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Post by themadredone on Apr 19, 2007 22:00:12 GMT
Poole Town have decided not to run a reserve side next season! I can tell you now that the reserve management team and all of the reserve players sqaud are gutted. At times i know we have struggled to get a side together for away matches due to many reasons but we have had one hell of a run of wins since xmas and should finish a well deserved above of middle table,putting a thrown together side into the wessex combination league was always going to be tough but a great credit to Ian for holding it all together and for his young squad who have not let the club down and done themselves proud.Thanks for the great effort lads just two games to go lets make sure we finish on a high.
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Post by Local football Fan on Apr 20, 2007 9:19:52 GMT
comiserate with you. Maybe you should of stayed in the Dorset Reserve League instead as it would have been less travelling for you. Shame the Directors couldnt have seen beyond their noses instead of saying it was a micky mouse league and pulling you out for the Wessex combination.
I am sure there will be lots of clubs out there who would welcome you all and it will be Poole Towns loss in the end.
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Post by Faustino on Apr 20, 2007 9:59:13 GMT
What a stupid decision. Even as stupid as putting them In the wessex combination in the first place. To be honest you never going to get a bunch of kids regularly available to go to alton and andover on a tuesday evening are you. The only reason why they didnt do to well in the DSL Is because of the 3rd chucklebrother they had in charge!!!!. Poole Towns best bet is setting up a new team not a reserve team but a feeder team if you like that share the facilities and applying for to start in the DPL. Throw some cash at MrTheobold he should let you them in
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Post by 2020 Vision on Apr 20, 2007 20:06:15 GMT
Totally agree with Faustino that Poole Town made a big mistake in putting their team in the Wessex Combination
They had the chance to provide a bit of support to the DCFA when the Reserve league was set-up and turned their backs on them. In my opinion it was totally wrong of the DCFA to put Poole Town Reserves straight into the DSL in the first place, and look how they were re-payed.
I don't believe the Poole Town mafia were ever really interested in running a reserve side. I wonder how the fans that put pressure on them to start the side up feel about this.
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Post by local footie fan on Apr 21, 2007 8:35:14 GMT
Well according to their forumn they dont seem bother as there is not a single entry on this issue. Strange why their reserves have not entered their post on there?
can anyone answer why? as surely they would get more impact and maybe the fans would argue their case!!!! or dont they know??
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Post by themadredone on Apr 22, 2007 21:39:47 GMT
I think you could be right when you say the club are not really bothered. Although it has been in the programmes for the past couple of games and several fans have commented on why this has happened but the reasons given don't really add up! apparently NON of the present reserve side are up to first team football !! strange that, i beleve half of the side that beat a near full Brockenhurst first team last week were those reserve players NOT good enough for the first team!! Hmmm makes me think that maybe faces don't fit.
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Post by Bob a Job on Apr 23, 2007 8:25:48 GMT
How sad people who come on here slagging off the various clubs with a view when they don't have the facts. Poole Town Res rightly or wrongly have decided to pull out there team from the wessex combination, this is NOT because the travelling involved, it is in fact due to not enough volenteers to assist on match days, make the food, put the nets up and down etc etc, yes running a young side is difficult many of them have part time jobs as thier only source of income and find it difficult to get time off mid week, and harshley it is a fact of life many of the first team did not enjoy playing for the res when not involved with the first team (no different from any other team I suggest) It has not got anything to do with which league they play in, indeed most would say the standard of facilities and teams they played in the combination was way above that of the DPL Res league, the decision was made purley on the fact not enough people were prepared to come forward to assist in the running of the team, for those of you really involved in running a team will realise just how much work is involved, if they had I am sure the team would still have run next year.
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Post by The Difference on Apr 23, 2007 20:10:50 GMT
The difference is that with all the same issues you listed, the vast majority of Football Clubs in your locality seem to be able to run a reserve side, so the question has to be, what is the problem with Poole Town?
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Post by Bob a job on Apr 24, 2007 7:25:30 GMT
Your quite right all clubs who are running a Res side encounter the same problems as Poole town, but that is a seperate issue, I also believe it is TK and the board of directors intention to put all thier resources into the 1st team and hope to improve on 4th in the wessex next year, only time will tell if it is the right decison, many clubs at a higher level struggle to run sucsessfull Res sides such as Winchester, Bashley, as the standard of player the 1st team attracts do not want to play at the level most of there Res teams league play in, Ham Utd are no different, the resources involved such as cost etc in running a Res side can be put towards the 1st Team. Interestingly Dorchester town, Gosport, Ham Utd, Poppies, Weymouth, Lymington and New Milton etc etc to name but a few either don't run a Res side or more importantly do not provide many players for there respective 1st teams , so what is the purpose of there Res sides?
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Post by duh on Apr 24, 2007 9:16:29 GMT
If Ham Utd dont run a reserve team who is the team that plays in THEIR colours and THEIR ground in the DPL???
As to what is the purpose of reserve teams
I remember players in Poole Town reseves like Danny Gibbons to name one before breaking into the first team. Do you just expect to buy your players straight in!
What happens to players that are injured and need comeback games do you farm them out to other clubs or put them straight back in and run the risk of it being too soon!
What about up and coming players after all the likes of Chivers and mitchener when you needed them werent they in the "not required" reserves.
Lets hope you dont encounter injuries next season as you will be in trouble without the reseves to use and abuse as so obviously the board has done this year!
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Post by Bob a job on Apr 24, 2007 10:10:08 GMT
Duh what a predictable reply, I did,nt say ham Utd don't run a Res side, I said they VERY rarly provide players for the 1st team. Of course clubs use Res sides for players coming back from injury etc, my point was and still is the higher the standard of league the less players are happy playing for the Res, so invarably running a side proves more difficult. attendances at Poole 1st team games are around the 180 -200 yet for the Res about 6, Bashley had 400 last week but only 12 at a recent Res game so clearly the fans feel the same way.
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Post by themadredone on Apr 27, 2007 22:37:21 GMT
Well the curtain has finally come down on the reserve team down at the Tatnam. Shame really cos they had some really promising young and experienced players who will now go and make some other teams better! As nothing can be bothered to be put on there own web site i'll just tell you about the final game if i may! Lymington town decided to field there whole first team for this fixture and seemed to take great joy in winning 5 nil. Just a quick point to make, a Poole player suffered a bad injury in the final minute of the game and had to be carried off to the changing rooms for treatment, did any one at the club seem to care? NO!. Did anyone enquire how he was? NO!. Did any of the hierarchy know or even care that the poor lad had to be carried out to the car park in terrible pain in the dark well after everyone else had gone home? No again i expect. Has anyone enquired on his fitness since? You know the answer by now!! (He's still on crutches if interested)This was the last time that these players were playing for the club and the management team were working there socks off to make sure they played with a bit of pride for the shirt, BUT, where was the 1st team manager, standing on the side watching? Like hell was he, he was at Wimborne instead!!!!! Just to finsh i would like to thank Ian and his wife Judy for all of the hard work put into keeping the team together in what was at times abigger headache than you can imagine. A big thanks to shlong for all the rub downs and relaying the football scores! A big thanks to the tea lady (oh that's Judy) the kit lady (oh that's Judy again) the lady that made the sandwiches ( that's Judy as well) the lady that's had to put up with a tired and grumpy manager when the teams lost ( you've guessed it, it's that judy again) and to finish, any clue on who i think should be club person of the year? I doubt it though eh!
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Post by themadredone on May 6, 2007 10:20:06 GMT
Does anyone know who won the end of season trophies for Poole Town reserves this season? Seems no one can be bothered to put it on the Poole web site! To keep it going like he did im sure the manager must have got club man of the year?
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Post by themadredone on May 6, 2007 10:32:00 GMT
PS. how is the injured player getting on, making a good recovery i hope? I have decided to post on here rather than the clubs own web site as more people seem to respond better on here, you can also see from the lack of talk on the web site that the club are being very sheepish about it all !
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Post by baldy on May 8, 2007 18:44:48 GMT
seems that you must have a bit of a downer on the town themadredone ! if you bothered to read the message board, you would see that the guy who runs the site has just moved house & would not be updating the site for 2-3 weeks(21/4) ! Chris Smith won managers player of the year., his brother Trefor won a couple of awards ,the other winners were Luke Whitley & Leigh Mitchener.
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Post by MHTL on May 10, 2007 8:13:33 GMT
More Heat Than Light in this thread?
Madredone
You seem well connected to the reserves (your reference to "we have struggled..." in your first posting). You are free to register for the PTFC forum and talk about your quite reasonable disappointment about the reserves being disbanded, or seek news about the injured player/end of season awards there. Posting here and then observing that there has been nothing on the PTFC site/forum seems a bit odd to me, if you genuinely want to engage in a debate.
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Post by themadredone on May 11, 2007 21:26:54 GMT
I say we cos as a supporter of the Dolphins anything to do with THE team i always say WE, Not that anything really surprises me any more ,but,i don't know where you got your infomation from baldy about the awards but i found out from a fellow supporter that you had forgotten to mention the reserves player of the year Martin Newbury, who, when ever i saw him play was well worth a run in the first team. oh well , never mind neh?
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Post by baldy on May 14, 2007 19:54:24 GMT
Martin Newbury was THE managers player of the year ! Mitch won the players player & the supporters player. I got my info from the Poole Town web site forum.
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Post by No Surprise on Jun 3, 2007 11:07:48 GMT
Is it any surprise that no one from Poole Town has gone on their site to acknowledge the work done by the reserve management and players and thank them for their efforts. Hopefully it will make people think twice about getting involved in any level with this grubby little club.
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Post by Dissapointed on Jun 5, 2007 12:00:57 GMT
Poor form from Poole Town!
Checked the website....still nothing, not a single thing on the reserves, its like noone gives a toss.
From past experience, Poole have not be one of the more liked clubs in the area and it seems like its getting worse although im not suprised when they tream their OWN team and players like this.
I suppose the bright side of things is the fact that no matter how big a club they think they are, they are realistically one of the smallest in the area and I cant see things getting any better.
Nevermind, i suppose they get to see what real clubs look like on away games.
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