Forum

i cannot believe the standard of north west cricket is being abused. no doubt there is one real feeder club in donemena but ncu is littered with southern hemisphere pros. 6 of ten clubs riddled with them. north down probably would get relegated without them and would csn have a club? look at the state of lisburn carrick inst ci. probably pay everyone and most would not get on donemena 2s. as for ncu and holes come on now. committee rooms are where the leagues are won. just waiting for some crying this year. give you your dues you managed a few lucky wins in club turf this year knocking out bready limavady and donemena. that was a turn up but maybe better standard of pros this year helps. anyway i look forward to hearing who wins your amazing league in the courts at christmas.

In fairness Froggy its been 3 or 4 seasons since I played a game and even back then it wasnt until someone hit my slow medium dobbers into the nearest river/carpark/clubhouse that I would actually have recognised them.

Good luck with the rest of the season, hope the weather improves.

Come off it James! Paul Stafford brings it on himself in a public domain and actually invites reaction then answers it by saying he writes for entertainment and if you don't want to be entertained by him then don't read it. Fair enough. Most of us don't read him anymore. As for setting the North West up as something to aspire to get real. North West cricket has more holes than a fishing net and faces some serious problems that are well documented on the other channel by North West people themselves. OK the teas are brilliant, Donemana is brilliant and the McBrines are brilliant. What else is going well up there? Suspensions, few umpires, sledging, umpires abuse, dropping playing standards, personal threats, lack of quality players, etc. These are the things that real grassroots North West forumites are talking about these days not wasting their time on rants against the NCU. We aren't crying when a well known NCU critic rants about us again and again as we are actually laughing. We're not perfect but we're not that bad!

Ncu and Northwest clubs have met on 16 occasions this season between Irish cup and Ulster cup, Ncu clubs won 11 of these clashes, but don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. Nwcu didn't fair any better in the shield either. Paul and myself were having a bit of banter, pity when you pass the 'ponderosa' the rarified 'Londonderry air' numbs your sense of humour!!!

Cracking wit today on cricinfo - -
"Good grief. What the hell's happening here? Australia are 89 for 3 and trailing by 243. Broad looks unstoppable. The clouds are looming; the rain's not far away, and I'm eating far too much sugar and can barely sit still. Here's Clarke! Broad has 3 for 8 in 16 balls of madness"

james north west

correct on the staffy points....

however dont go slagging off ncu cricket regarding money bags when your from the north west...Glendermott anyone?? ulster cup this year...includes teams from ncu and north west? would i be correct? the final was contested against north down and csn!! case closed.

you ncu boys do some cryin when someone speaks there mind. paul stafford calls a spade a spade and is more often right than wrong albeit have not checked his irish cup predactions but one thing he said was the ncu would struggle in it. where are the so called big shots this year? north down fail again or should i say yet again. what about the money machines at csn, inst, ci, lisburn. all stuffed. what about roger bells carrick? burnley probably have a lower payroll and carrick could not beat themselves out of a wetpaper bag. best thing you can do is gang up on a man who speaks his mind. take a look at yourselves

Cheers Ivan, it's been a good week!

I'll be diplomatic and just say that both results gave me a lot of satisfaction!

few bets for today in case i need 20£ for ROBIN HOOD YORK all eway , rogrigo de torres 145/ numie 215/ roaring forte 250/ storyland 415. good luck

editor , im sure no two people will work harder than gavin or ivan so i hope they get the game on as theirs no better place than strangford road for atmosphere . no someone asked me if theirs no chance of play can it b switched thats why i asked and good luck to both teams in what looks a 50/50 game ?

ivan. didnt expect sundays result but told friends yesterday that man utd woundnt win at turf moor + ill tell you this they will pick up lots points at home againest even the biggest teams & surely thats what makes sport great as all neutrals want the underdogs too WIN COME ON INSTONIANS ( sorry editor as im sure youd love to EDIT some of the comments on the forum ps thats not a sly dig at staffy).ROBIN if your taken the bet post on here as surely you dont want be like tayto who only takes WELSH BETS lol pps EDITOR if strangford road not playable why cant you toss for comber or shaws bridge ??

Question for Roger Bell.
Roger which gave you the most satisfaction. The result on Sunday at Comber or last night's at Turf Moor ?
What a week for you. What odds would Jeff have given on that double ?

robin . ok ive gone soft ill take instonians for even 20£ each?ps if i lose ill tell tayto too pay you.lol

To my good friends Cabbage and Mr McConkey, how could Staffy possibly know who you are , have you ever seen him in Division 2 section 2, division 3 section 1 et al. I've never seen him.

re Paul Stafford

Thanks for the great response Paul, spot on.

The only 2 things I would take issue with would be the accusation of a rant and secondly the rights of forumites to contribute anonymously, (got the spell checker for that one). The forum would not be half as interesting and anything barring slander/libel/out right spitefulness should be encouraged regardless of the name provided.

Finally I don't think there was any need for the second post explaining number 4 as I don't think anyone would have been pedantic enough or looking to seek to increase their own sense of self worth by pointing out anothers errors. We all make mistakes after all.