The smokey all year long has been Sandy and now they only have to win 2 games for back to back.
Unlike most of the other finals teams they have a very good group of VFL listed players and this will see them in good stead - witness NB and BH when they had to rely on their VFL playing group last weekend = not in the contest.
Melbourne also has some pretty impressive youngsters running around for the Zebs as well.
The ol' Debras seem like they'll take some stopping... Though I hope Sautner plays little or no role in their game(s) to go cos I cannot stand him at all. Let the younger folk do it.
WHOAAAAA billy , bit rich comparing Box Hill to the Bullants. We've consistently played VFL kids all year unlike NB who were always up around the 16/6 mark and at times even above that. Our problems came about when Hawthorn started wrapping blokes up for the season with 6/8 weeks to go....oh yeah , and the fact that we'd been mediocre all year anyway and didn't have enough wins on the board to ride out the finish !
No problems accepting that a side that has 7 wins for the year didn't go any further in the finals but by the same token I'd like to see how even Sandy would go it they were reduced to 2 AFL guys and 2 rookies....wonder how good the VFL contingent would be then ??
Bitter and twisted ? Moi ? You betcha !!!!!!
Go...er , um......Tassie ??
Significantly better than Box Hill or Bullants.
................ and I think that was the point.
and before you get a bit excitied on how Box Hill were so hot on playing VFL listed players, you might like to consider that to Round 11, they had averaged only 8.36 VFL players per game.
This was exceeded by Frankston, Tasmania & North Ballarat (obviously), as well as Scorpions (12.55), Sandringham (9.91), Coburg (9.82), Werribee (9.27), and only just exceeded Williamstown (8).
In fact Box Hill ranked only 8th on the use of VFL listed player.
Not having a crack, just thought that I should set the record straight.
Not like you to make selective use of stats Dolphin , that's more of a Corporate tactic mate ! How can averages tahen at round 11 have any true bearing on the discussion ? Bit like saying 'we were by far the better side if you take out 20 mins of the 2nd qtr and 11 mins of the 3rd' .
Any way , even taking your point , I was simply trying to point out the nonsense of comparing Box Hill to Preston in the AFL/VFL numbers game ( over a season, which I would have thought was the only really relevant figure ) and the fact that ANY aligned club would struggle if their AFL contingent was reduced to 4 players.
Told ya I was bitter and twisted.......bah humbug !
Only used the stats at Round 11 because they were the only ones I had.
And given that your statement was "We've consistently played VFL kids all year", I thought it remained valid to your point.
No big issue, couldn't really care.