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thehoff;317251 said:i'm over country week now, it's time to move on. but i can tell u why the colts are shit. why don't you ask jando?ever since he took over the colts they are a rabble, and have lost a heap of players. he bowls himself nearly all day for little return.
TTcc;317252 said:i think its a bit harsh on ando, he aint a bad bloke. hes not the captain so he cant bowl himself all day.
thehoff;317256 said:harsh, but fair. he is the coach, and the vice captain so i think he has some input. and is it just a massive coincedence that after he took over as coach, they started their slide!!
TTcc;317268 said:who else have they lost part from the club favourite bj an hobbsy. but he didnt leave cos of ando lol.
thehoff;317289 said:yeah i'll give u hobbs (i think that reason is a club secret). jones, mcleod, salter, turley, dowler, hughes just to name a few. paul wicks mite be ok if he kept out of the pub. but seriously, what did he do? took a bag of wickets against a group of 'heartless trophy hunting cowards' in taradale who were to scared to play in a grade.
keepinemhonest;317661 said:I can't believe all the angst about the country week selectors!
In my experience the country week 'selectors' only qualification is to have a phone and a phone book so they can ring around and beg blokes to play.
Hardly selectors at all.
A mate of mine who plays in your comp still just told me that there has been a big push to call the round off due to the heat, but one of the officials whose teams are well placed this round knocked it back.
I remember a couple of seasons ago when a certain club was in trouble and some smoke blew in from bushfires he couldn't call the round off quick enough.
Looks like nothing has changed in the CDCA!
Resist;317845 said:Yeah keepmeimhonest, I agree.
The week before A and M Brindley scored about 450 runs between them and then the game was called off. Missed out on the points!!
I hope its not called off on Saturday. Berries B's should get their second win on the trot (5 runs behind on first innings with 6 wickets in hand). Pretty pissed off at the moment with my cricket though. Not getting a bowl and my batting has been awful since the first game.
Resist;319141 said:Forfieted. When we submitted teams on Thursday, there were players saying they could play. When the captains called up to confirm, they all said 'oh nah cant play now' so we had to forfiet. Didnt just 'not turn up' as you put it.
On the upside, our B Grade won first innings befor the other team wanted to call it off due to the heat.
Outswinger;319382 said:Well another farcical weekend for the Castlemaine and District. Some teams playing and others not.
The league does not have a heat rule, yet all of a sudden the day was deemed to be extreme conditions via a rule in the book.
It is time someone on the League Committee stood up and was counted for. The games were left to captains to decide whether they wanted to play. Of course teams in the weaker position are not going to play. Why didnt the President and the board of directors meet at 11am like other local leagues and say well it is 38 degrees and getting hotter so we deem it is unfit and unsafe for players and umpires to be out in it. They didnt because they are weak and do not do their job properly. On the back of country week this is another sign of the clueless and inept committee the league has.
Heads must roll over this, if not then teams will leave the league. Playing in this league must be so frustrating for players with all the stuff ups that keep happening.
And if it is true that Malmsbury forfeited in A grade they should not be allowed to play at A grade level ever again. That is an absolute disgrace. Again the weak people at the top will probably do nothing about it.
jando;319596 said:hey resist dont worry about why you didnt turn up the fact is you didnt.i dont know why frizz and irene waste there time with a bunch of sooks down there.when you are in a res and beating everybody and a couple of blokes are making hundreds every week and the little chuckers getting 5 or 6 wickets a game its great.you all turn up and do the right thing by the league and when its struggle time in a grade you all go missing.the leagues a bigger enough joke without sides not turning to play.why didnt you stop at the pub on your way to newstead and drag 9 blokes out cause if they had no ability they would slot straight into your a grade..