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Bunk Moreland said:

Don’t think we can paste articles here but

- No coach - Edgar pulled out on Friday because he won’t have a competitive squad

- Under 19s and young reserves coming through

- New president who wants to align with the junior club
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lesson learnt I guess
Splashing big cash on big names doesn’t work
 
You need to do it in the three ways. Build up from the bottom. Bring in good ground soldiers. Then top up with a couple of big names.

Just bringing in a couple of big names, especially if injury prone at the back end of their careers, has never worked.

All Stars committee offered the world and delivered an atlas.
 
The article said there’s a new president so someone has put their hand up to do the job, which is a good start. That where it all has to begin.

He is saying the right things at least (though I think “southern hemisphere” might be a typo 😂😂😂 perhaps southern suburbs of Melbourne)


“We probably won’t define success by wins and losses but how we reshape the club,” Heenan said.

“I look at it from the positives at the club, it was pointed out to me, when was the last time East Brighton had 18-22 committed under-19 players for next year’s season, when was the last time we had 18 committed reserves players for next season?

“We all look at the top-end talent at times, the exciting bit I see is the kids that are coming through.

“Yes there’s some disappointment with some of those boys that have gone on and moved to other clubs, but it’s not all doom and gloom.

“It’s our job to put some experience with the (younger players), it’s November so it’s a tough task, to be honest that’s the number one goal and priority now, to get some experience and get a good coach.”

“Our junior club I think is the largest junior football club in the Southern Hemisphere … there is a big push for our club to be aligned more with the junior club,” Heenan said.

“The way we integrate kids into the senior program is something I’m keen to nail, we’ve got some really talented under-16 and under-17 kids and we need to show them there’s a pathway, we need to show them that we care, we need to show them they’re part of a community and they have a home when they finish with the East Brighton junior club, it should be an extension into the senior club.

“If we can nurture the pathway and get it right, the long-term stability of the club is what’s important.”
 
But their juniors are all Brighton Grammar boys and they all preference OBG in the Ammos over EBV. So that's not going to work.

Still doesn't explain why SuperCoach walked??!?! Or was he pushed out by the new Pres?
 

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A lot of the local cafe mums in Bwighton despise the All Stars senior team as everything wrong with posh society even though their boys play for EBV juniors. They would rather their kids played for OBG 4ths than play for the All Stars.
 
Just read the East Brighton piece on Leader Local Footy….. the tone is almost identical to when Jewell quit mid-year, and it honestly reads like a soft article. The reality is the club was running out of money, results weren’t meeting the expectations, players were leaving well before clearance time, and the coach walked out while leaving the usual cultural issues behind.

Fast-forward four months and there’s a mass exodus, yet they’re putting out a puff piece about being “one of the biggest clubs in the southern hemisphere” — please.

They can’t retain juniors because the senior program has no real connection to the local community. The president has gone elsewhere, the entire leadership group has walked, and it’s pretty clear there weren’t many genuine club people in that mix. Last year’s list had barely any locals, let alone juniors coming through.

The rumours about them dropping down are embarrassing. No one wants to see a club struggle, but if you build a program like that, you get what you get. Hampton Hammers went all the way down to D4 during COVID and have since climbed back with consecutive flags.

The league needs to harden up and stick to proper promotion and relegation.
 
JohnHancock said:
Just read the East Brighton piece on Leader Local Footy….. the tone is almost identical to when Jewell quit mid-year, and it honestly reads like a soft article. The reality is the club was running out of money, results weren’t meeting the expectations, players were leaving well before clearance time, and the coach walked out while leaving the usual cultural issues behind.

Fast-forward four months and there’s a mass exodus, yet they’re putting out a puff piece about being “one of the biggest clubs in the southern hemisphere” — please.

They can’t retain juniors because the senior program has no real connection to the local community. The president has gone elsewhere, the entire leadership group has walked, and it’s pretty clear there weren’t many genuine club people in that mix. Last year’s list had barely any locals, let alone juniors coming through.

The rumours about them dropping down are embarrassing. No one wants to see a club struggle, but if you build a program like that, you get what you get. Hampton Hammers went all the way down to D4 during COVID and have since climbed back with consecutive flags.

The league needs to harden up and stick to proper promotion and relegation.
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JE was sold a Lamborghini but delivered a clapped-out 2nd hand Skoda. The playing list used to entice him to accept the job vanished in the blink of an eye. If the article is correct, he had managed to recruit quite a few players, no doubt on the expectation they would be joining a strong list. But when it became apparent they would be joining a sinking ship they opted out. Can’t really blame them. Seems to be history repeating at Hurlingham. Endure some tough years, fill their coffers, buy a flag, mercenaries then leave for better coin elsewhere, rinse and repeat.

The junior club often finished at U15s due to the number of kids playing Saturday APS sport so the lack of juniors coming through is not a new phenomenon and not necessarily caused by anything the senior club does or doesn’t do.
 
BillytheLid said:
JE was sold a Lamborghini but delivered a clapped-out 2nd hand Skoda. The playing list used to entice him to accept the job vanished in the blink of an eye. If the article is correct, he had managed to recruit quite a few players, no doubt on the expectation they would be joining a strong list. But when it became apparent they would be joining a sinking ship they opted out. Can’t really blame them. Seems to be history repeating at Hurlingham. Endure some tough years, fill their coffers, buy a flag, mercenaries then leave for better coin elsewhere, rinse and repeat.

The junior club often finished at U15s due to the number of kids playing Saturday APS sport so the lack of juniors coming through is not a new phenomenon and not necessarily caused by anything the senior club does or doesn’t do.
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Yes Billy they need to get out of this cycle. One day it will destroy the club completely and they will never recover. Has happened too many times in my lifetime already!
 
don_draper said:
Narre has withdrawn from SFNL Netball after just 1 season. League can't be happy.
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Promised to have a proper football netball comp and let down. The most unorganised netball comp in Melbourne. Too many teams, not enough courts, clubs not made to do the right thing, accepting clubs with no football. They just need to call it what it is - a netball association tacked onto a football league
 

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actuallyinformer said:
Promised to have a proper football netball comp and let down. The most unorganised netball comp in Melbourne. Too many teams, not enough courts, clubs not made to do the right thing, accepting clubs with no football. They just need to call it what it is - a netball association tacked onto a football league
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They didn’t like travelling on home games.
The program is not perfect but it is improving each year and it is stronger than Narre thought.
Jumping ship after 1 year is poor
 
Bunk Moreland said:
The article said there’s a new president so someone has put their hand up to do the job, which is a good start. That where it all has to begin.

He is saying the right things at least (though I think “southern hemisphere” might be a typo 😂😂😂 perhaps southern suburbs of Melbourne)


“We probably won’t define success by wins and losses but how we reshape the club,” Heenan said.

“I look at it from the positives at the club, it was pointed out to me, when was the last time East Brighton had 18-22 committed under-19 players for next year’s season, when was the last time we had 18 committed reserves players for next season?

“We all look at the top-end talent at times, the exciting bit I see is the kids that are coming through.

“Yes there’s some disappointment with some of those boys that have gone on and moved to other clubs, but it’s not all doom and gloom.

“It’s our job to put some experience with the (younger players), it’s November so it’s a tough task, to be honest that’s the number one goal and priority now, to get some experience and get a good coach.”

“Our junior club I think is the largest junior football club in the Southern Hemisphere … there is a big push for our club to be aligned more with the junior club,” Heenan said.

“The way we integrate kids into the senior program is something I’m keen to nail, we’ve got some really talented under-16 and under-17 kids and we need to show them there’s a pathway, we need to show them that we care, we need to show them they’re part of a community and they have a home when they finish with the East Brighton junior club, it should be an extension into the senior club.

“If we can nurture the pathway and get it right, the long-term stability of the club is what’s important.”
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The senior club has been trying to align with the Junior Club on many occasions over the years with the Junior club not buying in for various reasons. While they have large numbers, they run separately within each age group and have forked out allot of dollars to have football operation managers. The thought that SFNL was not where their parents preferred their kids to play has always been high on the agenda, maybe too tough for their kids, and most preferred the softer VAFA alternative. Its going to be another hard grind, but there's been a few ex juniors who have and are still playing at Hurlingham.
 
Blood Stained Angels said:
The senior club has been trying to align with the Junior Club on many occasions over the years with the Junior club not buying in for various reasons. While they have large numbers, they run separately within each age group and have forked out allot of dollars to have football operation managers. The thought that SFNL was not where their parents preferred their kids to play has always been high on the agenda, maybe too tough for their kids, and most preferred the softer VAFA alternative. Its going to be another hard grind, but there's been a few ex juniors who have and are still playing at Hurlingham.
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lol there are parents actually claiming that?

SFNL is no tougher or softer than the VAFA
 

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Jezzawank0 said:
Vafa is soft. SFL cheap shots keep the game interesting. Hard ball gets v Outside running
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Div 4 is basically legalised fight club for the lower teams, Div 1 seen a few Argy Bargy but nothing near as bad remember a few years ago Dingley get a couple of soft yellows against springy and that settles the game, Vafa fines clubs for melees
 
Blood Stained Angels said:
The senior club has been trying to align with the Junior Club on many occasions over the years with the Junior club not buying in for various reasons. While they have large numbers, they run separately within each age group and have forked out allot of dollars to have football operation managers. The thought that SFNL was not where their parents preferred their kids to play has always been high on the agenda, maybe too tough for their kids, and most preferred the softer VAFA alternative. Its going to be another hard grind, but there's been a few ex juniors who have and are still playing at Hurlingham.
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It has nothing to do with the relative ‘hardness’ or 'softness’ of the competition. The reality is that a good proportion of the EBJFC kids go to Private schools whose school affiliate generally play in A grade of the VAFA. The kids, not the parents choose to play with their school mates in a better standard competition. If they are not good enough or want to make some coin they find their way back. Beena, Bentleigh, St. Pauls and others are full of ex VAFA players who either were not up to it, are too old to compete at that level or were enticed for $.
 

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