D GRADE: Give me something...

[DG-Man]

DG-Man, have i already put my tips in for this week?? i thought i had but can't find the Thread.

No, nothing yet from the attractive newsdesk!

 

[I Love Sandra Sully]

Mysterydog..... i love your thinking.... if our lads needed any more motivation to go out to Yarra this weekend and smash em.... that would be it....I know because i do actually play for the Rupy! This little sign will look great up in our change rooms before Sat's game.

poor weak little sunbury boys under a bit of preasure which they dont like.

Well noted.....and thanks!!

Tips for this week:

Rupo over yarra by 33 points
OC over Uni Blues Just! 5 points
OG's over Banyule by a heap! 60+
Therry over OM (have no idea why!) 15 points
BT over StLeos by 1 point

 

[Conduct Unbecoming]

C.U is always trying to work out the identities of scribes. Perhaps i can throw a little suggestion your way. I believe you are an ammo footy nut who has strong allegiances to Marcellin. Perhaps once a leader down there.

Sorry to disappoint you Amused. No leader, not affiliated with Marcellin and not an ammo footy nut...spend more time watching Diamond Valley/Eastern FL than Ammos.

Anyway, this thread went on for months without my input and will go on for months without it. As such, I think any DI affiliation I may/may not have or my identity remains mostly irrelevant...I think most people just want good intelligent conversation and some helpful insight into other teams within the division (not pretending for a minute that I provide either by the way..).

But...Amused, I am going to keep an eye on you. I reckon I am close to exposing you like I did the others.

PS. Nice reference to the Qwill's lack of respect for BT on their website this week...well done AJPAJP.

 

[mysterydog]

anytime ilss love helping a club in need, i will try and give u some more motivation when use play therry i might even bring the signs down to pin up in ur rooms myself since we will be coming down your way.
Look forward to the battle

Dog out

 

[I Love Sandra Sully]

ha ha ha Therry?? those old Chestnuts..... are they still running round??? thought they might of just packed it in by now.... oops that's right they have.

 

[DG-Man]

Mysterydog..... i love your thinking.... if our lads needed any more motivation to go out to Yarra this weekend and smash em.... that would be it....I know because i do actually play for the Rupy! This little sign will look great up in our change rooms before Sat's game.

poor weak little sunbury boys under a bit of preasure which they dont like.

Well noted.....and thanks!!

Tips for this week:

Rupo over yarra by 33 points
OC over Uni Blues Just! 5 points
OG's over Banyule by a heap! 60+
Therry over OM (have no idea why!) 15 points
BT over StLeos by 1 point

Sandra,

Your mob should be fired up enough. Surely the barkings of an arcanum K9 will not be needed to stir the necessary resolve and burning desire for victory?

Massive week gents. Keep the tips coming in. It seems YV are favoured by most. This could be a classic victory for you Sully!

 

[Bede me up]

Sandra,

Your mob should be fired up enough. Surely the barkings of an arcanum K9 will not be needed to stir the necessary resolve and burning desire for victory?

Massive week gents. Keep the tips coming in. It seems YV are favoured by most. This could be a classic victory for you Sully!

Rupo NO chance against Yarra in the wet. As noted a month ago - I likened Rupo's season to a sexually inexperienced boy - say, like Sandra. All excited about being promoted to D grade, playing above themselves, but alas, shooting their load way too early. You don;t win premierships in April / May. Have done very little since the big win v OC, and the big Valley bodies will continue their slide this week.

Other tips :

OC
OGS
BT
OM

 

[bullant10]

Tips:
Yv to beat rupo - 6 goals
OC to beat Prahran - 3 goals
OG over Banyule - 10 goals
Therry over om and to finish their season - 5 goals
BT to beat leos in a tight one at ajani - 10 points

Fantastic thread gents!
As for teams improving or not,
any team with players such as parton, collins, white are always going to be around the mark.
BT has improved there is no doubt, a few new faces but it is their cohesion, belief and care thats getting them over the line.
Banyule will get better, therry will get worse and will not make the finals!
OMs just keep teasing with form!!!!
Prahran will enjoy D2 next year - no depth whatsoever - When the chequebook disappears so do their players!
Old Geelong will be in C grade next year, obvious improvers, rupo not too sure about maybe another year or two in D1 but will move up in years follwing - good youth.
YV good hard team, honest but lose the ones they should win. They will be a good D grade team and that is it!

D1 footy is very strong and has a cracking thread going. Keep it up.
The Qwill is overdue for a mention on the ants this week, surely!

 

[DG-Man]

Bullant, nice work!
Interested that you throw OGS up as a C-Grade certainty next year. Not to say i'm not liking this prediction, but i am suprised by it.
BT touched them up, OC have the wood on them in 04 and now in 06. BT have improved planty, OC's list this year is starting to peak, and yet OGS are certain to go up?? Is it so may ask...How so?

 

[DG-Man]

Rupo NO chance against Yarra in the wet. As noted a month ago - I likened Rupo's season to a sexually inexperienced boy - say, like Sandra. All excited about being promoted to D grade, playing above themselves, but alas, shooting their load way too early. You don;t win premierships in April / May. Have done very little since the big win v OC, and the big Valley bodies will continue their slide this week.

Other tips :

OC
OGS
BT
OM

I'm just entering your tips Bede, and i'm not 100% sure which way your leaning in the Rupo match?? I've read your comments a few times and it seems you are on the fence a little. Can you please be a little clearer on your thoughts on Rupo!!

 

[kingbrown]

Fair enough Old Timer as i have said i have never seen a "C" Grade game. Interesting Uni Blacks and Beaumaris are very much middle of the road in "B" grade with St Bedes Mentone unbeaten in "C" grade coming down from "B". This to me suggests even "B" Grade is a bigger step. I still reckon Banyule would be a good side to follow. I suppose are similar to Rupo. Yes i agree, you definitely need old heads to mix with the young, however it is enjoyable watching the younger guys and i would rather have them at the club than a bloke who goes from Club to Club.

Tips (for what there worth)
Rupo 36 pts, (due for a good one)
OC 28 pts
OG 32 pts
OM 18 pts
BT 44 pts.

 

[I Love Sandra Sully]

Bede Me Up, reading the news on Monday is going to be so sweet when we get up......... Watch this space!!

 

[Is that so]

Recent tipping has seen me let down and dissapoointed by a few (I guess no more dissapointed that there own fans)

Lots of talk of new players and a few transfers and registrations at the end of the june may make the remainder of the season interesting.

My tips this week:
YV / Rupo
He who wins plays finals: tipping YV much bigger & stronger than rupo, if they lose this they should be ashamed.

BT/ ESL
ESL are improving but their depth is limited to a few BT have to many options for ESL to handle BT by 5 goals in fight to the finish contest.

OC to wake up and put 4 qtrs together and win by 8 goals sending Prahan back to the drawing board. 2nd best Ruckmn in the comp but it won't be enough.

OG/ Banyule disaster for OG last week but expect them to be far to big and strong around the footy for Banyule particularly in the wet. Og by 4 goals.

TP / OM -Therry cant win at home, so perhaps they can win away - who knows the form of these 2 is strange at best -Tipping OM ruin Therrys year and destroy any hope they might have held of playing finals.

On the current ladder it would appear that the D2 sides moving up to D1 are going better that the C sides coming down to D1.

This would suggest that teams on the move stay on the move regardless of the direction they are heading (up or down)

 

[Is that so]

Re the weekly reports and previews, I hope the guy who writes these does not get paid, they are at best average.

Each team should be given some equal space and the previews should be based on watching some games not waiting or hoping you can get something from a website or big Footy or from a club ringing to give you something.
While I'm having a crack pictures of scribes shoud be removed and replaced with a picture of a "star of the round" its not about the scribes its about the blokes who actually cross the white line!

Why not have DG man or old timer or Ugly write something, or if you really want to get some attention give ILLSS some space to write in.
(with his crayons)

 

[Toohas]

I remember when we beat Old Geelong by 50 points, the record said that the highlight of the game was some bloke making his senior debut for Old Geelong. I've been e-mailing him two page match reports on Monday (or earlier) for the last three weeks and we still don't get a cracker. I even helped him learn how to spell the tricky name of our full forward (Keem: there's been three variations of it so far). I'd be surprised if he'd been within 20km of one of our games this year. Bring back Barry Hickey!

 

[MJS2]

TIPS

Bullants over leos 35 points
OC by 45points
Mentonians 37 points
Ogs 13 points
Yarra Valley at home by 11 points

 

[DG-Man]

Love the Barry Hickey call! Big, Bad, Bustling Barry Hickey was an absolute legend. Loved seeing him be recognised in the VAFA mag the other week. He obviously followed Old Carey around the most, however he made a huge effort to get to other games and to get to know all club officials, Presidents, coach's etc. Even some players. Loved his crazy nick names and gags. Very interesting writer. BRING BACK BARRY!

 

[Conduct Unbecoming]

Prahran will enjoy D2 next year - no depth whatsoever - When the chequebook disappears so do their players!

Can't believe this one has slid through to the keeper....Careful Bullant10...not sure if you want to be going there. Maybe speak to some of your older BT team-mates...seems the same accusations were cast your way when BT were playing A & B Grade finals a few years ago.

Would doubt either side (Prahran or BT) would have done that. Old Trinity on the other hand......

 

[DG-Man]

I heard Vickers-Willis gets paid a six pack a week to maintain his hair and facial-doo!
Anyone else hear any stories like this in D1 ?

 

[Half Back]

Tips,
Yarra Valley (24 points)
Therry (36 points)
Old Geelong (8 points)
BT (18 Points)
Old Carey ( 16 points)


Can Therry turn around there season?????

 

[knackers29]

My Tips for the first time, (Guess I'm playing Catch up-Footy)

Yarra Valley (8 points)
Therry (24 points)
Old Geelong (10 points)
BT (36 Points)
Old Carey ( 20 points)


Half Back, the question is can Therry find players to cover all the guns that have been struck down by injury this year.

D Goodwin, C Bannister, J Crotty are probably Therry's 3 best players, throw in J Hanlon, Mcwhinney has missed a lot of games, and so has Boyle.

That is Therry's entire starting Midfield, and CHF, CHB and FF.

tough to cover these losses, but starting to get a few blokes back now, so they may give it a shake in the 2nd half of the season..

Cheers

 

[Moss Rocket]

Moss Tips:

OC by plenty
OGS by plenty
BT by plenty
OM's by plenty
Rupo by 3 points

Knackers, yes Therry have had injuries, but i think they have just lost too many close games, even when they had good players in. Correct me if i am wrong but Boyle, C. Bannister, Crotty and McWinney have all played 7 or 8 out of 10 this year. And Goodwin and Hanlon around 50% of matches.
Other sides have had some key injuries or unavailables. For OC; White, Tiras, Kent & Battle (4 of our best) have played 20 of a possible 40 games between them. 3 or 4 other keys have only just got on the park in the last week or two.
I don't think injuries are to blame for Therrys slip from being in C last year and now not likely to even play D-Grade finals. There must be something else wrong down there?

 

[knackers29]

Knackers, yes Therry have had injuries, but i think they have just lost too many close games, even when they had good players in. Correct me if i am wrong but Boyle, C. Bannister, Crotty and McWinney have all played 7 or 8 out of 10 this year. And Goodwin and Hanlon around 50% of matches.
Other sides have had some key injuries or unavailables. For OC; White, Tiras, Kent & Battle (4 of our best) have played 20 of a possible 40 games between them. 3 or 4 other keys have only just got on the park in the last week or two.
I don't think injuries are to blame for Therrys slip from being in C last year and now not likely to even play D-Grade finals. There must be something else wrong down there?

Don't get me wrong Moss Rocket, I am not saying that is the cause of Therry's form slump, as there are plenty of blokes struggling at the moment, but don't be too surprised if they turn it around & surprise a few sides in the coming weeks.

 

[silky_skills]

Re the weekly reports and previews, I hope the guy who writes these does not get paid, they are at best average.

Each team should be given some equal space and the previews should be based on watching some games not waiting or hoping you can get something from a website or big Footy or from a club ringing to give you something.
While I'm having a crack pictures of scribes shoud be removed and replaced with a picture of a "star of the round" its not about the scribes its about the blokes who actually cross the white line!

Why not have DG man or old timer or Ugly write something, or if you really want to get some attention give ILLSS some space to write in.
(with his crayons)

Give The Qwill a break - it is not easy writing a column every week without some assistance from all clubs. I have spoken to my friend who is into profiling and believe I am now closer to unmasking The Qwill.... Stay tuned

 

[DG-Man]

Silky, i am confused! Isn't the Qwill the D-Grade Scribe??