Sydney Uni + Collingwood U/18 Team

[goswannie14]

I'm locking this thread until you boys can play nicely

[Monty Burns2]

My source was right on the money with Abbott because he was offered plenty to leave & told the interested parties he was going to play up the coast as he didn't like Tubby coaching methods.

Doormat - There is not one ounce of truth to your last post.

[Doormat]

very sensitive about something you didn't do IHK
My source was right on the money with Abbott because he was offered plenty to leave & told the interested parties he was going to play up the coast as he didn't like Tubby coaching methods.

Is this the same source where apparently Abbott had left the Bulldogs earlier in the year?

I was not reported. Didn't get in any scuffles. Your source has the wrong guy. Won't even bother with the apparent 'night out' stuff. It's as accurate as your other claims.

[I_Heart_Kefalas]

Then what do you do other than talking up IHK?

Is this the same source where apparently Abbott had left the Bulldogs earlier in the year?

I was not reported. Didn't get in any scuffles. Your source has the wrong guy. Won't even bother with the apparent 'night out' stuff. It's as accurate as your other claims.

[Doormat]

I hear the bombers are wanting to make a report based on his actions. Can you shed anymore light.

Try to get a kick myself.

[Monty Burns2]

Then what do you do other than talking up IHK?

Try to get a kick myself.

[Doormat]

Then what do you do other than talking up IHK?

No, he wasn't reported and no, I don't do the stats. But, yes, it was a big Sat night.

[Monty Burns2]

My info was that the bombers were very upset with him. he was reported right?

Then they saw him out on Sunday arvo Talking himself up.

Do you do the stats Monty



Got a few to come in, but IHK was legitimately in the best - 14 marks and 3 goals is not a bad day out.

Didn't see him throw any though??

No, he wasn't reported and no, I don't do the stats. But, yes, it was a big Sat night.

[Doormat]

My info was that the bombers were very upset with him. he was reported right?

Then they saw him out on Sunday arvo Talking himself up.

Do you do the stats Monty

Got a few to come in, but IHK was legitimately in the best - 14 marks and 3 goals is not a bad day out.

Didn't see him throw any though??

[Monty Burns2]

See you kicked 3 on the weekend big fella. N/S must have been bad or Easts must have had a few out.
also spoke to one bomber ex player now living out here & he thought you were soft for having a crack at the kids.

Who are you hero?

Got a few to come in, but IHK was legitimately in the best - 14 marks and 3 goals is not a bad day out.

Didn't see him throw any though??

[Doormat]

See you kicked 3 on the weekend big fella. N/S must have been bad or Easts must have had a few out.
also spoke to one bomber ex player now living out here & he thought you were soft for having a crack at the kids.[
QUOTE=I_Heart_Kefalas;431175]Who are you hero?[/QUOTE]

[DLH]

love the slogan "Play Local Stay Local' don't know how you can keep up the positive imagine in light of what EC & Uni have done to you.

I guess this is the real issue.

Unfortunately the flow on effect to these kids going is that there are a number of other talented kids coming out of junior footy who have decided not to play at all this year, primarily because their mates have gone elsewhere.

It becomes a vicious circle that is almost impossible to break out of which is pretty demoralising for someone like me who puts a heap of time and energy into the club.

It makes it pretty difficult to move the place forward, however, I guess we can be pleased that we have produced some of the best talents in Sydney footy at the moment such as Alastair Richardson, Mark Egan and Earl Shaw.

[I_Heart_Kefalas]

Don't make a mockery of this issue just because you can't get a senior game

Who are you hero?

[Doormat]

Don't make a mockery of this issue just because you can't get a senior game

Never seen U/18 competition get so much airplay... great for the game. Well done Sydney Uni...

[Doormat]

well written mountainsofpain.

SAFL isn't serious about clubs out west. They allow faceless souls to fly under the radar. Its a disgrace that you have lost 6 kids directly to EC & a further 2 UNI.Just goes to show that what you have done in the past for the kids works. I suppose you don't need to have a full time employee or a multi million dollar organization behind you to get it right.

love the slogan "Play Local Stay Local' don't know how you can keep up the positive imagine in light of what EC & Uni have done to you.

What is UNI slogan again ??
EC- ?? that's right they are the best run club in Sydney aren't they

It is good that Penrith still has sufficient numbers in the 18s despite being raided by these predatory clubs, but it directly affects their chances of success in the Under 18s. This then links into the wider problem - which is that the cream of the juniors being ripped out of the local Western area has a direct detrimental effect on senior football out there.

Very few established quality footballers move into the outer west, so the clubs out there have to rely largely on local juniors and players who have not played the game before to both survive and grow. Having the better juniors poached before reaching senior level virtually ensures that the senior game in the outer west will remain stagnant. As I pointed out before, this continued lack of success will simply ensure that the local kids remain easy targets for the stronger clubs.

The fact that this all happens under the AFL's nose makes it all the more shameful. It wasn't that long ago that talented juniors in the outer west were told to play senior football out of the area by the powers that be if they wanted to go anywhere. Now it appears to be happening in a more indirect way (ie players being recruited at AFL run events).

All that will happen out of this is that the players who have been poached will play a year or two of Under 18s and after that - who knows? The best of them may make Sydney AFL senior level, but those who don't may well give the game away. I wonder how that would tie in with the supposed promises given to these kids.

The whole exercise is just helping the strong get stronger and keeping the weak in their place.

The AFL should be looking at assisting the growth of clubs out in the West, rather than sitting by and either directly or indirectly allowing practices which are ensuring the game out there continues to struggle. The move to divisions is a good start, but there is a long way to go given the apparent okay for Sydney AFL clubs to use outer Western Sydney as an additional recruiting zone to their own.