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to change the subject somewhat - a glittering occasion last night at the "dome of delight" - fantastic venue & meal so congratulations to those responsible of the arrangements. Only drawback was the sound system which made the Q & A session almost indecipherable for some of us. Also it was great to see Mr. Hiles. He seems to be getting younger looking!!

Ricky fair play for that comment as its getting pathetic the constant jealousy on here with CIYMS , your two boys will no doubt play at the highest standard when they want as they not only are both talented all rounders but two cracking nice lads who play hard on pitch but the super lads when off it .Just for the record why did no one slag Lurgan off for signing Derek Heasley for their great initiative to give him a two year contract when their was no promotion and theirs not many clubs in the top ten thats not paying quite a few and i for one dont care as its every clubs right to conduct their affairs the way they choose . Taimur Khan is a young fit 40 yr old who is a good coach and fine bloke and all rounder who deserves the right to take any better offer that comes along so good luck to him so its a good signing for all involved and im sure North Down will find someone to fill the spot as their will be lots of player movement before the season starts. PS Im doing lottery and euro millions as my targets our James Hall Lee Nelson and Ryan Haire and Russeler and pray to the man above that i can play one more year.

As another ci member id just like to suggest to the rest of my club members to ignore these comments, which i know can be very difficult, its very easy to hide behind false names and computer screens on public forums and attack other clubs.

We as a club know that we are heading in the right direction, a booming youth section that was just not there not so long ago with a list of underage representatives which would envy most clubs and teams competing hard in their respected divisions.

Taimur is a great addition to the club who the youngsters will gain invaluble experience through, as believe it or not we do see these youngsters as the future of our club, we have merely been keeping our position in the PL warm for them and have done so successfully thus far in a competitive environment.

I hope these people have got their entertainment out of this "debate" but i think it really is time to give it a rest. Bottom line we are a club with ambition, i fail to see what is wrong with this? players dont have to move club it is entirely their doing, some of the rumours thrown around are farcical and more fool them for believing them.

P.S it was only last year rumours were circulating that Michael Vaughn was our pro for the 2011 season!

Reading Ricky Adairs' posting makes a few people on here look like liars...

ref Florence comment

Dear all,
For what its worth I just want to say that at no time has any club offered any inducements to my boys to move.

Please try to be factual when mentioning people by name on an open forum.

Thanks
Ricky

Re CI member
If riling other forum users is your agenda then thats pretty sad
Florence named the talent that you have been hounding but you dont have to be Einstein to work it out. Everyone knows you have been torturing various youngsters for ages.
Invest in your own talent then maybe you wouldnt have to "rile" others...Pathetic

With all this about transfers just though I would say that Obus Pienaar looks set to come back to The Lawn next year at the minute as he loved last year. He might be with South Africa A but they are touring Ireland next year apparently. He lit up the Premier league last year more than any pro has ever done in all my time.

As Andy Kennedy mentioned in a previous post, CI are receiving certain publicity on this forum that previously was aimed at Derriaghy. Now is because these two clubs are seen as "junior" clubs by many of those clubs that see it as their devine right to be in the top league, and these two teams have gatecrashed the top league and cup competitions over the last ten years or so?

Its great to see so many people sticking up for the ethics of CIYMS....How many of them are being paid ??

surprised at the reaction to Taimur heading to Belmont - was it not an open secret from at least early September that the move was on the cards

Oh! Florence we have managed to rile you then..... naming names and all now., I would not even enter into such a downright up the left hullaballu.....pathetic. But its great to know we can hold our own . as for offering the adairs insurance....get one of them driving first

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I agree with the points Russeller has made. It will be strange to see Taimur playing against North Down in 2012. He has been superb for North Down over his 12 years with the club, however his departure is an opportunity for some of the promising youngsters at NDCC to make their mark. I am sure at some point we will see Taimur playing for NDCC again. Taimur has three young children and everyone at North Down will fully understand that the financial offer made was too good to turn down.

Florence : if you actually didnt hide behind a false name then people would take you seriously.

re-ci man
Your a joke. Ive just heard that Taimur,your "youth development" mercenary has already been onto the Adairs from Hwood. Car ins and free tracksuits etc were dangled. I believe this will be the 3rd year your club will be trying to secure their talents.Surely if they wanted to be at CI they would go.Cregaghs U13s won the cup last yr, whos on your radar there ?
Is Taimur a "youth developer" or recruitment officer.
You can try and deny the fact that your club employs these underhand tactics but it is common knowledge in east bfast.
When you take your head out of the sand you should maybe call the youth coaches at cregagh,holywood,ards etc and im sure your eyes will be opened to what is going on....CI is renowned for it
The fact that 90% of cricketers in the NCU feel the same way about your club should spell it out to you....concentrate on what you have and not what you could have then maybe your club will get the credit it deserves