Much better than a Div 6 side. Young quality side, could easily foot it in the 2nd or 1st Div.
Victims of mainlands New teams in div 6 policy. These lads got screwed over last year when the 21s went bust and now have to work their way up the divs. Technically very good
Agree. And still we wonder why we lose players to the game. If schools can have rights to a team in the youth grades without having them work their way up through the juniors, then how is this any different? Still, think they could/should have looked at PDL but can well imagine being gun shy because of u21 failing last year. Equally it is not a way up the ranks towards div1. Needs sorting!
Burwood were under the impression from Mainland that they would not be placed in such a low division. After the shambolic U21 grade break up last season the team were placed in Div 4 which they cruised through. As a result and after communication with Mainland football they thought they were a chance of continuing in at least Div 4 this season.
Mainland eventually told them they would be placed in Div 6, in a decision that I believe was made to force Burwood to enter the new U21 grade this season which was not getting a lot of interest at the time (and rightly so). The club president Murray Ralfs and the team decided to pretty much stick it to Mainland and start in Div 6 and smash each team every week to the point where it has become farcical.