EDFL Division 1 - 2013

[Grassbag]

Glenroy
Craigieburn
Taylors lakes
Saints

West coburg
Tulla
Haddy
Westy



Goal kicker: rocky ferraro Aaron kite or lance whitnall

B&F: tamer abdullah again it maybe Brent Gordon

Improver: saints/Glenroy



Relegated: westmeadows


Grand final: Glenroy vs anyone in the top four


Spots 1-4 very close grand final could be any side

 

[footyjunky]

Glenroy
Craigieburn
Taylors lakes
Saints

West coburg
Tulla
Haddy
Westy



Goal kicker: rocky ferraro Aaron kite or lance whitnall

B&F: tamer abdullah again it maybe Brent Gordon

Improver: saints/Glenroy



Relegated: westmeadows


Grand final: Glenroy vs anyone in the top four


Spots 1-4 very close grand final could be any side

Anyone got any news on praccys this week. Last hit out for all teams this week.
Roys v Lalor
Westy v Jags
Anyone know any others Crazyburn, saints, Burgers???

 

[Aucklander]

Glenroy
West Coburg
Northern
Taylors Lakes

GF: Glenroy v West Coburg

Relegated: Westmeadows

 

[Bissa3]

Taylors lakes
Glenroy
Tulla
Craigieburn

West coburg
Northern
Hadfield
Westy

G.f. Glenroy v taylors lakes
Bnf. Nat caruso, kite or mcerlain, no doubt umps fav desousa up there again
Goalkicker. Kite a certainty
All in all think its going to be the most even season in years in edfl with no easy games for any side

 

[North21]

Glenroy
Taylors
West Coburg
Tulla

GF - Taylors West Coburg

Goalkicker kite
BNF - Desousa lock it in

 

[thechairman]

Big problems at Craigieburn.
First Brooks has put in his transfer, now rumblings are that Gavalakis wants out.

 

[the git]

Big problems at Craigieburn.
First Brooks has put in his transfer, now rumblings are that Gavalakis wants out.

bloody hell that old fossil Gavalakis has pulled the pin has he? Probably heading to super rules.... Maybe stingray can take his spot? Or better yet bring back Ruffells!

 

[evanc]

Big problems at Craigieburn.
First Brooks has put in his transfer, now rumblings are that Gavalakis wants out.

I did hear a few players arnt happy about a new recruit getting the captaincy and with those players who stayed loyal to the club missed out. Words were exchanged and there could be 1 or 2 players on the move

 

[HULK HOGAN]

I did hear a few players arnt happy about a new recruit getting the captaincy and with those players who stayed loyal to the club missed out. Words were exchanged and there could be 1 or 2 players on the move

Who's the new captain?

 

[I heard]

the rumour i got told was that the few senior players that were chased by other clubs decided to stay at craigieburn and then when they found out that young gordan had got the captains job they were not very happy about the choice and yes there could be a few on the move

 

[footyjunky]

the rumour i got told was that the few senior players that were chased by other clubs decided to stay at craigieburn and then when they found out that young gordan had got the captains job they were not very happy about the choice and yes there could be a few on the move

Who are the players that thought they should be captain and now may move? who are crazyburn playing tomorrow?

 

[Bissa3]

the rumour i got told was that the few senior players that were chased by other clubs decided to stay at craigieburn and then when they found out that young gordan had got the captains job they were not very happy about the choice and yes there could be a few on the move

These posts are laughable. Not sure where u guys getting your info but no one is leaving, and gordan was voted in as captain by the players!

 

[Aucklander]

Heard Haddy were well beaten by Thomastown yesterday.

 

[hawker8585]

Saw Glenroy at Lalor yesterday showed great depth in having 20 players unavailable through both grades due to players weddings and cricket trips and prob missing at least 10 senior starters so great effort to get wins in all 3 grades seniors winning by around 8 goals in the end

 

[thechairman]

Saw Glenroy at Lalor yesterda..

You've been seeing a bit of Glenroy lately pal.

 

[droppedtheball]

whats the current rego at clubs these days ....my lad was told $400 + buy the jumper and training tops at craigieburn

 

[Grassbag]

whats the current rego at clubs these days ....my lad was told $400 + buy the jumper and training tops at craigieburn

500 at northern saints this year with their introduction of new playing strip

 

[Full Fwd]

Membership is free at Tullamarine for all juniors from under 10s to under 18s.

 

[Commando]

Membership is free at Tullamarine for all juniors from under 10s to under 18s.

seniors/reserves?

How they looking numbers wise?

 

[Aucklander]

Membership is free at Tullamarine for all juniors from under 10s to under 18s.

That's good and quite sad.

 

[Full Fwd]

That's good and quite sad.

Y is it sad? Sometimes you have to do what you got to do. If you dont have a team then the EDFL fines you. It would be much nicer if they helped you but instead they allow other clubs to have 3 and 4 teams. Tulla is a great club and new players are most welcome. Sen/res membership is 300 clams

 

[Full Fwd]

seniors/reserves?

How they looking numbers wise?

Could always do with a few more but should field a full reserves team. Injuries will hurt

 

[Commando]

Could always do with a few more but should field a full reserves team. Injuries will hurt

Played junior footy there, might head down in a few weeks and see how numbers are, can't commit 100% due to work but looking for a ressie team to have a kick around.

Cheers

 

[footyjunky]

2013 prediction
West Coburg- 2 GF appearances in a row shows they are around the money. Although it seems they have lost a few keys in the off season. Have lost Houcher (although i will believe this when i see it) Smith, Marwin and the Akkaris as well as Atik. Will also be without Fitax for most of the season. Rumour is Grainger also not playing. If all of these are correct then they will need to have recruited very well to stay in contention. Have some gun under 18s coming through as always. Always competitive in this division, should make top 4.

Lakes- Been very quiet in the off season with no real big ins our outs. Lose Dawson to the Goatherders but get Young from Abers. Another side with strong 18s and along with a gun midfield which include Desousa and Morelli the Lakes should have another big season. Top 2 for mind.

Roys- been one of the biggest movers in the off season adding to their already strong list. The last time Kite played at this level he kicked 90 in a far worse side. Also added some extra depth with Scibberras and Gilliland and a couple from Crazyburn. Easily the most potent fwd line with Woodhouse, Kite and Whitnal. Roys would be disappointed with anything less than a GF appearance.

Crazyburn- Back from the top flight after a didastrous 2012. The talk internally is they will come straight back up but losing Brooks, Baker, Hall and Boyal it will take a fair effort to achive this. Have picked up Gorden, Mcerlain and Kenna as well as a few others. I would expect them to be fighting for the 4th spot with a couple of others.

Tulla- not much action here. Get Egan back from the bush. But dont seem to have lost too much. Tulla were hit hard by injury last year and they struggle with depth so injuries hurt them badly. Have a strong backline and and a solid midfield. If they get all their players back who were inj in 2012 they could cause some damage but lack of depth hurts. Similar to crazyburn in the hunt for 4th spot.

North Saints- massive off season which sees two massive EDFL recruits in Nat & Fort Caruso. The addition of these guys could mean 4 or 5 extra wins for the saints. Also picked up Fida from Pacco and Abouied from Northcote Park. If these guys play up fwd with Ferraro it could make for a very dangerous fwd line to go with a midfield that conains 2x Caruso plus former comp medal winner Abdallah. Should finish top 3 as a minimum.

Haddy- very quiet off season with no big comings or goings. Young Wallace has gone to Pacco and the availability of Soncin is vital for the Hawks to win games. Another team with good under 18s who can hopefully push through and become good senior footballers. Have only played one final in about 10 years so would be desperate to see some september action. Just dont think they are there yet 5th - 8th.

Westy- all the rumblings are they are struggling but this happened a few years ago and they played in the prelim. Have some coin but sometimes dont spend it as wisely as they could. Big losses include Mullin, Olsen, Coles, Gilliland and Sing. Added to the fact they finished near the bottom last year it might be a long year for the Tigers. Expecting them to be trying to avoid relegation.

Going to be a cracking season and good luck to all teams and coaches.
Ladder prediction
Lakes
Roys
Saints
Tulla
WC
Crazy
Haddy
Westy

But spots 3 to 6 could all hinge on luck, form and inj.
Round 1
Roys to beat WC by 26
Lakes to beat crazy by 40
Tulla to beat saints by 1 point
Haddy to beat westy by 10
It worries me that 3 of those are the away sides.

 

[Aucklander]

Y is it sad?

Well, I think you nailed it below.

Sometimes you have to do what you got to do. If you dont have a team then the EDFL fines you. It would be much nicer if they helped you but instead they allow other clubs to have 3 and 4 teams. Tulla is a great club and new players are most welcome. Sen/res membership is 300 clams

Nobody seems to care. As you say, in some divisions clubs have two bloody teams before you add in Div 1, 2 and 3 teams. That's outrageous while clubs like Tulla, Keilor Park etc. struggle.

But what do you do? I remember back in my Northern Saints days we got together with KP and let them use any kids who we couldn't use on the weekends so they could fill their teams. Needs to be much more of that and that really is up to the presidents to get together and help each other out or get some changes made whereby clubs are limited to how many teams they are allowed to field.