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Oakham Pilgrim

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2022, 04:57:14 PM »
returning to a hybrid training model.... what a poncey way of putting it :)

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2022, 07:06:33 PM »
Lol!

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2022, 09:27:27 AM »
returning to a hybrid training model.... what a poncey way of putting it :)

I believe that's how we also describe our model, to be fair...

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2022, 11:24:51 AM »
returning to a hybrid training model.... what a poncey way of putting it :)

I believe that's how we also describe our model, to be fair...

still poncey :) 
bit like referring to our coalman as being highly involved in mineral distribution....
any way I'll take a helicopter view,  then run it up the flag pole to see who salutes and get back to you  :) 
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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2022, 11:29:11 AM »
Not sure what other words you'd use to describe it!

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2022, 11:30:21 AM »
Not sure what other words you'd use to describe it!
part time???

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2022, 12:13:48 PM »
Ha! Fair. Then again David Newton says himself that Boston run themselves as much like a full-time club as possible without actually being full-time, but what that means in reality is I think an extra training session a week??

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2022, 12:34:46 PM »
Semi professional back in the day

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2022, 07:20:12 PM »
We train Monday and Thursday nights. Used to be Tuesday and Thursday, but we'd lose a session if we had a midweek game - no longer the case, unless it's at BPA on a Monday!
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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2022, 09:37:39 PM »
I think most full time outfits train a few hours most days. Should in theory make a big difference.

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2022, 10:06:29 AM »
Sums up what is wrong about the game - too much money and not necessary being spent wisely. Regional Non-League Teams going full-time? Semi-professional is totally fine for our level of football!
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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2022, 03:23:15 PM »
Anyone know how many are full time in our league?
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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2022, 03:42:22 PM »
Off the top of my head it's York, Fylde, Gateshead(?) and Kidderminster, with Gloucester now moving to their "hybrid" system.

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Re: The perils of going full time
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2022, 05:00:14 PM »
Gateshead definitely are. My mate supports them. He was surprised to learn we wasn't. He and some fellow Gateshead fans were under the impression we were full time. Thanks for the info.
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