This is very interesting indeed. Far to many chiefs, and not enough indians with this group. Remove the egos and they still may have a chance!

4 main players for centrals have the flu did not train all week and played even thou they were sick last night! Oh and the umpires were a joke but thats a different story.... ps It was the import who wanted to go!

theres not enough relible indians to back up the chiefs....

The umpires were bad ha ha you got a free ride last night, the only thing that was bad was the attitudes of the centrals players, if the concentrated more on playing properly and less on trying to hurt opposition players they would be better off, if it was a men's game there would have been numerous all in brawls!

Import, I too heard that two people who came last season from other clubs wanted her to leave.

Funny that... Not the first time I heard this about these two players

I think we all know who runs that team..

I watched their import play and she killed it. Maybe a certain few didnt like the attention taken from them??

Yep, I like..

2 plus 1 makes 3...

Ill name them Jess Mahnoy and Destina Cummins two of their best players but biggest b.....s their is. Their a couple on and off court and as one run that team. Bens not the coach Jess is really implode girls fun to watch

#688 i take it your a southern fan or parent so grow up umpires need to be consistent that is all!

And why does everyone have to dog on just two players (Destina and Jess)???
There are players in every team who have an influence on what happens when your the captain or a senior player!!!

You cant say Tess doesnt have a say with mavs or Jo hill with North or Jess Foley with Norwood and the list goes on!!!
In all honesty the import wanted to leave i should know the words came out of her mouth!!! And thats the end of that.
Stop making up rumours and
Can everyone just get over it now...

PS #719 if your gonna name players then name ur freaking self instead of going anonymous....

Ben is an amazing coach. You are right there are some strong personalities in the group but Ben is able to lead the group, give them ownership and buy-in but keep them going in the right direction.

whilst I agree with most of what is being said. two people,especially one of those treat their team mates badly. That said I feel that it is sad instead of speaking of the close games and good games over the weekend, instead of talking about Centrals great start to season, Southerns constant improvement, how close the season is, Forestville beating Norwood.

We in women's basketball are caught up with the Borrego - Cummins/Mahoney saga.

Lets move on people and concentrate on great women's basketball being played at the moment.

I reckon she just wanted more (or better lollies) during the game because she was getting stuck into our men's lollies after the game during the men's after game presentation/supper

Guy wins "Coach of the Year".
People in SA try to bring him down.
His team wins.
People in SA try to bring him down.
Why do so many coaches try and get out of SA??
Too many small minds!

l think both sides played well,it was close at times.
But the young Tigers side played as a team lead by there Captain what a game by the young ones. Have Beaten North, Eagles and now Centrals.

This is why Centrals is an absolute joke & will never compete with the other top clubs.
Cause we have people passing judgements that should look at the facts.

The last season and half the Centrals women have won more games than the previous 10 and these two people have been there the whole time. They have the runs and successes on the board to back up what they do, more than I can say for all the girls that have played for this club in the previous 10 years!

Import - these two were the ones that wanted her to stay (another fact)

No I agree with you all get rid of them and bring back the good old Centrals and watch them be the laughing stock of the league and get beaten by 50+ each week. Then the juniors will have something to aspire towards.

Good work Central "supporters" again you know how to make this club “successful” - absolute joke!

364965,

You have a coach of the year, 2 fantastic players in cummins/mahoney and they are building a great support team to give some promising talent to aspire to.

I think you would find that the people suggesting the 2 players ARE NOT team players ARE from outside the Lions program. They are probably threatened by the growth and very rapid improvement in the Lions over the past few years. These 2 players are outstanding for the Women's program, but only a very small part of a booming club, but whether they go or stay I'm sure they Lions will continue the rise they are currently experiencing.

The real test of these 2 players will be whether they continue to commit to the Lions, build the success they believe that they can and prove the above people wrong or if they are all about themselves and just go somewhere else when/if the going gets too tough for them.

cancer at woodville
cancer at forestville
cancer at centrals

says it all actually

I do agree that the success of the team can be attributed to the players that have come on board (and the imports) and thats great for the program and the club. But it does appear that these players are bigger than the team so their are pro's and con's for both.

It's a pity that it's only one of the girls that is a really great player and the other shouldn't be talked about in the same light as she is an average player. Take Jess out and that team would struggle even more.

Hopefully things will sort itself out as it was good to see a competitive Centrals team last season.

They def aren't being given too much credit AT ALL.

Their win/loss record speak for itself - between them & the coach over half the team playing this year is from players they have assisted in recruiting. I admire the fact that they are the ones out there with the singlets on their back week in and week out while all their "haters" watch from afar.

I know who I would want my kids to be like – going out there and giving it a go at a club who had tried for years to try & recruit (look even Phillips couldn’t win them a game or even stick out a season!)

But keep judging them for finally moving the senior womens program of this club in the right direction.

Really successful players are often bitches and bastards because they go the extra mile to succeed. While it is not a law that a player has to have these flaws or attributes given your perspective, you will find, in every sport, white line fever which sometimes crosses over into the players' everyday life.

Centrals have weighed up the pros and cons and have put two areas of their club in some jeopardy, the juniors with a poor choice of country first and locals last and in trying to buy a senior team. It wont amount to much if central win a CABL title because the way they would have won it is not sustainable.

If you bring a strong self believer into your club and ask that player to teach the group to win then you can't criticise the player for doing it the only way she can.If that player outweighs your coach then he needs to eat more meat or the player should coach. Either way, observing this from the comfort of the bar, it's a bit rich to be killing the goose who has laid your only golden egg.

careful violin "my husband's a police officer" - sorry, that was a Woodville person who said that

076, someone seems to have hit a sore point with you.

So true hardwork pays off and you can say one thing about these girls and coach they have done it tough and through sheer hardwork and determination. You can see it when they train and you can see it when they play. This is what Lions success is built on. This is why in the past 2 yrs the club has had about 8 kids play for clubs/colleges overseas. It's hardwork my friends, hardwork!!!

These girls are under achieving in my eyes. Who didnt give these girls a chance 6 months ago?? With what has happened to the league and certain teams losing a number of quality players, and them gaining an import (oops she left) and Keane I would think that they are more than expected to be atleast top 3. Someone has no idea of what is actually going on!

"We in women's basketball are caught up with the Borrego - Cummins/Mahoney saga.

Lets move on people and concentrate on great women's basketball being played at the moment."

Agreed.