Agreed, but again we will try our best.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
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Agreed, but again we will try our best.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
Anyone trying to get games away tonight?
Westlakes vs Azzurri catch-ups TuesdayQuote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
Azzurri vs Swansea catch up Wednesday
Which gradesQuote:
Originally Posted by WWFC25
Going to assume 3rds & 1sts for Westlakes game and 1sts for Swansea seeing as though the lower grades forfeited
Cardiff v Mayfield
Tuesday
3rds and reggies
Thursday
1st
CorrectQuote:
Originally Posted by Buddha
Current state of play from our perspective.
First and foremost, we absolutely DID NOT ask for the season to be extended a week. As has been previously noted, we were happy to play two nights in a row and worked collaboratively yesterday with Swansea and Westlakes to schedule midweek fixtures, genuinely massive thank you to both clubs for that.
The email drops yesterday regarding the season being extended, NF advises us to approach Westlakes about moving fixtures against them to Saturday. We initiate this conversation about moving fixtures to Saturday at Westlakes as advised by NF. All verbal and no official confirmation.
We get phone calls from clubs basically asking us to roll over and take 1-1 draws, could be wrong but that's how it came off. Never happening, no other club would do that in our position. If you say that you would, you are lying.
Email drops that zones go back on extending the season, all games to be played before Thursday again.
At short notice we reassemble our troops to face Westlakes tonight and manage to scrape enough together, however Westlakes players have scattered to the wind and can't play tonight now.
What an absolute f***ing horror show that the association have created here across the board.
I agree it is a horror show but the absolute top priority for you guys next season has to be finding a new ground. That paddock up at Hexham isn’t up to ZPL standard and is basically the sole reason you have to now play so many games within a short amount of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by HAFC_ZL
And they want to take over Northern ��
Why would NF ring you to advise that you should contact Westlakes to transfer the game to this weekend if it was already scheduled midweek? I bet that corro from NF was conveniently only verbal too.Quote:
Originally Posted by HAFC_ZL
All clubs have endured a tough season with the wet weather. Im sure every club could have made a better effort to get games on, but there would have been times when a game could have been played but due to numbers available and who you were playing etc, these were pushed out by the hosting club for a better day. All clubs do this. Unfortunately though when your ground is rubbish (and yours clearly is) and the weather kicks back in, it can bite you on the arse.
Anyway like Lofty has mentioned, the correct decision has been made and we all move on. Good luck in 2023.
Cardiff 4-2 Mayfield in thirds tonight.
Throws the door wide open for Azzurri..
Just going to pull you up here pal.Quote:
Originally Posted by HAFC_ZL
We were advised on Monday like yourself that the game had been shifted. Our available players had since taken on additional shifts and changed plans based on this info. We were then given less than 3 hours today to pull together 2 sides which we were unable to do. You even said yourself you barely managed to do this, and all credit to you for being able to but don’t imply we have been actively trying to avoid playing this match to suit your narrative.
Personally, the change from Tuesday to Saturday should never have happened and I believe that the right decision (eventually has been made). Unfortunately that means Azzurri didn’t have to ‘earn’ their 3 points off us but so be it.
Good luck to everyone for this upcoming weekend hopefully there are no further delays or last minute changes. What a heck of a ride
Cardiff v MayfieldQuote:
Originally Posted by Jardelsimage
3rds: 4-2
Res: 9-1
Good confidence builder for mayfield going into semisQuote:
Originally Posted by Jardelsimage
Can anyone confirm the rumour of Cardiff playing first graders in their thirds and reserves last night?
There first grade can’t make it so maybe. It’s a one game band aid cause they can’t do that on the weekendQuote:
Originally Posted by PlasticFan
i can deny that, so which rumour you grabbing at plasto?Quote:
Originally Posted by PlasticFan
we had two on the bench due to 20 players unavailable last night, they got 20 mins each at the end, we also had 4 AA players play 3rds.
why do you people throw this shit out there? FFS you want a bite come down tomorrow when 1st are playing and you can be like the Mayfield supporter last night who said when they were being beaten 6-1, how much did you pay the refs??? sorry Richo and Pete
maybe Mayfield were not good enough, they weren't good enough, they were given a lesson, plain and simple.
The 11 that started last night will be close enough to the 11 that will start v Dudley, the suspended captain to come into the side.
We have 13 fully qualified reggies players, then we will 3rds to fill the gap.
As i was told they supposedly had a few 3rd graders play as they wanted their bench fresh for tomorrow night's 1st grade game.
1st Catch up
Swansea 2 Azzurri 0
😂😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by WWFC25
Has there been any update on the outcome of Azzurri vs Westlakes?
Pretty confused by this one, you CAN deny it but then you had 2 on the bench? Doesn’t matter to me as the mighty panthers are basically onto a GF birth at this point. Just with all the Suns debacles surely no one is stacking teams a game out from the semis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jardelsimage
So is that the top 4 in first grade set?Quote:
Originally Posted by WWFC25
Also does that win push Swansea off the bottom of the table?
Until you get into finals there are no players specifically assigned to any grade, it’s just a whole squad that you can choose from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jardelsimage
You play who’s available, if they happen to have played a bunch of first grade games this season good on them.
I’d hate to think a team would complain about 2 players out of the 11 they are versing as being the only reason they got beaten.
Sounds purely like Jardel says Cardiff wanted it more and were better than Mayfield.
So do Westlakes still have catch up games against Newcastle and Hamilton?
Will these games be put down as 1-1 draws and save them from relegation?
Interesting times ahead.
There’s only so many days in the week.
At the end of the day, Swansea and westlakes played each other twice during the season and I’m fairly sure that Westlakes won both of those games.
They both ended up on 9 points. H2H should always stand for more than GD anyway. I don’t think Swansea can complain too much about that.
Surely we can move on from all this ‘what if’ drama.
Semi finals this weekend, let’s focus on that please!
Azzuri went down as a forfeit for us because we couldn’t get the numbers and allowed Azzurri to continue to attempt to make semis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Premy
Suns went down as a 1-1 draw as there was no need to play it when it doesn’t affect the final standings for semis.
Only game left is 3rd grade Azzurri vs Westlakes to see if Azzurri make it into the 3rd grade finals.
Sadly not overly interesting :)
Move over Will McMaster theres a new Tarro Terminator in town and his name is Joshua Schumann. He was absolutely terrorising the opposition putting some real Pride in the Swansea jersey
Azzurri probably should have taken the 1-1 draw so they could be in a slightly better position
Doesn't effect the Finals but it certainly effected the relegation.Quote:
Originally Posted by WWFC25
well, if you want to call it stacking reggies, call it what you like, 2 off bench for 20mins, its totally legal, it's totally moral, it was already 7-1 when they came on, so go you mighty panthers if you can't beat them after that moral draining loss, that's on you.Quote:
Originally Posted by PlasticFan
Would you like a copy of the rules put up here again, just to prove it to you?
All i am doing is telling the truth, no smoke, no mirrors, no bullshit that seems to flow quite readily on this forum.
cheers
playing when???Quote:
Originally Posted by WWFC25
Well the only thing you can blame is the weather. Suns and Westlakes we due to play on Saturday and were washed out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Premy
Monday - season extended.
Tuesday - season brought back.
That left Tuesday night (impossible), Wednesday night and Thursday night to organise Suns to play out at Westlakes.
We have a semi final coming up and to be honest, if we were somehow forced to play, we would have forfeited or it would have been a team somehow made up of players not playing this weekend, if that would even be possible.
The wet weather this year has led to this. You can’t start pointing the finger now with all that has happened the last two days.
As I said before, westlakes beat Swansea twice during the season and played two less games than they did. Surely the carry on can just stop now.
What’s everyone’s finals predictions now?
Will Azzurri pinch the last spot in third grade tonight?
They’ll need to be better than their 1sts last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Not according to someQuote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Mate, tell yourself whatever makes you feel better, but giving Westlakes a point and gifting them their position in ZPL for next year at the expense of Swansea is just not right, beat it up how you want, it is just not right!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Typical Suns making a mockery of the competition.
So here is a solution…… Why can’t there be a relegation playoff on grand final day between Swansea and Westlakes, kick off 9am before 3rd grade? Obviously hasn’t happened before but given the season from hell with the weather surely this is an option the fed could consider. Not only does this give both clubs a chance to earn their right to stay in the comp, it brings another 2 clubs supporters to GF day who in all likelihood wouldn’t attend otherwise! This concept could be applied in ZL 1 too for Merewether and Stockton!
Will it be the third grade or first grade playing tonight for the Azzurri V Wildcats? I know it's a scheduled thirds match, but which teams will play?
After Azzurri’s first grade played last night I’m sure they won’t play tonight and if they did and you played 3rds for them all year you would be pretty filthy if they did. If their 3rds can’t beat Westlakes they shouldn’t be in the semisQuote:
Originally Posted by FlatScreen
100% agree, but this season has seen enough crazy things! It's sounding like a solid grudge match.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
I mean Westalakes gave them a free 3 points, so I don't really understand the shade.
Hoenstly, cry more and you might wash out some more games. I'm not sure when we were supposed to play. Do you fully understand how much the circumstances have changed over the last few days??Quote:
Originally Posted by MisplacedPasses
Do you think any other club in finals would be sending out their first grade team a few days out from the grand final qualifier mid week? Have no training and no preparation for the upcoming game? You are delusional.
We had every intention to play the game, but you cannot avoid the weather events we have had and then the chopping and changing of the comp on Monday and Tuesday.
I can assure you that if Swansea's last game wasn't against Azzurri and it was Dudley or Warners Bay, there would have been a different situation.
Maybe you could ask the federation to reverse the forfeit on Westlakes in first grade and they can play Azzurri tonight in firsts also. Because that decision was very dodgy in itself.
The Suns are not the reason Swansea are bottom of the league. End of.
Was it 1-1 in all 3 grades for Westlakes v Suns? If Azzurri beat Westlakes tonight, means they go to 3rd above Suns in 3rd Grade if Westlakes were given the 3-0 forfeit