THE EDMONTON ROVERS FORUM
Due to some players not being able to pay their Annual Subs (or turn up to explain themselves after recent disappearances !) because of the postponement of our Pre-Season Friendly against North West Neasden, it is likely that Trevor will not be able to name a definite squad for our first League match this coming Sunday until after our 7-a-side League match this coming Thursday night (to give players a chance to 'impress' in that, to pay their Annual Subs, or to prove their fitness).
The way it stands at the moment, we have the following 15 players available for this Sunday who are fit, recently reliable, and have paid their Annual Subs:
Simon Jackson (GK)
Darryl Johnson (GK)
Alan Barnard
Terry Moore
Martin Loveday
Stuart Dorward
Rob Brown
Scott Jenkins
Tem Adil
Peter Murphy
Steve Cokell
Tony King
Conor McGovern
Daniel Daley
Danny Green
However, obviously we want to field our strongest possible side for our first League match, so it would be silly not to give a bit of leeway for the following players to be named in the squad (bearing in mind the North West Neasden postponement):
Jim Arrowsmith ...was supposed to have paid his Annual Subs directly into the club account last week but does not appear to have done so ? 
He can bring his £25 in cash or cheque round to me before Thursday if he wants, and that will be good enough.
Vernon 'Kizza' Nxumalo ...Paid £38 subs into the club account last week but it bounced ! 
Says he will try again on Tuesday, which will be o.k. if it clears.
Terry Brown, Clark Williams, Paul Duffy, Rob Jackson & Jamie Martin ...These players have not paid their Annual Subs yet, but I would suggest that if they want to play 7-a-side this Thursday, that Tony King names them in the squad for that only if they promise to bring their £25 Annual Subs along on the night so that they can be in contention for Sunday's squad.
Joe Ansell ...Has paid his Annual Subs but has not turned up to our last three 7-a-side or 11-a-side matches. He is not on the internet and myself and Trevor have no idea where he is. It is up to him to get in touch before Thursday to explain himself.
The following players are 'definitely' not available for this Sunday:
Danny Hagan ...Thigh injury from Crouch End Vampires Training last week. Out for 'two weeks', so I assume that means this Sunday and the 13th ?
Paul Woolston ...Family commitments
Foysol Ahmed ...Ramadan
Danny Smith ...Not registered. No photo provided yet.
Danny Bates ...Not registered. No photo yet. The rumours going round at the League Meeting on Thursday night were that he has now signed for another club in another League, so that will need to be checked out as to whether he is more committed to playing for us or not.
That's the situation as far as I know.
Please reply to this (or e-mail me) if your situation has changed regarding your availability for this Sunday. 
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Have received £20 Annual Subs from Jim in an envelope through my door today.
Isn't he supposed to pay £25 though ?
When are you gonna get your arse into gear and edit the highlights from the Varosi game?
Bit awkward bringing my laptop in there !
We can now confirm a squad of 16 as follows:
Simon Jackson (GK)
Darryl Johnson (GK)
Stuart Dorward
Alan Barnard
Terry Moore
Martin Loveday
Tony King
Tem Adil
Jim Arrowsmith
Steve Cokell
Peter Murphy
Clark Williams
Rob Jackson
Vernon 'Kizza' Nxumalo
Conor McGovern
Daniel Daley
Clark, Rob Jackson and Kizza have not paid their Annual Subs yet, but they are in the squad because we do not have anybody else available who have paid Annual Subs.
We hope they will make an effort to pay when they turn up on Sunday.
I also need Kizza, Clark and Daley to confirm that they know they are in the squad, and for Daley to meet at the Donkey Lane end at 10.00.a.m. as opposed to after the kick-off !!!
Gavin Mardell and Gary Cokell (if he is not working) will come into the squad if anybody drops out.
We have heard nothing from Terry Brown, so we assume he is working again this Sunday. We have no idea what Jamie Martin is doing either.
Also, Joe Ansell is now going to be working on Sundays and will not be playing for us, while Danny Bates is probably now going to be joining Rosemill (in the bottom Division ?) instead of us.
Danny Smith played 7-a-side tonight but admits he is having second thoughts about signing at the moment as the players he has come along with are unlikely to be playing.
I need to know if Paul Duffy intends playing at some stage (I know he posts on here), as it does concern me that we have paid his £20 ex-London Ajax embargo for him and he still owes us that money. In theory, he could now get a transfer to another club in our League without playing a game for us, which would obviously be well out of order. He must pay that £20 to us before he plays for anyone.
If the ex-London Ajax players do decide to leave/not join us 'en-masse' it will obviously lessen our chances of winning Division One this season, but it shouldn't result in us struggling to field a side as we still have the likes of Kris Spyrou, Aaron Illsley, Foysol Ahmed and others registered and willing to play if there is a chance of them getting a fairly regular game.
Despite our embarrassing 10-3 7-a-side defeat tonight to a team that lost 28-0 the other week, I still think we can have a good season !
It should read 'Joe Ansell is having problems with his work and MAY not be able to play on Sundays'. (Just me being 'negative' again !
).I don't know if maybe Rob Brown could have a word with the ex-London Ajax players to see how committed they are ?
We need to know if Terry Brown and Jamie Martin are going to be available soon.
By the way, Daley has confirmed his availability for Sunday. Let's just hope he finds a cab driver who knows how to get him to Enfield Playing Fields by 10.00.a.m. this time !
Hopefully not a Sunday morning 10am 10 man squad again!
No negativity Magoo, we get enough from Lol.
I don't think we fielded less than 11 at all last season.
Those days are gone. There was only 1 game where we struggled.
We have the players already to challenge, it's availability thats the problem.
