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I am really annoyed that a number of teams are now announced on Friday.  Thursday team selections go back to forever. Who can forget Lou Richards, Jack Dyer & Bob Davis on Thursday nights.  

Its annoying & makes tipping difficult. Alan Richardson mentioned that the team had been selected yesterday afternoon so there are no excuses for the delay. 

 

  

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31 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

I am really annoyed that a number of teams are now announced on Friday.  Thursday team selections go back to forever. Who can forget Lou Richards, Jack Dyer & Bob Davis on Thursday nights.  

Its annoying & makes tipping difficult. Alan Richardson mentioned that the team had been selected yesterday afternoon so there are no excuses for the delay. 

 

  

You sound cranky, franky. Don’t worry, it grinds my gears and gets my goat too. 

We’ve played on a Wednesday and then again on the Sunday, it’s obviously an odd season and we’re lucky to have had one at all. I’ll take team announcement on a Tuesday at 3am. 

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5 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

I am really annoyed that a number of teams are now announced on Friday.  Thursday team selections go back to forever. Who can forget Lou Richards, Jack Dyer & Bob Davis on Thursday nights.  

Its annoying & makes tipping difficult. Alan Richardson mentioned that the team had been selected yesterday afternoon so there are no excuses for the delay. 

 

  

Life could be worse, Franky. We could be in the midst of a pandemic.

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10 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

I am really annoyed that a number of teams are now announced on Friday.  Thursday team selections go back to forever. Who can forget Lou Richards, Jack Dyer & Bob Davis on Thursday nights.  

Its annoying & makes tipping difficult. Alan Richardson mentioned that the team had been selected yesterday afternoon so there are no excuses for the delay. 

 

  

We play on Thursday next week, when should that team be announced, and for the game the Monday after that? You've just to get used to everything this season being done differently. 

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2 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Strong drink in large amounts solves most issues Franky!!

Ahh Alcohol....

 

both the cause and cure of most of life’s problems :cool:

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1 hour ago, Cranky Franky said:

I am really annoyed that a number of teams are now announced on Friday.  Thursday team selections go back to forever. Who can forget Lou Richards, Jack Dyer & Bob Davis on Thursday nights.  

Its annoying & makes tipping difficult. Alan Richardson mentioned that the team had been selected yesterday afternoon so there are no excuses for the delay. 

 

  

Most supporters are too young to have seen them and maybe those who were old enough are now in cognitive decline. So, in short, the answer to your question might be "everyone".

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1 hour ago, Cranky Franky said:

Exactly.  Life is one long groundhog day.  At least I could look forward to 6.30pm Thursday.  Now even that has been taken from us.

As long as we win that makes my life better than the Pandemic CF.   A win is the best medicine.

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Yes CF I was actually limping around the house by Monday morning.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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2 minutes ago, Pollyanna said:

the new "day before" set-up plays havoc with Fantasy football

And presumably it impacts on betting. For this reason alone, I expect normal service (ie, Thursday night teams' announcements) will be resumed next year, or, a least when we get back to a "normal" football season.

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15 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yesterday's game, dorks vs bummers would have been interesting with team announced after game had finished  ?

There's always a comedian about isn't there.

Obviously for games being played on or before Thursday they should be named 24hrs before the ball up but for all other games the teams could & should be announced Thursday - like I said Richardson let slip that the team had been selected last night.  

 

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I'm with you on this @Cranky Franky. 

No teams announcement on a Thursday night really messes up the natural rhythm of my week.  And it provides something more to argue about on Demonland for an extra day or so.

Totally understand why it wouldn't be announced on this day for games that arn't played on a Friday - Sunday, but I've been looking for the team on a Thursday night the past few weeks and come up empty handed and disappointed.  It's not like it's ever anything like the final team on a Thursday anyways, so I don't just see why they didn't stick with normal practice.

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With the team selected, I'd like to know who's going to kick any goals for us this week as T.Mac and Fritsch are getting dropped and the selection committee can blame themselves for Harmes getting the flick as they and many of us have got no idea as to why they've kept playing him in the backline when clearly he's needed as a lock down player in the midfield. Oh that's right we don't tag anymore. Especially when the opposition runs 4 or 5 premium mids deep. Saints will have a field day as were slow as a wet week. Oh Lordy. 

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4 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Strong drink in large amounts solves most issues Franky!!

Well, we can't drink the water. ?

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I agree it would be nice if games on Fri, Sat and Sun were announced on Thurs but in a season like this what's the point? It becomes a rule that doesn't make sense unless every single game announced the teams 2 days in advance. So if you're playing a Tues night game it's Sun, unless it's Fri it will be Thurs, because you know, we have to have our memorable thurs announcement ?

If I were a selector these rules would seriously be pointless. 

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