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To borrow a phrase from Hardy,Keep Posting.

And you keep paving your path to heaven!!!

Exactly rosnarun, but this shit that you have to thread carefully is bollocks if someone deserves recognition give it to them, if they don't don't irrespective of age.

I wouldn't have any individual awards at U8 or U10, bar possibly having awards for the player who used non-dominant side most, best kicker, best soloer etc. though even then I would probably do it as groups of 5 or 6 for each, i.e best/most improved kickers, tacklers etc. so that everyone can be included in some group.

From U12 upwards I don't think there is anything wrong with some individual awards but again you might look at including a few more by giving awards for best leader, trainer, defender, attacker, most improved. It's a delicate one but I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with some acknowledgement of individuals every now and again.

Sure give the whole squad of 30 a trophy, a medal, meal vouchers, car etc.  Political correctness gone mad.

[My preference would be not to have awards at this age group.]

Well, what's your opinion on Underage Awards?  What do you do at your club?

Should there be awards for Under-8's / P3-P4?

We normally do Player of the Year and Most Improved Player and then all the kids get a medal. My preference would be not to have awards at this age group.

I hate this culture everyone is a winner.  I take U10's last year U8's we give club player of the year, that was person who put in most effort, training matches, had good attitude.  Player of the year and most improved player of the year.  I see nothing wrong with that - all kids got a medal also.

I think you will find i've made my case in a non vitriolic polite manner at all times.

So is being polite:

blaming parents for the abuse of their children

blaming abused children for their abuse.

telling people who do not follow your maddy-uppy religion they are lost forever.

I am not really into political correctness
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[unilateral lack of tolerance demonstrated by non believers for those who do believe.]

Generally no argument here is going to convert people here to or from religious belief.The issue on this thread now is the inordinately offensive reaction to religious beliefs and believers and the unilateral lack of tolerance demonstrated by non believers for those who do believe.

You really do need to google the definition of hypocrisy.  You are allowed to tell everyone they are going to be lost forever for not following some maddy-uppy religion which changes as much as Jordan's breast size but no one is allowed to ask any questions about your beliefs, grow up.

[it's a form of cultural arrogance for all these new atheists (all of them westerners)]

Poking holes in religious text does provide hours of entertainment, however, regardless  that what the bible says, or the koran, or Judaism says, can't be defended on rational or empirical grounds, none of that debunking process disproves a belief in God.
it's a form of cultural arrogance for all these new atheists (all of them westerners)  to then make a claim that God doesn't exist  because the main religions have irrational belief systems. The irrational nature of those belief system does not refute a belief in God.
To believe that material science can answer all the unanswered questions regarding the universe is a type of faith that is essentially religious in nature. It is merely belief, not science but scientism.
The atheist will look at the universe and see no proof of God's existence and the spiritualist will look at the same universe and see everything as proof of God's existence.

It is great that of the 6 billion people currently residing on our planet, you know only westerners question the existence of god.  If that is the case, which you seem to know for certain, why do you think that is, maybe because westerners can question the state view of god without fear of beheading, stoning, exile, family being tortured etc.   

Here we go again,trying to apply reason and logic to faith matters

But it's not faith, you say the bible is evidence, but it was written by people who never met Jesus. 

He appeared to all the apostles (Tom got quite a shock) and they all witnessed his ascension into heaven.His mother witnessed the crucifixion.

How do you know all this, the bibles will written by people who didn't live in Jesus's time and then took apart and reinvented centuries later, it is for all intentional purposes a fairy story.

They are just useless beyond words, yet they will be voted in again and again.  Norn Ireland politics is a depressing cesspit.

Dentist may get this in.

[I do also subscribe to the theories that God has an elect and predestination.Sadly many will deny the existence of God for all their days and pay a heavy price.]

I do also subscribe to the theories that God has an elect and predestination.Sadly many will deny the existence of God for all their days and pay a heavy price.God surely knows the ultimate fate of every man and woman prior to their birth and I thank him for his benevolence to me personally in this regard.

Muppet Jesus said to Peter you are the rock upon whom I will build by church,so Peter was effectively the first Pope and the present Pope can trace a direct lineage to him,so for this reason the Catholic Church can claim him as its founder

Again any links, also and please answer what about those billions who believe in a different God than your God - are they fooked as well?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11113452/Third-boob-woman-I-had-a-third-breast-implant-so-I-can-turn-off-men.html

Both interlinked here AZ Tony is using the God argument to justify Catholicism, which is rotten to the core. 

Sorry Iceman your patronizing rant doesn't mention Tony blaming parents of the abused or the abused children themselves, are we all to let his vile comments slide - catch a f**king grip of yourself kid.