change start off league

I disagree. Football takes precedent. Horses are dangerous and damage the ground, they should pay more to repair the ground if they use it. Also cricket is tosh

Hellboy wrote:

New Road Inn wrote:

I have to say that the organisation of the lower leagues appears to be pretty good to be honest, i have found it a lot better than in other leagues that i have been in. I see a lot of people on here having a p!ss and a whinge about things, and to be honest, i sometimes think if i was one of the league officers, would i bother if i was them....

If people dont like it, then probably should run for the positions of league secretary etc (not having a pop at you Sparta 3 by the way)

Careful you'll be on his foes list...

fingers crossed lol to be fair i know les from leicester Sunday league, he. Could change and is working to make it happen by taking on responsibility on league committee. I respect him a lot for that. If you don't like something then take action my good man from cartoon world!

Hellboy wrote:

New Road Inn wrote:

I have to say that the organisation of the lower leagues appears to be pretty good to be honest, i have found it a lot better than in other leagues that i have been in. I see a lot of people on here having a p!ss and a whinge about things, and to be honest, i sometimes think if i was one of the league officers, would i bother if i was them....

If people dont like it, then probably should run for the positions of league secretary etc (not having a pop at you Sparta 3 by the way)

Careful you'll be on his foes list...

Given your recent spurt of reasonable posts, I'm sure you'll be pleased to know you're off of it!

blimey....it must be all that xmas cheer and port wine, steady on now, next thing you know, i'll be on your criggy list....i'm quite partial to morgans spiced.

Sparta3 - there is a tear in my eye!! after 2million posts i guess i had to get some sensible ones in there!

Hellboy, surely it depends on the weight and speed that the horse is running, plus there is the danger of little Timmy on the park walking across and getting trampled.....and i would also add that i do like a bit of cricket on the old tv, just not in the public parks so much!! I think we will at least draw the next test in Perth leaving the Aussies having to win the last test.....c'mon England!!

Off topic - isnt it odd that Qatar got the world cup, but now everything is planning on changing so it can be held in winter....but a world cup is 5 weeks, plus you need two weeks together before hand, and one week after to recover - cant imagine Barcelona, Real Madrid, Man Utd, Chelsea et al accepting losing all their international players for up to 8 weeks!!! Sep Blatter is a c0ck

Morrissons is looking into suing fifa after the decision to give the tournament to a second rate presentation

Perth?You obviously meant the MCG Melbourne.Dont want to be a smart alec just dont want people going to the wrong ground because theres a 3.000 mile distance between the 2

Glad you told me bud, not going to bother now! Meant to be a slow pitch tho good for batting i heard

at the start of the season when most players are raring to go, make all teams play a midweek game every week for the 1st 4 or 5 weeks, tuesday wednesday thursday or friday let the 2 teams decide between them , the most suitable day

saff lounge wrote:

at the start of the season when most players are raring to go, make all teams play a midweek game every week for the 1st 4 or 5 weeks, tuesday wednesday thursday or friday let the 2 teams decide between them , the most suitable day

Good shout

I think we all admire the job the league do they are fair across the board to all teams (Thats y we're all so keen putting our comments on here and not actually doing the hard works those guys do)!! But all this about teams being scared about going into the Prem needs addressing. They may take a bit of knocking on the Forum but u have 2 admire a team like Bulls Heads (& also Sporting Highcross) for going straight into the Prem.If you take a look at the table for Div 1 this league needs a radical shakeup from Glen Parva down (no disrespect meant to any of the teams but they should all be placed no higher than Div 2). This is Sunday football so it would be nice to play Sundays at the start of the season?!? (We all enjoy a good Friday game though). Just a thought (be a nightmare for the Fixture Sec might not even be possible) but try something the Jocks did. Play each team only once, then split a league within a league top 6 play each other again and same with the bottom 6 so a league with 12 in would only mean a 16 game season we could then even have bigger leagues with 14 teams it would only mean a 19 game season. Obvious problem is getting the fixtures in before the date the leagues would be split.

Bumble - i agree, lot of respect to Bullshead and Sporting Highcross. As for being afraid of the prem, i dont understand that. Surely you want to have a pop at the highest level your ability and club progress dictates....if you get promoted to the prem then enjoy playing the best in the county....

Hellboy - i dont know who Barbera Williams is, however, i am in work and doing sweet FA so i will have a google!

Oh Bumble - i like the idea of splitting the divisions, however, you limit teams who may have an end of season push for promotion, the top of the bottom half may have nothing to play for....?

Oh Bumble - i like the idea of splitting the divisions, however, you limit teams who may have an end of season push for promotion, the top of the bottom half may have nothing to play for....?

The above is a valid point! I think it was Sporting Wigston last season who had a great 2nd half of the season and just got pipped for the title...... If each league could be increased to 14 though the league tables rarely lie after 13 games? The games in the 2nd half of the season would be more competitive for all teams. Maybe delaying the allianca leagues cup comptitons like the Stokes cup etc till after the cut off date for leagues being split could be another option? Give these teams something to play for as they could start building some momentum thoughts?

I was watching the Ashes earlier, at first i was disappointed only to be watching the highlights, and then i realised that it was actually real time!!!!! C'mon Engurrrland

bumble wrote:

Oh Bumble - i like the idea of splitting the divisions, however, you limit teams who may have an end of season push for promotion, the top of the bottom half may have nothing to play for....?

The above is a valid point! I think it was Sporting Wigston last season who had a great 2nd half of the season and just got pipped for the title...... If each league could be increased to 14 though the league tables rarely lie after 13 games? The games in the 2nd half of the season would be more competitive for all teams. Maybe delaying the allianca leagues cup comptitons like the Stokes cup etc till after the cut off date for leagues being split could be another option? Give these teams something to play for as they could start building some momentum thoughts?

Start the car

Hellboy wrote:

MT Sec wrote:

Polska legend II wrote:

Paulo_MTFC wrote:

that means trying to get councils on board, not very likely!!!!

Not at the moment, but if the last 2 winters are anything to go by, it will be the only way forward and will be a test for the councils to see if they want to serve the public who actually pay to use their parks or if football is viewed as an irritation by them!

We weren't allowed to play a game past 3rd May in a previous year because of cricket and are not allowed the pitch til the first weekend in September. They pay for the use of the parks too (not defending the "sport", just commenting on use of pitches). One game of cricket at Uplands prevents 3 games of football!!!!

Another selfish view, there has to be a cut off point on sports played on public parks, you're only seeing it from the footballing side of things, some of those cricketers might have been playing on that park for years and years, their money is as good as yours, councils can only juggle so much, in fact i recently read about some people who would quite like to ride their horses in parks, as the council is now developing the countryside for housing, and the space for people to use is getting less and less, so why can't they use these open spaces as well? Most of us are tax payers, and we all pay for these parks to be maintained, so why shouldn't we all be able to use them, its not all about football, there's loads of people that would love to use these spaces, i would rather have horses running round a park than dogs, they're more environmentally friendly, their turds don't make kids go blind, like dogs do,

There is only one cricket pitch on Knighton Park and at least 4 football pitches could be used at the same time

Hellboy wrote:

New Road Inn wrote:

I disagree. Football takes precedent. Horses are dangerous and damage the ground, they should pay more to repair the ground if they use it. Also cricket is tosh

they dont damage the ground as much as 30 odd people running round in studs, you have to gallop round and round for hours to make as much mess of the grass as linos do running up and down, and 60 pairs of feet all over a field. not to mention driving the cars on the grass as well.

As long as we win the ashes..

As a horse owner I would just like to say that one gallop from one horse woud churn up a pitch in 5 minutes

bumble wrote:

I think we all admire the job the league do they are fair across the board to all teams (Thats y we're all so keen putting our comments on here and not actually doing the hard works those guys do)!! But all this about teams being scared about going into the Prem needs addressing. They may take a bit of knocking on the Forum but u have 2 admire a team like Bulls Heads (& also Sporting Highcross) for going straight into the Prem.If you take a look at the table for Div 1 this league needs a radical shakeup from Glen Parva down (no disrespect meant to any of the teams but they should all be placed no higher than Div 2). This is Sunday football so it would be nice to play Sundays at the start of the season?!? (We all enjoy a good Friday game though). Just a thought (be a nightmare for the Fixture Sec might not even be possible) but try something the Jocks did. Play each team only once, then split a league within a league top 6 play each other again and same with the bottom 6 so a league with 12 in would only mean a 16 game season we could then even have bigger leagues with 14 teams it would only mean a 19 game season. Obvious problem is getting the fixtures in before the date the leagues would be split.

cheers for saying that mate, at the end of the day it is the prem division and teams lack of willingness to compete in it that is making the lower divisions unbalanced!!

i really dont get why people are so scared of it, yes ours and bullshead results dont look that good but we are having a crack and speaking for ourselves i know our performances have been better than our position and dont feel we've been outclassed by either advance,scrappy,prem or glenny yes we got tanked by gt but had half a side out and we were shocking, but im sure bullshead would say the same about their performances that they've been good!! hardest thing is keeping your players motivated when they are not used to losing but suppose that goes down to the type of players you've got.

like the idea of splitting the divisions aswell

Put us in the Prem. On the condition that If we get one point we can have the title

Everyone is saying move the start date of the kick off or extend the season, but we all know that we cant control the weather in England, so rather than change the time, how about the location - the Alliance League in Barbados has a nice ring to it!

New Road Inn wrote:

Everyone is saying move the start date of the kick off or extend the season, but we all know that we cant control the weather in England, so rather than change the time, how about the location - the Alliance League in Barbados has a nice ring to it!

Sydney

£7 a pint?

Hellboy wrote:

Very nice to own your own horse, just the one? do you know of anywhere not too expensive to keep one? We have a horsey interest in our family, but when you look in to it, it seems a pricey sport to be involved in, any tips i could pass on?

i know somewhere if you want a pm

Polska legend II wrote:

£7 a pint?

But the look on the Aussies faces in tonights 4th day when we retain the ashes - priceless!

Poor old Ricky

Its upsetting lol.....Shane Warne said something quite funny - apparently when Ponting was about to have his rant about Pieterson being out when he clearly wasnt, Pieterson looked at Ponting, winked and said 'nicked it'.........i cant be the only person that finds that to be absolute class!

Polska legend II wrote:

£7 a pint?

Not where I drink.

Polska legend II wrote:

£7 a pint?

Hot off the press - about $6 or £3.70 is the normal price in a local.

only because its watered down by all the aussies crying into their beer over the ashes!!

If Santa Claus, a great aussie cricketer and a dumb blonde were in a room, and you tossed in a fifty pound note, who would grab it first ?
The blonde - the other two don't exist.