D2 Section 2010

[snomeD]

Would some1 like to elaborate on what was said after the match? The Bentleigh president has a very dry sense of humour which in no way was rude or insulting to any SMS player. Our reserves coach spoke on behalf of our coaching panel and praised SMS not only for their efforts on the day but also for staying behind in such great numbers.

The facts are that we at Bentleigh are suffering from a long list of injuries. But as has been pointed on already, thats football and you have to accept that. Whether these injuries have cost us wins in debatable. Only Banyule and Eltham have really blown us out of the water. All other games we have lost we have also had a chance to win. (lost 4 games by under 10 points and a draw). Credit MUST go to our opponents though as they took home the four points, and at the end of the day thats all that matters.


Phantom Starlight - What was it that you disagreed with in the leader article after the G.E v. Bentleigh match? The statement that Bentleigh had injuries? The statement that Bentleigh dominated play however Glen Eira used the conditions far better to their advantage? All these points are not only fair by 100% correct. The column went on to mention a few key Bentleigh players and that was about it.


I'm sure if a supporter or member of your club were able to articulate yourselves in a manner appropriate for public viewing, the leader would publish this for you also. Maybe you could try your best at promoting your club via this medium and not expect a Bentleigh column to rave on about a rival team! Unfortunately this appears too hard for you. All you seem to be able to do is hide behind a pseudonym posting negative comments about Bentleigh. Do you have any football knowledge at all?

 

[Norm Peterson]

Closest season I can remember. I thought I would change the tone of the topic and move away from the Bentleigh Bashing.

Questions that need to be answered

What has happened to Therry in the last 2 weeks?

What has been the difference in Parade's turn around in form?

When will Brown return for Banyule he has only played the 5 games for 27 goals?

Are Parade a "lock" to finish second after round 18?

What will the make up of the 4 be?

Who will get relegated?

 

[Fish 20]

Got to ask the question too Sniper, I was at the rooms after the game. Why does your club have a holier than thou attitude. I was around Bentleigh for years and I left because of the arrogance

Well that's a shame & I mean that sincerely too, was this pre 1998? As I'd like to know who we've lost to other clubs, because generally not a lot of people leave, if you can believe that. PM me if you want.

Stalemate....is that a compliment? Maybe SMS were a little more competitive, than the competitive lot... Maybe SMS just wanted it a little more. Was that mentioned at the "after-match". Guess not, just the injuries, maybe a few heart muscles blown away in the wind Sniper.

Yes it was actually. St Marys to their credit defended a 6-8 goal breeze in the last quarter by putting everyone between wing & back half & forced a ball up at every possible chance. And by doing this limitimg Bentleigh scoring until the 20 min mark....stalemate or call it what you want

 

[Dr Truth]

Sides North of the Yarra, seem to have fight for the flag between them. SMS & Prahran hold the key to 4 & figure SMS to make a charge & make a huge impact on make up of 2-4. Will keep an eye on all matters after-match from around the grounds. Attendances by some visiting teams matching efforts from a well known "C" Grade club.

Closest season I can remember. I thought I would change the tone of the topic and move away from the Bentleigh Bashing.

Questions that need to be answered

What has happened to Therry in the last 2 weeks?

What has been the difference in Parade's turn around in form?

When will Brown return for Banyule he has only played the 5 games for 27 goals?

Are Parade a "lock" to finish second after round 18?

What will the make up of the 4 be?

Who will get relegated?

 

[crazybear]

Sides North of the Yarra, seem to have fight for the flag between them. SMS & Prahran hold the key to 4 & figure SMS to make a charge & make a huge impact on make up of 2-4. Will keep an eye on all matters after-match from around the grounds. Attendances by some visiting teams matching efforts from a well known "C" Grade club.

Big pat on the back to the st leos boys who were still in the rooms well after 6.30 having a beer. Good work fellas.

The make up of the ladder seems anyones guess. I have now seen all sides and on their day they are a capable of beating anyone. A side will win 6 games and get relegated which is unheard of in an 18 game season.

 

[Fish 20]

Perhaps I'm beating my head up against a brick wall here

Perhaps I'm fighting a losing battle in an argument that I didn't bring up

Perhaps if you did some research you'll find Hunt played against Glen Eira & Eltham in the 1s.

Perhaps if you spent a week down at Bentleigh you'll know what we're talking about.

Perhaps we should move on & talk about other issues/teams other than what's happening down at Arthur St.

 

[game on]

Perhaps I'm beating my head up against a brick wall here

Perhaps I'm fighting a losing battle in an argument that I didn't bring up

Perhaps if you did some research you'll find Hunt played against Glen Eira & Eltham in the 1s.

Perhaps if you spent a week down at Bentleigh you'll know what we're talking about.

Perhaps we should move on & talk about other issues/teams other than what's happening down at Arthur St.

I presume in the 2's hunt plays out of the square, he did against us in round 2. However when he played 1's against glen eira he played more as a pocket flanker type role. Would of thought you play the bloke in his natural position, anyway who am I to judge!

Sniper you seem to be taking alot of bait at the moment. Could be time to cop it on the chin and let a few through to the keeper.

 

[Fish 20]

I presume in the 2's hunt plays out of the square, he did against us in round 2. However when he played 1's against glen eira he played more as a pocket flanker type role. Would of thought you play the bloke in his natural position, anyway who am I to judge!

Sniper you seem to be taking alot of bait at the moment. Could be time to cop it on the chin and let a few through to the keeper.

Haha yeah I kinda always have to have the last say.

Nice play on words in bold there, even if it was not intended

 

[SUDDS MCDUFF]

6 rounds to go and this is the run home for each of the teams.

Bolded = home games

Banyule - Bentleigh, Glen Eira, Eltham, Old Paradians, Therry, St Mary's
Play all top 3 sides but are good enough to win a least 4 of them. Best case scenario will win all 6 and finish 16 -2. Worst case will win 3 of last 6 and end up 13 - 5. Need to get Brown back in the side but will finish Top in my opinion.

Old Paradians - S t Mary's, Prahran, ESL, Banyule, Bentleigh, Old West
Form team. Could win all 6 to finish 13-5. Can only see them losing 2 games maximum. The round 16 game against Banyule should be a ripper.

Glen Eira - Eltham, Banyule, Prahran, Therry, St Mary's, ESL
This is a big call but I see them winning at least 5 of the 6 and are a chance to roll the bears away. They could finish second

Therry - Prahran, St Mary's, Bentleigh, Glen Eira, Banyule, Eltham
Will have to turn their form around or they could be gone. Massive game at Prahran this week who are in good form.

Old West - ESL, Bentleigh, St Mary's, Prahran, Eltham, Old Paradians
I think they will finish 4th at worst. Only play one team in the 4 and that is in round 18. They could be safely entrenched by that time.

Bentleigh - Banyule, Old West, Therry, ESL, Old Paradians, Prahan
Injuries have killed them you just have to have a look at their best players early in theyear and you will notice that most of these blokes are not playing at present. However you are only as good as you depth.

Eltham - Glen Eira, ESL, Banyule, St Mary's, Old West, Therry
Hard run home can see them winning 3 of these.

ESL - Old West, Eltham, Old Paradians,Bentleigh, Prahran, Glen Eira
Playing well but have a tough draw. If they win this week they may give themsleves a sneaky chance.

St Mary's - Old Paradians, Therry, old west, Eltham, Glen Eira, Banyule
Night mare draw. If they win 3 of them it would be a great result. Last team to beat Parade.

Prahran - Therry, old paradians, Glen Eira, Old west, ESL, Bentleigh
Hard draw but capable of winning 3

 

[a turncoat]

Good to see you back Dr Truth. Its been too long. Things seem to be settling down at SMS and they look a lot more competitive. Good luck for the rest of the season

 

[Dr Truth]

Run home, well covered. Top 2 won't change. GE,OW & Therry to fight out 3rd & 4th. GE can drop a game when unexpected, tough to beat on the postage stamp at Packer. Therry playing the 3 in trouble in next 3 can reverse their form. The injury struck Bentleigh (excuses becoming tiresome Sniper) may only have 1 win left in them. Banyule will soften them up for OW. Therry owe them big time & shouldn't cater for visitors to stay. Eltham safe with home games. ESL have enough class to stay up. SMS have tough run but on the rise. May find Banyule a gimmee with nothing to play for in the last game. Prahran may struggle. Can beat Parade again.

Premier League stuff at the bottom, Prahan & Bentleigh favoured for relegation.

Good to be back turncoat.

 

[Fish 20]

The injury struck Bentleigh (excuses becoming tiresome Sniper) may only have 1 win left in them.

Good to be back turncoat.

Go back through my posts. Not sure if I personally have offered any excuses at all other than: "My personal opinion is that with a couple of extra players back from injury & some straighter kicking, a couple of those results may have been different."

If that's an excuse then I'm guilty as charged.

Oh, by the way, are phantom strobler & a turncoat your aliases or do you all like just like sword fighting with each other's d1cks in the showers.

Sniper out

 

[Dr Truth]

Nice work sniper, that image perhaps resembles the approach by your boys to those stoppages on saturday, or should I say stalemates. Guilty you are, but I acknowledge you not alone re injury commentary. Seems only the exit of Rudd bigger news. Schindlers list doesn't have as many names as Bentleigh's unavailable list it seems.

Not sure about last line, perhaps stick to footy matters. Your prediction on all matches this week eagerly awaited, as well as date of Bentleigh's next win.

Lots of clubs travelling across town this week, stay safe.

 

[guru1]

Well i wish I shared the confidence of some but I think that SMS are red hot favourites for relegation. I think that Prahran are hitting htere straps with a couple of wins in a row mite dodge a bullet which leaves a spot open for someone. It could be straight back down for both last years d3 grand finallists especially since bentleigh only have one player available for selection by the sounds of it and even he has a limp.

guru out!

 

[mightysainters]

I find it quite ironic that questions were asked why Bentleigh had 'fell in a hole' as such and Sniper and a few of the Bentleigh guys answered the question yet then get attacked.

Did you actually want the question answered truthfully or did you want us to say oh the opposition on the day were too good and we had a full team? Fact of the matter is Bentleigh have been struck by a misfortune of injuries and a few going away when this has happened has compounded the problem.
Bentleigh are not saying the opposition have not got any injuries and i'm sure alot of clubs are suffering from injuries but all we were doing is answering your questions.

I went down and watched the last half of that sea sawing battle on saturday and the way St Mary's played that last quater was simply smarter and better than Bentleigh did. They cluttered up the stoppages and forced it to the boundary and played the ground better in the last quater and props to them.

I think it's funny though that St Mary's are now set for a late run yet Bentleigh are apparently stuffed but St Mary's only just won by the skin of their teeth.. Anyway i am doubtful you will see Bentleigh in D3 next year extremely doubtful the same can't be said about the other D3 graduate.

 

[footywhereever]

ive been offline for a bit, good to be back

What a fortnight in footy in D2, some teams on the up and some on the down, with others just flat

I cant recall seeing a comp that is so close with results going any old way

From what I have heard there are a number of clubs with a huge number of injuries and this can be reflected by looking at some of the results from their 2's, Under 19's and Club18 sides.

I have no doubt that these injuries test the depth and strength of all clubs.

There have been some really good stats posted on here which support the amount of injuries and the supposed lack of depth in some clubs.

Anything can happen over the next 6 weeks and I find it hard to write off anyteam at this point in time

Sniper, keep up your honest opinions as Im sure there are people who have been waiting for your side to slip out of the 4 just so they have a go about something

Looking forwrad to this week with a few season defining games on the line

 

[packbreaker]

Well i wish I shared the confidence of some but I think that SMS are red hot favourites for relegation. I think that Prahran are hitting htere straps with a couple of wins in a row mite dodge a bullet which leaves a spot open for someone. It could be straight back down for both last years d3 grand finallists especially since bentleigh only have one player available for selection by the sounds of it and even he has a limp.

guru out!

Have to agree Guru about SMS, have also read that they are on the up and going well. Yes they are the last team to beat Parade which is admirable however in the past 3 weeks the have played the fellow "strugglers" and were beaten by both St Leos and Prahran with big fadeouts late in the game and just scrapped home on the weekend as you mentioned. For there sake I hope they are on the rise though and can get a stable line up together for the run in.

Would think that it would hurt Prahran or St Leo's alot more to drop 2 division's in 2 years rather than either SMS or Bentleigh returning to D3, not that anyone wants to go down! Agreed?

 

[Villaz]

Would think that it would hurt Prahran or St Leo's alot more to drop 2 division's in 2 years rather than either SMS or Bentleigh returning to D3, not that anyone wants to go down! Agreed?

Yep I agree. Don't think Prahran has been in D3 before. . I may have jump the gun before, I think Prahran may stay up.But that fat lady hasn't sung yet

Good summary Sudds with the run home for all teams. I tend to agree with most of your summary.

Here's my tips for this week:

St Leos V OWB -long trek out for OWB, If Hickey is on early, then I can see St Leos winning on the small ground. Connors for OWB is out for 2 matches for striking,but hasn't done much anyway. Critta is important for OWB.

Bentleigh V Banyule Even if Bentleigh have their best 22 on the field, I can't see them beating Banyule.

SMS V OPs - OPs are onfire, they are the inform team of the comp. Their side hasn't changed much from the start of the season, it just seems that they are now gelling. Will be interesting to see how Boundy, Plugger and Spithill go on the smallest ground in the comp

GE V Turtles. GE are very good at home and the turtles are my pick for the fight for relegation with SMS

Prahran V Therry. If Therry lose this game, I think their finals hopes are gone. They already dropped points against St Leos and were smashed to bits by OPs. This game's more important to Therry than it is to Prahran so on that basis I'm going TP.

 

[Gongy]

Bentleigh V Banyule Even if Bentleigh have their best 22 on the field, I can't see them beating Banyule.

Whatever 22 we field from Bentleigh will hold their heads high and give the crowd something to cheer about, regardless of the result, because we are a proud club!!!

 

[Fish 20]

Bentleigh V Banyule Even if Bentleigh have their best 22 on the field, I can't see them beating Banyule.

Whatever 22 we field from Bentleigh will hold their heads high and give the crowd something to cheer about, regardless of the result, because we are a proud club!!!

Good to see a Glen Eira supporter come across & jump on the Bentleigh bandwagon, thanks for your patronage

 

[Phantom Strobler]

Good to see a Glen Eira supporter come across & jump on the Bentleigh bandwagon, thanks for your patronage

Sniper are you obsessed with Glen Eira. It seems you think everyone who posts is from GE. Get a life.

 

[Fish 20]

Sniper are you obsessed with Glen Eira. It seems you think everyone who posts is from GE. Get a life.

Probably, but this time I'm right

It pays to do some research.

Gongy's previous posts:

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/search.php?searchid=6947760

So tell me now he's not one of yours, can't recall us being in D2 in 2009!

 

[Dr Truth]

Difficult to argue with any opinions in respect of up coming games. Celebrations are a must at Glen Iris this week if they are to push a couple back to the drop zone. A defining match. OP's in great form, but must drop one soon & it won't be at home. Buy a brick supporters.. Ferndale will look sensational.

As there have been half a dozen scribes vouch for the Bentleigh RPA situation, perhaps this subject can be closed. That's if they don't forfeit this week due to lack of numbers. After match commentary will be interesting, & hopefully, the dreaded "I" word not mentioned.

Sniper, still waiting on the date of Bentleigh's next win..

 

[Fish 20]

This week of course

 

[FlashBang]

Probably, but this time I'm right

It pays to do some research.

Gongy's previous posts:

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/search.php?searchid=6947760

So tell me now he's not one of yours, can't recall us being in D2 in 2009!

Bad luck Phantom Strobler you goose