APAT UK Team Championship - January 2011

[Paulie_D]

And Debs thinks that when Leigh is playing poker and he stares someone down he looks like an owl.  

Hoo?

[blowfly]

Oh and it"s the Tawny Owl.

Or the Teet Owl.

And Debs thinks that when Leigh is playing poker and he stares someone down he looks like an owl.  

No it"s actually when he goes round tables with his pad doing chip counts - he twitches his head while he counts and his eyebrows look dead bushy and owl-like.  Not scary owl - cute cuddly owl!

[HaworthBantam]

Oh and it"s the Tawny Owl.

Or the Teet Owl.

And Debs thinks that when Leigh is playing poker and he stares someone down he looks like an owl.  

No it"s actually when he goes round tables with his pad doing chip counts - he twitches his head while he counts and his eyebrows look dead bushy and owl-like.  Not scary owl - cute cuddly owl!

What freaks me out, is the way his head can do a full 360 when taking said chip counts...

[BOINGBLITZ]

Rodders can pick who he wants. If my guys aren"t wanted then so be it.
Tell you what, I will ask them ALL to apply then when I pick my team, if any of them are in the APAT team they will drop out...that better for you ?

Just thinkin of my players and get slagged off for it......amazing.

[SirPercival]

Rodders can pick who he wants. If my guys aren"t wanted then so be it.
Tell you what, I will ask them ALL to apply then when I pick my team, if any of them are in the APAT team they will drop out...that better for you ?

Just thinkin of my players and get slagged off for it......amazing.

Brian, I am quite sure these people are individuals and not "your" players.

[Chipaccrual]

Rodders can pick who he wants. If my guys aren"t wanted then so be it.
Tell you what, I will ask them ALL to apply then when I pick my team, if any of them are in the APAT team they will drop out...that better for you ?

Just thinkin of my players and get slagged off for it......amazing.

I don"t think that is the case Brian, and Steve has posted above stating what he is going to do, which seems a very fair approach.

My post wasn"t specifically aimed at you, I just feel it puts captains in a tough position if you start asking them to hold off from making selections until other teams have announced.

Steve"s got a tough enough job as it is.

[BOINGBLITZ]

If Steve picked his team before the 12th then I wouldv"e told all BCPC players who wanted to play, to apply to Steve for the APAT team as we wont know until 11th at the earliest, who is in our side.
 Then, if Steve had chosen, for example, Andy Duncan, Steve Redfern and Will Young, and they were all in our top 8, then he would be 3 players short.
 My original post was an attempt to HELP Steve and make sure none of my boys miss out .....and nothing more.
 Was just trying to keep everyone happy but if people perceive it as something else then so be it.

Hopefully there wont be a problem now.

[TightEnd]

but if he chose the three you mentioned, which he might if they apply, they might choose to play for APAT not BCPC?

You might be three players short, not him?

p.s they are individuals who could represent many teams, surely?

[BOINGBLITZ]

They wont, believe me.

[TightEnd]

However it would be a great honour to be chosen for the APAT team, or the APAT Champions team. Would be a surprise if anyone turned that down.

[Jon MW]

They wont, believe me.

so you started off saying you were just trying to look after you members - but now it seems more like you"re trying to make sure none of them get picked for the APAT team to start with

[BOINGBLITZ]

I give up

[SirPercival]

They wont, believe me.

Brian you say you were only trying to help Steve. Comments like this really don"t help your case.

[Mikeyboy9361]

I give up

Bit like the Baggies did last night, ey Bri?

[bigredders]

I can see where you are coming from Brian, but the way you are putting it across is not the best IMO. It can be quite easily percieved in your post that you think that whoever doesn"t make your team should walk into the APAT team, which is kind of offensive to the people that are applying. Players such as Steve for example have, by their own admission have not had the best season this year in APAT terms, so that shouldn"t make them a shoo-in for the APAT team if they were to apply. Not only this, it is like asking a Birmingham player to play for Villa for a day!

I know that the BCPC have had a lot of success lately, but i think it is going to your head a little.