CH9AFL DIvision 4 2016

[wonder_kid]

I was at the ep v wos semi final and if ep kicked straight the margin would have been 10 goals thats what the game felt like and tbh ep midfield got beaten surely williamson butler and Diedrichsen cant play 2 bad ones!

[zedman]

Congrats to both EP and WOS for getting to the big dance. Clearly the best two teams this year IMO (even though Havens beat WOS twice).

EP deserved to finish top and even though they got WOS at Dwight Reserve in the 2nd Semi, I think WOS will adapt better to the big deck.

Pederson to win on Thursday night, from Armstrong and Butler.

It'd be hard not to back WOS in any GF, they play them well.

Very true, my tip is EP but you really can't write off WOS with their record. And like Pag said they could adapt better to the bigger ground.

going with the dragons here..big game and higher level experience will come through..

[zedman]

Congrats to both EP and WOS for getting to the big dance. Clearly the best two teams this year IMO (even though Havens beat WOS twice).

EP deserved to finish top and even though they got WOS at Dwight Reserve in the 2nd Semi, I think WOS will adapt better to the big deck.

Pederson to win on Thursday night, from Armstrong and Butler.

It'd be hard not to back WOS in any GF, they play them well.

Very true, my tip is EP but you really can't write off WOS with their record. And like Pag said they could adapt better to the bigger ground.

going with the dragons here..big game and higher level experience will come through..

[Ditchy]

Glad the SAAFL put the Roos into divvy 4 before beaten by 30 goals in 2 of the last 3 weeks
Good work C9 AFL. Didn't do much homework but who's complaining lol lol lol

[bubba love]

EP is my tip, based on the fact we played them twice and got no where near them, they are an arrogant bunch though which could be their undoing

[Yank Man]

Glad the SAAFL put the Roos into divvy 4 before beaten by 30 goals in 2 of the last 3 weeks
Good work C9 AFL. Didn't do much homework but who's complaining lol lol lol

They will be more than competitive in Div 4, make no mistake.

[Yank Man]

EP is my tip, based on the fact we played them twice and got no where near them, they are an arrogant bunch though which could be their undoing

Very much a class versus class game bubba love, should be a beauty and I don't buy in to WOS being a good finals team, so are EP, after all they did make it to Div 1.

[jo172]

EP is my tip, based on the fact we played them twice and got no where near them, they are an arrogant bunch though which could be their undoing

Very much a class versus class game bubba love, should be a beauty and I don't buy in to WOS being a good finals team, so are EP, after all they did make it to Div 1.

Epic Prelim Final against Uni at Uni to get there too. Was a great game for a neutral

[gadj1976]

I have a thought on why Haven's struggle in finals. It's not mental, it's physical and it has to do with the oval. It's like a rock and playing on it all year must take it's toll. Just a thought.

Few beers last night Scoot? Interesting that you're looking at it from that point of view.

Well in my 9 years of senior footy whether it has been preseason or during the season there has always been at least one bloke that has suffered from Shin Splints because of running and playing on the harder surface. These have mostly been new players to the club doing a preseason at NH for the first time but a few that have played all their footy at NH have suffered from them at some point aswell. So the harder deck definitely has it's effect on certain people.

On the flip side traditionally we struggle on the smaller, heavier grounds and the type of footy we play, which is best suited to the fast paced deck of NH doesn't adapt well enough to those types of grounds.

Hey, I spelt everything correctly (didn't I?)

Na mate, just talking to some of the guys who came from other clubs, they've never felt their body pull up so badly after games as this year. I suspected it last year and I will keep on suspecting it till proven otherwise.

[The Dark Knight]

I have a thought on why Haven's struggle in finals. It's not mental, it's physical and it has to do with the oval. It's like a rock and playing on it all year must take it's toll. Just a thought.

Few beers last night Scoot? Interesting that you're looking at it from that point of view.

Well in my 9 years of senior footy whether it has been preseason or during the season there has always been at least one bloke that has suffered from Shin Splints because of running and playing on the harder surface. These have mostly been new players to the club doing a preseason at NH for the first time but a few that have played all their footy at NH have suffered from them at some point aswell. So the harder deck definitely has it's effect on certain people.

On the flip side traditionally we struggle on the smaller, heavier grounds and the type of footy we play, which is best suited to the fast paced deck of NH doesn't adapt well enough to those types of grounds.

Hey, I spelt everything correctly (didn't I?)

Na mate, just talking to some of the guys who came from other clubs, they've never felt their body pull up so badly after games as this year. I suspected it last year and I will keep on suspecting it till proven otherwise.

Haha yes you did, I was just having a joke about your outlandish thinking but your point definitely has some merit. I think you're right to suspect that it does have an impact.

[gadj1976]

I have a thought on why Haven's struggle in finals. It's not mental, it's physical and it has to do with the oval. It's like a rock and playing on it all year must take it's toll. Just a thought.

Few beers last night Scoot? Interesting that you're looking at it from that point of view.

Well in my 9 years of senior footy whether it has been preseason or during the season there has always been at least one bloke that has suffered from Shin Splints because of running and playing on the harder surface. These have mostly been new players to the club doing a preseason at NH for the first time but a few that have played all their footy at NH have suffered from them at some point aswell. So the harder deck definitely has it's effect on certain people.

On the flip side traditionally we struggle on the smaller, heavier grounds and the type of footy we play, which is best suited to the fast paced deck of NH doesn't adapt well enough to those types of grounds.

Hey, I spelt everything correctly (didn't I?)

Na mate, just talking to some of the guys who came from other clubs, they've never felt their body pull up so badly after games as this year. I suspected it last year and I will keep on suspecting it till proven otherwise.

Haha yes you did, I was just having a joke about your outlandish thinking but your point definitely has some merit. I think you're right to suspect that it does have an impact.

Outlandish? Wow. No doubt I think differently to most though. I suppose it's ingrained into me to think of the root cause.

BTW, I think EP EASILY over WOS this week. 12 goals or more.

[Robb_Stark]

Eastern Park by 13 goals in the As

and Pooraka by 9 goals in the Bs

What drugs are you on?

i think im on the money

[S Demon]

Looking at the results of each side on larger ovals (Salis, Kenil, NH, Pooraka) and with the game being played at Thebarton Oval:

Eastern Park - @ Salisbury Oval Lost by 34, @ St Marys won by 31, @ Largs Nth won by 70, @ Lindblom won by 78 (3W, 1L)

Westminster - @ Salisbury Oval lost by 1pt, @ St Marys won by 29, @ Largs Nth lost by 31, @ Lindblom won by 26 (2W, 2L)

Rd 5 - WOS def EP by 45pts @ WOS
Rd 14 - EP def WOS by 41pts @ EP
QF - EP def WOS by 19pts @ EP

Ignoring all of the above, I'm tipping Westminster OS by 11pts

[Bazz]

Eastern park doing abit of a Alister Clarkson method and training down at agarna park tonight to adapt to the bigger ground and too work on there game plan very smart move... Eastern park by 4 goals too much class winter to dominate the ruck and give Ep midfielders advantage with mansell kicking 5+ Up froward...

[The Ash Man]

Looking at the results of each side on larger ovals (Salis, Kenil, NH, Pooraka) and with the game being played at Thebarton Oval:

Eastern Park - @ Salisbury Oval Lost by 34, @ St Marys won by 31, @ Largs Nth won by 70, @ Lindblom won by 78 (3W, 1L)

Westminster - @ Salisbury Oval lost by 1pt, @ St Marys won by 29, @ Largs Nth lost by 31, @ Lindblom won by 26 (2W, 2L)

Rd 5 - WOS def EP by 45pts @ WOS
Rd 14 - EP def WOS by 41pts @ EP
QF - EP def WOS by 19pts @ EP

Ignoring all of the above, I'm tipping Westminster OS by 11pts

All that research and you still followed your heart, not your head

[Pag]

This rain has changed my tip. The more stoppages and the more contested footy will be a big help to Diedrichsen, McMullen, Butler. Railey will be able to physically impact the game more. And their smaller forwards (Mansell, Freeman, Williamson) are better than WOS at the other end. EP 11-20.

[scottroo]

Westminster are something else in grand finals.

Rate both teams highly but think Westminster will get the job done convincingly

Wosfc by 37 points

Fisher BOG

[The Dark Knight]

Salisbury Bs up at half time, 1.2 to 0.2. Pretty average half of footy

[Computer Crashed]

Salisbury Bs up at half time, 1.2 to 0.2. Pretty average half of footy

Free flowing end to end footy by the sounds of that.

[The Dark Knight]

Salisbury win 2.7 to 2.2