Squeezy Cheesey Peas wrote:Big weekend in 2A!! Westminster have a chance to secure their promotion spot or Mount Barker have a chance to make it a neck and neck race to the line... Too close to call and will depend on how both thse teams are handling the player drop outs / injuries I guess!
Just behind them, Norwood and Immanuel are playing to stay in touch with top 2.... Who ever loses that is basically out of the running so it will be full on game!!
Yes, big game tomorrow at our place. Looking forward to it; always a good match between us and Westminster (and usually high scoring, looking back at last years games and the one earlier this season). Ground is wet, but unless there's a downpour all night I think we'll be fine to get the 4 games on (D3 is v SHOC, the other three are v Westminster).
Wrap up warm though, lads!
Squeezy Cheesey Peas wrote:Second point - I exclude WG from the above as they are not in the promotion race apparently! Am still a little confused how they are not eligible for promotion HALF way through the season.... This year only one club will be promoted as WG will definitley fill the top spot (or second if a miracle occurs). Not sure about this.... Its either a 2 team league or it isn't. Yo ueither play within the mechanism of that league or you don't.
Windsor have had a torrid time with people being unhappy about them being in Div 3 etc etc. To let them stay in Div 2 is not the best decsion for the league.. good for them but not the others......
It is certainly an odd state of affairs. My understanding is that a 1-team club can apply to play in D2, but cannot be eligible for promotion UNLESS they guarantee that they can supply TWO teams (for D1A and D1B ) ... and finish Top2 in D2, obviously.
So I agree the Windsor "issue" has only been shifted from D3 to D2 - Really Gardens are D1 standard and whichever other Division they are put in - or ask to be put in - some of the other teams in that Division are going to moan.
From a Mt Barker perspective: We're not really bothered, either way. In order to have even a reasonable chance of staying up in D1A, you must have finished Top2 in D2. If you can't manage that, you shouldn't really be going up, as it's extremely likely you'll come straight back down.
So, we are viewing it exactly the same as we did at the start of the season. It always looked a nailed on certainty that Gardens would take the top spot and there would be one more spot available. What we did not realise is Gardens would refuse promotion if they achieved a Top2 spot ... but that's down to them and the CSL, as far as we are concerned.
Would it be better if everyone was playing on a level playing field? Yes it would. But, in the end, I don't think it effects us as a club. What it says about the CSL/Gardens is a different matter.