Southern Football League

[Moe]

Ahh yes Fletch- was that in the 65 goal game?

Knowing Fletch well, he would be over the moon at his name being mentioned on the Forum.
He has been dining out on that game for years. Even when he switched to the Roos. After a few "Handles" at the Broadway Hotel, you could not shut him up.
I heard about every one of those 20 goals every second Sunday afternoon/evening.
His chat up line was even "Have you ever met a guy who kicked 20 goals in a game before?"
Sad thing was, it worked once or twice

[canyouseewhatisee]

any truth dave murdock to coach lonsdale how many reynella and morphie boys will help him out

[Zelezny Chucks]

any truth dave murdock to coach lonsdale how many reynella and morphie boys will help him out

wishful thinking.

[Bag The Points]

any truth dave murdock to coach lonsdale how many reynella and morphie boys will help him out

wishful thinking.

You'd think they'd stick with Early wouldn't they !

[ol man emu]

Still no news on where the C-Grade Prelim is to be played.
Obviously Messenger can't have it in now. If nothing by tomorrow Argus deadline wil be gone also.
Lets hope they can make the decision in time to put it in the Boot !!

To be played at Hickbottom oval.
Atmosphere will be electric. Under 14s might be a nil all draw.

[The Note Book]

SOUTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2010 FINALS SERIES
WEEK 1
Qual (1) 1st V 4th SATURDAY 28/08/2010 VENUE - NOARLUNGA
Brighton Bombers V Cove A GRADE 2.30 PM
Brighton Bombers V Cove B GRADE 12.50 PM
Cove V Reynella U 18 11.10 AM
Morphett Vale V Cove U 16 9.35 AM
Morphett Vale V Flagstaff Hill U 14 8.15 AM

Qual (2) 2nd V 3rd SATURDAY 28/08/2010 VENUE -ALDINGA
Reynella v Morphett Vale A GRADE 2.30 PM
Happy Valley V Morphett Vale B GRADE 12.50 PM
Brighton Bombers V Flagstaff Hill UNDER 18 11.10 AM
Noarlunga V Brighton Bombers UNDER 16 9.35 AM
Happy Valley V Noarlunga UNDER 14 8.15 AM

Elim (1)5th V 8th SUNDAY 29/08/2010 VENUE - PORT NOARLUNGA
Happy Valley V Edwardstown A GRADE 2.30 PM
Reynella V Edwardstown B GRADE 12.50 PM
Morphett Vale V Edwardstown UNDER 18 11.10 AM
Flagstaff Hill V Port Noarlunga UNDER 16 9.35 AM
Reynella V Port Noarlunga UNDER 14 8.15 AM

Elim (2)6th V 7th SUNDAY 29/08/2010 VENUE - CHRISTIES BEACH
Noarlunga V Port Noarlunga A GRADE 2.30 PM
Noarlunga V Flagstaff Hill B GRADE 12.50 PM
Noarlunga V Happy Valley UNDER 18 11.10 AM
Happy Valley V Reynella UNDER 16 9.35 AM
Cove V Brighton Bombers UNDER 14 8.15 AM

SUNDAY COMPETITION PRELIMINARY FINALS SUNDAY 29/08/2010 VENUE - TBA
Happy Valley V Morphettville Park UNDER 14 9.00AM
Brighton Bombers V Happy Valley UNDER 16 10.20AM
Cove V Brighton Bombers C GRADE 12.00 NOON

SUNDAY COMPETITION GRAND FINALS Saturday 4/09/2010 VENUE - HAPPY VALLEY
Brighton Bombers V UNDER 14 3.45 PM
Cove V UNDER 16 5.15PM
Happy Valley V C GRADE 7.00PM

After driving past all ovals over last couple of days my predictions for A grade are as followed:

Brighton by 27pts (too good in the heavy conditions)
Morphett Vale by 19 pts (23 pts if Pollard plays)
Happy Valley by 5 pts (with kick after the siren)
Noarlunga by 15 pts (good open ground with conditions to suit)

[White Line Fever]

whats are the coaching rumours besides dave(cant coach)murdock

viewtopic.php?f=41&t=29613

Exelby gone from Marion.

Why!!!!!

Winning only 3 games for the year probably had something to do with it...

[Speccy02]

whats are the coaching rumours besides dave(cant coach)murdock

http://www.safooty.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=29613

Exelby gone from Marion.

Why!!!!!

Winning only 3 games for the year probably had something to do with it...

Can anyone tell me what Exelby's win / loss ratio was like at Ironbank? Did they play finals under him?

[AFLflyer]

to marions defence, they lost a lot of games by 10 points or less, surely there was room for impovement there.

[2 Old 2 Slow]

[/quote]

Can anyone tell me what Exelby's win / loss ratio was like at Ironbank? Did they play finals under him?[/quote]

yeah played finals in 07, knocked out in the Elimination Final by a fair margin (from memory) vs. Onka Valley

2006 Finished 9th 1W-15L
2007 Finished 5th 11W-7L
2008 Finished 7th 9W-9L

21W-31L

[Vulcan]

Is this a case of exelby not being able to coach....I don't think so,I'd have thought he needs to test him self indifferent waters,get out of the comfort zone,could be a couple of openings around the area in which he resides!

[White Line Fever]

No problem with his coaching.

Recruited well.

Rob Jones quit after 2 games went back to Brighton.
Few games later Tregonning followed him.
That is two on-ballers.

Then we lost our back up ruckman Shard to work commitments... played one game.
Then Wadey went down with injury for majority of year.

Brad Smith, Richie Ray-zwar & Mick Townsend injured after few games out for year.

Then Lynchy our CHB quit (also 3rd ruckman). Came back later in year for 3 games then disappeared again.

Then the big one.. the Bilney brothers walked out.

So we lost huge amounts of talent... 2 ruckman, 5 mid-fielders, 3 key position. Nearly all contracted players.
Injuries were a curse this year, but every club gets that, we just had no depth to cover them.
It's a joke this day and age the way guys float around clubs with zero comittment.
If you commit to a club that is it for the year.

So like I said, no problems with Exelby, but he was pushing sh!t uphill all year.

[Panther32]

No problem with his coaching.

Recruited well.

Rob Jones quit after 2 games went back to Brighton.
Few games later Tregonning followed him.
That is two on-ballers.

Then we lost our back up ruckman Shard to work commitments... played one game.
Then Wadey went down with injury for majority of year.

Brad Smith, Richie Ray-zwar & Mick Townsend injured after few games out for year.

Then Lynchy our CHB quit (also 3rd ruckman). Came back later in year for 3 games then disappeared again.

Then the big one.. the Bilney brothers walked out.

So we lost huge amounts of talent... 2 ruckman, 5 mid-fielders, 3 key position. Nearly all contracted players.
Injuries were a curse this year, but every club gets that, we just had no depth to cover them.
It's a joke this day and age the way guys float around clubs with zero comittment.
If you commit to a club that is it for the year.

So like I said, no problems with Exelby, but he was pushing sh!t uphill all year.

Need to ask the question though WLF, why did all these recruits quit? If they were enjoying their time at Marion should this have happened? Obviously injuries are part of the game and you blokes were definitey hit pretty hard, but guys walking out on the team has to come back to a culture thing doesn't it?

[Axle Rose]

No problem with his coaching.

Recruited well.

Rob Jones quit after 2 games went back to Brighton.
Few games later Tregonning followed him.
That is two on-ballers.

Then we lost our back up ruckman Shard to work commitments... played one game.
Then Wadey went down with injury for majority of year.

Brad Smith, Richie Ray-zwar & Mick Townsend injured after few games out for year.

Then Lynchy our CHB quit (also 3rd ruckman). Came back later in year for 3 games then disappeared again.

Then the big one.. the Bilney brothers walked out.

So we lost huge amounts of talent... 2 ruckman, 5 mid-fielders, 3 key position. Nearly all contracted players.
Injuries were a curse this year, but every club gets that, we just had no depth to cover them.
It's a joke this day and age the way guys float around clubs with zero comittment.
If you commit to a club that is it for the year.

So like I said, no problems with Exelby, but he was pushing sh!t uphill all year.

So if ex was the man for the job, were you able to put your finger on why these players chose to go back to there original clubs, or just simply disappeared for periods of time? There was clearly some excitement in the air around marion at the start of the year, so it seems strange that it became difficult to keep them around. Losing the u18's at short notice couldnt have helped. Bottom line is, either ex failed as a senior coach, or the club did not support him well enough when support was needed.

[MR JUICY]

[White Line Fever]

No problem with his coaching.

Recruited well.

Rob Jones quit after 2 games went back to Brighton.
Few games later Tregonning followed him.
That is two on-ballers.

Then we lost our back up ruckman Shard to work commitments... played one game.
Then Wadey went down with injury for majority of year.

Brad Smith, Richie Ray-zwar & Mick Townsend injured after few games out for year.

Then Lynchy our CHB quit (also 3rd ruckman). Came back later in year for 3 games then disappeared again.

Then the big one.. the Bilney brothers walked out.

So we lost huge amounts of talent... 2 ruckman, 5 mid-fielders, 3 key position. Nearly all contracted players.
Injuries were a curse this year, but every club gets that, we just had no depth to cover them.
It's a joke this day and age the way guys float around clubs with zero comittment.
If you commit to a club that is it for the year.

So like I said, no problems with Exelby, but he was pushing sh!t uphill all year.

Need to ask the question though WLF, why did all these recruits quit? If they were enjoying their time at Marion should this have happened? Obviously injuries are part of the game and you blokes were definitey hit pretty hard, but guys walking out on the team has to come back to a culture thing doesn't it?

The question has certainly been asked P32.
Culture is a factor.
Getting paid when we are getting flogged I assume makes guys walk away.
Guilt?
Selfishness?

Like not having a personal go at these lads as I got on really well with the Jones, Tregonnings etc, and it says alot about where we are at when a guy would rather play C grade for Brighton than A grade for Marion.

Since I've been there 2002, the number of faces that have come through is amazing.
Players from 2000 premiership left... 0.

Imagine if we had the Brett 'Chippy' Dale, Harrows, Jimmy 'Pumper', Keels RIP, Ravi, Morgan Billings, Steve Coffee, McEntees, Bilneys, Stokesy Reece Hamilton, Lallards I really could go on.

We would probably be in MV shoes.

[Zelezny Chucks]

No problem with his coaching.

Recruited well.

Rob Jones quit after 2 games went back to Brighton.
Few games later Tregonning followed him.
That is two on-ballers.

Then we lost our back up ruckman Shard to work commitments... played one game.
Then Wadey went down with injury for majority of year.

Brad Smith, Richie Ray-zwar & Mick Townsend injured after few games out for year.

Then Lynchy our CHB quit (also 3rd ruckman). Came back later in year for 3 games then disappeared again.

Then the big one.. the Bilney brothers walked out.

So we lost huge amounts of talent... 2 ruckman, 5 mid-fielders, 3 key position. Nearly all contracted players.
Injuries were a curse this year, but every club gets that, we just had no depth to cover them.
It's a joke this day and age the way guys float around clubs with zero comittment.
If you commit to a club that is it for the year.

So like I said, no problems with Exelby, but he was pushing sh!t uphill all year.

Need to ask the question though WLF, why did all these recruits quit? If they were enjoying their time at Marion should this have happened? Obviously injuries are part of the game and you blokes were definitey hit pretty hard, but guys walking out on the team has to come back to a culture thing doesn't it?

The question has certainly been asked P32.
Culture is a factor.
Getting paid when we are getting flogged I assume makes guys walk away.
Guilt?
Selfishness?

Like not having a personal go at these lads as I got on really well with the Jones, Tregonnings etc, and it says alot about where we are at when a guy would rather play C grade for Brighton than A grade for Marion.

Since I've been there 2002, the number of faces that have come through is amazing.
Players from 2000 premiership left... 0.

Imagine if we had the Brett 'Chippy' Dale, Harrows, Jimmy 'Pumper', Keels RIP, Ravi, Morgan Billings, Steve Coffee, McEntees, Bilneys, Stokesy Reece Hamilton, Lallards I really could go on.

We would probably be in MV shoes.

These kinds of guys are the reason you are in the position you are recruits that are likely to walk away when the going gets tough. Seems like your club would prefer a quick fix to doing the right thing which has shown this year.

[Down the Hill]

Here's the reality guys from someone who played in the old Glenelg/South League juniors.

Morphy Park = Glengowrie HS
Brighton = Brighton HS
Marion = Seacombe / Dover / Mitchell Park HS
Mitchell Park = Mitchell Park / Marion HS
Plympton = Plympton / Vermont HS
Blackwood = Blackwood / Urrbrae HS

Juniors were played on Sunday's and each club had a few college lads as well.

Most of those schools mentioned are no longer or have nowhere near the students attending them. Blackwood and Brighton have prospered because their supply schools have grown and their immediate areas continue to re-generate youngsters.

Christies dominated the SFL in 1994 presumably nearing the end of an era when Christies Beach HS was teeming with kids.

The reality is that the rationalistaion of schools in the South and outer South and addition of private schools like Woodcroft College has channeled young players to certain clubs rather than what used to happen years ago when there were more schools scattered around the area. I honestly can't see how 3 clubs such as Marion and Morphy Park and Mitchell Park (throw in Plympton as well) can continue to survive in such close proximity, similar demographic and no supply from a large secondary school.

Surely the question has to be asked by their own people, merge or lose their identity altogether.

[Panther32]

Here's the reality guys from someone who played in the old Glenelg/South League juniors.

Morphy Park = Glengowrie HS
Brighton = Brighton HS
Marion = Seacombe / Dover / Mitchell Park HS
Mitchell Park = Mitchell Park / Marion HS
Plympton = Plympton / Vermont HS
Blackwood = Blackwood / Urrbrae HS

Juniors were played on Sunday's and each club had a few college lads as well.

Most of those schools mentioned are no longer or have nowhere near the students attending them. Blackwood and Brighton have prospered because their supply schools have grown and their immediate areas continue to re-generate youngsters.

Christies dominated the SFL in 1994 presumably nearing the end of an era when Christies Beach HS was teeming with kids.

The reality is that the rationalistaion of schools in the South and outer South and addition of private schools like Woodcroft College has channeled young players to certain clubs rather than what used to happen years ago when there were more schools scattered around the area. I honestly can't see how 3 clubs such as Marion and Morphy Park and Mitchell Park (throw in Plympton as well) can continue to survive in such close proximity, similar demographic and no supply from a large secondary school.

Surely the question has to be asked by their own people, merge or lose their identity altogether.

Not too bad there DTH, very impressed with your logic.

[White Line Fever]

Just imagine... the Marion Twisties.

Tell me DTH how many players from your U17 & U18 premierships sides 2002-03 are still playing with your club?