2018 Zone League 1 thread

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2018 discussion starts here

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#survivethedrop

[the_butcher]

Going to make some bold predictions:
1. Maryland-Fletcher
2. Cooks Hill
3. Raymond Terrace
4. Uni
5. Garden Suburb
6. Wallsend
7. Westlake
8. Stockton
9. Morriset
10. Hamilton Azzurri

[pv4]

Going to make some bold predictions:

10. Hamilton Azzurri

You claim bold, but leave Azzuri at 10th! Bold-lite more like it! I dare anyone to tip Azzuri to #survivethedrop

Premy's reaction to how you wrote his clubs name:

[Premy]

Premy's reaction to how you wrote his clubs name:

Down to the bowl cut and all

[the_butcher]

You claim bold, but leave Azzuri at 10th! Bold-lite more like it! I dare anyone to tip Azzuri to #survivethedrop

Premy's reaction to how you wrote his clubs name:

The Azuri at 10th wasn't the bold part, that is almost a certainty. It would be a down right embarrassment to Newcastle Football if an all age team were to pick up any points in ID1. And the Premy thing must be a personal joke because I have no idea what you're talking about.

[pv4]

The Azuri at 10th wasn't the bold part, that is almost a certainty. It would be a down right embarrassment to Newcastle Football if an all age team were to pick up any points in ID1. And the Premy thing must be a personal joke because I have no idea what you're talking about.

3 years ago if anyone told me Azzuri were facing an against-all-odds mission to #survivethedrop in the upper echelons of Newcastle Football Zone League 1, and that Azzuri wouldn't qualify for the World Cup, I would have laughed in their faces. But now they're up on the moon, laughing at me.

Everyone at Garden Suburb() thanks you for your service.

[ICEBERG10]

3 years ago if anyone told me Azzuri were facing an against-all-odds mission to #survivethedrop in the upper echelons of Newcastle Football Zone League 1, and that Azzuri wouldn't qualify for the World Cup, I would have laughed in their faces. But now they're up on the moon, laughing at me.

Everyone at Garden Suburb() thanks you for your service.

You commend him on his spelling of Garden Suburb but don’t pull him up on the spelling of the club you play for........ bench material.

[idontwannaplaywithhowey]

Going to make some bold predictions:
1. Maryland-Fletcher
2. Cooks Hill
3. Raymond Terrace
4. Uni
5. Garden Suburb
6. Wallsend
7. Westlake
8. Stockton
9. Morriset
10. Hamilton Azzurri

Have Maryland picked up a bunch of players?

[the great white]

Going to make some bold predictions:
1. Maryland-Fletcher
2. Cooks Hill
3. Raymond Terrace
4. Uni
5. Garden Suburb
6. Wallsend
7. Westlake
8. Stockton
9. Morriset
10. Hamilton Azzurri

Think you'll find Stockton will be a bit higher than that. Westlakes will stink again, heard they lost a couple of decent players.

[Greens]

5. Garden Suburb

Not so sure about that. They might lose a few players when they find out the club is charging them extortionately high rego fees

[the_butcher]

Not so sure about that. They might lose a few players when they find out the club is charging them extortionately high rego fees

don't start!

[the_butcher]

Going to make some bold predictions:
1. Maryland-Fletcher
2. Cooks Hill
3. Raymond Terrace
4. Uni
5. Garden Suburb
6. Wallsend
7. Westlake
8. Stockton
9. Morriset
10. Hamilton Azzurri

Think I f$%ked up with Maryland-Fletcher and Uni. The rest looks about right though.

[Charman]

Think I f$%ked up with Maryland-Fletcher and Uni. The rest looks about right though.

Azzuri still last then?

[Cunning stunts]

surely a joke saying Hamiton Azzurri will struggle in this comp?

[the_butcher]

surely a joke saying Hamiton Azzurri will struggle in this comp?

100% serious. How could such a newly established club (from a seniors perspective, anyway) come from All Age to ID3 and then compete in ID1? It would almost be unheard of. Considering every other club in the comp has had years building their squads and azuri will have had all of a few months (considering they will now need a third grade), it would take a miracle for them to be competitive. Building a club takes years, look at Raymond Terrace for example. Surely azuri couldn't achieve in two years what it has taken Terrace to do in 15 and westlake to do in about 20 years? And especially considering I have heard they are basically self funded and only use players within their own squad to coach, manage, run the admin side of things etc etc. There are no old, experienced heads on their committee, apparently they are just run by a group of mates. Ive heard they dont pay players so surely they can't attract any decent players. The only thing they seem to do well is run a facebook page and dish out banter.

[Beppe]

100% serious. How could such a newly established club (from a seniors perspective, anyway) come from All Age to ID3 and then compete in ID1? It would almost be unheard of. Considering every other club in the comp has had years building their squads and azuri will have had all of a few months (considering they will now need a third grade), it would take a miracle for them to be competitive. Building a club takes years, look at Raymond Terrace for example. Surely azuri couldn't achieve in two years what it has taken Terrace to do in 15 and westlake to do in about 20 years? And especially considering I have heard they are basically self funded and only use players within their own squad to coach, manage, run the admin side of things etc etc. There are no old, experienced heads on their committee, apparently they are just run by a group of mates. Ive heard they dont pay players so surely they can't attract any decent players. The only thing they seem to do well is run a facebook page and dish out banter.

well done to them for not paying players, more clubs should do it. why anyone gets paid below 2hd is beyond me.

they will finish in the top 6. have a good network of connections, will be competitive.

[Bon]

100% serious. How could such a newly established club (from a seniors perspective, anyway) come from All Age to ID3 and then compete in ID1? It would almost be unheard of. Considering every other club in the comp has had years building their squads and azuri will have had all of a few months (considering they will now need a third grade), it would take a miracle for them to be competitive. Building a club takes years, look at Raymond Terrace for example. Surely azuri couldn't achieve in two years what it has taken Terrace to do in 15 and westlake to do in about 20 years? And especially considering I have heard they are basically self funded and only use players within their own squad to coach, manage, run the admin side of things etc etc. There are no old, experienced heads on their committee, apparently they are just run by a group of mates. Ive heard they dont pay players so surely they can't attract any decent players. The only thing they seem to do well is run a facebook page and dish out banter.

Cause its a bunch of mates (a lot of who are ex NBN/NewFM) who just wanna have fun, get flogged and get their banter on?
That sort of thing can go a long way.. Especially with that dreamy Kane there.. Not to mention pv4's support..

[MonkeyKplunk]

100% serious. How could such a newly established club (from a seniors perspective, anyway) come from All Age to ID3 and then compete in ID1? It would almost be unheard of. Considering every other club in the comp has had years building their squads and azuri will have had all of a few months (considering they will now need a third grade), it would take a miracle for them to be competitive. Building a club takes years, look at Raymond Terrace for example. Surely azuri couldn't achieve in two years what it has taken Terrace to do in 15 and westlake to do in about 20 years? And especially considering I have heard they are basically self funded and only use players within their own squad to coach, manage, run the admin side of things etc etc. There are no old, experienced heads on their committee, apparently they are just run by a group of mates. Ive heard they dont pay players so surely they can't attract any decent players. The only thing they seem to do well is run a facebook page and dish out banter.

If I was from one of the "older clubs" I'd be more concerned about if they do survive the drop than how they've risen to ID1.
If a club who is self funded, self coached, self run and only created because an All Age team wanted to achieve something more than banging about for bragging rights can finish higher on the table than some others in this division then a lot of clubs (especially those who pay overs for ridiculous players) need to have a long hard look at how they're running their teams/clubs.

[PC14]

100% serious. How could such a newly established club (from a seniors perspective, anyway) come from All Age to ID3 and then compete in ID1? It would almost be unheard of. Considering every other club in the comp has had years building their squads and azuri will have had all of a few months (considering they will now need a third grade), it would take a miracle for them to be competitive. Building a club takes years, look at Raymond Terrace for example. Surely azuri couldn't achieve in two years what it has taken Terrace to do in 15 and westlake to do in about 20 years? And especially considering I have heard they are basically self funded and only use players within their own squad to coach, manage, run the admin side of things etc etc. There are no old, experienced heads on their committee, apparently they are just run by a group of mates. Ive heard they dont pay players so surely they can't attract any decent players. The only thing they seem to do well is run a facebook page and dish out banter.

Beresfield FC was the same mould. Started by mates and recruitment, almost solely, done by bringing in friends of friends. Promoted from Zpl3 to Zpl2 and then onto Zpl1 in consecutive years. Stockton followed the same path to Zpl1 at the same time. Both, for the most part, competitive in the top grade.

Granted Azzuri are skipping Zpl2, I don't see why they won't be competitive on your logic. If the players are good enough, what does it matter how they got to where they are?