Ch9 AFL Division 7 - 2015

[carey]

Houghton picking up a few Fitzroy crickets for the upcoming football season I hear.....

Just the one and he will have to throw the shin pads away if he wants to make an impact before 'Roling' into the township

Isn't he a soccer player!

He has seen the light and realized what the greatest game in the world actually is!

[Cohiba]

I don't disagree.....but nowhere did I advocate that such a vote should be taken!!!!...........In context it was purely a hypothetical.....given the amount of diverse opinion expressed on this forum last season about the turmoil within a small number of Clubs whose actions impacted directly or indirectly on others than just themselves. Citing the North Pines cricketers as a recent example if indeed it is the case......

Furr enuff.

I guess as a broad statement the perception outsiders have of a club or situation can often be very much removed from reality once the proverbial football whispers start creeping around the wall.

Some of the things I have seen written about on here and conveyed to me personally about MItchell Park are hilariously inaccurate.

Just for the record M......MP wasn't one of the "handful" that came to my mind......but it does explain why your hackles were raised.....

[morell]

Understand that, we're pretty much the patron saints of good football behaviour these days.

I was more referring to some of the stories that went around as to why we lost so many players last year. Some of them are hilarious.

[adr107]

Houghton picking up a few Fitzroy crickets for the upcoming football season I hear.....

Just the one and he will have to throw the shin pads away if he wants to make an impact before 'Roling' into the township

Isn't he a soccer player!

He was yes, hence the shin pads comment. Taken him out for a few light sessions already and the bloke is going to fit into the game very nicely....he can have my spot...

p.s. Lakes oval was a great place to conduct this testing.

[Mr Beefy]

Understand that, we're pretty much the patron saints of good football behaviour these days.

I was more referring to some of the stories that went around as to why we lost so many players last year. Some of them are hilarious.

I would think it takes more than a season of good behaviour to become a patron saint of good football behaviour.

[morell]

Utterly agree, which is why we've had 5+ seasons of good behaviour to gain our title

[Footy Chick]

Utterly agree, which is why we've had 5+ seasons of good behaviour to gain our title

except for that one guy who went skitz during the final at Glandore a couple of years back

[Mr Beefy]

Utterly agree, which is why we've had 5+ seasons of good behaviour to gain our title

except for that one guy who went skitz during the final at Glandore a couple of years back

That was the incident that I thought of, it was 2013 Prelim

[Cohiba]

As an aside.......does forum clock not reset to daylight saving........or is it a case of ...?????

[Footy Chick]

DIY, go to the user control panel.

[morell]

Utterly agree, which is why we've had 5+ seasons of good behaviour to gain our title

except for that one guy who went skitz during the final at Glandore a couple of years back

That was the incident that I thought of, it was 2013 Prelim

Pssccch, barely got a suspension.

[Cohiba]

DIY, go to the user control panel.

TY

[Yank Man]

Utterly agree, which is why we've had 5+ seasons of good behaviour to gain our title

except for that one guy who went skitz during the final at Glandore a couple of years back

That was the incident that I thought of, it was 2013 Prelim

Yes and was in the reserves and the player concerned was moved on. You can't always control a person ALL the time and he quickly learned that his actions will no longer be tolerated at MP. He was a recruit and a first year player and that is no excuse but discipline is the key word at the den and as morell has said, has been for the last 5 years.

[jake the snake]

Please you mitchell park people are amazing, the player wasn't moved on, he left off his own accord, I remember mitchell park folk saying it wasn't a major incident

[morell]

Please you mitchell park people are amazing, the player wasn't moved on, he left off his own accord, I remember mitchell park folk saying it wasn't a major incident

This is mostly correct. Especially the part about Mitchell Park people being amazing.

He did indeed leave of his own accord. If Tom had of played for MP in 2014 there would have been some very heavy handed club imposed sanctions at the start of the year however. Which is what I think yankman was referring to by "moved on".

I dont think it was a "major" incident. He got 4 games with 2 suspended, whilst not good and not condoned, it's hardly front page Advertiser stuff.

[Footy Chick]

Definitely not the worst I've seen - actually I thought it was fairly amusing at the time

Tom v the world..haymakers everywhere

Mitchell Park are not different from 90% of other clubs - there aren't many clubs that get NO reports in any given year.

Far be it from any pots around here to call the kettle black.

[morell]

He also didn't throw the first - nor did he start it. People forget that though and focus on the nasty looking guy from Mitchell Park rather than the pretty boy with a big mouth who starts fights every time we play Lockley's. Of course no-one from Lockley's got reprimanded or even reported... perhaps that had a little bit to do with the "non-bias" umpire who seemingly knew all the Lockleys players first names and referred to them all as mates

Nonetheless this all got brought out in the tribunal and the panel did a great job assessing it all. The main charge from the "non-bias" umpire was completely thrown out. And to be honest he was made to look a bit silly.

Tom did get away with a couple of minor indiscretions during the year however, which is why he got dropped. Tom knew he was on his absolute last chance with us. Not sure if thats why he decided to move on or not.

He's a good bloke and a talented footballer, I hope he sorts it all out and has a long career.

[norm11]

Is there likely to be 10 teams in this div??

[Footy Chick]

Well it looks like the SPOS thing is up and running according to their FB site.

Good time for the Lakes to change their official mascot to the mozzie, like I suggested when they first moved

Plus, it sounds catchier

In all seriousness though, is there any word on how this will affect the Lakes, if at all?

I'd say Greenies and the Farmers could possibly be impacted too.

We really need another club in our area like a hole in the head.

[Fricky]

Well it looks like the SPOS thing is up and running according to their FB site.

Good time for the Lakes to change their official mascot to the mozzie, like I suggested when they first moved

Plus, it sounds catchier

In all seriousness though, is there any word on how this will affect the Lakes, if at all?

I'd say Greenies and the Farmers could possibly be impacted too.

We really need another club in our area like a hole in the head.

Its up to SAAFL HQ to maintain the club numbers, not sure how they can bring a new club in when there are several clubs struggling to field teams