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[L/H White]

Us, Oldham, Rotherham, U21s team TBC

[BOWTUN BAKED]

Rather stick pins in my eyes than watch this shite comp.

[L/H White]

12 minutes ago, BOWTUN BAKED said:

Rather stick pins in my eyes than watch this shite comp.

so negative

[Dennis Peacock]

Get out of this competition as quickly as is possible. 

[L/H White]

3 minutes ago, Dennis Peacock said:

Get out of this competition as quickly as is possible. 

it's harder to get knocked out than stay in

[Zico]

1 hour ago, BOWTUN BAKED said:

Rather stick pins in my eyes than watch this shite comp.

I'll stick pins in my eyes then end up watching it anyway because there's nothing else on tv that night

[paulhanley]

Oldham will bring a good few for this - and they'll be hoping for entertainment off the field as well as on it.

 

[tomski]

9 minutes ago, paulhanley said:

Oldham will bring a good few for this - and they'll be hoping for entertainment off the field as well as on it.

 

Surely no one is having a fight over this? 

[Whitesince63]

If it’s used properly to give our fringe and some of the youth an outing it can be a useful competition.  

[tomski]

1 hour ago, Whitesince63 said:

If it’s used properly to give our fringe and some of the youth an outing it can be a useful competition.  

Think the rules block you doing that. I’m sure you have to play x amount from a league game and if not you get fined

Saying that though other clubs seem to know how to get knocked out though. Not sure I’d ever want us to be like that. 
 

Though when we lose in it i can move on incredibly quick.

[Farnywhite]

33 minutes ago, tomski said:

Think the rules block you doing that. I’m sure you have to play x amount from a league game and if not you get fined

6k fine 

[tomski]

3 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:

6k fine 

Joke isn’t it

[gonzo]

3 hours ago, tomski said:

Surely no one is having a fight over this? 

They'll be more likely to be with their buddies is Edinburgh a few weeks before

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

I think the rule on what qualifies a player in this tournament are laxer now than they used to be

It probably wouldn't be that difficult to field our fringe and youth and still avoid the fine

[BOWTUN BAKED]

44 minutes ago, gonzo said:

They'll be more likely to be with their buddies is Edinburgh a few weeks before

Are they not in Dundee that weekend?

[Whitestar]

Isn't there a bit of a Bolton-Oldham alliance these days??

Their top old boy has been spotted hob nobbing with old BWFC faces and there is mutual respect i believe.

[L/H White]

Man City 21s added to our group

Salford, Wigan & Stockport in the same group

[Dimron]

On 25/06/2025 at 18:04, paulhanley said:

Oldham will bring a good few for this - and they'll be hoping for entertainment off the field as well as on it.

 

I hate playing Oldham.

[Traf]

9 minutes ago, Dimron said:

I hate Oldham.

Same

[Dimron]

I can still see that Beckford goal... bloody Joe Royle was more of a Rugby League manager

[Tonge moor green jacket]

On 25/06/2025 at 18:14, tomski said:

Surely no one is having a fight over this? 

One way of keeping warm in the empty breeze block if the evening gets a touch fresh.

 

[kent_white]

I'd just take the 6 grand fine to be honest. I might be more inclined to go and watch it too if some of the fringe players were getting a game.

[Stig]

On 25/06/2025 at 20:31, tomski said:

Think the rules block you doing that. I’m sure you have to play x amount from a league game and if not you get fined

Saying that though other clubs seem to know how to get knocked out though. Not sure I’d ever want us to be like that. 
 

Though when we lose in it i can move on incredibly quick.

Last few years the rules were that you had to play 4 players who had either played the last league game or played the next, or had 40+ career league appearances. It was Evatt's choice to go strong in this competition.

We could have played 7 youth players, Arfield and 3 first teamers. I never understood Evatt going strong in this and then being confused when injuries started stacking up.

[tomski]

38 minutes ago, Stig said:

Last few years the rules were that you had to play 4 players who had either played the last league game or played the next, or had 40+ career league appearances. It was Evatt's choice to go strong in this competition.

We could have played 7 youth players, Arfield and 3 first teamers. I never understood Evatt going strong in this and then being confused when injuries started stacking up.

Didn’t realise it had lightened up so much. Shows what a Wally he was I suppose

[masi 51]

Wonder what the win% would be without this ???