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- Sep 22, 2011
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Reckon the top 3 is pretty clear.
Balwyn, ER - right back up there again
Vermont - will be alongside the top two you’d think, having added Buxton and Weidemann, two huge additions
Rowville, Blackburn, South Croydon - I’m not sure sure any of these have what it takes to bridge the gap to the top few from last year. Mid table.
Mitcham - unknown. Don’t think they’ll be great but I’d expect them to be competitive.
Doncaster East - wtf can you expect here. They basically imploded last year and after the money they spent, you’d be hard pressed to come up with a bigger failure of a season in local footy. Will that change? Who knows?
Noble Park - an enormous exodus and don’t look to have replaced them. They look a relegation chance at this stage.
Berwick - have haemorrhaged players over the last two years and will be a surprise if they’re not relegated. By rights they don’t belong in the division, they won two games and had a percentage of 47%. They were just lucky Norwood were there.
If Mitcham don’t handle the step up and DE repeat their pathetic showing of last year then there could be a really long tail on this division. That would make a really crap bottom 4 in a 10-team league.
Balwyn, ER - right back up there again
Vermont - will be alongside the top two you’d think, having added Buxton and Weidemann, two huge additions
Rowville, Blackburn, South Croydon - I’m not sure sure any of these have what it takes to bridge the gap to the top few from last year. Mid table.
Mitcham - unknown. Don’t think they’ll be great but I’d expect them to be competitive.
Doncaster East - wtf can you expect here. They basically imploded last year and after the money they spent, you’d be hard pressed to come up with a bigger failure of a season in local footy. Will that change? Who knows?
Noble Park - an enormous exodus and don’t look to have replaced them. They look a relegation chance at this stage.
Berwick - have haemorrhaged players over the last two years and will be a surprise if they’re not relegated. By rights they don’t belong in the division, they won two games and had a percentage of 47%. They were just lucky Norwood were there.
If Mitcham don’t handle the step up and DE repeat their pathetic showing of last year then there could be a really long tail on this division. That would make a really crap bottom 4 in a 10-team league.
- Sep 22, 2011
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I think the Berwick example shows that the league should be considering an extra relegation in some cases.
Some leagues have two up / two down - personally I prefer one/one (win the flag to go up). But it can stifle movement between the divisions when you have more than one really shit team.
I would say that if the second-last team wins two games or less (as they may only beat the bottom team) AND a percentage below 50% it shows they’re uncompetitive and shouldn’t be in the league.
Of course you can’t force anybody to be promoted so I would offer their spot to the runners-up in the next division down. If they take it then good, if they don’t then things stay as is.
But Park Orchards would be a better shot in Premier than Berwick I reckon.
Some leagues have two up / two down - personally I prefer one/one (win the flag to go up). But it can stifle movement between the divisions when you have more than one really shit team.
I would say that if the second-last team wins two games or less (as they may only beat the bottom team) AND a percentage below 50% it shows they’re uncompetitive and shouldn’t be in the league.
Of course you can’t force anybody to be promoted so I would offer their spot to the runners-up in the next division down. If they take it then good, if they don’t then things stay as is.
But Park Orchards would be a better shot in Premier than Berwick I reckon.
thefunnelweb
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Is it automatic that the premier goes up bunk no even up for debate? Or is it optional that premiers of any division goes up? Just that 99% accept the invite to go up?
- Sep 22, 2011
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It’s automatic
Though any club can apply to play in a different division, however that is very unusual.
- Mar 12, 2016
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Dont worry about Berwick too much they will be in Southern Division 1 in 2026 from what iv been told.
So just Eastern Division 1 premiership winner to go up into Premier in 2026.
good thing
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EB to host Premier GF in 2025
Unless it’s Beaconsfield!
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I haven't heard that one mentioned by anyone up at the club.
- Sep 22, 2011
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I think Boronia is under renovation so it might be the D1 finals.
I find it hard to believe that Bayswater oval wouldn’t host the premier grand final
- Apr 12, 2015
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They will be hosting the Premier Final. Firstly, clubs have to pay and nominate that they want to host; secondly, it gets announced mid-year. EB hasn't end of rumour.
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Have heard the Bayswater might not be putting in for it. The time and effort combined with zero crowd till GF day. Is it worth it?
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Ready to go
good thing
Draftee
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Ready to go
Will Be in September when premier finals are played there.
- Sep 22, 2011
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I could never quite understand how clubs hosted finals, hard enough getting a normal home game staffed with volunteers let alone a big neutral finals game. Assume clubs must have a big junior club or cricket club who help out doing it for some cash.
Volunteers are at crisis levels out there in all sports, people just don’t have the time with the cost of living. Work work work work and any downtime is family. Leagues have relied on club volunteers running finals forever but I can see a day soon where it becomes a staffed event run by the league that will cost substantially more.
Many will disagree but perhaps finals at the higher-ranked team’s ground is the answer, like a home game, it would actually be some reward for finishing higher. The GF of course would still have to be at a neutral ground.
Volunteers are at crisis levels out there in all sports, people just don’t have the time with the cost of living. Work work work work and any downtime is family. Leagues have relied on club volunteers running finals forever but I can see a day soon where it becomes a staffed event run by the league that will cost substantially more.
Many will disagree but perhaps finals at the higher-ranked team’s ground is the answer, like a home game, it would actually be some reward for finishing higher. The GF of course would still have to be at a neutral ground.
That's how it happens in many leagues now nationwide, including higher-level comps such as the WAFL.
The Picola league has already announced all of its finals venues for 2025, giving clubs the best part of seven months to start preparing for their day hosting a final. Kudos to the P&DFNL.
The Picola league has already announced all of its finals venues for 2025, giving clubs the best part of seven months to start preparing for their day hosting a final. Kudos to the P&DFNL.
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Bayswater probably lucky they haven't featured in finals too strongly in recent years so they can have supporters rostered on. Clubs like Boronia & Mitcham have had to decide whether to watch their own team or assist in running finals.
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Picture please.Ready to go
- Jan 18, 2016
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Surely Walker Park is the best venue for EFNL finals and why it is called the MCG of the East.Grand final D2 last year we had over 100 plus volunteers senior,junior,cricket personal.Awesome atmosphere with a big crowd but perhaps some of you might think I am biased,lol.
Thepigshow
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No parking at Mitcham. Crazy in the side streets.
- Jan 18, 2016
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It seems you have not been there for a while.A 2 tiered car park behind the grandstand which will take 200 plus cars plus all the other parking spots around the Whitehorse Council offices.Public transport the 901 bus or if train Mitcham Railway Station then a 5 min walk.As for parking can you please name a better venue?
As for facilties we put a lot of work into the upgrade of the rooms and social rooms and many rate the best in the EFNL
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The oval is too small
hotchilli
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Not necessarily the worst thing.
Certainly makes for better viewing/atmosphere than finals I’ve watched at Boronia.
