UPS n DOWNS 2012

[Pekay]

A warrior

Oh wait, Starz with a Z.........dear me.

[tara]

A warrior

[Pekay]

Blacktown Starz? Coached by ????

Darren Currie.

[tara]

Blacktown Starz? Coached by ????

[BeeEmmAre]

62 teams nominated for seniors - an increase of three on this year. No word as to who they are, but I'm guessing Penrith 3rds and Gosford would be two of them.

Will be either 11 teams in P-1 and 10 in 2-5 or 11 in P-4 and 7 in Div 5.


22 teams nominated for 18s. Will be either two divs of 11 or two divs of 8 and one of 6.

[Pekay]

From the perspective of the club entering a team in a semi-pro comp and now having 6 teams, the resources would be stretched. No discontent from either side, simply that the club needed to know the players would be there for a D3 team and that they could be self-sufficient when required.

Fair call, considering the need for coach and assistant, manager, field and boundary/ies......and that'll be 4th grade, so you'd imagine they'd slot in after Prem 18s, even Challenge 18s for rostered help. Big ask. Will be interesting to see how it's handled externally.

[CommercialRd]

Why the need for a commitment for a 3rds (Or 4ths as they will be now) Was there a level of discontent from those 'social' footballers?

From the perspective of the club entering a team in a semi-pro comp and now having 6 teams, the resources would be stretched. No discontent from either side, simply that the club needed to know the players would be there for a D3 team and that they could be self-sufficient when required.

[Pekay]

Spending a few long nights recruiting for players up the road, have we Pekay?

I dunno how I got there, I was just.....there. I hate that place. But it beats the Brewery, that place sucks too.

[ShortHalfHead]

Word around the Fiddler is that there will be no ECE 3rds next year......how true this is, I know not. Cab rank chat at 0330 is always hard to gauge.

Spending a few long nights recruiting for players up the road, have we Pekay?

[Pekay]

Correct: ECE NEAFL, PD, D1, D3, U18s x 2

3rds was up in the air until a commitment came from a meeting of 20+ 3rds players (plus a bunch that couldn't make it).

Why the need for a commitment for a 3rds (Or 4ths as they will be now) Was there a level of discontent from those 'social' footballers?

[CommercialRd]

Correct: ECE NEAFL, PD, D1, D3, U18s x 2

3rds was up in the air until a commitment came from a meeting of 20+ 3rds players (plus a bunch that couldn't make it).

[tara]

I was told that Eagles will be Neafl, PD, D1 and D3 and 2 U18 teams in 2012 and a couple of other things which Im sure they will announce shortly.

[Pekay]

Word around the Fiddler is that there will be no ECE 3rds next year......how true this is, I know not. Cab rank chat at 0330 is always hard to gauge.

[strapper]

Re Eagles im sure you will find they will field teams in NEAFL,PD,Div1,Div 2 or 3 Plus 2 under 18s a total of 6 teams

[ShortHalfHead]

Yeah like i said Pekay, if the club gets a choice we would like to stay, but we have not got much of an argument to stay as last season was pretty dissapointing for us, so if the league puts us down to div 3 then that would be a fair call.

With a few new commitee members and a change of coach the club is working hard to turn things around.

Is the former blue you mention tara worn the red and white before?

Dropping down isn't the end of the world. It certainly worked for Penrith as it attracted players once a bit of success started happening. Winning a few games / making finals in D3-4 holds a lot more clout with attracting players than being towelled up in a higher division. Penrith, Nor-West and Moorebank have all been there, dropped a division and come back well. With the Cats just winning 3 or 4 games in the last couple of years, I would be asking the league to drop back and not waiting to see what happens. But that's me. Good luck to the Cats whatever they do. They are a pretty good bunch of guys