - Will always struggle to recruit without their own home ground
Ovingham - Will be happy to just to fill two sides each week and build towards 2011

Looks as if Ovingham will not be alone this year getting two sides on the park.
...
Not so sure how Ovingham will go but winning games would be a major goal you would think and getting a few flags in lower Div would help them long term.

Ovingham have gone this route before; from div 8 and two sides to div 11 with one then c5/c2 etc. I'd have thought that they're only real chance for survival in an area already full of clubs (eg fitzroy, friars) would be to start juniors or link with a school and hopefully have a flow on effect. Or I'd assume that folding or merging would be the only options.

If clubs are playing with only one side, I believe that they should play in the highest c division to at least play against c grade sides of div 1/2 teams who generally are of a good standard - see henley, athelstone, modbury et al rather than lower down and getting a potentially false indication of their ability.

having said this, I hope ovingham get two sides.

aside from this i can see the blacks improving this year with numbers of players on the track with the a's and b's being much higher than last year which should have trickle down according to the tenets of reaganomics.

[One Eyed]

There is a Div 11.?????? Oh my

[finn]

There is a Div 11.?????? Oh my

no, there was a div 11 - equates to about c5/c6 as there was two sided divisions down to div 8 then div 9 south and north then div 10 south/north then.
there were approximately the same number of sides - probably a few more teams now.

[The Riddler]

Without a poll or even certainty of the teams....

St Pauls - Discipline is their pre-requisite to a flag
Athelstone - Nice mixture of old and the young, will improve on 2009
Sacred Heart - See Athelstone
Central United - After a terrible 2009, making the finals is a must for club survival
Glenunga - See Central United
Flinders University - Can the youngsters step up?
Adelaide University - Without a proper 'D' grade, will always struggle with depth
North Pines - Will improve, slowly
Angle Vale - Will always struggle to recruit without their own home ground
Ovingham - Will be happy to just to fill two sides each week and build towards 2011

Looks as if Ovingham will not be alone this year getting two sides on the park.
...
Not so sure how Ovingham will go but winning games would be a major goal you would think and getting a few flags in lower Div would help them long term.

Ovingham have gone this route before; from div 8 and two sides to div 11 with one then c5/c2 etc. I'd have thought that they're only real chance for survival in an area already full of clubs (eg fitzroy, friars) would be to start juniors or link with a school and hopefully have a flow on effect. Or I'd assume that folding or merging would be the only options.

If clubs are playing with only one side, I believe that they should play in the highest c division to at least play against c grade sides of div 1/2 teams who generally are of a good standard - see henley, athelstone, modbury et al rather than lower down and getting a potentially false indication of their ability.

having said this, I hope ovingham get two sides.

aside from this i can see the blacks improving this year with numbers of players on the track with the a's and b's being much higher than last year which should have trickle down according to the tenets of reaganomics.

I saw The Blacks running the hills of the north adelaide golf course last week while I was having a round and I must say they were looking very fit, not sure if this was all the grades training together but even W.Legrand was doing the hard slog.

[carey]

Without a poll or even certainty of the teams....

St Pauls - Discipline is their pre-requisite to a flag
Athelstone - Nice mixture of old and the young, will improve on 2009
Sacred Heart - See Athelstone
Central United - After a terrible 2009, making the finals is a must for club survival
Glenunga - See Central United
Flinders University - Can the youngsters step up?
Adelaide University - Without a proper 'D' grade, will always struggle with depth
North Pines - Will improve, slowly
Angle Vale - Will always struggle to recruit without their own home ground
Ovingham - Will be happy to just to fill two sides each week and build towards 2011

Looks as if Ovingham will not be alone this year getting two sides on the park.
...
Not so sure how Ovingham will go but winning games would be a major goal you would think and getting a few flags in lower Div would help them long term.

Ovingham have gone this route before; from div 8 and two sides to div 11 with one then c5/c2 etc. I'd have thought that they're only real chance for survival in an area already full of clubs (eg fitzroy, friars) would be to start juniors or link with a school and hopefully have a flow on effect. Or I'd assume that folding or merging would be the only options.

If clubs are playing with only one side, I believe that they should play in the highest c division to at least play against c grade sides of div 1/2 teams who generally are of a good standard - see henley, athelstone, modbury et al rather than lower down and getting a potentially false indication of their ability.

having said this, I hope ovingham get two sides.

aside from this i can see the blacks improving this year with numbers of players on the track with the a's and b's being much higher than last year which should have trickle down according to the tenets of reaganomics.

I saw The Blacks running the hills of the north adelaide golf course last week while I was having a round and I must say they were looking very fit, not sure if this was all the grades training together but even W.Legrand was doing the hard slog.

that would be so he can continue to be a big fish in his little pond

[Esteban Vihaio]

With a number of clubs possessing a C + D grade, is it time to think about a Div 8?

[finn]

With a number of clubs possessing a C + D grade, is it time to think about a Div 8?

has been mooted but where do you start?
do you give uni, henley, athelstone, shoc the chance to join the new div 8 with the other c grade sides or leave as is?
the competition would be very uneven with these sides probably hammering other c grade sides like golden grove, if the above is the case.

if they stay in div 7 and are joined by modbury, ttg and perhaps smosh there'd only be golden grove, paoc, uni as a starting off point. i'm sure i've left someone out here though.

[Pag]

With a number of clubs possessing a C + D grade, is it time to think about a Div 8?

has been mooted but where do you start?
do you give uni, henley, athelstone, shoc the chance to join the new div 8 with the other c grade sides or leave as is?
the competition would be very uneven with these sides probably hammering other c grade sides like golden grove, if the above is the case.

if they stay in div 7 and are joined by modbury, ttg and perhaps smosh there'd only be golden grove, paoc, uni as a starting off point. i'm sure i've left someone out here though.

Port District and Flinders Park also have a C&D, as well as Mitcham and Salisbury.

Our Ds got absolutely belted by the Div 1 & 2 D Grade sides (Port Distict, Flinders Park, Modbury), our situation would be better off playing our Ds against the C Grade sides of Div 5-6.

[milo keraghan]

So riddler whats the deal with the human wind sock is he suiting up again in the A grade what a STAR!!!!!

[Perfect Drug]

Thank god for Australia Day!!

After Bourkey flogging us last week, I for one am happy there is no training tonight. Well to be honest they were not really that tough a sessions, I just too old I am probably spending more money on massages than I am going to get for playing!!

[Cougar]

Without a poll or even certainty of the teams....

St Pauls - Discipline is their pre-requisite to a flag
Athelstone - Nice mixture of old and the young, will improve on 2009
Sacred Heart - See Athelstone
Central United - After a terrible 2009, making the finals is a must for club survival
Glenunga - See Central United
Flinders University - Can the youngsters step up?
Adelaide University - Without a proper 'D' grade, will always struggle with depth
North Pines - Will improve, slowly
Angle Vale - Will always struggle to recruit without their own home ground
Ovingham - Will be happy to just to fill two sides each week and build towards 2011

Looks as if Ovingham will not be alone this year getting two sides on the park.
...
Not so sure how Ovingham will go but winning games would be a major goal you would think and getting a few flags in lower Div would help them long term.

Ovingham have gone this route before; from div 8 and two sides to div 11 with one then c5/c2 etc. I'd have thought that they're only real chance for survival in an area already full of clubs (eg fitzroy, friars) would be to start juniors or link with a school and hopefully have a flow on effect. Or I'd assume that folding or merging would be the only options.

If clubs are playing with only one side, I believe that they should play in the highest c division to at least play against c grade sides of div 1/2 teams who generally are of a good standard - see henley, athelstone, modbury et al rather than lower down and getting a potentially false indication of their ability.

having said this, I hope ovingham get two sides.

aside from this i can see the blacks improving this year with numbers of players on the track with the a's and b's being much higher than last year which should have trickle down according to the tenets of reaganomics.

I saw The Blacks running the hills of the north adelaide golf course last week while I was having a round and I must say they were looking very fit, not sure if this was all the grades training together but even W.Legrand was doing the hard slog.

Was this Legrand bloke doing the hard yards so he can win another Div 7 Reserves Medal with his mates??? What a joke!! If ANYONE starts training in January and doesn't have aspirations of playing any higher than Div 7 B grade, is a disgrace regardless of age.

[carey]

couldnt agree more mate iv never doubted his abilty to play the game but when your playing in your sides 4th side what a joke glory seeking big fish in a little pond.

[Freo HeaveHo]

Spot on !!!! Especially coulple years back when there C's were in desperate need of a player like him. But he is happy running round on an oval with blokes a quarter of his ability. Surely he has few mates that play in the c's too ya would think.

[IN THERE]

Thank god for Australia Day!!

After Bourkey flogging us last week, I for one am happy there is no training tonight. Well to be honest they were not really that tough a sessions, I just too old I am probably spending more money on massages than I am going to get for playing!!

Hey PD, Heard that a fair few Fitzroy boys have ended up staying out there for you guys this year. This must be bringing some excitment around the club and some good feeling s about the year ahead now for you boys there.

[Perfect Drug]

Things are looking on the up at Glenunga thats for sure.

With these varied comments about ex Fitzroy players though, I'll give the facts.

For the moment there are 2 players (Bourke and another) that played Fitzroy A's last year that are definately going to Glenunga. Then there are about 4-5 others who have previously played A's at Fitzroy, but not last year, that definately are joining. All of the others that trained post Christmas are in fact returning to Fitzroy. They were all B graders come finals last year. Bourke was just trying to give them the opportunity to play A's but they are happier playing B's with their mates at the Roy's which is understandable.

So in total there are only 2 players that were playing at Fitzroy last year going to Glenunga. But 6-7 Ex Royboys in total.

[MW]

Was this Legrand bloke doing the hard yards so he can win another Div 7 Reserves Medal with his mates??? What a joke!! If ANYONE starts training in January and doesn't have aspirations of playing any higher than Div 7 B grade, is a disgrace regardless of age.

Mate he's been training with the A's pre-season every year since I can remember...and last time I checked it is not against the rules to do so.

Seriously lads its 2010, time to get off the Legrand slagging wagon?

[Demon Juke]

Things are looking on the up at Glenunga thats for sure.

With these varied comments about ex Fitzroy players though, I'll give the facts.

For the moment there are 2 players (Bourke and another) that played Fitzroy A's last year that are definately going to Glenunga. Then there are about 4-5 others who have previously played A's at Fitzroy, but not last year, that definately are joining. All of the others that trained post Christmas are in fact returning to Fitzroy. They were all B graders come finals last year. Bourke was just trying to give them the opportunity to play A's but they are happier playing B's with their mates at the Roy's which is understandable.

So in total there are only 2 players that were playing at Fitzroy last year going to Glenunga. But 6-7 Ex Royboys in total.

Can you tell us the other Fiizroy player's name yet??

[BenchedEagle]

couldnt agree more mate iv never doubted his abilty to play the game but when your playing in your sides 4th side what a joke glory seeking big fish in a little pond.

Biggest sandbagger ive seen. His best mate their umpire helps his cause