Posted by Andy on 16-04-2014 17:16
#34
RasFas wrote:
As much as I find Andy's animosity towards 1st div players rather petty, the fact is I think the Folly would rather throw games than get promoted to div 1. His problem isn't us being in div 2, it's them being in div 1! That's why he offered for any team to take the Folly's place, and his suggesting the Dukes I'm sure was actually meant as a favour.
RasFas - animosity is a very strong word - I would love to know how you think I have demonstrated it???? Also the suggestion that The Folly would deliberately throw games is completely unfounded and utter nonsense. We never have and never would throw a game - case in point last night - 4-0 down against the top of the division team we kept battling and ended up only losing 6-5.
The simple fact of the matter is we know we are not good enough to play in Div 1 at the moment having only finished 6th in Div 2 last summer and currently in the bottom half of Div 2 this winter and would therefore prefer not to. We have the bare 5 players, only one of whom picks up a cue more than once a week but we come out for a laugh and a beer and try our best. The likelihood is that a couple of them would probably have dropped out had we remained in Div 1 which would have resulted in yet another team leaving the league. As you rightly point out, we were happy for any other team to take our place in Div 1.
I would also point out that this is not the first time a team has been shuffled up, asked not to be and their request has been granted.