SFL 2010 Div 1 Thread - Part 2

[TheKoach]

ewan probably wants to leave the comp because he is a very scared individual

 

[back2back10]

ewan probably wants to leave the comp because he is a very scared individual

i also been hearing around the traps that are few people from chelsea weren't happy about the umpiring in the gf
anyone wanna give their thoughts on the umpiring and who you thought benefited more if anyone at all?

 

[superfreak]

Yeah it was Funny when Ewen Mckenzie shouted out that he wanted to leave the club for financial reasons, also notice that the coach, Ott and Jacko arent going around at chelt next year. Is this the start of an exodus??

News to me mate on all fronts. Always talk at this time of year, happened last year and no one went anywhere.

Seems there is a fair amount of crap being talked on here about CFC...bit of a smear campaign and can relate to how B2B and co feel when everyone slags off City without much knowledge of what goes on there.

 

[Myview]

News to me mate on all fronts. Always talk at this time of year, happened last year and no one went anywhere.

Seems there is a fair amount of crap being talked on here about CFC...bit of a smear campaign and can relate to how B2B and co feel when everyone slags off City without much knowledge of what goes on there.

Lets face it Super you club will be losing players and from all reports not just a few....

 

[Myview]

i also been hearing around the traps that are few people from chelsea weren't happy about the umpiring in the gf
anyone wanna give their thoughts on the umpiring and who you thought benefited more if anyone at all?

Chelsea lost because they had no soul.....Easy as that one thing i give City they always give their all thats a culture thing....

 

[jc28]

News to me mate on all fronts. Always talk at this time of year, happened last year and no one went anywhere.

Seems there is a fair amount of crap being talked on here about CFC...bit of a smear campaign and can relate to how B2B and co feel when everyone slags off City without much knowledge of what goes on there.

Ewen McKenzie has signed with Noble Park. This is reported in todays Dandenong Leader Super. If I was smarter I would cut and paste the link. Its at the end of the article about Nobles full forward being a draft hopeful.

 

[superfreak]

Cheers for that jc28. I guess I can stop playing dumb now! Known about it for weeks. Was always going to head back to the VFL or have a crack at EFL next year. No surprise to us.

 

[Myview]

Cheers for that jc28. I guess I can stop playing dumb now! Known about it for weeks. Was always going to head back to the VFL or have a crack at EFL next year. No surprise to us.

There are a few other departing the mighty Chelt can you please update on that???

 

[greengold]

There are a few other departing the mighty Chelt can you please update on that???

What's the go with the coaching at Chelt, Super is there a clean sweep across the board right from Seniors to Reserves.

 

[greengold]

Lets face it Super you club will be losing players and from all reports not just a few....

Have also heard from a very reliable source that upto 6 - 10 players will go unless the players approve of the new head honcho.

 

[superfreak]

Plenty of rumours floating around at the moment about all clubs, but certainly a lot more circulating about our club. I thought it would be best to be open and either confirm or dispel rumors that are doing the rounds as some that have no basis can be destabilizing or skew opinions....

There are a few other departing the mighty Chelt can you please update on that???

Its still September 2010. Right now, we aren't even sure of the outgoing coaches intentions for 2011. He may stay at the club, he may not. Other than what we have read in local newspapers, we are unaware of any other players confirming that they will play elsewhere in 2011. That may change though, as is the case with any player at any club! Plenty of water to go under the bridge before clearances open for 2011.

What's the go with the coaching at Chelt, Super is there a clean sweep across the board right from Seniors to Reserves.

Each position has been advertised in accordance with the club's constitution (as it is each year).

Have also heard from a very reliable source that upto 6 - 10 players will go unless the players approve of the new head honcho.

Can categorically tell you that it is not true. Not bullshitting or keeping things quiet. There is no point in having the inmates run the asylum so to speak. Im sure the powers that be will appoint the person they feel is best equipped to take the club forward and the playing group is supportive of this process.

Hope this helps answer some of the crap doing the rounds. Please feel free to focus your attention on another club for the next few weeks!

 

[greengold]

Plenty of rumours floating around at the moment about all clubs, but certainly a lot more circulating about our club. I thought it would be best to be open and either confirm or dispel rumors that are doing the rounds as some that have no basis can be destabilizing or skew opinions....



Its still September 2010. Right now, we aren't even sure of the outgoing coaches intentions for 2011. He may stay at the club, he may not. Other than what we have read in local newspapers, we are unaware of any other players confirming that they will play elsewhere in 2011. That may change though, as is the case with any player at any club! Plenty of water to go under the bridge before clearances open for 2011.



Each position has been advertised in accordance with the club's constitution (as it is each year).



Can categorically tell you that it is not true. Not bullshitting or keeping things quiet. There is no point in having the inmates run the asylum so to speak. Im sure the powers that be will appoint the person they feel is best equipped to take the club forward and the playing group is supportive of this process.

Hope this helps answer some of the crap doing the rounds. Please feel free to focus your attention on another club for the next few weeks!

Super you know that statement is bull at the end of 09 your illustrious leader ( Pres ) just announced the coaching group with out advertising my connections at the club said it didn't go down well.

 

[wingman2010]

How are clubs traveling for next season ? are the coaches staying or going ? new recruits ? players departing ? Interested to hear how clubs are going early into the season

 

[The_Koach]

presentation night tonight...

heath barnes for the medal?

 

[superfreak]

I'll go Williamson from East Brighton....

 

[gardener]

I'll go Williamson from East Brighton....

pretty sure barnes did not even get an invite, very stiff

 

[Hoax]

pretty sure barnes did not even get an invite, very stiff

Flack won everything...except the flag.

 

[superfreak]

Great read in the Port Phillip Leader on Richard Houston......

http://leader.newspaperdirect.com/e...312e1ecc3532&pdaffid=otF8pQn6THon3yEvCmNumA==

 

[Myview]

Great read in the Port Phillip Leader on Richard Houston......

St Kilda City premiership coach Richard Houston answers his critics

IN Southern Football League circles, the knocks on Richard Houston fly hard and fast.
They say he cannot coach, that he has no clue. On the bigfooty website he gets bagged more often than a clay tennis court.
Yet two weeks ago Houston coached St Kilda City to its third premiership in four years.
Throw in his flag at the nowdefunct Parkmore in 2006 and he has four pennants in his five years as a senior coach in the SFL.
And, as he happily pointed out to the Leader, his winning strike rate is 92 per cent.
‘‘ Ninety-three wins and eight losses from 101 games,’’ Houston, 49, said. ‘‘That’s not too bad, is it?’’
He also steered City’s Under 15 division three team to a grand final this year. But still he is the subject of scorn.
‘‘ Yeah, people tell me I can’t coach all the time,’’ he said. ‘‘I cop it everywhere. It gives me the shits, to be honest.’’
As if to land one on the critics and show his tactical tools, he highlighted a move in the grand final against Chelsea Heights. ‘‘I was the guy who moved Chrissy Brannan to full forward and ‘Quinny’ (Myles Quinn) to centre half forward to open the paddock up and we took them in the last quarter and won the game.’’
He also mentioned how he turned around City’s clearance count, by placing less heralded players, ‘‘the grunters’’, in the square.
His detractors say the only thing Houston does well is spend money on big-name recruits and build strong squads.
Houston is a wealthy man (he established Fintrack Financial Services) and he has been prepared to pay for good players.
At Parkmore, he signed former Melbourne utility Anthony McDonald, ex-Dandenong VFA captain Sean Millane and journeyman goalkicker Danny Casset.
The 2010 St Kilda City premiership side contained former AFL players Nathan Carroll, Danny Jacobs and Ezra Poyas, and exWAFL star Quinn.
But Houston says estimates of how much money he and St Kilda City spend on players are greatly exaggerated.
He said it was nowhere near what he’d heard clubs in other suburban leagues splashed on their recruiting.
‘‘I did a deal when I got to St Kilda City. I said I’d come in and put dollars on the table to kick us off,’’ he said.
‘‘But I want to reduce the amount of money I spend over time to say $5000 or $10,000 as a general sponsor.
‘‘I could stop coaching tomorrow and still probably put $10,000 or $15,000 into a local club.’’
Anyway, he said, it was one thing to assemble a strong list and another to manage and guide it to success.
In his time at St Kilda City ‘‘ there’s been a lot of egos go through the place’’.
‘‘It’s actually harder to coach exAFL and VFL players because they don’t want to turn up to training and then they want to do their own thing.
‘‘It doesn’t manage itself, that situation. There are discussions. The players pull it together once they cross that white line on a Saturday.’’
Houston admits he was an average player, calling himself an ‘‘ox of a full-back’’ with Dustin Fletcher arms. ‘‘I did play in a reserves premiership at Seaford.’’
His passion for the game far exceeded his ability and he always imagined himself coaching one day.
He started off at Moorabbin Kangaroos in 2005 as an assistant coach to Brad Collins. The Kangas won the premiership.
The following year he went to Parkmore, which was coming off a winless season in division three. Bringing in recruits like McDonald and Casset, Houston took the club to the flag, then took off for St Kilda City and division one football.
The Saints won the premiership in 2007, lost to St Paul’s East Bentleigh in 2008 and have beaten the Heights in the past two years.
Houston listed his strengths as analysing the opposition and working out the best match-ups, and ‘‘engaging’’ his players.
He said he talked ‘‘with’’, not ‘‘at’’, them.
He also said he’d promoted youngsters like Max Bruin and Tim Sullivan to senior football.
What else? ‘‘I won’t have any weak characters in our team. If I see a weak link I just want to eradicate it quickly. I’ll push the point.’’
Few people have left a St Kilda City huddle ready to run through brick walls after taking in a Houston talk. He acknowledged as much by saying his biggest weakness was ‘‘the discussion points at the breaks’’.
‘‘I go in blind. I have to virtually read the play as to what the stats are, as opposed to having facts and figures in front of me and being able to feed off them.’’
He suspects it would be different at a higher level. He has often spoken about an assistant’s role in the VFL, preferably at Sandringham, a club he follows and admires. SFL CEO Wayne Holdsworth said Houston had helped raise the standard of the Southern league by bringing in quality players and forcing other clubs to do the same.
He called Houston a ‘‘really decent bloke, very loyal and trustworthy, and a very good football person’’.
‘‘The people who criticise him haven’t taken the trouble to get to know him.’’
What about when he leaves the Peanut Farm? When he left Parkmore all the paid players went too and the club folded halfway through the following season.
One division one official likened it to Cyclone Tracey. ‘‘ It was pretty exciting at the time, but it left a bloody big trail of destruction,’’ he said.
Holdsworth says the league is mindful of St Kilda City’s postHouston period and that the flow of Colts and alignment to the junior teams ‘‘will put them in good stead for the future’’.
As for his coaching credentials, Holdsworth noted the Saints had been headed and challenged in the third quarter in the 2009 and 10 grand finals and both times had kicked clear.
‘‘He seems to have the ability to pull players together and play for each other.’’
Houston admitted this year had been trying at times. The club lost sponsors and player-payments were slow (the Leader was told one player threatened to pull out of a final unless he was paid before the match).
‘‘There were some issues. But we managed them well,’’ Houston said.
So can he coach? ‘‘I think I can,’’ he said. Then the financial adviser pointed to the bottom line. ‘‘The results say I can.’’

Ok Richard the Challenge for you is to go to a struggling Club and prove how good you are without big names if you do a good job people will say so.
Your kidding yourself if you go on the fact that you made the winning moves.
My question to you is why was your side in a losing position with such talent in the first place?????

 

[Myview]

Flack won everything...except the flag.

Flack needs to learn how to Coach next year.....

 

[SMUU28]

Flack needs to learn how to Coach next year.....

Funny that he got coach of the year for the Southern Region then.....
Thats awarded by AFL victoria too not the SFL

 

[Myview]

Funny that he got coach of the year for the Southern Region then.....
Thats awarded by AFL victoria too not the SFL

You think they really no who he is???? ha ha mate stay of the grass.
Coach of the year that finished 2nd in the main game how does that work???
these awards are given through the SFL based on who they think deserved the award. AFL victoria dont even no who Flack is!!!!

 

[SMUU28]

You think they really no who he is???? ha ha mate stay of the grass.
Coach of the year that finished 2nd in the main game how does that work???
these awards are given through the SFL based on who they think deserved the award. AFL victoria dont even no who Flack is!!!!

So Huston is your coach of the year then on that criteria?

 

[wingman2010]

Re: SFL 2010 Division 1 Thread

The article in the local paper that spoke about Richard.H and his coaching credentials was certainly an interesting read. Prior to the Division 1 Grand Final I had an open mind and actually thought the rumours that were circulating about Richard's coaching credentials were exagerated but I'm afraid not. His address at 1/4 time break and 3/4 time break were nothing short of appaling. Post the GF I thought maybe he is a humble individual who has a great respect for the game and then I read that article - What a DISGRACE. Did St Kilda City win the GF or was it Richard. H ? the article was all about him. Wow you moved a player that has previously played in the WAFL who is 6'6,100 kg from FF to CHF you sir are a genius. The article also claimed that the budget wasn't nearly as high as others have speculated. Is that because the players hadn't been paid ? Wasn't Nathan C flown in from WA to play in the Grand Final so was that part of the player payments or not ? Didn't they fly a player in from WA ? if so your budget is already higher than any team competing in Division 2 & 3. Then he quoted his win loss/record and winning percentage. Someone tell him he had numerous ex AFL players playing for him over the past few years and has bought every single premiership he has ever coached. I wouldn't have an issue with him if he showed some respect to the club in the article and had some humility. Why wasn't Richard.H at the Grand Final Breakfast/SFL Presentation ? What is his game plan ? would love to hear it.

 

[superfreak]

The Cheltenham Football Club is pleased to announce that Nathan Brown has been appointed as Senior Coach for season 2011.

Nathan brings a wealth of experience to the position following a 146 game career with the Melbourne Football Club and stints at West Adelaide as club captain (SANFL) and Shepparton Swans (GVFL) where he finished fourth in the Goulburn Valley league medal in 2010.

The club is also pleased to announce that 2010 Reserves premiership coach, Steve Muscat has been reappointed to the position of Reserves Coach.

We wish both Nathan and Steve all the best for the upcoming season.

http://www.cheltenhamfc.com.au/news/nathan-brown-coaching-appointment.htm