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Post by pienificentgenco on Nov 15, 2024 22:08:14 GMT
Where has this been said?
In the past that account was posting about how Matt Rush was going to Sutton a week before it happened, so there could be some truth here.
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Post by joe on Nov 15, 2024 22:24:35 GMT
No question that Blair is a talent.
Tbh it would be surprising if he wasn't grabbing some attention.
But I'm guessing he's contracted till the end of the season.
Never straight forward.
Mind you if he were to move on, with a decent pay-out coming to the club, I hear Rushy could be a serious option.
It's all very interesting.
As for the two potential signings. They are definite maybe's, no more no less.
Perhaps by this time next week, all will be revealed.
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Post by pwoodstone on Nov 15, 2024 22:29:10 GMT
That Trentvialli fella is Georges biggest fan. I have a suspicion on who he might be. He also called the Levi move
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Post by royalstone on Nov 15, 2024 23:05:05 GMT
Stonecold says we are never going to be be anything better ! Oh it's just so awful just being a NLS club And for others Oh it's just so awful being an Ishmian club And for others Oh it's just so awful just being a NL club And for others Oh it's just so awful just being a EFL club And for others Oh it's just so awful just being a Championship club Supporters deserve so much better and it's nearly always down to the fact that owners don't spend enough of their own money to benefit the 'entitled'. To be fair Edos and stone cold make some valid points. In my opinion it is not unreasonable to expect a club with our fan base to establish itself in the fifth tier and not be relegation fodder whenever we go up. However I don't blame our owners the problem is the huge overspending/risk taking of most clubs in the National prem. Did I imagine it? but I seem to recall the profit and sustainability rules that currently apply in the EFL we're going to be extended to apply in the National league. If this does happen I believe it would help us massively. IMHO profit and sustainability rules should apply throughout all leagues. |
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Post by royalstone on Nov 15, 2024 23:08:12 GMT
Stonecold says we are never going to be be anything better ! Oh it's just so awful just being a NLS club And for others Oh it's just so awful being an Ishmian club And for others Oh it's just so awful just being a NL club And for others Oh it's just so awful just being a EFL club And for others Oh it's just so awful just being a Championship club Supporters deserve so much better and it's nearly always down to the fact that owners don't spend enough of their own money to benefit the 'entitled'. To be fair Edos and stone cold make some valid points. In my opinion it is not unreasonable to expect a club with our fan base to establish itself in the fifth tier and not be relegation fodder whenever we go up. However I don't blame our owners the problem is the huge overspending/risk taking of most clubs in the National prem. Did I imagine it? but I seem to recall the profit and sustainability rules that currently apply in the EFL we're going to be extended to apply in the National league. If this does happen I believe it would help us massively. IMHO profit and sustainability rules should apply throughout all leagues. (apologies for going off topic). |
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Post by jdl on Nov 15, 2024 23:46:16 GMT
Did Blair opt not to go up with Braintree, or did they let him go?
Looking at their record in the NL (bottom club on goals for), they should have hung on to him.
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Post by jdl on Nov 15, 2024 23:58:18 GMT
As for our record in the NL, it's not as bleak as people make out.
The last time was a disaster for one reason - Hak. He thought our promotion was down to him, whereas it was much more to do with individual talent and the way the team worked together. He thought he could just carry on the same way and succeed in the NL, which was never going to work - especially without Luque.
But our first time in the NL wasn't bad - we did OK in the first two seasons, not fantastic, but about the same as regulars like Maidenhead and Wealdstone. And, if we'd managed to build on that, we could have survived as a regular lower mid-table side. But unrealistic expectations (from us, as well as the club) put the kibosh on that and Jay was blamed for us not kicking on. Cue total cluster-f**k.
If we hadn't acted so Billy Big Bollocks (claiming our 'rightful place in the NL' and getting excited about promotion to the EFL), we might still be there. OK, not challenging for the playoffs, and flirting with relegation some seasons, but doing OK.
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Post by matt on Nov 16, 2024 0:03:48 GMT
Been reading this forum for a few months now with interest and occasional belly laughs at some of the nonsense posted. Tonight was the night to join just to add my tuppence worth -
Aaron is under contract at Maidstone until the end of the season, he’s enjoying life there and his aim is to win promotion (again!) as well as scoring goals, playing well, playing every game and always improving.
He’d love to know who this club is that he’s going to be ‘off in a flash’ to! Surely it must be Spurs😉 if anyone has this blokes ear ask him to share his ‘inside knowledge’
Football can be a brutal business for the players and sometimes for the club too as losing Jon Benton today proves.
The only constant throughout the game is the rumour mill. Who knows what will happen next week, next month or next year, it’s non league football. Most players want to play at the highest level they can, ‘play’ being the most important word for nearly all……unless of course you’re sitting on the bench at Man City on a quarter of a mill a week then then your priorities may change😁
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Post by matt on Nov 16, 2024 0:08:49 GMT
Did Blair opt not to go up with Braintree, or did they let him go? Looking at their record in the NL (bottom club on goals for), they should have hung on to him. I won’t post what happened on a public forum but find me at a match (I’m at most games) and I’ll happily explain it. |
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Post by vietnamesestones on Nov 16, 2024 7:43:08 GMT
Did Blair opt not to go up with Braintree, or did they let him go? Looking at their record in the NL (bottom club on goals for), they should have hung on to him. He once said that the club didn't respect him, they gave him semi-pro contract with low wages and said if he didn't sign, they'd move him to the youth squad so he decided to leave. |
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Post by foreststone on Nov 16, 2024 8:46:31 GMT
Disappointing as the loss of Benton is, such things are a fact of life at our level. A player doing well soon attracts other clubs in higher leagues and/or with more money, sniffing around.
If they are ambitious, they will go. Same as in any other walk of life. However, at our level, there are also players with enough sense to realise where their own level is, such as the likes of Tom Mills, Alex Fisher and Sam Corne, to name but three. The trick there is to hold on to them by making them feel welcome and wanted. Money is not the be all and end all - even if it often seems that way in the short lived careers in football.
At the moment, can't help thinking our revolving doors policy of the last couple of years is not helping create a stable squad, but then that also seems the nature of things at our level.
Ultimately, your best players are only ever really on loan, so the club needs to be constantly on the look out for replacements for when, not if, they move on. A tangled web to weave in more ways than one...
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Post by daveu on Nov 16, 2024 9:44:08 GMT
As for our record in the NL, it's not as bleak as people make out. The last time was a disaster for one reason - Hak. He thought our promotion was down to him, whereas it was much more to do with individual talent and the way the team worked together. He thought he could just carry on the same way and succeed in the NL, which was never going to work - especially without Luque. But our first time in the NL wasn't bad - we did OK in the first two seasons, not fantastic, but about the same as regulars like Maidenhead and Wealdstone. And, if we'd managed to build on that, we could have survived as a regular lower mid-table side. But unrealistic expectations (from us, as well as the club) put the kibosh on that and Jay was blamed for us not kicking on. Cue total cluster-f**k. If we hadn't acted so Billy Big Bollocks (claiming our 'rightful place in the NL' and getting excited about promotion to the EFL), we might still be there. OK, not challenging for the playoffs, and flirting with relegation some seasons, but doing OK. Our third season in the NL was screwed when Jay got the offer from Macclesfield. It meant we were all at sea in the summer and recruitment suffered as a result. I still believe Jay could have turned it round but the recruitment of Wheeler as his replacement was an utter disaster. |
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Post by nick on Nov 16, 2024 10:01:34 GMT
Yes, looking back it is almost surprising how quickly we descended into a downward spiral from that point.
But as you say the start to the season was properly messed up and Jay was not able to build and develop a fully competitive squad.
I say 'fully' because the team wasn't really that bad, but we were always likely to be in the lower third or thereabouts and possibly in a relegation dogfight.
I always remember Bill Williams saying the change at the top was "to give the club some hope".
How absurd does that sound with hindsight .
All downhill from that point, in fact at full throttle.
When you think back to the level of support given to Jay at the time with less resources than today, he did a great job for the club.
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Post by theguvnor on Nov 16, 2024 11:07:35 GMT
This club have no ambition and I think that’s exactly why George will be backed. He’s not good enough to push for promotion so fits well with the owners vision. At least other non league clubs who has the FA cup success we did used the money which ultimately rejected them upwards (Sutton etc).
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Post by daveu on Nov 16, 2024 11:28:26 GMT
This club have no ambition and I think that’s exactly why George will be backed. He’s not good enough to push for promotion so fits well with the owners vision. At least other non league clubs who has the FA cup success we did used the money which ultimately rejected them upwards (Sutton etc). If people like you were in charge we’d be back in the same situation we were in 92. |
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