SFNL Div 1 2025

[Mr north man]

Glen Eira fc will slowly die as I believe their major benefactor has moved back to Perth. Packer Park is being renovated by the council so they may not even get on their home ground for the first half of the season. As we all know, local councils take a long time to do anything.

I am looking forward to seeing Wade King unleashed for St Pauls this weekend. He missed the first round, after almost leading McKinnon cc to premiership glory but he is truly a just and was very handsomely paid up in Benalla, so he won't have come cheaply. If he is half as good footy player as he is cricketer, he will kick 50 gaols this season no problem.

McKinnon CC pooed themselves on the home deck on Grand Final day and yes King can play both sports it’s just going to be a wait and see

 

[gelder01]

Glen Eira fc will slowly die as I believe their major benefactor has moved back to Perth. Packer Park is being renovated by the council so they may not even get on their home ground for the first half of the season. As we all know, local councils take a long time to do anything.

I am looking forward to seeing Wade King unleashed for St Pauls this weekend. He missed the first round, after almost leading McKinnon cc to premiership glory but he is truly a just and was very handsomely paid up in Benalla, so he won't have come cheaply. If he is half as good footy player as he is cricketer, he will kick 50 gaols this season no problem.

Made a duck today!

 

[gelder01]

Ventured out to East Brighton today. Alex Keath

42

Alex Keath

Age

33

Ht

198cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

5.1

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

206.7

3star

D

11.0

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.6

1star

MG

193.4

3star

D

11.4

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

165.0

3star

stunk, no Narre player near him most of the day, luckily for Narre didn't hurt them as much as he should have. Ben Reid

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Ben Reid

Age

36

Ht

196cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.3

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

4.9

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

8.6

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.0

1star

still can't kick straight, althgough Narre's backline looks undersized and that will be an ongoing issue. Vampires dominated the midfield after quarter time, it was a smashing actually.
East Brighton put pressure on and Narre were fumblely & couldn't hit targets under pressure AND even with no pressure too!
East Brighton were very disclipined defensively, numerous times Narre forward competing 2 or 3 vs 1.
Game was effectively over 12 minutes in the 3rd quarter, with several Narre players already out on their feet.
If Vampires kick straight, it could have got messy.

A saying says "You learn more from a loss than a win", Narre have a lot of learning to do! If Reid stands up and the Vampires midfield can get enough footy to him, they may surprise a couple of top teams on their deck.

 

[JohnHancock]

Ventured out to East Brighton today. Alex Keath stunk, no Narre player near him most of the day, luckily for Narre didn't hurt them as much as he should have. Ben Reid still can't kick straight, althgough Narre's backline looks undersized and that will be an ongoing issue. Vampires dominated the midfield after quarter time, it was a smashing actually.
East Brighton put pressure on and Narre were fumblely & couldn't hit targets under pressure AND even with no pressure too!
East Brighton were very disclipined defensively, numerous times Narre forward competing 2 or 3 vs 1.
Game was effectively over 12 minutes in the 3rd quarter, with several Narre players already out on their feet.
If Vampires kick straight, it could have got messy.

A saying says "You learn more from a loss than a win", Narre have a lot of learning to do! If Reid stands up and the Vampires midfield can get enough footy to him, they may surprise a couple of top teams on their deck.

Went down for the first quarter and a half of the EB game and they were dominant!!!
Tab in the ruck and the mids of east brighton just took the piss, their kicking was shocking . Should have been 6 goals up when I left but looks like the second half was much the same.

Went down and made Bentleigh Beena just after quarter time as that game was a bit later and beena had 1 on the bench when I got there but had 2 on the bench for the second half.
The beena looked very very young and kicked a few shots on the full but probably were the better team overall but just ran out of gas in the second half and Bentleigh’s experienced midfield probably got them over the line.

Few of the Beena fans said they have a handful to come back in & bentleigh did have Brady Grey from freo playing today who was very very classy. Overall was a critical win by Bentleigh for the standings but I think that the bottom teams are all actually extremely good and there is no easy wins this season at all.
This standard is great to watch this year.

 

[Nepotism]

Made a duck today!

Wade still played a very good game especially in the last quarter when the game was to be won. Fantastic performance by St Pauls to claw their way back from 6 goals down. The big crowd was raucous as the final siren had St Pauls in front by 2 points. Will McCartney is a special talent, but we knew that from his Ormond days. Matty Obrien showed the grunt work to get them over the line. Captain James Sziller somehow played after a knee injury to show great heart.

Bentleigh just had enough to eclipse a strong Murrumbeena team in the local derby Infront of a big crowd. Scollo was outstanding for Beena. Tom Buckley and "Shirley you can't be serous" also played well for Beena. Young Lachlan Laurance, a former Caulfield Grammar boy who played juniors at Bentleigh and came up from the reserves had an impressive day also. Great game to watch. Andrew Walker was by far best on ground for Bentleigh.

 

[footymad_17]

Wade still played a very good game especially in the last quarter when the game was to be won. Fantastic performance by St Pauls to claw their way back from 6 goals down. The big crowd was raucous as the final siren had St Pauls in front by 2 points. Will McCartney is a special talent, but we knew that from his Ormond days. Matty Obrien showed the grunt work to get them over the line. Captain James Sziller somehow played after a knee injury to show great heart.

Bentleigh just had enough to eclipse a strong Murrumbeena team in the local derby Infront of a big crowd. Scollo was outstanding for Beena. Tom Buckley and "Shirley you can't be serous" also played well for Beena. Young Lachlan Laurance, a former Caulfield Grammar boy who played juniors at Bentleigh and came up from the reserves had an impressive day also. Great game to watch. Andrew Walker was by far best on ground for Bentleigh.

Love a good story without truth. Sziller may have shown alot of heart. But it certainly was as a spectator.

 

[Nepotism]

Love a good story without truth. Sziller may have shown alot of heart. But it certainly was as a spectator.

St Pauls McKinnon are the real deal and a lot of people on this site who predicted their downfall now have egg on thier faces including dear old Bedders.

I told you before the start of the season that they would remain premiership contenders.

There are a lot of people on this site with macho aspirations, but they never truly will know anything about the local footy in our region.

 

[bedford]

St Pauls McKinnon are the real deal and a lot of people on this site who predicted their downfall now have egg on thier faces including dear old Bedders.

I told you before the start of the season that they would remain premiership contenders.

There are a lot of people on this site with macho aspirations, but they never truly will know anything about the local footy in our region.

When the f did i predict a downfall of the McKinnon based club

 

[sammelb80]

Great day of footy yesterday!
Started at Cheltenham Springvale. Good first quarter but Cheltenham ramped it up and really it was all over at half time so nicked off. VFL bye week so Austin Johnson was playing for the Rosella's and he took the ****.
Where was Martin? Springvale I fear have got their recruiting wrong. Lost their best 2 players in Arms and Walker (at the prime of their careers) and brought in Martin and Sketcher who are in their mid-thirties and 1 is off an ACL. Not doubting their quality but their durability and reliability will determine if they play finals. But not off to a great start. Wetering also needs to try get back to his form that saw him playing great VFL footy for the Pies.

Then headed down to Murrumbeena Bentleigh, caught a lot of what was a really good contest. Haven't been to Murrumbeena's ground for a long time and you forget just how small it is. 35m arcs? Murrumbeena will be kicking themselves about the result. Beena were flying at halftime but Bentleigh seem to have some real top end talent this year and that really shone through in the 2nd half. Hopefully Beena get a win soon or they could already be playing catch up. A lot of young guys for Beena yesterday who have the potential but are definitely experiencing growing pains. And the 19s were on straight after! Don't think it happens often but the league should really have the women and 19s play twilight games more often. Great atmosphere.

After watching Cheltenham and Bentleigh today, the ruck battle looms to be a huge match-up ANZAC Day. Best 2 ruck men in the league you'd argue with Edwards V Smart. Should be a ripper game!

And Cranbourne could be in some real trouble. They've had plenty of exits over the last couple years and coupled with a new coach I struggle to see them playing finals. Hopefully can string together some wins soon.

 

[sammelb80]

St Pauls McKinnon are the real deal and a lot of people on this site who predicted their downfall now have egg on thier faces including dear old Bedders.

I told you before the start of the season that they would remain premiership contenders.

There are a lot of people on this site with macho aspirations, but they never truly will know anything about the local footy in our region.

I'd hold a pause on 'real deal' just yet. 2 wins with a combined winning margin of 4 points...

Banking the 2 wins early will be a huge boost for finals and until Kreymborg is back but they barely beat 2 teams many predicted to be in the bottom 3. St Pauls have Murrumbeena next as well. Give it until Round 5 to assess where they are.

 

[Nepotism]

When the f did i predict a downfall of the McKinnon club as they should be named

Excuse me Bedders, they are the St Pauls McKinnon football and netball association. They actually started when the St Pauls men's association wanted to set up a football club.

As they say on their own website: -

What basically started as a church group has become not just a football team but a football community, which hopefully in these days of eco rationalism, mega dollar sponsors, computer wizardry, ground rationalization, impersonalisation etc has and hopefully always will show that a group of people working together can survive, will survive and will prosper.

And Bedders, you have said that you expect St Pauls to not be as strong as last year. They have strong heart at that Club.

Something we should love about our local footy and St Pauls is a team that everyone should want to be successful.

 

[chumbawumba]

 

[chumbawumba]

 

[Nepotism]

You can be unlucky when you play a team, when the VFL have a bye.

 

[Boo boy]

St Pauls McKinnon are the real deal and a lot of people on this site who predicted their downfall now have egg on thier faces including dear old Bedders.

I told you before the start of the season that they would remain premiership contenders.

There are a lot of people on this site with macho aspirations, but they never truly will know anything about the local footy in our region.

Before you get too excited, it is not like STP has beaten two powerhouses in the their first two games. Premiership contenders is a big call and it is a long season.

 

[2s Hack]

Before you get too excited, it is not like STP has beaten two powerhouses in the their first two games. Premiership contenders is a big call and it is a long season.

Agree. Letting teams that may finish outside the top 5 get out to handy leads throughout the game, isn't going to put them into being contenders just yet

 

[SaintsMagee]

Beena lost Minchin and Ogden in the 2nd so that probably cooked them a bit losing a young bloke and their best ruck for half the game.

Good day though with the twilight footy, keeps the crowd which is great.

 

[Boo boy]

Glen Eira fc will slowly die as I believe their major benefactor has moved back to Perth. Packer Park is being renovated by the council so they may not even get on their home ground for the first half of the season. As we all know, local councils take a long time to do anything.

I am looking forward to seeing Wade King unleashed for St Pauls this weekend. He missed the first round, after almost leading McKinnon cc to premiership glory but he is truly a just and was very handsomely paid up in Benalla, so he won't have come cheaply. If he is half as good footy player as he is cricketer, he will kick 50 gaols this season no problem.

Renovating again? What are they doing, installing an indoor pool or golf course? They obviously have a few local councilors living in the area. That seems to be the only way things get done in Glen Eira. Call them about a tree that is one big storm from collapsing on a house or that has lifted the pavement and destroying driveways, or put a roundabout in a street where hoons are flying around and they politely tell you to f*ck off.

 

[Nepotism]

Renovating again? What are they doing, installing an indoor pool or golf course? They obviously have a few local councilors living in the area. That seems to be the only way things get done in Glen Eira. Call them about a tree that is one big storm from collapsing on a house or that has lifted the pavement and destroying driveways, or put a roundabout in a street where hoons are flying around and they politely tell you to f*ck off.

Very true, but It's the irrigation at Packer Park that they are trying to fix. They tried to fix it two years ago, so it is debatable that the council actually know what they ar doing.

As soon as it rains in winter the oval turns to shit which actually helps Glen Eira fc.

 

[Boo boy]

Exactly what my old club Ivanhoe did and they are a completely different club now. Best thing they’ve done is join the NFNL.

If anyone believes Ammo clubs do not pay players then they are kidding themselves. A lot of Ammo Clubs at the lower echelons are struggling atm trying to recruit and pay the significant council fees, Ammo fees and Insurance. But I also see and hear about the money players are getting paid and cannot accept that this is sustainable. Either way, the Ammos are going to have to make a tough decision in the next few years with regards to player payments or run the risk of losing half of their teams or having a very weak competition. The economic times and pressure on young people to pay their weekly rental or get into the housing market. If decent players can make 50-100K playing footy for 5-10 years, it becomes a very attractive 2nd job. There are sadly a lot of people who are one illness or job loss from living in a car or couch surfing.

 

[bedford]

If anyone believes Ammo clubs do not pay players then they are kidding themselves. A lot of Ammo Clubs at the lower echelons are struggling atm trying to recruit and pay the significant council fees, Ammo fees and Insurance. But I also see and hear about the money players are getting paid and cannot accept that this is sustainable. Either way, the Ammos are going to have to make a tough decision in the next few years with regards to player payments or run the risk of losing half of their teams or having a very weak competition. The economic times and pressure on young people to pay their weekly rental or get into the housing market. If decent players can make 50-100K playing footy for 5-10 years, it becomes a very attractive 2nd job. There are sadly a lot of people who are one illness or job loss from living in a car or couch surfing.

You are spot on , it's just becoming an old boys competition
One amateur team that plays in the VAFA has pokies , where's that going

 

[Nepotism]

If anyone believes Ammo clubs do not pay players then they are kidding themselves. A lot of Ammo Clubs at the lower echelons are struggling atm trying to recruit and pay the significant council fees, Ammo fees and Insurance. But I also see and hear about the money players are getting paid and cannot accept that this is sustainable. Either way, the Ammos are going to have to make a tough decision in the next few years with regards to player payments or run the risk of losing half of their teams or having a very weak competition. The economic times and pressure on young people to pay their weekly rental or get into the housing market. If decent players can make 50-100K playing footy for 5-10 years, it becomes a very attractive 2nd job. There are sadly a lot of people who are one illness or job loss from living in a car or couch surfing.

And as such, the good young talent in the lower levels of the ammos just get picked off by teams that can pay. Thus these teams then can't get out of the lower levels of the ammos. The top echelon clubs in the ammos are actually happy about that because they don't really want to be challenged. Elitist systems stay elitist because they have a way of destroying any challenges.

Look at St Pauls. This year, they just signed two of Ormond's best young prospects. Murrumbeena paid Scollo from De La. Bentleigh got Campbell Bedford from De La. Now De La will go straight back down this season as their team is actually worse than when last year when they were runner up in Prem B.

A couple of the best Glen Eira prospects were poached by being offered immediate sign on bonuses and about $500 a game.

If lower grade VAFA teams can't at least pay that, they have no chance of competing on young talent with other leagues that pay.

Even if you make $10,000 to $20,000 a season from playing local footy, for a young kid who is at uni or an apprentice, thats big money.

 

[Peta Deutschland]

Ventured out to East Brighton today. Alex Keath stunk, no Narre player near him most of the day, luckily for Narre didn't hurt them as much as he should have. Ben Reid still can't kick straight, althgough Narre's backline looks undersized and that will be an ongoing issue. Vampires dominated the midfield after quarter time, it was a smashing actually.
East Brighton put pressure on and Narre were fumblely & couldn't hit targets under pressure AND even with no pressure too!
East Brighton were very disclipined defensively, numerous times Narre forward competing 2 or 3 vs 1.
Game was effectively over 12 minutes in the 3rd quarter, with several Narre players already out on their feet.
If Vampires kick straight, it could have got messy.

A saying says "You learn more from a loss than a win", Narre have a lot of learning to do! If Reid stands up and the Vampires midfield can get enough footy to him, they may surprise a couple of top teams on their deck.

Not sure what Keath stunk like but, with 30 disposals and 17 marks I’d be happy smelling like that running around on a Saturday

 

[Greg Tivendale]

Please guys there's only one guy in here pumping up St Pauls..........we have a long way to go as I said before we can be considered contenders but wins are wins and banking the points early is a good start.

 

[bedford]

And as such, the good young talent in the lower levels of the ammos just get picked off by teams that can pay. Thus these teams then can't get out of the lower levels of the ammos. The top echelon clubs in the ammos are actually happy about that because they don't really want to be challenged. Elitist systems stay elitist because they have a way of destroying any challenges.

Look at St Pauls. This year, they just signed two of Ormond's best young prospects. Murrumbeena paid Scollo from De La. Bentleigh got Campbell Bedford from De La. Now De La will go straight back down this season as their team is actually worse than when last year when they were runner up in Prem B.

A couple of the best Glen Eira prospects were poached by being offered immediate sign on bonuses and about $500 a game.

If lower grade VAFA teams can't at least pay that, they have no chance of competing on young talent with other leagues that pay.

Even if you make $10,000 to $20,000 a season from playing local footy, for a young kid who is at uni or an apprentice, thats big money.

You've got me again ! 1 of those Ormond juniors left the year before and played for Shepperton Utd and only due to personal reason !