Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:35 pm  

C'mon
If the Cubs change their name to Keighley ALBION Cubs then,
hey presto no problem. play all you want !
After all the man who took cougars 2001 into extinction is still there and he's an albion man, so is one of the new guys (cougars 2010)
So just go with the flow.

Or, find a new venue and keep your identity and dignity.

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:37 pm  

Well i look at it this way,if u18s cannot play at Cougar Park on Friday,Silsden fc should
not play their game on Saturday. Sooner Silsden go the better.

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:45 pm  

Like I said, We, the cubs, should play all our u18's home games at Utley from now on. At least we know then weather we can or cant play.

And the bar takings?. That would be Cougars loss & The Shoulders gain. Like it has been with the rest of the cubs teams, mine included which are the under 9's & 10's.

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:49 pm  

cougarbar member wrote:

Well i look at it this way,if u18s cannot play at Cougar Park on Friday,Silsden fc should
not play their game on Saturday. Sooner Silsden go the better.

Silsden are away on saturday. And I agree with what you say, & I live in silsden.

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:35 am  

I understand that an approach is being made to Bradford Bulls to have the game played as a Curtain Raiser to their home game versus St Helens (first team) on Sunday.

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:35 am  

An own goal by the Cougars management, then; all those potential next-generation fans linking up with the bulls and Odsal, instead of Cougars and Cougar Park.
I thought we were trying to build a bigger fanbase..?

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:45 am  

Out Of order playing the game at Dulls ground.
Why not play their game (18s) after the Workington match?
This as been done before. It's a few years ago now since this happend.
What do you think?

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:46 am  

It’s very poor form that the cubs are being treated like this. Not a good start for the new Cougar regime.

Two interesting questions arise:

1) Who at the Cougars has made this decision and why?

2) Is the decision to approach Bradford Bulls in the true interests of the cubs or is it a personal points scoring exercise?

I would have gone to watch the under 18’s at Cougar Park, and had a few beers to boot, but I definitely will not go to watch them at the Bulls.

Not wanting to ruffle any feathers but I get the impression that there has been two way personal animosities between certain people at the cougars and at the cubs. It’s a shame this gets in the way of common sense.

I hope the new board extend a hand of friendship but that will require those at the cubs to do the same.

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:10 am  

cougarbar member wrote:

Out Of order playing the game at Dulls ground.
Why not play their game (18s) after the Workington match?
This as been done before. It's a few years ago now since this happend.
What do you think?

The bulls thing was a wind up and even I fell for it.

The game has to be played on friday because Barrow have made their arrangements so an alternative venue with floodlights is been looked for, which may mean the game will have to be played out of town, as i think the only amature grounds with floodlights are Stanningley & Dudley Hill. The union club has lights, but not sure how good they are.

Re: under 18s v Barrow Laikers on Friday Night : Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:21 pm  

Hi all

Just to let you all know the main reason why the game had to be played elsewhere was because the 1st team and reserves are all training on the pitch on Friday night. The pitch and the fact that the changing rooms will not be ready are also a factor.
Silsden reserves are due to play here on Saturday but that will also be cancelled.

The club work really hard at trying to accommodate all clubs and games but the 1st team matches have to take priority.

Thanks, Helen