Tourney: London League V

^^H-Bomb, move it to the rules thread? I agree on 5 mins instead of 10 like we said today but that discussion belongs somewhere else...

Mat, you're lucky I'm not writing '(Money, Weed, Envy)' after every post, too!

Modding the mod? Repped!

^^H-Bomb, move it to the rules thread? I agree on 5 mins instead of 10 like we said today but that discussion belongs somewhere else...

beagle i have your campag groupset siting in my room, care to take it off me? I work in Swiss Cottage so you can come get it there in the daytime or ill be at south polo tomorrow...

Mat, you're lucky I'm not writing '(Money, Weed, Envy)' after every post, too!

Ha. Ha. Just some might think it was COSMIC thing. Hey Cam?

I thought you were on holiday? Stop winging on the internet!

South tomorrow sounds awesome! Will see ya there then.

beagle i have your campag groupset siting in my room, care to take it off me? I work in Swiss Cottage so you can come get it there in the daytime or ill be at south polo tomorrow...

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Talking about rules, a couple of issues regarding the ruleset weere raised from this weekends games.

**1) **Firstly, yesterday, with 15 seconds to go in the first half, Boagey was on the ball behind our goal, and someone took his wheel out with a mallet.

I would only say that perhaps we should've had a little extra time over the first half, say an extra minute (taking it to 31 minutes) to continue the advantage that we'd lost. We did have a good advantage, having possession of the ball and right next to your goal. I don't feel that it was a slight advantage as you imply.

Also, can somebody please define 'ball joint' for me. I got penalised for scooping the ball up and around my front wheel and scoring off it within the offensive half. The reason being it was called a 'ball joint'. I had always assumed a 'ball joint' is dragging the ball between mallet and ground and that this now isn't allowed in the offensive half. A definition here would help me understand if I can carry on playing like this or if I should adapt.

I do feel a little that the Bees got penalised a lot in that game; mis-called ball joint and goal, goals that were called as out, mallets under wheels and no turnover. Not having a go, just that was my impression. (didn't help that it was so leafy!). Thanks for reffing Jordan.

Well, but having the ball behind our goal is still a long way from scoring. All I mean is that it wasn't really enough for a penalty or sending someone off. In the normal situation I think turnover would be enough, which is what you got, just the time was about to run out.

But it's another reason for stopping at the next break in play, rather than 30 minutes on the dot, then you would have had as much time as you needed to make that advantage count.

But it's still the same issue at 60 minute, of course.

Regarding ball joints. Yes, a scoop is not a ball joint. You just can't put downward pressure on the ball using the open end. So that shouldn't have been called.

But unless my memory is failing me, you didn't score off it right? Didn't it just dribble in front of goal, and we got possession anyway? That's why I didn't really get what all the fuss was about, as if anything the call punished us, as we couldn't break.

But it's possible I remember it incorrectly.

In addition nobody told me it was a scoop (I didn't see it). If they had, I would have told Jordan it was an incorrect call, I just thought he'd called a ball joint, and you guys were saying it wasn't.

The goal that wasn't given was called over by both myself and Jordan. I can honestly say I called that over to the best of my ability. That doesn't mean it wasn't a goal, and you guys may have been unlucky with that decision. That's just somewhere were cones aren't satisfactory.

I got penalised for scooping the ball up and around my front wheel and scoring off it within the offensive half.

Sounds awesome.

This is bike hockey, not lacrosse.

It was awesome. I'm pretty sure it was a goal. If it wasn't, then my memory is deluding me!

Yeah, it was a scoop, but definitely no goal scored from it. You scoop passed the ball in front of goal, not much happened, then Jordan called a foul and we got possession.

I was the one who fouled Bogey. It was an accident, but it was clearly a foul and I could/should have taken a 30 second penalty. I hate it when it happens to me.

This is bike hockey, not lacrosse.

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Well, ladee da dee da, excuse in our favor, etc, don't think anything of a rule i wrote when it falls in our favor, blah de blah de blah, it was just luck from anyone but us, a small, slight, nearly, not quite i'll just keep talking bollocks and patronizing tones and making up rules as i go along that weren't voted on and so on and so on. Such power i have, see the size of my 3 balls?! Yes thats right they are massive. All fucking three of them! Sorry but anything you say i will disagree with, will never give up, see it your way or relinquish my viewpoint if it advantages me in any way. I am your father luke. Cops do not change their mind, end of story.

Any one ever read the Emperors new clothes?

Yeah, it was a scoop, but definitely no goal scored from it. You scoop passed the ball in front of goal, not much happened, then Jordan called a foul and we got possession.

I was the one who fouled Bogey. It was an accident, but it was clearly a foul and I could/should have taken a 30 second penalty. I hate it when it happens to me.

I dont think you can score of a scoop anyway.. ? My disappointment in you guys is that Josh was the only one who called goals down your end. I scored one that you called no to Andy, even though i shot past you, it hit the foot of the inside of the cone *behind you. Where you could never have seen it. Josh called it straight away and JohnH over ruled him. Thats just bad sportsmanship. I called 2 goals that were blatent 50/50. Because I figure if it hits the inside of the cone you have to give it. name one contentious point that you guys thought disadvantaged you? I count at least 3 from you guys.

Apart form that, i thought you and Josh and Zoe played brilliantly. Especially Zoe, she cut out so many balls in mid field and her tactical awareness is spot on. Josh was unplayable at times. Scored about 6 goals in a row in a 5 minute period.

Tuesday Nov 20th, 8pm at Newington: Alakazam! vs Chukker's Evil Opportunity Fuckers

Due to popular demand, this has been moved to Mitch, at 7:30pm.

Popular demand?

And now...the moment you've all been waiting for. The curious write-up of the Killer Bess vs. Alakazam! game. Full of mystery reffing and bewilderment it was a horse race. The teams seemed in a headlock with Killer Bees scoring first but quickly answered by Alakazam!, and then Bees! but wait, no! it's 'Kazam! Bees! 'Zam! BBBZZZ!

Bogey :49 1-0
Josh 1:35 1-1
Lebowski 5:14 1-2
Bogey 10:39 2-2
Lebowski 12:30 2-3
Bogey 13:20 3-3
Bogey 17:29 4-3
Josh 18:10 4-4
Bogey 19:15 5-4
Lebowski 20:15 5-5
Josh 20:52 5-6
Brendan 21:30 6-6
Brendan 22:49 7-6
Josh 24:28 7-7
Lebowski 27:19 7-8
Josh 28:03 7-9

Halftime

Josh 33:13 7-10
Josh 34:52 7-11
Brendan 38:43 8-11
Josh 39:30 8-12
Brendan 42:00 9-12
Lebowski 42:16 9-13
Bogey 42:40 10-13
Brendan 43:09 11-13
Josh 45:11 11-14
Josh 45:54 11-15
Josh 48:14 11-16
Brendan 55:32 12-16
Bogey 56:03 13-16
Josh 56:44 13-17
Bogey 57:00 14-17
Bogey 58:30 15-17

I made a few questionable calls. I penalized a scoop as a ball joint. My bad, but Alakazam got possession from the pass. I saw the questionable goal as a no goal. There were no goal refs. 30 minutes passed, play had died. I reffed football (soccer), I would have called that play dead in soccer too. Didn't realize that an incidental mallet wheel is a 30 second. I should have. I recommend to everybody, whether you plan on reffing or not, to read the rules. I also recommend that everybody refs a game. I think that will keep ref winging to a minimum.

Didn't realize that an incidental mallet wheel is a 30 second..

It's not, if you do it off the ball, and it doesn't affect play, it's nothing.

If you do it in front of goal, with no goalkeeper, it could be a penalty, and maybe a 5 minute powerplay (if they miss).

Given the situation (behind the goal, we had 2 defenders in place) I think a turnover was the right call, it's more the ruleset which doesn't give a satisfactory result for that, given that the time was running out. It's something I'll try and work into the next version.

Thanks for coming down, you did a great job.

Thanks for coming down, you did a great job.

This. To all refs

thanks for the write up Jordan.

I can't see the six goals that josh scored in a row. More underhandedness?