South should cop it from North after the Rockets loss to Eagles.
Depending on which Woodville show up this could be close or a blowout. Either way Tigers will win.
Norwood in the Mount is game of the round. Too close to call, could go either way.
West should bounce back but those Lions are unpredictable.
If the Eagles that destroyed North show up then Sturt will be in for a record loss.
A rested Mavs should take a backing up Lions.

Is Norwoods second import in yet?

Not sure about the hate for t Daly, pretty sure he can get done in a big game he has won Seabl gf mvp. It wasn't a case of choking it was a case of the Norwood import being to good down the stretch. Nothing more nothing less. S Daly was average couldn’t get head in game after early fouls. But the reason for the Norwood win was simply there import hitting crazy shot after crazy shot down the stretch. Congrats to him. Barkley was pretty impressive for Pioneers with 40 and 16 but went quiet down the stretch.

Something going on at West, bad body language last couple of weeks, bit of arguing tonight on court. When they're relying on Truslove to play minutes when they have 2 big imports it's not good. Missing an import guard that can take over.

Well played Sturt. To keep it to 19 was a great effort. Import is solid. Desantis did play.

PL FB page says it was only 9, 98-89. If so pretty good effort.
Did Centrals roll out a second import? Either way West with two big losses in a row.
Sam Daly and Gambier lost their mind after being provoked by the master provocateur A Webber. Tough win by the Flames again.
Southern smacked the hapless Warriors while North handled South in the first half. South showed a bit of fight but couldn't compete when North hit high gear.

Pretty sure it was 98-80. Very physical game played on Sturt's terms for most of the night. They did well.

Truslove was +15 in 15mins so probably should have played him more!

Centrals backing up with a win over Mavericks. Simpson completely outcoached Warhurst in a game Mavs really should have snatched.

Not hard to out coach Warhurst didn't his favourites play well again

I'm an extremely biased Eagles fan, but multiple times I shook my head at calls that went our way. Not a great night for the refs.

5/20 shooting and 5 turnovers for his three favourites in 70+ minutes on the floor!

P. Thomas with the 10 TO triple double! That's tough to do ><

Third quarter Mavs gave up 35 points (is this a season high)? to Centrals without changing their game or even making a substitution. Even the U10 girls coach sitting next to me could see that something needed to be done. Mavericks might have half decent imports but their coach needs a good hard look at himself.

Who ever keeps going after Warhurst, rightly or wrongly, it's time to let it go. Am sure you have something better to do than continuly attack a guy over his coaching style. You look ridiculously petty and obsessed and might need to seek some professional help.
Let it go.

Was just about to write the same thing. Eastern has got the least talent of every team yet has a few wins on the board. Way better than what Whitmore has put together but he seems to miss out on criticism. Pushed Centrals today, they hit a few 3s to get the lead out. More to blame is probably the junior development.

The current mavs mens coach was the JDO so who is to blame? Take out the imports and you could put together two teams of former Mavs seniors and juniors that the coach has pushed out one way or another that would beat the current PL team.

2 teams??? Rigby Alphabet going to be the franchise player for one of them.

Mavs won a classic medal a few years ago. What happened to those guys? One is starting in PL, are the rest in college?

I don't think the player exodus has stopped either. Be lucky if he has 8 players by seasons end.

Classic? Classic what??

Mavs have zero players in college and haven't since the Madgens!

National junior classic anon. Unless I'm mistaken I thought they won a bronze a few years back.

Doesn't mean nothing. It means they had a bunch of juniors that could compete nationally and that should have transpired into some senior stability rather than the mess the Mavs have been.
Tell an Olympic athlete their bronze means nothing and they are second losers. Loser.

For an extremely athletic team, West look like they get overwhelmed with opposing athleticism. Brine and Legan gave them problems, and the whole centrals roster seems to have feasted on them too.

When you watch some of the games online - it is very clear that there are some very interesting calls made.

The five ex Mavs would beat the current line-up less imports, throw in Daniel Lean & Mitchell Kelton as subs. I would say there would be a dozen potential PL juniors that were never given opportunity by the current coach that basically got disillusioned by the game and quit all together. I think you may have contradicted yourself with the "success" of an 18's group a few years ago, if they were that good where are they now? What happened?? Shouldn’t the PL coach be right on top of these guys mapping out a pathway?

#740038 you seem to be in the know or you are in fact the coach or at a guess one of the Stock brothers? Tell me what has happened to the jun - sen pathway at Mavs?

Still waiting about this 2 teams worth that would win more.

^ Nice comeback Stocky!

Most of those Mavs players were just div 2 forestille players that couldn't crack PL at a proper club so went east for an easy entry

Ok Anon 067 - it's obvious that you have an issue with Mavs. Disgruntled ex player that couldn't perform so went to another club and still can't get starting 5 or sufficient court time at that. Everyone just ignore this cub and let him be because obviously he's upset for leaving for another team that has hit the skids. Couldn't do anything at Mavs and nothing for his current team - maybe you should look inwards - the problem might be you. Your twigs aren't fueling any fire here.

Not saying there aren't any issues with Mavs or any other team at that, but if the issues weren't from the top down, they might be a "better" club. North & Southern have issues from the top down also.

Mavs lose juns like leaves falling off a tree. Lost a player just out of juns two games into the season due to the favouritism shown by the coach.

Anon 077 - kids leave all the time in different clubs - you just want to point out Mavs. I think you are looking like a real douche bag right now. Your cred is a big fat zero! LOL

Would say Whitmore has done less with more than Warhurst. Has some solid bigs and a couple decent juniors coming in like meldrum. His choice of imports is baffling, Perry is terrible. He's either streaky, injured or a liability. Everett did dominate the ball last year but was their only option and won them a couple of games, and apparently he wanted back but they went for an unathletic I don't know. Too big and slow for 2 and 3, bulked up a bit but can't be a 4. Clippinger seems to be decent but is constantly anchored to bench. Looks like his average minutes hover around the 20 mark. Why bring him in. Whilst the guards have promise, they are very young, they had to use Everett to bring ball up last year. If anyone saw the game vs forestville, the kids were absolutely slaughtered when they put 2 2 1 trap on. Couldn't get the ball over halfway, so why didn't they go with an import guard, at least a ball handling 2. But again, the local kids havent been developed despite being in the system for a few years.
And defensively they play zone because they can't guard anyone. Worst still it's a terrible zone. So all the kids coming through aren't taught any man to man skills.
Now whilst Eastern aren't the greatest team, at least Morris is something to watch. Woodville are the most boring team around, slow, unathletic and play crappy zone and hope the other team misses open shots.
Despite being ex teammates and friends, Gilbert and Woodville need to sack Whitmore asap. He'll probably make some excuse and walk before he's pushed. But good old Benn McDonald is still haunting them by not reappointing Corey McLean, championship winning coach and maybe best in league. Genius move.
Not too long ago they were champions and in the hunt every year, get Whitmore in and he f%$ks it up. So all this hate for Warhurst may be real and founded, but Whitmore is worse for the above reasons. Plus he's an arrogant dickhead off the court.

All of the above comments about Whitmore and Woodville can be said about Warhurst and the Mavs, Warhurst is certainly not "Mr personality" by any stretch. Pretty sure Whitmores PL record is better than Warhursts and he did win a gold medal at national 20's a couple of years ago so he does understand what it takes to be successful.

Mavs choice of imports this year and even last year are up on Woodville's and in PL thats all you need to compete. As far as Junior development, retaining good club players and rewarding the more talented, not sure about Woodville but unfortunately that is not something that is a high priority at Eastern under the current coach.

Lets see how the year goes before saying I told you so and the best of luck to both coaches and programs.

Coaching a loaded state team ain't that hard. Building a program is. Not saying Warhurst has done a great job, don't know the behind the scenes stuff. Always has been a prickly character, as a player and a coach. Club probably needs some new blood to aid in recruiting. Look at Centrals with Simpson, was left with nothing after Bobby Cunningham did an even worse job than the 2 we're talking about. Played his son starters minutes when he was 18 div 2 at best over Dau and Biar Garang. Apparently KB was offered mavs job but Centrals women outbid them, but he's only looking at 1 year deals so not there for long run.
Where are all the head coach prospects. Years ago up and comers served their apprenticeships and were prepared. Now we have guys like Petty at South who's clueless, was just sitting on southerns million dollar bench so South thought success by association, how's that working out. Next thing will be Jayden Forte getting a job, only thing going for him is hes a state coach groupie. Got Boti at West who just goes where his daughters are, how many tracksuits do they have now. Pretty good job but why give it to a hack journalist? Norwood who were unbeatable a couple of years ago give it to an unknown and are light years from playoffs.
Probably best signing of the year is Mick Osbourne who coached Jesus when he played shooting guard for Nazareth. But everyone said he is too old, crap, he can outcoach nearly everyone in league. Whitmore should be over there taking notes.

Hey #740. Please share some of North and Southerns issues from the top down. Looking forward to hearing your insight.

South didn't give petty the job because of his association to southern, it was more like his association with the senior president who is also clueless, but also now an assistant coach.

Petty makes Whitmore and Warhurst look like Coach K and Tom Izzo!!!! I am surprised that these two coaches cop plenty of heat (mostly deserved) and this clown gets away with no criticism.

Who are his assistants and what's their background as you would think they would put some knowledgeable and experienced guys with him?

He was going around bragging that he had big name to replace Corey, didn't say Mee but was saying Corey was gone.

Does the bloke have anything left to damage

pug 56 = hogwash 76?

POTW, why not Legan, similar numbers and the win.

WTF is wrong with POTW selections this year, my goodness.

Agreed with Phil to be honest.
While Barkley had a great game no doubt, Legan had similar stats and a win!
Guess it couldn't get anymore unprofessional than making it a Facebook poll and a popularity contest.

2 weeks in a row POTW has gone to a losing team when others were more deserving, step up your game and professionalism Premier League!

If you watched the game either in person or online it's pretty clear to see why Legan should’ve gotten POTW. Sure, Kentrell had a great game but was missing late in 4th and OT. That’s when Legan exploded. It’s not just about pure stats