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Sandy look pretty good with the second import...(No Conn after halftime probably only reason they won thou!)

CJ out with Knee/Quad issue not sure for how long but knox will struggle without him!

Good win by Frankston to steady the ship, Canberra will be kicking themselves thou!

Kilsyth pick up second win for the season...I agree with above thou think it might be the last season for Wallace time for a new voice and change of direction. (Might even move 1/2 long term players on and start fresh!)

Bendigo starting to find some form and looko alot better now Garlepp has returned to the team.

Mt Gambier had a good weekend spliting the Tassie trip...interested to get peoples thought on Robinson who hasn't really done mush since Round 1..i know he is just backing up Allen but is there better options?

A few harsh words were said about Ben Allen in a post about a week ago. He backed these comments up with an average of 17.5pts and 10.5reb in the Tasmania double header, they are some pretty good stats in the Tassie double header.

Looks like every game was an upset result except for the Geelong win and they only got home by 2 points.

@Above Anonymus

Allen scored 19 points for the game in a team that scored 81 for the game, that is 23% of points. That is a relatively good output in my books. Not great but pretty good.

The Pioneers require guys averaging 15 points a game not guys averaging 30, that is what needs to happen for the Pioneers to be a successful.

6 Rounds in could be a few imports on the chopping block over the coming weeks.

A few off the top of my head not really getting the job done this season are:

Zach Henifin - Brisbane
Plays a role but they need an import who can score

Lester Strong - Knox
Poor return this year looks dis-interested

Gonzaga - Nunawading
Inconsistant, gets into foul trouble regularly.

Robinson - Mount Gambier
As above

Lewis - Dandy
Production really dropped off and becoming inconsistant much like Dandy's form itself.

Bridgewater - Kilsyth
Terrible import selection not contributing at all, surely they could get a better option than him

Bridgewater is due to get his Australian citizenship in two weeks. Look for Kilsyth to bring in another import after that.

@Anon i agree season will be done in 2/3 weeks at the current rate.

Gonzaga can play but in five out of 7 games has recorded 4 fouls & fouled out once.

You can see by his numbers he'd play more if he could get out of foul trouble....hell he fouled out in 7 mins on Sunday which was the follow up to 4 fouls in 14 mins against knox!

Teams have worked him and Robinson out and just go at them to keep them off the floor as both haven't adjusted to the SEABL refs

Re:Bridgewater - Kilsyth
Terrible import selection not contributing at all, surely they could get a better option than him

He wouldn't really be on much of a salary. No chance of being cut.

Sacking an import is a big call, especially when looking to get a replacment cleared and ready with a short turnaround and intergrated into the team and learn the offense and defensive schemes. In a even league if you get a better player it won't always translate to wins right away.

Sackings at this level from my exp are usually either off the court related or attitude related (sometimes towards the end of the season results related once playoff possibilites have ended).

Robinson at Mount Gambier is good. He is a rim protector and allows the perimiter players to be aggressive knowing they have someone behind them to help. He also makes up for a lot of Allen's weakness on that end so he can concentrate on offense.

@ Phobos - I agree sackings at this level are hard outside of injury...That said someimtes you just need to make a move anad bite the bullet...if you wait to long you'll miss the finals boat.

Also agree with Bridgewater...the guy was uneffective at Big V level over the last 3 years against undersized 4/5 men....whoever recruited him needs to have a long hard look at themselves!

Anyone know what happened to the Ex-AFL football player import at Sandy?

Sandy cut there 2nd import before the start of the season as they needed a shooting guard rather than 2 bigs.

John Pichon at Sandringham has been fantastic. That was a bad loss for Geelong but he has been great at Sandy. I would say that Pichon has been the best import so far this season in the SEABL.

Pichon has been great...he just works hard everynight and has a great attitude!

I believe you will find the success rate of imports brought to Geelong among the best in this country at SEABL level, past and present imports!

The staff at the Supercats have a very strong track record and do their due dilligance analysis at a very high level, so not surprised about Pichon.

Our current imports at Geelong are also right up there again this season I think you will find...

@Anon - Why did Kilsyth pick Brad up then? He might be cheap but why not get the two standard imports? Are they trying to save cash?

I watched Ballarat in the early games and couldnt believe how well they played as a team only being together a short time, I watched them on the weekend and couldnt believe this is the same side,from what I have seen the inclusions of the NBL players has taken away the amount of ball the imports are receiving,
and the side doesnt seem to be playing as a team like they were. Matt Hanson is one of the best imports in the comp- he needs the ball in his hands- all the stats are there to show why they have lost 4 games straight- compared to being on top of the south pool 3 weeks ago.

My thoughts on Round 6 up now at AndTheFoul.net - http://andthefoul.net/archives/5985

Wallace finishes shortly as GM so it will be interesting to see what the board does moving forward.Wallace is very highly thought of at Kilsyth.

Wallace no longer GM and two pretty poor seasons with baffling recruitment.

Will be interesting to see which way Kilsyth go after this year...will they go young and just rebuild from scratch with a couple of good imports & the ex Kilsyth college returnees (A couple of quality guys) or keep this core group again and try and reinvent the wheel.

No dispute that he did a great job in the GM position....just might have lost focus on the SEABL coaching roll over the last couple of years.