Just to clear up a few myths floating around abot the quality of our youth (colts) and depth (reserves)

Currently V WP the reserves comprises of 12 players who can still play colts football right now.

Add Matthew Jones (state 18’s), Myles Bolger (state 18’s), Ben Newton (state 18’s) and Shane Kerston (state 18’s) and the colts side wouldlook alot different. Add 4 injuries to some good players and our WHOLE colts side is not playing. 20 kids not playing colts football.

Recent results are not an indication of our waining depth and strength but purely injuries in the league and reserves.

Just wanted to clear that up for those chucking stones from afar and having a crack.

cry us a river doggie.......your clubs injury probs are no different to other clubs woes of yester year.....with more fella’s retiring, probably leaving or getting drafted, SF woes might not change......your last premiership could of resulted in a 5 year development plan for SF.......in these current AFL drafting climate times, could be even longer......last year your club had multitude of depth.....when tested this year has sadly fallen apart at the seams......life goes on.....

Just explaining some facts mate.

No different from any other club at this time of year Souths obviously dont have the depth of class to cover!

Posting this on the SF “chat”............there isn’t any problems down at the kennel is there?

After watching the 2 games today I must agree with Doggie.
The colts and Reserves were both lacking in players and it showed.
They had the hard core group but were out classed due to inexperience by their players and the experience of the of the WP side. (many who had had league experience as well)

No reflection on the guys that were out there as they tried hard and never stopped trying but it was obvious some of them were playing out of their league.

The reason being a few colts were brought into the the Reserves side and just lacked experience at that level. The league had the same problem because they had to bring players in who were not experienced at that level etc.

I am sure SF will bounce back and the guys who played in the Reserves and League would of had a taste of the real thing. Nothing wrong with that as it will give them a look at what is to come in following years.

Sure SF will regroup over the off season and come out firing next year. Never to be under estimated.

Gee mate,I know how you feel.

But of course,if PERTH were in the same position,would you think anyone Gave a RAT’S ARSE?

COP IT SWEET MATE!!!!

cardy - 14 August 2010 09:06 PM

After watching the 2 games today I must agree with Doggie.
The colts and Reserves were both lacking in players and it showed.
They had the hard core group but were out classed due to inexperience by their players and the experience of the of the WP side. (many who had had league experience as well)

No reflection on the guys that were out there as they tried hard and never stopped trying but it was obvious some of them were playing out of their league.

The reason being a few colts were brought into the the Reserves side and just lacked experience at that level. The league had the same problem because they had to bring players in who were not experienced at that level etc.

I am sure SF will bounce back and the guys who played in the Reserves and League would of had a taste of the real thing. Nothing wrong with that as it will give them a look at what is to come in following years.

Sure SF will regroup over the off season and come out firing next year. Never to be under estimated.

Good balanced post Cardy from a opposition supporter that pretty much sums up our clubs predicament at the moment…
As I have said on other posts lots of work ahead next year to make up lost ground and too go past on clubs who are ahead of us this year…

With these quality kids that are getting their chance at senior level now, it will all be that much harder when they get drafted and go east. It reminds me of other WAFL clubs that have been through it......and actual still do. . Trust me if that starts to happen it ain’t going to get any easier.

TheRock - 15 August 2010 10:25 AM

With these quality kids that are getting their chance at senior level now, it will all be that much harder when they get drafted and go east. It reminds me of other WAFL clubs that have been through it......and actual still do. ;-). Trust me if that starts to happen it ain’t going to get any easier.

I hear what you are saying Rock...Thats why we have a bit of work ahead us as a club next year and beyond…

grassy - 15 August 2010 12:05 AM

Gee mate,I know how you feel.

But of course,if PERTH were in the same position,would you think anyone Gave a RAT’S ARSE?

COP IT SWEET MATE!!!!

Gee hard words Grassy when you look at your league playing list. A list that should of done a lot better.
I put it down to your coach Jarman..Who failed miserably and is now running away to SA with his tail between his legs.

The same cannot be said of JD as having personally seen him take WP to 1995 and 1999 GF at WP against the odds in 1995 after 20 years without a premiership I have the utmost respect for the guy and he is still a Legend in my book. He hasnt done to bad at SF either.
Winning both League and Ressies last year… Ressies against WP..

You have to look at that and wonder what the Hell has happened and it comes down to loss of players,Injuries in the playing group.

Todays Sunday times has a small snippet by John in the Roundup and I was surprised to see he had 2 more debutantes in the game against us and a few more who have not reached double figures.
Makes it bloody hard to win a game when you have such inexperienced playing stocks against a very experienced WP side who are back to full strength.

JD is has obviously conceded his season was over and is blooding players for 2011 as he quotes in his comments in the Sunday times.. Personally I think 2011 will still be a rebuilding stage but watch out in 2012 when other clubs will be losing a few key players through retirement etc etc.

We have been through it and still are going through it, however since Woewodin we have realised that we need to put more emphasis on the kids that are still here and ones who will play 100+ games which will get us to our next premiership.
Under Dunbar especially we were topping up with players from east who were OK players but most were only short term fixes. The ones that stayed are the ones who have the club at heart and are doing the job.
We now have a good mix of kids and experience that look like going somewhere. Time will tell I suppose but I would rather see that happen than go through those Dunbar days.

Rock you must be getting a little bit excited now… You will have a home final in the first week hopefully against us.
You have a a couple of AFL players eligible to play for you that will certainly lift your side.
List below… If Freo are still in the AFL finals race you can also play players who have not played the 5 games for you club (strange rule). Claremont unfortunately have a nice AFL list as well.
Could be a EF v Cla GF. That is an achievement within itself for the Sharks.

Woey is doing a good job and as you say Dunbar certainly took your club backwards.
Jarman never did anything with Perth even though a few blame the players which in my book is a load of crap. The coach is there to bring the team up to speed on and off the field.
My point here is that is not the problem at SF… JD has a proven track record and a person he is a tremendous guy.
I must admit I had my reservations about him a few weeks ago and though his coaching days were comming to an end but since I have looked at the playing stock at SF and the cattle he has had to work with I have reversed that idea.  The SF footy club has just given him a further 2 year contract so they have shown their faith in him as well and why wouldnt you?

Seeya at the Shark Pit…

Fully support Dimmer, his strategies and game style. The fact that we have put in heaps of youngsters this year is great. We will get 4-5 gooduns from that for the next 5-6 years and more.

Would love to know of ANY club that has had an injury list as extensive as ours over the past 15 years.

Not just league blokes but through the whole club.

Would have the longest club injury list in the WAFL for years. true story.

We will get a few drafted this year which is how it should be. maybe a couple by wce and freo??

I’m looking forward to next year and beyond. We were competitive this year and unearthed a few likely types.

EF have shown how to rebuild over the past 2-3 years, we have started this process 8 weeks ago and no-one is better at it than JD.

dogman - 15 August 2010 07:23 PM

Fully support Dimmer, his strategies and game style. The fact that we have put in heaps of youngsters this year is great. We will get 4-5 gooduns from that for the next 5-6 years and more.

Would love to know of ANY club that has had an injury list as extensive as ours over the past 15 years.

Not just league blokes but through the whole club.

Would have the longest club injury list in the WAFL for years. true story.

We will get a few drafted this year which is how it should be. maybe a couple by wce and freo??

I’m looking forward to next year and beyond. We were competitive this year and unearthed a few likely types.

EF have shown how to rebuild over the past 2-3 years, we have started this process 8 weeks ago and no-one is better at it than JD.

Agree with all that you have said Dogman....I have made my views very clear on JD, his method and game style is proven and given the right cattle will be successful again. In time we will know how soon??

Balla - 15 August 2010 07:42 PM

dogman - 15 August 2010 07:23 PM

Fully support Dimmer, his strategies and game style. The fact that we have put in heaps of youngsters this year is great. We will get 4-5 gooduns from that for the next 5-6 years and more.

Would love to know of ANY club that has had an injury list as extensive as ours over the past 15 years.

Not just league blokes but through the whole club.

Would have the longest club injury list in the WAFL for years. true story.

We will get a few drafted this year which is how it should be. maybe a couple by wce and freo??

I’m looking forward to next year and beyond. We were competitive this year and unearthed a few likely types.

EF have shown how to rebuild over the past 2-3 years, we have started this process 8 weeks ago and no-one is better at it than JD.

Agree with all that you have said Dogman....I have made my views very clear on JD, his method and game style is proven and given the right cattle will be successful again. In time we will know how soon??

Our reign at the top had to end sooner or later - look at Subi, a few stalwarts retired last year & the same has happened to them this year.