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Sensible call - Grammar is looking ridiculously strong, the 2nds having gone undefeated in gps last year and the 1sts being reigning isda champions. Still think there could be major upsets by the likes of Scots, Shore, Kambala and Barker. If last year's taught us anything, it's anyone's game...
Agree with the closness of these match ups. I haven't heard much of the Joeys speaker - curious to know how he stacks up in comparison to both of the state speakers (obviously noting Shore has won the premiership - having beaten Joeys and only being been beaten by Scots) as well as the...
Wow surprising results indeed. Predicted GPS would win but perhaps not.
Big surprise to see Shore state speaker speaking 4th as well - does GPS rotate or will this be permanent?
Yes a state team bias clearly evident by Shore and Scots cripplingly bad performances. Shore is surely not at the top of their ladder having beaten Joeys and Grammar. Scots surely doesn't have one of the best debaters in the state presently. Stop with these useless and silly insinuations and...
If these lists are accurate I don't see why speaker caps are too much of an issue? Especially in the firsts, given the incredibly tight contest where Joeys Scots and Shore have broken the traditional Grammar stronghold I don't see how speaker caps locked out strong speakers from potentially...
I'm quite curious as well...
As far as I see it, the performances of both Scots and Shore teams reflect the strength of their state speakers. Particularly with Shore's victory over Grammar, it's quite telling the Shore side has gotten even deeper and better since their respectable top 8 ISDA...
Agreed - the motions have been superb lately but it does seem intuitively more difficult to argue the Aff of that Year 8/9 topic.
From memory I think GPS back in the day did do a system of alternating sides - could be worth bringing back...
Which state speakers have u seen out of curiosity. Surprised to see Shore undefeated having beat out some of the toughest opponents. Any chance Shore take it out this year?