baldy Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 24 minutes ago, NORTH DEVON DWELLER said: Phil Hiscox posted on this the other day and Step Six is as far as they can go so promotion is not an option Can you repost that here please as I can't find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticker Forever Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I know it seems a bit unfair that blokes who have had to work all day after getting out of bed early etc, full day's work and rush all the way up to Newton Abbot to play against blokes that have probably had a day off with a light lunch, proper preparation etc but to be fair to Argyle the starting team that played the Saints had 4 players not in the squad on Saturday, 4 that were unused substitutes, and 3 that came on late in the game. So I don't think there was anything underhand about what Argyle did, it was just players that needed game time and perhaps Derek Adams thought playing against very good opposition it would be a decent run out for those players? I would take it as a compliment and move on. You'll probably be able to count the amount of times this might happen this season on one hand with the busy League 2 schedule Argyle have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le boss Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 3 hours ago, Keith B said: Spot on Home Waters. I think that if Argyle win the SWPL this season, they should be forced to take promotion or, be taken out of this league anyway. Especially so if, by winning it and not taking promotion, they stop others from the chance of promotion. What? Like all the other clubs who have won the league and then refused promotion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobjfh Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 It's only 4/5 games into the season - Argyle Reserves are a long long way away from winning anything. If they field the same team in all fixtures of course they would win the league - but it won't happen. It just suited Argyle this week (sorry St Austell but I don't think it was because they were playing you it was timing for them). No doubt some other teams will get battered (more then 6-0) during the season when it suits Argyle but their 'normal' Reserve side, good though it is will not be top 3. Only real impact is to St Austells pride and a very slight dent in their title hopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansome dan Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Can,t be bad travelling to Newton Abbott ,not performing and still picking up a nice wage packet hee hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURNIP TED Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Argyle could have a big say on who will win the league. If they do not play their stronger team against all of the top clubs , some may benefit . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uwdi Krugg Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Both St Austell and the SWPL (profile) appear to be getting a pasting in the Plymouth based press this morning? Basically in support of Argyle being able to do as exactly as they please. Irrespective of a balanced opinion (or not) it comes across as an extremely arrogant outburst from the local media. The phrase "Its all gone a bit pear-shaped" comes to mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURNIP TED Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 What press Uwdi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORTH DEVON DWELLER Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 2 hours ago, baldy said: Can you repost that here please as I can't find it. Posted on official SWPL twitter feed the other night in response to Dave Deacon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uwdi Krugg Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 37 minutes ago, TURNIP TED said: What press Uwdi Plymouth Herald http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/derek-adams-to-continue-using-plymouth-argyle-reserves-for-fitness-of-first-team-players/story-29654607-detail/story.html This is a bit more to the point, again Plymouth Herald http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/st-austell-are-ridiculous-to-criticise-argyle-s-line-up/story-29651417-detail/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURNIP TED Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Cheers Uwdi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governor Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 According to Phil Hiscox, as a pyramid league there are no restrictions on who can play providing they are registered with the league. Harsh as it may be, Clubs have been strengthening their sides for important games for years even in junior football. If Plymouth win the league hopefully they will take promotion and move on up through the pyramid system unlike others who have chosen to stay put as a big fish in a small pond. Finances no doubt are the main reason for the decision to stay put but without promotion and relegation things stagnate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Waters Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 10 minutes ago, Pedro said: According to Phil Hiscox, as a pyramid league there are no restrictions on who can play providing they are registered with the league. Harsh as it may be, Clubs have been strengthening their sides for important games for years even in junior football. If Plymouth win the league hopefully they will take promotion and move on up through the pyramid system unlike others who have chosen to stay put as a big fish in a small pond. Finances no doubt are the main reason for the decision to stay put but without promotion and relegation things stagnate. which Plymouth are you talking about ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 St Austell have stated that they hold no ill-feelings to what happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 44 minutes ago, Willow Tree said: St Austell have stated that they hold no ill-feelings to what happened Excellent response - well said. That puts this to bed I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedsunited Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Alot of moaning, & understandably so, but people do not mind sponging off our local professional football clubs in pre season for fixtures & are dissapointed when teams rock up under strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 18 hours ago, Uwdi Krugg said: Plymouth Herald http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/derek-adams-to-continue-using-plymouth-argyle-reserves-for-fitness-of-first-team-players/story-29654607-detail/story.html This is a bit more to the point, again Plymouth Herald http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/st-austell-are-ridiculous-to-criticise-argyle-s-line-up/story-29651417-detail/story.html Plymouth based papers that rely on Argyle for a large chunk of their football content are surely going to support their team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governor Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 17 hours ago, Home Waters said: which Plymouth are you talking about ? Which ever one they choose to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff's Telling Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 17 hours ago, Home Waters said: which Plymouth are you talking about ? Given Parkway's start to the season and progress in the FA Cup, wouldn't it be great to see in the 1st round Parkway play the other Plymouth at Home Waters Park !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Waters Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 2 hours ago, Pedro said: Which ever one they choose to play? All it was, you suggested Plymouth ? and promotion - as explained in all the entries here - Plymouth Argyle cannot get promoted beyond step 6. Where as Plymouth Parkway can and indeed hope to do so, as outlined by our Chairman sometime ago within this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%cornish Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 This argument has gone on too long now not a word would of been said if St Austell had beaten that Plymouth side Plymouth reserves wont play this sort of side every week i expect tonight they will play a lot weakened team im looking forwaard to seeing Argyle reserves at Newquay Godolphin and at St Austell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPL Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 For goodness sake, put this to bed. Everyone and his dog has had a say. What has happened has happened, so lets get on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeww Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 6-0 aint that bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 On 25/08/2016 at 15:58, Willow Tree said: St Austell have stated that they hold no ill-feelings to what happened And this says it all - game over methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldeneye Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Playing against better players can only make you a better player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE BALD ONE Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 How does that work Goldeneye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldeneye Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 11 hours ago, THE BALD ONE said: How does that work Goldeneye. Many years ago I was speaking to someone who played for Notts Forest when they were in the old Division 1. He said that to become a better player the top 3 things you should do are:- 1. Train efficiently. 2. Train consistently. 3. Play against the best opposition you possibly can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek martyn Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Poor St Austell, my heart bleeds for them. Lets have it right, Bodmin, St Austell, Parkway etc have been spending their way to success every season. Now Argyle have come into the equation with better resources . Well tough shit !! Accept the challenge and get on with it instead of whinging and whining about it. Hopefully it will be good for home gates to have recognised pro players playing in Cornwall, which would be great for all the clubs who have to compete with "very limited financial resources". One things for sure, you wont hear anybody at Godolphin feeling sorry for themselves. It will be just another challenge to accept Get a grip !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darin Morse Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 My mate's computer is playing up so he asked me to post this on his behalf : I'm just back from watching my beloved St Austell, who I've been supporting ever since we started winning, and we were robbed for the second time this week. Following the debacle against Argyle, today Tiverton also very unscrupulously selected some really good players, who then decided not to share the ball with us for long periods of the match. Don't they realise that we're St Austell and that therefore they're meant to just roll over quietly and let us hammer them? It's just this sort of disrespectful behaviour that makes the league so unfair. And that's not all. Our players had to drive about a hundred miles to the match but most of their team live close to Tiverton. How is that right? Surely the game should have been at our ground so our success supporters could watch without having to travel far. Everybody knows they don't like going to away games. And what about their pitch? We're used to playing on a pitch that resembles running up the side of a mountain, not a perfectly flat one like Ladysmead. I don't think Tiverton played ball at all. Their squad included Ethan Phillips. He's bound to be related to Kevin Phillips, who scored loads of goals in the Premier league. St Austell can hardly be expected to deal with any relative of his. And Tiverton had Jordan Bastin, whose grandad was probably Cliff Bastin, who played for Arsenal and England, and who no doubt passed on lots of tips. The home team were sneaky in other ways too. Their dressing room was five yards closer to the pitch than ours so they didn't have to walk so far. And their yellow shirts were much easier to see and to pass to than ours. How are we supposed to win the title only then to decide not to take promotion, in the face of such underhand tactics, notwithstanding our massively superior playing budget? I'm thinking of making an official protest to the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Your friend has won the internet today... Okay that's a bit extreme...Well, certainly the CFF!! Personally, I would love to play against a bunch of professionals. It would make me realise exactly who I could of been.... If I was actually any good at football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanks Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 ??s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastyman Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, Nanks said: ??s Have they touched a nerve NANKS? This from a team who have really "splashed the cash" in recent seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JENGLE Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 A bit of humour once in a while won't go a miss. Dange'rous, I too would love the chance to play against professionals, if only I was ever good enough to have that chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 1 minute ago, JENGLE said: A bit of humour once in a while won't go a miss. Dange'rous, I too would love the chance to play against professionals, if only I was ever good enough to have that chance! We should go training with a SWPL side. I recon if I spike their orange juice, we could be in with a chance! Bring it Plymouth ????????? I watched the game on the Cornwall Channel... Yes it's not the result that St Austell wanted, but it is a learning curve. There's nothing wrong with clubs tasting defeat once in a while. It brings you back down to earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JENGLE Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Haha, brilliant. It's the only chance I'd get of making it to that sort of level! I to watched the game on Cornwall Channel, and have my own opinions on it. But the debate will go on and on, so I'll just watch it all unfold on here instead! The result against Plymouth would definitely be a learning curve for St Austell. Seeing it as a positive, it could help them going forward. Who knows?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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