wasn't meant to be a complaint ,just adding to the thread, maybe CF could think about it next year,Kelly Cup is Saturday and plate is Sunday, i know CF have been approached and there response to Sundays was no we promised clubs WLeague would always be Saturday.
The winners from Saturday play the next round of the Kelly Cup, the losers are now playing for the Executive Plate (actually how the Kelly Cup used to work quite a while ago). I'm also guessing that you're not aware that if the game finishes in a draw it goes straight to pens.
Grounds would probably be an issue on Sunday as the Hilton Petone is on then (although I'm pretty sure they could make it work if they really wanted to)
Travel also a factor for Palmy Marist - they have a "home" draw but the game is at Alex Moore
sorry I read that as you seemed unsure as to why there was a split etc
doesn't have anything to do with rolling subs
in all honesty, If you are playing premier league you should have a team fit enough to be able to play without rolling subs
We will have a team fit enough, however we only had trials a week ago (students have just come to Wellington) and we'd had one training session together before the game - some players have had a full preseason but a good number have only just arrived in Wellington.
I only found out we'd been entered in Kelly Cup 5 days before the games (that ones not on Capital Football though, that's my/the clubs fault). There's a solid chance we'll be defaulting on Saturday at this point because my team have other commitments on Saturdays that they can't change with a week's notice (and I can't expect them to forgo Homegrown tickets they've paid hundreds for before they knew we were playing, among other reasons players can't make it).
The point of preseason is to build fitness, work on combinations and assess players in different roles, all of which are harmed by non-rolling subs.
I actually think Prems should be non-rolling but if they're going to have rolling then preseason should be changed to match.