SAAFL Div 2 2008

[Rotter]

Anyways, for what it's worth here's my tip

Modbury vs SHOC
or if
Modbury vs Edwardstown

[thewowfactor]

think edwardstown will have the legs after SHOCS went into a tuff extra time.
But maybe SHOCs have shown they can win finals given a few people said they dont have a good finals record, not sure about that though.
Modbury are the form side, no question. Will they be close to full strength with a couple of breaks in finals?

[old moz]

Maybe Modbury's big win was due to the visitors change rooms not being up to scratch; funny how no one complains about them when they win-didn't happen that often hence all the complaints.

those change rooms were crap back in the 70's and if they haven't changed since then , it shows Modbury's " we are the best f%^& the rest" and lack of respect to their opposition has not changed at all.

[Jayne]

When Modbury play the GF on the 13th it will be only their 2nd game in the previous 27 days...

Interesting... Does it freshen them up or make them less match conditioned, ie +ve or a -ve??

[Jayne]

Anyone got any news / rumours as to the venue for Towns Vs Shocs??

[Rotter]

When Modbury play the GF on the 13th it will be only their 2nd game in the previous 27 days...

Interesting... Does it freshen them up or make them less match conditioned, ie +ve or a -ve??

It is interesting Jayne, I am of the belief as a collective group and at this level of footy they need to be playing constantly. We're not talking about finely tuned athletes where every day is crucial to recovery. I reckon it does more harm than good not playing if for no other reason than their mental preparation.
I don't know if you remember in 06 the SAAFL in their wisdom programmed the finals on consecutive weekends rather than on the same weekend where possible and we (Uni) had 3 weeks between our last competitive game and the grand final even though our B's were in the same boat and we had two weeks of internal games. History shows we got thumped by Goodwood but the point is our blokes were never in it mentally due sitting around on their arses.

[Jayne]

Correct Rotter I do remember that, all to give Div #1 a stand alone GF. Same day as West Coast beat Sydney in the AFL GF.

[The Flying Scotsman]

When Modbury play the GF on the 13th it will be only their 2nd game in the previous 27 days...

Interesting... Does it freshen them up or make them less match conditioned, ie +ve or a -ve??

It is interesting Jayne, I am of the belief as a collective group and at this level of footy they need to be playing constantly. We're not talking about finely tuned athletes where every day is crucial to recovery. I reckon it does more harm than good not playing if for no other reason than their mental preparation.
I don't know if you remember in 06 the SAAFL in their wisdom programmed the finals on consecutive weekends rather than on the same weekend where possible and we (Uni) had 3 weeks between our last competitive game and the grand final even though our B's were in the same boat and we had two weeks of internal games. History shows we got thumped by Goodwood but the point is our blokes were never in it mentally due sitting around on their arses.

It worked well for Pt Dist last year

[On1Leg]

How could a mere mortal like me be in the presence of, and speak with, an official from the AUFC?
Your attitude virtually proves my point.

What are you on about man, you either heard one of the hierarchy say it or you didn't. In your earlier post you said you did hear it and in this last post of contradiction you claim ignorance.

My fault, I was making a sarcastic remark which is missed when writing.

[Rotter]

When Modbury play the GF on the 13th it will be only their 2nd game in the previous 27 days...

Interesting... Does it freshen them up or make them less match conditioned, ie +ve or a -ve??

It is interesting Jayne, I am of the belief as a collective group and at this level of footy they need to be playing constantly. We're not talking about finely tuned athletes where every day is crucial to recovery. I reckon it does more harm than good not playing if for no other reason than their mental preparation.
I don't know if you remember in 06 the SAAFL in their wisdom programmed the finals on consecutive weekends rather than on the same weekend where possible and we (Uni) had 3 weeks between our last competitive game and the grand final even though our B's were in the same boat and we had two weeks of internal games. History shows we got thumped by Goodwood but the point is our blokes were never in it mentally due sitting around on their arses.

It worked well for Pt Dist last year

Im not saying it doesn't work I just reckon playing footy regularly is better than week on week off. At best just the one week off is ok but straight from a 2nd semi is playing with fire.

[On1Leg]

How could a mere mortal like me be in the presence of, and speak with, an official from the AUFC?
Your attitude virtually proves my point.

What are you on about man, you either heard one of the hierarchy say it or you didn't. In your earlier post you said you did hear it and in this last post of contradiction you claim ignorance.

My fault, I was making a sarcastic remark which is missed when writing.

I'll clarify. I was speaking to the A grade coach early in the season. He made the statement that their sqaud would have made the D1 finals in '08. I did agree the Uni squad was far better than their '07 team, but didn't think they were going to find it as easy as they thought in D2. Sure, they had a truckload of injuries/players unavailable and their full team looked quite good, but history will show Uni finished 5th in D2 in 2008. D1 is a fair way off for the Blacks at this stage.

[On1Leg]

When Modbury play the GF on the 13th it will be only their 2nd game in the previous 27 days...

Interesting... Does it freshen them up or make them less match conditioned, ie +ve or a -ve??

It is interesting Jayne, I am of the belief as a collective group and at this level of footy they need to be playing constantly. We're not talking about finely tuned athletes where every day is crucial to recovery. I reckon it does more harm than good not playing if for no other reason than their mental preparation.
I don't know if you remember in 06 the SAAFL in their wisdom programmed the finals on consecutive weekends rather than on the same weekend where possible and we (Uni) had 3 weeks between our last competitive game and the grand final even though our B's were in the same boat and we had two weeks of internal games. History shows we got thumped by Goodwood but the point is our blokes were never in it mentally due sitting around on their arses.

It worked well for Pt Dist last year

Im not saying it doesn't work I just reckon playing footy regularly is better than week on week off. At best just the one week off is ok but straight from a 2nd semi is playing with fire.

I'm on your side with this one Rotter. The 2006 finals set up (debacle) cost Uni the flag.

[Pag]

It is interesting Jayne, I am of the belief as a collective group and at this level of footy they need to be playing constantly. We're not talking about finely tuned athletes where every day is crucial to recovery. I reckon it does more harm than good not playing if for no other reason than their mental preparation.
I don't know if you remember in 06 the SAAFL in their wisdom programmed the finals on consecutive weekends rather than on the same weekend where possible and we (Uni) had 3 weeks between our last competitive game and the grand final even though our B's were in the same boat and we had two weeks of internal games. History shows we got thumped by Goodwood but the point is our blokes were never in it mentally due sitting around on their arses.

It worked well for Pt Dist last year

Im not saying it doesn't work I just reckon playing footy regularly is better than week on week off. At best just the one week off is ok but straight from a 2nd semi is playing with fire.

I'm on your side with this one Rotter. The 2006 finals set up (debacle) cost Uni the flag.

This point can be debated forever. We had to play every week of the finals last year to win the A4 Premiership, and then Pt District in A2 only played two out of the four. We also lost our CHF during the finals, we could've used that week off, although we still won the whole thing. There's evidence both ways (playing or resting), the question of which route to the Grand Final is better will never get resolved.

[thewowfactor]

How will Modbury fair in Div 1?

[Footy Smart]

Its hardly a factor when its only 1 week. You throw a few extra training sessions in there and you hardly skip a beat. All it does is allow the players to freshen up and gives us a chance to watch the other 2 teams belt each other up to play us the following week. The lads are focused on the prize not worrying about "oh we have only played 3 times in 27 days, gee i hope were not flat"

maybe 3 weeks as stated would have been a factor but not one.

[Inflight]

Neutral ground is interesting NM as the last time we played the Townies at Modbury in the minor round they knocked Modbury off. That result would have given Townies hope, that result also fired Modbury up as no one likes to get beaten on their home turf.

Maybe Modbury's big win was due to the visitors change rooms not being up to scratch; funny how no one complains about them when they win-didn't happen that often hence all the complaints.

Modbury have been the better side all year HOWEVER the best side will win the Grand Final and that is still well and truely up for grabs

Howd you work that out?

Point of clarification

"Modbury have been the better side all year"=Minor Premiers
"The best side will win the Grand Final"= On the day
"and that is still well and truely up for grabs"= Modbury, SHOC and Townies all contenders at this stage

Hope that helps NM

[Sass!]

I think the result of the match on the weekend shows that one week off does not hurt u too much! Modbury seemed to have the extra legs while edwardstown looked to slow down as the game went on... A few blokes have niggling injuries that will have plenty of time to recover and extra training sessions will make sure the joints dont rust!

Hard to tell how the hawks will go next year. Lets just say there were some very interesting on lookers at the oval saturday!

[shobtop1]

Can Flinders Park and Eastern Park hold their own in division 2? Been the two dominant sides all year in Div 3, not sure on how big the gap is between the divisions is though.

[Footy Smart]

Can Flinders Park and Eastern Park hold their own in division 2? Been the two dominant sides all year in Div 3, not sure on how big the gap is between the divisions is though.

The gap between div 3-2 is much larger than between div 3-4. We found that out when we came up 2 divs in 2 years. We thought our squad was good enough but all of a sudden you are playing guys who could be playing league footy or div 1 at least and clubs that have a fair amount of cash. If you can stay up in your first year in div 2 its a success SMOSH found it hard this year but raggies managed to hold there own well... It depends on the squad and what you add to it. You cant have the same div 3 squad going into div 2 i dont think.

[Pag]

Anyone know why Edwardstown don't have the home final this week (game is at St Mary's), but have Henley v Mitchell Park in Div 7 instead? Seems kinda strange...