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Post by HempsteadGaz on Apr 11, 2018 9:14:19 GMT
Fleet fan here in peace. I guarantee we will be doing our best to hammer Barrow as we have a glimmer of a play off spot if our form continues. Besides, a NL with us you, Dirtford Dovres and Bromley will be financially lucrative.
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Post by patm on Apr 11, 2018 9:40:49 GMT
Why reduced attendances? Whether we are in National or NS, if we start to win a few matches then people will turn up in numbers. Not sure that large numbers will say "I won't sully my eyes watching Conference South football" and stay away. Those types are mostly already watching a top 4 Prem side Given that the odds to date are making the prospect look even more likely, I think it will have little effect on our Gate each week and actually, a few of us will go back to travelling maybe not so far EACH weekend and watching Maidstone play! Sure, like most of us, ive watched the Gate increase in numbers and having Maidstone back in town has served to once more put us on the map- that has attracted all sorts or ages- including me and my 3 whom have attended every home game (give or take) for 4 years now. Prior to the Ebbsfleet match (oh Glorious Day that was!) at least 2 of us did all the aways. Its been said we came a long way very quickly under Jays stewardship and given our form before promotion and the changes in that seasons squad- we probably were a little too lucky and could have done with another season stability, as a Team. We havent been relegated yet, but if we are- Its not going to dampen my families spirits to take up our season Tickets once more. Maidstone FC comming back to Maidstone has got to be the Best thing thats happened to this Market County Town of Ours- I cannot think of anything better? Nothing Ranks anywhere near it, Madonna, Ramblin Man, The River Festival... ..........(even beats Dolly-the-Sheep)
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Post by jdl on Apr 11, 2018 14:23:40 GMT
Think I read the league table wrong. Are we win the relegation zone now then? We might as well be. The KM match report and the comments of those who were there make depressing reading. The team has no momentum, no belief, no goals and seems only Worgan and Lewis have any passion. If the latter is true, then that really is piss poor from the rest of them and could be not many will stay on next season, regardless of whether we stay up, on that showing. Sense we really could get stuffed by Fylde on Saturday and if so, maybe it would be no bad thing because it might just shake overall management out of their complacency. Getting beaten by the odd goal, scraping a draw from a winning position gives the impression that things are not that far from being alright. Well, they are not and haven't been for some time. I still like and respect Jay too much to be one of the Saunders out brigade, but something is wrong and all the talk of team spirit and the dressing room still a good place to be, gets harder to believe with every inept performance. Who knows? Maybe it will all come good on Saturday and we will give Fylde a damn good thrashing. Hope so, though it will be the shock of the season if it does. More likely, we will lose, Woking will lose or draw, Barrow likewise and the agony of this season will be prolonged for another week or two. Sigh. "and the agony of this season will be prolonged for another week or two" or our chances of staying up will be boosted by both teams underneath us losing! Glass half-full, glass empty...
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Post by rockstar on Apr 11, 2018 16:09:41 GMT
Don’t think the owners will see any positives in going down. Reduced attendances. Higher wage bill than before when we were in that league as we are training day times now. Harder to attract players and back to playing crapper football than we are now. Sounds impossible to play crapper football but I’m sure we will. I have a bad feeling that if we go down we will struggle to get promoted next year. The owners have a big decision to make in where they see this club. Football league seems a long way off. Why reduced attendances? Whether we are in National or NS, if we start to win a few matches then people will turn up in numbers. Not sure that large numbers will say "I won't sully my eyes watching Conference South football" and stay away. Those types are mostly already watching a top 4 Prem side The number of away fans would reduce which means less income in tickets, drinks and food.
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Post by Raymondo316 on Apr 11, 2018 19:10:28 GMT
Why reduced attendances? Whether we are in National or NS, if we start to win a few matches then people will turn up in numbers. Not sure that large numbers will say "I won't sully my eyes watching Conference South football" and stay away. Those types are mostly already watching a top 4 Prem side The number of away fans would reduce which means less income in tickets, drinks and food. We might as well stop segregating every game. Other than Chelmsford, Wealdstone, Torquay & potentially Hereford & Dartford no one will bring many fans.
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Post by rollingstone on Apr 11, 2018 19:40:13 GMT
At the end of the day, we still just might stay up, personally I doubt it, so hope I'm proved wrong,but at the end of the day, this time me 7 years ago we were facing relegation into the ryman south and the thoughts of bringing the stones home was still not quite in our grasp, so all I'm saying is, it could be a lot worse...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2018 20:01:31 GMT
I think we all know it could be a lot worse. Great loyalty from the old guard, of which I am one of them. But we re not in the Ryman south now, we re a national league side not looking out of place as far as the way the club is run. The disappointment and worrying aspect for me is after a good season last year, how have we ended up here? A lot of people say we went up too quickly. The fact that we stayed up puts aside that theory. The question would be, how have we gone backwards and why?
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Post by 61666 on Apr 11, 2018 20:18:21 GMT
Not replacing Pigott and Hines at the bottom of it. Jay has shored up defence and midfield both seasons in the NL, but hasn't solved the striker problem this season. If he had, one has to think that at least some of our one goal defeats would have been draws and some of our draws, wins. Even another six points would already have seen us safe by now...
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Post by jdl on Apr 11, 2018 20:48:29 GMT
Not replacing Pigott and Hines at the bottom of it. Jay has shored up defence and midfield both seasons in the NL, but hasn't solved the striker problem this season. If he had, one has to think that at least some of our one goal defeats would have been draws and some of our draws, wins. Even another six points would already have seen us safe by now... It obviously contributed, but the 'mid-season slump' had already started by then. Hines quite obviously lost interest several games before he left and there were rumours of upsets in the changing room, so maybe it was down to team moral failing due to a disruptive player? It might turn out that it was Hines joining that buggered us, not him leaving - despite the goals he scored.
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Post by overthehillstone on Apr 11, 2018 21:12:43 GMT
Why reduced attendances? Whether we are in National or NS, if we start to win a few matches then people will turn up in numbers. Not sure that large numbers will say "I won't sully my eyes watching Conference South football" and stay away. Those types are mostly already watching a top 4 Prem side The number of away fans would reduce which means less income in tickets, drinks and food. [/b] Then maybe we can get rid of that stupid elf and safety inspired segregation system
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Post by nws on Apr 11, 2018 23:29:26 GMT
I think we all know it could be a lot worse. Great loyalty from the old guard, of which I am one of them. But we re not in the Ryman south now, we re a national league side not looking out of place as far as the way the club is run. The disappointment and worrying aspect for me is after a good season last year, how have we ended up here? A lot of people say we went up too quickly. The fact that we stayed up puts aside that theory. The question would be, how have we gone backwards and why? Sometimes a season goes like that, Nigel. Losing Piggot affected things immensely in my books because he was a quality striker who would be capable of playing defenders at this level. Now our strikers are just easily marked out of it. I've seen more than an average amount of complaints re refereeing decisions although I am reluctant to blame that but it may be a factor. We had a lot of problems getting the defence to organise itself, which has resulted in a lot of sloppy goals. Last night was a prime example. The same style of ball flashing across the box happened twice before they put the third one away. We didn't seem to cotton on to it. Overall, we've generally been a clown show at the back, pedestrian in the middle and - once Pigott went - powderpuff up front. Currently, our one player of real quality to unlock a defence is Loza and he is woefully unfit.
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Post by nws on Apr 11, 2018 23:30:55 GMT
Not replacing Pigott and Hines at the bottom of it. Jay has shored up defence and midfield both seasons in the NL, but hasn't solved the striker problem this season. If he had, one has to think that at least some of our one goal defeats would have been draws and some of our draws, wins. Even another six points would already have seen us safe by now... It obviously contributed, but the 'mid-season slump' had already started by then. Hines quite obviously lost interest several games before he left and there were rumours of upsets in the changing room, so maybe it was down to team moral failing due to a disruptive player? It might turn out that it was Hines joining that buggered us, not him leaving - despite the goals he scored. Lucky Hines left and it turned out alright then....oh!
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Post by bear5 on Apr 12, 2018 7:30:40 GMT
Piggot and Hines leaving has been the catalyst of problems but I don't think the midfield has ever been right. In the last few months of last season, Prestedge/ Lewis/ Paxman were very good - they all had their roles (Prestedge - sit tight and break play up; Lewis - harry, support the front players and get beyond them; Paxman - get the ball, look for the pass and also move into space). This season, no combination has been as good and it's showed.
I think we've also missed Yemi - he was a good player to bring on especially. He was still quick, worked hard and had a level of experience at this level and above.
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Post by headstone on Apr 12, 2018 9:22:14 GMT
This is a problem we've had for years, ever since Frannie Collin stopped scoring after one Christmas in the Ryman Premier. We've never since had a regular scorer. Has any forward scored more than ten in a season since then?
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Post by jdl on Apr 12, 2018 11:29:41 GMT
This is a problem we've had for years, ever since Frannie Collin stopped scoring after one Christmas in the Ryman Premier. We've never since had a regular scorer. Has any forward scored more than ten in a season since then? I wish you wouldn't ask questions like that!!
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