Not your son's team. :p

Sturt.

Strut in every age group and both boys and girls???

Yea Sturt. "Recruited" well in U16 boys.

Thought forestville was stronger in girls

wont be southern

Lol Sturt recruited well? over recruited I heard now the grapevine says unhappy peeps.

What happened at southern to say that?

Yawn...cue rabid parent breat beating..my Clubs better than yours..blah blah blah

We talking sturt 16 boys?

082, you tell us?

What are west 12 girls like?

Are their 14 boys good this year as were poor last year?

which is exactly why Sturt recruited so much in that age group

so who approached who? what are the real facts?

the real facts and the facts that are told on hoops are not usually the same thing

Ask South who Sturt took, FACT.

Maybe ask South who wanted to leave because they had to fun around an oval carrying bricks rather than getting better at basketball.

Maybe ask South who wanted to leave because they had to fun around an oval carrying bricks rather than getting better at basketball.

Centrals should look good, that group dominated 14's two years ago. Sturt will challenge. Good to see what other clubs compete in that competition.

Sorry not good, interesting to see

It's kids basketball.... WOW!

Centrals dominated 14 boys two years ago? Didn't even win State Champs actually.

Sturt have taken 1 from Southern, one from South clearly as stated. I think another not sure where he was from for the boys 16's and heard a couple left Sturt also. People peeved Sturt don't develop they squeeze out the current players with their recruits :P

Sturt develop the starting five. The others should appreciate they get to train with the starting five

Guess we will see Friday Eagles by 6.

Sturt didn't take the southern player he escaped

Actually, Sturt have had the best kid from Southern and the best kid from South come and play for them.

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eagles by 6

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Norwood 16 boys

Funny how the parents make out the players were offered spots

@Anon 44022 what are you trying to say? They just left without speaking to anyone from your club went to trials and won their spot?

Adelaide is a lot smaller than you seem to be naive

With the holier than thou attitudes from South and Southern, I assume they didn't accept any players from other clubs?
South in particular may be being massively hypocritical!

I think alot of the talk on here lately is South trying to capitalise on the Sabres' strength across their program.

Less and less spots in div 1/2 for players at sturt means that players that aren't prepared to work hard, develop and earn their spots with better coaching, training with better players and in a more successful environment at Sturt may be looking to move on just to play a higher grade, sacrificing their development. Short term fix vs long term development. Rather than work hard, develop and let actions do the talking I think the panthers would prefer to market their "opportunities" through an annonymous forum. Just my guess, from the outside, looking in.......

"Just my guess, from the outside, looking in......."

Somehow I think not.

It's not about accepting players from other clubs - they all do. It's more about targeting players from other clubs at state training!
Would like to see you defend that one!

The new HPM will put a stop to that!

All clubs run open trials state the obvious that a player rocks up from another club to play the club won't say no - although I'd knock back a player who seems to club hop because he's no real guarantee to create a core foundation for div/age.

Reality is your method of cutting down the competition early by poaching "best players" really doesn't look good esp if its at the cost of a true Sturt Junior, which is what appears to be the cause/effect I'm hearing the rumblings through the grapevine.

The club hopper wont be there long. Especially when div2 arrives next year.

Everyone knows that 7 of the district clubs are feeder competition to Sturt Forestville and Norwood.

It would a real interesting stat toknow how many current state/SASI players starting at another club have ended up at one of those three clubs

What's to defend? One of the players is from SA Country - so he would have attended zero metro trainings!
Sounds like South are up to some fair whining! Particularly when they have taken more U/16 boys from Sturt than they have lost to Sturt!

Human nature. Successful players/professionals/kids/people etc want to go to successful environments that will develop their success. Happens in every environment all over the world.

If clubs focus on why these players leave rather than complain about it, their problems would be solved. Therefore of course the better players and their parents will move to the more successful envrionments.

The HPM won't make any difference to people exercising their right to move to an environment that meets their needs/desires.

and human nature in 2 years time will find that there are only small opportunities for these players at U23 level with so many quality juniors and they will all want to return to other clubs.

Not the best ones. But yea the ones that aren't up for it will move onto an environment right for them. Very true.

Got to admire the staunch arrogance and deflection, constantly reaffirming that only the BEST will remain and be retained at/by Sturt while second rate players who try their luck will skulk back to other clubs eventually.

Who needs a licence?

Doubt Sturt will even be favourites, even with the new kids. Centrals still miles in front, Southern potentially second & Sturt fighting with others for places.

Centrals not in front. Sturt in front, then Centrals, Norwood and then maybe Southern. No way are Southern second.

Might be forgetting Forestville in this too. Guess we'll find out on Friday but I could have
1 Centrals
2 Southern
3 Forestville
4 Sturt

This reminds me of that great Norwood U12 thread circa 2010 and the enthralling rivalry created at the time.

It was very funny, but VERY SAD at the same time.

under 14s, forestville should dominate

Didn't they lose their best player to overseas?

u18 Boys anybody?

Seems like Sturt Norwood and West are the three that are always up there. Will it be the same this year?

I wouldn't think west.

2 years ago it was Sturt, Norwood and Forestville. But they have lost their best player so who knows.

Southern 18 Girls may be looking for new coach at last minute as Stana Zecevic cleared to West.

Should someone playing at another Club coach elsewhere?

Will her sisters still play at Southern?

Another "junior" post on Hoops and another quality biatch fight

Under 14 forestville boys or girls should dominate?

14 Forestville boys should definitely dominate, not sure about the girls.
18 boys - North were pretty good two years ago so they should be around the mark (reckon they may have even finished top after minor rounds). West will need significant improvement from two years ago to be around the mark, but it's quite possible as they have definitely brought in some better talent since then.

Why will forestville dominate 14's? Are they big?

answer to original question.

look out for the refs when you play sturt. They are the ones cowering in the corner that have been intimidated and bullied by coaches.

very good jack very funny maybe should have left that bit out cause it is just assumed like you say

Don't think anyone is forgetting forestville in 16 boys, just not rating them. Weren't they last in 14's. Currently offering div one spots to div two players?
If they score 40 tonight be surprised.

So anything interesting come out of the tonight's first week?