Measuring success in football is always an interesting thing. If we say that the only measure of success is a Premiership, then only one team can be considered successful each season. And that seems absurd to me. Sides that struggle to recruit, sides that struggle to spend their allotted salary cap, sides that are geographically isolated might argue making finals is a success. Heck they might even argue that simply fielding teams is a success. So how do we gauge success? I

The leagues two big guns, Foster and Yinnar, asserted their authority over the bottom two sides, Toora and Morwell East on Saturday with a combined winning margin of 333 points. The “finals shaper” between MDU and Thorpy turned into a “finals fizzer” with Thorpy atoning for their earlier season loss to the Demons in emphatic style. Not quite so emphatic but equally important was Hill End seven point result over Mirboo North and to the surprise of many Stony Creek more than he

After some recent feedback the tone of the Friday preview will change between now and the end of the home and away season. It seems at least one person has found it of value me listing the ramifications of each game in terms of final ladder positions so that will continue over the next few weeks. See one person can make a difference, so all you had to do was ask and you’d probably have gotten whatever you wanted all along MDU v Thorpdale The battle between these two is p

In a round where we might have listened to a few of our favourite Bon Jovi tunes on the way to the game it wasn’t just the album that was slippery when wet on Saturday. Wind, rain and sodden grounds greeted participants on the fields and courts across Gippsland and oh boy did the conditions have an impact on the scoring when it came to senior footy. To put the change of conditions and the impact to scoring in perspective consider this; the last time the league’s three top s

For the second week in a row MGFNL fans are treated with a One v Two clash to highlight the round. After toppling their nearest and dearest rival, Fish Creek, last week Foster now face another challenger to their title when Yinnar rolls into town. When these sides last met it took until thirty seconds from the final siren and a Brett Eddy masterclass to determine a winner and there is no reason to suspect this clash won’t provide something similar. Foster, aiming for the pe

An instant classic between the league’s best two sides* headlined a competitive round of MGFNL senior footy played out in spectacular weather on Saturday. Other games saw sides shuffle up their final’s spots with only a month of footy left while a side out of finals contention managed to crack the ton for the first time this year on the back of a nine goal haul for a former coach. But as they should be, first things first- the battle between Fish Creek and Foster. The sides

As we head into round fourteen of our thirteen club competition the ladder is as pure as it will ever be with each side having played twelve games. Each side has played each other once and each side has had their bye, so the ladder is as fair and equitable as it gets. And what interesting reading it makes. We have a trio of senior sides, Foster, Fish Creek and Yinnar, that are wrestling for the coveted top two spots come seasons end. As it presently stands none of these spot

Round thirteen of the MGFNL senior footy saw some incredibly lop-sided results and perhaps affirmed the view that he top three sides might just be in a league of their own with Foster, Fish Creek and Yinnar winning by a combined 343 points. And sure Foster, the top side, played the bottom team but Fishy and Yinnar both played sides that were in the top six entering the round. The upside of a lop-sided ladder where three teams have cleared out on top is that the battle for f

Round Thirteen will undoubtedly be unlucky for some with a trio of finals defining games highlighting this week’s round of action across the MGFNL senior footy spectrum. The top four clash between Fish Creek and Thorpdale heads the list with the matchup between sixth placed Hill End and eighth placed Tarwin being a virtual elimination final for the Sharks. And of course, we have third placed Yinnar hosting fifth placed Newborough with the home side needing to continue wining

Wet and wild conditions across Gippsland didn’t prevent some big scores in Round 12 of the MGFNL. But in and around those big scores some much closer games were played, a few of which had massive finals ramifications. Another, which ultimately had no impact on the finals, loomed as one of the biggest upsets in living memory but more on the clash between Stony Creek and Foster later. Mirboo North v Tarwin A fast-starting Tarwin jumped Mirboo North early and never really look