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Post by steveh21 on Sept 2, 2020 13:59:08 GMT
It was more about the occasion and getting back to watching the Stones.. On the pitch we seemed to carry on from where we left last season. All very average so we should see some improvement over the next few weeks.
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Post by sword65 on Sept 2, 2020 14:06:10 GMT
Swordy says it was useful. With a bit of luck and more clinical finishing we may even have scraped a draw. How useful would that have been against the mighty HB ? Oh dear,its gonna be a long season for you as I do not think we will challenge at the top of the table. I think we will probably draw or lose more games than we win so best you find different team to support if you cannot suffer mediocrity.
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Post by sword65 on Sept 2, 2020 14:13:07 GMT
Swordy's opinions of all things amber and black are so rose tinted Hmm! I dont think so. For a first time out I saw some positives but there is much improvement needed. There is more to football than just winning and with so many trial lists we were never gonna set the world alight. I didnt see anything that suggests a top half finish but I have not seen any other NLS teams play so its impossible to tell as yet. It's all about survival this season and if you cannot accept that then save your money for the following season because you are going to be very disappointed with this one.
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Post by Nick on Sept 2, 2020 16:45:38 GMT
Well I guess it's all about aspirations and expectations swordy. You see positives in the performance but reckon we have no chance of a top half finish and just need to accept survival as being the aim. I think you have set the bar so low that almost nothing could disappoint. Whatever floats your boat I suppose, but your vision ain't exactly going to get the Gallagher rocking. Hopefully the team will do a lot better than you think, I hope so for all our sakes.
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Post by jdl on Sept 2, 2020 17:22:16 GMT
Good pre-season friendlies - lousy season. Bad pre-season friendlies - lousy season.
OK, Soulstone?
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Post by soulstone on Sept 2, 2020 18:04:53 GMT
Good pre-season friendlies - lousy season. Bad pre-season friendlies - lousy season. OK, Soulstone? We can only hope. Seem to remember when Barry Fry was manager having a really good pre-season and look what happened.
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Post by sword65 on Sept 2, 2020 18:20:26 GMT
Well I guess it's all about aspirations and expectations swordy. You see positives in the performance but reckon we have no chance of a top half finish and just need to accept survival as being the aim. I think you have set the bar so low that almost nothing could disappoint. Whatever floats your boat I suppose, but your vision ain't exactly going to get the Gallagher rocking. Hopefully the team will do a lot better than you think, I hope so for all our sakes. The Gallagher will not be allowed to rock.
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Post by sword65 on Sept 2, 2020 18:28:23 GMT
Well I guess it's all about aspirations and expectations swordy. You see positives in the performance but reckon we have no chance of a top half finish and just need to accept survival as being the aim. I think you have set the bar so low that almost nothing could disappoint. Whatever floats your boat I suppose, but your vision ain't exactly going to get the Gallagher rocking. Hopefully the team will do a lot better than you think, I hope so for all our sakes. If the club had any real aspirations this season we would not have signed 75% of last seasons massive under achievers or wasted money on a goalkeeping coach to coach a goalkeeping coach. You say I have set the bar to low well ask yourself a question. If you were in queue and they said you'd be waiting 10 mins but were still there after 2 hours you would be a tad pissed off but if they said you'd be 2 hours and you were out in 10 minutes you would be over the moon. Do you see my point. Lots of supporters, including yourself by the sound of it,are expecting too much in my opinion and when it doesnt happen then who is gonna be more pissed off you or me?
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Post by Nick on Sept 2, 2020 21:08:05 GMT
The thing is swordy that going into the grieving process right now seems a shade premature. The season has yet to begin and you are writing it off. Just give it a chance mate and you may be pleasantly surprised.
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Post by Raymondo316 on Sept 2, 2020 21:12:07 GMT
Well I guess it's all about aspirations and expectations swordy. You see positives in the performance but reckon we have no chance of a top half finish and just need to accept survival as being the aim. I think you have set the bar so low that almost nothing could disappoint. Whatever floats your boat I suppose, but your vision ain't exactly going to get the Gallagher rocking. Hopefully the team will do a lot better than you think, I hope so for all our sakes. If the club had any real aspirations this season we would not have signed 75% of last seasons massive under achievers or wasted money on a goalkeeping coach to coach a goalkeeping coach. You say I have set the bar to low well ask yourself a question. If you were in queue and they said you'd be waiting 10 mins but were still there after 2 hours you would be a tad pissed off but if they said you'd be 2 hours and you were out in 10 minutes you would be over the moon. Do you see my point. Lots of supporters, including yourself by the sound of it,are expecting too much in my opinion and when it doesnt happen then who is gonna be more pissed off you or me? The thing I can't get my head around is why Terry a few months ago said last season was disappointing and he wants us to do better this coming season. Yet here we are a few months later with a large portion of last seasons squad re-signed. It doesn't make any sense.
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Post by steveh21 on Sept 3, 2020 6:58:36 GMT
It does make some sense. The money is not there this season to invest in the squad in the way we probably would have if we were not facing a 50% cut in home game crowds cos of Covid.
We might surprise ourselves this season but we are not as strong as last year IMO.. no wishart or Matt Mclure...
SOME other clubs in same position so who knows what might happen.
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Post by swampy on Sept 3, 2020 7:10:08 GMT
Also both Terry and Oliver have said money will be kept back to sign players once the season has started.
I don't get this rush by clubs to blow their budget at this stage. There is going to be so much talent filtering down the league's when the transfer window for the football league closes.
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Post by Rob on Sept 3, 2020 7:18:38 GMT
They have also mentioned the prospect of picking up EFL players on loan at little or no cost. Mind you some of the statements seem a shade contradictory compared with the review of where we went wrong un the past by not recruiting Kent based players with roots in the area.
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Post by sword65 on Sept 3, 2020 7:40:09 GMT
The thing is swordy that going into the grieving process right now seems a shade premature. The season has yet to begin and you are writing it off. Just give it a chance mate and you may be pleasantly surprised. You have to laugh but I seem to be the only person not slagging off Tuesdays performance and yet I am the supposed negative one. We have no wonga to compete with those who also have no money but are still paying silly wages even though they cannot afford it.
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Post by 61666 on Sept 3, 2020 7:46:55 GMT
Can't comment on the game itself as not there. However, think pre season friendlies are for coaches and management to assess progress, so spectators should not expect too much in the way of a spectacle. As for the coming season, hard to know what expect, other than more uncertainty. Those clubs that are heavily bank rolled will fancy their chances and if they do get promoted should have the money to survive in the NLP the following year. Clubs that are counting the pennies will be equally concerned about promotion and relegation because of financial implications for the season after that. Mid table, with a seriously good cup run, plus unearthing a valuable transfer target is probably what the owners want at the moment.
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