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Online dave.woodhall

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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #30 on: January 17, 2012, 11:02:53 AM »
Quote from: Summers on January 17, 2012, 09:43:15 AM
I don't think anyone said they expected them to play on a frozen pitch. Everyone has said the same - fans should be kept up to date. It isn't hard to post updates on the official website. Someone has stated it was cancelled by 2pm, yet the club didn't post anything til 5, when people have already set off.

For Hinckley? It's hardly an expedition. The club may well have posted it before 5 - that was the time someone on here noticed it. There's a time for justified complaints and a time to moan for the sake of it (not getting at Larry there), and this is definitely the latter.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #31 on: January 17, 2012, 11:17:12 AM »
It was below freezing all day, being played on a non-league ground, games are being called off all over the place at the moment, you have the internet, did you not think a phone call to Hinckley or Villa may have been wise before setting off?

Just a thought like.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #32 on: January 17, 2012, 12:47:34 PM »
Just out of interest mr woodhall,what do you class as a expedition ? A 70 to 80  odd mile round trip sounds a bit of a expedition  for a reserve match to me
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #33 on: January 17, 2012, 12:52:03 PM »
Quote from: pooligan on January 17, 2012, 12:47:34 PM
Just out of interest mr woodhall,what do you class as a expedition ? A 70 to 80  odd mile round trip sounds a bit of a expedition  for a reserve match to me

It's a fair journey granted, but 5pm seems perfectly adequate notice. As Coops said, given the conditions a phone call would be sensible.
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Offline Damo70

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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #34 on: January 17, 2012, 01:02:39 PM »
Going slightly away from the main point but surely there are better options than Hinckley available to us.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #35 on: January 17, 2012, 02:41:34 PM »
Well the reserves have just won 7-1 3 for Weimann 2 for Bannon 1 for Fonz and 1 for Gary G
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #36 on: January 17, 2012, 02:42:52 PM »
How about the Lamb? theres nothing wrong with Hinckleys ground though.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #37 on: January 17, 2012, 02:57:46 PM »
Quote from: Damo70 on January 17, 2012, 01:02:39 PM
Going slightly away from the main point but surely there are better options than Hinckley available to us.

We've debated this before, and the problem is the state of pitches midwinter. I'm happy to watch Stour tonight but I wouldn't want to risk someone like Gary Gardner or Andreas Weimann there.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #38 on: January 17, 2012, 03:29:45 PM »
Just a thought,how about playing reserve games at Villa Park?
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #39 on: January 17, 2012, 04:09:52 PM »
The club needs all the Larry Duff's it can get, I'm sorry if you do decide not to renew.

For all the comments about communication difficulties in this case, it doesn't seem to be a rare event. Accurate information for junior games can be hard to get hold of at times.

I seem to get a lot of e-mails telling me about exciting opportunities to hire corporate suites or shake hercules' paw. Would a subscribed-to e-mail or sms service be beyond the tweeters on high?
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #40 on: January 17, 2012, 05:52:15 PM »
Quote from: villasjf on January 17, 2012, 02:42:52 PM
How about the Lamb? theres nothing wrong with Hinckleys ground though.

Same problem as Hinckley, big frozen patch on the bit of the ground that never gets sunlight because of the stand, frozen ruts that Bannan could disappear into. It would make so much more sense just to play them at Villa Park in the bleak midwinter and then farm the games out to non-league grounds at the start and end of the season.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #41 on: January 17, 2012, 06:03:26 PM »
How about Sutton Towns all weather pitch ?

Can hold a couple of thousand, nice little stand if you want to park your backside, plenty of Villa fans on the doorstep, and a nice warm inside bar.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #42 on: January 17, 2012, 06:08:19 PM »
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 17, 2012, 06:03:26 PM
How about Sutton Towns all weather pitch ?

Can hold a couple of thousand, nice little stand if you want to park your backside, plenty of Villa fans on the doorstep, and a nice warm inside bar.

Handy for a pint at The Station before and after...yep, I like this idea.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #43 on: January 17, 2012, 06:12:48 PM »
Quote from: Chas N'Dave Cooper on January 17, 2012, 06:08:19 PM
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 17, 2012, 06:03:26 PM
How about Sutton Towns all weather pitch ?

Can hold a couple of thousand, nice little stand if you want to park your backside, plenty of Villa fans on the doorstep, and a nice warm inside bar.

Handy for a pint at The Station before and after...yep, I like this idea.

The Station, The Gate, The Duke,Game (with half time pint), The Duke, The Gate, The Station.
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Re: i'm had enough now
« Reply #44 on: January 17, 2012, 06:44:25 PM »
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 17, 2012, 06:12:48 PM
Quote from: Chas N'Dave Cooper on January 17, 2012, 06:08:19 PM
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 17, 2012, 06:03:26 PM
How about Sutton Towns all weather pitch ?

Can hold a couple of thousand, nice little stand if you want to park your backside, plenty of Villa fans on the doorstep, and a nice warm inside bar.

Handy for a pint at The Station before and after...yep, I like this idea.

The Station, The Gate, The Duke,Game (with half time pint), The Duke, The Gate, The Station.


the stuke, the stake, the dation, the dukation, the... the other one
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