a good excuse

Johnny86

bit of help here please.
need a good excuse to get a match cancelled this weekend. half our player are completely f*cked through injuries in the last match, they were so dirty. anyway need an excuse but dont want to say there is a funeral..anyone got something that will work? thanks in advance

CHD

One of the lads is geting married and all the team is invited

EDIT, unless its young lads then something about Swine flu

CHD

They were at a wedding and 5 of thm got swine flu. Genius.

That_Guy

Why not just tell them the truth?

If your players are injured then that's understandable.

stovelid

Your new away kit makes it hard for your players to see each other.

Johnny86

ill prob end up making a mess of this on the phone and just say there was 5 weddings and one person got swine flu..its a good one tho, think i might go for it.

That_Guy

stovelid wrote: »

Your new away kit makes it hard for your players to see each other.

Or you could say that someone switched your usual jersey's for the Newcastle away jersey and that your team mates are now blind.

flahavaj

Johnny86 wrote: »

bit of help here please.
need a good excuse to get a match cancelled this weekend. half our player are completely f*cked through injuries in the last match, they were so dirty. anyway need an excuse but dont want to say there is a funeral..anyone got something that will work? thanks in advance

I didn't know Harry Redknapp posted on boards. "Bare bones" etc.:pac:

Chucky the tree

A death is the best one to use. A players brother idealy who you's are were good friends with as well so that's why everyone has to go. People will be a lot less inclined to keep over a fuss when a death is involved as they'll want to avoid looking like huge *****.

Johnny86

flahavaj wrote: »

I didn't know Harry Redknapp posted on boards. "Bare bones" etc.:pac:

I'd like to think of myself in more of the Joe Kinnear role..all f-ing and blinding

dyl10

Johnny86 wrote: »

bit of help here please.
need a good excuse to get a match cancelled this weekend. half our player are completely f*cked through injuries in the last match, they were so dirty. anyway need an excuse but dont want to say there is a funeral..anyone got something that will work? thanks in advance

Dig up your own pitch?

Why not just tell them the truth?

If your players are injured then that's understandable

That would probably make the opposition more persistent to play the fixture.

micks

Johnny86 wrote: »

bit of help here please.
need a good excuse to get a match cancelled this weekend. half our player are completely f*cked through injuries in the last match, they were so dirty. anyway need an excuse but dont want to say there is a funeral..anyone got something that will work? thanks in advance

Involved with a club and some of the sh1t we've been told includes funerals, weddings, surprise 21st,stags, pitch un-playable.............

TBH the one that works most is being honest and asking for a favuor very few teams will not oblige but obviously its taking a chance

If you're the home team - I recently heard of a team not marking the pitch completely and ref refused to play game.
or you could break the cross bar!

Johnny86

Well i told the other team that its was injuries and that we couldnt field a team...he advised to tell a funeral or something to the fixtures secretary because he wont accept injuries..i used the funeral thing before to get one cancelled so was hoping to use something else

DSB

Just play the match like.

CHD

What league?

dyl10

Serie A

Say you fell on a knife. Who would question that?

Chucky the tree

Johnny86 wrote: »

I'd like to think of myself in more of the Joe Kinnear role..all f-ing and blinding

Yea and I'm pretty sure Harry would be spending his free time on the betfair forum instead.

Daemos

The groundsman had to unexpectedly leave for the week with no prior notice, so the pitch is unplayable, unmarked, goals aren't up, etc.

Tomthepost

CHD wrote: »

What league?

Originally Posted by Johnny86
Does anyone have the 'Target' pull out from last Tuedays star?

i need to see what the fixture is for Bolton street wanderers for this weekend?

Its division 3b of UCFL...(thinks its p.58)

Thanks

Saint_Mel

CCFL game was called off last weekend due to an apparent outbreak of swineflu in Edenderry!

ziggy

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Leixlip_Red

Can't use any of the pitch excuses because the UCFL makes you play away as your "home" fixture.