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Post by warehamgas on Jan 24, 2024 17:42:49 GMT
Well, that was rubbish. Have kept away from this place after getting home very, late. Crap match, awful journey. Don’t like criticising individuals but I hope Jed Ward replaces Cox on Saturday because that was pretty woeful. Not much else to say.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 23, 2024 11:56:39 GMT
Bernard was fearless. Got kicked in the head by a CF at home to Crewe(?) finished his career but carried on as a groundsman . New Years Day 1967, I think, home to Middlesbrough. John O’Rourke was the forward but it was a complete accident and no fault of O’Rourke. Laurie Taylor took over and played in the Arsenal cup match before being replaced in 69/70 season by Dick Sheppard. My 4 best keepers, has to be Nigel M, first million pound keeper and an England international, Jim Eadie, Laurie Taylor and Dick Sheppard, all for various rovers-related reasons. Iirc Dick Sheppard was being chased by City as well in 1969 but chose us (bet that wouldn’t happen now, sadly) and his bad injury was so sad. Laurie Taylor saved a penalty at Kettering in ‘69in the 3rd round replay when we were already 0-1 down and that could have been the end. We came back to win 2-1 (?) and have a decent cup run that ended at Goodison Park. And big Jim in that team of 73/74 that Don M built piece by piece in the two years before. UTG! edit: Sorry kent. Just seen you beat me to it. 👍👍👍
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 22, 2024 20:39:46 GMT
9777 with 666 from Devon.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 21, 2024 7:33:18 GMT
And of course whatever your thoughts on Tommy W are/were we were developing an infrastructure until Wael went against much of what he’d done and went down the route of the personality manager with total power. Leaving us, when it changed again, weaker imo. UTG! Happy to be corrected but I thought the previous infrastructure was SH (then MS) > TW > Manager, how's that any different from TG > EJ > JB? (ignoring the personalities which has already been done to death). Now we seem to have gone to TG > MT?? Building a decent infrastructure will cost decent money, not sure there's any real evidence the new owners are prepared to spend that type of money, time will tell. I’d say they were very different TW had a good background at Coventry and was not so connected to the manager as EJ. Honestly they were very different and that was shown that once DC went TW stayed and continued. More club than managers mate I think. Both were picked by the manager I agree bit EJ was so closely allied to his manager that he went at the same time. Little faith in him by the owners? Whatever I’m not sure that atm we have enough football expertise in the club for the club to appoint DoF without advice from elsewhere. And it will cost and your last paragraph I can completely agree with. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 20, 2024 15:20:02 GMT
And of course whatever your thoughts on Tommy W are/were we were developing an infrastructure until Wael went against much of what he’d done and went down the route of the personality manager with total power. Leaving us, when it changed again, weaker imo.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 20, 2024 15:14:46 GMT
Yes, it makes sense from all angles, freeing up the manager for first team affairs and esp as the owners talked about having club staff and not necessarily those brought in by the manager. A DoF would make so much sense in today’s football. UTG! Who would you appoint ? I think the most obvious choice would be Olly although many would disagree I’d have to give it more thought but, if owners are looking at costs (internal appointment) then someone like Kevin Bond with his width of experience in all leagues, respected by most people may be a good choice. Of course the details are always important and it would depend on what duties came under his responsibilities, recruitment, all teams, developing a consistent approach etc. And if it suited his strengths and of course he may not want it so that would be the end. And of course it could be someone we may not have heard of. I would not choose Ollie, the post would need someone with an attention to detail, contracts, getting value for money etc. Coordinating people and processes would be important as well. Pretty sure for all his strengths attention to detail isn’t one of them! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 20, 2024 9:10:39 GMT
Yes, it makes sense from all angles, freeing up the manager for first team affairs and esp as the owners talked about having club staff and not necessarily those brought in by the manager. A DoF would make so much sense in today’s football.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 19, 2024 21:36:17 GMT
9222 with 345 northerners.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 19, 2024 21:33:13 GMT
Norwich v W B A. 1-1 Plymouth v Cardiff. 2-1 Q P R v Millwall. 1-2 Gas v Blackpool. 1-1 Port Vale v Wycombe. PP Stevenage v Barnsley. 1-1 Barrow v Crewe. 1-1 Swindon v Tranmere. PP Walsall v Accy. 2-1 Eastleigh v Oldham. 1-2 Ebbsfleet v Hartlepool. 1-2 Scunny v Tamworth. PP
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 19, 2024 10:23:53 GMT
As Wareham says all the 'little' teams are looked on and viewed with great respect and affection by football fans until they get to a situation where they are rivals, then it all changes!. years ago when membership of the football league was subject to re/election and election, football fans were loud in their support for Yeovil getting elected . we were all pleased when it happened, then they overtook us , some of their fans got a bit carried away and whoosh they are not the dear little Somerset club anymore.! As for FGR, surely no one can deny that theirs is a remarkable story? I have nothing but admiration for what they have achieved , that won't be diminished due to the actions of a few over enthusiastic fans, enthusiasm many of our fans would display i am sure! Thing is, in both cases and a few others these clubs reach a level which they find almost impossible to maintain, gates and income will never get to a level high enough to finance operating at the higher level for any length of time without a 'sugar daddy' type figure involved, Wimbledon were the exception for many years, gates of 4-5000 , Bournemouth making a good fist of it ,somehow. Think Yeovil's natural home is National/league 2 , FGR probably National , but that's not to say they are not entitled to have 'their 'day in the sun now and again. Rovers are probably viewed by most fans these days as a league 1 or 2 club, as i remember the days when we were in todays speak, a championship /league 1 club that's where i place us and i believe we are more than capable of operating successfully at championship level, Premiership ,no thanks not for me, BUT you don't refuse promotion if that's what comes do you? Spot on halifax. 👍 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 19, 2024 8:47:09 GMT
I bloody hope not, we should be going all out to get him here! Quick, someone get on the phone to Tommy Wids!! Probably too expensive now, the time to sign him when he was at AFC Sudbury. The story of many signings pirate. We wait, someone else picks him up, he does well and sometimes we eventually sign them when they are well past their best. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 18, 2024 18:18:58 GMT
Yes it is sad but the crowds have increased significantly over the past 3/4 seasons, certainly beyond a few hundred. But the chairman, Kevin Sturmey has carried out most roles in the club and I don’t know what support he’s getting now. And of course the NLS is a league with some much bigger clubs in it. They’ve competed well but obviously things have stepped up with the involvement of HMRC. And to answer you NS blue about a sizeable town, Taunton is and always has been a cricket town even in winter where the interest is cricket. I suspect people in Taunton are talking more about the Somerset captaincy / Tom Abell / Lewis Gregory. At least the friends I talk to regularly are talking about cricket not Taunton Town. Sad perhaps but true.
And no club can just shrug off losing the players they have over the past week.
Difficult and likely to get harder over the next few weeks. Good luck to them.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 16, 2024 20:13:14 GMT
10333 with 666 canaries.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 15, 2024 21:28:08 GMT
Ok then, apart from you, got to feel sympathy for them. 🤔 UTG! Plus they're rivals of Tiverton Town, my ancestral team. Yes, some cracking matches 20 years or so ago. Tiverton left Taunton behind before they have overtaken them again in the past 2/3 years. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 15, 2024 20:44:06 GMT
Sorry but no sympathy for Taunton as they pool many of their support from the dark side... Ok then, apart from you, got to feel sympathy for them. 🤔 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 15, 2024 17:20:02 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67932973Poor Taunton Town. After being top of the NLS in September they’ve been on a poor run and are now just above the bottom 4. Lost a couple of players at the start of this window to Yeovil and now they’ve just lost 6 players in a week! They’ve hit the glass ceiling although they’ve lots of matches in hand because their ground is prone to water logging when it rains. Such a shame for a club who have slowly risen up the pyramid without the help of a rich benefactor. Good luck to them for the rest of the season I hope they survive but having their best players leave won’t help. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 15, 2024 15:34:49 GMT
Fair play to their manager Pete Wild who is doing an unbelievable job there. Yes he is and to an extent he’s gone under the radar. Must be one of the hardest jobs in football. Train in the Manchester area (not sure if it’s a regular place or whatever they can get) and travel to Barrow only on home match days. Not only are they doing pretty well but they have an attractive style. Good luck to them. Can’t help liking them. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 15, 2024 12:34:45 GMT
Jack Marriott apparently made available for transfer by Fleetwood. Be interesting to see what sort of teams are interested, imagine a few league 1 teams would take a chance on trying to get him back firing. Agree. It always seemed a strange move to Fleetwood but perhaps they took a chance as well. Whatever it didn’t work out. I may be wrong but I seem to remember us being linked with him as a loan move from Ipswich when we were in the conference 14/15 season. Did he play against us at Woking January ‘15? But I expect Fleetwood will be looking to get something for him so that might make it harder. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 14, 2024 22:20:12 GMT
A sign of the times, the sheet relates to 87/88, two years before our promotion in 89/90. Yet most of that promotion team are on the sheet. Nowadays in the age of two-year and the occasional three year contract I don’t think that would happen. I counted 12 names there were important parts of that promotion team. Nowadays most of those would have been picked off by other clubs before we got promoted. No real stars but what a true team those players were.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 14, 2024 19:48:00 GMT
Wow! Well done Russ, well deserved, well done Pirate. A high scoring week. And if Ellis hadn’t scored a winner for MKD at Tranmere late on I’d have had another 4 points. (Although to balance it out a late Lincoln equaliser gave me a maximum.)
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