Before we jump into things though, let’s set the parameters for the Preview this season. The format of the column each week will be the same as in 2010, in that one game will get the full treatment each week, and the others will receive a short summary (although we know that my short summaries can be on the long side). That one full treatment game may not necessarily be what could be considered as “Match of the Round” each week, as I’m looking to give as many clubs the treatment as possible. I’ll offer a week one disclaimer though, and one designed at those who like to rip off my tips and claim them as my own when submitting their tips in the EFL Vibromania Tipping Competition (which if you haven’t signed up for, do so almost immediately – after you’ve finished reading the Preview, that is!!). I’ll claim all year that tipping is a mug’s game, but round one is a trap for young players – many people get seduced by 2010 form, which may not necessarily hold up early in a new season, and a lot don’t realise just how good recruits from non-EFL backgrounds can be. As such, please don’t take the following tips as gospel early on, as whilst my ear has been close to the ground all pre-season, sometimes I stumble across erroneous information – I’ve already fired one of my snouts after an on-stage gaffe at the EFL Season Launch last week – which tends to light up the Forum and can make me look somewhat silly!! So without any further ado, let’s jump into the action for the first time this season!!
DIVISION THREE – Round One
Templestowe v Warrandyte, Templestowe Reserve
It’s going to be an extremely emotional day at Porter Street tomorrow, as we get a fair dinkum “local derby” to start the division three season. It’s a local derby that we haven’t seen for a few years – Round 14, 2008 to be precise, with the Bloods winning a close one – and one that we will see for at least the next two years, given that there’s set to be no relegation from division three this year (and, hence, nothing to lose for division three clubs by my reckoning!). Emotions will be affirmative all round for Templestowe and why wouldn’t they be – they’ll be unfurling their 2010 division four premiership flag tomorrow, they boasted five members in the 2010 SEN Team of the Year including back-to-back EFL Best and Fairest Kane Maghamez (who, ironically, will be missing from tomorrow’s clash after an indiscretion in the Grand Final gave him an extra two weeks to refine his pre-season training program), and have wooed recruits of the calibre of former Forest Hill pair Aaron Jones and Jeremy Millard. Jordan Wise also comes across from the Ammo’s, a returning Paul De Chellis will help out in the ruck after some time in the Northern Football League, and Aaron and Nick Batsanis have crossed over from Warrandyte.
http://www.efl.org.au/index.php?id=16&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2302&tx_ttnews[backPid]=15&cHash=fcbc4763a3
DIVISION THREE – Round One
Templestowe v Warrandyte, Templestowe Reserve
It’s going to be an extremely emotional day at Porter Street tomorrow, as we get a fair dinkum “local derby” to start the division three season. It’s a local derby that we haven’t seen for a few years – Round 14, 2008 to be precise, with the Bloods winning a close one – and one that we will see for at least the next two years, given that there’s set to be no relegation from division three this year (and, hence, nothing to lose for division three clubs by my reckoning!). Emotions will be affirmative all round for Templestowe and why wouldn’t they be – they’ll be unfurling their 2010 division four premiership flag tomorrow, they boasted five members in the 2010 SEN Team of the Year including back-to-back EFL Best and Fairest Kane Maghamez (who, ironically, will be missing from tomorrow’s clash after an indiscretion in the Grand Final gave him an extra two weeks to refine his pre-season training program), and have wooed recruits of the calibre of former Forest Hill pair Aaron Jones and Jeremy Millard. Jordan Wise also comes across from the Ammo’s, a returning Paul De Chellis will help out in the ruck after some time in the Northern Football League, and Aaron and Nick Batsanis have crossed over from Warrandyte.
http://www.efl.org.au/index.php?id=16&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2302&tx_ttnews[backPid]=15&cHash=fcbc4763a3
