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[Silly Money]

RE; Tate is a flog.

Couldn't agree more. Tate mouthed of all day long and then tried to fight Abers runner after the game (kept yelling out "win with respect c**t).
In the rooms after the game he still refused to shake hands with the runner, any chance of being gracious in defeat???. No wonder there was no room for him at Greenvale........ shows yet another gap between those two clubs.
Full credit goes to Strathmores president who showed alot more sportsmanship when passing over the trophy in the rooms.

Tate is a dead set flog. Did anyone see the McKee incident? I was watching the ball and saw him get sent off.

However, the big story is a gutsy win by Abers on the weekend. We havent had much to cheer about lately but its always good to get one over our rivals. Who missed the shot in the dying seconds, he would be kicking himself, it didnt look very hard.

The coaching was good as well, shep dropped into the hole, the only reason they got on top is because doering decided to play in that last quarter. Did anything come out of Tim Harveys cheap hit near the club rooms? He was killed by murray(could have been duggan) and the only way he could get the ball was to float across half back. Heata was very good for us, considering the criticism he copped after the douttas game.

 

[PappaBurgundy]

Tate is a dead set flog. Did anyone see the McKee incident? I was watching the ball and saw him get sent off.

However, the big story is a gutsy win by Abers on the weekend. We havent had much to cheer about lately but its always good to get one over our rivals. Who missed the shot in the dying seconds, he would be kicking himself, it didnt look very hard.

The coaching was good as well, shep dropped into the hole, the only reason they got on top is because doering decided to play in that last quarter. Did anything come out of Tim Harveys cheap hit near the club rooms? He was killed by murray(could have been duggan) and the only way he could get the ball was to float across half back. Heata was very good for us, considering the criticism he copped after the douttas game.

Tate threw the first one at McKee then copped one on the button (fair target i might add). Umpire was about the length of Tates nose away and sent McKee straight off. A bit soft i reckon for punch for punch.
Dont know who number 1 is from strathmore but he came in from behind and tried to hit McKee. Shit effort and about all I saw him do for the day.

 

[puffpuffgivemo]

Tate threw the first one at McKee then copped one on the button (fair target i might add). Umpire was about the length of Tates nose away and sent McKee straight off. A bit soft i reckon for punch for punch.
Dont know who number 1 is from strathmore but he came in from behind and tried to hit McKee. Shit effort and about all I saw him do for the day.

Keg got off and Tate did stick up for him which was good.

Tate is now only half a meatball.

 

[puffpuffgivemo]

Back on the EDFL coverage of the league and refusing to setup a TV Show this year.

The powers that be at Triple M must have seen the effect Matty Pillios has had on the league and he will be involved in their broadcast this Sunday and moving forward.

So our former media man is moving onwards and upwards whilst our league coverage remains dormant.

Be interesting to see if the league change face and move with the times.

 

[WarwickCapper39]

Tate threw the first one at McKee then copped one on the button (fair target i might add). Umpire was about the length of Tates nose away and sent McKee straight off. A bit soft i reckon for punch for punch.
Dont know who number 1 is from strathmore but he came in from behind and tried to hit McKee. Shit effort and about all I saw him do for the day.

number 1 for strathmore is o'brien.. i wouldn't say that's all he did all day. did you actually watch the game???

 

[PappaBurgundy]

number 1 for strathmore is o'brien.. i wouldn't say that's all he did all day. did you actually watch the game???

Yeah was at the game. Got to admit he played pretty well.
But shit acts like that bring down his day overall.
Thought Sumo was the one that got you guys back in the game.
Doering decided to play for about 20 mins and nearly got you over the line.

 

[handles]

Can anybody from the Keilor FC tell me what happened at their annual Ball ? I have a mate that works beind the bar at the Taylors Lakes Hotel and he said that a suspicious fire was lit in the male toilets and it soon engulfed the toilet area . The function was finished earlier than expected with all sponsorship from the hotel being recinded . A few unhappy sponsors and supporters .

 

[TC#26]

Can anybody from the Keilor FC tell me what happened at their annual Ball ? I have a mate that works beind the bar at the Taylors Lakes Hotel and he said that a suspicious fire was lit in the male toilets and it soon engulfed the toilet area . The function was finished earlier than expected with all sponsorship from the hotel being recinded . A few unhappy sponsors and supporters .

You obviously seem to know everything already so worry about your own club.

Stick to the VAFA site.

 

[Soft Eating]

Can anybody from the Keilor FC tell me what happened at their annual Ball ? I have a mate that works beind the bar at the Taylors Lakes Hotel and he said that a suspicious fire was lit in the male toilets and it soon engulfed the toilet area . The function was finished earlier than expected with all sponsorship from the hotel being recinded . A few unhappy sponsors and supporters .

Of course anything stated on BigFooty is going to be absolute truth. I can't wait to read all the exaggerated stories that will be posted.

 

[ECHUCABOY]

You obviously seem to know everything already so worry about your own club.

Stick to the VAFA site.

Have a winge mate, starting a fire in a toilet is a pretty cool thing to do, you guys deserve to cop sh*t, what a bunch of idiots.

 

[GeneralBlastoff]

Think Douttas might just get over the line tomorrow.

 

[*Crash*]

IC08 Preview - Sweden with a Point to Prove
Thursday, July 17 2008 @ 10:24 AM EST
Contributed by: Aaron

The Swedish Elks will make their International Cup debut this year, after an eventful past few years saw them explode from one club in Helsingborg to regular footy being played in over a dozen cities across the country.

The Elks won last year's EU Cup and have a fierce rivalry with Scandinavian neighbours Denmark and Finland. Now they want to take on the world's best and prove they are the real deal.

Coaching the Elks in Melbourne and Warrnambool will be Cameron Crooks, a native Melburnian who played club footy for Tullamarine and played elite junior footy alongside a number of current AFL champions.

Crooks played club football for Tullamarine and Keilor Park in the Essendon District Football League, starting when he was six years old. He was also selected in regional elite junior teams, as he tells us "I played for the Western Jets in the under 15 development competition which we won. Then the competition divided the Western Jets and the Northern Knights which made the Calder Cannons, where I played until I was 18, alongside Damien Peverill, Jason Johnson, Mark Johnson, Jude Bolton and Ryan O'Keefe just to name a few."
"I came to Falun, Sweden (population 50,000) in 2005 with no knowledge of footy here. But a trip down to a Stockholm pub and meeting another Aussie changed that. Soon after, the Grand Final was on and talking to a few of the boys in Stockholm they convinced me to start a team. The Falun Diggers were born, which I think is the most northerly team in the world according the the footy atlas."

"With our nearest team being a 3 hour drive away and over 25 players at training, all are Swedish apart from myself, a Brazilian and a Russian, it was in our best interest to have 2 teams so we can get more games. Then in an even smaller town with a population of 5000, the Svärdsjö Crows were formed."

"With the Swedish Elks, I am hoping for smart, fast, hard football and not to take **** from anyone. Just knowing these boys for a very short time I have no doubt that they can play this type of footy. The boys have already shown that the can do it, with a free-flowing style of football by using the handball to keep the game going, but not overusing it!"

"My expectations for the Elks are high, I don't care if we come up against the current champions New Zealand or even the Geelong Cats for that matter, they have 18 on the ground and so do we, to me anything can happen over the 4 quarters and if you go into a game with your head down, well, you might as well not play. But being our first time in the International Cup, the main thing is to learn as much as we can, be positive in every match we play, and stick to the game plan, if we can do that, then I have no doubt we will surprise a lot of teams."

"The boys are a committed bunch of blokes, as they had to pay for their whole trip down to oz, and their love for the game will definitely show when we play, with passion and pride."

The Country and Australian football

Sweden is part of Scandinavia, and is one of the biggest countries in Europe, although it has a relatively small population of 9 million. The first club formed were the Helsingborg Saints, in the southern province of Scania, who started playing in the DAFL in the 1990s. Later, clubs and regional leagues were formed in other cities, including Gothenburg, Stockholm and Karlstad, but the huge distances between clubs inhibited the formation of a national body until this year - with the formation of the AFL Sweden.

Strengths and Weaknesses

According to coach Crooks, "the strengths we have as a team, is we have an even balance in the side with a lot of run. There are a lot of players that can play in any position, also the Swedes love playing for each other so playing as a team is the best things you can have in your side."

"To me the only weakness we have is not playing too many games together, from Malmö to Falun is over 1000km and to get the team together is a hard task. We only decided to go to Australia late last year, so maybe the preparation was a little short, especially from November to March which you see lots of snow in Sweden."

Players to watch

Again, Crooks is optimistic. "The boys are really developing in every game they play, but for the Elks the ones to watch are the skipper Andy Svensson, who played for the Danish team in the 2002 International Cup, he is a very dangerous midfielder who will be easily one of the best players of the carnival. Hans Andersson is a young explosive midfielder, he was developed through the junior ranks in Malmö and is making a name for himself in the Danish league. And there is our centre half back Patrik Hyberg, a tall, strong, smart player who can also be pushed up forward if needed."

Form Guide
The Elks won last year's 9-a-side EU Cup against Europe's developing football nations, and have a reasonable record in 18-a-side football as well. Their most recent two test matches saw them go down to the Denmark Vikings, but they had a comfortable win over Finland, whom they will meet again in the pool matches.

Ireland and Canada will test them, the Irish consistently being close to the best team in Europe, and the Canadians having improved since 2005, finally breaking through for a victory over their arch-rivals the highly-fancied US Revolution.

Bottom Line

The Elks will be eager to impress. They were very keen to play in division one, but had been pegged as a second division side by the AFL before the divisional structure was discarded, meaning they will certainly have a point to prove at the Cup.

Form would suggest they'd likely finish third in their pool, but they could make 9th or 10th position after the classification matches.

 

[Hans StandJacko]

Think Douttas might just get over the line tomorrow.

"think" General, not really brimming with confidence. Should be a craker of a game though with so much at stake.

Caccimo still 1 week to go - everyone else available? Albones back for the Oakers?

Marbi v Keilor also should be a good game.

 

[schimma_20]

Was just browsing the EDFL website and came across the players that are released from the VFL and it looks like Paul Licuria is set to play his first game for Marby Park.

 

[Macca29]

Think Douttas might just get over the line tomorrow.

general Kelis new song "I DON"T THINK SO" we will win tomorrow in a close one just sjould be a good game

 

[GeneralBlastoff]

general Kelis new song "I DON"T THINK SO" we will win tomorrow in a close one just sjould be a good game

Well macca you were right!!!!!!! Oak Park wanted the ball more.Can I have your new melways please.

 

[nogoodstrathmore]

Well macca you were right!!!!!!! Oak Park wanted the ball more.Can I have your new melways please.

have fun travelling to jacana next year general

 

[Macca29]

Well macca you were right!!!!!!! Oak Park wanted the ball more.Can I have your new melways please.

i respect ur courage general what a win what was the score in the end when i left we were 9 up and cant believe the sameclub in doutta played in a GF 2 yr ago
we will beat avondale and crazy and then rely on doutta and crazy not winnin a game again ha ha ha ha

 

[GeneralBlastoff]

have fun travelling to jacana next year general

Is Jacana in Australia?

 

[GeneralBlastoff]

i respect ur courage general what a win what was the score in the end when i left we were 9 up and cant believe the sameclub in doutta played in a GF 2 yr ago
we will beat avondale and crazy and then rely on doutta and crazy not winnin a game again ha ha ha ha

Hope so......but he is my plan!!! You beat Crazyburn and abers and we knock off Abers and bye bye Abers

 

[Divado]

Craigieburn V Abers next week. Should be huge.

 

[Macca29]

Hope so......but he is my plan!!! You beat Crazyburn and abers and we knock off Abers and bye bye Abers

we dont play aber again we beat them in round 10 but ur right they look suspect to now so at the moment the bottom 4 is crazy, aber, doutta, oaks we win 2, doutta win 1, crazy dont win any and aber or crazy go down on percentage ha ha that a good one i like ur thinkin general

 

[blue_bhoy]

meanwhile keilor taught marby a lesson.

 

[GeneralBlastoff]

meanwhile keilor taught marby a lesson.

Can you shead some light........hear their were a few fights and was their reports?

 

[blue_bhoy]

#8 for marby was sniping for most of the first half, almost started 2 all ins.

Houlihan was great all day and marby just had no one to stop him.


Should be an interesting game next week hey general?