Bruce, I started a thread a while back on the league's tolerance of Sherbrooke's SCW side.

I think there are a few problems/questions here:

- the league has tolerated poorly performing sides over long periods of time - Sherbrooke have been average for a long time
- there are appears to be a reasonable amount of SCW quality talent playing at D1 level - Vanessa Power comes to mind, and the D1 competitions seems far more competitive (Whittlesea are the only undefeated side and appear standouts looking at their percentage)
- perhaps there is just not the incentive, or for lifestyle reasons perhaps not the motivation, for the better quality players to play at the "next" level - cash, perception of quality, etc
- Is the YL distorting the talent pool? Are there SCW capable players running around at Kilsyth or Knox instead of playing SCW?

Certainly seems like a massive divide between the haves and have nots in SCW - bottom four look very poor.

Was at Broncos and Waverley last night and it was a great quality game. A big difference between the top and the bottom, although look at Warrandyte for example they have an import that played a season of WNBA, and Melbourne are better than last year. DV should be better but changed coaches last week so will be interesting. Real issue is clearly Sherbrooke. Time for Suns to look at D1 or D2.

I Hay is over in the US playing High School or AAU? Not sure who the other one is???

who for?

I think its admirable that the league is trying to expand but there's also the age old question of quality or quantity, and I think the league has gone the quantity path.

Sherbrooke isn't the only club to have ever struggled, although it would be fair to say that several are up and down.

You only have to look at Hume City, last and winless in 2011 to winning the title in 2013.

In Sherbrooke's instance, they have a SCW team winless so far in 2015 and looking like they won't come close, and their YLW2 team, in the competition for the first time in 2015, winless and looking like they won't even come close.

Look at their junior program and they can't even get a team into metro (forgetting 20's simply because so many clubs don't play 20s it's not that hard to get in). So what proposal did they put up to put a YL team in, and where did they say they were going to get their players from, and how did they convince the league they would be competitive?

Interesting only 1 players from their VJBL 20s or 18s is playing YL, so where are all their players from?

I think this is one case of the league putting quantity over quality.

Dickson was never playing SEABL lol, she had signed with southern pen SCW
Never good when any player does their ACL

Dickson signed with and was released by Southern Peninsula leading up to round one, then moved on to an SEABL club where she unfortunately tore her acl.

Might be worth asking the SP coaches why she quit. I hear they might have something to answer for.

was it the same reason she quit nunawadding.......I tell you coaches , what gives them the right to actually coach over parents Sheesh, the worlds in turmoil!!!!!

Biggest underachievers so far, Warrandyte. Cant say Sherbrooke, as they were never really expected to do much this season, but Warrandyte has a reasonable list, so why can't they get more wins?