Adelaide Plains Football League

[Woofa]

Bottom line, as has already been mentioned is that all clubs pay players. And all clubs over time have good paid players that stay for years and all clubs over time have paid players that are duds. This argument will always come up year in year out, with the only difference being which clubs at the time have the good players & which clubs have the duds. Hey, but its still a great argument. Especially if at the time, your club doesn't have the duds

[Full Stop]

Bottom line, as has already been mentioned is that all clubs pay players. And all clubs over time have good paid players that stay for years and all clubs over time have paid players that are duds. This argument will always come up year in year out, with the only difference being which clubs at the time have the good players & which clubs have the duds. Hey, but its still a great argument. Especially if at the time, your club doesn't have the duds

Woofa a couple of good comments there!!!
Sounds to me Seagul must have been a player that missed the gravy train in his time. Spends alot of time on here with a very negative influence. My view on paying players is this, If a club is silly enough to spend more money than they should it's there bad luck at the end of the day they hold all the aces and give the nod of approval not the player.

[mighty hounds]

Happy new year to you all!

I'm not going to get into this paying players argument bullshit, the facts are ALL clubs in this league pay players. As long as the clubs aren't spending more than they have it shouldn't be an issue.


Donkey, **** post mate and you know it.

So your telling me that United paid Peter Burgoyne all that money and not the Dublin publican? That is all I was saying MC and plenty of people from UFC have told me this directly. Not sure why it was such a **** post. I was being pretty harsh when I said United and Virginia make a mockery of country footy and I apologise for that, I meant the external sources that a paying this type of money is making a mockery of country footy.

On the Joel/miniJoel Mont transfer.... we're awaiting the results of the health screening conducted by our medical staff before we move on this one, apparently miniJoel had bigger biceps

I was told that it was the 3 pubs putting 400 each in for it.

Ha Ha 3 different pubs?? What would they be? Obviously Dublin Hotel but who are the other 2? Long Plains Hotel & the Calomba Sports Bar????

well i did hear lower light aswell but i was repeating what i was told but maybe mjority of it comes from Dublin pub which might i add had a pretty good band playing there the tiome i went

[Woofa]

So your telling me that United paid Peter Burgoyne all that money and not the Dublin publican? That is all I was saying MC and plenty of people from UFC have told me this directly. Not sure why it was such a **** post. I was being pretty harsh when I said United and Virginia make a mockery of country footy and I apologise for that, I meant the external sources that a paying this type of money is making a mockery of country footy.

On the Joel/miniJoel Mont transfer.... we're awaiting the results of the health screening conducted by our medical staff before we move on this one, apparently miniJoel had bigger biceps[/quote]


I was told that it was the 3 pubs putting 400 each in for it.[/quote]

Ha Ha 3 different pubs?? What would they be? Obviously Dublin Hotel but who are the other 2? Long Plains Hotel & the Calomba Sports Bar???? [/quote]


well i did hear lower light aswell but i was repeating what i was told but maybe mjority of it comes from Dublin pub which might i add had a pretty good band playing there the tiome i went [/quote]

Yeah i would think it would be all coming from Dubby Pub. I think he is the major sponsor.

[AKA]

Bottom line, as has already been mentioned is that all clubs pay players. And all clubs over time have good paid players that stay for years and all clubs over time have paid players that are duds. This argument will always come up year in year out, with the only difference being which clubs at the time have the good players & which clubs have the duds. Hey, but its still a great argument. Especially if at the time, your club doesn't have the duds

Woofa a couple of good comments there!!!
Sounds to me Seagul must have been a player that missed the gravy train in his time. Spends alot of time on here with a very negative influence. My view on paying players is this, If a club is silly enough to spend more money than they should it's there bad luck at the end of the day they hold all the aces and give the nod of approval not the player.

Oh RR, you are so far off the mark it's ridiculous.
Problem this all creates is that player A goes country for $500 a game, comes back to city after a couple of years when sick of travelling and expects same money. Can't get it so goes club shopping.
The term quite often used is "footy sl*t"!

I agree with some of your points seagull but some of clubs (towns) need to spend descent money to attract recruits to their team. There are always issues with players travelling 1 to 2 hours from their homes so these teams have to give a good incentive to intense good players.

[Full Stop]

Oh RR, you are so far off the mark it's ridiculous.
Problem this all creates is that player A goes country for $500 a game, comes back to city after a couple of years when sick of travelling and expects same money. Can't get it so goes club shopping.
The term quite often used is "footy sl*t"!

Seagull not once did i say footy sluts are welcome but again that's the footy clubs fault for taking them. Get off your high horse mate it's again just my views. Ill repeat what i said the clubs hold all the cards with recruiting not the players. If there silly enough to pay stupid's amount of money more fool them. Get people involved with your footy club with common sense.

[OnSong]

I'm still trying to determine why this discussion is a) relevant and b) anything new I haven't read on here before. It all comes down to this: the best recruits aren't just players, they're club people too. However club people aren't easy to get so usually clubs at leas try and fill the gaps with reasonable players and hope to hell that does the job. Lol

[razzman]

just out of intrest like to see every1 predictions for the flag this year?

obviously i think balaklava will be right there with a good team last year and some handy juniors stepping up think they will be the team to beat.
Mallala i think maybe there run has come to an end not righting them off but i think they will just make the 4
Virginia, well with a few big ins and some key outs on paper have the team to do well lets see if there heads can stay resilient after the heart break of last year
every1 else have supposeablly recruited heavily so will be interesting

[mighty hounds]

just out of intrest like to see every1 predictions for the flag this year?

obviously i think balaklava will be right there with a good team last year and some handy juniors stepping up think they will be the team to beat.
Mallala i think maybe there run has come to an end not righting them off but i think they will just make the 4
Virginia, well with a few big ins and some key outs on paper have the team to do well lets see if there heads can stay resilient after the heart break of last year
every1 else have supposeablly recruited heavily so will be interesting

TW have recruited heavily and are paying ever1 500 a game

[OnSong]

Here's my inexperienced take on 2011:

Balaklava: shows promise, needs to capitalise on it.
Mallala: Lost a quality player in R Mont but gained one in Holmes is rumours are true. The team to beat still in my mind.
Two Wells: Centenary years mean you do what you can to win the A grade flag. Should be a top two contender.
Virginia: Added to their firepower but just how well the new lads gel with the current squad will have major bearing on their season.
United: Might be a tough year at Tigerland considering the new points system introduction and it's impact on the club.
Hummocks/Watchman: Will be around the mark again.
Hamley Bridge: Looking forward to seeing some improvement and should do so significantly with some quality new players. Depth will still be an issue though.

[mighty hounds]

Here's my inexperienced take on 2011:

Balaklava: shows promise, needs to capitalise on it.
Mallala: Lost a quality player in R Mont but gained one in Holmes is rumours are true. The team to beat still in my mind.
Two Wells: Centenary years mean you do what you can to win the A grade flag. Should be a top two contender.Virginia: Added to their firepower but just how well the new lads gel with the current squad will have major bearing on their season.
United: Might be a tough year at Tigerland considering the new points system introduction and it's impact on the club.
Hummocks/Watchman: Will be around the mark again.
Hamley Bridge: Looking forward to seeing some improvement and should do so significantly with some quality new players. Depth will still be an issue though.

New guersney as well for the club in the process of working out the design i believe

[OnSong]

Where they the red and white prison bars last year? Looking to possibly revert to a red or white vee maybe?

[mighty hounds]

Where they the red and white prison bars last year? Looking to possibly revert to a red or white vee maybe?

yes red and white bars. last i heard the committee were stuck between the old red and white V or having the red and white V with a rooster on the front. I hope personally that its the old school one we were against Balak during the year!

[OnSong]

Former Hummocks junior Tom Forrest returning from EP?

[UNDERthePACK]

Is there any where yet that we can look up the ins and outs (clearances) of each team as per last year on sportingpulse

[OnSong]

If it's not on sportingpulse yet, then probably not. Might have to wait a month or two before that starts functioning.

[Mythical Creature]

Is there any where yet that we can look up the ins and outs (clearances) of each team as per last year on sportingpulse

You can't submit clearances until the 1st of Feb.

[Dr. Pink]

What happened with the points applications MC? I heard Two Wells, United, Hamley Bridge and maybe Hummocks got knocked back??

Two Wells, United, Hamley and Balak all got knocked back. No reasons given!

Wrong MC. Two Wells, United and Hamley were knocked back. Balak were granted their request. Moved Martyn Bell, Seconded Colin Jenner. 2 out of 4 board members from Balak. That really stinks.

[Dr. Pink]

Sorry if i've been living under a rock, but i've never heard of Aaron Cocks? Apart from Onsongs brief description and Maiden magpies rant, can someone please fill me in on all the history good or bad???

Im pretty sure he came through the juniors? Played against him before! Did he leave Mallala on a sour note, swampy?

Yeah he played his juniors at Mallala and his old man coached for a while. I don't think it really bothers too many people at Mallala if he doesn't play there, I'm guessing given the current attutude, success and passion for the club of the current group of young players, that Mallala wouldn't really need to be worrying about recruiting fringe players that would keep out other loyal juniors who will be around for a while. Just my opinion.

Cocks is clearly an A Grader. It is no secret that the cocks family left the Magpies on sour terms.

[wangas#4]

What happened with the points applications MC? I heard Two Wells, United, Hamley Bridge and maybe Hummocks got knocked back??

Two Wells, United, Hamley and Balak all got knocked back. No reasons given!

Wrong MC. Two Wells, United and Hamley were knocked back. Balak were granted their request. Moved Martyn Bell, Seconded Colin Jenner. 2 out of 4 board members from Balak. That really stinks.

So your saying Dr.Pink that balak got extra points.