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Jon Good
aka 'Big Funky' of 'Funkian' and 'More than just a Hint'
aka 'Frank LeBoeuf' of 'Blue Arse Flies'
D.O.P.A. S.A.U. (underground) Wine Soc.
Captain S.A.U.U.F.C. - Flying Sorcerers
The loneliest man since time began - all air-fare donations gratefully
received
World of Crack!
"El Amoro's tank tops are back!"
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Andy Cotgreave wrote:
> hello
>
> :
> : Cad,
> : at last, someone in this crazy world who seems to know about how too
> : improve the GB team.
>
> So, jon, are you trying to say that all the blood, sweat and tears that
> have been put in by the GB coaches over the last few years has all been
> misguided and a waste of time? and that they didn't have a clue what they
> were doing?
Yes, I am also saying that anyone who has played under that GB system
should be gassed, their houses burnt, and their testicles crushed by a
steam roler so that there can be now chance of their diseased seed every
springing forth and contaminating the planet again. In fact we should
slaughter anyone who has ever even set eyes on these scum (their not
people) just to make sure.
>
> I have to say that, although Cads ideas are all put forward with the best
> intentions, they are a little naive. I have seen the efforts made to
> improve the GB team, and everyone involved devotes soooo much to it, and
> they deserve only congratulations for the amount of work they do put in to
> making the GB team as good as it can be.
>
> However, the ideas proposed are complete pie-in-the-sky idealistic ideas
> which are nigh on impossible to implement.
>
> Andy Cotgreave
> Chevron Action Flash 95-98
> Mythago 94-95, Student Champions
> Sneeekys 92-96, won spirit a few times
> practised with Strange Blue once or twice
> M.Sc,
> B.A (hons) geography
> acotgreave@rmplc.net
> "read netiquette rules about long sig. files"
>
> : Jon Good
> : aka 'Big Funky' of 'Funkian' and 'More than just a Hint'
> : aka 'Frank LeBoeuf' of 'Blue Arse Flies'
> : D.O.P.A. S.A.U. (underground) Wine Soc.
> : Captain S.A.U.U.F.C. - Flying Sorcerers
> : The loneliest man since time began - all air-fare donations gratefully
> : received
> : World of Crack!
> :
> : "She asked for I drink, I baught farmhouse scrumpy
> : And then went back to her's for some rumpy-pumpy."
> :
> : On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Oakley, Caedman wrote:
> :
> : > IMNSHO Practice and constantly playing together is the only way that a
> : > national team can do well. This is why the US sends their best club
> team to
> : > Worlds.
> : >
> : > So, not knowing quite how it works, how does this grab people:
> : >
> : > 1 - Identify the players that have the dedication to - and would like
> to
> : > -play for GB.
> : > 2 - Identify which of these players can afford to play for GB (AFAIK
> there
> : > are no subsidies at the moment please correct me if I am wrong.)
> : > 3 - Select 2 teams an A team and a B team, forming 1 squad.
> : > 4 - Train as many weekends as possible, (midweek can be difficult)
> : > 5 - During tournament season take the GB team as a club to European
> : > tournaments (inc. British Open). Of the top of my head I think that
> this
> : > could be about 1 every 6 weeks from end of Feb to end of Oct. This
> club
> : > team would be formed as a subset of A+B, as there will indoubtedly be
> other
> : > commitments, injury etc.
> : > 6 - Play friendlies against other top teams in the country (e.g let us
> : > assume that UTI and Catch form the basis of the GB team: Play against
> : > Druids, Chevvy etc.) on a regular basis.
> : >
> : > Point 6 has the added advantage that the teams that they play against
> will
> : > also benefit, and I am certain that there are players in the lower
> seeded
> : > teams that would like to join in on this, forming a GB Sparring team.
> : >
> : > There is probably already a requirement that n training sessions must
> be
> : > attended, so that is already covered.
> : >
> : > Most people that are willing to play for their country know the
> sacrifice
> : > that they have to make to be at that level, and are quite willing to
> give up
> : > 9 out of 10 weekends, and if it is organised right, the other teams I
> am
> : > sure will welcome the chance to play hard games (can even use them for
> Tour
> : > practice).
> : >
> : > Cads - hoping that this doesn't seem too much like sticking an oar in
> where
> : > it ain't wanted.
> : >
> :
>