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Scotland - Team Discussion
lukybugur:
Can anyone tell me when these teams will be announced / finalised as I see no dates published on any of the original posts?
Having spoken to some of those who"ve expressed interest in playing for ""The Mighty Scots", I can understand their concerns about leaving it too late. For those of you who have the honour of picking the teams, please consider that flights and accommodation have to be booked (rarely a good thing to leave until the last minute) and let"s give those who are picked a chance to look forward to it.
Mary "xxMAIRxx" Martin
Billy "BillyHo" Leishman
Chris "CrizzyConnor" O"Connor
Kenny "TheGuy84" McKenzie
Grant "Santino67" Speirs (updated 15:34 on 8th Sept)
have all expressed an interest and availability to play
MickyP "jacklevel06" has posted but not confirmed interest / availability.
James "Eck" Eccles has been mentioned but hasn"t posted himself.
Gordon "GiMac" McArthur again has been mentioned but hasn"t posted.
Players who have not yet responded to a thread which have been live for almost a month obviously can"t make it or simply aren"t as "into APAT" as those above and can"t / shouldn"t be considered IMO.
--- Quote from: APAT on August 23, 2008, 21:18:17 PM ---
Once we get through the WCOAP next week Stuart, APAT will provide you with a list of leading Scottish players with their performance data over the season.
--- End quote ---
I don"t know if the above has been issued and whether you"ve contacted anyone on this basis - please just consider that time is ticking on and rooms and planes are filling up.
No surprise that read here the Germans appear to have their team picked and are all organised.
APAT:
The season finishes this coming weekend and I would expect the captains to approach their intended selections from that point. Whether a player has responded to this thread should not have a bearing on their potential selection.
lukybugur:
IMO, this Forum and the emails that are sent out directing us to this website / forum are the two most powerful tools we have for our Members to keep up to date with Events. An email shot to those who have yet to see these posts would be the best way to make sure all APATers are aware of the Event itself. If they then don"t post an interest, will we then assume that they are unavailable to play and get on with picking the teams?
Players above who have posted interest on here over the past month will bring more APAT passion on the day than someone who is cold-contacted a month after applications have started rolling in. Again IMO
APAT:
I don"t think this is an application process. Stuart will decide how he wants to pick his team (we will give him all Scottish player performance data after the WCOAP) and who he wants in the team. I would expect him to email those players directly and go from there. He may go solely on rankings, or not. It will be interesting to see, but we just need to ensure that he is not restricted in his thinking.
lukybugur:
--- Quote from: APAT on August 16, 2008, 21:00:23 PM ---
This thread should be used to discuss Scotland team selections for the European Team Championship.
Players wishing to be considered for one of four places on the Scottish team should highlight the fact to non playing Captain, Stuart Oliver.
Please bear in mind that Stuart"s selections are likely to be largely based on APAT National Rankings and Championship performances.
--- End quote ---
I"ve obviously interpreted it wrong ...
I was of the thinking that by posting an interest in wishing to be considered, you would be added to the list from which the Captain would pick from. If 10 players applied wish to be considered, Stuart"s picks would be from those 10 and "likely" based on APAT rankings.
Sorry Des / Stuart, I don"t mean to interfere.
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