I certainly won't flame anything you have just written and I completely agree with you because it is some of that very same young talent that I will be asking to come play with Nexus next year.jj igotcha said:understood completely what you meant about gun cheats, and i didn't mean for a minute you were in danger of being relegated this year from the CPL. however i do think you maybe being slightly over cynical with regards to the effort some people put in. i'm a bit long in the tooth to have any pro aspirations, so i play totally for fun but i get down to dartford every now and again and there is always a hardcore group of the same players working at their game. that said (and i'm not arse licking here) the nexus guys seem to spend more time there than anyone else, whether they be doing drills between the 3 or 4 of them there or playing games against the ducks/method uk contingent or the tigers. maybe the other teams training sessions are not so structured but there seems to be a genuine willingness to learn from the other players who are there, daves young M5 team are a good example of this committment as he works them hard not only on the field but also works on their fitness levels etc. maybe the new dawn the back end of last year between the uk's pro teams need to go a step further and encourage a more integrated training regime for the benefit of all the teams. i know you will always have the wannabe pros who worry more about what they look like than there game and thier only motivation is that pro ball is free ball but i honestly think we shouldn't be so quick to write off some of the promising young talent we have in this country.
flame away
I have already got information on some bright young players scattered across the country and I will be going out to various events (PA (if they let me in), NSPL and so on) to take a look at what's out there.
I think I will also be holding trials (if there is enough interest) like I did the first time where we had something like 150 people turn up.
I never ignored, or wrote off that small band of committed players that are most definitely out there in the UK but I was always referring to a much wider context and the guys we are now talking about are a very small minority.
