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Post by crater on Jul 26, 2015 16:18:11 GMT
A win is a win so if we beat Manor Farm's spotty kids then yeah I'd be happy. Buckle would be proud of how low your expectations are.Serious question, how did you react then when Mansell put away that final penalty? Huge relief. The financial implications of staying in that division didn't bare thinking about.
Then I looked down at Higgs and wondered what he would waste the play off and Wembley money on. Didn't have to wait long to find out.
Good to know you were happy then, even if it all wore off soon after. Still UTG eh, let's continue supporting the team...go on you might even enjoy it. Now that would be a triumph but I'll be honest my expectations are low...apparently |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 16:26:03 GMT
"DC has proved nothing yet" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhhHhahahahahshscnvkoffkekjcjcjencjdncjfjdnchahahahahahahahahabfnckfmcmcmfkcmcmckgkvmmdhahahahahaahahahahaha Fair enough, I take it back. He's proved that Martin Allen can finish above him with a fraction of the budget. Still, fresh start, his own squad, let's see where we are in 9 months. I think that Clarke is tactically naive and will get found out, we won't get relegated under him again but will struggle. Lower half finish is my prediction. Followed by the happy clappers declairing that a success. |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jul 26, 2015 16:36:08 GMT
So on the flip side, if we had won 6-0 you would have been jumping around the living room raving how much of an epic result it was?? I somehow don't think so. It was a workout, another chance for players to get 90minutes in the legs ready for the season opener. The result, goals, goal scorers mean absolutely feck all. Panicking over a meaningless pre season friendly?! You need a dooby, White Russian and the attentions of a good woman! Where is the mythical creature " a good woman" come from from ? I now know you are delusional  |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jul 26, 2015 16:43:41 GMT
It's all about resources and the quality of the opposition. How excited would you get if we beat Manor Farm U11s? Not very, because it isn't a fair contest, likewise we should have blown away the Conference last year, the standard was mostly pitiful. Let's wait and see over the next couple of years how many players from last year's Conference go on to have League careers at a decent level, very few, if any would be my guess. Most of the better players that I noticed were old campaigners on their way down and just looking for a pay day at the end of their careers. Dreadful standard overall. A win is a win so if we beat Manor Farm's spotty kids then yeah I'd be happy. Serious question, how did you react then when Mansell put away that final penalty? Did you just calmly walk away thinking well that was hardly a season to celebrate Did you jump up and down like a chimpanzee on a trampoline (as I did) Did you secretly wish we'd got beat so believing your opinions could be vindicated Did you politely clap like Joe a Root had stroked one through cover point for 4 Did you indulge in a spot of stranger hugging Did you immediately think back to disappointing draws at Welling and Alfreton Or was it none of the above? I cried like a kid. Pure relief. It was a poor game by U.S. And our fans were quiet. My bet is most felt relief rather than outright joy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 16:47:17 GMT
Same old whinging people p1ssing themselves over a poor pre season performance, as they did for the majority of last season and we all know how that ended up.Some people couldn't see any positive even if they were looking at a battery. Yes we do, the manager often couldn't out-think part time teams, and dispite having a huge budget for the division, and him inheriting a defence that was easily good enough for L2 we just limped out of the division because Pittman can't hit a target that's 8 yards wide and 8 feet tall. Clarke has proved nothing yet, hopefully he will over the next 9 months, but to pretend that last season was some kind of triumph is more deluded than people going into meltdown because we've lost a training session yesterday. Getting out of a division where there's only 1 automatic promotion place the first time of asking wasn't a huge success? Patently absurd. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 19:37:10 GMT
Same old whinging people p1ssing themselves over a poor pre season performance, as they did for the majority of last season and we all know how that ended up.Some people couldn't see any positive even if they were looking at a battery. Yes we do, the manager often couldn't out-think part time teams, and dispite having a huge budget for the division, and him inheriting a defence that was easily good enough for L2 we just limped out of the division because Pittman can't hit a target that's 8 yards wide and 8 feet tall. Clarke has proved nothing yet, hopefully he will over the next 9 months, but to pretend that last season was some kind of triumph is more deluded than people going into meltdown because we've lost a training session yesterday. you simply make the same post over and over again,,,i think promotion out of the conference which has many full time teams a massive achievement,,,,you clearly dont so you change the wording a little and make the same post over and over |
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Post by lympstonegas on Jul 26, 2015 19:41:16 GMT
"DC has proved nothing yet" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhhHhahahahahshscnvkoffkekjcjcjencjdncjfjdnchahahahahahahahahabfnckfmcmcmfkcmcmckgkvmmdhahahahahaahahahahaha Fair enough, I take it back. He's proved that Martin Allen can finish above him with a fraction of the budget. Still, fresh start, his own squad, let's see where we are in 9 months. I think that Clarke is tactically naive and will get found out, we won't get relegated under him again but will struggle. Lower half finish is my prediction. Followed by the happy clappers declairing that a success. Followed by the DC Board haters happily saying I told you so |
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Post by Westcountry Gas on Jul 26, 2015 20:00:33 GMT
Bamber has just lost all his credibility as a genuine poster with his comments about DC. Maybe he should just stick to threads on the stadium & sainsburys.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 20:04:37 GMT
Yes we do, the manager often couldn't out-think part time teams, and dispite having a huge budget for the division, and him inheriting a defence that was easily good enough for L2 we just limped out of the division because Pittman can't hit a target that's 8 yards wide and 8 feet tall. Clarke has proved nothing yet, hopefully he will over the next 9 months, but to pretend that last season was some kind of triumph is more deluded than people going into meltdown because we've lost a training session yesterday. you simply make the same post over and over again,,,i think promotion out of the conference which has many full time teams a massive achievement,,,,you clearly dont so you change the wording a little and make the same post over and over Now I know you are just on a wind up. Massive achievement getting out of the 5th division, yeah right. You are exactly the sort of apologist that gives the BoD the licence they need to continue. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 20:08:18 GMT
Bamber has just lost all his credibility as a genuine poster with his comments about DC. Maybe he should just stick to threads on the stadium & sainsburys. Ain't it a bitch when someone you disagree with is proven correct  What have I said that isn't a matter of record? The bloke took over with us above the relegation zone, after the Torquay farce I said that he was going to take us down. 6 weeks later we were relegated. With all the cards in his favour we just, and I mean just, scraped our way back into the League. This season he has his own squad and no excuses. Let's see what happens. |
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Post by Bridgeman on Jul 26, 2015 20:15:20 GMT
Yes, can we just wait until after the first game of the season before we start calling for the manager's head....I mean come on have a bit of patience will you |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 20:18:00 GMT
Yes, can we just wait until after the first game of the season before we start calling for the manager's head....I mean come on have a bit of patience will you Who called for his head? |
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Post by singupgas on Jul 26, 2015 20:27:57 GMT
Sometimes i agree and think people on here talk a lot of sense, but this thread is more of a laugh than the result of a friendly its about. 2 Seasons ago, we lost one game in pre season against Derby County, but won all other including a 2-1 result against Reading and look how that season ended up. Don't you think you might be getting little bit too excitable, Barca lost 3-1 yesterday, Lyon 6-0 to Arsenal, i cant imagine either of those clubs are already writing themselves off for the season, nor should we at our level.
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Post by Westcountry Gas on Jul 26, 2015 20:30:22 GMT
Bamber has just lost all his credibility as a genuine poster with his comments about DC. Maybe he should just stick to threads on the stadium & sainsburys. Ain't it a bitch when someone you disagree with is proven correct What have I said that isn't a matter of record? The bloke took over with us above the relegation zone, after the Torquay farce I said that he was going to take us down. 6 weeks later we were relegated. With all the cards in his favour we just, and I mean just, scraped our way back into the League. This season he has his own squad and no excuses. Let's see what happens. The season was nearly 50 games over 10 months, it was a long slog hardly a scrape. If thats what you want to call it that fine your entitled to your opinion, i think 99% of other gasheads will call it an incredible achievement to do it at the first attempt working under our BoD. The arguments over the 13/14 season have been done to death, i saw it as DC being a jockey of a horse with 2 broken legs that was never going to make it, others though who give's a **** that the horse has 2 broken legs, were Bristol Rovers, the horse should have pissed all over that race and won it easy, and DC is clueless, forgetting the fact he was completely set up by the BoD & Ward, to appoint him the day after the loan window closed for the final time was something that was totally unforgivable from the BoD. |
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Post by stevek192 on Jul 26, 2015 20:48:51 GMT
Let me make my position clear. I am 100% behind DC and as regards the job he did last season- Fantastic to get us back at the first attempt as very few have done that. I will look at the position at Christmas but have every confidence that we will be at least half way although as I have said before with so many unknowns at this level including DC it is by no means a certainty. DC is the best Manager we have had for many a year and I include Trollope in that.
If we do lose him then I very much hope it is because he has been very successful rather than the last god knows how many Managers!!
One thing we all know is that 90% of Managers will be sacked ...its just a question of when.
DC has very much earned the right to be our Manager this season and I very much hope the Board will back him to bring in what is necessary to challenge at the top.
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Post by Bridgeman on Jul 26, 2015 20:55:27 GMT
Yes, can we just wait until after the first game of the season before we start calling for the manager's head....I mean come on have a bit of patience will you Who called for his head? No idea, it was implied..... |
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Post by bs14gas on Jul 26, 2015 21:15:56 GMT
Don't really care about per season. DC will ONLY be judged on league results.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 22:07:56 GMT
No idea, it was implied..... Fair enough, so what you have actually said is that after the first game we should demand that the manager is removed / resigns. Got it |
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Post by mentors on Jul 26, 2015 22:14:11 GMT
No idea, it was implied..... Fair enough, so what you have actually said is that after the first game we should demand that the manager is removed / resigns. Got it Only if we lose or draw |
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warehamgas
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 26, 2015 22:15:00 GMT
Friendliest are important but not too important. It's all about getting players fit, getting them into a system of play and in 3 weeks time we will all struggle to remember the result and how players played. Perhaps because it's Cheltenham managed by GJ we feel that it's more important than it really is. In the big scheme it doesn't greatly matter..I am amazed that people still feel the need to be really critical about DC and the team. This idea that promotion wasn't worth celebrating !?!? All DC could do was get promotion it didn't matter the quality of the opposition because we were as bad. We had got relegated and we were where we were and all DC could do was get promotion. He did that and we were first-time promotion winners for the first time in 10 years.... He could do no more. Of course we were going to celebrate it. The play off victory was a great day. Should we have been there? probably not but we were and thank god someone did something to remedy it. When that winning penalty went in all 30,000 of us went wild obviously. We had the same reaction of the players ... Some of us went wild just like Mansell, Monkhouse, Taylor and wildly celebrated. some went wild with their mates just like DC and Olly Clarke by running over to the crowd. But I bet we all felt like Macca when he sank to his knees. He felt pure relief that the nightmare year was over. He didn't want to celebrate then it was just relief that a wrong had been righted. We all felt that and the feeling of relief was the strongest emotion then and in the days that followed.
The point is.... stop harping about the past we are in the league and let's hope we can push on. Those that feel DC isn't the right manager are entitled to their opinion. In the season ahead we will have a bad run, things will go against us and we will get some bad ref decisions. But that won't detract from what he has done and how he has done it. In the end he may leave ... managers don't stay too long and it usually ends in tears. Managers usually have a shelf life. That will not mean that the anti-DC lobby were right all along. In DC I trust.
UTG!
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