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in the interest of playing more football, shedding some pounds and finding my long lost touch i'm going to try to organise some 5 a side games in the hope that we can all learn to play with one another (ohhh errrr).

can you please let me know if you're based in swindon and interested?

donkey did give me email addresses but this is way easier, ta in advance

Yaaarp.

Interested but funny shift patterns make me unreliable.

we'll have to take availability and the like into consideration mr nemo, and obviously the fucking freezing temperatures!

im in

Definitely

stole my idea....

....but yeah count me in.

ok, dv is organising it :)

i'm in, organise away

Me and Pete are in definitely. Thats the only problem with worldnet really... We only see each other once a year.

On another note, I'm gonna contact the club soon about hiring out a full set of kits, hopefully home and away. Last year Ben Lambert was excellent with it really last minute so I'm hoping Adam will be just as helpful. Gazza if you're reading this, maybe you could help out? I know you speak to him a bit.

I'm going to throw a Trowbridge style hissy fit and drop all responsibility.

you're not upwards of ample in body mass, you're not allowed to

I'm in but out til feb with ankle ligament damage.

does donkey/steve know everyone is interested in playing? i think there may be a few more that he's unaware of that are planning to play (in the main thing)

I'm not sure about the main thing actually come to think of it. If its before the wedding it'll be a no, but def up for the 5 a side thing.

Surely we should only be offering this to those who've paid up first and then open it up if we need extra players?

im in

that was kind of the point of my last post, donkey gave me a list of peeps who had paid/had suggested mates would be interested but so far loads more people have expressed an interest

Wait, so who has actually paid then?

Me
Pete
Bennett?
Si?

I've paid.

me...

I've paid the deposit, wasn't aware we were meant to have paid the whole thing yet.

I think thats what Tails meant, well I've only paid the deposit.

Yeah, I meant deposit.

Just checked my emails from Donkey, final balance not due until March.

same here, i've paid the deposit

My list of who have paid the deposit is...

Me
Two people you don't know
Nemo
DV
Samdy Gray
Si Pie
Crouchie (occaisional poster)
Bennett
Tails and his mate Peter

According to my list Rich Pullen, DRS and Sonic Youth have expressed interest and not paid.

As for what you do, I would suggest that you start with those who've paid, then those interested but not paid, then any others needed to make up numbers.  Of course, you can do what you want, clearly.

Sorry I did mean deposit.

That's OK then, more than I thought. I reckon we might win a few games this year!

Aye, I reckon you might be right.

ohhhhhh we've got eleven people who have paid deposits! we could be very tired by the end of that weekend

It's only 15 minutes each way you big gay.

i stand by my previous post

But not denying you're a big gay?

oh my no, i love the cock

In the heat mate it's fucking knackering. In fact even not in the heat it's tiring!

Me too. We should cyber  :moon: :flaccid:


Sorry, back to worldnet...

I'm sure DV will get us doing some kind of pre-tournament training.

if he ever organises it...

The pre-tournament training is the cheap beer in the student bar and listening to the Watford / Portsmouth / Grimsby / whoever elses fans sing really random songs about piano's....

You wish.

We'll be running 5 miles a night easy by the end of Feb!

I did about 2 miles last night so 5 by the end of Feb should be easily achievable.

I've already walked over 5 miles since the year began so I'm safe I think.

fancy a kebab and a pint to celebrate Sam?

With petrol at 83p a litre why bother running?

Dont do too much running though Sam!

Your body will get used to going going at a steady pace for long periods, you'll be fucked playing footy because its all stop start short sprinting bursts.

First you tell us to run, then you tell us not to run!

DV OUT!

That's right, run, don't run, run, don't run. Interval training.

no, still run....

Just change the pace, sprint a bit, jog a bit, sprint a bit, etc etc

I'm going to model my game on Blair Sturrock's. Run around a lot but be rubbish at football.

That's what I used to do: Short sprint, followed by short brisk walk, followed by short jog, then repeat and repeat and repeat............

I know. I'm just doing some basic conditioning training at the moment to shift the xmas bulge and regain my fitness. I'm going to start my main training programme in a few weeks which'll consist of jogging, interval training and circuit training.

Thats what we do anyway, although most of the squad (well, the ones over 30) struggle to run. So we waddle around a lot and are rubbish at football.. A bit like Trevor Benjamin.

Don't worry Bennett, some of the others are cereal offenders, they'll pay, but I usually need to threaten violence.  We should have a decent sized squad...but with only 11 players, it is fucking knackering, as you need to be fully focussed for the whole game, you can never relax.  A few years ago, when we only had 10 players for the Sunday, a waiter from a restaurant we met on Saturday night played...good lad.  We do what we need to do to get by.

Rice Krispies are fucking shit.

 Yeah, but what about ricicles...for the love of me I can't tell the difference, from rice crispies...so they're shit too...unless of course you cover them in chocolate and put them in those little paper cake cup things.

Given that Deev and Bennett couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery, I think it's best if someone else organises this. I'm happy to do so (unless someone else has a Swindon card and really wants to).

I have the day off on Friday. If enough interest is shown by then I will get a Swindon card. Unfortunately I'm not about for the first couple of weeks in February, but after that a regular game (one day a week) would be splendidio.

Can all those interested please post which evenings they are available on. I don't mind if people who are not in the actual Worldnet thing want to play, but obviously the whole point is for Worldnet, so preference will be given to Worldnet players.

As per the other thread, Monday, Wednesday and Sunday.

Pretty much every day bar fridays.

I work shift patterns so Sundays is the only day i'm free every week (or after 8:30pm ish)

I wouldn't mind doing 8.30, I often play that late anyway.

Sunday is fine for me too, but some people may have league games.

Pretty much any time is fine with me, although perfer it not to be tuesday....

i'm free whenever.

I live 90 miles away and will not join in.  Bloody part timer.

i'm free monday, wednesday and friday.

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