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The Eden needed 6 for the Eagles and the Coney in 2nd Stage....We don't like to miss an opportunity of ripping up you gimps...

so....

Farley Eden 6-1 Imperials

:dance::band::bounce:

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Excellent display of Eden resilience tonight. Some very tense frames but our finishing made the difference.

No one will want us in the next round for sure....

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Bless . . Did you all huddle round Dave's laptop and do all those posts? :lol:

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Chuckles,I thought that when we destroyed the Farley Eden on your behalf,you were certainties to win the group. Now you may not even qualify. How did your game against the Coach and Horses finish ? The winners of that game will go through as runners-up !! I presume that ,after Monday and last night,the Farley is not one of your favourite venues !!

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You all took it in turns didn't you . .

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I'd forgotten about that goat thing.

Danny, explain yourself please!!!!

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Yes before we go back on topic can i ask. When is Harry getting his question answered.?

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I'm confused :?:

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Are you avoiding giving the answer Mr. Evans?

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There is no answer as such . . I called you a goat . . It was that insignificant that I can't even remember why now :lol:

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Good point Harry. Are you avoiding the question Danny.? If so why.?

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:lame:

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If you had called me a horse, I could understand the significants.........Hung like a....:D

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If that was the case I would have called you a peanut . . :lol:

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Ouch, that's gonna hurt :(

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That's not something you'll ever hear :lol:

Sorry it was too funny not to say x

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Im glad I have amused you, anyway back on topic :movingon:

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Well played to the eden last night. They played a tactical game that would have sent even the most die hard pool fanatic to sleep! But it was effective all the same and they deserved their win. Not sure if thats how they always play but 3 hours is certainly a long time to play 7 frames. I think we have qualified as we beat the coach 4-3 and we are level on points. Not been a good week for the Imperials but its the league that matters to us and anything else would have been a bonus.

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Eden Cues in "Slower than the Pond Q's" shocker!

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:smug:

3 hours 25 minutes to be exact...

It was vintage Eden. When we have to deliver. We deliver.

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I'd guess more Mature Cheddar then Vintage Eden but whatever works . . It appears that the Imperials are being dry bummed of late . .

Are the Coney Cues in our 2nd Stage group?

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And the moral of the story Patrick is:

Never underestimate the determination and strength of a 'Division One' pool team. It a'int over until its all over rover.

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Great match last night.apart from me sinking the black from a snooker and having to see the white go in off [ frame 2 ]
.:cry:
Then in frame 5 we were going to dish but missed the black.
no justice :sigh:
well done to the Eden boys good luck in the next stage.

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The coney are out.

The addicts played the Addiscombe last night with only a 7-0 win to either side being good enough to progress above the Coney in 2nd place.

Neither team had managed a 7-0 or even a 6-1 in the league Cup even against the whipping boys of the group but against each other with both having a chance of progression a 7-0 to the Addicts ensued???

Oh well free Mondays are no bad thing.

This has happened to us before so was not unexpected

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Just seen Berty's message. So quick edit needed.

:lol:

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What a sickener. Would have been a special 2nd stage group.

7-0 in the last game is massive. Both honest sides mind you and the Addicts are up there in Div 2 so capable of taking out a result like that. You are no suggesting Berty the result smells a bit?

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C'est La vie. Should have made it mathematically impossible to lose out in the last game I suppose.

Not at all surprised it was 7 zip, as Berty said that's the second time exactly this has happened to us. On the bright side, seven odd hours travelling saved for me, I don't think I could have resisted playing in that group lol.

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:three:

There is still a smilie for you though James....

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It smells a bit fishy but not much you can do about that, and the bottom line is the Coney should have enough to get through the group without having to worry about potential shinnanigans.

The Addicts prize, is the Eagles, Eden and Rack Pack I believe.

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we didn't deserve to go through after losing to the addiscombe earlier in the group but if this is a 100% genuine result I would be shocked. Both teams needed to win 7-0 so i could imagine a 1 frame play off with the winner of that frame claiming a 7-0 win.

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Not sure about the 1-frame playoff but it's conceivable that the match winner was 'awarded' a 7-0 instead of a 6-1/5-2/4-3 . .

I'm not saying that it happened but it's not impossible . .

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:O:

Thats a bold statement Berty.

As Berty scrambles for the delete button.....

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:dance:

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I guess Ted's trophy cabinet at the Elmer will be bare for yet another season....

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Probably for ever to be honest Alex from the Coney perspective. Unless Berty brings in his trophy for most consecutive wanks in 24hours. I doubt Ted will display it though because it is shaped like a penis.

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Probably a good thing you didn't make it through. Think Group C may have been a bit too hot for you boys to handle.....

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:lol:

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If last night is anything to go by,we could be looking at regular 2am finishes from the Eden in the exciting new five-a-side summer league !! As they should be in the bottom division,it promises to be an exhilarating welcome to Croydon Pool League for any new teams. Alex,I understand that there is a milk-train that leaves East Croydon for Southend at 3am sharp every weekday. No need for you to start rushing around !! :wrong::zzz:

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My game didn't take that long. I only had time for three pints. I started the game sober and ended it pissed. I would estimate I had appx 15% of the table time. Still I won, so it was worth the wait... I think.

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DEAR MR SAXTON IVE BEEN POSTING IN CAPITALS FOR THREE YEARS SO PLEASE DONT TRY AND CHANGE THINGS NOW ITS CALLED A TRADE MARK U SHOULD TRY GETTING ONE U MAY WANNA CHECK THE OTHER THREADS IN FACT I WOULD TRY GETTING A LIFE IF YOUVE GOT NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN CHANGE MY POST:violin:

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:thumb:group 5 bloodhounds 4 thicket tav 3 well played the tav tock us to 3,3 but pulled it out of the bag in trhe final game:thumb:

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Tuesday was all about the result - we needed 5frames so i guess a cautious approach was taken - Not sure it was just us playing negative pool, but whatever we won 6-1 so i guess the imperials will say as much...

Good luck in the next round chaps & Pat did your boys get through :haha:
even after we let you beat us to give you a sniff :bite:

Good luck in your battle to stay in Div 2

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No,we didn't qualify David.But we didn't really want to.We have never liked playing on a Monday night as well as Tuesday. We have quite nice homes and families to enjoy. We obviously do not share your fanaticism !! The looks on your faces after we battered you into submission made the whole season worthwhile. An absolute classic memory even though is was about 11.30 !! Under the new rules we can play five players on a Monday night and a different five on Tuesdays,so it wont be a problem anymore. :nerner:

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Pat's found an 'up side' to the new format :omfg:

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i mentioned this a while back.....no fcuker listens tho haha

big squads can do this.....5 on a monday and 5 on a tuesday.....it aint rocket science
and
u get too watch at least 1 episode of eastenders.....would suit the floozies and eden to a tee

:lol:

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You'd be surprised as to how many benefits there are to this format Cliff . . Just wish others saw it that was as opposed to it being a witch hunt . .

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Me being one of them. My team had a vote to see what the majority wanted and my vote reflected that vote. NOW they have decided that 'maybe' it won't be so bad after all. So Danny I suppose its too late to change my vote.:lol::bounce:

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It is but I'll let you off ;)

That just proves my thinking in that if people actually thought about it and looked beyond "Oh they're trying to change things for the sake of it" and "It suits the Division One teams" then they might realise that we're trying to do this for the good of the league and it's members ;)

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Truey, I'd say that was a serious bite! When reflecting on winning the Group last Tuesday night we all agreed that if anything loosing to what is a very average Division 2 team did us a big favour. So thanks Patrick.

I sense your jealousy Patrick as it must hurt to know you failed to put us out of the competition. I guess you also know your pretty Pond boys would have fallen short on ability let alone possessing the big danglies to produce a defining last performance like we did to qualify....

With your defeatest take on the league cup format Patrick, maybe a season or two playing in Division 3 is what you all need to realise that once upon a time when Division 1 was 'weak', you used to be a part of it..........:rofl:

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:bite::blah:Alex,I look forward to monitoring your forthcoming performances in the League Cup. I acknowledge that you are now the definite favourites to lift the cup. If this were to happen,it would bring me further happiness and satisfaction because I can say "we beat them earlier in that competition". I would be extremely proud of that achievement. The very best of luck in your endeavours. I think that you will need plenty !! :bite:

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I seem to remeber the Pond slapped up the Eden in cup semi a fews times before as well, must be something about the Eden that makes teams play better :bounce:

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There seems to be an air of jealousy coming from pondlife p.c lately,
Could it be because they never made the 2nd stage of the league cup.
Seems to me and probably other site users when they don't make the grade they pick on the Eden for achieving what they always fail in.

Us edenites may lose battles but we will always win the war.

:elol::elol:

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2004 Summer Knockout Cup semi final - so just once actually. And to date clearly the highlight of the Pond's pool achievements.

Semi final wins only become significant let alone worth mentioning when you go on from that victory to actually WIN the final....:winking:

Otherwise, its just embarrassing to bring it up.

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Arthur, I do feel that the word"jealous" is way off the mark.I certainly do not envy you at all !! It seems like only yesterday that your mob were about to disappear into the obscurity that you so richly deserve. Unfortunately,you stole a few players from a fellow tenant at the Farley and now, all of a sudden it would appear that a renaissance is about to take place. Even a re-appearance in the summer league is being proposed, albeit in the bottom division. What a let-down for the old Dukes players who were persuaded to join the Eden in order to play in the 1st division. I believe that they may have a case against Alex for false representation. :wrong::zzz:

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O.k pondlife we were going to fold the team under the old format because we could have struggled for players in the summer.
Then a proposal was sought for and found for a new format,the new format meant it is now possible to maintain the Edens good name in the league, so we also decided to sign a couple of players to strengthen our team and to replace players we no longer had.

All the players we have signed did so sign of their own free will and Mark Bannister de-registered Rab Harkness so he could play for us.:bow: to M.B

As for playing in a lower division in the summer that was our fault as last year we did not field a team for the summer.
A presidence as already been set regarding ex 1st div 1 teams who could find themselves playing div5 or 6 pool in asmuchas they got shuffled up to div 2.

I would be very much surprised if this did not happen for us.

It doesn't really matter what div we are in in the summer as we will tear teams apart at the seams.:lol::lol:

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Phew, i'm glad you said the summer, because we have got you in the next round of the League Cup!

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We will start with you then Harry:box:

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I had to put my tuppence worth in, didn't I? :roll:

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Well Harry you always come up with the wrong statements at the wrong time.:no:

Does engage brain before opening mouth spring to mind.:lol::lol:

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No.

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Sorry take that back - I wasn't thinking.

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Amazing how this thread continues to attract teams no longer in the competition....

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Grow Up. :rofl:

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Well played to the eden last night. They played a tactical game that would have sent even the most die hard pool fanatic to sleep! But it was effective all the same and they deserved their win. Not sure if thats how they always play but 3 hours is certainly a long time to play 7 frames.? :no:
This is what Hoydy wrote.

In answer to his question.
Had his team put more effort into playing their shots rather than trying to wear out the carpets around the pool table the game could have finished a lot earlier. :clapping:

Once again we the Eden team are being accused of slow play when we probably take less time in our shot selections than most players. :angel:
I could name a few who could and would win slow player of the year award. :one:

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Try using the quote button Angles. It'd save you copy/pasting and makes more sense.

:)

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I just wanted to make sure the point i was making was clear.:eek2:

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Yes Arthur. The quote button would have confused matters for sure . . . :lol:

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In group 6 how comes the imperials qualified
ahead of the coach and horses
when both were on the same points
is this because of there head to head results
i was only asking

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I would expect so. are the rules not on the homepage?

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Lils u r allowed to give straight answers to straight questions instead of diverting people to rules E.T.C.:lol:

The answer to your question Chaos is YES it is because of the head to head match against the Imps & coach which the Imps won:bite:

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How can I give an answer that I'm not 100% sure of? :no:

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You could always read the rules:lol:

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Why should I read the rules when I don't give a shit about the answer?!!!! :lol:

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cheers angles
thanks for the straight answer

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