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What do we reckon Barclays ladder will end up for the upcoming season.
Will there we teams that surprise us?
Will there we teams that surprise us?
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Research ECCC will be much higher than this. With Ben Cookson as Capt Coach and a few other pickups, should be a much better unit.1. Diamond Creek
2. Macleod
3. Bundoora
4. Lower Eltham
5. Plenty
6. Rosanna
7. North Eltham Wanderers
8. Old Paradians/St. Francis
9. Riverside
10. Mernda
11. Research/Eltham Collegians
12. Epping
Not privy to any big recruits coming into the comp, I suppose Duggin will probably be back at St Fran OP, and, after a year gorging in the US he'll be a massive, massive recruit. On lasts year's form I suspect it will look a little like this.
Rosanna on top ? LoL - they would want to recruit some very handy cricketers to be the best side in the district.
Typically, I would have something around the following
Top tier - Diamond Creek, Plenty,
Second Tier - Bundoora, Lower Eltham, Macleod and Mernda
Middle Tier - Research , Rosanna , Riverside
Bottom Tier - North Eltham, St Francis, Epping
Rosanna wont make finals - bookmark it.
1. Diamond Creek
2. Macleod
3. Bundoora
4. Lower Eltham
5. Plenty
6. Rosanna
7. North Eltham Wanderers
8. Old Paradians/St. Francis
9. Riverside
10. Mernda
11. Research/Eltham Collegians
12. Epping
Not privy to any big recruits coming into the comp, I suppose Duggin will probably be back at St Fran OP, and, after a year gorging in the US he'll be a massive, massive recruit. On lasts year's form I suspect it will look a little like this.
Would like to know your reasoning behind this thought process.pepper the pig said:If Macleod can make finals, Rosanna will. I would have Rosanna ahead of Macleod any day of the week.
It's quite simple. Simply believe Rosanna is a better unit across the board than Macleod. Playing against each other in the past decade does not matter. Rosanna are a well organised unit & will make finals in Barclay - bookmark it.Would like to know your reasoning behind this thought process.
Its not as if they have played against each other over the past decade.
My opinion Is that you are seriously under rating the quality of the opposition in barclay shield.It's quite simple. Simply believe Rosanna is a better unit across the board than Macleod. Playing against each other in the past decade does not matter. Rosanna are a well organised unit & will make finals in Barclay - bookmark it.
Duggin wont be back. Pretty tied in with working over there at the moment, couldnt see him being back in Oz for a good 12 months from now at least.
Who was the last side to come up from money shield and play finals in barclay next season? Like saying gws will make the 8 next year. Aint happening!
Anyone remember Camrea's first 2 seasons???
Premiership in Money, then top 4 Barclay the next....
You're spot on. But then they were found out, finished 2nd last, then last.
As I said previously, RECCC will be a much better unit this season. Will have recruited 10-12 over the 1st and 2nds with I'd imagine 3-4 new faces in the ones at least.You're not far off the mark Serge. I picked it last year that St Francis would be no where near the relegation zone. They have a pretty solid all round side.
This year, I have Rosanna in a better position than the Frangas last year, but not a hope in hell finishing in the top couple.. They will be middle of the road, and I would have them missing finals by 1 or two games. But no where near relegation.
To be honest, I have Diamond Creek improving again, and the gap between them and the rest widening.
Research - I would have to say are getting closer to relegation than the middle tier, although i hope thats not the case.
Mernda - I think probably fits better in the middle Tier than second, as I think they probably played above themselves last year.
North Eltham - Who knows. They have ability, yes. But I don't know that they know where they are at half the time.
Riverside - Are going to be the interesting ones to watch this year. Could be a pretty tough year for the boys.
Epping are in for a torrid year. Paying $1.01 to go down. Could the Hurst boys come back and save them?
As I said previously, RECCC will be a much better unit this season. Will have recruited 10-12 over the 1st and 2nds with I'd imagine 3-4 new faces in the ones at least.