2019 Zone Premier League thread

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Originally Posted by XRanger

Pecker, your making an absolute goose of yourself arguing with a bloke that has no affiliation with our club, no one knows who it is, surely by now after taking hook, line and sinker every year that you would realise people are lining you up. Onlooker is the only one on here that posts our results.
Take aim at us all you want, Atleast it’s giving someone else a rest ��.

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A goose, that's not real nice.
Well he seems like he is very much a terrace supporter by his posts and as for taking aim at you, haven't done that for a while terrace have been in ZL1, I'm just firing back at your(or maybe not your) bloke, so I don't really call this an argument.

On being lined up by others, that hasn't been happening and it takes a lot more than that to wind me up, pretty thick skinned as you would know and I can take any criticism as long its genuine and factual, shit I have even admitted being wrong(only once though).
I like to have fun and the forum for me is fun, from the wannbe superstars, super coaches who have never coached, all the way down to the school teachers who want to correct the grammar of the posters its all a game.....

cheers see you in 2 weeks xranger….

Can anyone else feel the sexual tension in the room?

Maybe we need to see who could go watch a game and be willing to express their forum post in the change rooms after the game. Then we could write about the result from that.

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Originally Posted by Passtheballmate

Maybe we need to see who could go watch a game and be willing to express their forum post in the change rooms after the game. Then we could write about the result from that.

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now wouldn't that be fun.....

Can anyone beat the wall that mayfield put up every week?

Are they that good or make teams play terrible??

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Originally Posted by Passtheballmate

Maybe we need to see who could go watch a game and be willing to express their forum post in the change rooms after the game. Then we could write about the result from that.

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I reckon I’d survive giving the score recounts in the winning change room after a game, May be touch and go in the losing change room tho.

Are Barnsley and Suns playing midweek instead of the weekend so they can have the long weekend off. Didn't realise you could nominate if you played on the weekend or not

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Originally Posted by The Hacker

Are Barnsley and Suns playing midweek instead of the weekend so they can have the long weekend off. Didn't realise you could nominate if you played on the weekend or not

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Believe that's the reason for the midweek game.

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Originally Posted by Bulldogs 1962

Believe that's the reason for the midweek game.

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Yes I can confirm you can nominate to the federation for dates before the season starts. It’s not hard as all clubs have the option when the draft draw comes out

Stitch up going to Barnsley at the best of teams. But an 8pm kick off on a school night is rough.

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Originally Posted by Lofty

Stitch up going to Barnsley at the best of teams. But an 8pm kick off on a school night is rough.

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They might think there a chance against the Suns midweek at 8pm. Rough if you want to watch origin

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Originally Posted by The Hacker

They might think there a chance against the Suns midweek at 8pm. Rough if you want to watch origin

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Definitely affects player availability. Not sure why the club agreed to be honest haha. You’d think Barnsley would be all over the footy but don’t think it would have been thought of way back when the request was made in pre season

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Originally Posted by Lofty

Definitely affects player availability. Not sure why the club agreed to be honest haha. You’d think Barnsley would be all over the footy but don’t think it would have been thought of way back when the request was made in pre season

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I think it could bring Barnsley into the contest

What a grubby thing to do, schedule a football game to start at 8pm when Origin is on, wouldnt expect anything less.

Barnsley, cold night, mid week game, late, it will level the playing field a little but not enough to really make a difference, Suns will win by a 2 or 3 atleast.

Masterstroke

With this weather it will be off for sure So Win Win get to see origin and a long weekend!!

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Originally Posted by HonkingDonkey

What a grubby thing to do, schedule a football game to start at 8pm when Origin is on, wouldnt expect anything less.

Barnsley, cold night, mid week game, late, it will level the playing field a little but not enough to really make a difference, Suns will win by a 2 or 3 atleast.

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Originally Posted by oneeye

Masterstroke

With this weather it will be off for sure So Win Win get to see origin and a long weekend!!

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Sounds good in theory. Until you realise you only have to go back out and try do it another cold rainy night in Barnsley..

Sadly for the Suns it will give their boys another 2 weeks of good grazing. Back end fitness will be key for them to get by!

Mayfield could run away with the minor premiership again.

At this point in time anyone willing to guess the top 4?

Mayfield
Dudley
Suns
Kotara

With Swansea hot on their heals!!!

What about the favourites for relegation?

You've got it all wrong

Raymond Terrace
Swansea
Suns
Mayfield

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Originally Posted by FlatScreen

At this point in time anyone willing to guess the top 4?

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1. Mayfield
2. Dudley
3. Suns
4. Kotara (realistically this spot has 3 or 4 teams competing for it, Bero, Swansea, Warners Bay)

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Originally Posted by Alton

What about the favourites for relegation?

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Barnsley... they would be red hot favourite for relogation.
Raymond Terrace are doing there best not to let Barnsley run away with it tho.

Surely tonight's game is washed out

With Barnsley putting all of the money they could spend on players into the grounds drainage, I’m pretty sure the game will be on tonight.

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Originally Posted by PlasticFan

With Barnsley putting all of the money they could spend on players into the grounds drainage, I’m pretty sure the game will be on tonight.

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I'm not involved with club officially this year but last I heard it was still on, so seems money was well spent. Still playing ZPL without paying players

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Originally Posted by Bulldogs 1962

I'm not involved with club officially this year but last I heard it was still on, so seems money was well spent. Still playing ZPL without paying players

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There is playing then there is competing. Barnsley definitely are just playing in ZPL

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Originally Posted by PlasticFan

With Barnsley putting all of the money they could spend on players into the grounds drainage, I’m pretty sure the game will be on tonight.

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Originally Posted by Bulldogs 1962

I'm not involved with club officially this year but last I heard it was still on, so seems money was well spent. Still playing ZPL without paying players

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Originally Posted by The Hacker

There is playing then there is competing. Barnsley definitely are just playing in ZPL

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Farking Hell... someone call the god damn Vet because we have a Bulldog here thats going to need to be put out of its misery!!!

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Originally Posted by HonkingDonkey

Farking Hell... someone call the god damn Vet because we have a Bulldog here thats going to need to be put out of its misery!!!

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What would I have to be upset about.

Round 9 Stats & Predictions
Thursday
Barnsley 10th vs. Suns 5th
- Barnsley have lost 7 games in a row.
- Barnsley have the league’s worst attack (6) and worst defence (39).
- Barnsley’s only points of the season came at home on the opening round.
- Only 7 of the Suns 18 goals have been scored away from home.
- Suns are undefeated in 5 games.
- Barnsley have only registered 3 different goals scorers this season.
Suns 5-0

Saturday
Cardiff 9th vs. Mayfield 1st
- Cardiff are winless in 4 matches.
- Only 1 of Cardiff’s 5 points has come at home.
- Only 3 of Cardiff’s 10 goals have come at home.
- Mayfield’s 2 goals conceded have both come on the road.
Mayfield 3-0

Sunday
W. Bay 6th vs. Swansea 3rd
- Swansea are the league’s top goal scorers with 30.
- W Bay have only 1 player who has scored more than 1 goal this season.
- 81% (13/16) of Swansea’s goals conceded have come at home.
- Swansea’s last 7 rounds: W-L-W-L-W-L-W.
Swansea 2-1

Dudley 2nd vs. Kotara 4th – Match of the Round
- Dudley have won all three of their home games.
- Dudley are yet to concede a home goal this season.
- Only 3 of Kotara’s 11 goals conceded have come on the road.
- 9 of Kotara’s 12 points have come away from home.
- Kotara have also scored 76% of their goals away from home.
Draw 2-2

Bero 7th vs R. Terrace 8th
- Bero were in a 1-1 draw last week when their game was abandoned against leaders Mayfield.
- 7 of Bero’s 10 points have come at home this season.
- R. Terrace won their last away game 5-0 vs. Barnsley.
- R. Terrace last 4 games have averaged out at 6.5 goals per game.
Bero 3-1

Barnsley v Suns
Thirds 0-5
Ressies 0-2
Origin 18-14

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Originally Posted by Bulldogs 1962

What would I have to be upset about.

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In the ZPL Barnsley have played 26 games, and won 4 (only promoted 2018).
You have conceeded 91 goals, thats -3.5 a game for the people playing at home.
If you had conceeded something like another 13 goals over all those 26 games, it would mean that you could have from the start of your time in ZPL never fielded a team and only forfieted you would have actually been in a better position (goal difference wise, and everyone would be better off having Barnsley being demoted).

Fun fact: If you had forfieted all 8 games this season your goal difference would be +1 better than it currently is.

I guess we will have to break it down for you into "bite size" pieces.

- Your club is the equivalent of a fluffer for the other teams.
- You cant/dont win anything.
- You are lucky to still even be a apart of ZPL being on par on with the BYE in terms of performance, jagging a win or two a season to barely scrape by.


Id be pretty upset but hey its ok, Barnsley dont pay anyone BUT you do have a great football pitch... right...
You are dreaming if you think EVERY other club is paying anyone/everyone to play for them... but yes, we all know there are SOME clubs that do pay players.
Its a weak as piss excuse to try and deflect the crap quality of a football club.

Barnsley vs. Suns
See the post above for a breakdown of how this one will pan out. Being a fan of statistics and probablility I'd be willing to say that there is a very good chance this one will have at least four suns goals in it.
0-7 Suns... I said at least 4.

Cardiff vs. Mayfield
Mayfield were shakey last weekend and I heard were on the road to get rocked by Bero. Cardiff were finding form but got put down a peg by Dudley.
did bero crack Mayfields armour, maybe. Will Cardiff be the club to find out, probably not.
0-3 Mayfield

Warners Bay vs. Swansea
I tossed a coin and it came up as Warners bay on form this week. Both teams are looking for that 4th place. will be an interesting game to watch.
2-1 Warners Bay

Dudley vs. Kotara
Best game of the round, Dudley will get the job done at home.
2-1 Dudley.

Bero vs Raymond Terrace
Bero will be feeling robbed after last weekend and looking to pick up where they left off. Raymond Terrace will be feeling robbed after last weekend but they are still waiting for the police to come around and dust for prints and take their formal statement for the report. The game is at Bero so that makes everything messy as well.
4 - 2 Bero.

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Originally Posted by HonkingDonkey

In the ZPL Barnsley have played 26 games, and won 4 (only promoted 2018).
You have conceeded 91 goals, thats -3.5 a game for the people playing at home.
If you had conceeded something like another 13 goals over all those 26 games, it would mean that you could have from the start of your time in ZPL never fielded a team and only forfieted you would have actually been in a better position (goal difference wise, and everyone would be better off having Barnsley being demoted).

Fun fact: If you had forfieted all 8 games this season your goal difference would be +1 better than it currently is.

I guess we will have to break it down for you into "bite size" pieces.

- Your club is the equivalent of a fluffer for the other teams.
- You cant/dont win anything.
- You are lucky to still even be a apart of ZPL being on par on with the BYE in terms of performance, jagging a win or two a season to barely scrape by.


Id be pretty upset but hey its ok, Barnsley dont pay anyone BUT you do have a great football pitch... right...
You are dreaming if you think EVERY other club is paying anyone/everyone to play for them... but yes, we all know there are SOME clubs that do pay players.
Its a weak as piss excuse to try and deflect the crap quality of a football club.

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Just wow

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Originally Posted by HonkingDonkey

In the ZPL Barnsley have played 26 games, and won 4 (only promoted 2018).
You have conceeded 91 goals, thats -3.5 a game for the people playing at home.
If you had conceeded something like another 13 goals over all those 26 games, it would mean that you could have from the start of your time in ZPL never fielded a team and only forfieted you would have actually been in a better position (goal difference wise, and everyone would be better off having Barnsley being demoted).

Fun fact: If you had forfieted all 8 games this season your goal difference would be +1 better than it currently is.

I guess we will have to break it down for you into "bite size" pieces.

- Your club is the equivalent of a fluffer for the other teams.
- You cant/dont win anything.
- You are lucky to still even be a apart of ZPL being on par on with the BYE in terms of performance, jagging a win or two a season to barely scrape by.


Id be pretty upset but hey its ok, Barnsley dont pay anyone BUT you do have a great football pitch... right...
You are dreaming if you think EVERY other club is paying anyone/everyone to play for them... but yes, we all know there are SOME clubs that do pay players.
Its a weak as piss excuse to try and deflect the crap quality of a football club.

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Stop the press, the donkey has been up all night researching and has come up with Barnsley haven't been competitive in ZPL. I'm in shock, I can't believe I haven't seen it for myself and youve broken my heart now I'm really upset.

And now you've blessed me with this news I am going straight to the committee and demand they make the team play up to your standard.

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Originally Posted by Bulldogs 1962

Stop the press, the donkey has been up all night researching and has come up with Barnsley haven't been competitive in ZPL. I'm in shock, I can't believe I haven't seen it for myself and youve broken my heart now I'm really upset.

And now you've blessed me with this news I am going straight to the committee and demand they make the team play up to your standard.

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No need to thank me, It didnt take that long at all.
We use fancy things called computers now, takes a few minutes at most to get those kind of stats and most of us can do maths in our heads so that speeds things up a little.
After all you were the one that needed it explained to you and asked for us to spoon feed this to you... so im glad that I could do my civic/social duty for this week and help out the special people within our society to help us all be more inclusive.
Hopefully the committee will listen to you but when your "meetings" are held on the short bus to daycare im not sure much will sink in.

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Originally Posted by HonkingDonkey

No need to thank me, It didnt take that long at all.
We use fancy things called computers now, takes a few minutes at most to get those kind of stats and most of us can do maths in our heads so that speeds things up a little.
After all you were the one that needed it explained to you and asked for us to spoon feed this to you... so im glad that I could do my civic/social duty for this week and help out the special people within our society to help us all be more inclusive.
Hopefully the committee will listen to you but when your "meetings" are held on the short bus to daycare im not sure much will sink in.

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With the smarts you feel you have I'm surprised you needed a computer to figure out what everyone else already knows. Also just so you know having a computer isn't really that fancy anymore theyre more of an everyday item for most.
I'll make this easier for you and point out that my last comment had a lot of sarcasm in it, and if I wasn't upset before you tried to point out something I already knew, why would I be upset now.
Also I think the committee meetings are at the ground, that way they are never cancelled due to wet weather ( drainage paying off again). But nice try with the low socioeconomic joke.

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Originally Posted by Bulldogs 1962

But nice try with the low socioeconomic joke.

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I was implying you were mentally handicapped/challeneged. Not fully aware... not the sharpest tool in the draw... im not sure how much more politely I can put this.
Do I need to break that down now as well? ;)

No need to be so upset about it, its ok. We all forgive you. We understand.

Juuuuust to make things interesting....

Not sure if you all know this, but promotion between ZL1 and ZPL isn't automatic.

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(c) Promotion and Relegation between ZF League 1 and ZFL Premier League will be
based on Premiership and the Club’s ability to suit ZPL criteria. This will be
determined by the Joint Board Panel and the Zone Association ZFL Competition
Administrator each season.

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Sooo, should Azzuri finish first (they're first in ZL1), it doesn't mean Barnsley automatically get relegated and Azzuri come up. Given the noise Azzuri have made this season, I'm sure Northern, who administer the Zone Associations, will do their best to ensure they don't get promoted.

Promotion and Relegation between ZL1-3 is COMPULSORY, unlike ZL1 and ZPL.

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(b) Promotion and Relegation shall be COMPULSORY between ZFL Leagues 1,2,3.

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Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast

Juuuuust to make things interesting....

Not sure if you all know this, but promotion between ZL1 and ZPL isn't automatic.


Sooo, should Azzuri finish first (they're first in ZL1), it doesn't mean Barnsley automatically get relegated and Azzuri come up. Given the noise Azzuri have made this season, I'm sure Northern, who administer the Zone Associations, will do their best to ensure they don't get promoted.

Promotion and Relegation between ZL1-3 is COMPULSORY, unlike ZL1 and ZPL.

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To be fair, I cant think of a time that Northern have every really been involved in a decision like this in Zone Football.
I would think Azzurri's biggest issue wouldn't be Northern or external forces, more that they would need to ensure their home ground meets ZPL criteria (which is a bit higher than ZL1,2,3).

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Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast

Juuuuust to make things interesting....

Not sure if you all know this, but promotion between ZL1 and ZPL isn't automatic.


Sooo, should Azzuri finish first (they're first in ZL1), it doesn't mean Barnsley automatically get relegated and Azzuri come up. Given the noise Azzuri have made this season, I'm sure Northern, who administer the Zone Associations, will do their best to ensure they don't get promoted.

Promotion and Relegation between ZL1-3 is COMPULSORY, unlike ZL1 and ZPL.

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Azzurri obviously have the players as they are undefeated this season. However do not have a home ground.
Barnsley apparently have the best ground in Newcastle. But are last therefore evidently do not have the playing roster.

It’s quite simple, merge the clubs

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Originally Posted by HonkingDonkey

I was implying you were mentally handicapped/challeneged. Not fully aware... not the sharpest tool in the draw... im not sure how much more politely I can put this.
Do I need to break that down now as well? ;)

No need to be so upset about it, its ok. We all forgive you. We understand.

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Well you cleared that up, and showed the caliber of the person you are. Someone who tries for humour in attempting to mock people as being mentally handicapped, not much lower then that in my view. Clearly you feel your better then the handicapped and see them as people worth making fun of, and you must be tough to seeing as your doing it on an anonymous forum

Barnsley 2-8 Suns