theres only one thing thats certain

whichever coach gets eliminated this weekend

they will get roasted on here

Roasted by a bunch of losers who have given up no time or energy like these coaches and think they know everything as they hide behind their anon status.
Rockets and Eagles to win.

True, either Hawkes or Webber will get roasted.

When are the women's Premier League week 2 finals being played?
Apparently they mustn't be on this weekend or surely they would have been mentioned

Pioneers v Eagles almost NBL quality! Put down the crack pipe mate

In the womens games, the teams that miss the least layups will probably win.

norwood vs north will be nba quality, under 10's quality reffing and hot dog stand cuisine quality reffing.

norwood by 50 in a match tighter than your dads new balance t-shirt.

595 gold!

The only thing which will stop Mt Gambier is their lack of depth. Unless injuries or foul issues I can't see anyone beating them at home. The best opportunity for the others is grand final night.

North to beat Norwood. North is nothing special when you look at offensive output but it is their defense which has driven many wins. They need to get back to where they were as their defense has been slipping in recent games. If they don't fix that then an upset is on the cards

First world problems with Hillcrest being packed in its last game, just hoping we can get a good live feed of the game as there'll be no room to move. I think West did a feed there but it was basically from their bench so hard to see the action down the other end. Any chance they'll be able to set up a good camera angle? And not sure if it could be done but putting up a temporary stand on court 2 to watch the action would have been a fitting tribute to old Hillcrest to get the biggest crowd ever to watch a game there. And poor old Jo Hill loses her court after only a few years.
As for the game it'll be interesting to see how it's called. Pretty sure the Webbers will be up to their old tricks and trying to get under skin of BJ and McVeigh. Bj really has to concentrate on getting the ball to scorers and taking the open shot, took 13 3s last week and most questionable. Will he be mature enough to not listen to the trash talking. I think North should win easily unless Legan goes nuts and the refs don't let it get out of hand.

Pioneers were down 17 in the first quarter only two weeeks ago to the eagles. Although Pioneers were able to win the following 3 quarters by 30 the Eagles are a very good side and if the pioneers give that lead again I doubt they will catch them.

Pioneers/ Eagles would want to be NBL quality for $28 a ticket

Same^, was originally planning to go to the game but the seating options are really offputting

I'm sure the pioneers will go close to capacity at that price so why wouldn’t they charge it? I’m sure Adelaide clubs would too if they could.

Remember pioneers are still picking up the bill for the travel and their own to Adelaide (women). Have to fund it somehow.

I hope they are honouring the BSA passes like every other club does. How do you get a ticket with those passes?

Basketball Australia picked up the travel bill for this season , they charged $28 last week as well for the women's final

NBL1 finals this weekend look to be $15

Good article by pick and roll

Because it's a bit of a joke to charge five times what every other club does?

Don't pay it then. Seemingly plenty are happy to pay it.

Hope Pioneers fans would be fine with being charged $30 down here

Yes next season charge higher prices to them when down here. If allowed to play!

pioneers fans have been charged more than home team fans in some places this year.

You do realise that the ticket prices at the icehouse are the same for all fans regardless of which team they support don't you?

The ticket price of entry should be the same for all fans attending the game.

If Adelaide teams want to charge all fans $30 for finals then go for it. Only problem they might have is getting anyone to turn up. They seem to struggle now at current prices though.

All away fans are normally charged like $3 more than home fans. It's not like it’s $5 home fans and $20 for pioneers lol

Yes and some clubs have discounted admission costs for financial members. But $28 dollars at lousy seats for a second tier game is crazy. Just goes to show nothing else to do in Mt Gambier!!!

How is it crazy if the stadium is basically full of people prepared to pay $28.

What would be crazy would be to charge $5 or so and have a sell out when you could charge $28 and have a sell out.

It's a basic concept of supply and demand.

Are tickets to Perth games the same as the are at other venues NBL venues?

Dunno. Respect for the competition or something. Hillcrest is packed every week, they don't charge $30.

Hope all the Forestville fans are enjoying the tourist attractions of a hole in the ground and a big lake.

I think the issue is there is a demand for something to do on a Saturday in Mt Gambier. And there is no supply of anything else. I think places like Hillcrest could double their doo prices and still be a sell out

But why fleece parents when many are already supporting the various clubs through subs etc. Those junior parents at Mt Gambier must be wealthy to handle both. Ohhh forget that comment about Mt Gambier juniors!

Hillcrest gets packed at 23s div 4 games! What's the capacity, 27?

Adelaide people get so hung up on this juniors shit. Most clubs fleece the juniors to pay for the seniors then also want them to show up PL night. My Gambier have junior comps they just don't play in that shit district comp that you people think is elite. Club hoping rubbish.

You live in Mt Gambier mate go smoke some ice and relax

You do know the guys you are feeling unwelcome in Mt Gambier have a major say in whether you will have somewhere to play next year when no-one else will take you. The rank and file are voicing their displeasure already through their club administration. Good luck profiteering next year!

Those players you mention the pioneers steal do you really think they would have stayed in the Adelaide league or still left to play in Seabl just for other clubs?
Yes there is juniors in mt gambier and the costs are higher than playing in Adelaide when adding in all the travel country basketball entails.
The crowd in mt gambier is made up of more than just parents of juniors.
If the stadiums are full in Adelaide I suggest it's crazy not to charge more but perhaps the Adelaide clubs might be happy fleecing their juniors to fund the seniors.
I love those throwing heat about mt gambier attractions and drug problem...sounds like you are just repeating what the eastern states say about Adelaide.
Great news that Adelaide is a drug free city!!

Yeah no drug problem in downtown Adelaide.

Drug problems are everywhere. Just nowhere more than Mt Gambier.

Can you advise how much will be admission costs next year when there are no games there

Best make hay when then sun shines then. No doubt the excess funds fleeced will be used to purchase bulk drugs from the big boys in Adelaide to sell in the drug capital of the world!

Two massive PL finals on tonight and you losers have digressed the game thread into town shaming and drugs.
Tossers.

You're right, I’m pretty sure Mt Gambians are ashamed of their town enough.

Michael Harris is the biggest pretender in PL. worst choke job I've seen tonight. Two consecutive finals he’s wilted in the spotlight.

North the bigger chokers

North = Pathetic. All those at start of season saying how good BJ would be, take a bow.

He won Forestville the game last week.

2 points in 30 mins is a big yikes for your starting sg

You're not wrong. He was very good last week, so not shit in back to back games like claimed. At least he isn’t a 36ers player scoring 2 in a final.

What is Hawkes finals record now ??

I believe Harris did score 2 in the grand final last year... wait... it was 0.

Who is the 6 era player to only score 2 points?

Adam Schild only 3 minutes...?

Bijan in the North game.

Majok to score about 50 next week

Going to need to

Does teys always spend the whole game sucking up to the umpires with his hand on their arse?

Yips came to bite North. Had a huge lead at quarter time then gave it up in second. Then looks like Norwood beat them in last quarter. Anyone there to report on what happened, didn't look like any Norwood player went off. Bit more than North choked please, that's pretty obvious, Starling did have a monster game though.

So pioneers fans ever thing of clever things to yell at the opposition? I know I've affects your brain but even that doesn’t explain the rubbish they were coming up with.

Shit. do*, ice*. Must have inhaled some second hand smoke tonight.

Deng looked like he got injured

anon #970
Starling shot 40% from the field.. not good enough against a undersized norwood team. I thought Brine did a solid job making things tough for him

Good to see Brian Moultrie get in the action and make an impact.

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Congratulations to Norwood they earned it!
Said literally no north fan ever

North's heart was left on the bench!

^genius, Mt Gambier is in SA.

Just making an educated guess but I'm pretty sure Hawkes is 0-10 in Finals. Lost three times in straight sets and rest were one and dones. Took over 2014? Only coach to not win a championship with big money Starling.

There were some questionable calls/no calls made by refs this weekend which escalated issues. Got to say the worse refing across the board all season. Mr Teys complaining still gets away with no T.

How many are sick and tired of his whinging.

Double header this week at wayville gonna be an absolute cracker !!

Since Forestville fans had to pay $28 for one game last night will it be $56 entry at Wayville?

$28 a game is ridiculous. I think all teams should vote NO for Pioneers to play PL next season. They can't find a league to play in but when you piss off spectators with their prices - it's just plain wrong! There should be a guidance from BSA to state that they can only charge the same as all other clubs between $5 - $8 per spectator.

I'll never go down there again if I can help it. Pioneers spectators and sponsors are rude as can be!

forrestville supporters, biggest complainers in the league

Based on your own ironic whinging?

Pioneers will not be in Premier League next year!!!

No!!! They won't be playing Premier League!!!

Whats wrong with North players being unhappy. I would have thought that was a normal reaction for any team in any sport losing in a final

Forestville might struggle to get over Norwood next week without Deng.

Every year it seems Hawkes has pissed another player off then season starts and the faithful say how much the players love him for pushing them. If they were still in would it still be the case, no murmurs during the winning streak.
As for Mount Gambier prices, big whinge about them but they still paid. Simple demand and supply, don't go next time. And it's petty putting prices up just for their spectators, they don't set price, the club does.

Cairns' last pre season game is the 8th, I'm sure he'll be back

Will Cairns let him play with an injury?

What has he done?
Assuming sustained against mount on sat?

Medical certificate to say he can or can't play?

He looked uncomfortable from early in the game, perhaps a groin injury?

"no murmurs during the winning streak"

Actually there were. The typical responses from North faithful ranged from 'I didn't notice anything' to 'They're still winning so must be happy'.

Wonder if forestville will apply for an injury exemption and get DJ to suit up?

If Hawkes position is untenable then their should be some worried coaches around, unless their buddy signed them to a two year deal

Forestville can suck my hog, they will get lawst in the sawce.

Norwood by 800 in a barn burner

Who is going to stop Moultrie off the bench in last quarter or so. Won the game for Norwood and North couldn't come up with the answers

Pioneers got a Shxt load of money for them to travel to their games and visiting teams got the benefit of it also going down there. But the spectators got spanked by their door prizes. Wasn't even a show - bunch of kids doing flips on the court.

As much as the Webbers are disrespectful/dirty on the court - I'm predicting them to scrape by with the win. Andy is a douche and Teys showed his true colors on the weekend. We were all waiting for the Pioneers mascot to punch him in the face Saturday night.

Round 3 of Finals
Women - Pioneers to win by 6
Men - Norwood to win by 2

Grand Final
Women - Sturt to win (Eagles by 6 / Pioneers by 10)

Men - Pioneers to win - no matter who gets in

Let's hope there is some better refing at Wayville this weekend vs what was delivered in Gambier Saturday night - that was seriously hard to watch!

"We were all waiting for the Pioneers mascot to punch him in the face Saturday night."

Showing your true colours as well it seems.

How did he hurt his hand , that's right , punching a wall at practice because he didn’t get a foul call

Norwood showed great heart but i agree, North stopped playing hard like they had won it. Then the pressure and "yips" kicked in.
Horrible way to go out for a team that looked so good heading into finals.

And the BJ excuses come out for being shit. What about the rest of the season?

BJs numbers were pretty solid for the season if you had bothered to look. Especially as he was the 3rd or 4th option.
BJ grew alot at North from the start to the end of the season, was clear for anyone to see who followed the team closely.

Question - North coach knowing a player was injured before the game. Played him for 26 minutes with only 2 points and 2 turn overs. You would think that someone else would contribute more that is not injured. To loose the game when you're up 22 points - I think that reflects more on a coach than players. Interesting! I heard Starling is on the move - anyone know where he might go?

Staring and Dowdell want to play together again, come as a package deal.

Early rumblings that McLean is wanting to return to Woodville and bring Patty Thomas (he was close to moving to woodville last offseason).

McLean + Thomas, Dowdell, Starling at Woodville is a solid core.

Whitmore out of a job if that happens. A return to centrals on the cards?

Last I heard Patty Thomas was done with McLean and won't be playing PL altogether next year, so either he's quickly changed his mind or your rumour is bs.

If you are going to make stuff up at least make it plausible.

I'm calling bs on most of it.

Southern Exodus incoming

Nice numbers but won't help you win when it matters.

Mass exit at West.

Not really a mass at West to exit, Thomas and Kubank would be the only decent players another club would like to pickup. Some others may fill out the bench elsewhere.

if they want a game they could always go to south

I reckon Anon would have better shooting percentages than BJ.