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Re- Wayne

Not completely sure that comparing the aspirations of the 11th best International Team in the World with Templepatrick Cricket Club is fair, wouldn't you agree?

I feel you are putting words in my mouth- at no stage in my post did I ever say that I had no ambition of improving or for the club to move on- there is nothing that I would want more but I wouldn't want it to happen the way CIYMS have gone about it. I don't take myself or my cricket too seriously and am more than happy playing a standard that suits my current ability- beats only being allowed to field in Section 1 anyday and you never know maybe some day I'll be able to join you 'world beaters' in Section 1 or 2.

Anyways, so as not to annoy Mr. Ed, I think we should drop the issue and get back to practicing the sun dance for the weekend- maybe then we'll have some cricket to talk about!

Chris - let's hope Warren Deutrom does not adopt the policy of "a sure we are a good bunch of lads and playing a competitive level for our standard of cricket". Irish cricket would be donald ducked then and any prospects of full international status would be gone.

If CI or any club investing in players/pros [which is more than 1 would you believe!] then hopefully the standards set by the quality players will improve those around them and if folk are used correctly then it will also enhance the youth set up and hopefully improve the pipeline of players and ultimate club strength. Maybe that is pipe dream but each committee has there own strategy.

Re. Mark King

Plenty of ambition Mark- just not at all costs- as I have stated I would take no satisfaction in my club paying somebody to bat the majority of the overs and take all the wickers! As long as I am playing what is competitive cricket (which section 3 is by my standards) with some good lads I'm more than happy- if we ever did get playing that is lol!!!

STEVIE MAX , MY LAST 3 NAPS = SOLWIT WON 3/1 J,VOLE WON 14 LENTHS 5/1 FORPADYTHEPLASTERER 2ND , & JUST TOO THROW THE 1 B4 THAT MOURNE RAMBLER WON 7LENGTHS AT 8/1 (I BACKED IT AT 22/1 ON BETFAIR ) SO CAN CALL THEM nags IF U WANT BUT THANKS TOO THE NAPS ILL BE GOING NEWMARKET NEXT WEEK & ALSO PAID FOR MY JULY HOLIDAY TOO CHESTER RACES ,PS PRACTICE IS OFF THE NIGHT SO WE CAN WATCH PROPER FOOTBALL NOT LIKE THE nags that play football in scotland . PPS TAYTO DOES THE HALIFAX HAVE A CUSTOMER CARE LINE ?LOL

i have been trying to pawn that piece off now for the last while but i guess u deserve it. u can contact me on 07791272414. leave a msg if i dont answer cuz i'll probably be on the other line to my NAG

Hi Tommy

Do you have a number I can call you on as I would like to get the piece of crystal of you.

Cheers

ED,

I have to point out a typo in your post. Naps should read Nags.... lol

Taito!! you're a brave boy with that last comment on the WAGs. i think my wife would tear a strip off me if i said that. haha. at least you boyos in downpatrick have actually seen some competitive cricket so far this season. here's hoping the weather picks up

here here ed..

i see the forecast isnt looking great for this week either, could be another weekend of very few games again this week. Looks like we are already going to be in a situation of a big backlog of fixtures early season. All our WAG's will be happy im sure with all the saturday and sunday games that wll be coming up.O well they will be able to get on with the housework!!

Guys
We've been round the block TWICE now regarding CIYMS, and as much as we appreciate that the payment or non-payment of players is always going to be a hot topic, lets move on to Jeff’s NAPS or something like that for a couple of days…

RE CIYMS

Guys how many times do I have to post this but the 'blank cheque book' you talk about is money raised through hard work by an energetic committee through prize draws, gala dinners, advertising boards, lunches, night at races etc etc and not a sugar daddy as you all allude to.

We are in the fortunate position that the facilities are all modern and we can spend this raised money on furthering the club.

re. CIYMS.

I always found the CI folk as decent lads too, albeit they mostly are in the second team or lower now I would imagine. However, it is all well and good to speak of ambition, but wouldn't everyone be ambitious if they had a virtually blank chequebook to play with!

I have to totally agree with wayne in that there are a top bunch of boys at CI and i am sure that the few that have maybe dropped down to the seconds realise that having these players at the club increases their profile which in turn has probably helped to improve their youth setup so in the long run it will have a beneficial effect on the club as in ten years time those kids will be playing for the firsts and they will all be CI men.

They are a club with ambition and fair play to them for getting to the premier league and staying there.

RE: Chris

It sounds to me like you have no ambition like CIYMS and are happy playing in Section 3. Would you not like to play in the top league?

chris. my view on clubs that raise money is do what you want with it. the club men at ci are a top bunch and i played against a lot of them in section 3 years ago. i remember playing in div 3 back then wondering if i could perform at section one standard. i ended up leaving queens and going to another club as a lot of players down the leagues invariably do as their own clubs do not have the resources to make the top level. what ci have done is stuck together, got the right people around them and they have got into the premier league which they would have not been able to do otherwise. fair play to them. they have taken a bucket load of flack on this forum as people speculate as to what the payroll is. the big challenge as danny alludes to is growing the youth section and growing the player base. this is not easy and only time will tell if the strategy works but if it does not a lot of guys have played at a level they may not have done otherwise. looking around the ncu at present there is not exactly a conveyor belt of fantastic youth set ups producing the next kyle mccallans etc so why criticise ambition?