KDFL April 06 -Sept 06

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Re: Kyabram District FL

Nah, I reckon Stanhope should still be favourites (not that it really matters, it's all about getting the job done on the day). Someone posted that Stanhope have a good spread of goalkickers, which is probably preferable.

Still, it's an interesting stat.

Stanhope are an 8 goal better team than anyone else in the comp, more if they have a good day. I thought they were unbeatable last year and they slipped up, but they have a better team this year and are fitter and keener. Don't worry about their hardness, too many people get on here and question how tough they are, yet they have a better record against Ardmona (Tough guys) than anyone else. Maybe OTM can fill us in on there last 3 results against Ardmona. They are a very even team and all players are capable of bobbing up and causing real damage. Was interested to listen to the League vote count on Monday night. Reconfirmed that Hoota is by far the best player in the comp. Was killing them early in the year and then injured his knee. You could pretty much guarantee from mid year on that whenever Stanhope played in a big game, Hoota would be amongst the votes. OTM, i know you are a wise football man and I watched Stanhope play last week and I know you are familiar with the team, they had Manny, Boots, Pearce and Rick Sheers out. Matty Evans is an obvious one to go, who will be the other three if Stanhope have a full list?

 

[fuzzyswan]

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went and watched avenel vs nagambie yesterday at gig play off for a spot in the granny. good close match for the first three quarters but then avenel blew them away in the last quarter, probably kicking about 6 or 7 goals to about 1. young stevo stood up again when it counted and kicked a lazy 6, while jacko wheeler played probably the best game ive seen him play.

on a more disappointing note, i was fairly appalled with what happened in the second quarter, with sam martin being king-hit while the ball being fetched from behing the goals for a kick out. i didnt see the actual contact, but i saw him on the ground and the only player being within 10 metres of him was no. 9 of nagambie. marto looked to bleeding fairly heavily, was amazed to see return in the second half. only hope that if these two sides meet in the grand final, that the league appoints umpires who can control the game (maybe brocky or meeky?), because if the game were to beyond doubt with say 10 minutes to go i could easily see it turn very ugly. There was certainly no love lost between the two sides before the game yesterday and things have only gotten worse.

 

[Albo's opinion]

Re: Kyabram District FL

anybody got the results from today?

 

[hank1]

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Lancaster 21.10 (136) v » Yea 8.4 (52) TBA

Goals
Lancaster TROY MITCHELL 8, MICHAEL PELL 2, ANDREW PRYDE 2, COREY CARVER 2, MATHEW ELBOROUGH 2, AARON GOODSON 1, ASHLEY JONES 1, STEVEN THOMSON 1, SHANE MORGAN 1, BRETT ANDISON 1
Yea GREG BEER 1, TIM HAYES 1, CHRIS LEATHAM 1, DAMIEN LORD 1, RUSSELL NEILSON 1, MARK NICHOLLS 1, CAMERON SCOTT 1, ADRIAN MCCARTHY 1
Best
Lancaster MATHEW ELBOROUGH, ANDREW THOMAS, TROY THOMSON, MICHAEL PERELLA, TROY MITCHELL, JASON MOON
Yea MARK NICHOLLS, ADRIAN MCCARTHY, GREG BEER, ASHLEY WALSH, MARCO O'HEHIR, CAMERON SCOTT

didnt get over to watch but very surprised with that scoreline, after yesterday felt Yea was only side who could worry Stanhope. Thought they were gone at 3/4 time but awesome effort to win from there and poor from Ardy to not be able to finish them off, if they couldnt get over the lie yesterday they never will in the forseeable future. Wishart was great, Weeks on Meka was an awesome display of strength, Meka would have 20kg on him but had the better of him one on one. Gray didnt have a big influence which is just another bonus for Stanhope. Must admit they were killed out of the middle in the 2nd and 3rd 1/4s and must rectify that for the GF. Just the little scare they needed to make sure they dont let this one slip.

 

[Albo's opinion]

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Lancaster 21.10 (136) v » Yea 8.4 (52)

What happened there? Lancy too much run? I thought Yea were a genuine contender, must have been dissapointing.

 

[Doona2]

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What happened there? Lancy too much run? I thought Yea were a genuine contender, must have been dissapointing.

Very disappointing Al never in it after Mitchell cut loose from teh 15-25 minute mark of the first term (5 goals).

No worse way to end a season than to go down without a yelp. Last two times the Tige's played Lancy they were outclassed and yesterday guys that usually handle the ball cleanly didnt, and those that generally use the ball well didnt either.....no excuses just not good enough against a hard running side.

Two reports (McKinna & Milliken) didnt help, and in form defender Ben Milliken unable to return after Orr's brilliant upper cut (as good as you'll see) caused some real damage to his right eye. Cant believe Orr chose to contest it, take one week and be ready for the granny I reckon.

You dont mind losing if you know you gave it your all - Im just shattered for Lordy & the other army boys who r leaving the area thru work, Lordy has said he's now retired, disappointing after a day that the boys just didnt fire a hot.

Doubly disappointing for young AJ McCarthy who woulda taken mark of the day any other match of the year, but I think Mitchell's grab pipped him jnust!!!

 

[cosby]

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Orry did take the week Doona, I think the shepp news just ran with it when we were undecided what to do after the game, he did throw a couple, as did many involved, but he is adamant he didn't cause the damage to Milliken.

Mitchell's mark was a beauty, the kicker should get some credit though.

 

[Doona2]

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Orry did take the week Doona, I think the shepp news just ran with it when we were undecided what to do after the game, he did throw a couple, as did many involved, but he is adamant he didn't cause the damage to Milliken.

Mitchell's mark was a beauty, the kicker should get some credit though.

Benny aint too worried about it, he's more spewing he decided to go in and help his mate McKinna!!!
Do ya's plan that stuff with Mitchell at training? He took just as good a mark on Peter Kiss at Lancy a month ago.

Geez I hope ya's can run Ardmona ragged, honestly feel a Stanhope/Lancy GF would be fitting, two best sides of 2006 I reckon from what Ive seen.

 

[showy#1]

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Benny aint too worried about it, he's more spewing he decided to go in and help his mate McKinna!!!
Do ya's plan that stuff with Mitchell at training? He took just as good a mark on Peter Kiss at Lancy a month ago.

Geez I hope ya's can run Ardmona ragged, honestly feel a Stanhope/Lancy GF would be fitting, two best sides of 2006 I reckon from what Ive seen.

watching yesterdays game dipper looked like he didnt even want to be their and their was no hunger in the yea group at the start they were way to flat for a final and it seemed like the coach didnt get much out of his players during his quarter time and half time speech and also noticed they huddled a bit like seymour at the breaks in their groups was that a dooner idea

 

[cosby]

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Benny aint too worried about it, he's more spewing he decided to go in and help his mate McKinna!!!
Do ya's plan that stuff with Mitchell at training? He took just as good a mark on Peter Kiss at Lancy a month ago.

Geez I hope ya's can run Ardmona ragged, honestly feel a Stanhope/Lancy GF would be fitting, two best sides of 2006 I reckon from what Ive seen.

Mitch had the sit at that moment and we know he has a good leap on him. With the performance he put on in the first quarter he was full of confidence to go for a leap.

We'd definately need to play twice as good as we have the two times we've come up against Ardmona this year. Both times we've sat back and watched and been flogged as a consequence.

 

[Doona2]

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watching yesterdays game dipper looked like he didnt even want to be their and their was no hunger in the yea group at the start they were way to flat for a final and it seemed like the coach didnt get much out of his players during his quarter time and half time speech and also noticed they huddled a bit like seymour at the breaks in their groups was that a dooner idea

Something I think we've at Yea used since 2003 to be honest, gives a playing coach a chance to communicate with the sideline help - wouldnt look too much into it mate

The less said about it the better - one of those days Im afraid, like I said earlier today disappointing for all involved.

 

[Albo's opinion]

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Doon, you mentioned the army boys leaving, is that all of them or just some? if they all left it would leave a few sizable gaps in the team one would think.

 

[subtle hustle]

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Surprisingly one sided game between Yea and Lancaster. I would have thought the Tigers had more grunt to get themsleves over the line, but not to be.
It sounds like Mitchell was the gamebreaker.

Who would you rather have in your team, Mekka or Mitchell?

 

[Mappo]

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Surprisingly one sided game between Yea and Lancaster. I would have thought the Tigers had more grunt to get themsleves over the line, but not to be.
It sounds like Mitchell was the gamebreaker.

Who would you rather have in your team, Mekka or Mitchell?

Mitchell, With Mekka there seems to be a 12 foot fence around the goal square. Wouldn't chase Jennifer Hawkins that bloke.

 

[Albo's opinion]

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Surprisingly one sided game between Yea and Lancaster. I would have thought the Tigers had more grunt to get themsleves over the line, but not to be.
It sounds like Mitchell was the gamebreaker.

Who would you rather have in your team, Mekka or Mitchell?

very different styles. both get the job done. Have to say mitchell, as meka doesn't seem to have much going for him as a bloke Also Mitchell's defensive skills are probably a bit better.

 

[boppin]

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Thoughts for this weeks matches

I think Ardie in a close one, Lancaster to have plenty of run on the big ground, but without Carver and Orr , just not quite enough.
Reserves, Tally easy, seem to have half there senior team from this year playing. Dont no how lanky made it this far.
Thirds, Nagambie, have 4 or 5 blokes will break rushy. Although the guy who won the medal for rushy, he can play, will be very good in years to come.

Cosby, who will replace Lancasters losses, is Brezza White fit?

 

[bomber_42]

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Hey guys, just wondering how stanhope were going at the moment. I played a game for them earlier in the year. Must be nearly grand final time. Will they be contesting like they thought they would at the start of the year??

 

[T.Perry]

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Although yesterday's clash between Yea and Lancy was a bit of a fizzer, the Ardy v Lions clash had a bit of everything - hard hitting contests, fluent ball movement, couple of blues, and probably wasn't over til there was only 5min or so left in the game..

Still a bit undecided on Lancy - they should be able to get over Ardy this week, but Orr and Carver will be massive losses. Don't think it matters too much, to be honest, Stanhope got the fright that they needed, and Ardy blew there massive (and probably only) chance of beating them. Now Stanhope get an extra week's rest, which is massively important for Hoot, but Ardy will run out of legs, and even if they win this week, expect a massive blow out the week after.. The lions just have blokes capable of bobbing up at the right time, like Rick Sheers and Dave Hansford in the last quarter, and they are too even across the board. Wishart was easily best on ground, but in my eyes the inform big man of the comp played yesterday - thought Morgs was outstanding - tough, agile, skillful..

 

[cosby]

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hahaha, Tav you should've posted that on the humour board.

 

[subtle hustle]

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Hey guys, just wondering how stanhope were going at the moment. I played a game for them earlier in the year. Must be nearly grand final time. Will they be contesting like they thought they would at the start of the year??

Stanhope have already made it through to the Granny, Bomber, and look like a pretty safe bet to take it out.

Doona2, how many of the Yea blokes are you thinking will be lost from this year? Are you putting up your hand for the coaching job again?

 

[Rosco5]

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Something I think we've at Yea used since 2003 to be honest, gives a playing coach a chance to communicate with the sideline help - wouldnt look too much into it mate

The less said about it the better - one of those days Im afraid, like I said earlier today disappointing for all involved.

Doona, that was a very disappointing way for Yea to exit. Thought both sides were going to be very evenly matched but you do have those days. Handling errors and terrible decision making (which will always happen when under pressure or perceived pressure) were what killed the Tigers. Some very costly dropped marks and skill errors by very experienced players, when some of the young blokes see that they lose a bit of confidence. Anyway, all the best for your coaching gig next year at Broadford !! Remember what's happened to the last 2 coaches there though, take your own sword!

Showy, dont go into the BBQ area unless you are prepared to cook !! Heard a rumour Patty Rattray was interested in the coaching gig at Nagambie for 2007. Had even spoken to a couple of committee members about his chances, just a rumour though.

 

[roaring tiger]

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Ardy to beat lanky this weekend by around the 20 to 30 point margin. Rushy will win the thirds and go through to the Grand Final. They have got a couple of players who have been playing seniors all year so they should help get the job done.

Nagambie are going to need a lot more than Rattray to get them going in season 2007. They need about 10 players to make a reserve side for starters.

Heard that Girgarre are going up to Darwin to get recruits for next season. Should be a winner for them like this year!!

Any other news on player coming and going or coaching changes and appointments for the 2007 season?

 

[Doona2]

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Showy, dont go into the BBQ area unless you are prepared to cook !! Heard a rumour Patty Rattray was interested in the coaching gig at Nagambie for 2007. Had even spoken to a couple of committee members about his chances, just a rumour though.

You mean showy#1 went for a feed at the BBQ after that bag of chips I brought him!!!

 

[Mappo]

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For those interested Avenel blokes out there, the police have caught the little pricks that broke into the club rooms.
A 16 year old boy and 14 year old girl from Queensland, seems they where hungry after Driving all that way. They had been breaking into places the whole way down and finally got caught in Melbourne.
Unfortunately it probably means with them being so young that theres no chance of getting them to fit the bill to fix everything they have broken.

 

[fullbak]

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Showy, dont go into the BBQ area unless you are prepared to cook !! Heard a rumour Patty Rattray was interested in the coaching gig at Nagambie for 2007. Had even spoken to a couple of committee members about his chances, just a rumour though. [/quote]

I was speaking to one of the avenel committee memebers the other night at the avenel pub, (i wont name names because where's the fun in that). i questioned him about the rumour that Patty was in line for the coaching gig at avenel next year, and he laughed in my face. so i think we can put the rumour to rest, thank christ!

Also heard that young joeyboys elder brother is a chance next year to coach avenel, is he willing to leave a set bendigo league team to coach a wayward swans side.