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cobber14;204989 said:and there is the 1 of the main problems with rep cricket. there is 2 bloody much of it. people have lives away from the game. if they reduced it down to 2-3 games in total, plus country week, i think more people would commit. but when its 5-6 games b4 country week, it gets 2 much on top of your club commitments.
but jennings sits in his office, with his head stuck in the sand. u watch, if the boys fail in melb, u wont hear from him. but watch him get his effing melon on tv if they have a successful week!!!!
the bloke fair dinkum wouldnt know most of the blokes in a grade, would even struggle to put names to the faces of most of the country week squad. when was the last time anyone saw him at an a grade game, talking to the players 2 get a feel for any issues the players may have????
nope, just hids behind his puppet don, who wields his power more than he should coz he knows he doesnt have 2 answer 2 any1.
cobber14;204989 said:and there is the 1 of the main problems with rep cricket. there is 2 bloody much of it. people have lives away from the game. if they reduced it down to 2-3 games in total, plus country week, i think more people would commit. but when its 5-6 games b4 country week, it gets 2 much on top of your club commitments.
but jennings sits in his office, with his head stuck in the sand. u watch, if the boys fail in melb, u wont hear from him. but watch him get his effing melon on tv if they have a successful week!!!!
the bloke fair dinkum wouldnt know most of the blokes in a grade, would even struggle to put names to the faces of most of the country week squad. when was the last time anyone saw him at an a grade game, talking to the players 2 get a feel for any issues the players may have????
nope, just hids behind his puppet don, who wields his power more than he should coz he knows he doesnt have 2 answer 2 any1.
Hammer Time;204995 said:
Is there any truth to the rumour Cobber that you have been approached by the Wiggles management to act as the sixth person.
Hammer Time;204995 said:
Is there any truth to the rumour Cobber that you have been approached by the Wiggles management to act as the sixth person.
cobber14;205000 said:peanut, ur humour is 1st class. u have a crack at me & others 4 'hiding' behind another name, yet u havent announced who u are???
so u believe the current rep structure is rock solid do ya?
that the current management structure is looking after the clubs, which, as a board of management is their charter? oops, i may be getting to deep for u now...
cobber14;205000 said:peanut, ur humour is 1st class. u have a crack at me & others 4 'hiding' behind another name, yet u havent announced who u are???
so u believe the current rep structure is rock solid do ya?
that the current management structure is looking after the clubs, which, as a board of management is their charter? oops, i may be getting to deep for u now...
cobber14;204989 said:and there is the 1 of the main problems with rep cricket. there is 2 bloody much of it. people have lives away from the game. if they reduced it down to 2-3 games in total, plus country week, i think more people would commit. but when its 5-6 games b4 country week, it gets 2 much on top of your club commitments.
but jennings sits in his office, with his head stuck in the sand. u watch, if the boys fail in melb, u wont hear from him. but watch him get his effing melon on tv if they have a successful week!!!!
the bloke fair dinkum wouldnt know most of the blokes in a grade, would even struggle to put names to the faces of most of the country week squad. when was the last time anyone saw him at an a grade game, talking to the players 2 get a feel for any issues the players may have????
nope, just hids behind his puppet don, who wields his power more than he should coz he knows he doesnt have 2 answer 2 any1.
cobber14;204989 said:and there is the 1 of the main problems with rep cricket. there is 2 bloody much of it. people have lives away from the game. if they reduced it down to 2-3 games in total, plus country week, i think more people would commit. but when its 5-6 games b4 country week, it gets 2 much on top of your club commitments.
but jennings sits in his office, with his head stuck in the sand. u watch, if the boys fail in melb, u wont hear from him. but watch him get his effing melon on tv if they have a successful week!!!!
the bloke fair dinkum wouldnt know most of the blokes in a grade, would even struggle to put names to the faces of most of the country week squad. when was the last time anyone saw him at an a grade game, talking to the players 2 get a feel for any issues the players may have????
nope, just hids behind his puppet don, who wields his power more than he should coz he knows he doesnt have 2 answer 2 any1.
Double Barrel;205004 said:You have to be f'n joking, when you look at it we only play 12 home and away games per season, if you play at a club that makes the finals you may play 1 or 2 more...With the wash outs this season we only play 10..the BCA should have reserve days!!
Rep games give the better and commited players the oppurtunity to play more games which are of a higher level..Also you look at the start of the season the first 2 games were on hard wickets which is ******** cricket.
You bag people who organise this why dont you put your hand up, we play in an association that wants to represent its self and also gives the young up and comers the oppurtunity to show their ability down town in front of Premier league scouts...
we all get older and our lives change but dont f&*k it up for the young ones who want to better their cricket..
Good on you Greg and everyone else for playing in the rep game even when im sure that you could have been home with the missus and kids
People like you Cobber14 ******** me
Double Barrel;205004 said:You have to be f'n joking, when you look at it we only play 12 home and away games per season, if you play at a club that makes the finals you may play 1 or 2 more...With the wash outs this season we only play 10..the BCA should have reserve days!!
Rep games give the better and commited players the oppurtunity to play more games which are of a higher level..Also you look at the start of the season the first 2 games were on hard wickets which is ******** cricket.
You bag people who organise this why dont you put your hand up, we play in an association that wants to represent its self and also gives the young up and comers the oppurtunity to show their ability down town in front of Premier league scouts...
we all get older and our lives change but dont f&*k it up for the young ones who want to better their cricket..
Good on you Greg and everyone else for playing in the rep game even when im sure that you could have been home with the missus and kids
People like you Cobber14 ******** me
napisan;205003 said:Now waka maybe you could clarify the rep teams selection but I have heard players weren't notified until a few days before the game meaning once players found out they said they were unavailable which meant a mad rush a day or so before the game. Wheels even got rang sunday morning to play not that he deserves a game either. I think you'll find that the coach/managers are struggling to do their job at present.
napisan;205003 said:Now waka maybe you could clarify the rep teams selection but I have heard players weren't notified until a few days before the game meaning once players found out they said they were unavailable which meant a mad rush a day or so before the game. Wheels even got rang sunday morning to play not that he deserves a game either. I think you'll find that the coach/managers are struggling to do their job at present.
Double Barrel;205004 said:You have to be f'n joking, when you look at it we only play 12 home and away games per season, if you play at a club that makes the finals you may play 1 or 2 more...With the wash outs this season we only play 10..the BCA should have reserve days!!
Rep games give the better and commited players the oppurtunity to play more games which are of a higher level..Also you look at the start of the season the first 2 games were on hard wickets which is ******** cricket.
You bag people who organise this why dont you put your hand up, we play in an association that wants to represent its self and also gives the young up and comers the oppurtunity to show their ability down town in front of Premier league scouts...
we all get older and our lives change but dont f&*k it up for the young ones who want to better their cricket..
Good on you Greg and everyone else for playing in the rep game even when im sure that you could have been home with the missus and kids
People like you Cobber14 ******** me
Double Barrel;205004 said:You have to be f'n joking, when you look at it we only play 12 home and away games per season, if you play at a club that makes the finals you may play 1 or 2 more...With the wash outs this season we only play 10..the BCA should have reserve days!!
Rep games give the better and commited players the oppurtunity to play more games which are of a higher level..Also you look at the start of the season the first 2 games were on hard wickets which is ******** cricket.
You bag people who organise this why dont you put your hand up, we play in an association that wants to represent its self and also gives the young up and comers the oppurtunity to show their ability down town in front of Premier league scouts...
we all get older and our lives change but dont f&*k it up for the young ones who want to better their cricket..
Good on you Greg and everyone else for playing in the rep game even when im sure that you could have been home with the missus and kids
People like you Cobber14 ******** me
Josh White;205019 said:Gday guys, the problem we have here in Ballarat is that the BCA is not at all organised. I played in the under 21's on sunday and hearing from the Bendigo coach that their country week players get paid accomodation, meals, outfits, etc etc was very suprising... As I believe here our country week team has to travel back to Ballarat every night after a game and get no incentives what so ever to represent their assoiciation. Having to take a week off for nothing is'nt really worth it if you ask me, especially if the best team is not on the field. They were my reasons for not playing and I'm sure they apply for others, as well as things like families and other commitments.
Do we all agree the BCA should do something about this???
They need to give blokes incentives so that we do get the best team....
Josh White;205019 said:Gday guys, the problem we have here in Ballarat is that the BCA is not at all organised. I played in the under 21's on sunday and hearing from the Bendigo coach that their country week players get paid accomodation, meals, outfits, etc etc was very suprising... As I believe here our country week team has to travel back to Ballarat every night after a game and get no incentives what so ever to represent their assoiciation. Having to take a week off for nothing is'nt really worth it if you ask me, especially if the best team is not on the field. They were my reasons for not playing and I'm sure they apply for others, as well as things like families and other commitments.
Do we all agree the BCA should do something about this???
They need to give blokes incentives so that we do get the best team....
cobber14;205020 said:sorry whitey & waka, double barrel & hammer time think everything is ok just as it is. im with you, but im a wiggle apparantly???
cobber14;205020 said:sorry whitey & waka, double barrel & hammer time think everything is ok just as it is. im with you, but im a wiggle apparantly???
cobber14;205008 said:well champ, why arent all the good players climbing all over the selectors to play every week? coz there is 2 much. i didnt bag waka or the players that play. im saying that the set up is all wrong. every1 gets on here about the side picked isnt our best & why do the selectors pick this bloke or that bloke when some1 else has scored more or taken more wickets. the reason is the current set up is not working. but the powers that be dont talk 2 the players to find out what would make it better for them to put their hand up & rep ballarat. & its not a 'stage' for the younger players to show their wares, its designed for the best cricketers to show their wares.
cobber14;205008 said:well champ, why arent all the good players climbing all over the selectors to play every week? coz there is 2 much. i didnt bag waka or the players that play. im saying that the set up is all wrong. every1 gets on here about the side picked isnt our best & why do the selectors pick this bloke or that bloke when some1 else has scored more or taken more wickets. the reason is the current set up is not working. but the powers that be dont talk 2 the players to find out what would make it better for them to put their hand up & rep ballarat. & its not a 'stage' for the younger players to show their wares, its designed for the best cricketers to show their wares.
Double Barrel;205022 said:Well maybe your right about the people that are involved in running the BCA as i could name several things that i think need to be looked at or even changed.
Why dont all the players get a players delegate that attends all BCA meetings so that the players view is put to the Jacobsons and the Jennings of the association.
In regards to the Rep side the BCA should have looked more closely at the dates when they did the fixture as its going to be hard playing a Sat- Sun game then going straight into Country week then coming back for the SAT game...i must say makes it hard..
When i said about the younger ones i meant the ones like Josh White who are killing it this year!
I still believe that there should be put aside 2 reserve days each season to accomodate if in the event that a complete washout for the whole comp then we get a result from the washout....
A couple of sides did benefit from the washouts before xmas...
Double Barrel;205022 said:Well maybe your right about the people that are involved in running the BCA as i could name several things that i think need to be looked at or even changed.
Why dont all the players get a players delegate that attends all BCA meetings so that the players view is put to the Jacobsons and the Jennings of the association.
In regards to the Rep side the BCA should have looked more closely at the dates when they did the fixture as its going to be hard playing a Sat- Sun game then going straight into Country week then coming back for the SAT game...i must say makes it hard..
When i said about the younger ones i meant the ones like Josh White who are killing it this year!
I still believe that there should be put aside 2 reserve days each season to accomodate if in the event that a complete washout for the whole comp then we get a result from the washout....
A couple of sides did benefit from the washouts before xmas...
Josh White;205021 said:Sorry Cobber14, I think everything is fine, but something needs to be done about the country week setup...And thats nothing against the coaches or anything, the BCA needs to do something!
Josh White;205021 said:Sorry Cobber14, I think everything is fine, but something needs to be done about the country week setup...And thats nothing against the coaches or anything, the BCA needs to do something!
Waka05;204986 said:You will have to ask the selectors that mate. If a few of the blokes that are supposed to be playing could make themselves available we wouldn't see blokes like me in the team. I think they were so ashamed by the performance they left my name off the batting card in the paper. Wouldn't want to make it known that a seconds player was the only bloke (barring Fletch with the injury) not have his wicket taken?
Waka05;204986 said:You will have to ask the selectors that mate. If a few of the blokes that are supposed to be playing could make themselves available we wouldn't see blokes like me in the team. I think they were so ashamed by the performance they left my name off the batting card in the paper. Wouldn't want to make it known that a seconds player was the only bloke (barring Fletch with the injury) not have his wicket taken?
thickedge;205032 said:What blokes are we talking about here waka05? Please delve a little deeper and name some names rather than steering clear of the obvious...
thickedge;205032 said:What blokes are we talking about here waka05? Please delve a little deeper and name some names rather than steering clear of the obvious...
thickedge;205032 said:What blokes are we talking about here waka05? Please delve a little deeper and name some names rather than steering clear of the obvious...
thickedge;205032 said:What blokes are we talking about here waka05? Please delve a little deeper and name some names rather than steering clear of the obvious...
cobber14;205023 said:well gee, after all the personnal attacks, now this. if you go back to my earlier statement, thats what i was saying. i stated that we never see jennings at matches, talking to players to get there views on how things could be improved. no consultation at all. there is a whole range of issues facing players & clubs, but not even the clubs can get a hearing, as waka as a club secretary will tell ya, so little chance of a players group getting a fair hearing unfortunately. i have sat in on some of the most disgraceful presidents meetings where club presidents have been made to look like fools, just coz they voiced an opinion different to what the board wanted to hear.
cobber14;205023 said:well gee, after all the personnal attacks, now this. if you go back to my earlier statement, thats what i was saying. i stated that we never see jennings at matches, talking to players to get there views on how things could be improved. no consultation at all. there is a whole range of issues facing players & clubs, but not even the clubs can get a hearing, as waka as a club secretary will tell ya, so little chance of a players group getting a fair hearing unfortunately. i have sat in on some of the most disgraceful presidents meetings where club presidents have been made to look like fools, just coz they voiced an opinion different to what the board wanted to hear.
Waka05;205038 said:I can't really name names coz I dunno who's in the squad. I don't really want to either, I'm sure they have perfectly good reasons why they aren't playing. I merely stated that there shouldn't be blokes like me playing in that team leading up to Country Week as I'm not in the team.
Waka05;205038 said:I can't really name names coz I dunno who's in the squad. I don't really want to either, I'm sure they have perfectly good reasons why they aren't playing. I merely stated that there shouldn't be blokes like me playing in that team leading up to Country Week as I'm not in the team.
Waka05;205038 said:I can't really name names coz I dunno who's in the squad. I don't really want to either, I'm sure they have perfectly good reasons why they aren't playing. I merely stated that there shouldn't be blokes like me playing in that team leading up to Country Week as I'm not in the team.
Waka05;205038 said:I can't really name names coz I dunno who's in the squad. I don't really want to either, I'm sure they have perfectly good reasons why they aren't playing. I merely stated that there shouldn't be blokes like me playing in that team leading up to Country Week as I'm not in the team.
potsy69;205042 said:for a start i think the country week squad should be staying in melb instead of travelling 4-5 hours each day on a bus. it gives guys the opportunity to get to know each other better. im not saying you should go out on the piss til 4pm but a few beers after the game each nite would build a good atmosphere around the team. the last time we stayed in melb 4 the week we got to the final and lost to mornington.that year we went down with the best possible team we could pick.since we started travelling we havent been close to playing on friday,or close to picking the best team. if the bca want the team to succeed then they have 2 give them every opportunity to do that. the travel doesnt work.simple as that..as far as incentives go, i heard the bca are saving $7-8000 by travelling down every day but if you were to give the players $250-300 for the week then you might get more guys putting their hands up to play..guys have commitements like mortgages etc and simply cant afford to take a week off work,but by giving them a few $$$$ it would ease the pressure a bit..also why would you have a rep game on a long weekend, i was at the game on sunday but i didnt see Ron"wee man"jennings there or donny,maybe they went away for a couple of days like everyone else who played shouldve been able to.
potsy69;205042 said:for a start i think the country week squad should be staying in melb instead of travelling 4-5 hours each day on a bus. it gives guys the opportunity to get to know each other better. im not saying you should go out on the piss til 4pm but a few beers after the game each nite would build a good atmosphere around the team. the last time we stayed in melb 4 the week we got to the final and lost to mornington.that year we went down with the best possible team we could pick.since we started travelling we havent been close to playing on friday,or close to picking the best team. if the bca want the team to succeed then they have 2 give them every opportunity to do that. the travel doesnt work.simple as that..as far as incentives go, i heard the bca are saving $7-8000 by travelling down every day but if you were to give the players $250-300 for the week then you might get more guys putting their hands up to play..guys have commitements like mortgages etc and simply cant afford to take a week off work,but by giving them a few $$$$ it would ease the pressure a bit..also why would you have a rep game on a long weekend, i was at the game on sunday but i didnt see Ron"wee man"jennings there or donny,maybe they went away for a couple of days like everyone else who played shouldve been able to.