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kenon · 14-11-2009 1:13pm

I've no problems paying a little extra for bibs.

Also, I'd vote on that player of the match thing on teamer but I cant put names to faces...

kwyjibot · 14-11-2009 2:17pm

A few quid extra for bibs sounds like a good idea - should make it easier to pick out our team-mates while we're still learning the names & faces!

Tusky · 14-11-2009 2:21pm

kenon wrote: »

I've no problems paying a little extra for bibs.

Also, I'd vote on that player of the match thing on teamer but I cant put names to faces...

That thing gets sent out automatically. Just ignore it! I'll see if I can turn it off.

kwyjibot wrote: »

A few quid extra for bibs sounds like a good idea - should make it easier to pick out our team-mates while we're still learning the names & faces!

Yeah, this was my thinking. Ok - I'll go ahead and order them then.

Tusky · 16-11-2009 8:59pm

Looks like we may struggle with numbers this week. Im trying to get an extra guy or two. If any of yea know anyone else thats interested, let me know.

kenon · 16-11-2009 9:12pm

4 still haven't decided yet. They probably will soon though. If not, I may be able to get two.

We need a larger pool of players to secure a weekly game.

Tusky · 16-11-2009 9:35pm

kenon wrote: »

4 still haven't decided yet. They probably will soon though. If not, I may be able to get two.

We need a larger pool of players to secure a weekly game.

Definitely. Its rare that everyone can play so if we want 6v6 we should really be aiming for around 14 players.

I've sent out a couple of texts also so fingers crossed. Who was the guy who wasnt on teamer...think he was someones mate ?

ciaran76 · 16-11-2009 10:14pm

I have 1 lad who can play.He just back from Autralia and has no phone yet but he said he will defo play on Thurs evening.

Tusky · 16-11-2009 10:41pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

I have 1 lad who can play.He just back from Autralia and has no phone yet but he said he will defo play on Thurs evening.

Thats great stuff Ciaran. So we have 7 + 4 undecided on teamer + possibly that guy who played last week but isnt on teamer.

kenon · 17-11-2009 1:19am

7 people is a good amount with 3 days to go.

The pitches are 5 - aside so theres no real need to try and get more than 10.

Tusky · 17-11-2009 10:32am

kenon wrote: »

7 people is a good amount with 3 days to go.

The pitches are 5 - aside so theres no real need to try and get more than 10.

Ive got one more so we have 8 now. He will be set up on teamer later today.

They seemed bigger than 5 a side to me and It says 7 a side on the website.

Also, its possible the 4 guys who havent replied are having trouble with the website, so I'll give them a text later.

kenon · 17-11-2009 2:45pm

Tusky wrote: »

It says 7 a side on the website.

Some of the clubs rent two pitches and play length ways and they are what are considered 7 a side.

Mmmm_Lemony · 17-11-2009 10:12pm

I'll play thursday if its on. Sent a PM to Tusky.

Tusky · 17-11-2009 10:35pm

Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »

I'll play thursday if its on. Sent a PM to Tusky.

Great stuff - added you on teamer.

ciaran76 wrote: »

I have 1 lad who can play.He just back from Autralia and has no phone yet but he said he will defo play on Thurs evening.

So with Ciarans mate and the 9 on teamer, we have 10.

Zaph · 17-11-2009 10:40pm

Seeing as this thread appears to be where everything's organised each week I'm going to sticky it and unstick the other one.

kenon · 17-11-2009 10:46pm

Tusky wrote: »

So with Ciarans mate and the 9 on teamer, we have 10.

Ten people agreed to play two days in advance is good goin'.

Tusky · 17-11-2009 10:52pm

kenon wrote: »

Ten people agreed to play two days in advance is good goin'.

Yup! Still think we should aim for 12 each week. If you only have 10, and then someone pulls out at the last minute, you end up playing 5v4 which is no fun.

Tusky · 19-11-2009 1:51pm

Just to say guys, we are playing tonight rain or shine! Dont let the weather put you off, as once you start playing it doesnt matter. Rain and wind is supposed to ease off this evening anyway, according to the forecast.

Remember, if you pull out it means that everyone else will be playing an uneven game (5v4 or 4v4) and also paying more. So I think tis fair enough to say that if this happens, you wont be asked to play again.

Do people think this is too harsh, or reasonable enough ?

kenon · 19-11-2009 3:31pm

I enjoy playing in the rain and on a wet surface.

ciaran76 · 19-11-2009 3:31pm

Yep me and my mate still in.

Mister Robinson · 19-11-2009 4:49pm

Will be there tonight,

Can't wait to freeze me arse off in the cold rain :P

Tusky · 19-11-2009 7:36pm

w00t, rain has stopped and wind has died down.

Ive had someone pm me asking for a game tonight, which would give us 11. So if anyone can get an extra person, we can play 6v6 - otherwise we will just stick to 5v5 and he can play next week.

MYP82 · 19-11-2009 8:39pm

sorry just checked the boards i was onlyu looking on teamer all week. the lad who came last week - richie was my mate. he cant play for a week or two his toes broken. sorry should have cjecked these boards earlier. he wasnt on teamer anyway tho so we should have 10 from the sounds of it anyway.

Tusky · 19-11-2009 9:33pm

MYP82 wrote: »

sorry just checked the boards i was onlyu looking on teamer all week. the lad who came last week - richie was my mate. he cant play for a week or two his toes broken. sorry should have cjecked these boards earlier. he wasnt on teamer anyway tho so we should have 10 from the sounds of it anyway.

No worries - pass me on his details when hes ready to play again so we can get him set up on teamer.

MYP82 · 19-11-2009 9:49pm

Tusky wrote: »

No worries - pass me on his details when hes ready to play again so we can get him set up on teamer.

yeah will do, it'll be a week or two i think but il get the details of him this week

Mmmm_Lemony · 20-11-2009 8:42am

Good game lads, shame it was only 5v4 though. Personally I reckon you'd fit 6v6 on that pitch no bother...7v7 might be a bit tight though

ciaran76 · 20-11-2009 10:05am

Yeah was a shame we missing 1 for a fairer match even though the lads with 4 did very well.

I felt like bambi out there last night couldn't get my feet going at all.

Tusky · 20-11-2009 11:18am

Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »

Good game lads, shame it was only 5v4 though. Personally I reckon you'd fit 6v6 on that pitch no bother...7v7 might be a bit tight though

I agree, 6v6 would be perfect. Someone else has just sent me a pm, him and his mate are interested in playing. Add that to the guy from last night and we have 3 extra players. Also Tom was sick last night and Paul had to work. So we should definitely be able to get 12 in future.

Bibs came today, their grand grand considering they were only 2 euro each (although I paid 10).

I want to find out who didn't turn up, so if you see yourself or someone who you know was there last night, cross them off the list. Think I know most of them...

Alex, Ben, Ciaran & mate, Pat, Kevin, Gareth, Ken, Chris, Aaron

In regards to the booking, we have 3 weeks left. We could either play those 3 weeks and then stop - getting it started up again in January when hopefully the weather is a bit better.

Or I could extend the booking by 3/4/5 games. What do people think ?

Mmmm_Lemony · 20-11-2009 1:51pm

As I said, I work shift with Intel over in leixlip so I will play any thursday up until christmas, but after start of jan will move to the other end of the week so will only be able to play 4/8 weeks as I work days for 4 and nights for 4.

Mmmm_Lemony · 20-11-2009 1:52pm

Any word on the bloke that did his ankle in?

MYP82 · 20-11-2009 1:59pm

Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »

Any word on the bloke that did his ankle in?

hey. ye my ankle is sore but it'll be grand for next week. its weak it always happens.

i,m gareth i dont know how to cross my name off but i ewaS THERE

Tusky · 20-11-2009 2:29pm

So it was either Kevin or Chris. I'm almost sure there was a guy called Chris there last night but not certain.

Alex, Ben, Ciaran & mate, Pat, Kevin, Gareth, Ken, Chris, Aaron

MYP82 wrote: »

hey. ye my ankle is sore but it'll be grand for next week. its weak it always happens.

Ive the same problem with my left knee.

ciaran76 · 20-11-2009 2:56pm

Chris was on my team wearing a Man Utd jersey.

clap-for-trap · 20-11-2009 4:32pm

I think we should just keep playing. up to the rest of you though??

spotdedog · 20-11-2009 4:37pm

Hi i live local would like a game.

kenon · 20-11-2009 5:12pm

We should keep it going, I dont think theres much need for an xmas break.

MYP82 · 20-11-2009 5:30pm

kenon wrote: »

We should keep it going, I dont think theres much need for an xmas break.

ye id say keep going.

Tusky · 20-11-2009 5:34pm

clap-for-trap wrote: »

I think we should just keep playing. up to the rest of you though??

kenon wrote: »

We should keep it going, I dont think theres much need for an xmas break.

MYP82 wrote: »

ye id say keep going.

Ok, point taken. The last date I have booked in is the 10th, so I will book the 17th as well, then we will have to take a break as the next two Thursdays are 24th (Christmas eve) and 31st (New Years).

So last game in December will be 17th, and we will start back again on the 7th of January.

MYP82 · 20-11-2009 11:37pm

Tusky wrote: »

Ok, point taken. The last date I have booked in is the 10th, so I will book the 17th as well, then we will have to take a break as the next two Thursdays are 24th (Christmas eve) and 31st (New Years).

So last game in December will be 17th, and we will start back again on the 7th of January.

cool sounds good

Mister Robinson · 21-11-2009 1:54am

ciaran76 wrote: »

Chris was on my team wearing a Man Utd jersey.

Yeah that was me just to clarify that I was there

Playing up to the 17th sounds good too!

kwyjibot · 22-11-2009 9:09pm

Tusky wrote: »

So last game in December will be 17th, and we will start back again on the 7th of January.

What would people think of paying up front for the block of games after Christmas? The last couple of groups I played with did this, and it worked out pretty well.

Basically the 10 (12?) guys who are likely to be playing every week pay the €50/€60 up front for the 10 weeks. Main benefits of this are:

no need to bring cash each week
less hassle in organising, ensuring booking keeps rolling over, etc
on those freak weeks when only 6 show up, you don't end up paying a tenner a head for a 3v3
if a few people are going to be missing on a given week, it can be an easier sell to get extra guys in if you can tell them that it's a free game for them that week!
no chance of losing our slot for at least 10 weeks in a row

Downside is obviously having to cough up 10 week's cash straight after christmas!

Thoughts?

Mmmm_Lemony · 22-11-2009 10:20pm

I can only play 4/8 so its a no for me in that respect, but I've no problem paying up front for the times I will play.

I can see it being a big hassle for whoever holds the cash though...

kwyjibot · 22-11-2009 10:40pm

Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »

I can see it being a big hassle for whoever holds the cash though...

Hmm, fair point - the last group I played with, 8 worked in the same place so if anyone was slow in coughing up it was a short walk to their desk to shake the cash from their pockets

Might be a tad harder to do via PM!

Anyways, just a thought, may or may not be a runner depending on everyone's circumstances/availability.

clap-for-trap · 23-11-2009 1:25am

i dont tink that would work because of the amount of people in the pool of players and the different people each week!its up to Ben kind of since hes organising it!i dont know!

kenon · 23-11-2009 1:40am

I dont see any need to change things at the moment. We've only played twice.

If we're all back playing in January maybe we should have a look at securing the slot for longer.

kwyjibot · 23-11-2009 9:10am

kenon wrote: »

I dont see any need to change things at the moment. We've only played twice.

That's fair enough - sorry, was getting a bit ahead of myself here!

Tusky · 23-11-2009 12:58pm

kwyjibot wrote: »

What would people think of paying up front for the block of games after Christmas? The last couple of groups I played with did this, and it worked out pretty well.

Basically the 10 (12?) guys who are likely to be playing every week pay the €50/€60 up front for the 10 weeks. Main benefits of this are:
no need to bring cash each week

less hassle in organising, ensuring booking keeps rolling over, etc

on those freak weeks when only 6 show up, you don't end up paying a tenner a head for a 3v3

if a few people are going to be missing on a given week, it can be an easier sell to get extra guys in if you can tell them that it's a free game for them that week!

no chance of losing our slot for at least 10 weeks in a row

Downside is obviously having to cough up 10 week's cash straight after christmas!

Thoughts?

Definitely a good idea, but lets wait until after Christmas and see how its going. If we have a set of players that are there every week it would be doable and would make things much easier from an organizing point of view.

What I do want to do though is start taking money off people only after everyone has arrived. Last week cause someone didnt show I ended up paying for me and him (16 euro) which is a tad pricey for a game of 5 a side! So from now on we will wait and see how many people show and then divide the cost between us.

Sending out teamer notification now for the next game.

kenon · 23-11-2009 1:49pm

Tusky wrote: »

Last week cause someone didnt show I ended up paying for me and him (16 euro) which is a tad pricey for a game of 5 a side! So from now on we will wait and see how many people show and then divide the cost between us..

Yup, thats kinda shít. I was aware we didn't have everyone but just thought they were going to be late and then I forgot about it after the game.

Did you get you get the bibs yet?

Tusky · 23-11-2009 2:16pm

kenon wrote: »

Yup, thats kinda shít. I was aware we didn't have everyone but just thought they were going to be late and then I forgot about it after the game.

Did you get you get the bibs yet?

Yup, bibs arrived last Friday. Also, 8 already confirmed on teamer so we are looking good!

clap-for-trap · 23-11-2009 4:37pm

are we doing it in the way that first 12 to accept are playin ye??

MYP82 · 23-11-2009 4:38pm

Tusky wrote: »

What I do want to do though is start taking money off people only after everyone has arrived. Last week cause someone didnt show I ended up paying for me and him (16 euro) which is a tad pricey for a game of 5 a side! So from now on we will wait and see how many people show and then divide the cost between us.

good idea. and i think everyone can bring a euro towards last week or something so its not just comming out of your pocket.

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