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Post by shamstone on Jan 22, 2020 17:02:19 GMT
Has a year even changed anything ?
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Post by pwoodstone on Jan 22, 2020 17:11:43 GMT
We have a slightly worse team, in a weaker league.
Our budget is much lower (although much more will be being diverted to management costs).
The team is a little more together (I know it might not seem to be) and the players are a little more “into the club”.
I am sure the books look a little healthier.
It’s a transitional season. No-one has the right to be successful. It just isn’t working very well at the moment. The squad in unbalanced and some gambles have led to players not playing but earning well, and some being offered “pay-ups” in order to leave (thanks Nana).
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Post by pedant on Jan 22, 2020 18:11:59 GMT
For those going to the away games the mileage (and thus travel costs) is down and generally the ticket prices are lower. What's not to like?
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Post by Stonethecrow on Jan 22, 2020 18:15:25 GMT
Good post Mr Wood. Still lots to like about the team despite some the chaff that exists. Cull the dead wood, recruit 4 decent replacements and we will be more than half decent. The 3 slackers are a massive let down to everyone.
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Post by Rob on Jan 22, 2020 18:18:40 GMT
Has a year even changed anything ? Yea, a year ago you was a season ticket holder.
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Post by 61666 on Jan 22, 2020 18:24:01 GMT
We have already won more home games and scored more goals at home than the whole of last season, while there was a cup run of sorts. However, the lack of consistency and the attitude of some players remains a worry. That said, the side rarely gives up, even when not playing well, so that is certainly better than last season. Overall though, I can't see Maidstone making further progress (or promotion), for at least a couple of years because we are betwixt and between in terms of what is required to get out of the NLS. We don't have enough money and we don't have enough local talent either. Both will take time, so supporters will now need to be patient, or at least get used to being disappointed, at times more often than we'd like.
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Post by shamstone on Jan 22, 2020 18:45:00 GMT
Don’t have a problem being disappointed. That’s Maidstone. Watching utter shit, like Saturday, I do have problem with
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Post by meerkat87 on Jan 22, 2020 19:11:07 GMT
In total agreement with you there, sham. Every team loses, that's football, but Saturday was unacceptable.
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Post by jakeyboi on Jan 22, 2020 19:18:57 GMT
I totally accept my team losing games, what I find impossible to accept is when the team lose without even fighting for a win. I dont think we are that better off than last season, again at the end of the season we will have to rebuild the squad, probably with an even smaller budget than last season. Fans will sooner or later get fed up with false promises so the club need to be careful they do not alienate too many people.
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Post by hammerstone on Jan 22, 2020 19:27:49 GMT
We’ve won more at home, so less weekends at home ruined. Can drink watching the game, and away days are closer to that’s better.
However I don’t feel the club is anywhere near where it should be in our rebuilding phase. Still IMO a team filled with journeymen who think they are better than they are. No real tactics or style of play and squad discipline is poor; wether that’s conceding in latter periods of the game not grinding things out or arriving on time.
I think if we don’t address these issues and get some more team players in, some will become disenfranchised and think why bother going if there isn’t really much will to genuinely get promoted. There is still a huge void between fans and the bulk of the squad which for me goes back to as something as simple as having a beer with fans in the spitfire after. Big George has done well however to wrestle some of the connection back. It was that which JS1 instilled which really made fans connect more with the club as silly as it sounds.
The next few weeks, and how they deal with the abject performances and bad eggs in the squad will define really how invested the club are in turning things around with the aim of scrapping for promotion even though none of us realistically can’t put us in the same bracket as the teams that are above us
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Post by jakeyboi on Jan 22, 2020 20:33:46 GMT
This season has certainly been a wake up call for many fans, did not expect the club to be struggling against the bulk of the teams in the NLS. We should have the playing ability to put aside the likes of Dorking Hemel Hempsted an many others yet we often do struggle, maybe the owners need to look at themselves during the close season an decide they either put up more money or say goodbye an open the door for someone else to take over, as it,s clearly harming the moral of the club continuing like we are.
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Post by Sennockian69 on Jan 22, 2020 20:41:46 GMT
Yes.
It's the twenties now.
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Post by shamstone on Jan 22, 2020 20:50:35 GMT
This season has certainly been a wake up call for many fans, did not expect the club to be struggling against the bulk of the teams in the NLS. We should have the playing ability to put aside the likes of Dorking Hemel Hempsted an many others yet we often do struggle, maybe the owners need to look at themselves during the close season an decide they either put up more money or say goodbye an open the door for someone else to take over, as it,s clearly harming the moral of the club continuing like we are. Also jb, I wrote in another thread I think moral amongst the players ain’t what it was like say 5 or 6 weeks ago. Maybe cliques in the dressing room
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Post by pwoodstone on Jan 22, 2020 21:11:15 GMT
This season has certainly been a wake up call for many fans, did not expect the club to be struggling against the bulk of the teams in the NLS. We should have the playing ability to put aside the likes of Dorking Hemel Hempsted an many others yet we often do struggle, maybe the owners need to look at themselves during the close season an decide they either put up more money or say goodbye an open the door for someone else to take over, as it,s clearly harming the moral of the club continuing like we are. Why should the owners do that? Most of the clubs at this level won’t get promoted. Why should our owners up sticks if we don’t?
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Post by jakeyboi on Jan 22, 2020 21:36:05 GMT
This season has certainly been a wake up call for many fans, did not expect the club to be struggling against the bulk of the teams in the NLS. We should have the playing ability to put aside the likes of Dorking Hemel Hempsted an many others yet we often do struggle, maybe the owners need to look at themselves during the close season an decide they either put up more money or say goodbye an open the door for someone else to take over, as it,s clearly harming the moral of the club continuing like we are. Why should the owners do that? Most of the clubs at this level won’t get promoted. Why should our owners up sticks if we don’t? If they dont or can,t invest any more money which we can all see is clearly needed then for the benefit of the club it might be better if they stepped aside an let others take over financing the club.
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