Southern Football League

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The coach has worked hard over the past 3 years with our juniors so this is a bit of a suprise but after speaking to a mate he says it was on the cards good luck to the boys who have left really are great kids but again an adult influance costs what could have been a really great start towards SANFL for Squire if you get a chance to read this Squire you will be missed by all.

All readers seem that the reason for our young 18;s leaving had nothing to do with a current coach and that desicion came from the lads themselves. good luck again to those boys hope you all have a good season. always welcome back

[Snaparazzi]

ZC, thanks for your concern bloke.
The first half was an extremeley tight, fast, hard fought contest and was very happy with what we were doing on the field. VERY happy.
Second half for some reason the guys went away from our structure and started doing there own things & as good sides do you Emu helmets stuck to the game plan and did not get swayed from it and ran all over the top of us which was VERY disappointing.
You guys are the bench mark no doubt about it and with the outs you guys had it was definately our chance to get the points. BUT to your sides credit they were awesome in the last half and deserved the win they did. Worst thing was in a quarter and a half we gave ourselves a complete injustice to our first half performance.
We were very lose in the middle and young Bodey was unbelievable in the ruck and unstoppable. Very talented kid, have not seen him play before and that was one dominant performance, probably one of the most dominant performances I have seen in the ruck since returning to the SFL.
Happy with that ZC, you guys were too good over 4 quarters BUT we will learn alot out of that game and be better for it. Good luck the rest of the year ZC, and hope to see you guys again later in the year.

Any reason why your blokes were trying to kill Braden Bayly in the 2nd half? The best genuine rover in the comp, plays fair and as hard as anyone, keep swinging and he'll keep on getting the ball! Far too good! Kicked 3 aswell which is a change usually it's the goal sneak brother that racks up the bags.

[MR JUICY]

He's ugly probably - I don't know mate. Probably cos he was getting leather poisoning and the blokes wanted to touch the ball.

[ol man emu]

Come on mate. We played Happy Valley who I believe finished 4th last year. If you write us off after one game, against a quality opposition that Ive heard think they have only got better since last year, then each to their own. We know we didnt play how we wanted, but there were good signs for when we come up against a more evenly matched side.

Word is Happy Valleys coach was impressed with what he saw from us. Just goes to show we are on the improve. Like Ive said 1000 times, it would be stupid to think we'd go from bottom to beating HV over just one offseason.

No writing anyone off after one game but to only kick one goal in a full game, just thought on the score board you might have more of an impact no matter who you play? due to as stated in other blogs that you have increased your depth and personal.

That is one of the things we are really unhappy with and will have to work on. Going into the game we thought it was realistic to expect at least 10 scoring shots vs a team like Happy Valley. Didnt happen, so we are def going to try and learn from it. I really think the SFL should schedule some more even matches for Round 1...say Hackham Vs Aldinga or Lonsdale...for the simple fact that everyones still learning and to get an almost unavoidable belting in the first round really dents the confidence of the lower teams. In my opinion we should have played Aldinga, with Cove playing Happy Valley.

Like ive said a few times now, no excuses (for the nitwits that think im happy with the result)

2 Divisions would give us more even matches for round one and the rest of the season.
Its not only the a grade that is one sided in the b grade 3 teams only scored 1 goal and one team scored 0.
in the 14s, 16s, 18s, 8 teams scored 1 goal while 5 teams 0.
I go to the football to watch all five games, unfortunately there are to many floggings.
This sort of football is not good for any one.
I will witness another one on saturday.M/vale vs aldinga. what a mis match in 5 grades.

[Rush a Point]

Come on mate. We played Happy Valley who I believe finished 4th last year. If you write us off after one game, against a quality opposition that Ive heard think they have only got better since last year, then each to their own. We know we didnt play how we wanted, but there were good signs for when we come up against a more evenly matched side.

Word is Happy Valleys coach was impressed with what he saw from us. Just goes to show we are on the improve. Like Ive said 1000 times, it would be stupid to think we'd go from bottom to beating HV over just one offseason.

No writing anyone off after one game but to only kick one goal in a full game, just thought on the score board you might have more of an impact no matter who you play? due to as stated in other blogs that you have increased your depth and personal.

That is one of the things we are really unhappy with and will have to work on. Going into the game we thought it was realistic to expect at least 10 scoring shots vs a team like Happy Valley. Didnt happen, so we are def going to try and learn from it. I really think the SFL should schedule some more even matches for Round 1...say Hackham Vs Aldinga or Lonsdale...for the simple fact that everyones still learning and to get an almost unavoidable belting in the first round really dents the confidence of the lower teams. In my opinion we should have played Aldinga, with Cove playing Happy Valley.

Like ive said a few times now, no excuses (for the nitwits that think im happy with the result)

2 Divisions would give us more even matches for round one and the rest of the season.
Its not only the a grade that is one sided in the b grade 3 teams only scored 1 goal and one team scored 0.
in the 14s, 16s, 18s, 8 teams scored 1 goal while 5 teams 0.
I go to the football to watch all five games, unfortunately there are to many floggings.
This sort of football is not good for any one.
I will witness another one on saturday.M/vale vs aldinga. what a mis match in 5 grades.

I too watch 5 games on Saturday. The difference in standard in A Grade is miles apart. Until the SFL acknowledge this and take their head out of the sand, it is only going to get worse.

My concern however is with the Junior grades. Beltings do not help anyone. The team that wins by a long way don't learn anything, at best develop bad habits. The team that loses get demoralised and don't learn anything. I have seen games where the losing coach puts everyone behind the ball just to slow the scoring. This does not teach the kids to hold position and gives them virtually no chance to score. I hate seeing a team not score in Junior football. Kids need to be rewarded for playing and if that means only scoring a goal then at least that gives them something to get excited about.

I think that the current situation is a real concern and needs to be addressed. If the SFL won't show leadership, then perhaps the clubs need to show some leadership and go beyond their club interests and look at resolving the situation. At the moment we run the risk of losing kids to football (from the teams that get flogged) and the kids from the winning teams are not getting the development that they need.

Clubs like Aldinga and Hackham have worked hard to field junior sides this year, we now need to work as a league to asist these clubs in retaining these kids.

I was at Cove on Saturday and not one of the junior games was close. I would like to praise the Aldinga coaches for encouraging their players. Unfortunately no one was a winner from the games.

[damian]

For anyone around Morphettville Park this Sunday the SA Womens Football League will be playing tis round 2 matches on the 'pasty' with game 1 Eagles V Port and Game 2 Morphettville V Central Districts. Get out for a look and support these ladies who can actually play football! (They would beat your Hackham and Aldinga's).

[White Line Fever]

For anyone around Morphettville Park this Sunday the SA Womens Football League will be playing tis round 2 matches on the 'pasty' with game 1 Eagles V Port and Game 2 Morphettville V Central Districts. Get out for a look and support these ladies who can actually play football! (They would beat your Hackham and Aldinga's).

No they wouldn't.

[Turbo]

For anyone around Morphettville Park this Sunday the SA Womens Football League will be playing tis round 2 matches on the 'pasty' with game 1 Eagles V Port and Game 2 Morphettville V Central Districts. Get out for a look and support these ladies who can actually play football! (They would beat your Hackham and Aldinga's).

Ha Ha yeah right

[vics01]

ol man emu
2 Divisions would give us more even matches for round one and the rest of the season.
Its not only the a grade that is one sided in the b grade 3 teams only scored 1 goal and one team scored 0.
in the 14s, 16s, 18s, 8 teams scored 1 goal while 5 teams 0.
I go to the football to watch all five games, unfortunately there are to many floggings.
This sort of football is not good for any one.
I will witness another one on saturday.M/vale vs aldinga. what a mis match in 5 grades.

RUSH A POINT
I too watch 5 games on Saturday. The difference in standard in A Grade is miles apart. Until the SFL acknowledge this and take their head out of the sand, it is only going to get worse.

My concern however is with the Junior grades. Beltings do not help anyone. The team that wins by a long way don't learn anything, at best develop bad habits. The team that loses get demoralised and don't learn anything. I have seen games where the losing coach puts everyone behind the ball just to slow the scoring. This does not teach the kids to hold position and gives them virtually no chance to score. I hate seeing a team not score in Junior football. Kids need to be rewarded for playing and if that means only scoring a goal then at least that gives them something to get excited about.

I think that the current situation is a real concern and needs to be addressed. If the SFL won't show leadership, then perhaps the clubs need to show some leadership and go beyond their club interests and look at resolving the situation. At the moment we run the risk of losing kids to football (from the teams that get flogged) and the kids from the winning teams are not getting the development that they need.

Clubs like Aldinga and Hackham have worked hard to field junior sides this year, we now need to work as a league to asist these clubs in retaining these kids.

I was at Cove on Saturday and not one of the junior games was close. I would like to praise the Aldinga coaches for encouraging their players. Unfortunately no one was a winner from the games.

We continue to hear that we can't have 2 Divisions because of the so called negative impact this will have on clubs in Division 2, Div 2 Clubs will not be able to retain juniors. One only has to look through the scores over the round to see that we have a quasi Div 2 now. This is not a good advertisment for our league. Surely guys in teams being beaton by 20 plus goals each week would rather play competative footy each week. The pipe dream of the SFL to have a Conference system will not stop lopsided results. Wake up SFL take the hard decisions and move towards 2 even divisions with promotion relagation of Premier/woodenspooner. Results from Saturday will show this.

[Turbo]

ol man emu
2 Divisions would give us more even matches for round one and the rest of the season.
Its not only the a grade that is one sided in the b grade 3 teams only scored 1 goal and one team scored 0.
in the 14s, 16s, 18s, 8 teams scored 1 goal while 5 teams 0.
I go to the football to watch all five games, unfortunately there are to many floggings.
This sort of football is not good for any one.
I will witness another one on saturday.M/vale vs aldinga. what a mis match in 5 grades.

RUSH A POINT
I too watch 5 games on Saturday. The difference in standard in A Grade is miles apart. Until the SFL acknowledge this and take their head out of the sand, it is only going to get worse.

My concern however is with the Junior grades. Beltings do not help anyone. The team that wins by a long way don't learn anything, at best develop bad habits. The team that loses get demoralised and don't learn anything. I have seen games where the losing coach puts everyone behind the ball just to slow the scoring. This does not teach the kids to hold position and gives them virtually no chance to score. I hate seeing a team not score in Junior football. Kids need to be rewarded for playing and if that means only scoring a goal then at least that gives them something to get excited about.

I think that the current situation is a real concern and needs to be addressed. If the SFL won't show leadership, then perhaps the clubs need to show some leadership and go beyond their club interests and look at resolving the situation. At the moment we run the risk of losing kids to football (from the teams that get flogged) and the kids from the winning teams are not getting the development that they need.

Clubs like Aldinga and Hackham have worked hard to field junior sides this year, we now need to work as a league to asist these clubs in retaining these kids.

I was at Cove on Saturday and not one of the junior games was close. I would like to praise the Aldinga coaches for encouraging their players. Unfortunately no one was a winner from the games.

We continue to hear that we can't have 2 Divisions because of the so called negative impact this will have on clubs in Division 2, Div 2 Clubs will not be able to retain juniors. One only has to look through the scores over the round to see that we have a quasi Div 2 now. This is not a good advertisment for our league. Surely guys in teams being beaton by 20 plus goals each week would rather play competative footy each week. The pipe dream of the SFL to have a Conference system will not stop lopsided results. Wake up SFL take the hard decisions and move towards 2 even divisions with promotion relagation of Premier/woodenspooner. Results from Saturday will show this.

Totally agree vics

[ddonkey]

ol man emu
2 Divisions would give us more even matches for round one and the rest of the season.
Its not only the a grade that is one sided in the b grade 3 teams only scored 1 goal and one team scored 0.
in the 14s, 16s, 18s, 8 teams scored 1 goal while 5 teams 0.
I go to the football to watch all five games, unfortunately there are to many floggings.
This sort of football is not good for any one.
I will witness another one on saturday.M/vale vs aldinga. what a mis match in 5 grades.

RUSH A POINT
I too watch 5 games on Saturday. The difference in standard in A Grade is miles apart. Until the SFL acknowledge this and take their head out of the sand, it is only going to get worse.

My concern however is with the Junior grades. Beltings do not help anyone. The team that wins by a long way don't learn anything, at best develop bad habits. The team that loses get demoralised and don't learn anything. I have seen games where the losing coach puts everyone behind the ball just to slow the scoring. This does not teach the kids to hold position and gives them virtually no chance to score. I hate seeing a team not score in Junior football. Kids need to be rewarded for playing and if that means only scoring a goal then at least that gives them something to get excited about.

I think that the current situation is a real concern and needs to be addressed. If the SFL won't show leadership, then perhaps the clubs need to show some leadership and go beyond their club interests and look at resolving the situation. At the moment we run the risk of losing kids to football (from the teams that get flogged) and the kids from the winning teams are not getting the development that they need.

Clubs like Aldinga and Hackham have worked hard to field junior sides this year, we now need to work as a league to asist these clubs in retaining these kids.

I was at Cove on Saturday and not one of the junior games was close. I would like to praise the Aldinga coaches for encouraging their players. Unfortunately no one was a winner from the games.

We continue to hear that we can't have 2 Divisions because of the so called negative impact this will have on clubs in Division 2, Div 2 Clubs will not be able to retain juniors. One only has to look through the scores over the round to see that we have a quasi Div 2 now. This is not a good advertisment for our league. Surely guys in teams being beaton by 20 plus goals each week would rather play competative footy each week. The pipe dream of the SFL to have a Conference system will not stop lopsided results. Wake up SFL take the hard decisions and move towards 2 even divisions with promotion relagation of Premier/woodenspooner. Results from Saturday will show this.

Totally agree vics

GENERAL, ARE YOU LISTENING????????

[Zelezny Chucks]

For anyone around Morphettville Park this Sunday the SA Womens Football League will be playing tis round 2 matches on the 'pasty' with game 1 Eagles V Port and Game 2 Morphettville V Central Districts. Get out for a look and support these ladies who can actually play football! (They would beat your Hackham and Aldinga's).

If that's the case you could probably throw Goolwa in that list too...

[The Panther]

2 divisions works in the Hills League. Clubs still get sponsors and recruit players. In fact i think it would be easier for clubs in div. 2 to retain locals if they were more competitve and the chance of playing finals.
Division one would put on some top matches each week - I can only see positives for the Southern League going to 2 divisions.
Which teams would make up div 1 and 2 ?

[vics01]

A grade
Cove def Aldinga 40 goals
BDOS def F/Hill 11 goals
Valley def Hackham 27 goals
M/Vale def Marion 14 goals (with half a team missing)
Etown def M/Park 15 points (Thankfully, SFL should use this as an example)
Noarlunga defOSB 15 goals
Reynella def Porties 10 goals

B Grade
Cove 27 goals
BDOS 21 goals
H/Valley 30 goals
M/Vale 21 goals
Twisties 9 points
Noarlunga 20 goals
Reynella 14 goals

Under 18
Cove 37 goals
BDOS 16 goals
Valleys 15 goals
Etown def Shoes 3 points ( hooray a good game)
Reynella 12 goals

Under 16
Cove 23 goals
BDOS 7 points (hooray another good game)
Valley 29 goals
M/Vale 38 goals (in u16 footy this is unbelievable)
Shoes def C/bch 25 goals
Reynella 10 goals

Under 14
Cove 22 goals
F/hill 5 goals
Valley 19 goals
M/Vale 22 goals
Shoes def C/bch 26 goals
Reynella 15 goals

After reading this surely even the most ardent opponents to 2 divisions will see that it is time. If we don't the SFL will struggle to attract new teams to the League. The SFL is quite clearly 2 divisions within 1. How does the SFL expect the teams on the end of floggings to improve without even competition.
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quote]HH3
That is one of the things we are really unhappy with and will have to work on. Going into the game we thought it was realistic to expect at least 10 scoring shots vs a team like Happy Valley. Didnt happen, so we are def going to try and learn from it. I really think the SFL should schedule some more even matches for Round 1...say Hackham Vs Aldinga or Lonsdale...for the simple fact that everyones still learning and to get an almost unavoidable belting in the first round really dents the confidence of the lower teams. In my opinion we should have played Aldinga, with Cove playing Happy Valley.[/quote]

Valleys & Cove are still learning to they will only get better, If asking for these fixtures you should be asking for 2 divisions.

[Turbo]

A grade
Cove def Aldinga 40 goals
BDOS def F/Hill 11 goals
Valley def Hackham 27 goals
M/Vale def Marion 14 goals (with half a team missing)
Etown def M/Park 15 points (Thankfully, SFL should use this as an example)
Noarlunga defOSB 15 goals
Reynella def Porties 10 goals

B Grade
Cove 27 goals
BDOS 21 goals
H/Valley 30 goals
M/Vale 21 goals
Twisties 9 points
Noarlunga 20 goals
Reynella 14 goals

Under 18
Cove 37 goals
BDOS 16 goals
Valleys 15 goals
Etown def Shoes 3 points ( hooray a good game)
Reynella 12 goals

Under 16
Cove 23 goals
BDOS 7 points (hooray another good game)
Valley 29 goals
M/Vale 38 goals (in u16 footy this is unbelievable)
Shoes def C/bch 25 goals
Reynella 10 goals

Under 14
Cove 22 goals
F/hill 5 goals
Valley 19 goals
M/Vale 22 goals
Shoes def C/bch 26 goals
Reynella 15 goals

After reading this surely even the most ardent opponents to 2 divisions will see that it is time. If we don't the SFL will struggle to attract new teams to the League. The SFL is quite clearly 2 divisions within 1. How does the SFL expect the teams on the end of floggings to improve without even competition.

HH3
That is one of the things we are really unhappy with and will have to work on. Going into the game we thought it was realistic to expect at least 10 scoring shots vs a team like Happy Valley. Didnt happen, so we are def going to try and learn from it. I really think the SFL should schedule some more even matches for Round 1...say Hackham Vs Aldinga or Lonsdale...for the simple fact that everyones still learning and to get an almost unavoidable belting in the first round really dents the confidence of the lower teams. In my opinion we should have played Aldinga, with Cove playing Happy Valley.[/quote]

Valleys & Cove are still learning to they will only get better, If asking for these fixtures you should be asking for 2 divisions.

[ddonkey]

GENERAL, ARE YOU LISTENING???????????

[spot on]

GENERAL, ARE YOU LISTENING???????????

GENERAL, ARE YOU READING?????????

[vics01]

Maybe the SFL should consider taking some positive action to even up the comp. before the CFB decide to get involved as has happened interstate in order to even up leagues.

Possibly when the CFB are in full control of SA footy they may deciode to interfere.

SFL BE LEADERS

[Peter Griffen]

2 divisions works in the Hills League. Clubs still get sponsors and recruit players. In fact i think it would be easier for clubs in div. 2 to retain locals if they were more competitve and the chance of playing finals.
Division one would put on some top matches each week - I can only see positives for the Southern League going to 2 divisions.
Which teams would make up div 1 and 2 ?

Div 1
Morphett Vale
Brighton
Reynella
Cove
Happy Valley
Noarlunga
Edwardstown
Port Noarlunga

Bottom 2 go down!

Div 2
Marion
Flagstaff Hill
Morphetville Park
Christies Beach
Lonsdale
Aldinga
Hackham

Grand Finalists go up!

Works for the SAAFL and they have 7 divs and have no trouble recruiting!

[White Line Fever]

2 divisions works in the Hills League. Clubs still get sponsors and recruit players. In fact i think it would be easier for clubs in div. 2 to retain locals if they were more competitve and the chance of playing finals.
Division one would put on some top matches each week - I can only see positives for the Southern League going to 2 divisions.
Which teams would make up div 1 and 2 ?

Div 1
Morphett Vale
Brighton
Reynella
Cove
Happy Valley
Noarlunga
Edwardstown
Port Noarlunga

Bottom 2 go down!

Div 2
Marion
Flagstaff Hill
Morphetville Park
Christies Beach
Lonsdale
Aldinga
Hackham

Grand Finalists go up!

Works for the SAAFL and they have 7 divs and have no trouble recruiting!

Swap Marion & Noarlunga.
Would this actually happen or is it the same debate that goes right back to the start of the Southern Football League Forum?