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With finals coming up and living in the west its very hard to get info on whats happening with country footy in Vic. I intend to start a few threads where I have an interest to get some idea whats happening come finals time.

I believe NGFL finals start this weekend. Anyone willing to predict the premiers. I think the final five was Cowarr, Heyfield, Churchill, Rosedale, Gormandale.

Early this year on BF someone posted that Heyfield would struggle, I thought that was early call, it looks as though they have a bit of form coming into Finals. Is Mark Stevens going to play in finals? An interesting feature, a AFL player returning to a minor league and playing finals the same year as played AFL.

I believe Cowarr has been on top all year, they wouldnt have won a flag for a long time and if get up it would be a huge effort by a small rown. I think they are coached by a guy who played in 4 premierships with Heyfield, so could be a bit of rivalry between 2 clubs. Watched a cowarr and heyfield game in early 90's that was very physical.

Has Churchill last years premiers got a chance. What about Rosedale and Gormandale.

Any predictions for premier
 
Heyfield knocked over Churchill in the qualifying final last Saturday to set up a clash with Cowwarr this week.
No love lost between these two teams I can assure you.
The Roos are peaking nicely for another crack at a flag and last weekend Mark Stevens booted seven from chf.
He is determined to play in a flag with one of his brothers, I think Andrew is his name.
Mark loves the club and has never forgotten where he started out.
Cowwarr is coached by David Ivey who did play for Heyfield, yes.
He would have been a been a bit nervous watching Stevo bang a couple through from beyond 50m on the weekend.
 
My club (Yea) picked up a bloke from Stratford, Mark Nicholls in June. Do any NGFL followers know much about him. Nicho has slotted nicely into our midefield and has been a great clubman both on and off the field since him and the family moved to Yea. Also David Ivey - any relation to the Ivey's from Yea?
 

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nicholls is a good cricketer too, he wouldnt have looked very good playing at stratford as they are crap, they get done by a lot everytime a win for them is to get probably under a 70-50 point loss
 
Sale City will win the flag next season - it's a hottip that Damien Birss and co. will retire from Heyfield next season and Mark Stevens will be gone, Szabo is gettin' older and has less of an influence each season and Burrage isn't having an influence that made him such a good player...

Sale City have proven they can mix it with Churchil (beat them by 4-5goals round 1, lost by 6 points second time we played them down there) and Rosedale (lost by 5 goals missing 8 of our best 10 players, then beating them by 5 or so the second time we played them).

Considering the City had the average youngest senior team in the comp, the Bulldogs will go very close in 2006!
 
birssy wont be retiring anytime soon, he's been saying he is going to play on for a while more, Stevens is back for another year i think
 
Stoney said:
Sale City will win the flag next season - it's a hottip that Damien Birss and co. will retire from Heyfield next season and Mark Stevens will be gone, Szabo is gettin' older and has less of an influence each season and Burrage isn't having an influence that made him such a good player...

Sale City have proven they can mix it with Churchil (beat them by 4-5goals round 1, lost by 6 points second time we played them down there) and Rosedale (lost by 5 goals missing 8 of our best 10 players, then beating them by 5 or so the second time we played them).

Considering the City had the average youngest senior team in the comp, the Bulldogs will go very close in 2006!
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Big call at this time of the year, where did they finish this year, who is the coach and whats his background.
 
City finished 6th, however we mixed it with all top teams this yr except for Heyfield who are getting older and slower every season ... the games they lost were against teams that were taken very lightly (ie - TTU, Gormondale, Rosedale etc.) - as soon as the magic switch is turned on and the boys concentrate against teams who arnt as significant as Heyfield and co. they will go very close.

Coach is Ken Holmes ... led Heyfield to a threepeat in the late 90's, that itself should say enough.
 
Stoney said:
City finished 6th, however we mixed it with all top teams this yr except for Heyfield who are getting older and slower every season ... the games they lost were against teams that were taken very lightly (ie - TTU, Gormondale, Rosedale etc.) - as soon as the magic switch is turned on and the boys concentrate against teams who arnt as significant as Heyfield and co. they will go very close.

Coach is Ken Holmes ... led Heyfield to a threepeat in the late 90's, that itself should say enough.
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Is this the same Ken Holmes who got the sack from Myrtleford half way through season a couple of years back, from memory I dont think he was to popular there and led Myrtleford to being the chopping block of O&M for a couple of years. I think he has coached a number of clubs, but not many long term.

Your post also seems a bit arrogant saying they didnt concentrate against teams as significant as Heyfield, could the other clubs say the same thing. My sources tell me Sale City spent big on players this year and would be very disappointed with the return they got from their outlay.
 
Arrogant? how is that arrogant, dude im just telling it like it is ... we didn't switch on for the games where we played off against teams, if we did we would be sitting in a much healither position this yr - the games we were expected to win we didn't, and thats why im sitting here stuffing around on bigfooty boards rather than preparing to play finals footy in 05
 
Stoney said:
Sale City will win the flag next season - it's a hottip that Damien Birss and co. will retire from Heyfield next season and Mark Stevens will be gone, Szabo is gettin' older and has less of an influence each season and Burrage isn't having an influence that made him such a good player...

Sale City have proven they can mix it with Churchil (beat them by 4-5goals round 1, lost by 6 points second time we played them down there) and Rosedale (lost by 5 goals missing 8 of our best 10 players, then beating them by 5 or so the second time we played them).

Considering the City had the average youngest senior team in the comp, the Bulldogs will go very close in 2006!
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ATTN STONEY, just wondering whether you want to update on the above prediction. My sources tell me that Sale City will be lucky to make finals and there is rumblins re coach as per his past his experiences.
 
Groenwegen said:
ATTN STONEY, just wondering whether you want to update on the above prediction. My sources tell me that Sale City will be lucky to make finals and there is rumblins re coach as per his past his experiences.
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Cowwar with some very good pick ups to win the flag from Rosedale
 
Hahah - yeh well what can i say? everyone is optimistic the week after the season finishes!!!

now that we're through the pre season and into the action i can confirm that sale city just dont have what it takes with this group of players win the flag.

after a dissappointing loss to G'dale in week 1, the Bulldogs bounced back to defeat Churchill by 15 points on Saturday.

Losses of Ryan Murphy, Kade Murphy and Ryan Heywood (past 2 B&F's winner/last yr's leading goal kicker) hurt the club in the off season.

Sale City still a good chance to play finals football, but difficult to tell whether we can mix it with the powerhouses - Cowaarr, Rosedale and Heyfield.

Rumours Adrian Cox may be doing the "Mark Stevens" ... qualifying for finals then winning the flag for Heyfield - would be good to see another Ex-AFL player in the league - hopefully this rumour has some truth.
 

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Cox coming back would be the only chance Heyfield has

Cowwarr have the flag wrapped up almost

and good to see Stratford showing a bit more competitiveness so far this season under Nick Anderson
 
Stoney said:
Hahah - yeh well what can i say? everyone is optimistic the week after the season finishes!!!

now that we're through the pre season and into the action i can confirm that sale city just dont have what it takes with this group of players win the flag.

after a dissappointing loss to G'dale in week 1, the Bulldogs bounced back to defeat Churchill by 15 points on Saturday.

Losses of Ryan Murphy, Kade Murphy and Ryan Heywood (past 2 B&F's winner/last yr's leading goal kicker) hurt the club in the off season.

Sale City still a good chance to play finals football, but difficult to tell whether we can mix it with the powerhouses - Cowaarr, Rosedale and Heyfield.

Rumours Adrian Cox may be doing the "Mark Stevens" ... qualifying for finals then winning the flag for Heyfield - would be good to see another Ex-AFL player in the league - hopefully this rumour has some truth.
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Cox is playing at Lilydale. I saw him play against Eltham in a practice match a few weeks back. He is fat.
 
North Gippsland FL

A guy transfered to our region from Boisdale in your league.

Nick Bedgood.

Any playing info? Position ability size age etc

Hows he go?
 
2 rounds have been completed

Heyfield has beaten both TTU and Rosedale

Churchill and Sale City both have 2 wins
 
Just grabbing this off the herald sun website

NORTH GIPPSLAND:
Cowwarr 14.11 d Glengarry 12.11
Churchill 14.14 d Sale City 5.5
Traralgon Tyers United 11.9 d Stratford 9.11
Heyfield 18.12 d Boisdale Briagolong 8.9
Gormandale 10.10 d Rosedale 7.10

Cowwarr 13.15 d Glengarry 3.7
Churchill 7.14 d Sale City 4.7
Traralgon Tyers United 23.14 d Stratford 3.2
Heyfield 17.12 d Boisdale Briagolong 10.5
Gormandale 11.9 d Rosedale 6.9

U-18:
Glengarry 15.13 d Cowwarr 1.12
Sale City 14.13 d Churchill 2.5
Traralgon Tyers United 9.5 d Stratford 4.4
Boisdale Briagolong 12.4 d Heyfield 6.3
Rosedale 12.10 d Gormandale 4.6.
 
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