EDFL moves

[Missing Finals]

Having spoken to matty i can confirm that no deals are trying to be done to secure more Keilor players Nick Bailey or the Piconies have not been spoken to by Marby i can however confirm that Jimmy Hollow has agreed to terms with Marby for next year this is a massive signing in my book along with Laverde and Rabbee will be a good midfield and this also ads to the Loses at Douttas with Hollow,Laverde and also Turner leaves a big gap

Ask any person involved at any of the other A grade or for that matter B grade clubs if they believe or trust what Pilios says and the answer will be NO . What he says and does in EDFL football circles are two completely different things and when you cant trust what people say in those circles this could hurt his endevours next season .

 

[ROOTA#6]

Marby seem to be taking there criticism of being too slow a little far, Where would you expect Leigh Gray, Spike, Bangit, etc to play next year they are midfielders and pretty much can only play those positions I cant really see them getting a spot in the side next year. If Marby were serious about having a crack at the flag next year the positions that need to be replaced are the rucks and CHF as Garbutt was pretty much useless for most of the season last year running on one leg and Cam Price is too old and slow to be a dominant CHF in A grade anymore.

Don't have to worry about his bloke mate. He is coming to play with us

 

[starboy]

craigieburn or jacana.....very

intelligent.

Gee, thats a great thought out reply. How far did you go in school ..year 5... it took you that long for you to come up with that.man, your mum must be real proud of you...

 

[litening]

Ask any person involved at any of the other A grade or for that matter B grade clubs if they believe or trust what Pilios says and the answer will be NO . What he says and does in EDFL football circles are two completely different things and when you cant trust what people say in those circles this could hurt his endevours next season .

Matthew Pilios has a direct link to Marby and if he is behind the scenes trying to provide GA with the names of prospective A Grade players, how can you be critical of what he does. He doesn't offer them contracts does he????

When you finally get a crack of playing A Grade footy, you don't want to be in the bottom three the following year, keep the momentum going.

People criticise KD for ringing 180 blokes in the off season.....big deal, blokes are old enough to say thanks but no thanks.

West Coburg did a fantastic job this year, first year in A Grade.

And in regards to what Pilios does for the competition (footy show etc etc) - the exposure he gives is outstanding.

At the end of the day, it's only local footy and if a bloke wants to give the competition the exposure he has (off his own bat), I say good on him. The time and cost involved is enormous.

People can bag him and the show and thats fine, but on the flip side you have to admire a bloke who puts in the effort for the competition.

I have people in the street telling me that they watch the footy show and don't even follow the EDFL.

That's my beef for the day......thanks guys!!

 

[puffpuffgivemo]

Matthew Pilios has a direct link to Marby and if he is behind the scenes trying to provide GA with the names of prospective A Grade players, how can you be critical of what he does. He doesn't offer them contracts does he????

When you finally get a crack of playing A Grade footy, you don't want to be in the bottom three the following year, keep the momentum going.

People criticise KD for ringing 180 blokes in the off season.....big deal, blokes are old enough to say thanks but no thanks.

West Coburg did a fantastic job this year, first year in A Grade.

And in regards to what Pilios does for the competition (footy show etc etc) - the exposure he gives is outstanding.

At the end of the day, it's only local footy and if a bloke wants to give the competition the exposure he has (off his own bat), I say good on him. The time and cost involved is enormous.

People can bag him and the show and thats fine, but on the flip side you have to admire a bloke who puts in the effort for the competition.

I have people in the street telling me that they watch the footy show and don't even follow the EDFL.

That's my beef for the day......thanks guys!!

Totally agree!!

Having Marbi come up and have a real crack has many positives - makes all other A Grade clubs wake up and not think it's going to be easy. Look at West Coburg last year - everyone probably thought typical WC come up and go back down but how wrong we were. The way i see it is Marbi is fast tracking what Greenvale have done after they won the 2002 B Grade flag.


I never thought that a side could ever win the B Grade flag and then come up and win the A Grade flag after Douttas did that double in 98 and 99 but next season is one where everyone will need to at their best to beat Marbi.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

I don't think the gap between the top B grade teams and A grade is all that great. Look at a club like Craigieburn who have done very little recruiting in their time in A grade yet now sit comfertably in the middle tier of teams. West Coburg's performance last year is also an example of this.

 

[exhaddy]

I don't think the gap between the top B grade teams and A grade is all that great. Look at a club like Craigieburn who have done very little recruiting in their time in A grade yet now sit comfertably in the middle tier of teams. West Coburg's performance last year is also an example of this.

yes totally agree...but also not many clubs around craigieburn so many players to choose from as the burn is a young area undergoing incredible growth....craigieburn is going to be strong club for years to come. most of the craigieburn team played juniors there and still live there. there are too many clubs in the glenroy pascoe vale coburg oak park area have too much competition with each other for players and sponsors

 

[Aussie_dude]

Matthew Pilios has a direct link to Marby and if he is behind the scenes trying to provide GA with the names of prospective A Grade players, how can you be critical of what he does. He doesn't offer them contracts does he????

When you finally get a crack of playing A Grade footy, you don't want to be in the bottom three the following year, keep the momentum going.

People criticise KD for ringing 180 blokes in the off season.....big deal, blokes are old enough to say thanks but no thanks.

West Coburg did a fantastic job this year, first year in A Grade.

And in regards to what Pilios does for the competition (footy show etc etc) - the exposure he gives is outstanding.

At the end of the day, it's only local footy and if a bloke wants to give the competition the exposure he has (off his own bat), I say good on him. The time and cost involved is enormous.

People can bag him and the show and thats fine, but on the flip side you have to admire a bloke who puts in the effort for the competition.

I have people in the street telling me that they watch the footy show and don't even follow the EDFL.

That's my beef for the day......thanks guys!!

i think what some clubs are talking about is they give pillios phones for players re the edfl footy show and these numbers and contacts are used for recruiting. its the same reason that clubs are unhappy with Airport West. Im all for promoting the edfl, its just hard when some have a conflict on interest. but saying that, im sure that if other people were given this advantage they would take it and run also.

 

[Aussie_dude]

This forum is lacking one Tim Clinnick. Is there any chance of a return to spice things up????????

 

[jets06]

Having spoken to matty i can confirm that no deals are trying to be done to secure more Keilor players Nick Bailey or the Piconies have not been spoken to by Marby i can however confirm that Jimmy Hollow has agreed to terms with Marby for next year this is a massive signing in my book along with Laverde and Rabbee will be a good midfield and this also ads to the Loses at Douttas with Hollow,Laverde and also Turner leaves a big gap

I would say most clubs that have lost players to Marby will be looking forward to their first clash....

 

[exhaddy]

i really dont like the gap between clubs such as greenvale strathmore and marby compared to clubs at the bottom of b grade. but clubs such as greenvale strathmore etc should be congratulated for making their club strong and financialy viable......just think that paying truckloads of money to players for local footy is getting out of hand. greed and selfishness is fuelling it and how long till clubs get into financial trouble because they have paid too much money already happened to marby few years ago, they nearly went under. makes me laugh that because marby bought a flag people jump up and down about it...was ok for keilor greenvale and strathmore to do it. they just didnt want to see a club that used to struggle like marby become successful

 

[puffpuffgivemo]

Craigeburn could be the big smokeys next year.

Signings from WRFL, NFL and EDFL (rival clubs) making them look a lot stronger for next year.

We all know it's a tough trip up Mickelham Rd.

 

[Jett]

litening can not agree with you mate. This year has been ridiculous for EDFL clubs "cold calling" other EDFL clubs players with whom they have no connection at all with.

It's different if a player makes it known they are leaving a club. Don't have a problem with that if another EDFL club picks them up.

You'd be in the minority of those who think what KD did this year was right or smart. It's a dumb way to do it and did it pay off? People have very long memories. Just look at this board

It's also a bit sad to see Keilor doing it now with McGuane. Just picking players off the club list and calling them.

And for those that have said the jump won't be that big from A grade to B grade. Its not when you recruit a whole side but the Cragieburners where probably 100+ pts off the top four

 

[Spotless Loser]

From time to time a club will bob up who surprises everyone with the cash they throw around to become successful. It will always happen. It is Marby's turn now. Sides like Strathmore and Greenvale have benifitted from recieving money from individuals and it has made their clubs stronger and become a brand within the community. Clubs that perform well attract more sponsors thus alleviating the need for just one or two to support the club (e.g Scar, GA). With the players Marby have secured, plus their current crop you can pretty much pencil them in for a finals berth if they can gel. The money in todays local football has nothing to do with the players, clubs pay what they want and what they are willing to pay. I have nothing to do with Marby. Not mates with a single bloke but gee this outfit looks okay. BACKS: Lekkas, Pilling, Piciaone
HB: Towner, Wichello, Broadbent
Centre: Tanner, Hoacher, Spike?
HF: Laverde, Scott, Grey
FF: Palmer, Fletcher, Butters
Rucks: Stafford, Bell, Hollow
I/C: Maddison, Daley, Wells, Crawford, Harry?,
Bailey,Ziros?, Zerafa?, Fraser,

I know i have missed a few. It is not Greenvale but getting there.

 

[Soft Eating]

From time to time a club will bob up who surprises everyone with the cash they throw around to become successful. It will always happen. It is Marby's turn now. Sides like Strathmore and Greenvale have benifitted from recieving money from individuals and it has made their clubs stronger and become a brand within the community. Clubs that perform well attract more sponsors thus alleviating the need for just one or two to support the club (e.g Scar, GA). With the players Marby have secured, plus their current crop you can pretty much pencil them in for a finals berth if they can gel. The money in todays local football has nothing to do with the players, clubs pay what they want and what they are willing to pay. I have nothing to do with Marby. Not mates with a single bloke but gee this outfit looks okay. BACKS: Lekkas, Pilling, Piciaone
HB: Towner, Wichello, Broadbent
Centre: Tanner, Hoacher, Spike?
HF: Laverde, Scott, Grey
FF: Palmer, Fletcher, Butters
Rucks: Stafford, Bell, Hollow
I/C: Maddison, Daley, Wells, Crawford, Harry?,
Bailey,Ziros?, Zerafa?, Fraser,

I know i have missed a few. It is not Greenvale but getting there.

I was not familiar with Marby's list lprior to coming to A grade, but how many players out of the possible line-up above were members of last year's grand final win?...And are any of the new recruits from outside the EDFL?

 

[Marbyarmy]

Ask any person involved at any of the other A grade or for that matter B grade clubs if they believe or trust what Pilios says and the answer will be NO . What he says and does in EDFL football circles are two completely different things and when you cant trust what people say in those circles this could hurt his endevours next season .

what are you on about missing finals? the amount of abuse pillios cops on here is seriously a joke. go and ask any of the players that marby have picked up this year if matty approached them at all prior to their signing with us.

Tall poppy syndrome at its best this is. I'm sure most of the league would like nothing better than to watch marby, greenvale and strathmore all fail this year. Its not OUR fault YOUR club has decided it's all to hard and are accepting mediocrity, rather than have a crack like a few others have.

 

[bomber44]

what are you on about missing finals? the amount of abuse pillios cops on here is seriously a joke. go and ask any of the players that marby have picked up this year if matty approached them at all prior to their signing with us.

Tall poppy syndrome at its best this is. I'm sure most of the league would like nothing better than to watch marby, greenvale and strathmore all fail this year. Its not OUR fault YOUR club has decided it's all to hard and are accepting mediocrity, rather than have a crack like a few others have.

Agree with a lot of what you said but have to take exception to you throwing Marby into the same breath as SM and GV. Spending similar amounts of money does not yet qualify Marby as an A grade league leader. Let's just wait till they put some wins on the board and take it from there. SM and GV have proven their processes to be successful at an A grade level.
Let's just remember, Keilor Park and Tullamarine have also won B grade premierships in this decade!!

 

[the terminator]

I was not familiar with Marby's list lprior to coming to A grade, but how many players out of the possible line-up above were members of last year's grand final win?...And are any of the new recruits from outside the EDFL?

Don't worry about that,how many played there 2 seasons ago,for that matter did any of them ever play juniors for marby.

 

[tess]

I don't think a B grade Premiership can be seen as a success for a Club(not talking about the team that given year) unless the club is able to take advantage of it's move into A grade over the next couple of seasons and stay in A grade long term. Obviously any premiership must be celebrated, but if that premiership lifts a club into a higher tier only for it to drop back down the next year .... what was the use.

 

[WAXY]

So Hollow to Marby intersting??? i heard he was having a crack at VFL again and if he wasnt sucessful he would play at Douttas??? Oh well what people say and do is very different these days.

WAXY

 

[gazza35]

Im with you waxy i was of the understanding that if jimmy didnt make it at VFL he would be back at Douttas but from all reports he is allready training at marby will be a massive loss for Douttas you have to think with the players they have lost this year if they struggle next year will ramsey and kade stick around?

 

[sierra]

Come on you lot there are another 9 teams in the comp, really who gives a continental about Marby, GA and his little mate Pilios. Have they won a game yet? Have thet won an AGrade flag? Have they got a A Grade BF winner? To date nothing more than a lot of money passing hands, sure Mores and Jets have spent money in the past but have still shown loyalty/committment to the home grown talent, not the case at Marby.

All they have is a pack of mercenaries, who have short memories in terms of what previous clubs have done for them on/off the field.


Bring it on!!!

 

[Eagle One]

Come on you lot there are another 9 teams in the comp, really who gives a continental about Marby, GA and his little mate Pilios. Have they won a game yet? Have thet won an AGrade flag? Have they got a A Grade BF winner? To date nothing more than a lot of money passing hands, sure Mores and Jets have spent money in the past but have still shown loyalty/committment to the home grown talent, not the case at Marby.

All they have is a pack of mercenaries, who have short memories in terms of what previous clubs have done for them on/off the field.


Bring it on!!!

GOOD CALL!

 

[Missing Finals]

Im just a little bit confused about the meaning of '' conflict of interest '', and i was hoping Matty from the EDFL footy show could help me .
The footy show '''and i begrudgingly admit that i watch it before all you Marby hard done by supporters that have followed the club during its darkest days start bleting ''
The last time i spoke to any of the executive from the EDFL or watched the highly rating program i was under the impression ''our Matty'' was paid '' a fee ?'' for doing the program and the programs major sponsor thus being the EDFL , bless Priceys giving little heart .
Also the program is sponsored by small businesses that are run and owned by people involved at other clubs .
Should '' our [ you cant say anything nasty about Matty ] be seen to be using his contacts from the show to enable his club to start cold calling
players directly from other clubs [which he has said he would never do ]
Conflct of interest, maybe ?

 

[Missing Finals]

Oh , i forgot i await the informative ,robust and educated debate from the Marby swarm who we seem to be hearing alot from these days . I hope theres some new sponsors down there at Marby for the footy show .