NEAFL - Northern Conference - Season 2011 - Part 2

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damochandler said:
anyone think they will keep playing the grand final there every year or are they just waiting for yeronga to be right for next year with the ground surface. i reckon yeronga will be the host from next season
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What about O'Callaghan Park at Zillmere.
Didn't QAFL take over the lease after stripping Zillmere of their State League Licence and giving it to "Club of the Year" Aspley in 2008 !

Rooms far more expansive than any State League club
 

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salman butt said:
What about O'Callaghan Park at Zillmere.
Didn't QAFL take over the lease after stripping Zillmere of their State League Licence and giving it to "Club of the Year" Aspley in 2008 !

Rooms far more expansive than any State League club
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Are you suggesting Aspley shouldn't be "Club of the Year"? I sense sour grapes SB.

I note your post of 11 April:
If every team believes they can play finals, which five teams will finish below Aspley this year !!. The Suns will only get better with each game and would have beaten NT in Darwin if it wasn't for the monsoonal rains. If Aspley lose this weekend they will be 0/3 you would have to be an extreme optimist to see them making the finals and haven't they got a lot of new injuries !!

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Answer: Redlands, Broadbeach, Lions, Southport and Labrador. It usually pays to be glass half full.
 
Dogmatic6 said:
Are you suggesting Aspley shouldn't be "Club of the Year"? I sense sour grapes SB.

I note your post of 11 April:
If every team believes they can play finals, which five teams will finish below Aspley this year !!. The Suns will only get better with each game and would have beaten NT in Darwin if it wasn't for the monsoonal rains. If Aspley lose this weekend they will be 0/3 you would have to be an extreme optimist to see them making the finals and haven't they got a lot of new injuries !!

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Answer: Redlands, Broadbeach, Lions, Southport and Labrador. It usually pays to be glass half full.
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Just confused about criteria for club of year :

I would have thought that NT thunder with the minor premiership (2 and half wins clear of all teams), one goal away from Foxtel Cup semis and only 3rd year in comp would have seen them awarded trophy.
 
salman butt said:
What about O'Callaghan Park at Zillmere.
Didn't QAFL take over the lease after stripping Zillmere of their State League Licence and giving it to "Club of the Year" Aspley in 2008 !

Rooms far more expansive than any State League club
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i heard the ground wasn't up to scratch and that's why they won't be playing the grand final there

seeing that aspley were forced to play 3 games there after zillmere lost their licence after they had no money after shaw sports left them.
 
salman butt said:
Just confused about criteria for club of year :

I would have thought that NT thunder with the minor premiership (2 and half wins clear of all teams), one goal away from Foxtel Cup semis and only 3rd year in comp would have seen them awarded trophy.
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See your point Salman,but Panthers have been premiers last 2 years.In 09 they lost 2 games for season and won reserves and 18s. Beaten by Redlands as club of year
 
stuyd1 said:
On another subject, with the preliminary and grand finals being played at Redlands, ... infofmation I ve gathered, is that the Sharks Club is going all out to make these finals a huge success, promoting not only the games but the local community to attend.I think we might see the best finals crowds in attendance for a number of years. Which is well deserved for the participating clubs, and a big crowd just creates so much atmosphere, and gain more local exposure to the quality of the competition.
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Cannot park around the ground.Get there early as it might be a long walk
 
chikka ferguson said:
Cannot park around the ground.Get there early as it might be a long walk
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Chikka,

I dont think to many NT Thunder supporters are going to take their cars to the game and judging by the crowd at Morningside in the elmination final at Morningside their was not many supporters sitting in their cars watching that game and if they happen to make it (the usual suspects might get a little tired though carrying their esky's) and if its the Vultures who make it I am sure their supporters would not mind a short or long walk to clear their heads and have a home city chance to take the silverware home, it is a long way from my place but I must say surface wise, it is the best ground at the moment in Brisbane to host the Grand Final.

Look at the flip side - if it was held down the Coast (not much interest I would suspect) or it could be played at TIO Stadium which would gaurantee a crowd of at least 15,000 - 20,000 very biased NT supporters (one day it will have to be held there) - heaven forbid. In this instance, I would take the walk any day.
 
Snorkle said:
Chikka,

I dont think to many NT Thunder supporters are going to take their cars to the game and judging by the crowd at Morningside in the elmination final at Morningside their was not many supporters sitting in their cars watching that game and if they happen to make it (the usual suspects might get a little tired though carrying their esky's) and if its the Vultures who make it I am sure their supporters would not mind a short or long walk to clear their heads and have a home city chance to take the silverware home, it is a long way from my place but I must say surface wise, it is the best ground at the moment in Brisbane to host the Grand Final.

Look at the flip side - if it was held down the Coast (not much interest I would suspect) or it could be played at TIO Stadium which would gaurantee a crowd of at least 15,000 - 20,000 very biased NT supporters (one day it will have to be held there) - heaven forbid. In this instance, I would take the walk any day.
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Lucky it rained for a week to soften it up a bit it is quite bumpy in places the grass is still settling in will be twice as good next year
Looks a picture compared to vultures/ panthers home grounds especially on the TV
As for surfaces thought the Broadbeach surface was fantastic early on the best of all Cooparoo seems to have lost the live in greens keeper 3 years ago you would be flat out finding a weed in the car park
 
News down this neck of the woods is that a few big name northern conference players are rumoured to have signed their life away to eastern conference clubs in search of bulk coin and cushy employment via the public service system. Who these players are we shall wait and see i guess.
 
Very interesting game on weekend - Vultures and Morningside

Vultures don't seemed to be worried about their recent form - one win from 4 (only win against GC Suns who appear to put the cue in the rack at half-time), returning from trip to Darwin which was played in extreme heat. Johnny James has played a lot of football in the past 5 weeks with lots travel

Panthers - unbeaten since trip to Southport (drew with Lions, beat Redlands, Broadbeach, Aspley and Suns), also only team in top 4 to have beaten Thunder this year. Older guard Lillico, shelton, Abey and Mugavin in exceptional form over past month.

x-factor is ground at Redlands - very tough game to call!!
Any other thoughts
 

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Heard Cameron Mooney is a chance to play for Labrador next year. Moving to the Gold Coast for Business post AFL and living up the north end.

Could be a good addition as that big bodied experienced goal kicking forward I feel the Tigers lack. League continues to go from strength to strength.
 
thunderdoc said:
Very interesting game on weekend - Vultures and Morningside

Vultures don't seemed to be worried about their recent form - one win from 4 (only win against GC Suns who appear to put the cue in the rack at half-time), returning from trip to Darwin which was played in extreme heat. Johnny James has played a lot of football in the past 5 weeks with lots travel

Panthers - unbeaten since trip to Southport (drew with Lions, beat Redlands, Broadbeach, Aspley and Suns), also only team in top 4 to have beaten Thunder this year. Older guard Lillico, shelton, Abey and Mugavin in exceptional form over past month.

x-factor is ground at Redlands - very tough game to call!!
Any other thoughts
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siders by 3-4 goals.

there 2nd halves recently have been amazing
 
thunderdoc said:
Very interesting game on weekend - Vultures and Morningside

Vultures don't seemed to be worried about their recent form - one win from 4 (only win against GC Suns who appear to put the cue in the rack at half-time), returning from trip to Darwin which was played in extreme heat. Johnny James has played a lot of football in the past 5 weeks with lots travel

Panthers - unbeaten since trip to Southport (drew with Lions, beat Redlands, Broadbeach, Aspley and Suns), also only team in top 4 to have beaten Thunder this year. Older guard Lillico, shelton, Abey and Mugavin in exceptional form over past month.

x-factor is ground at Redlands - very tough game to call!!
Any other thoughts
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Yeah I wouldn't be too worried if I was the vultures. Have lost to the thunder twice in Darwin where no one can win and Aspley when there was nothing to be achieved and Aspley were playing for their footy lives. We saw examples even in the afl of different sides struggling in the last round because they were thinking ahead.

As long as they can get themselves physically ready to go after a trip to Darwin they should be fine. I think morningside have been building. Their form prior to finals was scratchy. They only just fell in really.

It will be a fantastic game. Morningside will throw everything at the vultures but I think the vultures should just hang on and win by 2-3 goals,

A thunder v vultures grand final would be fitting. I think it would be interesting to see how thunder go against a quality side down here in Brisbane. They will start favorites no doubt. Such an incredible side, but we all know their record down here. Hope they can do it for their sake.

Couldn't ask for a better finish to the season. The 3 best sides are all involved and in good form. Let's all sit back and enjoy the spectacle.
 
Thebigissue said:
News down this neck of the woods is that a few big name northern conference players are rumoured to have signed their life away to eastern conference clubs in search of bulk coin and cushy employment via the public service system. Who these players are we shall wait and see i guess.
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Names?

No doubt the Eastern Conference will load up for next year after being shown to be off the pace against Swannies ressies and the Northern Conference sides this year. I reckon that they would be better served nabbing talent from Vic Country areas.

Morningside for mine will win narrowly on Sunday. Ash Evans is a big loss and all of the Panthers guns are firing. I will head up the M1 to see an entertaining contest hopefully.
 
Vultures comfortably have been in the top 2 all year deserve a shot at NT in Brisbane
have been very good down at vic point
When is the Eastern v Northern game and were?????
Does anybody know????
 
Vultures to win...Evans is a massive hole but we were pretty competitive in NT...Bloody Ewing - 8.1 - you think he would miss a couple!!!!

Go into the weekend confident of a good showing...hoping for a GF berth and rematch in Qld againt NT....maybe a ground Ewing knows little about !!!
 
2010premier said:
Names?

No doubt the Eastern Conference will load up for next year after being shown to be off the pace against Swannies ressies and the Northern Conference sides this year. I reckon that they would be better served nabbing talent from Vic Country areas.

Morningside for mine will win narrowly on Sunday. Ash Evans is a big loss and all of the Panthers guns are firing. I will head up the M1 to see an entertaining contest hopefully.
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is it true last time mside and vultures played Caleb Brown,Allen,Bonney and Mugavin didnt play?
 

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