Mainland Premier League

Another good news story from today's Press:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/9258870/Canterbury-goalie-gets-American-scholarship

After providing a table the other day on Clean Sheets for MPL clubs here is a table showing % of games each club has Scored and Failed To Score

From The Press, more on a Royal performance by Tommy Lancaster:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/9262911/Ex-United-footballer-gets-the-royal-treatment

Ouch, did I strike a nerve? 

 All that jumping ship malarkey, not sure what thats all about but it comes down to coaches with personal agendas - every parent wants the best for their child and the coaches are no different. I believe kids don't change clubs because of their egos (or their parents) but because they want a fair go and therfore can continue on with their own personal delvelopment without being held back. Kids can be in a well organised, winning team, playing along with other kids who could be technically better and still develop into representive all round footballers. Its common knowledge that in what ever you do, you progress quicker if you surround yourself with people with a higher skill set than you, be that colleague or competitor.

You don't need a 'progressive club' to tell you that

Common knowledge is seldom common application

Most players move when they fail to make the side they wanted.

Working in a higher skill set group is always ideal, however that requires the agreement of the players with the higher skill-set. If it's all about my/your/his  own personal development  then those guys will always be looking elsewhere. Where too then?

But don't you think its a bit odd that when a coach 'blacklists' a player and deems them to be not good enough for his team ( theres lots of non legitimate reasons why coaches don't want a player), yet when they move to another club not only do they make the top team but  excel and thrive within it at the respective top level. - you can't pigeon hole players desires to move on & up on just sour grapes

I'm not pigeon holing it as such, simply offering an explanation of the most common reason IME.

If there is 18 players capable of making a 14 man squad at Club A , but only 6 capable of making it at Club B then moving from A to B will surely increase your selection chances of playing in that grade. They may well thrive. It may also explain why larger Club A type set ups may choose to run with balanced squads.

Who blacklists players at junior level? Seems a bit extreme. What is a non-legitimate reason to not pick a player? Can you give an example please. The one that springs to mind for me is players with parents so unashamedly awful and troublesome that the player would never be good enough to cover the baggage the parents bring.

ahhhh…. the wonderful world of a faceless internet forum.

I'm not going off my own personal experiences here, just what I hear around the sidelines - I'm just interested in finding if there is any truth in the rumors. - I supose all the smack talking on the sidelines are what make parents so troublesome?

or is it that your not really a people person and tend to rub parents up the wrong way?

Just a thought.

And I innocently thought it was all just a bit of harmless banter ...............

Nope. Never a backward step from online tossers for this kid. Especially in this case. 

This ain't my forum but:

a) way too personal

b) I heart football

c) All of the above

Too much space wasted here guys: Set up your own forum please and leave this one for those that care.

That's true, impossible to be personal attacking an anonymous troll, all power to the web. Although it is possible to be offensive, which is a different thing again

Mainland Pride currently leading the Young Ferns 2 - 0 after 30 minutes in the first round od the ASB Women's League.

HT Young Ferns 0 Mainland Pride 2 (A Phillips, L Dabner)

A double for Aimee to increase Pride's lead 3 - nil over Young Ferns.

FT: Young Ferns 0 Mainland Pride 3.

Waimak getting stroppy with Mainland Football...(email just received)

North Canterbury Representative Football

It was pleasing to see so many of our club members representing our district proudly over the holiday period.  We gained some excellent results considering generally we have only one team at each agegroup that plays at Division One level during the regular season, compared to a lot of other districts such as Canterbury, Otago, Nelson, Marlborough, and South Canterbury, who all run their own Division One competitions with 6-8 teams of players to choose from.  So we congratulate all of the representative players on their effort and dedication.

Now that the South Island tournaments are complete we wish to inform our members of the situation surrounding District representation going forward.  As a club, charged with administering the North Canterbury rep program, we were forced to sign a Governance Protocol agreement to ensure our rep teams could attend tournaments this year.  This protocol stipulates that essentially the management of the district representative program can no longer be administered by our Board, and also includes the need for all new uniforms by 2014 for all North Canterbury rep teams, separate and distinct from our black Waimak strip.  There are also a number of other rulings around player eligibility that will affect our membership.

As the Waimak United Board will no longer manage the Representative program, we are unsure if or what future there is for North Canterbury teams at tournaments.  We cannot answer any questions relating to this program as new administration may be setup in due course to run the North Canterbury rep program.  We can only suggest that you address any queries to Mainland Football.  The protocols were advised by Mike Coggan so he may be able to assist, contact details are: mike.coggan@mainlandfootball.co.nz

It is the view of the Waimak United Board that we would like our representative players to attend tournaments and will be looking at the option of sending teams to club Nationals similar to those currently attended by our 9 and 10 year old teams.  These tournaments will be more evenly fought competitions with clubs of similar membership to ourselves.

Again, we congratulate our representative players on their efforts, and the proud history we have forged.

Heard: Halligan to Bay$ and Pitts to coach cashmere reserves. Anyone confirm?

6 staff?

Wow! The players get the " benefit " of coaching advice from 4 separate coaches, alongside the goalkeeping coach, with Wanda doing the " step and fetchit " stuff. Doesn't matter what they dress their job titles up as, this is OVERKILL. I think Messrs Turnbull and Gunn should you know, just do what they're employed to do...

Could 1 not be a physio?

"And they're not? High profile team looking to go one step further than they did last season, what's wrong with wrapping a good management team around them if it's in the budget and adds to the team? See you at the game this weekend"

Absolute rubbish. This is merely employing jobsworths to do what? line up the cones because Gareth and Gunny can't? What kind of technical analysis are Joe and Tsetso going to do in a competition that lasts about 6 games? Sit around poring over dvds of their opposition? It's a joke. You can't tell me that Gareth and his assistant are so busy that they can't do it:That's what they're employed to do. I seriously question whether these additional coaches can, like you believe, " add to the team " . Oh I forgot though, you're a coastal die hard and Gareth and Gunny are from where...?

Sorry benchwarmer, no physio in that picture. They obviously couldn't fit him/her in...

1 picture = 1000 bullshit words

Haha love how you've pegged me as a Western supporter. Why, 'cause I said some complimentary things about them after they beat your girls in the Rita semi-final? I never knew that a prerequisite of this thread was to support one particular club...

You have your opinion concerning the coaching numbers, I have mine: 4-6 coaches for a team playing at this level is ridiculous.Gareth and Gunny should just do the job they were employed to do, not surround themselves with jobsworths...If they can't make training, why not get Vink to do it? She's been involved with Canty teams in this capacity.

Furthermore, anyone who reads this thread knows you are a fervent Coastal supporter, who also likes to poke the poo from time to time at Mainland football as an entity, but when actual staff, affiliated to your beloved are mentioned, you get all huffy and defensive. If the head coaches for Pride were from Cashmere,Western, Halswell etc, you'd be " in like Flynn " with snidey comments mocking them for doing this.

You're a football hypocrite