What the hell's going on with these results lads? You're better than that!! (1sts and Ressies.) Is there any reason why both of you have had a dip in form?

Secondly, I'm back for Xmas as of the 13th Dec I think, so what's gwarning in regards to an Xmas piss then? Here he is!!

On the pitch, we recorded our highest ever league finish and continued our proud tradition of excellent football. Steven Bamks has been fantstoc as Vice Captain and really become an important part of the team. The additions of players and the development of players such as Phil, Jack B and Marian.

Off the pitch, the introduction of Assistant Manager Rob Sadler has been next to prefect, better than anyone could have hoped. And of course the biggest news is the aquisition of CHT and the start of the Punch Reserve team...Welcome to Rachel and all the guys.

We are very sad to have to say goodbye to the follwoing players, who go with our best wishes

Iain

Alex

Damon

Tango (retired)

Well done to everyone and have a great summer.

Matthew Widdowson

Chairman

We have end of season fixtures against Desborough Town and Bat & Wickets Vets.

The Desborough game is on a Friday night and will cost an extra £1 for players; to be paid on the night. We will welcome spectators at a price of £1 per person, all money will be donated to the "Damon is leaving fund." Why not check out their website: http://www.artarnfc.co.uk/index.html

The United County Premier Division is level 9 of the football pyramid. Check out the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_football_league_system

The mighty FC Halifax Town play in level 8!

The Annual Awards will be a smart dress only function, by invite only.

The Bat & Wickets Vets game will include a BBQ and will cost £2 per person.

Bob

I am please dto announce that I am very close to securing a Part Time Nutritional Therapist for the club. Her role during this close season, will be to arrange a dietry plan for al lof the punch players to help you increase Health and Fitness next year.

More details to follow, but if you have any questions, please let me know.

Matthew W

I think the amount of opportunity you've been given by the team is more than fair, taking into account the above and your level of fitness. Which you have made no effort to improve by the way.

If you have any problems with this mate, please bring it up with me whenever you feel like fucking turning up.

Attendance at the pub and training, along with general attitude and performance tend to dictate the team on Sundays, failing to meet the financial criteria automatically exclude you from the Sunday team.

Are we ever going to start implementing this?

1. Your complaint has nothing to do with the match details.

2. If you have a problem speak to the manager, do not flame the Talk Football Chatroom.

3. This is a Talk Football Chatroom for The Punch FC players; so I would question your entitlements to leave that garbage on the website if what you write is an issue.

I don't smoke, but what if I'm really hungover and need a stabilising beer?

A negative number implies credit.

Matthew Widdowson (Chairman) £0.00

Rob Sadler (Assistant Manager) £0.00

Craig Hackleton (Coach) £0.00

Bob Taylor (Administration Director) £0.00

Iain Watt (Financial Director) £0.00

Alex Gray £18.00

Damon Burton £15.00

Dan O'Shea £0.00

Dom Berry £5.00

Huw Lewis-Nichol £0.00

Jack Birney £43.00

Jack Ward £10.00

Jordan Hardy £15.00

Marian Floristean £0.00

Mark Cann £20.00

Rob Hill £30.00

Scott Goodall £0.00

Simon Bannister £20.00

Simon Smith £35.00

Steve Banks £15.00

Toby Starkie -£15.00

Gary Liddle £0.00

Lee Mandley £5.00

Peter Randall £0.00

Andy Carlin £15.00

Total £231.00

Signing on fee outstanding (included in total above):

Damon Burton

Simon Bannister

Steve Banks

Andy Carlin

A negative number implies credit.

Matthew Widdowson (Chairman) £23.00

Rob Sadler (Assistant Manager) £0.00

Craig Hackleton (Coach) £0.00

Bob Taylor (Administration Director) £0.00

Iain Watt (Financial Director) £0.00

Alex Gray £23.00

Damon Burton £0.00

Dan O'Shea £10.00

Dom Berry £10.00

Huw Lewis-Nichol £0.00

Jack Birney £25.00

Jack Ward £20.00

Jordan Hardy £25.00

Marian Floristean £20.00

Mark Cann £10.00

Rob Hill £70.00

Scott Goodall £10.00

Simon Bannister £40.00

Simon Smith £25.00

Steve Banks £15.00

Toby Starkie -£20.00

Gary Liddle £15.00

Lee Mandley £20.00

Peter Randall £0.00

Total £341.00

Matthew Widdowson (Chairman) 5 6.00 0 0 1 0

Rob Sadler (Assistant Manager) 0 N/A 0 0 0 0

Craig Hackleton (Coach) 0 N/A 0 0 0 0

Bob Taylor (Administration Director) 5 7.20 0 1 0 0

Iain Watt (Financial Director) 5 7.80 1 0 0 0

Alex Gray 6 8.17 0 2 1 0

Damon Burton 5 7.40 1 1 0 0

Dan O'Shea 1 7.00 0 0 0 0

Dom Berry 4 8.00 1 0 0 0

Huw Lewis-Nichol 0 N/A 0 0 0 0

Jack Birney 5 7.80 0 0 0 0

Jack Ward 3 7.33 0 0 0 0

Jordan Hardy 2 6.50 0 0 0 0

Marian Floristean 6 7.00 4 0 0 0

Mark Cann 3 8.00 0 1 0 0

Rob Hill 4 8.00 0 1 0 0

Scott Goodall 4 6.75 0 0 0 0

Simon Bannister 1 8.00 0 0 0 0

Simon Smith 4 7.25 2 0 0 0

Steve Banks 5 7.60 1 0 0 0

Toby Starkie 2 6.50 0 0 0 0

Gary Liddle 0 N/A 0 0 0 0

Lee Mandley 4 6.25 1 0 0 0

Peter Randall 2 8.00 0 0 0 0

Totals N/A 7.33 11 6 2 0

Played Win Draw Lose For Against Points

Friendly 8 3 1 4 30 35 N/A

League 6 1 2 3 13 15 5

Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A

Totals 14 4 3 7 43 50 N/A

Averages 28.57% 21.43% 50.00% 3.07 3.57 0.833333333

I noticed how the 5-4-1 was rubbished for having a SW, as they are no longer used in the moden game. The 4-1-4-1 was mocked for being very negative, and liked to Chelsea, while the 4-5-1 was called defensive it did point out the 3 CM's had one back and one supporting the front man.

I did have a look through some of the other formations, don't think much to the diagrams though.

Bob

check it out!

scotty.

Food will be provided.

The evening schedule consists of 3 games of "killer" with entry to each game £2, the winner will take half the money and the club will take the rest. The costs for the pool table will be funded by the club.

There will also be a football card.

This is instead of training and attendance is required. Friends and partners welcome.

Damon, as ever, you can bring Tom Wilmot.

Bob Taylor

Administration Director

The Punch FC

A negative number implies credit.

Matthew Widdowson (Chairman) £15.00 (Potential to increase by £8 subject to yellow card fine)

Rob Sadler (Assistant Manager) £15.00

Craig Hackleton (Coach) £0.00

Bob Taylor (Administration Director) £0.00

Iain Watt (Financial Director) £0.00

Alex Gray £18.00

Damon Burton £5.00

Dan O'Shea £10.00

Dom Berry £10.00

Huw Lewis-Nichol £0.00

Jack Birney £20.00

Jack Ward £35.00

Jordan Hardy £25.00

Marian Floristean £35.00

Mark Cann £15.00

Rob Hill £65.00

Scott Goodall £5.00

Simon Bannister £40.00

Simon Smith £30.00

Steve Banks £15.00

Toby Starkie -£20.00

Gary Liddle £15.00

Lee Mandley £20.00

Peter Randall £0.00

Total £373.00

Players still not paid signing on fee (included in outstanding fees above):

Matthew Widdowson

Rob Sadler

Jack Ward

Jordan Hardy

Simon Bannister

Steve Banks

Gary Liddle

Lee Mandley

A negative number implies credit.

Matthew Widdowson (Chairman) £15.00

Craig Hackleton (Coach) £0.00

Dan Homerstone (Coach) £0.00

Bob Taylor (Administration Director) £0.00

Iain Watt (Financial Director) £0.00

Alex Gray £18.00

Damon Burton £0.00

Dan O'Shea £10.00

Dom Berry £5.00

Huw Lewis-Nichol £0.00

Jack Birney £15.00

Jack Ward £30.00

Jordan Hardy £25.00

Marian Floristean £40.00

Mark Cann £15.00

Rob Hill £60.00

Scott Goodall £5.00

Simon Bannister £40.00

Simon Smith £30.00

Steve Banks £15.00

Toby Starkie -£25.00

Gary Liddle £15.00

Lee Mandley £20.00

Peter Randall £0.00

(Blank) £0.00

(Blank) £0.00

Mark Brown (Emergency Backup) £0.00

Total £333.00

Players still not paid signing on fee (included in outstanding fees above):

Matthew Widdowson

Jack Ward

Jordan Hardy

Simon Bannister

Steve Banks

Gary Liddle

Lee Mandley

A negative number implies credit.

Matthew Widdowson (Chairman) £15.00

Craig Hackleton (Coach) £0.00

Dan Homerstone (Coach) £0.00

Bob Taylor (Administration Director) £0.00

Iain Watt (Financial Director) £0.00

Alex Gray £28.00

Damon Burton £0.00

Dan O'Shea £10.00

Dom Berry £5.00

Huw Lewis-Nichol £0.00

Jack Birney £30.00

Jack Ward £25.00

Jordan Hardy £25.00

Marian Floristean £35.00

Mark Cann £40.00

Rob Hill £80.00

Scott Goodall £5.00

Simon Bannister £40.00

Simon Smith £30.00

Steve Banks £15.00

Toby Starkie -£20.00

Gary Liddle £15.00

Lee Mandley £15.00

Peter Randall £15.00

(Blank) £0.00

(Blank) £0.00

Mark Brown (Emergency Backup) £0.00

Matty Painter (Left The Punch) £50.00

Danny Young (Left The Punch) £0.00

Joe Lewington (Left The Punch) £50.00

Total £508.00

How about 2-3-2-2-1?

2 CB, WB R, DM, WB L, 2 MC, AM R, AM L & FC

Imagine a 4-1-4-1 with wing backs instead of full backs and attacking wingers rather then left/right midfielders. Its the attacking form of 4-1-4-1, loads of triangles.

the key to this however is to hold the formation,i hope we can think more on the pitch to try and hold shape better.

hopefully jordan will be playing more in the games to come,i think he plays better at the back than me and maybe i could sit as one of the 2 infront of the back 4 to hopefully stop our gap problem! do you think this would help?

cheers

scotty.

The 4-1-4-1 has been successful, transforming into a 4-3-3 when attacking.

All the fixtures we have played are in the drop down menus under Fixtures and Training. We have always conceeded goals, but most importantly we have never lacked firepower upfront. Sometimes we struggle to "make it happen."

On Sunday I agree it started well but when we hadn't scored after 30 minutes we lost our way, I cannot think of much we tried to do after that point. During the second half we tried to go up the middle most of the time, and we only made progress the few times we did find ourselves out wide.

We have to remember that if the defence drop too deep we open the gap with midfield. How far back do we want the middle field? We could sit defence at the penelty area and midfield our side of the centre circle. I think that will help cut out direct football.

However what about 4-2-3-1, two holding midfielders and one left to surge forward? We did well at recycling the ball on Sunday and two players behind the line, may help, however pushing up too far reduces that gap for the wingers and strikers to get in behind their defence.

It is a shame you (Scott) missed the one all draw at Brayfield as we held our shape well.

Attendance at the pub and training, along with general attitude and performance tend to dictate the team on Sundays, failing to meet the financial criteria automatically exclude you from the Sunday team.

No Smoking or drinking alcohol between arrival and departure of games or training, you may find yourself dropped if you do.

A football card (Prize £10) will be circulated at the pub after each competitive match, 50p per go.

Finance

All The Punch FC players are subject to a £15 fee to sign on at the start of the season, this must be paid before the first league game. Players joining later in the season or leaving for university have a fee subject to negotiation.

Players are charged £5 subs if they attend Sunday fixtures, players attending training and not Sunday fixtures (particularly at chargeable facilities such as Cripps) will be charged £3 per training session or banned if they continue to abuse this policy. (This replaces the holiday policy from the 07/08 season.)

Any player who owes £15 or more will not play on Sunday; the player will be shortlisted to referee the next home game to clear their debt. Check out the ways to save money below:

• Stand in referee (full match) - Worth THREE weeks credit

• Kit Wash - Worth ONE weeks credit

All fines for yellow cards (£8) or red cards (£ TBC) are automatically passed to the player unless the manager has given you specific instructions before the match.

Kit

The Punch FC have TWO new kits for the 08/09 season, therefore:

Squad shirts, shorts and socks must be worn to matches, if you don’t use them you will not play. No kit is to be taken home by players, all items should be placed “pulled through”, not screwed up in the wash bag. What more can you want? Kit provided washed and ready every week! Don’t abuse it.

Regards,

The Management

cheers

scott.

ps did you check the other thread? it's good to have a rant about things now and again.

Just a point that I have not been charging for any weeks where players have not been involved in the Sunday match this season, however I'm not allocating holiday time as we did last year. This should be better for players as match day attendance dictates subs, however when we move to "paid for" training facilities such as Cripps we will watch out for people looking for free training.

My records show that you have paid £30 so far.

£15 signing on fee and £15 in subs, this will cover 3 matches.

Possible matches played so far are:

• Locomotiv Moulton

• Heatherfield Rangers

• Abington Rangers *

• Wheatsheaf

• Borough United * (broken hand)

• Earls Barton

• Westone Wanderers * (league game)

• Westone Club 81

• Heathfield Rangers Reserves

• Low Price Memory FC (league game)

The games marked with a * are games where I have you marked as N/A for payment for the week.

7 games played, minus 3 paid for, leaves 4 remaining, £20 outstanding.

I’m happy to be open and honest about subs etc. Any questions let me know.

Bob

from my view point on the pitch i see us starting well every week for the first 15-20 min then we are pulled all over the place leaving the centre circle of the pitch empty which then pulls the back 4 in to try and fill the gap this in turn leaves us open to long ball tactics over the top.

does anyone else have an opinion on this? is anyone else seeing this or something different?

the most frustrating thing for me when playing as captain was telling people where they need to be and in return getting back chat and or no reaction to my advice.

i don't know if it's just me looking into things to much or if we have a general problem with our team attitude!

your comments?!

cheers

scotty.

If these figures are correct then the following players are suspended. Jack B - Jack W - Marian - Mark - Rob - Scott - Tango - Steve Banks. This is obviously half the team so we may have to play with 7 players over the next few games, or even withdraw from games. If this has to happen I will be very angry indeed! Please can yuo pay by Wednesday this week. If you have any serious money issues speak to me before training on Wednesday. you can call me on 07835603273. If yuo ignore it you wont play.

Thanks

Matthew W

Matthew Widdowson (Chairman) £15.00

Craig Hackleton (Coach) £0.00

Dan Homerstone (Coach) £0.00

Bob Taylor (Administration Director) £0.00

Iain Watt (Financial Director) £0.00

Alex Gray £23.00

Damon Burton £10.00

Dan O'Shea £10.00

Dom Berry £5.00

Huw Lewis-Nichol £0.00

Jack Birney £45.00

Jack Ward £25.00

Jordan Hardy £20.00

Marian Floristean £30.00

Mark Cann £40.00

Rob Hill £80.00

Scott Goodall £20.00

Simon Bannister £40.00

Simon Smith £30.00

Steve Banks £20.00

Toby Starkie -£20.00

Gary Liddle £15.00

Lee Mandley £15.00

Matty Painter (Left The Punch) £50.00

Joe Lewington (Left The Punch) £50.00

Total Oustanding £523.00

Sorry mate, just seen your post, I understand you have spoken to Iain.

Bob

Please bring some fucking money on Sunday or I'll be forced to cock slap your mothers while you are all sweating like fucking idiots on a plastic pitch in the middle of Northamptons biggest shit holes!

Love you

Thanks

Black socks and shorts for £2.50 per item at Sports Soccer, therefore, 20 socks and 20 shorts is £100.

Thank you to Craig who pointed out this site, please click on the links below, home and away kits. I will reseach cheap printing.

http://www.kipsta.com/EN/f300-red-white-5640659/#product-details

http://www.kipsta.com/EN/f-300-royal-white-13449193/

£5 per shirt, 30 shirts = £150 or £75 for home kit only.

Printing to follow.

Bob

--- Bob Taylor 

Hey Bob,

I like the shirts and they seem good value. i suggest matching royal or red shorts & Socks, which ever kit is chosen obviously, but it may be hard to find the exact colours. Although best run by matt as he is not keen on white in the kit. could we look at getting both if they are that cheap. One for home one for away maybe?

Ill have a chat with matt and let you know his thoughts. On thining about it, perhaps balck shorts and socks wouldnt look that bad :o)

Can you eamil me those points for my phone calls to pubs? helen_hopkins2007@yahoo.co.uk

Cheers bob

Black socks and shorts for £2.50 per item at Sports Soccer, therefore, 20 socks and 20 shorts is £100.

Thank you to Craig who pointed out this site, please click on the links below, home and away kits. I will reseach cheap printing.

http://www.kipsta.com/EN/f300-red-white-5640659/#product-details

http://www.kipsta.com/EN/f-300-royal-white-13449193/

£5 per shirt, 30 shirts = £150 or £75 for home kit only.

Cheapest printing I've found so far is £4 per shirt, therfore £60 per kit (home and away = £120)

Total cost of one kit: £100 + £75 + £60 = £235

+ £135 for second kit = £370

Bob

Or; Tango gives you brown wings

Black socks and shorts for £2.50 per item at Sports Soccer, therefore, 20 socks and 20 shorts is £100.

Thank you to Craig who pointed out this site, please click on the links below, home and away kits. I will reseach cheap printing.

http://www.kipsta.com/EN/f300-red-white-5640659/#product-details

http://www.kipsta.com/EN/f-300-royal-white-13449193/

£5 per shirt, 30 shirts = £150 or £75 for home kit only.

Printing to follow.

Bob