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Makes you wonder who chose the time and day?
Given they could have had any day, any time?…. all you had to do alcy was add, any place, anywhere and we could all have drunk a Martini on Saturday. 😜
As far as the debt is concerned the best we can hope for is for Mr Swann to leave us debt free when he eventually decides he’s had enough. This is a big ask but if he recognises that it’s been his ambition and his business model that has put us in this debt then you would think any genuine person would hold his hands up, take it on the chin and sort this out properly before walking away. You only have to look down the M180 and see the response of fans to a chairman who appears to be insisting that every penny of his own money he put into GTFC is paid back before any deal with new owners is fully processed. Some business men are good honest genuine sorts, some are not, we will have to just sit back and wait to see which way Mr Swann eventually jumps.
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Whitton Iron if you’re out there Mr Cox has an open invitation for you to see him at the ground. Social distanced of course.
Why is he going to kick shit out of him for not buying another season ticket? Orders from above no doubt. 😂
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12 players injured, bit ambiguous, are they all injured long term and won’t kick another ball this season or are some only a week or ten days away from being fit. After the stop start type of season we have endured with games coming thick and fast Saturday/ Tuesday for a long period, I don’t think 6 first team players injured is that unusual or just applicable to us. The fact other teams in our league have more better, experienced players in their first team squads to help cover 6 first team injuries is probably why we struggle in games more than them. After all haven’t a lot of fans said this season if we can put our best eleven out on a regular basis we are more than a match for most teams in league 2, the fact our cover isn’t good enough when we can’t probably explains our season in a nutshell.
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Lets be right the Chairman has scored quite a few PR own goals in his time at GP, from promising the earth ground wise, promotion wise , to stopping fans bringing a drink into the ground particularly during winter, moaning that fans have food and drink outlets to use, instead which in reality are poorly stocked, poorly run and understaffed to the point of being 6th in the queue at halftime and still not getting served before the 2nd half kicks off. He throws in the odd ” blame me I can take it ” routine during some interviews but its not convincing and in reality its everyone elses fault but his. Listen Mr Chairman, you are in charge and the buck does stop with you, same as 127,000 Covid deaths stops at Johnsons door, thats the reality of being top dog, glory when or if it goes right and an arse kicking if it doesn’t.
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Good points by alcy but as you say DM the media led bit doesn’t ring true for me. It wasn’t the media causing over 127,000 covid deaths but a reluctance by the blonde fat scarecrow to get his arse in gear sooner and actually listen to scietific advice which he has done in later months. All the media did was report it. The truth hurts sometimes.
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As i stated on another thread alcy, local derbies bring in extra revenue all small clubs need, would rather play the Cods twice a season then Torquay for obvious reasons. We all like to beat our nearest rivals and rub it in a bit but if clubs like ours are to survive we need our nearest local sides competing in the same division as us on a regular basis. Despite us and Grimsby having spells in the Championship over recent seasons we still have a long history of competing against each over a decent length of time in our histories to suggest what we both enjoy and both need to remain viable.
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With our budget limits now set a lot lower then when the Chairman first arrived then whatever we have offered Gilliead, even our best offer under difficult circumstances, won’t be anything what a club like Ipswich can offer. When he looks around their ground, set up and overall history compared to ours then that will be another contributing factor. He’s a typical player we have on our books, bring on and improve then let go to bigger and better things, it’s just life in the lower leagues, you all should be aware by now so stop talking bollocks alcy.
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…. wheras on the Cods forum it’s completely the opposite from, shit traitorous chairman, shit manager, shit tactics, shit players, no heart no passion, planning routes to non league grounds next season, worst team ever, deserve to go down, fans deserve better. Then, new board taking over, new optimism, new ground, new town regeneration plan, we will be back better then ever etc etc. Phew it’s a real bag of fans bollocks on the fishy forum but then again they are DOOMED and that’s the reason it’s busy.
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Yep I will settle for your assessment fi, also worth a mention if Barrow beat our local rivals tonight then the Cods will be well and truly GUTTED and FILLETED although I suspect they are already down.
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Glad common sense has been applied here but it was still a stupid thing to do in this day and age. Just don’t raise your hands period, it’s not bloody rocket science and Clarke is not a hot headed rookie, he should have known better and also should be setting a better example to younger players.
Wow, if the players believe anything on this board and take it to heart, they really are stupid.
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Go on then alcy, no doubting it was a terrible game but Cox has been crucified by some over games this season for chopping and changing his side, sometimes 5 players at a time. Today he left things alone apart from one change, then after the game he said the team looked leggy and he blamed the Saturday/ Tuesday scenario finally catching up with the side. He also said he didn’t make wholesale changes prior to ko as he thought the team from Tuesday could still give him more. So, has he made a mistake by not making changes?, or if he had made changes yet the outcome had been similar would he have been criticised for making wholesale changes? I know it’s catch 22 stuff but it’s a case of damned if he does or damned if he doesn’t. The main thing is, whether the game was shite or not, it’s another point for consolidation, with Barrow, Grimsby and obviously Southend drawing we are still in a very good position compared to teams below us with one game less to play. Now we have seen the performance and the result is in ( hindsight ) what would the experts on this forum think Cox should have done team wise prior to kick off without hindsight? Not easy is it when people nail you whatever course you take team wise be it no change or too many changes. At least Cox admitted it was poor stuff and didn’t try and hide but what would the forum experts have done prior to ko team wise? Can’t wait for the expert views to come in.
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