SNFL Div 1 discussion 2022

[God Yeah]

What's going on at East Malvern??? Getting belted every week and not even putting up a fight. Yet on the other hand the 2's are 4-2 with a whopping %.

Are blokes not wanting to play 1's and are quite comfortable in the 2's? I hope the tail isn't wagging the dog down at DW Lucas.

 

[Billy the Lid]

jake Mullen red carded over the weekend . I believe he has 2 weeks until life band ? Is this correct ?

Highly talented but when he steps on the football field he takes his head off and replaces it with a pumpkin. Severe white fever and if escapes a life ban this time it will just be a temporary reprieve. A shame as he is a serious talent.

 

[notalegent]

Is Tyrone playing for Springvale. Don't see him named any week but hear from mates that he stared against Dingo's and Doggies last week.

 

[2s Hack]

Is Tyrone playing for Springvale. Don't see him named any week but hear from mates that he stared against Dingo's and Doggies last week.

Springy running 2 short on the team sheet most weeks & therefore points not added to total player points

 

[Greg Tivendale]

What's going on at East Malvern??? Getting belted every week and not even putting up a fight. Yet on the other hand the 2's are 4-2 with a whopping %.

Are blokes not wanting to play 1's and are quite comfortable in the 2's? I hope the tail isn't wagging the dog down at DW Lucas.

They seem to have a bunch of young blokes who all want to play together and considering EM's ressies in previous years have been dismal it's good for the club. They do however have a few of those guys who would be more than capable of helping the seniors out but seem to prefer to stay in ressies with their mates.

 

[God Yeah]

They seem to have a bunch of young blokes who all want to play together and considering EM's ressies in previous years have been dismal it's good for the club. They do however have a few of those guys who would be more than capable of helping the seniors out but seem to prefer to stay in ressies with their mates.

I see, and thanks for the update. Surely for the benefit of the club they try and get some senior games into some of these guys. It's not like other sports where your 1's and 2's could be playing in different postcodes its one after the other.

Maybe more of those 2's players can step up when they are in Div 2 next season.

 

[notalegent]

I see, and thanks for the update. Surely for the benefit of the club they try and get some senior games into some of these guys. It's not like other sports where your 1's and 2's could be playing in different postcodes its one after the other.

Maybe more of those 2's players can step up when they are in Div 2 next season.

Looks like they have signed a few more senior type players last week. 4 new registrations mainly from country leagues, even their 2's getting belted now.

 

[notalegent]

I see a few old guns stood up for their clubs for good wins over the weekend. Dingley had Noddles, Peet , Farmer and Hansen and St Paul's had Muller, Halliday and Kremyborg, goes to show that home grown has lots of benefits.

 

[Blood Stained Angels]

Springy running 2 short on the team sheet most weeks & therefore points not added to total player points

Vickery played against Bentleigh 3 weeks ago, wasn't named on the sheet prior to the game. Kicked 2 goals but wasn't included in the goal scorers either. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, not sure what's going on with that?

 

[2s Hack]

Vickery played against Bentleigh 3 weeks ago, wasn't named on the sheet prior to the game. Kicked 2 goals but wasn't included in the goal scorers either. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, not sure what's going on with that?

Not named last week but now added into player points. Springy using 46/46

 

[sainter01]

Has anyone seen the Bentleigh U19's this year? Undefeated and must have an average winning margin of 150 points by now. Also have a 2s in the 2nd division who are also undefeated. Shame the U19s SFNL competition is quite weak so hard to gauge how they would stack up against Prem 19s VAFA teams for example. Although I heard they knocked over St Bedes in a praccy match who are currently top of B grade 19s VAFA so food for thought I suppose... Watching a couple of their games they are by far the strongest 19s team I have seen in Southern. Although seniors are struggling they are blooding new talent in each week so the club must be desperate to stay in Div 1 over the next couple years as by the looks of it they might potentially have a dynasty on their hands.
Looking at the fixture seems they play the also undefeated (but not as dominant) Dingley June 4th. Will definitely be a GF preview and hopefully be a cracking game.

In related news anyone hear about what happened to St kilda's 19s? Pulled the plug on their team as league said they had to provide cops at their games at own cost to games as they were that reckless and other teams didn't feel safe.... Heard through the grapevine though so not 100% certain. Not a great look for the league and seems to have weakened an already average 19s comp.

Bentleigh has always had extremely strong U19s, maybe St Peters boys from U17s the main group, just doesn’t flow on to the Senior Club, then there’s East Malvern with such strong Juniors but play for St Kevins, De La Salle etc

 

[sammelb80]

Bentleigh has always had extremely strong U19s, maybe St Peters boys from U17s the main group, just doesn’t flow on to the Senior Club, then there’s East Malvern with such strong Juniors but play for St Kevins, De La Salle etc

Speaking to one of the locals at the bentleigh seniors the other week, seems they have attracted all the nearby public school boys with no private school affiliations. Mckinnon, bentleigh and brighton sec. But from what i was told this has been building from for the last 3-4 years and there is a real buzz going around the club with full belief they are the crop of boys to take this club forward. And having watched the lads there is definitely some merit to that claim. Have to say I don’t mind the optimism.

 

[Blood Stained Angels]

Bentleigh has always had extremely strong U19s, maybe St Peters boys from U17s the main group, just doesn’t flow on to the Senior Club, then there’s East Malvern with such strong Juniors but play for St Kevins, De La Salle etc

St Peters pathway certainly helps their cause. You suggest that it doesn't flow on to the Seniors ????? I beg to differ with that as they are probably one, if not the youngest team in the comp in both 1's and 2's. On the negative side of things, the SFNL Under 19's comp is hanging by a thread again with the standards of football. Also they have major issues with players and clubs behavior which we've already witnessed with some teams refusing to play against a certain club.
Then you take a look at the reports and suspensions, its not rocket science to work out the clubs and the issues.
If possible, there should be the opportunities for clubs in the 19's to play in the Ammos, this would certainly help clubs like Bentleigh who would be able to play a higher standard in a divisional type of structure, which would also enhance their development.
I'm not sure whether its possible, but food for thought ?

 

[sammelb80]

St Peters pathway certainly helps their cause. You suggest that it doesn't flow on to the Seniors ????? I beg to differ with that as they are probably one, if not the youngest team in the comp in both 1's and 2's. On the negative side of things, the SFNL Under 19's comp is hanging by a thread again with the standards of football. Also they have major issues with players and clubs behavior which we've already witnessed with some teams refusing to play against a certain club.
Then you take a look at the reports and suspensions, its not rocket science to work out the clubs and the issues.
If possible, there should be the opportunities for clubs in the 19's to play in the Ammos, this would certainly help clubs like Bentleigh who would be able to play a higher standard in a divisional type of structure, which would also enhance their development.
I'm not sure whether its possible, but food for

Not sure about now but a couple years ago st. peter’s was filled with De La selle kids so wouldn’t suprise me if most have gone VAFA, but definitely could also have helped. Very likely they are the youngest in the top 2 divs, just need to take a look at them on game day to see a minimum of 10 blokes who don’t look older than 21.

The league really needs to make sure all Div 1 clubs have a 19s team at the minimum, it’s the future of the league and is the only way of developing elite 1 point players. Give all clubs 2-3 years to get one up and running and if not heavy financial sanctions. Just having a look only 4 div 1 clubs have a 19s (5 if you include st kilda). It’s pretty ridiculous that clubs such as Port melb who have stacks of cash can’t invest in a 19s team… in saying that I did hear in pre season that marley williams was going to coach their 19s but looks like it didn’t get up. Piss weak from the league in my opinion.

You would hope that bentleigh 19s would have looked to move VAFA, especially since they had 2 teams 1 in each league would have worked well. And as a gritty public school alumni would be pretty cool to see a team like bentleigh go pound for pound against the big dogs (19s old boys).

 

[2s Hack]

Meanwhile MPNFL complaining about 100+ point blowouts in their U/19s. State wide problem. Was told that AFL Vic approved one of the Bentleigh 19s teams playing in this division last season but SFNL HQ blocked it

 

[Peta Deutschland]

Not sure about now but a couple years ago st. peter’s was filled with De La selle kids so wouldn’t suprise me if most have gone VAFA, but definitely could also have helped. Very likely they are the youngest in the top 2 divs, just need to take a look at them on game day to see a minimum of 10 blokes who don’t look older than 21.

The league really needs to make sure all Div 1 clubs have a 19s team at the minimum, it’s the future of the league and is the only way of developing elite 1 point players. Give all clubs 2-3 years to get one up and running and if not heavy financial sanctions. Just having a look only 4 div 1 clubs have a 19s (5 if you include st kilda). It’s pretty ridiculous that clubs such as Port melb who have stacks of cash can’t invest in a 19s team… in saying that I did hear in pre season that marley williams was going to coach their 19s but looks like it didn’t get up. Piss weak from the league in my opinion.

You would hope that bentleigh 19s would have looked to move VAFA, especially since they had 2 teams 1 in each league would have worked well. And as a gritty public school alumni would be pretty cool to see a team like bentleigh go pound for pound against the big dogs (19s old boys).

Would love to see under 19’s across the board but it’s not like there are hundreds of kids out there knocking on the door to play.
Would be harsh to sanction clubs for not doing so.
Unfortunately the SFNL is nowhere near the Vafa when it comes to the kids preference in choosing which league they play in.


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[Mr north man]

Would love to see under 19’s across the board but it’s not like there are hundreds of kids out there knocking on the door to play.
Would be harsh to sanction clubs for not doing so.
Unfortunately the SFNL is nowhere near the Vafa when it comes to the kids preference in choosing which league they play in.


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Have a newphew playing at De La sale under 19 he went they with a group of mates that played all together from Under 9 thru to Under 17 at Caulfield Bears but had no interest from the Bears senior club except from a 5 minute speech from the President at a presentation night saying we will see you at senior training next season.
I’d find that pretty piss poor maybe that’s why the Southern comp is a joke and you can see why clubs like Oakleigh Districts leave to go to Eastern and wouldn’t be surprised if other Southern clubs go to Eastern or VAFA in years to come.

 

[sammelb80]

Have a newphew playing at De La sale under 19 he went they with a group of mates that played all together from Under 9 thru to Under 17 at Caulfield Bears but had no interest from the Bears senior club except from a 5 minute speech from the President at a presentation night saying we will see you at senior training next season.
I’d find that pretty piss poor maybe that’s why the Southern comp is a joke and you can see why clubs like Oakleigh Districts leave to go to Eastern and wouldn’t be surprised if other Southern clubs go to Eastern or VAFA in years to come.

I know the current bentleigh 19s coach (Paul Dimma’s son) had been with the juniors for a while and has gone up with his same group of boys. Compare that to caulfield and makes sense why sfnl struggles with the 19s… Its an afterthought for most clubs. I’d imagine the caulfield case is apparant with a lot of clubs. Sfnl really needs to get their finger out their arse and try to get a solid and attractive 19s comp going. Great way to build players who aren’t just chasing cash but are loyal.

I think in Oakleighs case they moved eastern as they weren’t allowed to even set up junior teams in the sfnl due to disapproval from chargers. But seeing they’re getting flogged every week over east in div 3 if im not mistaken…. speaks volumes on the quality of our league too

 

[Scotty_222]

Have a newphew playing at De La sale under 19 he went they with a group of mates that played all together from Under 9 thru to Under 17 at Caulfield Bears but had no interest from the Bears senior club except from a 5 minute speech from the President at a presentation night saying we will see you at senior training next season.
I’d find that pretty piss poor maybe that’s why the Southern comp is a joke and you can see why clubs like Oakleigh Districts leave to go to Eastern and wouldn’t be surprised if other Southern clubs go to Eastern or VAFA in years to come.

Oakleigh have done well out of it

 

[bullzo1234]

Almost half way through the season.

Top 5 seems like it’s set.

I feel like St. Paul’s will finish on top at this moment .

What’s your predictions for the top 5 ?

Here’s mine

St Paul’s
Cranbourne
Stkilda city
Cheltenham
Dingley

 

[Wild Thing]

Almost half way through the season.

Top 5 seems like it’s set.

I feel like St. Paul’s will finish on top at this moment .

What’s your predictions for the top 5 ?

Here’s mine

St Paul’s
Cranbourne
Stkilda city
Cheltenham
Dingley

Cranbourne
Cheltenham
St Pauls
St Kilda City
Dingley

Same top 5 order slightly changed.
Port Colts the only other team that is capable of playing finals.

 

[God Yeah]

Bentleigh has always had extremely strong U19s, maybe St Peters boys from U17s the main group, just doesn’t flow on to the Senior Club, then there’s East Malvern with such strong Juniors but play for St Kevins, De La Salle etc

Never been a good relationship between the senior and junior clubs at East Malvern. I'd almost treat them as two seperate clubs that share a name who just happen to play at the same ground.

 

[God Yeah]

Would love to see under 19’s across the board but it’s not like there are hundreds of kids out there knocking on the door to play.
Would be harsh to sanction clubs for not doing so.
Unfortunately the SFNL is nowhere near the Vafa when it comes to the kids preference in choosing which league they play in.


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Second this - While Bentleigh might be beating up on teams this year they wouldn't be fit to carry the bags of VAFA U/19 Prem division top 5 teams.

The positive to take away from this is that Bentleigh have identified any opportunity to grow the club from within and potentially allow themselves to be a contending Div 1 team for a decade or more.

 

[Blood Stained Angels]

Have a newphew playing at De La sale under 19 he went they with a group of mates that played all together from Under 9 thru to Under 17 at Caulfield Bears but had no interest from the Bears senior club except from a 5 minute speech from the President at a presentation night saying we will see you at senior training next season.
I’d find that pretty piss poor maybe that’s why the Southern comp is a joke and you can see why clubs like Oakleigh Districts leave to go to Eastern and wouldn’t be surprised if other Southern clubs go to Eastern or VAFA in years to come.

You are kidding MNM? How has the issue with Caulfield got anything to do with the SFNL ????By the way how are are Oakleigh District going in Eastern again. ???? I think you'll also find that plenty of VAFA clubs are considering leaving to go to their respective local leagues, far too many issues with travelling, lack of numbers, resources, and can't even have a frothy during the games ?

 

[2s Hack]

You are kidding MNM? How has the issue with Caulfield got anything to do with the SFNL ????By the way how are are Oakleigh District going in Eastern again. ???? I think you'll also find that plenty of VAFA clubs are considering leaving to go to their respective local leagues, far too many issues with travelling, lack of numbers, resources, and can't even have a frothy during the games ?

A bayside VAFA/SFNL/MPNFL U/19s comp anyone??