AlanCamelonfan Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Burnie_man said: LTHV have only played 7 league games and three others less than 10, therefore to shut down for 2 Saturdays seems not very clever as far as fixture planning is concerned, particularly if we have a poor winter. The East Region have made a baws of it. If they had stuck to their original decision not to play competitively then there should have been no reason not to allow clubs to play friendlies on the Saturdays. Given their late u-turn to allow clubs to ask for competitive games but only giving them 5 days to make up their minds, few of them will but they still can’t play friendlies. Worst of both worlds. They should have just scheduled a full programme for 23rd December, and then left the 30th to allow clubs to play friendlies if they wanted, a reasonable compromise. 23rd people are out getting xmas shopping. Its actually a busier day than xmas eve in retail. The word on the street is they can play just not on the Saturdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kefc Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 As predicted as a possibility due to the weather most teams idle for all of December and quite possibly January. Limited game time for players, no football to watch for Supporters (customers). Who had the bright idea of limiting it even further by not giving clubs as much flexibility as possible by putting a stop to any Junior clubs having friendlies on 2 Saturday’s in December. Clueless, the lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleboy1969 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 8 hours ago, kefc said: As predicted as a possibility due to the weather most teams idle for all of December and quite possibly January. Limited game time for players, no football to watch for Supporters (customers). Who had the bright idea of limiting it even further by not giving clubs as much flexibility as possible by putting a stop to any Junior clubs having friendlies on 2 Saturday’s in December. Clueless, the lot of them. No clubs wanted a game .dry yir eyes .Your too good for junior football so away and play with your senior pals .cheerio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I'd imagine there may be one or two clubs now wishing they'd requested a fixture with mass call offs 3 Saturday's on the bounce and the forecast for the coming week suggesting next weekend may be more of the same in the East. No guarentee pitches would be playable on those 2 dates but at least it should be an option. Six or Seven blank Saturday's on the bounce does nothing to help the clubs bank balance either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 1 hour ago, daleboy1969 said: No clubs wanted a game .dry yir eyes .Your too good for junior football so away and play with your senior pals .cheerio I think there will be a couple of cracking games on the 30th. And it's a near certainty the 23rd will have a burst of junior cup ties. At least in the structure where Kelty have gone the clubs don't just decide they "dinnae fancy it" in the middle of the football season. Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 10 hours ago, kefc said: As predicted as a possibility due to the weather most teams idle for all of December and quite possibly January. Limited game time for players, no football to watch for Supporters (customers). Who had the bright idea of limiting it even further by not giving clubs as much flexibility as possible by putting a stop to any Junior clubs having friendlies on 2 Saturday’s in December. Clueless, the lot of them. Any business should have the right to trade when it wants. The customers will soon let the clubs know if they want games by the attendances. All this pish about requiring a permit to play against a team outwith your grade is archaic and a restraint on trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Looking at the long range forecast, a lot of games could be frozen off next weekend. The short sightedness of this decision was called out weeks ago, pity those who run our game couldn't or wouldn't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sponsorsladdie Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Surely some teams must be feeling the pinch soon. 3 weeks with no game, another week looks like a wipe out so far and 2 weeks of no games.I’d have thought wages etc will still be going out and no gate or sponsorship money coming in along with trade at social clubs for those clubs that have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 31 minutes ago, sponsorsladdie said: Surely some teams must be feeling the pinch soon. 3 weeks with no game, another week looks like a wipe out so far and 2 weeks of no games. I’d have thought wages etc will still be going out and no gate or sponsorship money coming in along with trade at social clubs for those clubs that have them The clubs are still tradeing when the games are off.just a pity folk would rather go xmas shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc1 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Could an east team play a West side in the West during the shut down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 minute ago, jc1 said: Could an east team play a West side in the West during the shut down? We are playing boness on the 30th and the way its going will probably be down to play oakley on the 23d.whit shut down lol.only the ersjfa lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatP Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 hour ago, lithgierose said: We are playing boness on the 30th and the way its going will probably be down to play oakley on the 23d.whit shut down lol.only the ersjfa lol. Are we? Can't see it on the SJFA website!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 9 hours ago, PatP said: Are we? Can't see it on the SJFA website!!! Thats what I got told in the club on saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Several BU fans have also been saying that Rose v BU fixture is on the 30th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 heard that a couple of weeks ago. The ERSJFA decided to allow clubs to apply for fixtures that weekend. Only 4 did. Therefore we have the BU's at the wee rose & the big rose playing Penicuik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Hamish Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 16 hours ago, lithgierose said: We are playing boness on the 30th and the way its going will probably be down to play oakley on the 23d.whit shut down lol.only the ersjfa lol. Will pop along to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuzz Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 East region confirmed it today on Twitter, Linlithgow vs BU on the 30th and Bonnyrigg vs Penicuik on the 23rd. That's assuming Linlithgow have played their Scottish Cup tie by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 17 hours ago, PatP said: Are we? Can't see it on the SJFA website!!! you can now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatP Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 1 hour ago, lithgierose said: you can now True - it also says the last time we played them we lost 2 0!!! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 4 hours ago, PatP said: True - it also says the last time we played them we lost 2 0!!! Lol Didn't you know? We won our appeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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