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Format Change Proposal
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| Cyber The Crucifier |
Posted on 22-02-2008 22:30
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good answer spud |
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| the-shark |
Posted on 22-02-2008 22:59
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good thing about our team is the captain doesnt have to worry about who to drop.! as were always short.!! would be a nice problem to have tho. being 3rd in the worse turn out league does not make nice reading but in our case its unavoidable. |
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| harry |
Posted on 22-02-2008 23:03
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Yeah, but you are 4th in the league, which is very good going!
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| JugglingSpence |
Posted on 22-02-2008 23:15
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We're top of the poor turn out league!!!   ne:
Do we get a trophy for that one?
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| Coneycueist |
Posted on 22-02-2008 23:20
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No, but you do get a badge..
The Coney: The Home of Bread and Butter pool since 1999 |
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| JugglingSpence |
Posted on 22-02-2008 23:53
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| nuttmeg |
Posted on 23-02-2008 00:03
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I couldn't understand the attitude last night from Jeff,Pat or the bloke from the Folly, they thought we were doing it to benefit the first division, when we play lower division teams we always put out a weaker team, we are not going to play 5 players twice in the first div so we definately wont do it in the league cup or ko cup. My selfish reason for argueing for the change was I now don't have to drop anybody and teams that I like in all divisions don't have to fold.
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| nuttmeg |
Posted on 23-02-2008 00:13
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I also couldn't understand Martin cancelling his sponsorship of the plate just because players from the first division were allowed in the plate, I can assure you the top players would not want to be in the plate, for some players in the first div they have no chance in the singles but would do well in the plate. Pram toys |
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| Viper |
Posted on 23-02-2008 00:22
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The bottom line is, there is always going to be caution with change and people will look to find faults, as they have a right to do, and voice their concerns. My concerns as the League Secretary have been in recent years the dwindling player registrations cos as a whole the league is operating with some 120-150 players less than a few years ago. The days of the majority of teams registering the full 12 players are fast disappearing and if things had continued as they were under the same format then you would have been operating the League with 3 - 4 divisions instead of the current 5 and the odd 6 that we have enjoyed. Its my impression that with smaller squads it will open the door for more teams to come through, I don't think it will happen overnight but in three to four years you might have the situation where you are operating off 7-8 divisions and with the influx of the added funds you will then be talking about reducing the fees to a lower level. There is spin-offs with change but it has to be in place to see if it has its benefits. Te summer league will be an indication but you have to remember that it is only one season and I don't think all the concerns will be answered in a solitary season. What it will prove is whether the current trend of short fielded sides stays the same or improves. |
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| Golden |
Posted on 23-02-2008 00:26
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It's the constant referral to giving lower division teams a 'chance to win something' . . You have a chance to win the division you are in . . The better players win things because they're better so why on earth should allowances be made?
The plate excluded Division One players so that automatically makes the Division Two players favourites which in turn will piss off Divisions Three and below who then vote Division Two out to the point where there is 6 players allowed to enter the plate who aren't worth a rub of my little ginger cock!
Incidentally who proposed same sized trophies at the last AGM?
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| Pondlife |
Posted on 23-02-2008 02:05
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The proposal to switch to same size trophies was submitted by Chris Wright from Waddon Wizards. Perhaps,now that we will have five-a-side teams,we might be able to afford larger ones again !!  |
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| Sass |
Posted on 23-02-2008 02:44
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Noooooooooo!!!! If I'm lucky enough to win the Summer singles again I want another smaller one as it's cheaper than buying my daughter a set of those Russian dolls . . .  |
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| longshanks |
Posted on 23-02-2008 20:14
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nuttmeg wrote:
I couldn't understand the attitude last night from Jeff,Pat or the bloke from the Folly, they thought we were doing it to benefit the first division, when we play lower division teams we always put out a weaker team, we are not going to play 5 players twice in the first div so we definately wont do it in the league cup or ko cup. My selfish reason for argueing for the change was I now don't have to drop anybody and teams that I like in all divisions don't have to fold.
Yes Nuttmeg you are just a selfish so-and-so for not wanting teams to fold.
I entirely agree with your post about the plate. I don't normaly enter the singles, because I play snooker on a Monday night and because it's only best of 3, but if I did and lost in the first round I would not want to be entered into the plate. I'm sure it's only a minority but there are some members of the league who are very anti Division 1 and I think that's a great shame. |
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| Pondlife |
Posted on 24-02-2008 02:16
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I don't think that there was very much anti Division One sentiment at the AGM. I still maintain that a set of rules that could enable three players to beat a ten man team are basically flawed.Welcome to Evans world of mathematical conundrums !! Most of the so called "pissing and whingeing" came from the Division One representatives who felt really aggrieved about not being allowed into the plate competitions. I felt so sorry for them that I personally voted to allow them in. Anything for a quiet life !!  |
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| Golden |
Posted on 24-02-2008 04:47
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3 players can currently beat 7 so it doesn't make that much difference Pat and if getting beaten by 3 players worries you and the Pond Q's that much then the format is the least of your worries 
I sometimes wonder if it is the same person who posts on the website as to the one who turns up at the AGM as if you didn't pick up on any of the 'us and them' drivel from Jeff Martinez & Co. then you either weren't there or you need to get your ears syringed . . |
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| Lils |
Posted on 24-02-2008 05:37
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I found it really quite funny that the main opposition for the format which made smaller teams/squad size the same chance as everyone else to compete was from people who have had trouble fielding the full seven players in the past . . .
And one person even gave the argument that they didn't like the format because "now they don't have an excuse to drop their weaker players."
The way I see it, if as Captain you can't tell someone they're not getting a game because they don't feature in your top Ten that week, you're clearly in the wrong position and need to grow a pair of nads.
The same people pissed and moaned about World Rules being adopted, yet now we have more Croydon representatives playing for their County, two Interleague teams and the best pub team in the Nation competing in our League.
Not too bad really. |
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| buntycollocks |
Posted on 24-02-2008 06:06
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does this change come in this summer ?.....or was it submitted too late and will start next year ?
coz im not getting any younger ffs.....i might not see next year
I do hope Palace get relegated......then the traffic will be better when im on the bus. |
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| Sass |
Posted on 24-02-2008 06:33
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This Summer you old codger  |
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| Golden |
Posted on 24-02-2008 09:50
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Coming out of retirement Cliff? |
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| buntycollocks |
Posted on 24-02-2008 19:01
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by wot ive been hearing dan the man
the prop will need me
I do hope Palace get relegated......then the traffic will be better when im on the bus. |
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