Seen a lot of good (and bad!) Pumas sides over the journey, none have done that without the footy before. They were manic - was super impressive and didn't let up at all
My beloved Pumas were terrific and the pressure applied was as good as I have seen for a while. The Boys were ready for the challenge and Caloundra are a good side. I expected a tight close contest however the Panthers were seriously never allowed to get any momentum in their game, apart from bursts that were quickly snuffed out. They did not have a bad player in the 22 and everyone played a role. A funny moment in the game was relayed to me by Matt Ryan who was assigned the task on Dan Dzufer who called him the Caravan always following him around. He did that very well on a dangerous opponent. Great game and a few lemonades consumed by the Pumas faithful
This comment definitely aged well dusty about Springwood, no disrespect though mate, you did well to pick Maroochydore Vs Broadbeach for the QAFL grand final so I have to give you props for that.
Dusty was a little more quiet about this prediction
I’ll eat my words on this one.
Unfortunately I was at my Partners Sons Wedding at Straddie and did that cause some friction in my household, however I had to do the right thing because I didnt fancy living in the Pumas Change Rooms with my Staffy for the rest of my life. I managed to see some of the live stream in breaks at the Wedding and sat and watched the entirety on Sunday. The venue is a good one and all my friends who attended gave it a bug thumbs up. It has some atmosphere which Yeronga lacks a bit and ironically I was part of Redlands Coaching Staff in 1998 when we won the flag at Grange.
Its a very good venue for watching footy. Take out the car parking issue (which isn't unique to many grounds) there really isn't a weakness. I saw Noosa v Sandgate play there in a GF earlier last decade - was as good an atmosphere as I've felt at a local ground. Was a decent crowd on Saturday too - both clubs well represented. Hopefully Gorillas made a decent $$
I think it would be great to have 9-10 teams. 10 means an even 18 rd season. Perfect. A final 4 or 5. Be great if Burleigh went up - no Div 1 teams on the GC. Be good to have that void filled. Bond Uni have everything in place infrastructure wise to do so and agree, Sandgate would be well suited as well, especially with the demise of the Aspley div 1 side.
I dont think Hinterland will be going up to Div 1 I have already asked that question and the reply was negative as they want to build their player base before taking that step. Sandgate looked as though they are back on track. No good coming up and struggling, need to be competitive as was the Comp this year. Mo easy games.
Yep agreed. 10 team comp will be perfect for Div 1 and will be a long time coming seeing as the last 2 years has only been a 7 team Comp and really isn’t what you like to see.
It is very exciting for both Wynnum and the rest of Div 1 to have you in the competition, but as you said Moreton and Hinterland were well ahead of everyone else and as good as Moreton were I think they would’ve struggled to beat or get close to 6 out of the 7 teams to in Div 1. Even Aspley had games this year they were very competitive to some of the top teams. I do hope all the best for you guys in Div 1 and hope you guys be very competitive, but I can only judge from the scores I saw last year against Moreton and Hinterland and judging by that it is going to be a big step up. All the best for it and welcome to Div 1.
Would’ve been good to see Burleigh and Bond make that jump back up, but judging by Burleigh’s Facebook page a couple weeks ago for their coaches application of interest it seems they’re staying in Div 2 South, and haven’t heard any whispers of Bond Uni wanting to make the jump yet. It’s a shame as it would’ve been good to see Div 1 as a close 10 team comp.
