December meet - date proposals

I don't mind polishing, as i'm useless without it.

However, for the sake of keeping everyone happy, we should keep in mind our time limits for the day. Having played in many Oldsubbuteo Tournements now, and even at our Club flicks, the most annoying habit is having to wait around for people to polish all their players, then stick them in formation. Often with everyone else watching and tutting...

Imho, that's plain rude and detracts away from the whole ethos of Oldsubbuteo, which is just as much about socialising and having some banter. I'm not too fond of talking to the top of someones head as they are furiously jerking their little man

As for Oldsubbuteo Rules Steve...They've been put in place for Tournements and as a general guide. Many Oldsubbuteo Clubs have 'Local' Club rules that they enjoy. The Corner Kicker and Throw in figure being used is one. I think we were just all trying to find some common ground to bring some fun back to the Club and get numbers up again. Polishing between games, seemed to be the biggest bugbear... Maybe i'm wrong...but that's how i read it mate.

so guys thats as clear as day then - not!!
i mean we dont seem to really have common ground so far certainly not on polishing anyway.

heard from vic by text and he is not keen to deviate from current rules/lionhearts procedure that we have used previously.

the five defenders max was really just a fun idea to try and open up some games that can become a bit of a stalemate because you are staring at two walls/banks of players.

perhaps this is best?:-

1)no polishing at half time in a match

2) polishing before each game allowed but pretty strict adherence to five minute break between each match to get your polishing done,take a leak,smoke a fag,etc.
so if you are not ready then there is a penalty - eg,oppo has possession by way of a free kick in the offenders shooting area.
as we often do, we will probably have a longer break of say 20 minutes halfway through the day to give everyones backs,eyes,brains and fingers a rest.

3) as many defenders as you like but perhaps TRY with five and see how you go.


dont want this debate to go on forever gents so does anyone have a major problem with the above?

lets just knock the debate on the head as otherwise its going to get silly .

im quite happy to stay as previous lionheart meet i attended so let all look forward to a good days flicking on the 4th

Agreed.

Or maybe we could......

Surely it’s about having a great oldsubby game with whoever we’re playing with and adapting to accommodate preferences.



Therefore my plan starts off as follows:

(i) Have a great pre-match discussion with Steviegee, about Saints marching on, whilst vigorously polishing our respective little men!

(ii) Have a 5 minute break to get my fag done, smoke a leak, and take some polish…

(iii) Rub off all polish play a ‘3-2-5’ formation polish-free game with Jim

(iv) Put polish back on and play old-spudduteo with Subbski

(v) Spend a 5-minute break revising on oldsubby rules before match with Vic, which makes it’s blatantly clear how much I’ve forgotten the rules!

Lovin' the pre-match discussion, Steve!

fingers wrote:

Surely it’s about having a great oldsubby game with whoever we’re playing with and adapting to accommodate preferences.



Therefore my plan starts off as follows:

(i) Have a great pre-match discussion with Steviegee, about Saints marching on, whilst vigorously polishing our respective little men!

(ii) Have a 5 minute break to get my fag done, smoke a leak, and take some polish…

(iii) Rub off all polish play a ‘3-2-5’ formation polish-free game with Jim

(iv) Put polish back on and play old-spudduteo with Subbski

(v) Spend a 5-minute break revising on oldsubby rules before match with Vic, which makes it’s blatantly clear how much I’ve forgotten the rules!

I'm not sure about rules banning polish and certain formations, however I do agree with the above rules

I also like the unwritten rule, which seems to be that no player is allowed to take things serious enough to win two tournaments in a row

TBH life is too short to start worrying about how many little bits of plastic i place near my goal at the start of a game of Subbuteo....

I'll try to make it for the next meeting, but other factors may stop me. Hopefully I can make it. I'll advise a bit nearer the date.

Vic

do i sense you have a girlfriend vic?

i mean i have NEVER heard you say life is too short for anything subby related.

hope you can make the 4th - with as many defenders as you like

i will need to know by friday 2nd at the latest though

gents,

looking like nine of us for sunday.

we have three tables kept there and jim is bringing a fourth.

i have three sets of saw horse legs and fingers is bringing along an extended version (12 inch? ) for reg's back.

i will do the fixtures saturday and see you there around midday for a 12.30ish start

cheers

jon

FINGERS READY?

HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO!

cant wait will be good

picking up the "akumulator" to come and blitz the baize as well

should be good gents,

reg has asked if he can restrict his number of games to every other match which will be four it appears.

so for those who are interested in the days and the ongoing league we will as usual base the table on points average not points total so reg's matches will count.

fingers wrote:

Fine with me.

Although if I end up attacking Jim's goal with 9 attackers (e.g. from a 3rd consecutive corner), then he is morally obliged to defend with 9 defenders...all in the penalty area...

Post of the thread

How about Reg playing 10 minute games against all 8 of us...?

Also Jim, bring your corner-kicker and throw-in man with you!

getting excited now! couldn't decide which team to bring, so have settled on three...you know...in case of base colour clashes:D

fingers wrote:

How about Reg playing 10 minute games against all 8 of us...? Good idea Steve

Also Jim, bring your corner-kicker and throw-in man with you!

Will do mate

i think reg probably needs a decent break between matches

folks.

most of the talking is over and the action starts tomorrow at 12.30pm. try and arrive 12pm to help set up.cheers.

here's the fixtures with reg playing every other game due to his dodgy back and general lack of stamina


Fixture 1 ...................... 12.30pm

......... lee v jim .........


......... paul v mark .........


......... fingers v steve G .........


......... jon v gerald



Fixture 2...................... 1.05pm

......... fingers v lee .........


......... gerald v reg .........


......... jon v jim .........


......... paul v steve G .........




Fixture 3 ...................... 1.40pm

......... mark v gerald .........


......... jim v fingers .........


......... lee v paul .........


......... steve G v jon .........



Fixture 4 ...................... 2.15pm

......... gerald v paul .........


......... steve G v lee .........


......... mark v jon .........


......... reg v fingers .........


THEN HALF AN HOUR OR SO'S BREAK



Fixture 5 ...................... 3.15


......... steve G v jim .........


.........jon v lee .........


......... mark v fingers .........



Fixture 6 ...................... 3.50PM

......... jon v paul .........


......... jim v reg .........


......... fingers v gerald .........


......... lee v mark .........



Fixture 7 ...................... 4.25PM


......... paul v fingers .........


......... mark v jim .........


......... gerald v lee .........



Fixture 8 ...................... 5PM

......... fingers v jon .........


......... steve G v mark .........


......... jim v gerald .........


……...lee v reg



Fixture 9 ...................... 5.35PM


......... gerald v steve G .........


......... paul v jim .........



we will have four tables (three already at the venue and jim is bringing one).
i have three sets of saw horse legs and fingers is bringing the extended version for reg.


reg and i being local and hardly any travel costs will provide some light refreshments but only snacks so if you want any more substantial then bring it with you.

Looking good Jon. Feel sorry for mark and steve having to spend the 1st two games reacquainting me with the rules.

Promise to have a quick read tonight!

Cheers,

Paul

paul,its no problem.
we all have to start somewhere and having you along will be great

guys,

quick question.

missus wants me to bring my sam with me tomorrow.
however he will need to entertain himself and his nintendo DS is broken so i could bring his xbox so he can play fifa 11 on it but it will mean using the TV. anyone got any objections?

naturally he will have to keep the sound down low -ish

no problem with me , i might even challenge him to a game at some point as i have got addicted to playing this online

i see!
so the subby event might migrate to an xbox 360

I have bring our spare ds alOng if that's any good. It's a pink one mind ;-)

He's not playing Subby yet then, Jon?

thanks steve yeah that would be handy.



yes from time to time he has a go and i have said there will be some free tables sometime tomorrow so he can have a play

subbuteo forever 207 wrote:

do i sense you have a girlfriend vic?

i mean i have NEVER heard you say life is too short for anything subby related.

hope you can make the 4th - with as many defenders as you like

i will need to know by friday 2nd at the latest though

It’s not that Jon, but rather that when the club was formed, it was all about playing Subbuteo.



I lost enthusiasm, after the club had problems with a few individuals a while back, and while my eagerness to play has slowly come back after those problems corrected themselves, this discussion about playing formations and polishing does diminish my enthusiasm to play retro Subbuteo somewhat. For various reasons, I haven’t enjoyed my last few Lionheart tournaments, as much as when the club was first formed.



I only play 5 at the back, but I don’t mind if others play 10 – teams in football do that sometimes! And polishing doesn’t take that long.



Playing Subbuteo in whatever format should be fun and relaxing!



I’ll try and make the next meet, but going forwards it’s unlikely that I’ll be playing as much retro Subbuteo as I have in the past.



Regards



Vic

Well I gather the meet at stad de fingers was excellent vic.
Each to his own though and I am sure you will do well whichever way you go.
I am sure tomorrow will be fun and lionhearts thankfully still hhas a future seemingly

Hi Jon

Don't know if Mark has contacted you, but spoke with him very briefly this afternoon, and he is now not coming tomorrow sadly.

Disappointing, I know, especially after you have gone to the trouble of doing the fixtures. Hope you get this message before tomorrow, if you don't already have the email he said he was going to send. I guess he doesn't have your telephone number?

Steve

Well I texted him today to check.no reply

Just bought food too.still I suppose it will still get eaten

revised fixtures:-

Round 1 ......................				12.3
......... gerald v jim .........
......... fingers v jon .........
......... steve G v reg .........
......... lee v paul .........
Round 2 ......................				1.05
......... jon v gerald .........
......... paul v fingers .........
......... lee v steve G .........
Round 3 ......................				2.15
......... gerald v reg .........
......... jon v paul .........
......... jim v lee .........
......... fingers v steve G .........
Round 4 ......................				3.15
......... paul v gerald .........
......... steve G v jon .........
......... fingers v jim .........
Round 5 ......................
......... gerald v lee .........
......... paul v steve G .........
......... reg v fingers .........
......... jon v jim .........
Round 6 ......................
......... steve G v gerald .........
......... fingers v lee .........
......... jim v paul .........
Round 7 ......................
......... gerald v fingers .........
......... steve G v jim .........
......... lee v jon .........
......... paul v reg .........

Excellent afternoons flicking action , great to see you chaps again , big thanks to Reg and Jon for the food , Karen's egg sarnies TOP quality as usual .
Good to meet you properly Paul , good to meet Adrian ? ( think that was his name , come on lads I am getting on a bit )
All the best
Jim.
PS Johnny Oude Wesselink , Go Ahead Eagles LEGEND

jim,



yes it was adrian.good player too.

results and tables posted in relevant sections.

great to see 2 newbies -paul and adrian - and hope to see them again next time.

lee - great goal you scored against me mate.

please to see lionhearts is alive and flicking ahead of starting our fourth year next april.

guys

just want to say many thanks to all as usual for a great days flicking

many thanks to jon and reg for laying on the food again,much appriciated

jon - still can not believe i managed to flick the player that far and control the ball

all i can say is bring on maidenhead as i fancy my chances

Guys

Quick note to say thanks to all for a great day out-learnt a lot and had a lot of laughs

special mentions to Lee for chauffeuring me down in style and to Jon & reg for organising the event and laying on refreshments

Promise to practise more before my next appearance, and who knows , the opposing keepers may even be called into action ;-)

All the best

Paul.

So Adrian made an appearance...Cool. Glad you guys had a great afternoon. Wish i could have been their, but family came first on this occasion. Onwards and upwards for the Lionhearts...this has made my day:cheers:

Cracking day! Loved it. Some really good games.

BIG THANKS again to Reg and Jon, for setting stuff up and laying on all the food. Much appreciated.

Great to see newbies too.

Great event and great to spend an afternoon with all the chaps!

Standing in the rain for an hour, waiting for someone to unlock the venue...indulging in random subby-banter.

I'm sure Reg had planned it deliberately to wear us down, thus levelling the playing field wot with his bad back! He was probably hiding round the corner in his heated car on the pretence of going round to someone's house to get the keys, whilst we all stood in the rain with muscles slowly seizing up!

Quality all round - Lionhearts doing it well!!

well his worried face was a very good piece of acting then steve!

hope to see everyone in january