Bertrum:
You just hit the problems of the CAT system on the head - cup play (leaving aside the challenge of playing for promotion/relegation). I know it is the rules provincially, blah, blah, blah.... but.......
All season long CAT and Premier players move back and forth until cup play and the system is gone. What fcuking sense is that? Why have a CAT system if it is gone when you most need it? Late in the year for many teams cards and injuries catch up and that is when you need reserve players like in the pro leagues these guys are trying to imitate.
The dilemma is: do you have a full CAT team so there is no room for Premier guys needing a game to play down or have no cup run for the CAT guys (like us at Sapperton) as we can barely field a team for cup. Last year we played Div. 1 Cup and had no subs for any of the games. The prior year we played Imperial (one game) and to field 11 had to sign a player only to lose 5-4 to Peg Olys and be out in 1 game.
If CAT is going to continue these issues have to be addressed but I doubt they will. Vision is not one of the strong points of BC soccer types.
Rex:
Ask your CAT players who cannot play for promotion/relegation if they want to have nothing in the way of a meaningful cup to play for. We ended up as Sapperton's CAT team and that was the single biggest issue for the players - no promotion and the relegation issue. The prior year we finished with 23 points in 18 games and had a fight in Div. 1 VMSL with Sikh Temple to avoid the relegation playoff with Bosna. We tied that last game and Sikh Temple went on to the playoff winning it in PKs. That is exciting for bottom teams but nothing like that happens in CAT.
You just hit the problems of the CAT system on the head - cup play (leaving aside the challenge of playing for promotion/relegation). I know it is the rules provincially, blah, blah, blah.... but.......
All season long CAT and Premier players move back and forth until cup play and the system is gone. What fcuking sense is that? Why have a CAT system if it is gone when you most need it? Late in the year for many teams cards and injuries catch up and that is when you need reserve players like in the pro leagues these guys are trying to imitate.
The dilemma is: do you have a full CAT team so there is no room for Premier guys needing a game to play down or have no cup run for the CAT guys (like us at Sapperton) as we can barely field a team for cup. Last year we played Div. 1 Cup and had no subs for any of the games. The prior year we played Imperial (one game) and to field 11 had to sign a player only to lose 5-4 to Peg Olys and be out in 1 game.
If CAT is going to continue these issues have to be addressed but I doubt they will. Vision is not one of the strong points of BC soccer types.
Rex:
Ask your CAT players who cannot play for promotion/relegation if they want to have nothing in the way of a meaningful cup to play for. We ended up as Sapperton's CAT team and that was the single biggest issue for the players - no promotion and the relegation issue. The prior year we finished with 23 points in 18 games and had a fight in Div. 1 VMSL with Sikh Temple to avoid the relegation playoff with Bosna. We tied that last game and Sikh Temple went on to the playoff winning it in PKs. That is exciting for bottom teams but nothing like that happens in CAT.