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Post by philosopherstone on Dec 24, 2017 14:09:13 GMT
I don't know much about the inside history of those dark days. Why did the then chairman give away the club gates? For money? Safekeeping? Lost a hand of poker? Doesn't really matter now, just wonder how such a thing happens. Not exactly sure but he had a gift for falling out with people it really wasn't a good idea to fall out with and Gallagher was one of them. Unfortunately Bill doesn't give a reason in the programme notes, so just a gift I would assume.
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Post by philosopherstone on Dec 24, 2017 14:03:20 GMT
It was not a dive Val, Delano Sam-Yorke was wiped out, should have been a nailed on penalty. But there again, as you say, Orient could easily have been awarded one in the first half. The referee was shocking but no complaints over the scoreline I haven't been so angered by a referee in a long time, which at this level is really saying something (which has made a Bananarama song pop into my head). The main consolation being his performance probably made not one iota of difference to the likelihood of our ending the game with no points.
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Post by philosopherstone on Dec 24, 2017 11:01:33 GMT
Yet there everyone was a few weeks ago saying that we could win the league or at worst a play off place, now the team an the whole world is crumbling around us, such fickle folk. Perhaps 'some' were talking about winning the league or at worst a play off place, but i'm sure many of those making legitimate criticism of our current, particularly home, form never suggested any such thing, whilst others who were extremely optimistic are the same people who have a problem with any critical comments now. I very much doubt any but the most rose tinted spectacle fans thought we could win the league. Personally I was nervous we might make the play-offs in case it lead to relegation to the National South because of the ridiculous 3G Pitches rule, but what I tend to always focus on most, at least until it appears there is no longer any danger of being in them, is the relegation places and how far clear of them we are. 13 points at the moment. I think we could do with a consolidation, mid-table season.
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Post by philosopherstone on Dec 24, 2017 9:38:52 GMT
So what would you do? Would you like a new keeper to replace worgan or a new keeper to put pressure on worgan's place? Something needs to change and I would take the captaincy off him as well. He certainly needs competition for his place. Doesn't matter how self motivated you are, nothing beats genuine competition, and yes, I would take the captaincy off him. I have never believed in handing it to the keeper. Agree with both of these points. Competition for your place is always good in any area of the pitch. I personally always prefer a captain at centreback or in midfield if you have someone suitable. I've made the distribution point before myself, as have many others. Hitting long aimless ineffectual balls up front endlessly isn't helping our ability to retain possession or set the tempo of the match. As much as I hate corporate type sayings, it does rather fall into that definition of madness one about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Also, if we really want to play long-ball football and give up any last pretence of being a passing side, then we need to get in some more tall, physical, muscular players that are up to that job.
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Post by philosopherstone on Dec 24, 2017 9:26:52 GMT
I assume the new scoreboard is still having technical issues. Next new stand to be announced in January. Pat Gallagher to donate new gates for the car park entrance. Donating or returning? It's not the done thing to return gifts.
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Post by philosopherstone on Dec 24, 2017 9:22:34 GMT
Doesn't seem to like that at home though, might be worth a try though. The good thing with that formation is you can play 2 up top. More importantly (in my opinion) is packing our midfield area so that: 1. We actually have a noticeable midfield. 2. It makes it harder for us to play our hoof the ball aimlessly long for 90 minutes tactic that has been working so well of late.
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Post by philosopherstone on Dec 24, 2017 9:20:15 GMT
Today was not very good, they had 2 shots and scored, we’ve got to tget a creative midfielder in because we have nothing, I understand budgets and good players cost more, but we have nothing, we struggle at home because of the smaller pitch, in relatity, mid table would be good,, always support the stones though ⚽️ Erm.....they had more than 2 shots.
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Post by philosopherstone on Nov 25, 2017 18:33:00 GMT
A real shit week on the back of a brilliant season so far. I think everyone's minds are on stadium MK. In my view at the start of the season we were a mid table team and we are still a mid table team. It's so so tough to be at our best twice a week all season at this level. Now roll on MK and COYS. 👍 I don't think it is anything to do with the upcoming match against the franchise team. I think the signs that things are not right have been there for a while. I wasn't at the game but assume our midfield was non-existent again and Worgs spent the whole game constantly hoofing long aimless balls, nearly always to his left, into the other end of the pitch to no effect?
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Post by philosopherstone on Nov 25, 2017 16:57:05 GMT
3-0. 7 goals to none in two games is not acceptable. I fear next week will be a drubbing We are 0-9 when you add on the fourth goal and the Solihull Moors equaliser
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Post by philosopherstone on Nov 25, 2017 8:24:30 GMT
Can't believe there are people who still defend a man who was singlehandedly responsible for the destruction of TWO clubs. To take us down is perhaps understandable, but to destroy Dartford while chasing the Maidstone dream is unforgivable. There are still Dartford fans who hate us because of it and who can blame them. I'm as gobsmacked as you are about the Thompson supporters, but personally I think it is silly of Dartford fans to hate 'us' because we aren't responsible for the actions of Jim Thompson, but then i've never been the type of football fan who spends his time on hating other clubs or their fans. I'm just focused on my own team. I can understand Darts fans being bitter about it, but ultimately Stones fans are nothing to do with what Jim Thompson did to their club, and there is now a new generation of Stones fans who were not even born when it happened.
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Post by philosopherstone on Nov 25, 2017 7:44:04 GMT
Agreed, in an ideal world - but consider the expense! I think we have to go for the cheapest short-term plan to meet the criteria - and that's almost certainly a copy of the EE at the TE and then covered terracing + seats down the riverside. The non-stadium requirements for EFL entry (more changing rooms/showers/etc) can be met by 'temporary' facilities behind/under the new stand. Oliver and Terry have both stated that the original design of the stadium was done to get the most done for the least possible money but that has led to more costly/difficult expansion of the Gallagher over a shorter period than anyone could have envisaged due to our rapid rise up the pyramid. It wont be cheaper to build an in adequate stand now at around a million (the EE has a capacity of 1700) which would need to be written off to build some sort of 'super genco stand' as Oliver stated would cost about 2 million. I agree there is likely to be some development of the riverside but a large stand at the town end is a must. We lose the current capacity of 500 at the town end and the hard standing on the riverside. Which drops the overall capacity to 3000 we have then got to double that capacity within two seasons of promotion first year to 5000 and expandable to 6000 by the second year to be allowed to be promoted. On top of that the extra seats required will take up twice the space of standing terrecing for example 500 seats would be equivalent to a stand which could hold 1000 standing spectators. Certainly dont envy Oliver and Terry! All sounds a bit scary to me. I'd feel safer if we just hung around in mid-table consolidating our position and club finances for a few years given the past history, but i'm willing to put my faith in the owners, despite the Jim Thompson experience. I like to think they are very different people.
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Post by philosopherstone on Nov 24, 2017 23:42:52 GMT
So you never liked him before he sold london road?. Or when he enabled Bill Williams to build that fantastic side that won the APL? do you give him no credit for being the driving force that achieved automatic promotion with the FL? Yes he messed up in the end but he was not all bad... he just chased the dream. BEFORE he sold London Road being the relevant part. I think automatic promotion would have happened eventually anyway, and as for the side that won the APL, the football league years etc., who knows what we might have achieved with a different Chairman if we hadn't had to spend 20 YEARS (a very long time) rebuilding things prior to the move to JWW, and longer to get back to the 5th tier. It feels like a massive chunk of our possible future history was just binned when he bankrupted the club, we will never know what great games, giant-killings etc. may have been part of the Maidstone United folklore if we hadn't instead spent two decades climbing our way back up from Kent League Division 4. So yes, we had some great sides briefly, but we may have had many more without him. I suppose I do have one thing to thank Jim Thompson for. I was stood watching us get annihilated by Boreham Wood 4-0 on Tuesday, and aside from being incredibly frustrated by how awful we were, I have to admit I was also still a little bit happy. Happy because despite the result, however awful we play, I enjoy the simple pleasure of being able to walk to my local football club and watch them play in my home town. Thanks to Jim Thompson I will never take that pleasure for granted ever again.
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Post by philosopherstone on Nov 24, 2017 21:15:44 GMT
I'm glad other people have come out of the closet with their embarrasing stories of contriving not to know the score at a football match they attended. I thought it was just me and i've been carrying that secret shame about with me since I was 11 years old (33 years in all).
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Post by philosopherstone on Nov 24, 2017 21:10:35 GMT
Whatever you say about Jim he made the Stones a force on non-league and got us into the League. Yes he messed up re selling the ground but remember the council did virtually nothing to help us come home for many many many years. I've nothing good to say about him. The ruinous effect his legacy left immensely outweighed any good. I'm surprised any Stones fan would have anything good to say about him.......or any Darts fan for that matter.
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Post by philosopherstone on Nov 23, 2017 21:09:07 GMT
I bought through the MK Dons website on Sunday and was able to choose my seat. The ticket arrived yesterday. In block 27 that is allocated to us, there were 205 available seats at that time. My guess is that blocks 26 and 28 would be made available when block 27 sold out. My ticket doesn't give a block, just a row letter and aisle and seat numbers, and the word 'lower', which I assume means lower tier. Mine doesn't either, but I know it's Block 27 from the ordering process.
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