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Sorry Paul but my first time and a lot of new players to get your head around.  Was Morgan the lad who played in the no 6 role ? Or have I got the name wrong ?

What has happened to the pitch, looked decent in terms of smooth but a lot of brown patches and players were having to really push the ball along ?

I agree with re the atmosphere. Certainly a good vibe.  As for how this season plays out. Not sure if we are more likely to be challenging next season than this.  Expectation level  seems really high for a young team that's been put together PDQ and may need time to gel.

All about opinions this game.

I'm going to burst a few people's bubble.  Thought we ran the show for the opening 25 mins and should have been 2/3 ahead.  The reason we weren't ? Poor finishing.  That continued throughout the game.  Chance after chance went begging.  I bet Adam Marriot sitting in the bench must have been licking his lips.   I guess Rowe was feeling the same with the amount of times he had his head in his hands.

Let's be fair Telford won't be troubling those at the top end of the table. So let's get today's performance in prospective.  So let's see how we do next time out at The Walks when Darlo come visiting. The keeper playing up between the 18 yard box and the half way line makes it a bit squeaky bum time.  We nearly got caught by it a couple of times.

Plus side was the amount of pace we have in this team.  In some ways playing away from home may be helpful where teams have to come at us and with the pace we have up top we might scare a few teams. For me Mom was the lad Morgan signed from Chester.  Will makes us tick in the no6 role.  Though I'm not sure Clunan and him click that well together.

Still it's early days and think we will start to gel more once they get playing together as the season progresses.

Disappointing to see the game held up after the linesman called the ref over due to comments made from  opposite the main stand..  security guards called over who basically didn't seem like they could deal with the situation.   Another few grand for the FA I would suggest.  Jo and Bal can't have been impressed with that on their first day in charge. 

The pitch look devoid  of grass and had no zip in it.  The ball just didn't seem to travel that well on it.  Has there been problems ? 

Stephen Cleeve had a seat in the Directors box.  Seems he can't walk away.  Perhaps once the deal is finally done he will feel his time is finally over.  Which it seems is subject to DCMS approval.  Hopefully this is just a rubber stamp job.  If not, well I guess that doesn't bare thinking about.

Think this seems to be the most exciting start to the season the Club has enjoyed in years. 

Have to feel a certain amount of sympathy for Stephen Cleeve ( yes I'm surprised I'm saying it).  The guy gave it his best shot for  a good few years but never really got the fans in side. Now just a few short months of handing the reins over  to Jo/Bal  the Club seems to have been transformed and a massive goodwill factor installed.

Have been speaking to several people today who are going to the game tomorrow, some of which haven't set foot in the Walks for years.


I wonder if SC's EDP column has been handed over to a new owner?  I guess with a new broom in at Carrow Road, then Kings Lynn won't get much coverage  well at least in the short term.

Roll on tomorrow, have the. Club made it public how many tickets for tomorrow have been sold?
Just hope Telford don't turn up with any thoughts on spoiling the party. 🥳 😂

I would hope Bal will want to make a huge statement on the opening day.  With everything off and indeed in the pitch looking very different.

I'm going with 1400 and a 4-1 win.  Crowd behind the team Telford may well find themselves having to deal with a very tough afternoon.

No disrespect to Telford but this looks a massive  opportunity for Rowe to put down a marker as I'm sure tougher days lie ahead

What are people's thoughts ahead of Saturdays opener, gate result etc ?

Maybe with over double the amount sold people want to avoid the queues and pick up before the opening day so they can get straight into the ground to claim their free pint of Watney's Red  barrel. Malc?  😂🍺

I had a listen to the Managers post match interview.  Super confident guy ahead of next Saturday.  Explained what and who he was happy with.   Not about results in pre/
-season, though a lot of Managers set the  friendlies with a 'gimme' at the end as boast going into the season.

Let's not forget Spalding are no mugs and I guess must be favourites for promotion themselves.  Plus they have a Manager who knows his onions. Not long back he was being tipped as a Kings Lynn Manager.

First game of the season is getting proper exciting.

I guess at the moment there will be issues with so many departures  and arrivals.  Trouble is it's starts for real in 7 short days.  Important to get off to a decent start in terms of keeping the fanbase onboard.  I'm expecting a decent gate for Saturday.  New regime that plenty will give a chance.

Would like to hear some thoughts on the game today.  Surely can't have been as poor as the result suggests.

Not an ideal result to go into next Saturday with.

Players reach a certain time in life where they have to plan for the future.  Football careers don't last forever.

As I understand it Kyle has family commitments that will mean he can no longer continue as Full time professional player.   He is certainly more than capable of playing at this level in full time employment. Dropping down a level or two shows he is leaving for Non Football reasons.

Let's wish him well. 100% is what you got from McFadden. 

The Club or the holding company ?  I guess all will be made clear when the deal eventually goes through

Guess there might be a couple more ?  Good to keep players busy and loans help with the wage bill.

That's good.  Money rolling into the coffers.  New stadium sponsors, stand sponsors. Short sponsors, front, back, arm and shorts.

I saw when the new ground sponsor was announced they also had their name on the back of the shirts.  Was this just for a photo opportunity?

If he still has the lease on The Walks maybe he is very much in demand ?  I sure he won't be slow to use anything he can to keep his nose in the door.

If only that table could talk.  All those deals and ideas Cleeve had to put the Town on the map.  Gibraltar, Music Concerts on The Walks, featuring AC/DC.  Live streaming of games was going to make the Club a fortune with all those overseas viewers tuning in.   

There was so many. What a character.  He really should write a book. 

I wonder if Lakey will still allow him to pen a column  for the Norwich Rag? Could be on the more ranging aspects of the game.  Or really has the World suffered enough.