Moseley 16 Rotherham 20

[coverdale]

Jonno ive followed all your posts today and you are totally entitled to have your say...but i have to say, inspite of what you say i do sense a great deal of bitterness there mate. I will be totally honest and say i actually dont know enough about the subject which you have been commenting on so i cant really get too involved in this one. All i will say is that in my experience clubs which have teams all through the age groups generally benefit more than those that dont and ultimately reep the rewards from them. i do believe that we should be looking after these kids and grooming them for better things so that ultimately we will find amongst them perhaps a future star or even at least some talent that we can bring through the ranks and eventually into the first 15.
I would however, like to hear some constructive ideas and what you think needs to be done and how you think we can do it....There`s been a lot of criticism over the past few days...which i hold my hands up to also, but i think we need to put some ideas forward and try to work something viable out......

[ale]

But Jon, we are a Championship club and have been for a good while, so i am going to take exception to that comment, sure we lack facilities, sure we lack support, sure we lack funding, but we clearly don't lack passion. It is desperately disappointing that our changing facilities are referred to in that way, but not a great surprise. We were forced into a bad corridor, University didn't work, and Billesly was the saving grace, (not a good one in my opinion, but hey ho, we are still there). Holders Lane development was the true way ahead in my view, but councillor officials couldn't agree.

[jonnoisgod]

Dec 3, 2012 18:32:57 GMT coverdale said:

Jonno ive followed all your posts today and you are totally entitled to have your say...but i have to say, inspite of what you say i do sense a great deal of bitterness there mate. I will be totally honest and say i actually dont know enough about the subject which you have been commenting on so i cant really get too involved in this one. All i will say is that in my experience clubs which have teams all through the age groups generally benefit more than those that dont and ultimately reep the rewards from them. i do believe that we should be looking after these kids and grooming them for better things so that ultimately we will find amongst them perhaps a future star or even at least some talent that we can bring through the ranks and eventually into the first 15.
I would however, like to hear some constructive ideas and what you think needs to be done and how you think we can do it....There`s been a lot of criticism over the past few days...which i hold my hands up to also, but i think we need to put some ideas forward and try to work something viable out......

Coverdale , I promise you the only thing that makes me bitter is the people at Mose who think the club is great and beyond criticism and that its still 1970 .
With regards to the junior section , a first teamer should be alloted each Sunday to each age group to coach and work with them . A"Golden Group " of selected u15 , 16 ,17 s should train togethor once a month with , Colts and First Team coaches on fitness , skills etc , plus give them the kit for free . They should be groomed until Colts rugby , then the exceptional ones invited to join a first team session a couple of times per month , make them feel wanted and part of the club so they want to stay
Give a free ticket each week to every mini /junior who wants one plus let a parent in for a tenner , serve kids food at a good price , there are so many ways to involve the kids but im afraid Mose seem oblivious to it .

[grooveavenue]

Crickey Observer. I didn't think we were quite at the church hall flower arranging club status with your request to me to produce publicity materials! Our plight needs a serious marketing strategy for the second half to the season! Did somebody else comment that they could not see what a difference a few posters around the place would make. P.S.- Don't tell our programme advertisers - a serious income stream. Posters can be cheap (our printer may confirm?!!!). Those who are on the publicity side should be aware of the best local websites to promote the club - it may be free!

It all begins to sound like it really is flower arranging we are talking about here. I had believed that quite recent appointments in the club were in place to up the interest in Moseley Rugby.

I think we all have to hope that there will be some comments from "upstairs" about all the issues raised in the many pages we have all filled here over the past few days. As far as I am concerned perhaps we have spent too much time on the off field issues and I know i have been guilty even with post. Blimey all of this from a narrow defeat! We do care you know!

So whats the plan?

Oh! and COME ON MOZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[philhall]

I note all of the comments - good and bad - and I will put some thought into "forward planning" for the Moseley team performance - as seems to be the in phrase at the moment. But first I must discuss with Pam the finer arts of my own personal performance in regard to Yorkshire charm and seduction and - ultimately - lustful conquest. Once I get that right, not nearly but - each and every time - I might be in a position to suggest something constructive for the team performance. Oooooh la la.

[observer]

Dec 3, 2012 17:34:41 GMT jonnoisgod said:

Observer , once again you show us what is so wrong with Mose , youve had a go at everyone who has only been telling the truth , I not bother to answer you again until the end of the season when your beloved club are relegated and then the following season when they go down again which with such charismatic characters there as you is a formality !

Hi Jonnoisgod,
I don't want to antagonise you or anyone else. So I read through all your articles again to see if I got the wrong end of the stick or did anything to warrant the insults from you.

I'm happy to be corrected but on reflection I would post the same replies again.

As far as I can tell (and I realise that often the written word doesn’t get the message across accurately) you've simply listed grievances or 'they should' do this/that and not posted anything resembling a way forward.

From my look through your posts, you're

• Not happy at paying £50 for M&J Subs (less than £2 a week?),
• Want a free tracksuit,
• Want free playing kit,
• Better changing rooms,
• More former M&Js in the 1st team,
• Less ‘Mercenaries’ in the 1st team
• U17 side to be re-formed,
• U20s to be disbanded
• 1st XV players to coach M&Js,
• Club officials to watch your lad's matches,
• Free Christmas parties,
• Pot holes fixed
• Better food
• No dogs on the common (or at least someone else to clean up before matches)
• Better clubhouse
• Free or subsidised tickets for 1st team games

Now I’m not saying all of the above have no merit –but it’s a mighty wish list to demand.
How about just taking a couple of these and put together a plan to rectify/improve?

[John]

I enjoyed the game on Saturday; I thought the team looked comitted, but fell short on the day against Roth. I was hopeful of a win right up until the final whistle having said that. We went in ahead at half time and it was sloppy to concede so quickly in the second, but that mistake aside we were fighting for the win until the end.

[John]

Westcountry Mose, I might be wrong but I am pretty sure I saw Mr Robinson Snr driving along Wheelers lane towards the club last Wednesday morning, so maybe he has already offered a few coaching tips?

[observer]

Dec 4, 2012 14:54:30 GMT John said:

Westcountry Mose, I might be wrong but I am pretty sure I saw Mr Robinson Snr driving along Wheelers lane towards the club last Wednesday morning, so maybe he has already offered a few coaching tips?

Or lost his way from the usual #11 route down Brook Lane?

[kingsheathlad]

Grooveavenue.

It was me who posted yesterday about posters.

What i was trying to say was , that by putting posters up at locations in the Birmingham area , i could not see that attracting people who had never been to Moseley before. If someone was interested in seeing the game but say had moved to the local area, and was interersted in see rugby matches, then i would have thought that they would look at local rugby fixtures to see when moseley were playing, in local press, Internet etc.

[willow]

Is it possible to have an injury update? Who and when are they likely to be fit to play.

[fas175]

As far as I could tell injuries looked like King, Hayter, Powell, Mather??, Pienarr after Saturday.