RWO Game Day Thread - Finals Week 2 - September 2-3

**bomber.** · 1 September 2017, 12:48 PM

Here we go!!

Super Saturday for St George - games on at the same time in 3 different locations!!

We'll learn a fair bit on Saturday afternoon about how good Sydney Uni really are and it'll be interesting to see if the smokies get through on Sunday!!

**Clubman** · 1 September 2017, 04:04 PM

[QUOTE=bomber.;738318]Here we go!!

Super Saturday for St George - games on at the same time in 3 different locations!!

Will be hard for them to drum up water runners for 3 games at different locations - Try and organise it now to have the correct attire and plenty of help at each game.
Not a good look wearing black pants and boat shoes.
Ask Minni Bus to run water - As another year is over.

**Footy Barista** · 1 September 2017, 04:05 PM

[QUOTE=Clubman;738343]

Originally posted by bomber.

Here we go!!

Super Saturday for St George - games on at the same time in 3 different locations!!

Will be hard for them to drum up water runners for 3 games at different locations - Try and organise it now to have the correct attire and plenty of help at each game.
Not a good look having wearing black pants and boat shoes.
Ask Minni Bus to run water - As another year is over.

hes planning his new 5 year plan isnt he?

**saviour01** · 1 September 2017, 04:52 PM

Originally posted by Clubman

Will be hard for them to drum up water runners for 3 games at different locations - Try and organise it now to have the correct attire and plenty of help at each game.
Not a good look wearing black pants and boat shoes.
Ask Minni Bus to run water - As another year is over.

You are obsessed. Must be so salty we had 5/5 teams in finals and a power house like ECE only had 1/4.

**Westy** · 1 September 2017, 07:49 PM

Saviour first of all I'm not from ECE, but they had 2/4 teams in the finals not 1/4. From my point of view St George seem to be the only club actively NOT trying to win the Premier Div. Chopping and changing every single one of your sides week in week out gives no consistancy to teams performance. Namely your PD side which had a shockingly inconsistent season. I understand giving kids games for their development and growth of the club which is great but at the cost of Prem Div Wins?? (Either that or you don't actually have 25 Prem div quality players still?) I wouldn't have thought many people care or will remember how many of your teams made finals in 2017. I know I won't remember!! What People remember is who has won the important grades (PD, Div 1) in the past few years.. I don't remember St George winning either of those comps

**saviour01** · 1 September 2017, 07:59 PM

I know, sucked being div 4 and constantly having players taken from us each week. That said, goes to show how well div 1 and div 4 did with people playing up every single week.

Horror injury toll this year. Worst I've seen at the club. I'll tell the other 28 teams playing this week that no one cares about their finals bar prems and div 1.

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Tomorrow can go two ways in div 4. 13 guys who played div 1 through out the year will help us with the experience at a higher level, or @@@@ us up with inconsistency against a western magic side who has largely played together all season. Hoping its the former rather than the latter.

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Its pretty rough to say we stacked lower division to make finals when our reserves and thirds both finished first and both out u19s finished second. We aren't like UTS who stack sides to scrape into finals with people playing just the 5 games in the lower grade.

**Westy** · 1 September 2017, 08:01 PM

2/5 for ECE not 4

**Clubman** · 1 September 2017, 08:02 PM

Your so wrong. Was only their watching ECE kick your ass. So what your team played 1 more game and again Got your ass kicked.
Go Norths

**Westy** · 1 September 2017, 08:08 PM

My main point was that I would have thought that the club would place a higher priority on winning Premier div above qualifying 5 teams in finals. I'm not for one second saying the club stacked lower grade sides, I believe you have incredible depth to be able to achieve that. From an outsider it just looks like 5/5 in finals is the priority above Prem Div premiership. Probably incorrect wording on my behalf re lower grades, as I'm all for the lower grades kicking around but when it comes to Prem div clubs I would have thought a flag in the highest grade is priority.

**saviour01** · 1 September 2017, 08:13 PM

Of course it is. Prems pick their best 22 each week and then the other teams pick their sides after that. What more do you suggest we do than pick the best 22 players each week?

**Westy** · 1 September 2017, 08:29 PM

Obviously don't know the goings on inside the club but a hell of a lot of players through various grades have played 6-8 games in different teams which generally doesn't happen unless your looking to qualify players for finals. Injuries clearly don't help but this 6-8 game in various grades is pretty consistent at St George with players jumping around a lot. Your "best 22" changes every week irrespective of injuries with the qualification of players seemingly in view. Just an outsiders view as 2017 would no doubt be a fail for the Prem Div side

**saviour01** · 1 September 2017, 08:46 PM

Was bored.

Hypothetically the guys who played prems last week are the best 22 at the club. 9/22 had played only prems all year. 4/22 had played 1 game in div 1 (rest of season in prems). 3/22 had played 2 games in div 1 (rest of season in prems). 1/22 1 game in div 4 (rest of season in prems). 1/22 1 game in u19s (rest of season in prems).

So 19/22 had played whole season, whole season bar 1 game or whole season bar 2 games in prems. Other 3 out of interest had 4 games u19s1 (rest in prems), 5 games in div 1 (rest in prems) and 8 games in div 1 (rest in prems).

I can think of 4 or 5 others who played whole season in prems and didn't get picked/were injured for the game last week.

Maybe that isn't standard, but with the amount of injuries have 4-7 guys coming back through the reserves for a game or two after injury isn't terribly unusual is it? 3 guys fighting their way into a finals team after spending the start of the season elsewhere isn't that unusual either is it?

**unconfuseme** · 2 September 2017, 12:48 AM

Like Clubman, you're talking through your knowledge vacuum there Westy - Dragons simply had the worst run of injuries in living memory in seniors, regularly had 10 and 12 unavailable - nothing more to see.

It is a huge wrap for the club that they were still able to qualify all other sides, and the future is looking very strong.

Don't waste your time saviour.

As for the ECE "powerhouse", they had a breakout season this year didn't they, especially after 2016, when they had;

1 from 18 in Div 1,
0 from 18 in Div 3,
2 from 16 in u/19's ... 3 wins from 52 games ... not sure if that was due to superior coaching, or injuries, or culture, who knows, not for me to speculate!

... lucky they had their "contracted" players to win them a PD Flag ...

**Westy** · 2 September 2017, 08:54 PM

Thanks unconfuseme you've managed to confuse me. Wasn't having a dig a St George, just seeking an inside view to their regular team changes week in week out and not just in 2017. Thanks for the commentary though Saviour in all honesty. Another un educated swipe at ECE there unconfuseme, ECE have played in the majority of the last decades Prem div grand finals!! They been taking your clubs spot in the GF have they? Bitter

RWO Game Day Thread - Finals Week 2 - September 2-3

RWO Game Day Thread - Finals Week 2 - September 2-3

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