2013 Zone League 2 Thread

[newie4eva]

Anyone from Medowie on here that can give us an idea on how your pitch is?

The park is currently closed.

The park had been closed for training over the school holidays, re-opened Monday and then re-closed Tuesday (by Committee ) after some rain, more in an effort to try protect it for the weekend. It usually holds up well and hasn't been played on since 22/06/2013 so would think it would take a bit of rain to keep it closed.

A little bit of rain forecast out here for tomorrow but suppose to be fine Friday and Saturday. Hope that helps :-)

[The Dreaded Keeper]

Unsportsmanlike conduct toward an official. From personal experience.

[Swanky]

The codes are merely reasons you could be sent off for. The suspensions come from the send off report the referee sends in regarding the reasons he sent the player off and how the player behaves after the send off. This report is checked over by judiciary who give the relevant suspension

[pv4]

The codes are merely reasons you could be sent off for. The suspensions come from the send off report the referee sends in regarding the reasons he sent the player off and how the player behaves after the send off. This report is checked over by judiciary who give the relevant suspension

So won't be looking too good for the Olympic guy from Monday night then

[dingdong]

So won't be looking too good for the Olympic guy from Monday night then

the ref actually thanked our player for approaching him after the game and apologizing for his swearing. he said it showed that he accepted he did something wrong.

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

Attn Westlakes. Hi guys - aware there is another avenue for this and will explore that tomorrow (dont have number) but wanted to get in touch with you perhaps before your training. Russell Henry informed me today that there needs to be an effort to re-schedule the fixture within a fortnight of its original date.
Are you able to make next Monday or Tuesday? Origin is Wednesday, Merewether are playing Thursday and Friday would be putting both clubs at a disadvantage heading into next weekends games.....
Thoughts?

[true waterboy]

Attn Westlakes. Hi guys - aware there is another avenue for this and will explore that tomorrow (dont have number) but wanted to get in touch with you perhaps before your training. Russell Henry informed me today that there needs to be an effort to re-schedule the fixture within a fortnight of its original date.
Are you able to make next Monday or Tuesday? Origin is Wednesday, Merewether are playing Thursday and Friday would be putting both clubs at a disadvantage heading into next weekends games.....
Thoughts?

We are training tomorrow this week and ill put it forward then.
Are u the one organising it, I'll pm u my number and ill sort it out on our end if you would like

[Shayne]

the ref actually thanked our player for approaching him after the game and apologizing for his swearing. he said it showed that he accepted he did something wrong.

I would hope the two that were sent for the same thing(Swearing at and/or calling the ref a cheat) in reserves against charlie did the same thing. Whether it be the right call or not, is no excuse to abuse a ref.

And people wonder why we rarely get refs to games and if we do the standard isn't great. Who's going to stick around and get abused if you make a call a player doesn't agree with.

[Robbery]

Merewether vs Muswellbrook tomorrow off due to the ground still being way too wet.

[true waterboy]

Merewether vs Muswellbrook tomorrow off due to the ground still being way too wet.

the way its going id say all games will be moved to heaton

[TXK]

Merewether vs Muswellbrook tomorrow off due to the ground still being way too wet.

Offered to move it to Mussy on either saturday or sunday this weekend but won't come. Surely that would be a better option then having another week off followed by the bye, but apparently not. Games should be played at this stage with the amount of catch ups around already, ridiculous to add another when you could have come up here and got it done, I refuse to take "not being able to organise a bus in time" as a suitable excuse, we car pool down to Newcastle every second week if it doesnt get washed out!

[pv4]

Offered to move it to Mussy on either saturday or sunday this weekend but won't come. Surely that would be a better option then having another week off followed by the bye, but apparently not. Games should be played at this stage with the amount of catch ups around already, ridiculous to add another when you could have come up here and got it done, I refuse to take "not being able to organise a bus in time" as a suitable excuse, we car pool down to Newcastle every second week if it doesnt get washed out!

Cool your jets dude. Jesmond Park is a great ground in this competition for reasons you'll just never understand

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

TXK - the idea of a last minute drive to Mussy wouldn't appeal to many, especially at the prospect at having half dozen put past you so think such a request might have been a tad optimistic. Sure, everyone realises you make the trip for every away fixture but that's your choice. Thats not a shot at you by any means, it's just other clubs don't embrace the trip like we do at Jesmond. We actually look forward to it and the wives dread our "enthusiasm". Not sure if Merewether would be the same and know clubs like Olympic went way under strength with several of the unavailable players being available either side of the game.
Although the big day away from Jesmond Park does have a few of us on edge because we really do love that ground and a full day away is such a long time and anything could happen to it really. Sometimes we all just stand around it, sinking stubbies and admiring it for all its beauty. Although occasionally if the day gets out of hand and beer gets spilt it inevitably means the ground is out of action for quite some time. Thanks to you PV4 for "waking up and smelling the roses" on the topic. Yes pun fully intended. Remarkable things sometimes happen at Jesmond Park, honest. Other forum posters may vouch for that....

[Jesmond_sweeper]

You're right, games should be played but the refs say otherwise like the other week at our ground when it was playable, no doubt others have their opinions but I would play on concrete if they would let me. Just a thought though overseas games are played in horrid conditions sometimes. They bring the shovels out at half time to clear the snow so you can see the lines. I get that these players are payed ridiculous sums of money to play but in turn are worth millions in revenue to these clubs, however are worth bugger all if they are sidelined injured due to playing in some of the conditions they do at the league cup grounds in the rain or snow yet they play. Again I get it they are paid to do it but surely the business side of things should come into play but it doesn't. They play, yet we get on here and carry on like absolute busted arses when a ground in kick and giggle comp isn't quiet up to standards, a bit slushy or has a dreaded cricket pitch in the middle. Some peoples gooses are so cooked on here, if you don't like the conditions, field or worried about getting injured and can't work blah blah blah then don't play. Simple.unlike the lads overseas you ain't being paid to play. Rant over, I've gotta get ready to kick someone from meadowie up the spinkter!!!

[true waterboy]

I can see why they didnt want to play at mussy, one being the oppositions home ground and two being such a long drive to organise at the last minute.
we offered our ground last week against jeso and they declined and tbh id of done the same.
Still am confused as to why they dont look to have heaton avaliable in the case of rain, its a few 100 meters down the road, often free and means your day isnt ruined turning up to the venue and it gets called off. As you said TXK at least u get to have a game even if it isnt ur favourite home ground.

[Jesmond_sweeper]

I can see why they didnt want to play at mussy, one being the oppositions home ground and two being such a long drive to organise at the last minute.
we offered our ground last week against jeso and they declined and tbh id of done the same.
Still am confused as to why they dont look to have heaton avaliable in the case of rain, its a few 100 meters down the road, often free and means your day isnt ruined turning up to the venue and it gets called off. As you said TXK at least u get to have a game even if it isnt ur favourite home ground.

Last Saturday did you know if heaton was playable? Plus there is too many yam yams on the ground, we get distracted trying to dig up a feed!

[true waterboy]

I didnt check out heaton, however when the question was asked a few jeso players were keen to check it out (a few seemed confident it was fine) until one player had a braveheart mel gibson like speech saying this is our home ground we shall not move the game etc.

all im saying is that it seems that jesmond park has been the ground that is constantly called off due to wet weather and has to be shared between two clubs making catch up games more difficult, why not run the clubs so that either can use heaton in the event of rain. As fair as i can see heaton would of been dry enough to be used last week and if it were avaliable probs dry enough for mereweather this week (although they dont train there).
imagine if it were mussy last week drive two hours, game called off and players refuse to check out the ground, they would of been fuming.

might be a bit bias tho cause i do like a yam yam feed

[Jesmond_sweeper]

I didnt check out heaton, however when the question was asked a few jeso players were keen to check it out (a few seemed confident it was fine) until one player had a braveheart mel gibson like speech saying this is our home ground we shall not move the game etc.

all im saying is that it seems that jesmond park has been the ground that is constantly called off due to wet weather and has to be shared between two clubs making catch up games more difficult, why not run the clubs so that either can use heaton in the event of rain. As fair as i can see heaton would of been dry enough to be used last week and if it were avaliable probs dry enough for mereweather this week (although they dont train there).
imagine if it were mussy last week drive two hours, game called off and players refuse to check out the ground, they would of been fuming.

might be a bit bias tho cause i do like a yam yam feed

Just got word heaton lines weren't even marked and grass/yam yams was long. When I went there in the morning to get the gear to mark the lines at ram park we got the ute bogged, wasn't on the ground obviously but was very wet! And we me who gave that speech, was more of making a point that home grounds are called such for a reason. No doubt u being the bloke you appear to be on here will have an opinion which will be the opposite.

[true waterboy]

I've already agreed that home games are as such which can be seen in my posts above, I just Beleive more can be done to have games played so that teams don't have to drive bak home or so that a team like mussy doesn't have to drive 2 hours each way on midweek after work.
My point is that you guys have something that no other club has which is a reserve ground, yet you don't seem to use it to your advantage. If I was jesmond or mereweather I'd work together so that if jesmond park is wet, Heaton is in a position to hold the game so that a game can be played and guys don't have to organise a day off work for a mid week catch up.

I can't see the issue with anything I've raised.

[true waterboy]

For example last year Macquarie took our ground off us for one round so we had to move our game to morriset so the game could be played on the weekend and bellbird didn't have to travel midweek