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@punkture
bloody hell paul stop this. You didnt raise any objections to yorgo (who as previously said started polo in London) or alex (who played in tourneys representing manchester before you had picked up a mallet) playing. Nor did you raise an objection to chan skippering the team and while in hindsight the selection of captain/manager could have been done more democratically, noone at the time seemed to have an issue and chan was happy to do what in reality is a thankless task -ie leave people out.
You need to be realistic, while a Bench Minor style tourney means that the whole 'inclusive' polo thing goes by the wayside to make way for a much more 'sporty' and meritocratic attitude (which im not sure i like), to enter yourself into a draft is to accept this and to ask someone to rate you against others. Dont be upset if their rating doesnt tally with yours. From my way of looking at it there were around 6 shoe ins on that list and the rest of us were much of a muchness and i was totally read to be left off the list in favour of a fair few. Chan thought differently and still had to make a decision. Deal with it
if you really want to play in a tourney abroad, form a team and go play in Rouen if theres still registration open
also:
5) Paul turns out to be not so full of Chuckles
i laughed