wristwatcher wrote:Cash 123 wrote:SATCHEL wrote:If what i am being told is correct. The calibre of players PNU are targeting and recruiting they will be a serious chance to make the jump two years in a row. Mind you they all have to gel for it to work. We saw this with sides like Walkerville and others this year. Hannah who approached PNU from TTG has renigged on his contract afetr sighting pressure from family not to leave TTG. Seeing that there were issues at TTG with not being liked yet takes the brunt of the family card (from what im led to believe). Would be interesting first night out on the track for him. Watch this space. The exec group at PNU have been extremely busy and good luck to them. If they get the next 2 guys that i have been told about then be like North Haven in Div 5 and order the merchandise now
All this hysteria about PNU will come back to bite them. Big name recruits on big money will see PNU as they always do choke when they come up to Div 1 or 2
PNU spent 3 years in Div 2 after winning 2 premierships and made it to the heights of Div 1 in 2010 and didnt recruit. Yes they got relegated but i wouldnt say they choked. Note that none of the hysteria is coming from within PNU senior playing group, coaches or board. What other people post is their business and if a few of the young fellas from Payneham who now post and are excited and passionate about their club i say good on them. I dont think anyone has said anything more than we aim to do well and play finals. We came from the elimination final as a galvanised unit and one thing we didnt do is choke.
Choking for me would be more along the lines of spending huge $ and going out in straight sets as the screaming hot favourite. I guess though Cash you are clearly the most qualified to discuss the art of the choke as you have specialised in it in recent years.
Congratulations you got me to bite, see you tonight where we can argue this point at great length.
I can't recall anyone from PNU ever mentioning this "hysteria" that seems to be circling. Is the club as a whole excited for div 2? Yes. Have we said we will be in div 1 in 2015? No. Get your facts right people.
I like to think as if PNU is taking a leaf out of the one and only Fos Williams' book. It appears that PNU is is intent on creating and instilling a winning culture. Why wouldn't you want to have that within a club?
Let me refer to the creed for a moment.
"To be successful, each of us must be active, aggressive and devoted to this cause. We agree that success is well within our reach and have confidence that each member of both the team and management will suffer personal sacrifices for the common end.
Also we know that, should we after striving to our utmost and giving our everything, still not be successful, our efforts will become a further part of this Club's enviable tradition.
Finally, we concede that there can be honour in defeat, but to each of us, honourable defeat of our Club and guernsey can come only after human endeavour on the playing field is completely exhausted."
Don't get me wrong, the club has expectations and is determined to be successful. If you're playing at this level not to win, then I'm afraid this sport isn't for you.