Its true the Tiger Train was still being greased up in the shunting sheds, they were easily the worst teams there today. Tiger odds to widen big time. Turner was there in the stands but didn't play plus no Moyis nor Raeburn. Hammer was there and is a spent force. Best Tiger all day was the Hoff by a country mile.
His shot from a corner and then 100 metre sprint to actually beat the ball to the goal line was worth giving up my saturday for.
Long season down epping way with the Y, Nerds and Tigers battle relegation.

Juice Wrote:
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> What a great comp. For what it's worth in answer
> to all the pessimists who key in garbage week in
> and week out on this forum and knock GHFA left
> right and centre, this was a good thing and I
> would imagine and hope more teams enter next year.
> Didn't see the final but I'm guessing it was
> between Spirit A and Kenthurst A so not sure who
> won however all games were played in great spirit
> and it was both entertaining and surprising to see
> so many games come down to 1v1. Socially all teams
> mingled and laughed and some good and not so good
> football was played as legs tired towards the end
> of the day. The free BBQ GHFA put on was great
> though not so after playing after four sausage
> sandwiches. The only negative was that the refs
> were not too sure of the rules and as such there
> were numerous inconsistencies but that'll be
> cleared up before next years comp and really
> wasn't that big of a deal anyway... plus way too
> hot for running (not that I did any).
>
> Well done GHFA and I hope it becomes a regular on
> the pre season calendar for the association. I
> hope the knockers on the site enter next year to
> see for yourselves.
>
> Finally yes Batts appears to be playing with KEN
> whom he lined up for today... worst kept secret
> Batts

Hey slow down Juice, surprised you don't check your facts before going on about people slagging off GHFA and particularly about this comp. When i checked this thread with its 60 or so posts, it looks something like:

12 posts supported the comp - 20%
11 put forward some constructive views about how it could be improved - 18%
28 really had no opinion or just made neutral comments - 47%
9 slagged it (on one ground or another) - a pretty lowly 15%

Nothing wrong with constructive criticsm anyhow and there were many good points on how the idea could be improved, including consulting with the PL teams - bigger question is whether GHFA is interested?

Don't take this as a criticism though

Just a general statemement Mr statistician not necessarily directed at the topic of this thread but more over GHFA across numerous threads for being 'boring and lacking in initiative compared to other associations', but thanks for your time on crunching the numbers.

>>Finally yes Batts appears to be playing with KEN whom he lined up for today... worst kept secret Batts


why in the world would KEN hire Batts - it is not as though thereis no talent in the north west. i am still scratching my head

Batwatxch Wrote:
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> >>Finally yes Batts appears to be playing with KEN
> whom he lined up for today... worst kept secret
> Batts
>
>
> why in the world would KEN hire Batts - it is not
> as though thereis no talent in the north west. i
> am still scratching my head


don't think he's coaching, just playing

:don't think he's coaching, just playing

bbbbbbut that's even worst. Don't they have plenty of classy speedy upfront players? Find it odd they have a vacancy for Batts on the playing roster and not coaching roster.

pedal your own bike you c@#t and just worry about your own team!!!

tsk tsk major - classless as always. sounds like someones a little worried about loosing their spot to a 45 yr old. at least he can take spot kicks

News is bushboys dusted wombats in a trial game 6 zip and batts had a first half hat-trick to his name, finishing definately not gone from his game

>pedal your own bike you c@#t and just worry about your own team!!!

don't own a bike

wombats Wrote:
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> News is bushboys dusted wombats in a trial game 6
> zip and batts had a first half hat-trick to his
> name, finishing definately not gone from his game

If you give Batts at chance, even at 45 years old like he is now, he was punish you. The guy knows where the back of the net is.

Stop posting about yourself Batts

Have to say, I was against this GHFA golden goal tournament from day 1. But to my surprise, it actually worked out quite well. The refs seemed to handle the dropping of 2 players every 2min quite well (although, yes there were a few inconsistencies which I dont think anyone really minded too much), all teams put in, and as someone else said, wathcing The Hoff impersonate Carl Lewis over 60m, knees driving, arms pumping, to stop the ball on the goal line (subsequently resulting in a win for his team) was worth the entry price alone!

I'll put my hand up and admit I may have been a little to quick to judge, however, my first point stands - there were a few niggles and injuries which may have been prevented with less stop-start procedures. But I guess thats the price you pay...
Well done GHFA.

lets hope it goes on to be bigger and better next year

It was alright, a few errors, lunch being 1 1/2 hours, refs with different interpretations, when it come to 1 on 1, some refs said you cant play it twice from a goal kick or throw in, which had one game , have a one on one with the tigers guy dancing around the ball for about 30 secs, after the kenthurst guy threw it in. but it WAS enjoyable to participate in, on the whole

Saturday 27 February at Christie Park saw the birth of a new concept tournament between the teams in the local Gladesville-Hornsby Premier League / Super League and GHFA Spirit. The Golden Goal Tournament took the format of 10 minute games in which 2 players were removed from the field every 2 minutes with the aim to score a goal as quickly as possible. The fastest goal was scored in 40 seconds but most games went nearly the full distance making it a test of endurance as well as a lot of fun.

The Final was fought out by Spirit A and Kenthurst A with Spirit being triumphant in the end however all games throughout the day were hard fought with many going to a one on one situation really testing the stamina of the players.

A sliding scale of points was awarded for the time slot in which the winning team in each game scored.

Final points after the 36 games were –

20 points - Spirit A
16 points – Kenthurst A
15 points – Normanhurst
12 points – Spirit B
11 points – Kenthurst B
7 points - West Pennant Hills
7 points - Macquarie Uni
5 points - Epping Eastwood A
3 points - Epping Eastwood B

Everyone on the day, including the referees, agreed it was a fun day and really worthy of continuing as an annual event.

The day was a good hit out in terms of fitness, though im not too sure the format allows for any decent style of football to be played. I guess that's what teams need to take into consideration if entering a team.

I agree that it was a good day all round, though some tweaks to it should be made.

EEW look like a force this year. Tiger train derailed has it ?

Was Turner playing for EEW?

Turner Wrote:
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> Was Turner playing for EEW?


Turner was there in the stands but did not play, perhaps the reason why EEW lacked, plus Mouyis/Raeburn was not there either.

I would not right off the Tiger Train.

Turner Wrote:
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> Was Turner playing for EEW?

He was there, sitting with EEW, but didnt play in any games.

i believe eew were without 4 or 5 first graders i think they will still be competative

he was injured

"i believe eew were without 4 or 5 first graders i think they will still be competative"

May have been without 5 firstgraders but still had enough subs for both their teams to not have to worry about legs late in the game.

tiger train have NO chance this year