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Post by holysmokes66 on Jul 21, 2024 22:19:55 GMT
Also, listening to the 2 brits, 1 yank podcast and Sol Wanjau Smith talking about his pre-season at Bath (where their 3 PSF games to date have been against league sides) said that a lot of the bigger sides don't want to play Maidstone in pre-season because of the 3G pitch! I assume because of a worry about injury, but maybe because they're worried it doesn't simulate a grass pitch closely enough if they're using it to prepare for the new season? Thought it was an interesting comment if nothing else.
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Post by jdl on Jul 27, 2024 23:38:55 GMT
Also, listening to the 2 brits, 1 yank podcast and Sol Wanjau Smith talking about his pre-season at Bath (where their 3 PSF games to date have been against league sides) said that a lot of the bigger sides don't want to play Maidstone in pre-season because of the 3G pitch! I assume because of a worry about injury, but maybe because they're worried it doesn't simulate a grass pitch closely enough if they're using it to prepare for the new season? Thought it was an interesting comment if nothing else. We could always shave the grass off where the linos run up and down, and replace the goal areas with mud and sand. That should please them.
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Post by pigbag on Jul 28, 2024 11:25:33 GMT
Who took our penalty against Chats and had it saved?
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Post by jdl on Jul 28, 2024 14:04:45 GMT
Who took our penalty against Chats and had it saved? Shhh. Big George not happy with that. We must never speak of that player again.
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Post by Sennockian69 on Jul 28, 2024 14:56:07 GMT
No 10 - Shaq Coulthirst
Fans said Sam Corne should have taken it.
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Post by fleetphil on Jul 28, 2024 15:36:15 GMT
I'd just like to wish you well for the coming season. I see Shaq missed a pen for you, never took one for us when he played......
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Post by pwoodstone on Jul 28, 2024 18:29:03 GMT
No 10 - Shaq Coulthirst Fans said Sam Corne should have taken it. We know what Sam can do.
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Post by headstone on Jul 29, 2024 5:47:30 GMT
And inevitably Sam will be out injured (or suspended) from time to time, so good sense to try others.
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Post by jdl on Jul 29, 2024 7:44:04 GMT
And inevitably Sam will be out injured (or suspended) from time to time, so good sense to try others. Enough with this sensible stuff!
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Post by daveu on Aug 3, 2024 19:09:57 GMT
A couple of familiar names in the Whitehawk side today. Former Stone Greg Luer, and Chris Whelpdale who was in the Stevenage side the first time we beat them and also played against us for Eastbourne Borough.
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Post by 1018 on Aug 4, 2024 8:14:27 GMT
A few changes going on in the ground. New outdoor seating area under the Genco & the Genco End catering hut has been replaced by a new, as yet unused, building. New Exit on the river side just before the gantry plus a new moveable barrier. It's possible to guess how the new segregated away end will operate.
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Post by daveu on Aug 4, 2024 9:23:56 GMT
A few changes going on in the ground. New outdoor seating area under the Genco & the Genco End catering hut has been replaced by a new, as yet unused, building. New Exit on the river side just before the gantry plus a new moveable barrier. It's possible to guess how the new segregated away end will operate. Hopefully they’ll get the town end toilets done before the first home game.
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Post by holysmokes66 on Aug 4, 2024 13:05:57 GMT
I imagine they won't segregate consistently this season (hopefully) so you'd imagine there's only a select few that will be segregated and all this prep is for our inevitable return to a higher level.
Looking at our fixtures, we won't have to worry about definitely segregating until Torquay on February 1st. MAYBE Chelmsford or St Albans a little earlier, but I imagine the clubs anxiety is a little lowered this season with psychopaths like Yeovil gone, and our more bitter rivals like Dartford and Ebbsfleet finding themselves in different leagues currently. I think I've said elsewhere, we're lacking 'classic' bigger names and derby games this season in the NS, so it's the perfect time to try and figure out the segregation and crowd issues once and for all.
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Post by jdl on Aug 4, 2024 23:01:54 GMT
A couple of familiar names in the Whitehawk side today. Former Stone Greg Luer, and Chris Whelpdale who was in the Stevenage side the first time we beat them and also played against us for Eastbourne Borough. No other comments on this game! I enjoyed it, and thought we played well. Bit of an iffy start, with misplaced passes, etc, but we got better as the game went on, and George seemed to be approaching it as a 'proper' game - no mass subs, etc. Judging by some of the 'physical' moments on the pitch, Whitehawk were taking it pretty seriously as well! I don't recall a 'friendly' before with quite so much aggression in it. Quite a few of the new players impressed - Seaman in particular. I think we've got a good player there, someone who can change games - he does look like a thug though! Blair and Coulthirst looked good, I wasn't so sure about Bentley - but if those three can work well together, we're going to have a pretty good attack. Other players who impressed were Kransniqi (looks like another good buy by George) and Brookes, and especially Eweka - he looks the part and made one of the most impressive goal-line clearances I've ever seen - a sort of backwards scissor-kick! Higgs looked good too, and Court did well when he came on - I think we're going to see much more of him this season, although probably still from the bench. Le Goalie worries me a bit, as he didn't seem to be paying attention at times, and he has a tendency to theatricality, but he did his job and his kicking was good. Overall, I thought we looked good - some work still to do, but the early signs are very encouraging. George seems to have assembled a good squad and I'm really looking forward to Saturday!
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Post by daveu on Aug 5, 2024 7:57:41 GMT
Agree with pretty much all of that. Andre Jr doesn’t seem to really dominate the box the way I’d hoped and I actually think Lenny Holden looks a better prospect.
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