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Q. wrote:Lakes will finish 9th and play in D7 next year anyway

Zartan wrote:

Q. wrote:Lakes will finish 9th and play in D7 next year anyway

Yeah I know, but speaking to people around they think heading down to D7 will be what helps save the club - i disagree, i think they need to drop the B grade and play in the C grade divs until they can build an adequate player/supporter base.

Robb_Stark wrote:Mawson Lakes will struggle to survive maybe merge with greenacres

Zartan wrote:

Q. wrote:Lakes will finish 9th and play in D7 next year anyway

Yeah I know, but speaking to people around they think heading down to D7 will be what helps save the club - i disagree, i think they need to drop the B grade and play in the C grade divs until they can build an adequate player/supporter base.

Zartan wrote:

Robb_Stark wrote:Mawson Lakes will struggle to survive maybe merge with greenacres

They'll struggle to survive period.

Maybe a merger with SPOS

morell wrote:Keep in mind that if the AdFL expand to 70 teams, next year D7 is likely to be almost 100% A Grade. It really is the new D6.

They'll win some games and build momentum and tick along. D7 will be a healthy place for them.

Zartan wrote:Hats off to Mawson Lakes B Grade, geez they've got it tough! Don't know if they started with a bench or not, but early in the 2nd quarter to lose their best player (who had casually kicked 3) definitely hurt them greatly, and they were always going to be up against it after that.

Can not be easy coming out each week up against it so much, their first quarter was exceptional though - in fact i think they kicked 3 of the first 5 goals of the match!

They battled all day gallantly though, never dropped their heads, never stopped worked, never gave in. I felt a bit bad we still managed 51 scoring shots - never my intention, and i moved things around so randomly to try and avoid almost a total demolition, and picked a few C graders who missed out on a game with our C grade.

Who ever the ruckman was, he was pretty handy too - given what I saw in the later game, he should definitely be up playing in the A grade - he would take a lot of pressure off Bennett in particular.. he was one of the most dominant rucks i've seen this season in this div.

To the club though, it is by far and away the worst place to play footy. There is zero atmosphere, the change rooms are poor and obviously the line marking needs improving haha... you could a pin drop basically all day - i could hear the cars driving past over any "noise" from the football game or the crowd. Made it very tough viewing - almost felt like a Saturday afternoon relaxing at a local cricket game.

Lot of calls Lakes need to head to D7 - and plenty people who shot that theory down pre-season.. but i actually think it needs to go further, i think Lakes need to do a Smithfield and reduce to one side, build a solid group of players, bring in some fresh, younger blood and start again. Continue to invest in their junior program, and perhaps try and find a partner in UniSA next door or something to work with.

Could almost form a "B grade" out of the older lads and play them in the Masters comp on Sundays so they're still getting a game.

Otherwise they're dying a slow death... time to think outside the box.

Robb_Stark wrote:

Zartan wrote:

Robb_Stark wrote:Mawson Lakes will struggle to survive maybe merge with greenacres

They'll struggle to survive period.

Maybe a merger with SPOS

i thought greenacres and be called Green Lakes

Zartan wrote:

Robb_Stark wrote:Mawson Lakes will struggle to survive maybe merge with greenacres

They'll struggle to survive period.

Maybe a merger with SPOS

A merger with Para Hills would make greater sense though - would be a good fit for both clubs if they could work it out.

Zartan wrote:

morell wrote:Keep in mind that if the AdFL expand to 70 teams, next year D7 is likely to be almost 100% A Grade. It really is the new D6.

They'll win some games and build momentum and tick along. D7 will be a healthy place for them.

If Mawson Lakes were in D7 this season, i have my doubts they'd beat anyone apart from Flinders Uni.. Even Central United & North Pines I could see being too strong for them... that's how much they're struggling.

Add in some extra "A Grade" clubs into the Division, and being the new D6 where they've struggled over previous seasons, I cant see how it's going to be a healthy place for them?

Lightning McQueen wrote:Mawson Lakes is the largest susburb in the metropolitan area so perhaps they need to go to the people, get some auskick or a couple of age group teams happening, I've never seen anything at all in the letterbox or at the local shopping centre alluding to the fact that a football club even exists there

Zartan wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Mawson Lakes is the largest susburb in the metropolitan area so perhaps they need to go to the people, get some auskick or a couple of age group teams happening, I've never seen anything at all in the letterbox or at the local shopping centre alluding to the fact that a football club even exists there

3x Jnr sides this year i believe - U9, U10, U11 and AUSKICK.

Robb_Stark wrote:Mawson lakes living book I read that all the time could make a add and place in that

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Robb_Stark wrote:Mawson lakes living book I read that all the time could make a add and place in that

Must get boring, I cover it within a 10 minute poo.

human_torpedo wrote:Couple of massive games this week, season defining just about..

- Fitzroy v Brahma. If the Lions can reverse the 10 goal result from the first meeting that will go a long way to playing finals. Brahma can look to do the same with a win, but a loss makes things very interesting..

- Ingle Farm v Trinity. Ingle Farm will look to also reverse the first meetings result, and if they do it should also go a long way to locking them into a finals spot. Given they dropped to WC in the first half of the year, these 2 games will be ear marked by them to rectify early season blunders as they make their charge.. These games are always tight affairs, I would say this will be another one of those

Also, if SW can continue its giant killing ways and get a win against Elizabeth, it completely blows the season wide open..

Zartan wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Mawson Lakes is the largest susburb in the metropolitan area so perhaps they need to go to the people, get some auskick or a couple of age group teams happening, I've never seen anything at all in the letterbox or at the local shopping centre alluding to the fact that a football club even exists there

3x Jnr sides this year i believe - U9, U10, U11 and AUSKICK.