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[ProCricketer1982]

If said unhappy bloke is of the "do nothing to help, turn up, play, go home" mould then sod him lol

Agree with this. Players like this are ten to a penny so are easily replaced although most like this think they aren't

[Seniorplayer]

If said unhappy bloke is of the "do nothing to help, turn up, play, go home" mould then sod him lol

Although correct if my club did that there wouldn't be a game for anyone we allow guys to come along bat where they want and  pay reduced match fees just to keep them interested In the hope that they will turn out again next match.

[TangoWhiskey]

We don't go as far as reducing match fees but we certainly don't want anyone leaving. We are a very close knit club, every year we go on tour to Devon, taking at least 50 people including all wives/girlfriends and offspring and generally get on very well off the pitch, so we really don't want to encourage a sod off approach to dissatisfied players particularly as it would be like telling a mate to do one.

[Gurujames]

Convince the guy that sitting on the boundary, slowly getting drunk on cold cider and shouting out increasingly ridiculous comments is a better way to enjoy a late Spring afternoon. I often put myself forward to be dropped to do this. Unfortunately my captain has never taken me up on this offer. However, with my recent performances he might soon.

[TangoWhiskey]

My main issue with it is that this situation never arises usually. Normally we are begging people to play a double so we can get a game in both days. It's incredibly frustrating and I'm sorely tempted to do away with my place on the committee and just keep my mouth shut about it all.

[ProCricketer1982]

My main issue with it is that this situation never arises usually. Normally we are begging people to play a double so we can get a game in both days. It's incredibly frustrating and I'm sorely tempted to do away with my place on the committee and just keep my mouth shut about it all.

guys who care and think like that are needed on such councils!

[Phoenix]

What was the team selectors reasoning behind his decision?

[TangoWhiskey]

Well there was a number of reason, all rubbish. Apparently they both called up and offered copious amounts of beer. They guy who was coming over from Malta was staying with one of them, so the guy claimed he had to play so that he could bring him to the games. It was all very farcical to be honest.

As it happened, a couple of guys who were just playing on Saturday dropped out so everyone who wanted a double got one. The guy who originally was picked for a double but was then dropped for the other guy and sent a sarky email about the whole episode didn't even read the team sheet email properly and didn't know the start on Sunday was 1pm and so didn't arrive until about 7 overs into the Sunday game. He was fined and suffered much abuse, as well as picking up a new nickname, 'Esther' as in Esther Rantzen for his efforts via email. Hopefully it will stick.

Any how, the result is we are having an emergency committee meeting on Thursday to outline selection policy to the Team Selector who in all honesty has handled the whole thing very poorly from the start and really could and should have done better.

[Seniorplayer]

My club never have a problem leaving guys  out we only have 8 players !.

[Phoenix]

Lol. Times are tough seniorplayer...

At the end of the day you can't please everyone. Some people aren't happy unless they are unhappy. Do you just have one person doing the team selections? Maybe if there was a trio a bit of common sense may have prevailed

[TangoWhiskey]

We only have one side, so having three team selectors would be overkill. To be honest he was just being stubborn, hopefully it won't happen again.

[Seniorplayer]

Lol. Times are tough seniorplayer...

At the end of the day you can't please everyone. Some people aren't happy unless they are unhappy. Do you just have one person doing the team selections? Maybe if there was a trio a bit of common sense may have prevailed

Yes the Captain he will ask after the game
who can play next match if you can play your  in the team last week he made 30 telephone calls  got 11 players 2 dropped out on Friday and I more texted him at 4 A M Saturday morning to say he was a little worse for wear after his night out. The vice Captain then made 30 calls on Saturday morning to no avail. So we travelled away with 8 players  It's a shame really as we have a nice village ground with a professional groundsman in the Worcestershire country side.

[TangoWhiskey]

Yes the Captain he will ask after the game
who can play next match if you can play your  in the team last week he made 30 telephone calls  got 11 players 2 dropped out on Friday and I more texted him at 4 A M Saturday morning to say he was a little worse for wear after his night out. The vice Captain then made 30 calls on Saturday morning to no avail. So we travelled away with 8 players  It's a shame really as we have a nice village ground with a professional groundsman in the Worcestershire country side.

With regards to player recruitment, I've found the best way to do it is to get any friend you know who plays cricket and beg them to play with you until they do. It's how I joined my club and I've signed up one guys who is enjoying it now this year. I lent him some money a couple of months ago as a favour and low and behold come the start of the season we were short. Called in the favour and now he plays for us pretty much every week, at a far lower standard than he is used to but he is enjoying it, not that he is tearing it up or anything...

[Cin88]

Yes the Captain he will ask after the game
who can play next match if you can play your  in the team last week he made 30 telephone calls  got 11 players 2 dropped out on Friday and I more texted him at 4 A M Saturday morning to say he was a little worse for wear after his night out. The vice Captain then made 30 calls on Saturday morning to no avail. So we travelled away with 8 players  It's a shame really as we have a nice village ground with a professional groundsman in the Worcestershire country side.

Sounds a lot like what happens at my club, last season I played all but 3 games on the back of being phoned the night before and one game I was phoned up half an hour before the game started (I had to turn it down because it was an away game on the other side of manchester and I don't have a car). I actually got into the habit of leaving saturday/the odd sunday completely free of plans just in case I got called up, sometimes it wasn't even "can you play tomorrow?", it was "you're playing tomorrow, be at mine for 11AM", no say in the matter. It always amuses me when the same people call up unable to play every other week and yet they're always on the team sheet week in week out.

[WalkingWicket37]

Sounds a lot like what happens at my club, last season I played all but 3 games on the back of being phoned the night before and one game I was phoned up half an hour before the game started (I had to turn it down because it was an away game on the other side of manchester and I don't have a car). I actually got into the habit of leaving saturday/the odd sunday completely free of plans just in case I got called up, sometimes it wasn't even "can you play tomorrow?", it was "you're playing tomorrow, be at mine for 11AM", no say in the matter. It always amuses me when the same people call up unable to play every other week and yet they're always on the team sheet week in week out.

Don't forget the skipper is always surprised when it happens too, that's the bit I always laugh at!
"So and so has dropped out, I wasn't expecting that" - no, they've only done the same thing every game for the last 6 weeks after all...