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can we have someone that wont bend over backwards to the AFL on their every whim PLEASE

South Adelaide are actually having Stephen Trigg as a guest speaker for a luncheon.. It concerns me that we have got to that point as a club where we are scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel to try and get speakers at the club. Worrying times ahead by the looks...

Ben W wrote:South Adelaide are actually having Stephen Trigg as a guest speaker for a luncheon.. It concerns me that we have got to that point as a club where we are scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel to try and get speakers at the club. Worrying times ahead by the looks...

We would be better off if we could get Mickey Mouse.

firstblood wrote: ????  

FB, go sit in the corner for even   entertaining the thought

the prowler wrote:

Ben W wrote:South Adelaide are actually having Stephen Trigg as a guest speaker for a luncheon.. It concerns me that we have got to that point as a club where we are scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel to try and get speakers at the club. Worrying times ahead by the looks...

We would be better off if we could get Mickey Mouse.

He could take Chopper Reads place on the cicuit,we needs more comidians like him.

McDONALD’S SA U16 TEAM – FINAL SQUAD

By ZAC MILBANK | Twitter @zacmilbank

The McDonald’s SA Under-16 team is determined to atone for last year’s heartbreaking finish to the AFL National Championships.

Despite winning two of their three matches by a combined margin of 200 points, the Croweaters lost the title after succumbing to Victoria Country by just two points in the final match of the tournament.

As a result, SA Under-16 coach Darel Hart says his charges are primed for redemption once this year’s AFL National Championships begin on the Gold Coast on Friday.

‘’Sometimes the best team doesn’t win – full credit to the other team as they were able to close us down and block us off,’’ Hart said.

‘’So we want to redeem ourselves as the boys were exceptional last year.’’

Beginning with a rematch against Victoria Country at Metricon Stadium from 6.30pm on Friday, SA will be looking to get off to a positive start.

‘’It’s a different venue for the boys this year and you need to get off to a good start so that first game becomes very important,’’ Hart said.

‘’With only three games, if you can sneak away with a win first-up everyone is feeling good about themselves and away you go – it is a momentum thing.

‘’It’s not the be all and end all but if you can get away to a start it does help.’’

Hart will be looking for strong showings from captain Jack Graham and vice-captain Dakota Nixon while Ben Jarman, the son of Hawthorn and Adelaide great Darren, is poised to put his silky skills on display in Queensland.

‘’He’s a bit smaller than his dad but he will play in the midfield and up forward,’’ Hart said of the 16-year-old from North Adelaide.

‘’He’s very talented, has good vision and is a good kick. He is probably not as powerful as his dad was but he looks a really nice young player so I think he will do well.’’

Glenelg’s Jonty Scharenberg, the younger brother of Matt Scharenberg who was drafted by Collingwood last year, is also expected to have an influence.

‘’He’s a different type of player to Matt as he is not quite as tall but he is a very good player,’’ Hart said of the younger Scharenberg.

‘’He will play in the midfield for us. He’s a very steady player with good skills. His brother was more of a centre-half forward but Jonty is a nice size for a midfielder with pace and strength around the ball.’’

AFL UNDER-16 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
Game 1 – SA v Victoria Country (Metricon Stadium) - Friday July 4 (6.30pm SA time)
Game 2 – SA v Victoria Metro (Metricon Stadium) – Tuesday July 8 (12.40pm SA time)
Game 3 – SA v WA (Southport) – Friday July 11 (9.15am SA time)

McDONALD’S SA UNDER-16 SQUAD OF 25
2. Ben Jarman (North Adelaide/PHOS Camden) 172cm 63kg
3. Kym LeBois (Port Adelaide/Koonibba) 172cm 61kg
4. Harrison Hawkins (Port Adelaide/Port Districts) 173cm 71kg
5. Jake McCreery (Glenelg/Cove) 174cm 70kg
6. Darcy PIsani (Norwood/Tea Tree Gully) 175cm 67kg
9. Lee Minervini (North Adelaide/Gaza) 177cm 73kg
10. Ryan Weidenhofer (Sturt/Mt Barker) 177cm 64kg
11. Dakota Nixon (VC) (North Adelaide/Gepps Cross) 178cm 70kg
12. Blake Moore (Sturt/Blackwood) 178cm 66kg
13. Jake Comitogianni (Eagles/Woodville South) 178cm 65kg
14. Steven Slimming (Sturt/Unley) 179cm 66kg
15. Jack Graham (Captain) (North Adelaide/Tea Tree Gully) 180cm 77kg
16. Aiden Musolino (Sturt/Hahndorf) 180cm 74kg
17. Jack Kluske (Sturt/Mypolonga) 182cm 64kg
18. Jonty Scharenberg (Glenelg/PHOS Camden) 183cm 70kg
19. Conor Noonan (West Adelaide/Plympton) 183cm 66kg
20. Sam Walker (Glenelg/South Gambier) 186cm 79kg
21. Corey May (Glenelg/Edwardstown) 187cm 75kg
22. Lachlan Pascoe (Norwood/Golden Grove) 189cm 78kg
23. Andrew Coombe (Sturt/Meadows) 190cm 79kg
24. Ethan Miller (Eagles/Henley) 190cm 82kg
26. Mitchell Carter (Norwood/Modbury) 193cm 82kg
27. Jhye McConnell (Central/Elizabeth) 194cm 92kg
28. James Dukalskis (Glenelg/South Gambier) 195cm 75kg
29. Jordon Sweet (North Adelaide/Tea Tree Gully) 197cm 88kg

Coach – Darel Hart

I like the way the jumper goes on height. There are some big boys at the end of list for under 16's - glad I don't ahve to pay to feed them.

Plenty of familiar surnames there from players of yesteryear. Wonder how many relations among them?

Craig Evans [Norwood]
Expectation out for up to 12 months
Knee injury

Do the people at Champion Data need an abacus? Stats from Friday night's game:
Beech: 19 kicks, 3 handballs = 23 disposals
Silverlock: 10 kicks, 7 handballs = 20 disposals
Hartlett: 9 kicks, 2 handballs = 12 disposals
Fielke: 5 kicks, 5 handballs = 11 dosposals
Hill: 5 kicks, 2 handballs = 9 disposals

Well picked up flag no9 and we are the 2nd best comp next to AWFL and Champion data can't even add up. 1+1=3

interesting that the Crows are having a Crows foundation day at the Globe Derby meeting on Sunday August 3rd, yet their reserves team is lining up at Woodville oval at the same time.....yeah they must really care about their reserves team    

Flag No.9 wrote:Do the people at Champion Data need an abacus? Stats from Friday night's game:
Beech: 19 kicks, 3 handballs = 23 disposals
Silverlock: 10 kicks, 7 handballs = 20 disposals
Hartlett: 9 kicks, 2 handballs = 12 disposals
Fielke: 5 kicks, 5 handballs = 11 dosposals
Hill: 5 kicks, 2 handballs = 9 disposals

This is a regular occurrence, F9.

I wonder if they don't count some ineffective disposals in the kicks and handballs, or that there are some similar disposals not counted somehow.

The Champion Data people do a good job, but I will bet that each club's own stats people have more accurate figures

The biggest differential is in tackles, where it comes down to the interpretation of what is a tackle. I've known the difference there to often be 20 or 30, amazingly.

Champion Data also call by the number of the player, the club's stats people generally by player name and they are much more familiar with their own players.

I spent two years calling West's opposition stats for us. It's a hard job calling a team you only see twice a year and I sometimes found it difficult, but it was one of the most enjoyable jobs I've had at Westies.

Especially thanks to the great people on the Blood's stats team

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/former-afl-star-nick-stevens-faces-assault-charges/story-fnitcyla-1226991434420

Not a good situation here for anyone, whilst he has the right like anyone else to be treated as innocent until proven guilty, the police don't generally lay charges without having looked into it pretty carefully first. Have the Glenelg FC released a statement to the media yet?

I think if we infer that "there's no smoke without fire" we're not actually treating him as innocent until proven guilty.

Why is it reported by the Advertiser that he did not inform the club of the charges?

Ben W wrote:Why is it reported by the Advertiser that he did not inform the club of the charges?

Because they are not charges until he is actually charged which wasn't until yesterday.
No idea if he told them about the allegations prior to being appointed coach.

Kym Morgan's article about the SANFL and AFL Reserves twice referred to West's John Kantafalaftis

i wasn't sure where to post this so i thought this will do, anyway i happened to be on a tram on the way home over the weekend after a few of us had a night out, anyway people were getting on & off & this guy caught my eye, he had his head shaved but had a mohawk, this mohawk was in colors which from memory was red, blue, green & yellow or something like that, anyway he noticed me having a look at him & said in a loud voice ''what are you looking at old man'' i replied ''i had sex with a parrot about 20 years ago & wondered if you were my son''

and was he?????

the prowler wrote:and was he?????

joke joyce (obviously)

Did you find out his name, hope it wasn't 'Polly'

the prowler wrote:Did you find out his name, hope it wasn't 'Polly'

no, but a kid called him uncle crackers