Quote from: Mallard on January 17, 2022, 06:44:03 PM

It was such a shame he couldn’t keep pace with stuff off the field to match the on field exploits. Then again a lot of that was down to the people he employed.   Ultimately the buck stops with SC.

When the full financial picture is revealed will tell us how good a job he has done.

"Down to the people he employed"?
  I trust you mean the ones that were announced in a fanfare and then never heard of again.  Rather than some of the more recent departures who put up with the Owner's hopeless interference far longer than most could have endured.       (And some of the remaining, longstanding, virtual 'volunteers' still working hard against the odds)

One of the (many) definitions of the "Peter Principle"? 

A recipe for disaster unless "Parkinson's law" is applied by any individuals it effects.

Problem is, the latter is usually something that the former haven't got the ability to do.

I’ve got to say for all he has done for the club, ok he’s got a lot of the things wrong sometimes not all his fault, I really think the page has been turned. We now have a catering manager who really knows what’s she’s doing ie the bar pricing is pulling in customers and food is now available. We have a new Team Manager who I hope will turn the results around so my answer will be yes

Too little too late?   


Nice to see you posting again Malcolm. Not heard anything about Fotls recently. Any updates on what they are doing and have achieved since you last posted about them? We see and hear what Grissles has been up to, but not a lot else.

 

At the moment I really wouldn't be surprised if the Chairman was looking to reduce outgoings, not increase them by signing a really good striker (no point in signing an average one).

I understand the potential short and long term effects of not bringing a striker in, and I'm sure he will be more aware than most. It must be a very difficult decision for him, but really not helped when there's so much talk and very little action (at least action we can see or have been informed of).

There's for and against spending more money at the moment. Without a striker I think most will agree we are doomed and will lose our NL status. With signing a striker and the increase in costs it brings, if it doesn't work out it could be the the thing that just pushes us over the brink (and then we could lose more than just our NL status).

Very, very difficult and as always, time will tell.

As a matter of interest what was Simon Clark’s record as Manager at the Club ?   I recall he was sacked after drawing with lower League opposition in a Cup tie. Hmmmmm

We've got no Backie and Fryatt to fall back on this time. They won the replay very easily if memory serves me well.

Don't think they had any problems finding us a certain striker either.

Not writing him off, can see him jacking it in before the season ends. Just get the feeling he is here for something to occupy him for while until something better comes along. Time will tell. Been lots of rheteric, that has masked the fallout of the results, which have been no better than IC would have done. No decent signings since appointment, despite saying they would be forthcoming. Signed his son, bravo. Plenty of yap, not a lot of content. Hopefully i'm proved wrong, we' ll see.

I can't see him jacking it in that quickly. That's unless there's a really massive fall out. I would think every Manager at this level hopes that something better comes along. If that happens its usually because the Managers history is showing something that other Clubs appreciate and want.

Yes, have to question the lack of signings following his statement a couple of weeks ago. Then, it all sounded like a done deal. 

11 am pitch inspection done and passed and another a 2pm

 

Would it be worth TW having a word with Rob Back and ask him to help out for a couple of weeks or so to bring in a couple of strikers.   Robbie would have a black book full of names.  Got to be worth Tommy taping into that knowledge if he is struggling to find one himself

Makes sense. We were told Backie was taking s break so have to assume he’ll be back at sometime anyway.

Didn’t Backie find Marriot for us?

Quote from: rod on January 08, 2022, 03:47:54 PM

I wonder how today's players would have coped on what used to be normal playing conditions for this time of year....Sometimes the surface was akin to a.ploughed field.

Baseball Ground?

Produced a winning team. 



In fairness, I think most people in the Chairmans position would have left it to as late as possible, in the hope that it would be possible to play the game. I doubt very much that the Club can continue to pile up these loses as a result of no income being generated, so I do understand his thinking on this one.

Over the years we've all seen games go ahead that probably should not have done, and games called off that could have possibly gone ahead.

............but club doesn't do itself any favours with posts like "covers due to come of at 1pm but early reports are very good" ...........

I didn't see that but yes, probably not the most sensible thing to post.