Burras wrote:Boosh wrote:Burras wrote:I'll have a crack
1 Kenilworth
2 North Haven
3 Hope Valley
4 Kilburn
5 Pooraka
6 Westminster
7 Eastern Park
8 Glenunga
9 Salisbury
10 Hectorville
Kenilworth will be hard to beat this year. a lot of in and a new coach.If they can use their big ground to their advantage they will run teams off their feet.
Top 5 are very strong teams this year, with Westminster being a big danger throughout the year.
Eastern Park will struggle this year, depth and fitness is a big concern there i would say
The bottom 3 clubs seem to be common choices for everyone, is ther any reasoning behind it?
Glenunga struggled last year and will need another year to consolidate before pushing finals.
Hectorville have been struggling in div 4 for the past 3 years and now look to be the weakest team in the comp.
These were the reasons behind me having Heccies and the Rams in my bottom three prediction.
And in regards with posters having us in their top 3- I did some reading and whilst I believe we can make the top 5 this season history suggests the grand finalists from Div 5 (since 2008- Golden Grove, Greenacres, Pultney, WOS, Heccies, Elizabeth, Plympton, Salisbury West, Hope Valley, Brahma Lodge, Kenilworth and Woodville South, add Glenunga in this group aswell) have not gone on to make the top 3 the next season in Div 4. It shows clubs have taken at least a season to consolidate themselves in the Div before looking to build again and really push for top 2/3, or gone straight back down.
Well apart from Brahma who after gaining promotion finished 4th then had an amazing finals run but 2 years later now find themselves in Div 6.
This is why I've got Hope Valley on top and as the team to beat, they've now had 2 years to consolidate, get better and gain experience in Div 4 to push for top 2.
Perhaps this season we can become the exception to previous history, I certainly hope so haha! It's obviously going to be a huge test.
WOS just need to make the 5, flick the on switch come finals time and will go on to win the flag haha.