VAFA General Discussion 2022-2023-2024

[Chief]

Hi all.

Aucklander and I have had a couple of runs through recent posts in this thread and removed a few unsavoury comments.

The usual griping and gossip is par for the course, but some posts go overboard.

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[thewhisperer888]

s**t place to visit as an away team and crap to get to!

Ditto for Parkdale and there weren’t new rooms last time I visited. Plus just a s**t club overall.



Whitefriars is easily the best ground in the comp!



So other than dread what’s the issue with Friar Park? Magnificent ground, great size and heaps of parking.

Friars included due to the ground. Parking is OKAY and rooms decent.

Therry included due to away rooms. Those that have visited will attest.
Friars ground is on a slope and not a great surface to play football on

 

[Gun Island]

s**t place to visit as an away team and crap to get to!

Ditto for Parkdale and there weren’t new rooms last time I visited. Plus just a s**t club overall.



Whitefriars is easily the best ground in the comp!



So other than dread what’s the issue with Friar Park? Magnificent ground, great size and heaps of parking.

What club are you from sir ?


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[Navyblues09]

Friars included due to the ground. Parking is OKAY and rooms decent.

Therry included due to away rooms. Those that have visited will attest.
Friars ground is on a slope and not a great surface to play football on

All off street parking and plenty of space for everyone.

But the ground? How longs it been since you visited the hallowed turf? One of the best surfaces around and a great size which is beneficial in finals footy.

If going on grounds then we’d have to add Princes Park, the biggest bog heap of all time, even when every other ground is great!

 

[Phantom Strobler]

s**t place to visit as an away team and crap to get to!

Ditto for Parkdale and there weren’t new rooms last time I visited. Plus just a s**t club overall.



Whitefriars is easily the best ground in the comp!



So other than dread what’s the issue with Friar Park? Magnificent ground, great size and heaps of parking.

Re Friars.ground very good. Supporter cover and seating virtually non existent. Canteen ordinary and a fair way off from the ground.

 

[eth-dog]

Friars included due to the ground. Parking is OKAY and rooms decent.

Therry included due to away rooms. Those that have visited will attest.
Friars ground is on a slope and not a great surface to play football on

Having been there many times, Friars ground is one of the best.

Therry I thought was based on the fact that from June it is a bog. And yeah, away rooms suck.

 

[thewhisperer888]

All off street parking and plenty of space for everyone.

But the ground? How longs it been since you visited the hallowed turf? One of the best surfaces around and a great size which is beneficial in finals footy.

If going on grounds then we’d have to add Princes Park, the biggest bog heap of all time, even when every other ground is great!

Has been a few years and could be many more with their imminent return to D2

 

[bedford]

s**t place to visit as an away team and crap to get to!

Ditto for Parkdale and there weren’t new rooms last time I visited. Plus just a s**t club overall.



Whitefriars is easily the best ground in the comp!



So other than dread what’s the issue with Friar Park? Magnificent ground, great size and heaps of parking.

You must be coming from the other side of town then , we all hate travelling . Where are you from then. Parkdale and Ormond are near major roads

 

[bedford]

All off street parking and plenty of space for everyone.

But the ground? How longs it been since you visited the hallowed turf? One of the best surfaces around and a great size which is beneficial in finals footy.

If going on grounds then we’d have to add Princes Park, the biggest bog heap of all time, even when every other ground is great!

Princes Park in Caulfield , if so it's been renovated and only the cricket pitch gets muddy

 

[bedford]

Preston have forfeited ressies tomorrow sadly , it's becoming a common thing lately.

 

[shark tooth]

Preston have forfeited ressies tomorrow sadly , it's becoming a common thing lately.

Concerning that Premier C clubs are unable to field 2 teams.

 

[bedford]

Concerning that Premier C clubs are unable to field 2 teams.

Old Mentonians last week as well .

 

[Brainy Tim]

Preston have forfeited ressies tomorrow sadly , it's becoming a common thing lately.

So has Manningham in D2, suspect Yarra Valley may well do also.
Heard on grapevine Therry in D1 s-t-ruggling so rest for PEGS twos

 

[shark tooth]

So has Manningham in D2, suspect Yarra Valley may well do also.
Heard on grapevine Therry in D1 s-t-ruggling so rest for PEGS twos

Therry 2s coming off a win against SMS, but I guess it's harder to convince players to step up when fixtured to play at PEGS this year.

 

[Mike Olotripo]

Worst ground for mine is Toorak Park. That's simply because Collegians always seem to lose there, the rooms (now portables) have always been mediocre. You know the rooms are bad when your father says he remembers the rooms being like that when he was a kid! This was made in reference to the old away rooms where the new cricket nets are.

A grade clubs have great facilities in all honesty most of the time. I did play an under 19s game at Brens Oval and that wasn't the world's most even ground from what I recall, I'm not sure if it has changed much.

 

[eth-dog]

Worst ground for mine is Toorak Park. That's simply because Collegians always seem to lose there, the rooms (now portables) have always been mediocre. You know the rooms are bad when your father says he remembers the rooms being like that when he was a kid! This was made in reference to the old away rooms where the new cricket nets are.

A grade clubs have great facilities in all honesty most of the time. I did play an under 19s game at Brens Oval and that wasn't the world's most even ground from what I recall, I'm not sure if it has changed much.

Huh, when we played there a couple of weeks ago against Prahran we were in the normal rooms under the Grandstand

 

[2411]

Criteria is away rooms, ground, parking and general dread at visiting the place

Love the last point general dread of going somewhere you don’t want to.

How many good football sides have dropped games because of this mind set by over the years

 

[Max Leader]

Love the last point general dread of going somewhere you don’t want to.

How many good football sides have dropped games because of this mind set by over the years

Chelsworth is always a treat for oppo clubs.

But new club rooms in 2024 should see some improvement.

 

[Champ or Chump]

Love the last point general dread of going somewhere you don’t want to.

How many good football sides have dropped games because of this mind set by over the years

The 'Fawkner hamstring' was massive back in the day! #justsayin

Chump

 

[Phantom Strobler]

Dave Matthew's Glen Eira AFC. See footy record. He celebrates his 650th game in the VAFA as a player and coach. Fantastic achievement Dave.

 

[bedford]

Dave Matthew's Glen Eira AFC. See footy record. He celebrates his 650th game in the VAFA as a player and coach. Fantastic achievement Dave.

Served Caulfield and Ormond as well and played at Collingwood ressies , one of the great blokes in the VAFA

 

[uglydermie]

The 'Fawkner hamstring' was massive back in the day! #justsayin

Chump

It was always called the Fawkner Flu at our club. Horrible illness. Often only lasted about 5 hours as most seen enjoying drinks at the Sugar Shack/ Tunnel later the same day

 

[uglydermie]

Served Caulfield and Ormond as well and played at Collingwood ressies , one of the great blokes in the VAFA

Also coached BT to a Div 1 senior flag in 2008 v Oggs.

Agree - absolute legend.

 

[Phantom Strobler]

Also coached BT to a Div 1 senior flag in 2008 v Oggs.

Agree - absolute legend.

Also spearheaded Melbourne Football Club.

 

[Brainy Tim]

Dave Matthew's Glen Eira AFC. See footy record. He celebrates his 650th game in the VAFA as a player and coach. Fantastic achievement Dave.

Pleasure to umpire any team Save Matthews was coaching / co coaching. Never a bad word towards men in green, also had a lot to do with him in his year at Bull Temp, one of the best coaches going around still yo this day!

 

[iDon]

What's going down at VAFA HQ?

VAFA Statement - VAFA

Jason Reddick On behalf of the Board and management of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), I wish to address the report in the media today and the allegations made by MCC women’s player, Ms Aish Ravi, about the VAFA … Continued

www.vafa.com.au

Two instances of extreme violence in Div 3 (Richmond) and last weekend for Div 4. Div 3 suspension after a number of weeks. The div 4 suspension hasn't been released (which is concerning) and seen numerous reports of violence from the club in question (Masala). Where is there statement against violence?