DIV 2 SAT

[The General]

From what I have seen and heard:

RBE, are strong and will be up there seasons end. Seen them, rate them
Gleeson, always tough to beat, good result against Comets in last trial
Comets, picked up some quality from their Premier squad.. sound good
Allstars, yoyo team, they've come down, time to go up again, or further down?
Hahndorf, one of the big improvers last season... will shock a lot of teams
Titans, one of my picks for promotion, great club, structure and soccer team
Modbury Jets, will be in the right half of the table come seasons end- hard & tough
Vipers, may be ready for next step this year
Monarchs, sorry but one of my picks for relegation- only heard negative feed back
Cougars, ??

I think Cougars will be among the mix. always a good competitive side. It will be very close league, decide on the last game of the season, with little separating top from bottom. Win a couple you will be near the top, lose a couple you will be near the bottom.

[Jack Mehorf]

From what I have seen and heard:

RBE, are strong and will be up there seasons end. Seen them, rate them
Gleeson, always tough to beat, good result against Comets in last trial
Comets, picked up some quality from their Premier squad.. sound good
Allstars, yoyo team, they've come down, time to go up again, or further down?
Hahndorf, one of the big improvers last season... will shock a lot of teams
Titans, one of my picks for promotion, great club, structure and soccer team
Modbury Jets, will be in the right half of the table come seasons end- hard & tough
Vipers, may be ready for next step this year
Monarchs, sorry but one of my picks for relegation- only heard negative feed back
Cougars, ??

I think Cougars will be among the mix. always a good competitive side. It will be very close league, decide on the last game of the season, with little separating top from bottom. Win a couple you will be near the top, lose a couple you will be near the bottom.

The new guys have made a huge impact already, their experience will be a massive injection and hopefully give the club the missing ingredient to get them to the next level. No disrespect to the guys that left but after spending a year with the club last year the A's are looking a lot more solid and playing some great football.

[ChelseaGK]

From what I have seen and heard:

RBE, are strong and will be up there seasons end. Seen them, rate them
Gleeson, always tough to beat, good result against Comets in last trial
Comets, picked up some quality from their Premier squad.. sound good
Allstars, yoyo team, they've come down, time to go up again, or further down?
Hahndorf, one of the big improvers last season... will shock a lot of teams
Titans, one of my picks for promotion, great club, structure and soccer team
Modbury Jets, will be in the right half of the table come seasons end- hard & tough
Vipers, may be ready for next step this year
Monarchs, sorry but one of my picks for relegation- only heard negative feed back
Cougars, ??

I think Cougars will be among the mix. always a good competitive side. It will be very close league, decide on the last game of the season, with little separating top from bottom. Win a couple you will be near the top, lose a couple you will be near the bottom.

This is definitely the tightest div2 in recent years. Even the promoted teams will give it a red hot go, and cause some surprises. Like you say - winning early is the key.
Can't wait to get cracking!

[F&F]

From what I have seen and heard:

RBE, are strong and will be up there seasons end. Seen them, rate them
Gleeson, always tough to beat, good result against Comets in last trial
Comets, picked up some quality from their Premier squad.. sound good
Allstars, yoyo team, they've come down, time to go up again, or further down?
Hahndorf, one of the big improvers last season... will shock a lot of teams
Titans, one of my picks for promotion, great club, structure and soccer team
Modbury Jets, will be in the right half of the table come seasons end- hard & tough
Vipers, may be ready for next step this year
Monarchs, sorry but one of my picks for relegation- only heard negative feed back
Cougars, ??

I think Cougars will be among the mix. always a good competitive side. It will be very close league, decide on the last game of the season, with little separating top from bottom. Win a couple you will be near the top, lose a couple you will be near the bottom.

The new guys have made a huge impact already, their experience will be a massive injection and hopefully give the club the missing ingredient to get them to the next level. No disrespect to the guys that left but after spending a year with the club last year the A's are looking a lot more solid and playing some great football.

Have to agree with you Jack,things are looking good on and off the park. Going to be a tough season with so many inform teams in Sat div 2. The General has hit the nail on the head, it will be a scrap to the end. I think any one of the following teams are capable of getting the 2 promotion spots, Jets, All Stars, Comets, Titans,Vipers, RBE and Cougars

[Jack Mehorf]

Just of interest, how many Sat div 2 teams are having C teams?

[Johnno48]

Just of interest, how many Sat div 2 teams are having C teams?

All except All Stars, not too sure about Hahndorf though.

[totsreds08]

Just of interest, how many Sat div 2 teams are having C teams?

Off the top of my head: monarchs, vipers, titans, RBE. Unsure of the rest

[Gabon]

Just of interest, how many Sat div 2 teams are having C teams?

All except All Stars, not too sure about Hahndorf though.

Hope the league fixtures are set up accordingly with as many triple headers (a, b & c's) as is possible for the benefit of all clubs.

[Johnno48]

Cougars, Comets & Gleeson definitely do, I'm assuming the Jets will. There's rumours Africa are struggling to field 2 sides let alone 3.

[Gabon]

Jets do

[Jack Mehorf]

Would be great to get everyone in 1 comp, i know last year we managed a triple header at least half a dozen times.

The teams that we played against last year and are currently in Div 2 this year are.

Cougars, Gleeson, Comets, Vipers, Titans, RBE, Monarchs.

Other sides from last year were Stirling (Div 1), FC Adelaide (folded), Hawks (Div1).

Leaves Modbury, Africa, Hahndorf,

[thepetulantmagpie]

Hahndorf have a C team again this year.

[God is an Englishman]

Just of interest, how many Sat div 2 teams are having C teams?

All except All Stars, not too sure about Hahndorf though.

Hope the league fixtures are set up accordingly with as many triple headers (a, b & c's) as is possible for the benefit of all clubs.

I think all but africa have C teams, so no reason why there can't be 16 triple headers. Then add it Titans and Vipers both have C2 teams. Maybe they could put one of them in there so that only 1 game a year is your C team away from your A's and B's.

I hear Titans are talking about setting up a 2nd pitch at their ground, if that's the case then they would be best suited. Link them in with africa fixtures and they could have 9 home games with 4 games on. Their c2's would be seperated from the rest of the club but that would be necessary anyway.

[Steve#4]

I think all but africa have C teams, so no reason why there can't be 16 triple headers. Then add it Titans and Vipers both have C2 teams. Maybe they could put one of them in there so that only 1 game a year is your C team away from your A's and B's.

I hear Titans are talking about setting up a 2nd pitch at their ground, if that's the case then they would be best suited. Link them in with africa fixtures and they could have 9 home games with 4 games on. Their c2's would be seperated from the rest of the club but that would be necessary anyway.

We have investigated this possibility and are awaiting the outcome.

[God is an Englishman]

I think all but africa have C teams, so no reason why there can't be 16 triple headers. Then add it Titans and Vipers both have C2 teams. Maybe they could put one of them in there so that only 1 game a year is your C team away from your A's and B's.

I hear Titans are talking about setting up a 2nd pitch at their ground, if that's the case then they would be best suited. Link them in with africa fixtures and they could have 9 home games with 4 games on. Their c2's would be seperated from the rest of the club but that would be necessary anyway.

We have investigated this possibility and are awaiting the outcome.

I can't see any downside on this happening from your club, the league and your competitors, especially if you have 2 pitches.

PLUS, having an inter club match for points is a lot of fun for all concerned.

[Paleon Patros Germanos]

Franco

I think you will find that Vipers and Titans both have a C side in Division 6 currently.

Hahndorf's C side is also in Div 6.

[God is an Englishman]

Franco

I think you will find that Vipers and Titans both have a C side in Division 6 currently.

Hahndorf's C side is also in Div 6.

well hahndorf especially that would make no sense from a league perspective.

We have an opportunity here to have triple headers all season AND from the leagues perspective it's a no brainer for the operational side of things.

It seems common sense to me to lign up the 9 C grades and then add in either Vipers C2 or Titans C2 and align them to africa's games.

Make titans/vipers at home on same weeks as africa and they get home quadruple headers. Less on the plate for those setting up and increased bbq/bar sales as well.

[Paleon Patros Germanos]

I agree, in particular with the Hahndorf situation.

I think this was the case with the Hahndorf C side last year as well.

In regards to the Vipers/Titans perspective, having our other C sides in the same competition would have many advantages. However, Im not sure whether we have two pitches available.

The League may also have concnersn with side stacking and collusion, possibly?

[God is an Englishman]

I agree, in particular with the Hahndorf situation.

I think this was the case with the Hahndorf C side last year as well.

In regards to the Vipers/Titans perspective, having our other C sides in the same competition would have many advantages. However, Im not sure whether we have two pitches available.

The League may also have concerns with side stacking and collusion, possibly?

I did mention the issue with pitches, I understand you are investigating a second pitch at your current ground though.

Iggies and Flinders Uni have been allowed to do this in the past.

I would have thought that most teams would put aside the issues of stacking (as it's the C's) for the opportunity of a full season of 18 games.

[Steve#4]

Franco

I think you will find that Vipers and Titans both have a C side in Division 6 currently.

Hahndorf's C side is also in Div 6.

Probably, I know that before I went on Hols we put in for it but haven't spoken to the Pres since I have been back.
Drinkies tonight after training to catch up on the Goss

[Steve#4]

Just looked at the SAASL site and sweet FA....

[Jack Mehorf]

Just looked at the SAASL site and sweet FA....

Have no idea where were playing either mate........would be div 6 also? Did we have to nominate a division or would they just promote us automatically?

[Steve#4]

"Smart" money would say the same Div as all the other Div 2 C sides.

Because a lot of us older fellas have moved a side and decided to form our own side we now have 2 C teams as such.

As Hawkesy said, which we had the same thought process, it would be ideal to take All Stars spot and have some quad headers.

[pernunz]

I just hope Modbury don't go up

[Steve#4]

Nothing wrong with Modbury, the couple of time we played them 2 years ago it was great fun on the side lines.

[Paleon Patros Germanos]

@Jack Mehorf, you guys are in Div 7 as the majority of Div 2 C sides are. Vipers and ourselves will be fielding 4 teams this year.

At this stage each of us will have a team in Div 6.

Div 6 consists of the following:

McLaren Districts
Flinders University
Hahndorf
Mt Lofty
Adelaide Delta
Dragon Rangers
Flinders Univeristy
Vipers
Adelaide Titans
Adelaide University

[God is an Englishman]

I just hope Modbury don't go up

from what I saw of your lot the other week, you'd better hope we do go up. Not that it would affect you down in the F grade anyway.

[Steve#4]

@Jack Mehorf, you guys are in Div 7 as the majority of Div 2 C sides are. Vipers and ourselves will be fielding 4 teams this year.

At this stage each of us will have a team in Div 6.

Div 6 consists of the following:

McLaren Districts
Flinders University
Hahndorf
Mt Lofty
Adelaide Delta
Dragon Rangers
Flinders Univeristy
Vipers
Adelaide Titans
Adelaide University

Friggen hell, may have to by a map of the state.... some K's will be done there.

[God is an Englishman]

Nothing wrong with Modbury, the couple of time we played them 2 years ago it was great fun on the side lines.

It's more to do with him being an iggies committee member who is scared he might have to see me again.

[Right Back]

@Jack Mehorf, you guys are in Div 7 as the majority of Div 2 C sides are. Vipers and ourselves will be fielding 4 teams this year.

At this stage each of us will have a team in Div 6.

Div 6 consists of the following:

McLaren Districts
Flinders University
Hahndorf
Mt Lofty
Adelaide Delta
Dragon Rangers
Flinders Univeristy
Vipers
Adelaide Titans
Adelaide University

Friggen hell, may have to by a map of the state.... some K's will be done there.

Thats nothing, wait til Div 3 gets released where we gotta go to Murray Bridge, Strathalbyn and Port Elliot!