Full-time setup

**pineapple stu** · 14/08/2007, 6:01 PM

You leave Monday free for lectures, train Tuesday to Friday, with a match on Friday. Simple.

Also, you've not offered any evidence that full time football is 10 to 3, whereas I've quoted a former full time footballer. I don't see why we should be expected to take your source over mine.

**John83** · 14/08/2007, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

Neither of you have outlined how you imagine to fit in time for college afterwards in a few hours. There's not enough time for lectures or tutorials.

Originally Posted by John83

You've clearly never seen a sports management timetable.

I'm going to stop having this conversation now.

**Schumi** · 14/08/2007, 7:53 PM

You obviously won't fit the likes of an engineering timetable around full-time football but sports management wouldn't be difficult. I've read several newspaper pieces about players who were full-time footballers when quite young and most talk about the boredom in the afternoons after training so there must be plenty of spare time. Having lectures in those times might actually be beneficial to their football.

**Bald Student** · 14/08/2007, 8:52 PM

Whether Clive trained 10-2 or 10-3 it's still 4 or 5 hours. There are 16 waking hours in a day and 6 hours weekly in the most common college course. After that, it's maths and timetabling.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 15/08/2007, 2:50 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

You leave Monday free for lectures, train Tuesday to Friday, with a match on Friday. Simple.

Also, you've not offered any evidence that full time football is 10 to 3, whereas I've quoted a former full time footballer. I don't see why we should be expected to take your source over mine.

first of all you wouldn't be able to change the timetable like that (outlined below). also if you don't train on the monday then it's part time football.

I saw it somewhere on the internet before- I had a quick check on google there but couldn't see anything. if you're that bothered you'll try yourself.

Originally Posted by Bald Student

Whether Clive trained 10-2 or 10-3 it's still 4 or 5 hours. There are 16 waking hours in a day and 6 hours weekly in the most common college course. After that, it's maths and timetabling.

not as simple as that. in college lectures cover more than one course so it's not as simple as moving everything to do with sport management to the late afternoon as you then have to juggle other courses. you all keep ignoring the fact that there's more than one course in the college- there have been and are players that are doing courses that aren't sports management- alan mahon, tadgh purcell and darren forsyth to name a few.

**Aberdonian Stu** · 15/08/2007, 9:41 AM

Actually Dman the Sports Management diploma classes don't clash with any other course, they're standalone so they would have no difficulty moving it around.

**pineapple stu** · 15/08/2007, 5:11 PM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

also if you don't train on the monday then it's part time football.

I don't work on Saturdays. Am I still full time?

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

I saw it somewhere on the internet before- I had a quick check on google there but couldn't see anything. if you're that bothered you'll try yourself.

So let me get this right. I've asked a (then) professional football for my source. Your source is "I saw it somewhere on the internet before", but google showed nothing. And I'm the one whom, you argue, needs to check my source?

I seem to recall you exhorting a fellow poster a while back to recognise when he had lost the argument. May I advise you heed your own words before things start getting really silly?

**DmanDmythDledge** · 15/08/2007, 5:18 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I don't work on Saturdays. Am I still full time?

1- you're not a footballer.
2- you work 5 other days a week
3- name a full time club that doesn't train 5 days a week?

So let me get this right. I've asked a (then) professional football for my source. Your source is "I saw it somewhere on the internet before", but google showed nothing. And I'm the one whom, you argue, needs to check my source?

Call me a liar if you like that's what it said. I only looked at the first few entries on google- as I said if you're really that bothered look at it yourself. Also where have I said that your source said anything different?

I seem to recall you exhorting a fellow poster a while back to recognise when he had lost the argument. May I advise you heed your own words before things start getting really silly?

Silly? You still haven't proven how you can fit a full time schedule around being a student. You're the only one that looks silly.

**John83** · 15/08/2007, 5:23 PM

Could Schumi close this please. Dmanetc's embarrassing himself.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 15/08/2007, 5:33 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Could Schumi close this please. Dmanetc's embarrassing himself.

Yeah because the 2 of you have proved me wrong.

**John83** · 15/08/2007, 5:35 PM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

Yeah because the 2 of you have proved me wrong.

I haven't proven that Hitler was a Dundalk fan either, but I'm damned if I'll see a thread locked on the UCD forum without a pointless Nazi analogy.

Seriously, 20-25 hours training, 6 hours lectures? I spend more time on the internet each week.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 15/08/2007, 5:37 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Seriously, 20-25 hours training, 6 hours lectures? I spend more time on the internet each week.

Again the point that not everybody does sports management is ignored.

**Aberdonian Stu** · 15/08/2007, 8:01 PM

The bulk of them do. Those that don't, those poor souls, would do no more than 15 hours a week unless they do science, engineering or medicine. Also Dman you are assuming that full time training has to be within the confines of a 9-5 schedule.

5 hours training a day (which is 1 more than the 4 cited by the only person that has provided a source for his claim) can easily be fitted in even if, God forbid, two of those hours are in the evening.

Seriously Dman just give up. Being right isn't what matters, getting the right answer is.

**pineapple stu** · 15/08/2007, 8:11 PM

Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu

Those that don't, those poor souls, would do no more than 15 hours a week unless they do science, engineering or medicine.

Have we ever had a medicine student since we joined the league? Or an engineering one, for that? Recall one or two science students (Gavin Whelan and Maccer and that's about it...)

**Aberdonian Stu** · 15/08/2007, 10:00 PM

Seriously, does Maccer count?

**pineapple stu** · 15/08/2007, 10:01 PM

Dunno, but I realised I couldn't think of anyone else.

**Titan** · 16/08/2007, 9:50 AM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

1- you're not a footballer.
2- you work 5 other days a week
3- name a full time club that doesn't train 5 days a week?

Call me a liar if you like that's what it said. I only looked at the first few entries on google- as I said if you're really that bothered look at it yourself. Also where have I said that your source said anything different?

Silly? You still haven't proven how you can fit a full time schedule around being a student. You're the only one that looks silly.

Not 1 full time team trains 5 days a week. I know this for a fact cos over the last 4 years I've dealt with most of them. Most full time clubs use the following schedule (based on games being Friday)

Monday off
Tuesday 2 sessions 1 morning 1 afternoon
Wednesday 1 session morning
Thursday 1 session morning
Friday Match
Saturday OR Sunday light session
Saturday or Sunday OFF

At UCD we train almost as much as Bohs and more than Pats.

To (hopefully) put this discussion to bed:

If we wanted the scholarship players to go full time they could. The lads who work would have to stay part time obviously as we arent going to pay them enough but training could be organised in such a way that the status quo remains with the scholarship/not working players doing extra sessions either at 7:30 am or at 5:00 PM. My source for this training schedule is the high performance centre who work with the lads and would be overseeing the extra daytime sessions.

Having said all that there are no plans for us to go full time (As far as I know)