How does a player get reported in a match, get offered two weeks after the game, then have the case dismissed after a 15 minute hearing? I know he is my "love child" but seriously, it was a hip and shoulder FFS.
this is very true, im lead to believe that the adjudicator may have had his mind on other things as he was apparently reciprocating to some recidivous friendly banter from beyond the white line moments before the report.
now to other matters, have we ever seen a better bunch of inimitable youngsters come through the ranks at any stage during the last 10-15 yrs ?
one must pay homage to all at rdfl headquaters and to all clubs for investing strongly in local home grown talent.
with the development squads i think you will start to see a lot more of the talented junoirs sticking fat to their local club and wanting to be a part of making this league a very strong one at that.
no doubt the league took 3 steps back when sunbury, gisborne, melton ,melton sth and darley left, but now have a look at what has transpired. young kids wanting to stay local and play with their mates rather having to travel over an hr each week to play.
it would be incredulous to assume that the league will stay with its current format.
i personally believe that within 5yrs you will see the rdfl once again become a two division league and that will only benefit everyone involved. yes of course there will be the powerhouse clubs with access to plenty of cash and resources but at the end of the day will that cash buy you a team of loyal teamates who play for their mates and the jumper they have grown up in ??? not a chance.look at riddell they have some of the best young talent in the league and all of those guys have stuck together since they were in primary school, every club has their talented kids and they should be the ones that clubs invest heavily in rather than any big name players who play for the coin and leave once they get there dollars.
wallan have returned after seeking bigger and better things from another league a move that may have sat un easy with some but guys the dog always comes home to the kennel !!
do you think jacana (not saying people would want them back) would be enjoying the drudgery in the edfl ?no , kyneton do they enjoy being annihilated week in week out ? no and do sunbury, bacchus marsh, melton, darley and melton sth all enjoy going to ballarat every second week ?? you would be crazy to think they would. you could add a few more teams close by in as well and it would work well and the league would be rite up there again with the very best of them . plenty of food for thought there !
anyway enough banter (yes i had a day off today and was bored!)
footy, match of the round hands down macedon vs woodend the cats have a bunch of young kids who are really starting to gel well as a team and have plenty of run about them and will take it right up to the woodend boys but in big matches experience counts and thats were woodend holds the key woodend fo me but wouldnt be suprised one bit if the cats got up.
sunbury vs rockbank
you would think sunbury would run away comfortably with this one , but expect some stubborn resistance from the rockbank boys sunbury and if they take them lightly it may just end up a little closer than people may think
riddell vs kilmore
how many goals is it physically possible to kick in a quarter ? plenty and kilmore are about to find out.kilmore havnt fired a shot this yr after the talk up they gave themselves pre season expect the kilmore full back to miss nxt week with a stiff neck from watching the ball sail over his head over 40 times !!! young,petran,climas,robertson and james have way to much class for any one from kilmore to be able to contain and expect to see them run riot on saturday
lancefield vs diggers
lancefield will beat diggers at home on saturday if they shut down sims or limit his supply into the forward line then its game over as diggers rely heavily on just a few and when there down its game over . little sneak forward pocket dowling has been in good form as has coach collins and the kids they have been blooding this yr are starting to gain valuable experince lancefield in a close one.
melton central vs romsey
centrals at home here will be too strong for the injury depleted romsey out fit, and should win comfortably.