2022 National Premier League thread

[Jardelsimage]

What's the issue with it, it does look a peach every time i drive past during the week to work?

bit to much Parramatta grass, which is a pain, it will get better just will take some time

[mge61]

Edgeworth’B’ 3-1 Edgeworth

[BS detecor]

Edgeworth’B’ 3-1 Edgeworth

Should have been 6 or 7

[magician]

Should have been 6 or 7
Edgeworth in all sorts. Will struggle for 5th

[mge61]

Edgeworth in all sorts. Will struggle for 5th

Couple of old fellas there hanging on too long but I guess cash is king still.

[The Hacker]

Any games on today

[magician]

Any games on today
Olympic lakes off

[ABCDEF]

With all this wet weather and more still to come do NNSW extend the season by a couple of weeks or would that be too normal a decision for them to make?

[Stavros G]

Or like every other established footballing nation teams should just play mid week . 22 comp games is a joke .

[Hurricane]

Edgeworth have been very poor over the last 2 rounds against Maitland and Magic.
Expect some movement in the transfer window

[cobra23]

Edgeworth have been very poor over the last 2 rounds against Maitland and Magic.
Expect some movement in the transfer window

And what is around to improve them .
They will turn it around

[Hurricane]

Two games on tomorrow night. Maitland and Adamstown at Maitland at 6. Olympic and Lakes at Olympic at 8.

[ForeverRed]

Maitland 6 Adamstown 0, 🤦*♂️, please please please give us promotion & relegation

[mge61]

Buds back to NewFM please.

[2285]

Lakes 1 Olympic 0

[The Berlin Wall]

Lakes 1 Olympic 0

Olympic are lower than a snakes belly. They’ll do well to stay out of the bottom 3 this year.

[The Hacker]

Buds back to NewFM please.

Edgeworth beat them in the last minute of a game and then a blowout. Least they are playing some young kids and trying to develop players instead of recycling the same blokes in their mid to late 30’s. I think they have taken the long term approach instead of throwing cash around. Having a good year then lose all the players for their next pay. I respect their approach

[Hurricane]

How good does the surface at Maitland look

[The Magician]

Lakes 1 Olympic 0

Dino nearly decapited the Lakes player for his red... expect a few weeks for that hit. Lots of late hits unpunished, as if you must draw blood to get a card.

Followed by some late entertainment with the Olympic Duty Officers taking on the Lakes bench.

[dramacool]

On a more senior note - Mitch Oxborrow picked up a contract in the Perth glory team - just been subbed on in the game tonight.

Great

[Aegon]

Dino nearly decapited the Lakes player for his red... expect a few weeks for that hit. Lots of late hits unpunished, as if you must draw blood to get a card.

Followed by some late entertainment with the Olympic Duty Officers taking on the Lakes bench.

The duty officer was absolutely the highlight of watching the game last night with his performance at the end.

Olympic lucky it wasn't 0-2 with a 1v1 hitting the post as well.

[W8 WATCHER]

Dino nearly decapited the Lakes player for his red... expect a few weeks for that hit. Lots of late hits unpunished, as if you must draw blood to get a card.

Followed by some late entertainment with the Olympic Duty Officers taking on the Lakes bench.

Time for Dino the dinosaur to also be extinct.
Has added zero value to any team, over the past 6 years. He is taking up a young players spot.
Surely Olympic aren't paying him

[immersion]

Dino nearly decapited the Lakes player for his red... expect a few weeks for that hit. Lots of late hits unpunished, as if you must draw blood to get a card.

Followed by some late entertainment with the Olympic Duty Officers taking on the Lakes bench.

That referee was well out of his depth. it looked like he couldn't keep up with the game mentally.


Time for Dino the dinosaur to also be extinct.
Has added zero value to any team, over the past 6 years. He is taking up a young players spot.
Surely Olympic aren't paying him

I would add Jacob Baily in there. He looked awkward and appeared to be tired all game. He actually look like a newborn foal who hadn't learned how to walk yet let alone run properly. Though he has a knack for breaking up play with constant fouls. Weird how refs haven't noticed the number of fouls he gives away.

[sapdad]

Edgeworth beat them in the last minute of a game and then a blowout. Least they are playing some young kids and trying to develop players instead of recycling the same blokes in their mid to late 30’s. I think they have taken the long term approach instead of throwing cash around. Having a good year then lose all the players for their next pay. I respect their approach

I really want promotion and relegation but this is a good point would you rather have the Adamstown approach to NPL or the way a team like Cooks Hill have done it?Adamstown youth are well behind the best teams but their kids probably have one of the better pathways of eventually making 1st grade.

[W8 WATCHER]

I really want promotion and relegation but this is a good point would you rather have the Adamstown approach to NPL or the way a team like Cooks Hill have done it?Adamstown youth are well behind the best teams but their kids probably have one of the better pathways of eventually making 1st grade.

Hmmm!
Possibly noone wants to go there, could be the real reason.
There has been many examples of talent not given opportunities in past, committee kids and mates were preffered.
However, between buds, valo and Lakes they haven't offered nothing to the npl except excuses and making numbers up, always last 3, year in year out. As for cookers that's a tanchevski behaviour not cooks hill. Valo has done the same with 9 over 35's in 1st grade squad being paid overs?

[sapdad]

Hmmm!
Possibly noone wants to go there, could be the real reason.

I dont doubt that at all.Theres a few teams that seem in an eternal cycle where theres a few good kids in each grade but get fed up with losing every week and eventually make a move.

[Hurricane]

Weston v Maitland
18s I think 6 2 Maitland
Res 5 1 Maitland
1st 2 1 Maitland
Great day for Maitland in the derby away at Bear Park

[magician]

Another great result from Adamstown

[W8 WATCHER]

Another great result from Adamstown

Because they have been here for 300 year's Promote them to aleague
Edgeworth no better this year, real bad

[ForeverRed]

Come on Northern, stop the rot, give us relegation and get rid of this club

[W8 WATCHER]

Come on Northern, stop the rot, give us relegation and get rid of this club

FR if they get relegated, there will be no more buds.
It clearly demonstrates how a committee, with there own agendas can f@$k things up.
NNSWF will do everything they can to keep them there.

[The Hacker]

Because they have been here for 300 year's Promote them to aleague
Edgeworth no better this year, real bad

Can anyone confirm if Adamstown had their 3rd choice keeper in due to Covid and injury

[BS detecor]

Can anyone confirm if Adamstown had their 3rd choice keeper in due to Covid and injury

Keeper was their best player

[The Magician]

Easy... 8 Teams 3 Rounds... 3 comps with promotion relegation that replaces NPL and NL...

[Hurricane]

How bad have Edgeworth looked so far this year.. the Premier club definitely not a top 3 side this season and may struggle to slip into 5th spot. Top 4 early sides Azzurri Maitland Magic and Jaffas

[mge61]

How bad have Edgeworth looked so far this year.. the Premier club definitely not a top 3 side this season and may struggle to slip into 5th spot. Top 4 early sides Azzurri Maitland Magic and Jaffas

Early days obviously but going on the squads I would imagine Maitland or Jaffas coming out on top at the end of the season. Be good for the comp if Charlestown continue on in their current form. Magic maybe a bit young this year. Edgie not a chance.

[2285]

Maitland/Valentine game scheduled for tonight is washed out.big down poor of rain at 5pm was the final nail

[ForeverRed]

Maitland/Valentine game scheduled for tonight is washed out.big down poor of rain at 5pm was the final nail
Must an ordinary draining field, worked not far from there today and got bugger all rain if any

[Hurricane]

Agree Forever,also worked in the area and little rain.
The club was supposed to get drainage done in the off season but were stuffed around by Maitland council from reports I heard

[Sideline]

Must an ordinary draining field, worked not far from there today and got bugger all rain if any

I live nearby to cooks square and we had non stop very heavy rain from around 11pm last night, my yard was dry yesterday and absolutely saturated today not a npl team supporter but just thought id throw my 2c in as im not suprised a game didnt get on. Not sure too many teams would want to be destroying their ground this time of year either as above we also copped a short heavy downpour this afternoon also

[Once played]

Matt Thompson was unavailable so apparently Maitland sabotaged the pitch and will look to reschedule when it suits him to play.

[Hunter403]

Another great result from Adamstown

And the result was??

[BP Super Dynamos]

Bears 0 Jaffas 2
Lambton dominated the first half and should have taken a deserved lead cept for some comical officiating. Bears come out the better in the 2nd but 2 late goals to Kale sealed the win for Jaffas

[2285]

Jaffas 2 Weston 0 .Both goals very late

[ForeverRed]

Jaffas 2 Weston 0 .Both goals very late
What a terrible game, both sides giving away possession without being under pressure regularly, poor technique by many trying to control simple passes, neither keeper had to make a save in the second half until the 86th minute, this comps going backwards,

[magician]

What a terrible game, both sides giving away possession without being under pressure regularly, poor technique by many trying to control simple passes, neither keeper had to make a save in the second half until the 86th minute, this comps going backwards,

Has been for years

[BS detecor]

What a terrible game, both sides giving away possession without being under pressure regularly, poor technique by many trying to control simple passes, neither keeper had to make a save in the second half until the 86th minute, this comps going backwards,

Too many old blokes and ex a league players stealing a wage

[immersion]

With all the rain teams have had most games recently have been lower in quality.

The pitches are poor quality right now.

Teams have not been able to train properly for a good chunk of time now.

These are reasonable explanations as to why the quality has been a bit lower than we expect it to be.

[Captain_Carl]

Easy... 8 Teams 3 Rounds... 3 comps with promotion relegation that replaces NPL and NL...

That only equals a 21 game season. 8 teams with 4 rounds would give 28 games which would be better. You wouldn’t have to extend the season, just play a midweek game every few weeks.

[immersion]

That only equals a 21 game season. 8 teams with 4 rounds would give 28 games which would be better. You wouldn’t have to extend the season, just play a midweek game every few weeks.

Imagine that setup with the rain we have had this year? Teams would be playing 2 games a week for probably 6 weeks or so. A risky setup IMO.

[1987]

How many games do we expect to have this weekend? I saw Jaffas is washed out
My predictions:
Maitland 2-1 Magic
Weston 1-1 Valo
Cooks Hill 1-0 Lake Mac
Adamstown 0-3 Azzurri

[late_to_the_game]

Azzurri women played today at Lille Carr. New drainage working a treat!

[Hurricane]

Maitland given a football lesson by Broadmeadow.
Magic 3 Maitland 1
Score was 2 0 after 10 minutes

[2285]

Maitland given a football lesson by Broadmeadow.
Magic 3 Maitland 1
Score was 2 0 after 10 minutes

100% correct. Magic turned up today,Maitland left it all in the sheds

[mge61]

100% correct. Magic turned up today,Maitland left it all in the sheds

Sure it wasn’t the Jets playing up there before they’ve turned up here.

[Reds Forever]

Azzurri women played today at Lille Carr. New drainage working a treat!

Not working that well. Just called off youth boys.

[ForeverRed]

Not working that well. Just called off youth boys.
I just played ball with my dog on the ground, not sure why they called it off

[The Magician]

All 3 grades at Athletics called off today

[Alton]

How long does Pete get at Edgy?

[Blueboy]

Anyone know how the Weston keeper is doing? Didn’t look good.
Pity the ref didnÂ’t abandon the game at half time for being possibly the worst game of football in history.

[The Magician]

Anyone know how the Weston keeper is doing? DidnÂ’t look good.
Pity the ref didnÂ’t abandon the game at half time for being possibly the worst game of football in history.

I think you were watching Manly

[2285]

Maitland 3 Azzurri 3.
Entertaining game ,well played both teams

[onlooker]

Anyone know how the Weston keeper is doing? Didn’t look good.
Pity the ref didnÂ’t abandon the game at half time for being possibly the worst game of football in history.
From their Facebook page he is doing better walking with assistance, hoping to be released tomorrow.

[boz-monaut]

Olympic 3 Cooks Hill 0

as a few here have said, Cooks Hill are playing like a group of strangers

taking nothing away from Olympic - they were just a class above in all aspects of the game today

[magician]

Olympic 3 Cooks Hill 0

as a few here have said, Cooks Hill are playing like a group of strangers

taking nothing away from Olympic - they were just a class above in all aspects of the game today

Nope playing like a second division team. No where near npl standard

[boz-monaut]

to be honest, we played better when we were in NL1 than we did today

and some of our best players on the park today were there in NL1 last season

[jessepinkman]

Olympic 3 Cooks Hill 0

as a few here have said, Cooks Hill are playing like a group of strangers

taking nothing away from Olympic - they were just a class above in all aspects of the game today

You do wonder about some coache$ being a fit for certain scenarios only.

[terry]

Olympic 3 Cooks Hill 0

as a few here have said, Cooks Hill are playing like a group of strangers

taking nothing away from Olympic - they were just a class above in all aspects of the game today

That 2nd yellow was very soft. Not that it would have changed the game.

[2285]

Olympic/Jaffas 1-1 Olympic missed pen ,Weston 1 Adamstowm 0

[W8 WATCHER]

to be honest, we played better when we were in NL1 than we did today

and some of our best players on the park today were there in NL1 last season

Well done on keeper change, good young kid
As for jaffas, they are so boring and bad to watch.
Surely committee is holding ba k on payments, real bad
Prob the best cookers have been, with out all there pensioners

[Hurricane]

After watching Edgy play Olympic tonight, Edgy are looking like a top 5 side again and Olympic are definitely looking like a top 10 team

[early_to_the_match]

After watching Edgy play Olympic tonight, Edgy are looking like a top 5 side again and Olympic are definitely looking like a top 10 team
Just looked up results and stats on bartv. Edgy win 2 nil but Olympic dominant with corners 8-1 and shots on goal 6-1. Was that how it played out?

[Hurricane]

Just looked up results and stats on bartv. Edgy win 2 nil but Olympic dominant with corners 8-1 and shots on goal 6-1. Was that how it played out?

Not what I watched..Olympic put pressure on first 25 minutes then Edgy were the better team. How do Edgeworth win 2.0 but bartv says they only had one shot on goal ?

[early_to_the_match]

Not what I watched..Olympic put pressure on first 25 minutes then Edgy were the better team. How do Edgeworth win 2.0 but bartv says they only had one shot on goal ?
If you combine shots on goal plus goals it's 6-3, pretty simple. But 8-1 corners! Must have been a pretty hectic 25 minutes for the Eagles.
Not saying it wasn't a strong win by Edgy, but those stats don't paint the picture of a one sided game. I'll need to watch it myself to judge properly.

[mge61]

Isn’t BarTV live with the catch up games?

[2285]

Yes it’s on now

[mge61]

My bad got it. Cheers.

[2285]

CooksHill /Azzurri 3-3

[AVB]

Cooks Hill improving in the last 2 weeks and doing it the right way too.

In the starting 11 vs Charlestown there was:
2 x 17yr olds
a boy that playe u16s for Australia a couple of years ago
~7/8 under 22

Only Jacob Pepper, Riley Mcnaughton, John Griff and Dan Yaxley over 21 years of age.

If they arn't going to make semis this year they might as well blood for 2023 and they are doing that very well it looks.

[2285]

Maitland 4 Valentine 0

[SAPDADDY]

Maitland 4 Valentine 0

Valentine toooo old

[Sacchi]

1-1 at Lisle Carr Oval. Pitch was unfortunately not befitting a 1 v 2 clash, but the way things are at the moment at least they got on. Draw not an unreasonable result, Magic probably feel it was two points dropped.

Haven't seen many games of late so not sure if it's a reflection of the season, but that Broadmeadow side is going to be good in the next few years. Didn't recognise many names or faces but for the most part they look young, skilful and athletic. Zane probably too good for this level.

Side note - surprisingly healthy crowd up there, pretty decent atmosphere.

[BS detecor]

1-1 at Lisle Carr Oval. Pitch was unfortunately not befitting a 1 v 2 clash, but the way things are at the moment at least they got on. Draw not an unreasonable result, Magic probably feel it was two points dropped.

Haven't seen many games of late so not sure if it's a reflection of the season, but that Broadmeadow side is going to be good in the next few years. Didn't recognise many names or faces but for the most part they look young, skilful and athletic. Zane probably too good for this level.

Side note - surprisingly healthy crowd up there, pretty decent atmosphere.

I thought the girls did a decent job officiating too.

[ForeverRed]

What’s going on at Adamstown, we need promotion and relegation now, those score lines are embarrassing

[mge61]

1-1 at Lisle Carr Oval. Pitch was unfortunately not befitting a 1 v 2 clash, but the way things are at the moment at least they got on. Draw not an unreasonable result, Magic probably feel it was two points dropped.

Haven't seen many games of late so not sure if it's a reflection of the season, but that Broadmeadow side is going to be good in the next few years. Didn't recognise many names or faces but for the most part they look young, skilful and athletic. Zane probably too good for this level.

Side note - surprisingly healthy crowd up there, pretty decent atmosphere.

Yeh good crowd and great atmosphere and draw was probably a fair result. I don’t think either side was distinctly better than the other though Magic were probably a little bit more controlled in their play.
Having worked with Zaney he is definitely a level or more above this NPL. Despite the fact he thought he out coached him while here if Rubes can get an A-league gig Zaney definitely could if given a chance.
Despite there being quite a few yellows, which could in some cases be attributed to the conditions, the officiating was good.

[sapdad]

What’s going on at Adamstown, we need promotion and relegation now, those score lines are embarrassing

Im all for promotion/relegation.Ive seen them twice this year (against Edgeworth and Charlestown) and both times been really impressed.They lost both games by a goal and its fair to say the experience of the opposition both times was the difference.Regardless whoever replaces them wont do any better judging from what Ive seen in NL1 this year.Happy to see a 10 team NPL and would rather have North Coast and Mid Coast come into the NPL/NL1 system to provide more competition rather than recycling what we have here.Its been really good for the youth but no idea if they have the same setup for Seniors does anyone know?

[W8 WATCHER]

Yeh good crowd and great atmosphere and draw was probably a fair result. I don’t think either side was distinctly better than the other though Magic were probably a little bit more controlled in their play.
Having worked with Zaney he is definitely a level or more above this NPL. Despite the fact he thought he out coached him while here if Rubes can get an A-league gig Zaney definitely could if given a chance.
Despite there being quite a few yellows, which could in some cases be attributed to the conditions, the officiating was good.

Impossible to compare Zane with Zadcovich, with anything. Zane is a credible individual, that actually can coach and develop players. zadcovich on the other hand has zero idea in coaching, player management or football ethics, only his ego he excels in.
Best scenario is Zane assisting Papas at Jets, or got to Perth and replace that 🥜.

[W8 WATCHER]

Im all for promotion/relegation.Ive seen them twice this year (against Edgeworth and Charlestown) and both times been really impressed.They lost both games by a goal and its fair to say the experience of the opposition both times was the difference.Regardless whoever replaces them wont do any better judging from what Ive seen in NL1 this year.Happy to see a 10 team NPL and would rather have North Coast and Mid Coast come into the NPL/NL1 system to provide more competition rather than recycling what we have here.Its been really good for the youth but no idea if they have the same setup for Seniors does anyone know?

So if every team below is no good, who do you promote, when promotion and relegation starts?
I don't believe having, 8, or 10 is going to improve the competition.
Watching NPL this year, its probably the worst quality of football for a long time, and that includes the inclusions of many ejets players saturating these teams.
So is the ejet programs the issue, if jets or aleague teams are not interested in local players, and they have minimal impact in NPL, this can only mean we have low talent base of players, and more football opportunities will only in time flourish better players, reducing teams, will stunt further growth, and promote pub leagues.

Lastly I'm not sure, local NPL teams will agree to spend more monies or travelling to mid North Coast to play, and vise versa.

[sapdad]

So if every team below is no good, who do you promote, when promotion and relegation starts?
I don't believe having, 8, or 10 is going to improve the competition.

Yes thats my point as well.The teams coming up wont make the overall comp instantly better,unless they maybe bring in a lot of good established players.Then is that good for youth development?I support promotion and relegation because NL1 teams should have something to strive for or else the 2nd tier is always stagnant and it hopefully gets some of the politics out of the sport where no one ever really knows how the system works.

[ForeverRed]

Promotion & relegation makes teams play for something, how can clubs be allowed to sit on their hands year after year knowing they can’t get relegated, it also creates a competition at the bottom end of the table which also puts bums on seats and the same at the promotion end of NL1

[outsider]

I thought the girls did a decent job officiating too.

the girls?referee was a FIFA official and A League referee so i guess she should have been ok at this level

[ForeverRed]

I thought she was brilliant, you could hear her talking to the players explaining her decision, I thought 9 times out of 10 they got it right,

[outsider]

I thought she was brilliant, you could hear her talking to the players explaining her decision, I thought 9 times out of 10 they got it right,

she would have to explain her decisions because none of the players know the laws of the game

[jessepinkman]

she would have to explain her decisions because none of the players know the laws of the game

maybe many of them will be up to speed now with a referee willing to engage with them positively regarding their decisions without the ego, it's a fresh idea and one all parties can appreciate

[outsider]

maybe many of them will be up to speed now with a referee willing to engage with them positively regarding their decisions without the ego, it's a fresh idea and one all parties can appreciate

takes 2 to tango

[Bremsstrahlung]

maybe many of them will be up to speed now with a referee willing to engage with them positively regarding their decisions without the ego, it's a fresh idea and one all parties can appreciate

It’s kind of exemplified here in this thread isn’t it?
A few compliments and good accounts of a referees performance and general interaction with players. Good positive feedback and maybe what we need more of to help change that relationship between referees and players/coaches. (I say “help”, because referees can only do so much, it’s up to the players and coaches to do their fair share as well in terms of respect and lack of carry on).

Then you get a few snide remarks in response to the comments that make you wonder why you bothered.

[Devon Sangas]

What happened to match predictions?

I'll kick it off again.

Rosebuds 1 Jaffas 3
Maitland 2 Olympic 2
Lakes 0 Weston 2
Valo 1 Azzurri 2
Edgey 3 Cookers 0

[Two tone]

What happened to match predictions?

I'll kick it off again.

Rosebuds 1 Jaffas 3
Maitland 2 Olympic 2
Lakes 0 Weston 2
Valo 1 Azzurri 2
Edgey 3 Cookers 0

A round of washouts
Just what we don’t need

[Oldy]

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[2285]

Maitland 4 Olympic 2 ,game was tighter than score suggests.Both sides had plenty of chances to score but Maitland a bit more clinical up front

[Hurricane]

A good week for Maitland with victories over both Maitland and Lambton in the past 4 days

[2ndclasscitizen]

Cooks Hill v Lake Mac
5-0

[Two tone]

Yep I watched it on Bar TV and the ground looked ok considering all the rain
Just happy for some football.

[BBscone]

Yep I watched it on Bar TV and the ground looked ok considering all the rain
Just happy for some football.Pitch looked good at the game. Lakes just looked lost.

[W8 WATCHER]

Pitch looked good at the game. Lakes just looked lost.

Have to agree BBS
Lakes, looked real bad
Cookers on other hand, look much better.
Not sure with Pepper, he seems to be taking the piss, and passenger like in the team?
Best signing for Cookers is Sam webb, not sure what Maitland was thinking there letting him go, to play L Webb or Cousins over him?

[early_to_the_match]

Have to agree BBS
Lakes, looked real bad
Cookers on other hand, look much better.
Not sure with Pepper, he seems to be taking the piss, and passenger like in the team?
Best signing for Cookers is Sam webb, not sure what Maitland was thinking there letting him go, to play L Webb or Cousins over him?
Agreed, Sam too quick and threatened all night.

[hamburgler]

Have to agree BBS
Lakes, looked real bad
Cookers on other hand, look much better.
Not sure with Pepper, he seems to be taking the piss, and passenger like in the team?
Best signing for Cookers is Sam webb, not sure what Maitland was thinking there letting him go, to play L Webb or Cousins over him?

L.Webb easy, dads the coach!

[2ndclasscitizen]

Buds v Cookers

3-4

Cookers made life real hard last 20 with a few missed chances but pulled it off in the end. Looked like real hard work on an absolute Heavy 10 track and a pretty physical match, both sides coming off the pitch after looked absolutely rooted.

[Wild Brew]

I hear a serial pest out Weston way has been up to his old tricks again. "Ball" tampering and diving as well as studs up tackles.

[2285]

Valentine 1 Edgeworth 0

[Hurricane]

Valentine 1 Edgeworth 0
How bad do Edgeworth look

[mge61]

How bad do Edgeworth look

Not even a shadow of a couple of years ago.

[finzee]

Not even a shadow of a couple of years ago.

No Zane, all pain

[The Hacker]

Azzuri adding Taylor Regan and Rene in the next window are 2 quality additions

[W8 WATCHER]

Azzuri adding Taylor Regan and Rene in the next window are 2 quality additions

massive additions
close to winning title with those 2
shame, 2 youngsters on the chop

[Hurricane]

Azzuri adding Taylor Regan and Rene in the next window are 2 quality additions

Breaking the bank chasing their first title in almost 30 years and Zane is doing it with a bunch of kids

[The Hacker]

Breaking the bank chasing their first title in almost 30 years and Zane is doing it with a bunch of kids

It would be closer to 20 I think they won one with Piggo

[Aegon]

Breaking the bank chasing their first title in almost 30 years and Zane is doing it with a bunch of kids

Why not? Other teams have done it for years.

[Hurricane]

Why not? Other teams have done it for years.
Definitely not saying there was anything wrong with it Aegon. Good luck to the Azzurri, it would be a refreshing change from Edgeworth or Broadmeadow winning it

[Hurricane]

It would be closer to 20 I think they won one with Piggo

Piggy did win a grand final 20 odd years ago Hacker. I was talking about the premiership, points table

[Aegon]

Good luck to the Azzurri, it would be a refreshing change from Edgeworth or Broadmeadow winning it

I think most people would feel this way.

[Spell Check]

Buds 1-2 Jaffas

Buds were good today. Young boys put in the yards and could have got something. Jaffas just a bit better but not what their $$$ is paying for. I thought I saw a bit of tension in the ranks. Could be wrong but didn’t look a happy camp.

[Wild Thang]

Buds 1-2 Jaffas

Buds were good today. Young boys put in the yards and could have got something. Jaffas just a bit better but not what their $$$ is paying for. I thought I saw a bit of tension in the ranks. Could be wrong but didn’t look a happy camp.

That’s a dumb thing to say Jaffas haven’t played in about 4-5 weeks what did you expect a 10-0 thumping

Also they are missing their best player in Michael Kantarovski so give them a few weeks and I think we will see a very different Jaffas

Magic look so good just a side note they will be hard to beat

[Spell Check]

That’s a dumb thing to say Jaffas haven’t played in about 4-5 weeks what did you expect a 10-0 thumping

Buds are bottom, not a point on the board and low on confidence. Jaffas are comp favourites and spend big dollars on their squad. So yeah a thumping was what most expected but credit to the young boys putting in shifts at the Buds.

[The Hacker]

Buds are bottom, not a point on the board and low on confidence. Jaffas are comp favourites and spend big dollars on their squad. So yeah a thumping was what most expected but credit to the young boys putting in shifts at the Buds.

The difference in budget would be about 10x. They have lost by a single goal to Azzurri, Lambton and Edgy. I think they are on the right path with these kids.

[Hurricane]

That’s a dumb thing to say Jaffas haven’t played in about 4-5 weeks what did you expect a 10-0 thumping

Also they are missing their best player in Michael Kantarovski so give them a few weeks and I think we will see a very different Jaffas

Magic look so good just a side note they will be hard to beat

Pretty sure Jaffas played 2 weeks ago and got pumped 6.0
Don't know how you get 4 or 5 weeks

[early_to_the_match]

And MK their best player!!! That's a brave call.

[Eastwest]

And MK their best player!!! That's a brave call.

lol. our comp has dropped

[2285]

Maitland 5 Cooks Hill 4
Jaffas 1 Weston 1

[Hurricane]

Maitland 5 Cooks Hill 4
Jaffas 1 Weston 1

Was at the Maitland game. They led 5-1 with 25 minutes to play , put the cue in the rack and replaced 3 good players including their best player in James Thompson and almost paid the price as Cooks Hill ran over the top of them and were unlucky not to get a draw. Must admit that I wasn't expecting a 9 goal thriller.
A poor result from Jaffas

[chook]

Maitland to good for parts of the game. It was clearly audible over BarTv that it was suggested that the Maitland coach had gone to a back three during the second half.The only other coach in the NPL that would try to attempt that ballsy move would be lawsy with his home boy Regan now getting amongst his ranks.

[Hurricane]

Maitland to good for parts of the game. It was clearly audible over BarTv that it was suggested that the Maitland coach had gone to a back three during the second half.The only other coach in the NPL that would try to attempt that ballsy move would be lawsy with his home boy Regan now getting amongst his ranks.

Maitland played with a back three for the entire match Chook. Thomas,McFarland and Blunden. The only change made was when Blunden was replaced by Read during the second half. It looked more like a back five with Cousins playing as a right wing back and some Joel kid playing as left wing back,only looked to be a young kid.

[Two tone]

Was at the Maitland game. They led 5-1 with 25 minutes to play , put the cue in the rack and replaced 3 good players including their best player in James Thompson and almost paid the price as Cooks Hill ran over the top of them and were unlucky not to get a draw. Must admit that I wasn't expecting a 9 goal thriller.
A poor result from Jaffas

Wow 5v1 with 25min left on the clock. I’m watching that on BTV

[Two tone]

A’town get a point, that’s been coming for a few weeks.
Well done to the young fella’s may you get more.
And 1v1 at Olympic v magic

[2285]

Olympic 1 Magic 1 entertaining game

[The Hacker]

A’town get a point, that’s been coming for a few weeks.
Well done to the young fella’s may you get more.
And 1v1 at Olympic v magic

90th minute equalizer for Edgy. I think Buds investment in the long term is starting to pay off the last few weeks

[BBscone]

90th minute equalizer for Edgy. I think Buds investment in the long term is starting to pay off the last few weeksGood on Buds. Young players don't deserve a spoon if having a crack. Lakes 6-1. That's 16-1 in 3 games. Buds success on an adolescent shoestring and CH recent results on a caviar budget don't help out at Speers Point. Every year we see the promise of big investment and the new kits with hopes of blah blah blah. Their Coach might be heading back to set up cones at W League or WPL. Not sure how many survive those scores at NPL level.

[jessepinkman]

Good on Buds. Young players don't deserve a spoon if having a crack. Lakes 6-1. That's 16-1 in 3 games. Buds success on an adolescent shoestring and CH recent results on a caviar budget don't help out at Speers Point. Every year we see the promise of big investment and the new kits with hopes of blah blah blah. Their Coach might be heading back to set up cones at W League or WPL. Not sure how many survive those scores at NPL level.

You find out very quickly who's who when the budgets not there.

[fozphantom]

Good on Buds. Young players don't deserve a spoon if having a crack. Lakes 6-1. That's 16-1 in 3 games. Buds success on an adolescent shoestring and CH recent results on a caviar budget don't help out at Speers Point. Every year we see the promise of big investment and the new kits with hopes of blah blah blah. Their Coach might be heading back to set up cones at W League or WPL. Not sure how many survive those scores at NPL level.

Pffft. Caviar budget. :rof:
Who's RV then in your books? Bill Gates?
Boogs n Reegz won't come cheap

[Hurricane]

Pffft. Caviar budget. :rof:
Who's RV then in your books? Bill Gates?
Boogs n Reegz won't come cheap

Pepper would be on more money than the entire Lakes or Adamstown 1st grade budget

[BBscone]

Pepper would be on more money than the entire Lakes or Adamstown 1st grade budgetThere are young Jets boys at CH who have suddenly got part time income playing football to finish 7th. Fact. Correct, Lakes and Buds are 0,000s away from CH spend, some of the CH numbers are exaggerated but when it comes from the horses mouth instead of its arse, it rings true. Young lads today are open with what is being paid where. It just seems Buds are doing it better than Lakes and not far off CH.

[W8 WATCHER]

Pepper would be on more money than the entire Lakes or Adamstown 1st grade budget

Pepper offers zero.
He is a greedy has been, milking all the youth fund-raising monies.
Unfortunately here lies the issue with football in Newcastle, not grounds, fencing, 8 teams, 10 teams 12 teams.
Whilst we pay overs for oxygen thieves, we develop no one.

[W8 WATCHER]

Pepper would be on more money than the entire Lakes or Adamstown 1st grade budget

Pepper has been very poor actually with games watched this year.

he should concentrate on selling his cornflake's , rather than banking on all the chocolates sold from the junior raffles at Cookers.

Unfortunately the real issue and stalemate of progress with newcastle football, is not the ground quality, lack of fences, should we have 8, 10,12 or more teams. It's the continuance of massive money and opportunities thrown at has beens, taking up spots for future young players and their development.

So reading the posts on only 8 teams in NPL, imagine how many spots will be filled by the peppers, cowburns, boogards etc completely defeats the purpose of all the crap discussed about development. Might as well get your kids playing community football again.

[Oldy]

So reading the posts on only 8 teams in NPL, imagine how many spots will be filled by the peppers, cowburns, boogards etc completely defeats the purpose of all the crap discussed about development. Might as well get your kids playing community football again.

With NPL 8 teams is all we deserve. The rest is an abortion.

1st grade can handle 10 to 12 no more.

[W8 WATCHER]

With NPL 8 teams is all we deserve. The rest is an abortion.

1st grade can handle 10 to 12 no more.

don't disagree with you oldy.
however, enforcing the following key rules will no doubt provide a platform to improve the competition in the next few years.
- 12-14 teams 1sts, ressies,youth (include NL, Belswans and possibly Sth Cardiff, along with the existing teams)
- bring up to NPL2 Dudley, Suns, Mayfield and possibly 1 more with existing teams.
- all teams, need to have back yard in order, and after 2nd year of competition -promotion and relegation starts
- reduce player registrations,all to be the same across clubs- and if coach youth teams, or referee it gets cheaper.
- enforce a real player point systems, encourage actual junior club players, any new/old jets, brazilian, over age or other non junior club players will be max points ( this will eliminate massive budget and player movements due to who has the ,most money)
- no grand final, teams finishing 1st and 2nd, to play off in a national champions of champion knockout league, to be crowned number 1

as for youth, happy with the 2 tier, promotion and relegation proposed, but seperate to NPL.

Key is more games, against more opponents, more opportunities, equals more development

just my insignificant thoughts

[Zico]

don't disagree with you oldy.
however, enforcing the following key rules will no doubt provide a platform to improve the competition in the next few years.
- 12-14 teams 1sts, ressies,youth (include NL, Belswans and possibly Sth Cardiff, along with the existing teams)
- bring up to NPL2 Dudley, Suns, Mayfield and possibly 1 more with existing teams.
- all teams, need to have back yard in order, and after 2nd year of competition -promotion and relegation starts
- reduce player registrations,all to be the same across clubs- and if coach youth teams, or referee it gets cheaper.
- enforce a real player point systems, encourage actual junior club players, any new/old jets, brazilian, over age or other non junior club players will be max points ( this will eliminate massive budget and player movements due to who has the ,most money)
- no grand final, teams finishing 1st and 2nd, to play off in a national champions of champion knockout league, to be crowned number 1

as for youth, happy with the 2 tier, promotion and relegation proposed, but seperate to NPL.

Key is more games, against more opponents, more opportunities, equals more development

just my insignificant thoughts

You have been posting some rubbish on here but this takes the cake.

[W8 WATCHER]

You have been posting some rubbish on here but this takes the cake.

posting rubbish is consistent with the content on here.

[ABCDEF]

14 team comp is too big and there’s not enough quality for that. 10 is good for quality but means an 18 game season which is too short. 8 teams is ridiculous and doesn’t favour youth development either.
So I think 12 teams is ideal with relegation for reasons stated in the other post.
Personally I would like to see NNSW get Budgewoi involved. They can afford it and have a gorgeous playing facility. I know they arnt in our federation but would tick the boxes by having 12 teams but not diluting the quality by adding an extra Newcastle team…

[BBscone]

don't disagree with you oldy.
however, enforcing the following key rules will no doubt provide a platform to improve the competition in the next few years.
- 12-14 teams 1sts, ressies,youth (include NL, Belswans and possibly Sth Cardiff, along with the existing teams)
- bring up to NPL2 Dudley, Suns, Mayfield and possibly 1 more with existing teams.
- all teams, need to have back yard in order, and after 2nd year of competition -promotion and relegation starts
- reduce player registrations,all to be the same across clubs- and if coach youth teams, or referee it gets cheaper.
- enforce a real player point systems, encourage actual junior club players, any new/old jets, brazilian, over age or other non junior club players will be max points ( this will eliminate massive budget and player movements due to who has the ,most money)
- no grand final, teams finishing 1st and 2nd, to play off in a national champions of champion knockout league, to be crowned number 1

as for youth, happy with the 2 tier, promotion and relegation proposed, but seperate to NPL.

Key is more games, against more opponents, more opportunities, equals more development

just my insignificant thoughts You should pop a resume into Northern W8. Some ideas here that are not ridiculous and at least they are ideas.

[1987]

Lakes getting ripped a new one, 3 down after 25

[2285]

Azzurri 4- Valo 0
Edgy 3-Cooks Hill 1
Maitland 4- Lakes1

[Spell Check]

Craig Deans in as TD as Cooks Hill. Didn't see that coming! Big appointment. I hope we all wish him well.

[Hurricane]

Craig Deans in as TD as Cooks Hill. Didn't see that coming! Big appointment. I hope we all wish him well.
I thought Pepper was the TD

[Hunter403]

Craig Deans in as TD as Cooks Hill. Didn't see that coming! Big appointment. I hope we all wish him well.

Yep, wish him well. Cookers must have a money tree

[Hurricane]

Yep, wish him well. Cookers must have a money tree

Cookers and Azzurri

[BBscone]

Yep, wish him well. Cookers must have a money treeDoes he still have a role at Northern TSP or has he relinquished it? If not is there a courtesy bus driving the better kids to CH? I thought that's why Leo Bertos was exited when he took on Weston. Conflict. Zane at NL, Dean's at CH. Some clubs investing cash on qualified TDs who are not Head Coaches. Signals intent? Who is Lakes and Buds TDs?

[Spell Check]

Yep, wish him well. Cookers must have a money tree

The report in the Herald says Deansy is the TD for the whole club, including community and NPL. Last I heard there were 1000 players registered at CH which makes the task enormous. Have CH considered going the New Lambton route of separating community from NPL? I believe Zaney is only involved in the JDL and NL1 youth team over at the nest.

[Spell Check]

Does he still have a role at Northern TSP or has he relinquished it? If not is there a courtesy bus driving the better kids to CH? I thought that's why Leo Bertos was exited when he took on Weston. Conflict. Zane at NL, Dean's at CH. Some clubs investing cash on qualified TDs who are not Head Coaches. Signals intent? Who is Lakes and Buds TDs?

I don't think the better players at any club with be driving to CH just yet, Deans or no Deans. Hopefully they become a strong option in the near future. Gotta love the ambition they have there.

Alex Butt has been DoF at Lakes in recent years. Chris Dale at Rosebuds.

[boz-monaut]

there really is no pleasing some of you guys on here

new club, only 24 years since it started from nothing, builds a very strong foundation by being a well run, organised club and gets promoted to the top tier

results don't immediately go well, so they're terrible and we should go back to an 8 team comp, also drag something up about an ineligible over 35s player several years ago

said club now gets experienced coach in a technical capacity - must have a money tree and throwing cash at people and claims of nepotism from Northern

[Spell Check]

there really is no pleasing some of you guys on here

new club, only 24 years since it started from nothing, builds a very strong foundation by being a well run, organised club and gets promoted to the top tier

results don't immediately go well, so they're terrible and we should go back to an 8 team comp, also drag something up about an ineligible over 35s player several years ago

said club now gets experienced coach in a technical capacity - must have a money tree and throwing cash at people and claims of nepotism from Northern

Well said Boz. I think most football people in this town want as many strong clubs as possible. Don’t let the few noisy naysayers bother you.

Hope there is still room for the current youth TD in the new set up. LH is a good guy.

[Retro Jet]

Well said Boz. I think most football people in this town want as many strong clubs as possible. Don’t let the few noisy naysayers bother you.

Hope there is still room for the current youth TD in the new set up. LH is a good guy.

I believe LH is being retained and will be working closely with Craig.

[Spell Check]

I believe LH is being retained and will be working closely with Craig.

:thumbsup:

[sapdad]

Does he still have a role at Northern TSP or has he relinquished it? If not is there a courtesy bus driving the better kids to CH?

Kids arent being pressured into joining a club based on TSP.Some kids (moreso parents) may see it as an advantage but what some dont realise is that the best TSP kids go to the Jets,so dont play club football anyway.A lot of other TSP kids play up an age where they arent exactly winning games single handedly so their overall effect on teams isnt that much.Cooks Hill youth have been thrown in at the deep end and even though results arent flattering,are showing by these type of appointments that they are in for the long haul and at least doing something to improve their situation.We should be applauding clubs for showing this type of foresight.The other thing is that club TD's in NPL arent exactly being paid a kings ransom,so if their area of expertise means they double up in some areas in order to pay the bills then good on them.Not everything in local youth football needs to be a conspiracy.

[BS detecor]

there really is no pleasing some of you guys on here

new club, only 24 years since it started from nothing, builds a very strong foundation by being a well run, organised club and gets promoted to the top tier

results don't immediately go well, so they're terrible and we should go back to an 8 team comp, also drag something up about an ineligible over 35s player several years ago

said club now gets experienced coach in a technical capacity - must have a money tree and throwing cash at people and claims of nepotism from Northern

Always the victim

[fozphantom]

Always the victim

Nahhh... Just calling out the rocks being thrown from one direction.

[BBscone]

Nahhh... Just calling out the rocks being thrown from one direction.I hope they sustain the investment. Commercially it's an insolvent model to spend $$$$ to gain $. Lots of Clubs do it though.
At least the investment in Craig is an investment in their future. Good luck to them.

[chook]

I can't believe some people can be so stupid. You want to critize a club going places. And to be silly enough to antagonise Boz. You will get the bulls horns everytime. Why? because he shows himself and who he is. Sign of a real man who is passionate about football and a professional at everything he puts his mind to. I won't even throw Retro Jet into this one. It just a smorgasbord on offer.

[Bremsstrahlung]

I can't believe some people can be so stupid. You want to critize a club going places. And to be silly enough to antagonise Boz. You will get the bulls horns everytime. Why? because he shows himself and who he is. Sign of a real man who is passionate about football and a professional at everything he puts his mind to. I won't even throw Retro Jet into this one. It just a smorgasbord on offer.

I don’t think any comments made so far have been personal attacks or vendetta against Cooks Hill.
Every thread in the local forum has people with opinions around various clubs, I don’t think any comments made after the announcement of Deans as TD even come close to some of the defaming comments elsewhere. Not saying two wrongs make a right, but apart from some comments re: Peppers performance, there’s nothing too sinister is there?

Cooks Hill have showed their intent and signed Deans as a TD. That’s a big announcement and yes, many people applaud and offer kudos for the appointment. Like it’s a good, big name with experience. With that comes the usual comments that they must be paying some money for him. That’s no different to the speculation Charlestown spend money, Adamstown don’t spend money, Jaffas buy the comp etc. There’s comments in the ZPL thread about clubs spending money too. It’s all speculative in nature and if that’s not allowed in here, then that’s fair.

But I don’t think there’s any particular vendetta against Cooks Hill as a club or the people involved. Now they are in the NPL they are also subject to the same scrutiny as other clubs like Magic, Olympic or Lakes. Sometimes unreasonable scrutiny.

Boz is correct, there’s no pleasing some people. There will always be critics to everything.

For the record, having anybody with the experience of Deans involved with your club can’t be seen as a bad signing.

[Lichael Richards]

I can't believe some people can be so stupid. You want to critize a club going places. And to be silly enough to antagonise Boz. You will get the bulls horns everytime. Why? because he shows himself and who he is. Sign of a real man who is passionate about football and a professional at everything he puts his mind to. I won't even throw Retro Jet into this one. It just a smorgasbord on offer.

Where's the war? There is none blockhead.

Every club gets accused of being money bags every year. CH cops a serve by one gosling and its sookfest lol. Give ya self some studs to the face.

Even Boz having sook was over top on this one but hey it keeps the place interesting.

As for 8 teams. Youth all day. Your club isn't good enough, yet. And youll get a chance to change that. Only first year in im sure therell be plenty of development as CH seem to be one of the best doing that these days.

[2285]

Jaffas 3 Edgeworth 0

[ABCDEF]

Every week these days I’m seeing off the ball incidents from players that the refs always miss. Needs to be stamped from the game, it’s grubby and disgraceful.
Cowburn sent off today for lashing out. Im glad ones finally been caught and he deserves a decent suspension.
And just because the buds player doesn’t roll around for 10 minutes doesn’t mean it’s not a red… 😂

[Aegon]

Agreed.

I watched Jaffas v Edgy on the weekend and although there was a deserved red there were tackles from both sides that deserved way more than a free kick.

Way too many careless, reckless & late tackles are waved on without any form of discipline.

It was even worse in 18's and 20's.

[SAPDADDY]

Agreed.

I watched Jaffas v Edgy on the weekend and although there was a deserved red there were tackles from both sides that deserved way more than a free kick.

Way too many careless, reckless & late tackles are waved on without any form of discipline.

It was even worse in 18's and 20's.

Pub football

[Devon Sangas]

Weekend predictions ?

Rosebuds 1 - 3 Maitland
Jaffas 2 - 2 Azzurri
Cooks Hill 1 - 2 Magic
Edgeworth 0 - 1 Weston
Lakes 1 - 2 Valentine

[magician]

Weekend predictions ?

Rosebuds 1 - 3 Maitland
Jaffas 2 - 2 Azzurri
Cooks Hill 1 - 2 Magic
Edgeworth 0 - 1 Weston
Lakes 1 - 2 Valentine

Maitland 4-0
Azzurri 2-1
Magic 3-0
Edgy Weston 1-1
Valentine 2-0

[Hurricane]

Maitland 6-1
Jaffas Azzurri 2-2
Magic 4-1
Edgy 1-0
Valo 3-1

[Hurricane]

According to the Herald both games from Saturday that were washed out will be now replayed in full. Would be a hard pill to swallow for the four teams involved, especially Maitland who held a 2-0 lead at the time. Smacks of favouritism from Northern who only weeks ago let Magic keep their 1.0 lead against Weston and resume the game from the minute it was suspended.
Why the two different interpretation of the rules ?

[ForeverRed]

According to the Herald both games from Saturday that were washed out will be now replayed in full. Would be a hard pill to swallow for the four teams involved, especially Maitland who held a 2-0 lead at the time. Smacks of favouritism from Northern who only weeks ago let Magic keep their 1.0 lead against Weston and resume the game from the minute it was suspended.
Why the two different interpretation of the rules ?
Totally different circumstances for starters, I agree with northern on this win.

[The Hacker]

According to the Herald both games from Saturday that were washed out will be now replayed in full. Would be a hard pill to swallow for the four teams involved, especially Maitland who held a 2-0 lead at the time. Smacks of favouritism from Northern who only weeks ago let Magic keep their 1.0 lead against Weston and resume the game from the minute it was suspended.
Why the two different interpretation of the rules ?

This ruling has applied previously. Half time is the marker they use. Anything from halftime on is deemed a game

[outsider]

This ruling has applied previously. Half time is the marker they use. Anything from halftime on is deemed a game

Northern regulation 28.3asays in essence that if 75% of a first grade fixture is played the score MAY stand
28.3b says that if 50% of the fixture is played NOT FIRST GRADE the score MAY stand

[Hurricane]

Northern regulation 28.3asays in essence that if 75% of a first grade fixture is played the score MAY stand
28.3b says that if 50% of the fixture is played NOT FIRST GRADE the score MAY stand

So according to rule 28.3 , in essence 75% of the Magic and Weston fixture wasn't played, so how did the score stand ?
Or am I interpreting that wrongly

[The Magician]

So according to rule 28.3 , in essence 75% of the Magic and Weston fixture wasn't played, so how did the score stand ?
Or am I interpreting that wrongly

Wrong wrong wrong... from reserve grade down to u13s if the game makes it to half time the result stands... if first grade makes it to the 75th minute the result stands. Games abandoned in the first half will be replayed in full... games abandoned in the second half will be replayed from the minute the game was abandoned...

Not very hard to interpret what was communicated in the paper from the rules, then people reading direct from the rules still getting it wrong... but yes... conspiracy theories as to why Magic gets preferential treatment is easier to comprehend than the actual rules and precedent on how those rules have been consistently applied in the past.

[JustMe]

Wrong wrong wrong... from reserve grade down to u13s if the game makes it to half time the result stands... if first grade makes it to the 75th minute the result stands. Games abandoned in the first half will be replayed in full... games abandoned in the second half will be replayed from the minute the game was abandoned...

Not very hard to interpret what was communicated in the paper from the rules, then people reading direct from the rules still getting it wrong... but yes... conspiracy theories as to why Magic gets preferential treatment is easier to comprehend than the actual rules and precedent on how those rules have been consistently applied in the past.

Ok so you explained the rule quite well.

Then became the usual Magic grub. ffs you aholes never cease to amaze.

Is there a gene you inject on entry to your grub club.

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[The Magician]

Ok so you explained the rule quite well.

Then became the usual Magic grub. ffs you aholes never cease to amaze.

Is there a gene you inject on entry to your grub club.

Just happy to educate the peasants beneath us

[early_to_the_match]

Sorry Magician, but you misread the competition rules. The 75% for 1st grade and 50% for the rest, whereby that can stand as the final score, does apply at the "complete discretion" of NNSWF. Other options include calling it a 0-0 draw, calling it a no result, a 3-nil result against an offending team, total replay, or restarting game from abandoned point (no time factor regarding how much was already played), all again at the complete discretion of NNSWF.
Just thought all should be informed.
Section 28.3
2022 NNSWF Premier Competition Regulations.

[Hurricane]

Sorry Magician, but you misread the competition rules. The 75% for 1st grade and 50% for the rest, whereby that can stand as the final score, does apply at the "complete discretion" of NNSWF. Other options include calling it a 0-0 draw, calling it a no result, a 3-nil result against an offending team, total replay, or restarting game from abandoned point (no time factor regarding how much was already played), all again at the complete discretion of NNSWF.
Just thought all should be informed.
Section 28.3
2022 NNSWF Premier Competition Regulations.

So what you're saying ,for all of the peasants beneath the Magician , is that at Northerns discretion they allowed Magic to resume their match in the 46th minute and keep their 1.0 lead , but at Northern discretion the two games from the weekend have to be replayed in full and Maitland lose their 2 goal advantage.
But hey everyone, we are all delusional thinking that Magic get preferential treatment.
Now before you beat your chest Magician, I am not bagging or having a crack at Broadmeadow here, I am having a shot at the ineptitude of Northern and their complete lack of consistency.

[Hurricane]

While I'm having a rant,can someone please explain how Valentine are able to postpone yet another game at the Swamp aka CB complex. They hosted Olympic there last night in a 14's match. But 24 hours later it is unfit for play ?
Did it rain in Valentine since last night ?

[early_to_the_match]

So what you're saying ,for all of the peasants beneath the Magician , is that at Northerns discretion they allowed Magic to resume their match in the 46th minute and keep their 1.0 lead , but at Northern discretion the two games from the weekend have to be replayed in full and Maitland lose their 2 goal advantage.
But hey everyone, we are all delusional thinking that Magic get preferential treatment.
Now before you beat your chest Magician, I am not bagging or having a crack at Broadmeadow here, I am having a shot at the ineptitude of Northern and their complete lack of consistency.
One thing about Magic's replayed game being played from 46th minute, I did hear the 2 captains agreed to that with approval from ref. before match was abandoned. I may be wrong about that, but it would still need approval/confirmation from NNSWF.

[ABCDEF]

Heard Valo have 7-8 players out. How convenient that the “pitch was unplayable”…

[traffic light]

One thing about Magic's replayed game being played from 46th minute, I did hear the 2 captains agreed to that with approval from ref. before match was abandoned. I may be wrong about that, but it would still need approval/confirmation from NNSWF.

If its the Rule to play on from 2nd half as previously mentioned then there should be no problem.

The problem is that the home team may be up in first half and push to keep playing then abandon match 1 min into 2nd half.

Any rule can be exploited.

[traffic light]

Did it rain in Valentine since last night ?

No rain. The excuses to abandon a match far outweighs the need to play unfortunately.

[Stanley]

No rain. The excuses to abandon a match far outweighs the need to play unfortunately.

Jaffas should be given the 3 points, Valo what a joke.

[Hurricane]

Valo play Maitland at CB complex..surely this game will go ahead seeing how we haven't had rain all week. Stay tuned

[early_to_the_match]

If its the Rule to play on from 2nd half as previously mentioned then there should be no problem.

The problem is that the home team may be up in first half and push to keep playing then abandon match 1 min into 2nd half.

Any rule can be exploited.
As pointed out, the rule isn't to just play on from second half. That was an incorrect statement by The Magician.

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As pointed out, the rule isn't to just play on from second half. That was an incorrect statement by The Magician.

Ah yes. Very good.

Magician you lying muppet :rof: :rof:

We need some more concrete rules on these scenarios so there's no doubt as what needs to happen. Discretion by NNSW is not the answer.

[chook]

CHAZ 1 COOK 1
Entertaining end to end game.

[Hurricane]

CHAZ 1 COOK 1
Entertaining end to end game.

That's two draws with Cooks Hill and a draw with Lake Macquarie this year by Azzurri. 6 points lost to the teams running 9th and 10th.
Could prove costly in the title race

[2285]

Olympic 3 Lakes 2
Maitland 3 Valentine 2
Weston 3 Adamstown 1

3 way equal points leaders in Azzurri,Magic and Maitland….

[ForeverRed]

That's two draws with Cooks Hill and a draw with Lake Macquarie this year by Azzurri. 6 points lost to the teams running 9th and 10th.
Could prove costly in the title race
With Regan & Ferguson back next week I don’t think so.

[Hurricane]

Olympic 3 Lakes 2
Maitland 3 Valentine 2
Weston 3 Adamstown 1

3 way equal points leaders in Azzurri,Magic and Maitland….

With Maitland having a game in hand on both Magic and Azzurri

[Allday]

With Maitland having a game in hand on both Magic and Azzurri

Don’t forget Jaffas, 9 points behind with 4 games in hand (already had their bye)
Valo, lakes, maitland, Charlestown to catch up on.
Going to be a tight finish that’s for sure

[The Magician]

Don’t forget Jaffas, 9 points behind with 4 games in hand (already had their bye)
Valo, lakes, maitland, Charlestown to catch up on.
Going to be a tight finish that’s for sure

Games in hand for the top 3
Magic- Lakes & Cookers
Charlestown- Jaffas & Olympic
Maitand- Jaffas, Jaffas and Edgeworth

Jaffas will do well to get 9 points from their 6 games in hand.

[magician]

Games in hand for the top 3
Magic- Lakes & Cookers
Charlestown- Jaffas & Olympic
Maitand- Jaffas, Jaffas and Edgeworth

Jaffas will do well to get 9 points from their 6 games in hand.

Maitlands catch ups are Jaffas x2 and Adamstown

[Hurricane]

Maitlands catch ups are Jaffas x2 and Adamstown

And Edgeworth

[fozphantom]

And here's the rain again. dear oh dear
BOM=
10-20mm fri, 10-25mm sat, 8-20mmSun and for what its worth; 10 to 25mill on Monday
amongst other games, Jaffa's and adamstown at home saturday.
cookers dodge a bullet!??

[terry]

And here's the rain again. dear oh dear
BOM=
10-20mm fri, 10-25mm sat, 8-20mmSun and for what its worth; 10 to 25mill on Monday
amongst other games, Jaffa's and adamstown at home saturday.
cookers dodge a bullet!??

Spill a drink bottle on Edden and it's off

[terry]

CHAZ 1 COOK 1
Entertaining end to end game.

Cooks were good for that pt. Good game considering the pitch looked a dog to play on. The comp as a whole is a decent watch.

As for the standard are we NPL 3 Sydney level?

[ForeverRed]

Cooks were good for that pt. Good game considering the pitch looked a dog to play on. The comp as a whole is a decent watch.

As for the standard are we NPL 3 Sydney level?
You must have watched a different game to me, Charlestown missed several chances, cookers competed but I don’t believe they deserved a goal as their attacking was limited, when it went to 1 all they changed their shape to 5,4,1, 🤷*♂️🤷*♂️, playing for a point with 20 to go,

[terry]

You must have watched a different game to me, Charlestown missed several chances, cookers competed but I don’t believe they deserved a goal as their attacking was limited, when it went to 1 all they changed their shape to 5,4,1, ��*♂️��*♂️, playing for a point with 20 to go,

Must have. I was actually facing the game.

Yeah Charlie had some chances but on the break cookers had 2 good chances to go up. Both setup up by Newto. Depends on what you wanna see

[Two tone]

Must have. I was actually facing the game.

Yeah Charlie had some chances but on the break cookers had 2 good chances to go up. Both setup up by Newto. Depends on what you wanna see

Yep I was at the game and it was a good game of football but the ground was bumpy. But what ground isn’t ATM?

[fozphantom]

And here's the rain again. dear oh dear
BOM=
10-20mm fri, 10-25mm sat, 8-20mmSun and for what its worth; 10 to 25mill on Monday
amongst other games, Jaffa's and adamstown at home saturday.
cookers dodge a bullet!??

And we have and advancement people
5-10 fri, 10-20 sat, 30-45mm sundie :fright:
Easing :rof: to 10-30 Monday, 6-15 Tue and so far to Wed 4-15mm

start making indoor plans for the weekend and someone call Noah ffs!i!

[jim wallis]

And we have and advancement people
5-10 fri, 10-20 sat, 30-45mm sundie :fright:
Easing :rof: to 10-30 Monday, 6-15 Tue and so far to Wed 4-15mm

start making indoor plans for the weekend and someone call Noah ffs!i!

fmd never ends. We'll be in drought soon enough most notably over the summer when we really need it

[Allday]

Games in hand for the top 3
Magic- Lakes & Cookers
Charlestown- Jaffas & Olympic
Maitand- Jaffas, Jaffas and Edgeworth

Jaffas will do well to get 9 points from their 6 games in hand.

There is their first 3 points from six games..

[fozphantom]

And we have and advancement people
5-10 fri, 10-20 sat, 30-45mm sundie :fright:
Easing :rof: to 10-30 Monday, 6-15 Tue and so far to Wed 4-15mm

start making indoor plans for the weekend and someone call Noah ffs!i!

Fri 8-15, Sat 30-45, Sun now a whopping 60-80! carrying into Monday 50-80
Tue 20-40, Wed 15-30 & Thurs 4-20.
That's 2 weekends off , no worries.
Water polo instead??

[terry]

Our councils are pussys. Either improve the grounds or play on them like everyone around the world did.
http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/PA-11606323.jpg

[SAPDADDY]

Our councils are pussys. Either improve the grounds or play on them like everyone around the world did.
http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/PA-11606323.jpg

And Northern is a money hog, mid week 2 games a night on both fields with no charge to the clubs. Solved

[BBscone]

And Northern is a money hog, mid week 2 games a night on both fields with no charge to the clubs. SolvedNewcastle Football spent $1m on an office they didn't need. An artificial pitch at Stevenson Park would have been a better investment for community football. Northern spent a couple of $m on new offices and facilities that they could have done without. Another artificial pitch for Lake Mac clubs, perhaps a better spend?. Newcastle Council spend $5m on No 1 to host one Big Bash game per year and an AFL preseason game. Representative of two sports that have participation rates in single figures. Grounds are rubbish because those in charge let it happen. Clubs do their best but volunteers can only do so much. Shame on those tasked with leading the game, they should be pursuing the best interest of football with Local Government and spending member money properly.

[Hurricane]

Olympic Valo playing at Speers Point tonight

[ForeverRed]

2.1 valo ft

[Aegon]

2.1 valo ft

Valo deserved it, probably could have made an argument for deserving at least one pen as well.

[Hurricane]

The big spending Azzurri very lucky to get the win over Adamstown today

[ForeverRed]

The big spending Azzurri very lucky to get the win over Adamstown today
3 points to Azzurri, jog on

[Mad with football]

Note with interest clubs & Nnsw meeting this week to discuss plans for remainder of season ? It is a farce as in Nnsw football administration most of the time but the current plan is not viable within a competition the U18’s are not replaying games and get a 1 pt but teams WHO DO play get a clear advantage which makes the comp table a joke ! Suggest we abandon finals top 5 ( as it will be a false representation) and let’s have a knockout cup with teams from NL1 ( top 5 after rd 1) making a 16 team knockout over 3-4 weeks with the final played on 1st grade GF day, stop treating the U18’s with contempt -the boys are the future of our game yet are becoming despondent and will find ‘other things ‘ to do & leave the game
Step up be pro active, it should be about playing football for development not a false finals table.

[Hurricane]

I see that Adamstown have moved their catch up game with Maitland to Speers Point at 8pm on Wednesday night. Perhaps a few more clubs should look at this option especially the Jaffas who now have 5 catch up games

[BS detecor]

I see that Adamstown have moved their catch up game with Maitland to Speers Point at 8pm on Wednesday night. Perhaps a few more clubs should look at this option especially the Jaffas who now have 5 catch up games

Jaffas play magic on the same night out there

[Hurricane]

Jaffas play magic on the same night out there

Well done Jaffas and Magic. This is the only way we are going to catch up games

[Reds Forever]

Anyone else having issues with Bar TV tonight?

[Aegon]

Anyone else having issues with Bar TV tonight?

Only around the time of Piddington’s injury and a couple of mins after.
Apart from that just a rangers umbrella in the way a lot of the second half :rof:

[Hurricane]

Jaffas 2 Magic 1
Edgeworth 4 Azzurri 2
Maitland 5 Adamstown 3
The premiership is Jaffas to lose from here after beating Magic,I think the only thing that might stop them is their schedule.
Azzurri lose their first game of the year but have also had 5 draws,big result for Edgeworths top 5 hopes .
Maitland win their first game in 3 weeks but play Azzurri this weekend, the loser is out of the title race

[Aegon]

Jaffas 2 Magic 1
Edgeworth 4 Azzurri 2
Maitland 5 Adamstown 3
The premiership is Jaffas to lose from here after beating Magic,I think the only thing that might stop them is their schedule.

Judging by their performance last night their midfield as well. very little forward passing or energy, they were on the back foot all night. Jaffas didn't deserve 3 points last night.

[Hurricane]

Who will get on this weekend

[Mad with football]

Does anybody on this forum know what the outcome of the steering committee meeting last night was in terms of the U18 & youth competitions moving forward

[Aegon]

Does anybody on this forum know what the outcome of the steering committee meeting last night was in terms of the U18 & youth competitions moving forward

https://bit.ly/3PccphH

[Retro Jet]

CHUFC v Hamilton Olympic ON
ZPL 3rd grade match has been called (was 10:45am KO)

[2285]

Weston 1 Magic 0 huge result

[Captain_Carl]

Were Magic resting players for their Australia Cup game?

[Hurricane]

Were Magic resting players for their Australia Cup game?

Full strength from what I watched on Bartv Captain

[Two tone]

Jaffa’s have moved today’s games out to BelSwans.
That’s a tick in the box for BelSwans getting promoted next year. A ground you can play on in wet weather.
BelSwans going about business for promotion with all the changes, on and off the field.

[Reds Forever]

Jaffa’s have moved today’s games out to BelSwans.
That’s a tick in the box for BelSwans getting promoted next year. A ground you can play on in wet weather.
BelSwans going about business for promotion with all the changes, on and off the field.

Would prefer that next round of promotion is based on promotion and relegation with even number of teams. Subject to teams going up meeting criteria.

[2285]

Valo 2 Jaffas 1.Valo scored last kick off the game, Cowburn free kick top corner on edge of box In injury time .Luke Virgili sent off prior to free kick.

Edgy 4 Lakes 1

[BBscone]

Jaffa’s have moved today’s games out to BelSwans.
That’s a tick in the box for BelSwans getting promoted next year. A ground you can play on in wet weather.
BelSwans going about business for promotion with all the changes, on and off the field.I couldn't argue with any Club going up if they satisfy criteria and provide competitive teams. If it's all about facilities, put Dudley and Mayfield up.

[Spell Check]

Jaffa’s have moved today’s games out to BelSwans.
That’s a tick in the box for BelSwans getting promoted next year. A ground you can play on in wet weather.
BelSwans going about business for promotion with all the changes, on and off the field.

BelSwans promoted to NPL next season? You are kidding aren’t ya? New Lambton will go next year and then it will be years and years before another goes up. BelSwans starting to tick a few boxes, but NPL? nowhere near

[ABCDEF]

BelSwans promoted to NPL next season? You are kidding aren’t ya? New Lambton will go next year and then it will be years and years before another goes up. BelSwans starting to tick a few boxes, but NPL? nowhere near

Are new Lambton coming up next season? Have heard strong whispers all year but nothing has been confirmed. They had confirmed cooks hill by this time last year hadn’t they?
Also does relegation come in next year? A question no one seems to know

[W8 WATCHER]

Jaffa’s have moved today’s games out to BelSwans.
That’s a tick in the box for BelSwans getting promoted next year. A ground you can play on in wet weather.
BelSwans going about business for promotion with all the changes, on and off the field.

So does that mean jaffas drop to NL1, because they haven't been able to play at the council funded, maintained edden oval all year?

[Imyourhero]

One of the tightest comps we've seen in many years. How's the top 4 going to finish?

[Hurricane]

One of the tightest comps we've seen in many years. How's the top 4 going to finish?
I believe it's top 5 , the same as last season. You are right about a type comp. Azzurri Maitland Magic and Jaffas all a chance of winning the premiership and then you also have Weston Olympic Edgeworth and Valentine all fighting out for semi final spots.
We have a great month of football coming up

[SAPDADDY]

I believe it's top 5 , the same as last season. You are right about a type comp. Azzurri Maitland Magic and Jaffas all a chance of winning the premiership and then you also have Weston Olympic Edgeworth and Valentine all fighting out for semi final spots.
We have a great month of football coming up

Buzz around town Jets teams may be coming back

[Eastwest]

Buzz around town Jets teams may be coming back

Exactly what this backward place would do. Knuckledragger town

[travellingman]

Exactly what this backward place would do. Knuckledragger town

NNSW would be pushing for this with Jets management due to all the fees they are missing out on.
They wouldn't like NSW Football getting that money.

I feel sorry for the new NNSW TD, he is on a hiding to nothing until NNSW board get rid DE and PH