Southern Football League

[GO THE PUNT]

MV beat the top team that hasnt won at emu land for a long time or even got close to them and all of a sudden they are the ones to beat. I will say it again as I did way back at the stat of the year the emus will not play in the GF this year. I think the emus run is coming to an end. Looking at results from the 2 and 18 the depth looks like its startin to thin out imo.

[ol man emu]

MV beat the top team that hasnt won at emu land for a long time or even got close to them and all of a sudden they are the ones to beat. I will say it again as I did way back at the stat of the year the emus will not play in the GF this year. I think the emus run is coming to an end. Looking at results from the 2 and 18 the depth looks like its startin to thin out imo.

No one has said M/Vale are the ones to beat but we are still the raining premiers and any one who wants this years flag will have to beat us in the finals.
M/Vale was all ways going to have a slow start to the year, for various reasons now we are picking up momentum at the business time of the year and are ready to steam home "like a run away train".
Don't worry about our depth we have got a grade premiership players in the 2s other players
who have had some quality exposure in a winning a grade side this year and 200 juniors wanting to wear the a grade jumper.(and not a faded one made in china.)
We might not win the flag this year but we are ready to have a crack.
We will do it with home grown products. We don't need the Goldings Billings, Wares, norsworthys exct.to top our list ever year.
Like a lot of other clubs we have 200 kids we develop and use ours.

[AFLflyer]

Hail Ol man emu, you are our hero. you are the best.
every sport in this world has imports.
gee, you love beating your own drum.
You will find all the top 5 or 6 sides have 90% club juniors in their senior sides, your not that special.
toot toot. like a run away train - ha!!!!

[Cheese Twisties]

Hail Ol man emu, you are our hero. you are the best.
every sport in this world has imports.
gee, you love beating your own drum.
You will find all the top 5 or 6 sides have 90% club juniors in their senior sides, your not that special.
toot toot. like a run away train - ha!!!!

By imports, are you referring to players or guernseys...??

[Zelezny Chucks]

Hail Ol man emu, you are our hero. you are the best.
every sport in this world has imports.
gee, you love beating your own drum.
You will find all the top 5 or 6 sides have 90% club juniors in their senior sides, your not that special.
toot toot. like a run away train - ha!!!!

By imports, are you referring to players or guernseys...??

[recruiter 10]

R.I.P little SHOEBOY tragedy has struck the southern league again
We lose too many our thoughts with the family and the club SB

[AFLflyer]

Hail Ol man emu, you are our hero. you are the best.
every sport in this world has imports.
gee, you love beating your own drum.
You will find all the top 5 or 6 sides have 90% club juniors in their senior sides, your not that special.
toot toot. like a run away train - ha!!!!

By imports, are you referring to players or guernseys...??

yep pay that

[shoe boy]

R.I.P little SHOEBOY tragedy has struck the southern league again
We lose too many our thoughts with the family and the club SB

Our condolences to Michaels family.
The club has informed all and advised of support to Michaels friends and family.
Thanks also to the SFL for their support also and this Thursday will console with Michaels team mates and their familys.

R.I.P. Michael taken to soon.

[Vulcan]

I tend to agree with afl flyer this time ol man emu,I think everyone on the forum now knows bout m/vales home grown talent and how they want to be part of the success.

Reynella still favourites IMO and will get that elusive flag they've been looking for in years.

[spot on]

I tend to agree with afl flyer this time ol man emu,I think everyone on the forum now knows bout m/vales home grown talent and how they want to be part of the success.

Reynella still favourites IMO and will get that elusive flag they've been looking for in years.

Vulcan, I see your team is Morphett Vale, is this a bit of reverse psychology?

[White Line Fever]

I tend to agree with afl flyer this time ol man emu,I think everyone on the forum now knows bout m/vales home grown talent and how they want to be part of the success.

Reynella still favourites IMO and will get that elusive flag they've been looking for in years.

Vulcan, I see your team is Morphett Vale, is this a bit of reverse psychology?

Casterton?

[spot on]

I tend to agree with afl flyer this time ol man emu,I think everyone on the forum now knows bout m/vales home grown talent and how they want to be part of the success.

Reynella still favourites IMO and will get that elusive flag they've been looking for in years.

Vulcan, I see your team is Morphett Vale, is this a bit of reverse psychology?

Casterton?

Do you know where it is?

[White Line Fever]

I tend to agree with afl flyer this time ol man emu,I think everyone on the forum now knows bout m/vales home grown talent and how they want to be part of the success.

Reynella still favourites IMO and will get that elusive flag they've been looking for in years.

Vulcan, I see your team is Morphett Vale, is this a bit of reverse psychology?

Casterton?

Do you know where it is?

A lovely little town of 2000 just over the border past MT Gambier.

The mighty Cats.

[spot on]

Reynella still favourites IMO and will get that elusive flag they've been looking for in years.[/quote]
Vulcan, I see your team is Morphett Vale, is this a bit of reverse psychology?[/quote]

Casterton?[/quote]
Do you know where it is?[/quote]

A lovely little town of 2000 just over the border past MT Gambier.

The mighty Cats.[/quote]
You have got it, don't win many games these days.

[asert]

I tend to agree with afl flyer this time ol man emu,I think everyone on the forum now knows bout m/vales home grown talent and how they want to be part of the success.

Reynella still favourites IMO and will get that elusive flag they've been looking for in years.

Vulcan, I see your team is Morphett Vale, is this a bit of reverse psychology?

Or multiple personalities

[MR JUICY]

My heart goes out to everyone at the Noarlunga Football Club and the young lad Michaels family and friends.
What an absolute tragedy - rally together boys and get each other through these tough times.

[Bag The Points]

My condolences to everyone at Noarlunga, and to Michael's family. I really hate it when something tragic like this happens to a young boy.

[Cheese Twisties]

Who said anything about "worrying" ---- just pointing out who gets the tougher run.
And Flyers's right, if games go to Table position top side gets the tougher Prelim.

After the "its better to finish second than first this year" talk of last week, hey BTP (or anyone)just out of interest, what would the percentage of top placed sides going on to win the premiership be over the last 10ish years? Emus have won a few flags recently after finishing top, but were pumped by the Cobras in 2008 - when Cove finished the season on top and we finished 2nd or 3rd. I would guess the percentage would be quite high, and that the team that finishes top of the ladder is usually a solid indication of who will win the flag?

And when was the last time a team came from nowhere (outside the top 4 etc) to own the flag? Has this ever even happened in the SFL?!

[Down the Hill]

Since SFL sent to 1 Divsion in 2002 only Brighton has made the GF from outside the top 4. We finished 5th in 2007 and made the GF (losing to MV). 2004 was interesting because MV and Brighton finished 1 & 2 and both lost their first finals but ended up winning their next 2 and making the GF (which MV won).

In the 90's when Happy Valley won 6 flags under a final 5 system I'm pretty sure they won at least 2 of those flags coming from the 4 v 5 Elimination final.

The craziest one was in 2001 when Div 2 was only 6 or 7 teams (final 4). Lonsdale won 6 games and lost 10 but snuck into 4th spot. The finals series that year was mostly played in atrocious conditions and Lonsdale somehow managed to win through to the GF at Bice and beat Kangarilla by 4 or 5 pts. Final score was 4 goals to 3. Kangarilla had beaten Lonsdale by 20 goals the previous time they played them that year.

Hows that BTP, pretty accurate ?

[Waterboy]

Since SFL sent to 1 Divsion in 2002 only Brighton has made the GF from outside the top 4. We finished 5th in 2007 and made the GF (losing to MV). 2004 was interesting because MV and Brighton finished 1 & 2 and both lost their first finals but ended up winning their next 2 and making the GF (which MV won).

In the 90's when Happy Valley won 6 flags under a final 5 system I'm pretty sure they won at least 2 of those flags coming from the 4 v 5 Elimination final.

The craziest one was in 2001 when Div 2 was only 6 or 7 teams (final 4). Lonsdale won 6 games and lost 10 but snuck into 4th spot. The finals series that year was mostly played in atrocious conditions and Lonsdale somehow managed to win through to the GF at Bice and beat Kangarilla by 4 or 5 pts. Final score was 4 goals to 3. Kangarilla had beaten Lonsdale by 20 goals the previous time they played them that year.

Hows that BTP, pretty accurate ?

Hard at the ball footy sounds better than "somehow managed to win through"

I don't think it rained on any weekend that season, but didn't seem to stop for the entire month of the finals. Obviously Lonsdale were the wet weather team.