Hi people,
A lot to take on board this week. The end of a season and the start of a new one raise lots of questions. Its a mixed bag. I'm still excited though and fully committed (possibly to an asylum in South east London very soon).
Good News: We retained our place in the Premier League for next season. A division that will not contain either SWAT or the Dodgy Curries next season as they will be too busy playing Softball. Its going to be more competitive. say it quietly but with a few useful additions to the squad I think we can be in the mix.
Bad news: OH WE ARE AWFUL. Our performance on One Set Wonder night was truly terrible. Losing all of our games against teams in the lower reaches of the lower divisions. I put it down to a combination of 'having nothing to play for', getting on the beers too early, our new 'Unlucky Mascot' Kate Peebles, my worst ever Dodgeball performance and the high standard of the other teams in the lower divisions. The teams who are getting promoted will be good.
Good News: We're launching a 2nd team 'The Really Awful Dodgers'. You may call me crazy but I've been busy recruiting. Loads of new faces next season It should be exciting. One of the new faces will possibly be our 'Unlucky Mascot' Kate whose new role as a player should hopefully negate her negative impact as a spectator.
Bad News: Jeff has joined Sarah Skyte in the naughty corner. Yes that's right. CBBC double act 'Dan and Jeff' have formed formed their own team. The pirate themed Jolly Dodgers. We've lost one of our star players.
Good News: The Really Awful Dodgers have immediately gained a deadly rival. Andy Stedman (to now be known in these pages as CDP - Chief Dodgeball Pervert) is putting them in the same division as Jeff's team of hopeless luvvies. Also, Jeff has been so busy recruiting that he has a surpluss of players and he will be happy to feed them into either of our teams.
Bad News: A lot of our new players may be hopeless luvvies.
Good News: Norm has been busy recruiting new players and I'm happy to announce the star signing of Truman Tang. Norm has told me to put Truman straight into the A side as he's "a three season Dodgeball player in Canada and wears knee pads." Wow!!!!.....and I would have picked him solely on the basis that he has an amazing name!
Bad News: C'mon guys. A lot have you have talked the talk about bringing in new players with very little results. I'm happy to give priority to friends of friends so get recruiting. The challenge is one player from each of you.
Good News: We'll start and end this post in the positive. The 2nd team gives us the opportunity to make sure everyone plays as much as they want too. If you can't make an 'Awful Dodger' game one week there will be a Really Awful Dodger game the next. I'll try and put the 'more experienced' players in the Premier League but I'm happy to mix it up. I'm going to keep the fiances a little tighter this season (at the mo I could be up or down bu £30 or so. I honestly don't know). I'm looking at setting up a 'club bank account' which as well as being used to collect match fees and buy ill fitting T-shirts we can use to book a few socials.
Keep Derby Day free (Saturday the 4th June). We'll do it the cheap way but it should be a blast.
The sun's coming out. Its going to be a good summer. Trust me :-)
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