fighting irish

Yes me too. ''If I asked him, which kind of oval ball game is best, League or RaRa, what would he say?'' (The answer comes back ''RaRa'') But the intellectuals amongst us know that no matter which one is asked (the liar or the truthful one) whatever answer is given, they both agree that it's the other game that's best.

Did you mean on Twitter? i don't know it/do it. Anyway I watched it and it was great! Got me all emotional too. Thank you for drawing my attention to it. All we needed was an Aussie (Adam Hills), to show us how to do it.

Sarcasm, surely, i hate it (the nitpicking pedantry). Such a waste of time.

I agree that Skolars are doing a great job, they/we just need to keep building the amateur game here and around the world. The methods, employed by Skolars, Hemel, Bronco's, Newcastle and others need to be replicated across the entire country. The quality will rise from the greater numbers. In most development areas, we simply don't have enough participants to feed/supply a professional club at the top of the pyramid. The game could really do with a sensible ''how to'' guide written by the people in these successful development areas, to improve the likelihood of success when would be pioneers feel they want to start a club. Rather than re-inventing the wheel (and making all the attendant mistakes) the ''guide'' would save them years and heaps of cash by showing them proven methods of getting to where they want to be.

Well the obvious answer, is to double the number of amateur clubs, then when you've done that, double it again....oh and then......... We seem to be trying to run, before we can walk. Where else, should we expect, the players to come from?

ha ha, no. i was drawn to it in a similar way to you. Someone commented on something i'd said, which took me to the conversation, then i noticed your remarks.

Why would they expect us to offer them cash? It would be just as inappropriate to ask them for cash, to join us?

Yes you are right OMC. They also take the game (with them) all over the world. The growth of the Universities and Colleges combined with the spread of the game through the armed forces will play a significant part in the game spreading over the globe (Hector McNeal being a classic example). We're 100 years behind the dark-side in these two areas, but the cat's finally out of the bag. Watch the game spread, in the next 30 years.

Hear hear! I'd like to see it in Cardiff though.

i'm in south wales (UK) but i dont know what a VPN is.

For everyone's benefit, the clip you refer to above (is great and) is different to the one posted by Futtocks a few posts earlier. Both are worth a look and auger well for this coming season. Thank you for making me aware of this one.

For some reason (can you explain?) the window greys out, when I try to play it.

Can anyone explain the irregular frequency of the games? The first two are a week apart, the next is a month later and the fourth is 5 weeks after the 3rd.

I haven't seen the ad yet, is it on you tube?

Well it must be costing them a lot of money, every year to remain clueless. Do you think they are going to let the club die? Have they had enough?

Heartbreaking. So who is accountable? Who's holding the baby?

That is dire isn't it. Do you know why the coaches have walked away?

Come on Maggie Bach, tell all?

Won't you show us some of your own?

Come on London!

me too.

This is such a sad tale.

That'll do, for a day or two.

Is no news, good news, or bad news? I'm starved of the rumour, gossip, fancy and fiction, let alone the facts. Please keep feeding your contingent of genuine well wishers? We all want you to succeed but this craving needs some frequent relief.

I'm dying for some news Archie, waiting with bated breath.