Official Match Thread Season 38, Round 01: Dragons FFC v Las Vegas Bears at Ljp86's Lair

[Bonz]

He wasn’t using water

He had one job...

 

[MWPP]

14 games over 16 weeks wouldn't be too bad but is still a little on the short side. That's 28 playing weeks minimum over the season which is still fairly short and leaves too much downtime for clubs not playing finals.

It’s plenty because it’s also 40 weeks of qooty. It matches school weeks too.

I maintain that a season of around 16 games (no byes) is optimum and this is fairly consistent with what the majority of participants in the competition prefer.

This would also result in 40 weeks of qooty.
For a while it was alternating 16 and 17 week seasons and we all played each other twice within three seasons. It was still a lot of qooty but at least it was fair

Unfortunately you're in the minority. Shorter seasons have not been well received previously due to their short, truncated nature and have left people feeling the season is too short. It also means that clubs have less opportunity to win games and the dangling carrot of finals is distinguished earlier for clubs with the shorter season. In a competition that is based on activity and banter, that's a poor outcome and means interest drops off as a result, which is not optimal for participation.

Yeah, definitely in the minority , but I still laugh at the clubs who wanted the longer season and the resulting pre Christmas finals and awards period not to mention the diminished offseason to grow the game and do admin. With 8 teams making finals there’s already enough of a carrot for long enough to make finals. And I say that despite playing for a team which has missed finals more often than probability

I agree and there's a balance that needs to be reached here. I feel there needs to be some strategy implemented over the off-season in December 2024/January 2025 on season length and fitting this into the 2025 calendar year. I'm sure expansion will be raised, but personally, I don't think this is warranted with current activity levels.

I agree that expansion isn’t warranted
But I also don’t think contraction is either
I’m fine with the bye and I think the number of teams we have now is the right number

Board tours are very important as are banners for this competition. The committee needs to drive recruitment and ensure there is a stream of rookies coming into the competition each season to ensure there is replacement of players that leave the competition after the completion of each season.

It does seem as if fewer players are leaving /retiring but aspiring for replacement levels alone probably isn’t enough. As before tours and the like take time which in itself is another argument for a more reasonable offseason and therefore cutting down the season.



Last season's fixture was rubbish and could have easily been worked a lot better. There needs to be better planning and strategy for the fixture going forward.
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[MWPP]

He wasn’t using water

It can only work to our favour as we have seen a much more dramatic impact at The Stadium In The Sky thanks to similar incidents involving Test Tickle

 

[MWPP]

My body is... vastly underprepared.

Time for a certain Emergency Emergency Full Back to be brought in from the SPAM FL as a “medical” substitute

 

[Greenery]

Greenery do we have budget for an extra hire in my massage parlour, I um.... Have some ideas.

That's what I spent last seasons budget on !!!

 

[Chipmunk]

He had one job...

My body is... vastly underprepared.

That’s why we stick you at full back!

 

[T2B_]

He wasn’t using water

He took Bonz ' love of watersports a bit too far..

 

[Chipmunk]

He took Bonz ' love of watersports a bit too far..

Live footage of Bonz rn

 

[I Dont Care]

C'mon Bears, lets clip these dragons wings, rip of their heads and shit down their necks...just like we used to do in the old days

 

[T2B_]

Let's not gloss over how nice it makes our skin

Just a shame it doesn't help with the smell

 

[Greenery]

Wait, did Greenery water log our field on purpose?

He wasn’t using water

It's pure sewerage

 

[MWPP]

Just a shame it doesn't help with the smell

The smell is a tactic - no opponent will want to come near us

 

[Chipmunk]

C'mon Bears, lets clip these dragons wings, rip of their heads and shit down their necks...just like we used to do in the old days

And then sell them to tourists as Las Vegas Fried Dragon!

 

[T2B_]

C'mon Bears, lets clip these dragons wings, rip of their heads and shit down their necks...just like we used to do in the old days

If that's you not caring, I hate to think what you'd do to someone you have a grudge with

 

[Greenery]

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That’s why we stick you at full back!

Replace Rebecca black with Drizzy and youd be right

 

[MWPP]

If that's you not caring, I hate to think what you'd do to someone you have a grudge with

Just don’t ask I Dont Care where he keeps his gun…

 

[Chipmunk]

Replace Rebecca black with Drizzy and youd be right

Knowing this league Drizzy might be Rebecca Black

 

[I Dont Care]

If that's you not caring, I hate to think what you'd do to someone you have a grudge with

Why I'd simply offer them an avacado...one of natures greatest con fruits

 

[RonnieRaven]

 

[RonnieRaven]

 

[Millky95]

Why I'd simply offer them an avacado...one of natures greatest con fruits

Good source of fibre

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Ain't doing shit that former prick said

How about Walken's Wetland then?

Just keep the 50 arc free.

 

[Millky95]

How about Walken's Wetland then?

Just keep the 50 arc free.

Much better

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

Conditions are muddy.

Think move of us are happy for a little mud wrestling instead of high intensity running today.

Build into it nice and slow.

Damn, maybe it is ready.

 

[Bonz]

Damn, maybe it is ready.

Shouldn't take too much