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Re: MLS 2018
Well in most leagues they get the offside call right so yeah. He was behind the ball. https://mobile.twitter.com/stuholden/status/980194246769520640/photo/1 https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/law_11_offside_en_47383.pdf and foul should've been called on his first goal... LAG p...
Re: MLS 2018
Well in most leagues they get the offside call right so yeah. He was behind the ball. https://mobile.twitter.com/stuholden/status/980194246769520640/photo/1 https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/law_11_offside_en_47383.pdf and foul should've been called on his first goal... LAG p...
- Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
nearly 40 text messages and counting.. all because i would not vote to cancel today's training sessions since last night(9p) i'm generally all for playing as long as its above freezing without rain. the kids are generally fine (u9 and above, so no 'little' kids) with the right gear on -- the parents...
- Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:42 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 2500
- Views: 124315
Re: The Weather
here we go again! we didn't lose power the last time around. only cable and internet for 5 days. both the Mrs and the boy were distraught at lack of tv and wifi (sprint sucks by us, as it does many places, but that's a rant for another thread) .. lost a lot of trees.. that saddened me.. going to mis...
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:37 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
I need to fire off a bunch of emails tonight because the league insists on starting play on 3/11, but no one who plays on grass (including our club) will play that early. Every fucking spring. Mnyjsa? Yeah... New website is worse than the old one (so far). What is the new website? I can't find it a...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
website ... has caused me all sorts of pain the last month flighting got all messed up scheduling has been useless lots of teams with no contacts as much as i like our rvp.... i can't believe the answers we're getting at one point i was told that our teams were mis-flighted because many teams hadn't...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:32 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
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Who is the guy running the BH program? is it Mick?
Who is the guy running the BH program? is it Mick?
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
yeah.. rbs is red bull -- we've had good experiences with them -- have tried out for their 8 week sessions as well and made it twice - these are really good, all require a tryout- and all lead to their academy teams - their clinics can be hit or miss -- usually depends on kids level as they tend to ...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
my two cents.. leave her in travel another year at least. academies (red bulls, cedar stars, pda) other high level programs (NJ Elite) and clubs (copa, jersey knigths,valencia, etc.) -- are all for-profit business... so of course they want your kids as quickly as possible. reality.. if she's good en...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
i stopped playing and managing my old club a few years ago -- it was an over 30s but i was overmatched in terms of fitness.. so now... we rent an indoor facility in town ... 20 guys.. saturday mornings 730a... $15 a game if not one of the regulars... and playing over 40s and sometimes guest player o...
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:03 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
- Replies: 40
- Views: 823
Re: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
your bets weren't big enough.
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:37 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
- Replies: 40
- Views: 823
Re: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
Now it gets real
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:00 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
- Replies: 40
- Views: 823
Re: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
back to reality.
i knew he had the king. but was committed and had to try.
oh well.
i knew he had the king. but was committed and had to try.
oh well.
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:10 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 2500
- Views: 124315
Re: The Weather
cold spell and bunch of ice a couple of days ago..so New Orleans is pretty shut down. luckly my flight home is early in the morning (guess, Harrah's poker room awaits me). but no water in the hotel since last night.. i thought i'd spend a week down here away from the teens in nj... nope.
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
- Replies: 40
- Views: 823
Re: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
yeah, got on a lucky run lately. early on not so much, wasn't getting hands and the ones i was , got crushed. this is the longest i've stuck around this tourney.
good luck!
good luck!
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:42 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
- Replies: 40
- Views: 823
Re: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
If I put you all in on the river, do you call?
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:07 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
- Replies: 40
- Views: 823
Re: WRGPT 27 - slowest poker tournament ever
Yep.
First time I see a swamper at the table...
First time I see a swamper at the table...
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Jeeves needs (nah, wants) a new tablet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 127
Re: Jeeves needs (nah, wants) a new tablet
YEAH.. not big on the iAnything. i do have an old ipod.. but that's it.
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Jeeves needs (nah, wants) a new tablet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 127
Jeeves needs (nah, wants) a new tablet
yeah.. don't really 'need it'... but somehow feel like i really want to improve. curently using a Nook Samsung Tab E -- that will go to the boy who is still playing with my old samsun tab A.. looking at the microsoft surface pro (just came back from costco) -- at $999 including keyboard/cover (curre...
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Cord cutting?
- Replies: 477
- Views: 35359
Re: Cord cutting?
seems with an antenna+netflix+ hulu(sling) i should be ok for all channels we watch. BEIN has their own thing. definitely less than what we pay cablevision...
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:22 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Cord cutting?
- Replies: 477
- Views: 35359
Re: Cord cutting?
greetings and salutations from the jersey frozen tundra. the missus has finally come to see the light... fuck cablevision (but not for the internet, although likely putting in my own modem) what's the better option? i claim no real knowledge here. she thinks the firestick the way to go. i know with ...
- Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Which of you live in New Jersey?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 758
Re: Which of you live in New Jersey?
weekend is a bust.
family from out of town -- cancelled
missus just left back sunday
just me and the boy -- so as far as meeting up for pints.. kind of hard unless you guys come to town.
family from out of town -- cancelled
missus just left back sunday
just me and the boy -- so as far as meeting up for pints.. kind of hard unless you guys come to town.
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Checkmate, Bitches! The Chess and other Board Games Thread
- Replies: 477
- Views: 61633
Re: Checkmate, Bitches! The Chess and other Board Games Thread
i'm in. still suck.
- Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:33 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Which of you live in New Jersey?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 758
Re: Which of you live in New Jersey?
I'm flying into Philly on the 3rd. I'll be doing pre deployment training at McGuire AFB through the 21st. I'll have a rental. Now, I probably won't be able to get off base much during the week if at all, but the two weekends I'm there should be fine. Who's free? Are we talking December? I think I'm...
- Thu Nov 09, 2017 1:53 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
This week's travel soccer club quandary.. brought to you by... anyway. questions flying around this week are when to cancel training and/or games due to weather. had a parent coach tell me we should cancel all training tomorrow night because it will be in the 30s, and hey, COPA holds no activiites w...
- Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
last year i coached a u12 boys team. we had 16. that meant 7 on the bench. the league has a requirement that kids play certain amount of time over the season (so does our club, but that's a whole 'nother rant). i had two assistants -- one of them held a tablet each game - used a time keeping app fo...
- Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:04 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
a couple of thoughts... last year i coached a u12 boys team. we had 16. that meant 7 on the bench. the league has a requirement that kids play certain amount of time over the season (so does our club, but that's a whole 'nother rant). i had two assistants -- one of them held a tablet each game - use...
- Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:51 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Towns in North Jersey Discussion Thread ...
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- Views: 47309
Re: The OFFICIAL Towns in North Jersey Discussion Thread ...
Giff wrote:How is it even a thing that needs explaining in 2017? "I know that guy off a sports message board." "Ah, gotcha."
wait.
this is supposed to be a sports message board?
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
Been wanting to ask some advice on the recent complaints we got from 2 parents, but I don't have time right now. My wife took a couple short videos of a game 3 weeks ago, and I was shocked at all of the screaming from our parents. I said, "no wonder the kids don't listen, they are being told t...
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:42 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
, but I think we need to lay down the law, and limit parents from coaching. yep. nail.on.head. we intend to pass a resolution at our next meeting in November -- beginning in 2018, all new teams will be fully coached by trainers. All other teams will be given the option --as the cost will be higher,...
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Trump Administration Meltdown Thread...
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- Views: 161913
Re: Trump Administration Meltdown Thread...
why do you hate Colombians?
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:00 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
so the coach will speak to the parent tonight... and compare stories... more to come i'm sure. the SAGE email the league sent in sept and most ignored.. i've now resent it to all of our members... and posted about the importance of SAGE on the fb page (only to have one of our coaches ask why bother ...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
we have no power but the power of shame... and the fact that we can kick his kid out of the club. hell, i'll even give those people a refund as long as they gtfo. it's a small town.... the couple of issues we've had in the 5+ yrs i've been involved.. those parents left the club pretty quick. with li...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
so first board meeting scheduled for tonight. packed agenda. mostly getting everyone to understand their roles (3 new people on the board, 3 others changed roles)... and understand that we're going to run these as if we're getting paid... so agendas, minutes, action items, etc... but as we're all vo...
- Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:43 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
HaulCitgo wrote:You might invest some of those fees on D&O insurance
already have that.
- Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:28 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
so at last nights board meeting i was elected club president.. let the fun begin... we have no bylaws (at least not a complete set) -- so the process of adding volunteers to the board (13 positions, only 6 on the board) is murky at best... we have a quit a tidy sum of cash in the bank.. but no one ...
Re: MLS 2017
decisions, decisions... to renew or not... 2 year season ticket holder to NYRedbull... NJ swampers -- i know it came up before? any interest in coming in with me on these? i have three seats.. if i go by results on the pitch.. no.. but i do like going to futbol.. plus i've made up some money by gett...
- Fri Sep 29, 2017 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
- Replies: 768
- Views: 84379
Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
so at last nights board meeting i was elected club president.. let the fun begin... we have no bylaws (at least not a complete set) -- so the process of adding volunteers to the board (13 positions, only 6 on the board) is murky at best... we have a quit a tidy sum of cash in the bank.. but no one h...