by Corona Man » Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:06 pm
whufc wrote:The other part I personally struggle with when it comes to these parkland pop up style clubs is that it simply doesn't feel 'proper'.
I like to rock up to cricket wear my club colours and take on another postcode whose club is full of scum and dirtbags. I want to hit a ton on their deck at a ground that is their piece of paradise.
Playing some of these pop up clubs feel like the social indoor sports club I run, a group of mates put a team, where the same colour shirt but all slightly different, call themselves either a corny name like the Craigmore Cobras and a mildly funny attempt of humour like St Nuc and then drift in and out of the comp from year to year.
Maybe im old skool but its just not what I want from my competitive cricket......I no it doesn't make sense.
Yep I agree with you. We had a group of Indian/Sri Lanka guys come to our club this year. They played as our 4th team. This is their 3rd club in as many seasons. They have players who have ability and would be handy in the seconds, but they come as a group package. I think it stinks. They basically hold a club to ransom, and refuse to intergrate into the club. They won the flag this season, so good luck to them. The issues it caused us, is if the 3rds needed a player, we had to take one from the 5ths..... can't upset the guys in the 4th team. On the flip side they needed a player one week, so a bloke from the 3rds went down to help them out. They didn't speak to him all day, batted him at 9, and he didn't get a bowl.
Personally - I say stuff them, rather have 4 sides that are made up of club blokes, who play for the club, and in the team which is in line with their ability.
These guys played a semi final on our home ground, a group of us went down to the club..... and sat inside drinking & punting, wouldn't even watch them play.
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