2008 Provincial B CUP - KAKA talking

[Captain Shamrock]

Thanks gilly. We would love to have our spot back in Nations. Levitt doesn't like our chances unless someone drops out. They should drop the fourth place team in each group every year and get two new teams. This way the tourney stays fresh and the 3rd games mean something. Also weird not having a team Canada in the over 30 category.

You probably shouldn't have given up the spot.............it would have been VERY easy to find 16 other players other than the Dragons to play for Canada Over-30s..........by tactical error.

 

[Regs]

It would have been easy if you didn't tell the players that they wouldn't be needed the following year. Imagine trying to put the team together last year and then having to be the arsehole to 'cut' them all when this year rolled around.

I wouldn't want to be that guy and respectfully declined when the Dragons did in fact ask me to be that guy

 

[beckhamandposh]

didn't the dragons lose their spot because they were playing in the B Cup last year and nation's was the same weekend?

 

[kurgan]

Facts time:

Fcuk me - I have a meeting ... but I will post later.

 

[bandcamp]

Agree with Tuna on that last note, my body is in so much pain I couldn't walk properly yesterday, spent over 1.5 hours in the hot tub and still am hurting today.

Stallion...that's your problem right there!

Kurgan - great work again. Congrats to you and IM.

 

[beckhamandposh]

Canucklehead, your taste in music stinks though.

what really stank was those porta-potties after 3 days. Beer goes down good, but you really pay when it comes out

 

[italian_stallion21]

Stallion...that's your problem right there!

Kurgan - great work again. Congrats to you and IM.

It was mostly cause I couldn't get out, legs weren't working Good to go today though!

 

[Tuna]

what really stank was those porta-potties after 3 days. Beer goes down good, but you really pay when it comes out

I got wise and started using the "executive facilities" over in the Scout Hall. Noel shooed me out on a couple of occasions, although I did manage to drop the kids off at the pool when it really counted.

 

[One Dart]

$4 cans of Canadian..........not a great deal at the beer garden............$4 bottles of cider............

 

[canucklehead]

Canucklehead, your taste in music stinks though.

The only thing that stank more then my choice of tunes was the performance you guys arrived with versus Dragons
Peehew!!! It was worse then the 3 day old port-a-potties!

 

[italian_stallion21]

The only thing that stank more then my choice of tunes was the performance you guys arrived with versus Dragons
Peehew!!! It was worse then the 3 day old port-a-potties!

I thought it was good, not often you hear Tenacious D from the sideline

 

[canucklehead]

I thought it was good, not often you hear Tenacious D from the sideline

My thought was to use that tune for closing time...

 

[italian_stallion21]

My thought was to use that tune for closing time...

Closing time was way too quick after our last game. Shame on the City of Richmond.

 

[canucklehead]

Closing time was way too quick after our last game. Shame on the City of Richmond.

Shame on the Richmond RCMP, actually
I donn't know what the issue was with them, but we couldn't get past 9PM. Which sucked for the teams that played last on Friday and Saturday.
With this one under our belt, maybe next time we can get a later time.

 

[canucklehead]

What makes more sense is that the FVSL Div 1 and VMSL div 1 get honest with themselves and sign to B Forms, instead of A Forms. Who are they kidding to be on A Forms? FVSL Premier has a tough enough time getting past the VMSL premier teams so why on Earth do FVSL and VMSL have their Div 1's even trying.
IMO, the best thing for all would be that those 2 leagues get their first divisions on B Forms, we keep our guys on B forms, you'd have VISL div 2 on B's, BBY Men's on B's and whoever else on B's. The competition would be 1000 times better and more realistic. If BCSA needs to create a C cup for the div 2 guys, then that can be done.
But this nonsense of VMSL and FVSL Div 1 on A forms is a head scratcher, for sure.

I wanted to clarify something from my post:
In the VMSL Division 1, there are definitely teams that can compete with the "A" teams. There are 20 teams in VMSL Div 1 and 10 of them should be there.
And then there is the FVSL. Again, 20 teams but being truthful, how many are A form caliber' even if they were able to attract some of the better players? Maybe, their top 4.
FVSL have 16 teams that have zero chance of competing for a title and the VMSL have 10. If teams want to have the opertunity to play to a higher caliber, then I think that Pak-Cup and Imperial Cup are the way that they can go about that.

 

[canucklehead]

There is a simple reason.... BC SOCCER allocates your Provincial births based on the # of teams/players you have registered on each particular form.

The FVSL wants as many births as possible so they need to keep the qty up, or make their premier division larger.

My D1 team wouldn't stand a chance vs. probably any of the VMSL premier teams let alone our FVSL premier teams, but I wouldn't accept anything less than a A Form simply to allow my guys, and our team the chance to compete at a higher level. Ultimately if your playing D1 anywhere thats what I hope you are there for....playing vs. Premier teams, and eventually being a premier team capable of competing...

my 2.5 cents.

Fair enough Suburbanator, but what do you think is going through the heads of the Premier squad that is facing a mid-to-low end D1 team? Do you think that they are happy playing a far weaker team? With the argument of "any team can win on any day" cast aside, how often does that happen? So, doesn't that cheapen the quality of playing Premier level soccer?

 

[canucklehead]

$4 cans of Canadian..........not a great deal at the beer garden............$4 bottles of cider............

That's fine. When you decide to host a competition, I am sure you will be willing to give the stuff away. It's not like we didn't had costs to try and recover.

 

[Regs]

Does that mean you'll become a TTP premium member soon?

 

[Captain Shamrock]

That's fine. When you decide to host a competition, I am sure you will be willing to give the stuff away. It's not like we didn't had costs to try and recover.

Yah, One Dart. Sort it out. Can we host the first ever beer garden at the High School Provincials next year?

 

[canucklehead]

Does that mean you'll become a TTP premium member soon?

Fcuk, I guess you've got me there. Touche.
Cheques in the mail.