brooker wrote:
The 2nd team gradually declined over a two seasons going places with minimal a team and reallying on quite a few players over fortys to keep us going and yes it maybe not exactly half a team but losing the quality of them players would cripple any 1st team and with losing woodsy etc tooly and budgy.hardman all jacked in aswell so as with all 2nd teams they are just a feeder for your 1st team when the players are needed and most of the players who had to step up are still playing first team now.
Sorry if you have took offence over my post mentioning thatto, but with alot of players joining you and retirement Brook went into a decline. I was just explaining to another team why we folded and got put in division 6 as at the start of the year, we wouldnt have had a 2nd team luckily for moss bank folding and a few players coming back, lucky for you have 3 teams which we had 5 years ago ,it shows you how quick you can a team can go down hill.
I know when woodsy left as he was my teammate thanks for reminding me how old i am.lol
it makes you wonder why over 5 years you went from 3 teams at oa to 1 and no u18s too. something major must have happened for that to happen.
i didnt take offence to your post, was pointing out that it was over 3 or 4 years that 1 or 2 players a season came to thatto from brook, not half a team in 1 season. this was therefore not a reason your team struggled for numbers and therefore folded a team. thatto wouldnt want that, probably a point that too many teams keep springing up and not enough players available.
keep up the good work at brook, theres been some great games over the years between thatto an brook, pity you didnt enter the st helens cup this year for another derby game. national cup maybe, we wait an see.
