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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 29, 2015 14:10:32 GMT
I liked the bit where he says that the rich should be taxed until they are no longer rich because being rich doesn't make them happy.
As an Arsenal supporter he'll no doubt be campaigning to get rid of their high earners and won't have been happy when £100,000 a week player Walcott scored in the cup final and would have been distraught when £150,000 a week Alexis Sanchez (estimated net wealth $36,000,000) hit that screamer into the roof of the net.
The lovely bit is that our dear Jeremy considers anyone earning more than 50k as rich ! I love him. Will he wear a donkey jacket to the Remembrance Ceremony? I reckon 8000+ for the first home game. He must have hated Bob Crowe |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 29, 2015 14:09:22 GMT
Ha! Spot the sore Labour voter amongst the mods. Nothing offensive was being said, no raised voices, just harmless conversation. I just hope that all threads containing posts that aren't football related are given the anchor with the same enthusiasm. We've still got mods? I thought threads were allowed about anything now women's sport, Bristol Manor Farm..... oh well I guess almost anything |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 29, 2015 9:45:19 GMT
Corbyn wants Britain to make attempt #237692 at social utopia. All the other attempts "weren't the right sort of socialism " ;-) Corbyn, what a loonie, take a look at this,
The man in the pub
The first 5 mins are just Labour trying to work out how to make themselves unelectable, from 5-20 onwards they show that they have found the answer.
I've never seen anything like it, and that's their preferred candidate.
For Christ's sake Bamber some of us are trying to talk the man up and then you come along and post rubbish like this that totally undermines us. Unbelievable |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 29, 2015 8:22:58 GMT
we have strengthen the squad Lines, Montano, Clarke these have been added and with a fit again Easter we are better prepared than 12 months ago I would imagine 12 months ago Cheltenham were looking forward to the season we are were not... now 12 months on roles have been reversed ..progress for one and utter dread for the other ..I am in camp one and looking forward to the season. The Arsenal U21 game taught me we are a million miles from matching such a high ranking Club. What about the other 3 additions we have made Mike? |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 28, 2015 14:04:48 GMT
Handball is not one of the seven sending-off offences. Sorry, you are wrong there. From the FA website disciplinary section.... Sending-off offencesA player, substitute or substituted player is sent off if he commits any of the following seven offences: serious foul play violent conduct spitting at an opponent or any other person denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area)denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures receiving a second caution in the same match A player, substitute or substituted player who has been sent off must leave the vicinity of the field of play and the technical area. Read more at www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/laws/football-11-11/law-12---fouls-and-misconduct.aspx#TfC5lfhv0Z0hQ3rb.99Why I why did they ever add the bit in brackets, it would make the game superbly entertaining if that clause was removed. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 27, 2015 18:25:10 GMT
Grimsby Town sub missed his penalty kick
So I will ask again until you get it right ....
Do you agree the fact the manager decided to swap Puddy for Mildy was a masterstroke which ensured PROMOTION
how many penalties did Mildenhall save at Wembley, Mike? Has a lot of trouble with numbers does our Mike. How many new additions have we made this summer Mike? |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 16:51:43 GMT
Bamber you're so wrong yet again. Oldie confirmed long ago that the problems in the Middle East were all caused by decisions back in the 1920s. It's absolutely nothing to do with Tony Blair or the Turks declaring the Persians to be infidels so that they could start killing them, a past time that Muslims have enjoyed ever since. Surely you mean the Saudis rather than the Turks? Nothing to do with Rovers, but then it was a supermarket economics thread to begin with. Oh, and the financial crisis was global in scope and American in origin. Blaming Gordon Brown for it is akin to blaming Neville Chamberlain for WW2. Not their fault, they were just unlucky to have itit happen on their watch. Nope Turks was what I mean't though they were possibly calling themselves the Ottomans back then. And unlucky? Unlucky is losing your cars keys not overseeing a financial crisis after you've spent all the money that is ineptitude that Labour specialise in. Still if Jeremy Corbyn gets elected we won't need to worry about being governed by Labour again for at least 10 years. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 15:26:54 GMT
To make it simple. There was a trifiling little thing called the 'financial crisis' overseen by a man called Gordon 'how the hell could I have seen that coming' Brown, in fairness some deluded people blamed it on Lady Margaret Thatcher (god rest her soul) even though she hadn't been Prime Minister for nearly 20 years. After that 'financial crisis' banks decided it wasn't enough to just lend money willy nilly to anyone who had a pile of bricks and it would be a good idea to actually lend to profitable companies. At this point you should realise what our problem would be in getting a loan for £10m or more. There isn't some magic 20 year cut-off point for drip down of effects from previous PMs. Blair's foreign policies will haunt us and our children all their lives. There, that should get admin all twitchy and get this thread locked  Bamber you're so wrong yet again. Oldie confirmed long ago that the problems in the Middle East were all caused by decisions back in the 1920s. It's absolutely nothing to do with Tony Blair or the Turks declaring the Persians to be infidels so that they could start killing them, a past time that Muslims have enjoyed ever since. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 14:55:35 GMT
I agree to a certain extent, but I just didn't like the bulls*** at the start when people were saying it was all for the benefit of the England team, when it was so patently obvious it wasn't.
Although I preferred top flight football before 1992, I wouldn't argue for one second that football is far more popular now than it was back then. Football seemed doomed for a while, it certainly doesn't now.
We'll soon see how much further behind Scotland have fallen in recent years. Really? Think Woy has just been given a bye through to Russia 2018, where of course they won't be any, oh no not a word, of racism uttered. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 14:53:38 GMT
£10m at 2% is only £200k interest a year, surely we could afford that with the vastly increased income streams? Surely like a house whoever loaned the money would offset it against the equity value? To make it simple. There was a trifiling little thing called the 'financial crisis' overseen by a man called Gordon 'how the hell could I have seen that coming' Brown, in fairness some deluded people blamed it on Lady Margaret Thatcher (god rest her soul) even though she hadn't been Prime Minister for nearly 20 years. After that 'financial crisis' banks decided it wasn't enough to just lend money willy nilly to anyone who had a pile of bricks and it would be a good idea to actually lend to profitable companies. At this point you should realise what our problem would be in getting a loan for £10m or more. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 13:52:45 GMT
Having not been to any pre-season games, just really can't get excited by them but will be at Phil Kite's game, I'm very confused about all this talk of needing a bit of width. Isn't that what Hannah Montano is supposed to provide? We only ever played with one wide player last year, I'd argue we often played with none when Gosling was playing on the right and continually cutting inside on his left foot. So is Hannah dud?
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 13:49:05 GMT
Danny Greenslade played 90 minutes at Cribbs on friday night then 90 minutes again the next day at Cheltenham, his body must be hurting today. My only complaint of this pre-season is that we've played to many games with BRFC XI fixtures included, with a small squad. On the subject of new signings, DC said he wanted 4 or 5 new faces, J.Clarke, Lines, Montano & Bodin coming in means DC has kept to his word, plus Lucas & Greenslade seem like they are going to play a more active role in the squad this season. I much prefer the policy of using the budget wisely rather than lump it on a few players and let the kids make up the numbers, it leaves room for anywhere between 4 and 7 new loan players coming in over the course of a 10 month season, not forgetting the January window where we can get players in who have terminated there contracts elsewhere. Good point. I wonder if pre season doesn't need a rethink? Interestingly Bristol rugby are only having one pre season fixture siting that peak performance is the most important thing. How many times have we played a dozen pre season games undefeated and then fallen apart as soon as the season starts? It it would be interesting to get an opinion from you qualified coaches on here? A usual I'll expect that that pre-season friendly will be played in the play-off final. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 13:40:36 GMT
The lack of scoring is worrying, but not surprising, as soon as we play any team on our level or more we struggle. We are still short on quality as Steve K points out DCs comments of players demanding £1500 a week rang alarm bells with me, yet other clubs seemed to sign players without much trouble, and now DC states he is happy with a small squad, all this suggests our young fantastic manager is again working with a budget that has been slashed by the BoD before and especially after the Sainsburys decision went against us. Even though they quoted the playing budget was entirely from different pot. DC will have a tough job this season with the present squad to achieve a top seven finish. Strangely DC was quite happy to sign a player in the Conference on £1,250 a week. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 13:34:20 GMT
The 25 years prior to the 'invention' of football were hardly stellar years for England .... They weren't, but my point was , that when the Premier League was first mooted, many complained that it would just lead to the rich getting richer (which is exactly what has happened), whereas the football authorities were claiming it would bring huge benefits to the England team, which was obviously a load of bollocks, it was always about the money (and always will be).
Fair points Rex but those who thought for themselves knew from the start that the Premier League would look after itself & the only chance of England improving was as an aside. What I would argue is that the matchday experience has improved unbelievably and that is all down to the marketing of the Premier League that requires all the clubs & grounds to look the best & state of the art. The big failing was that the FA & Football League didn't have the imagination to set-up the Premier League and take control of the game. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 13:29:00 GMT
Doesn't take much thinking to imagine the vitriol & abuse that would be flying around on here if the BoD declined to offer the must successful manager in the clubs history a new contract.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 26, 2015 13:22:25 GMT
Maybe but they wouldn't pay £30m and Sainsbury's knew that when they bid for the site. Also they prefer one acre sites and like to pay £1m for them. I think it's clear that we aren't going to get 30m. I do not understand why the shortfall could not be made up with some sort of mortgage, particularly when potential the future increase in revenue is taken into account. Even if the site was sold for housing for 10-15m, would 15m+ borrowed over many years really beyond the realms of possibility? Toni says it is, but then the bloke is an incompetent pr*ck. We've just borrowed 2m short term at an extortionate interest rate FFS. Good luck in persuading a bank to lend to a football club. This was well covered when Barclays declined to lend us any more money & we ended up with a Wonga loan |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 25, 2015 11:23:58 GMT
I'm sure our older viewers will remember that when football was 'invented' in 1992 we were told it was purely for the benefit of the England team The 25 years prior to the 'invention' of football were hardly stellar years for England .... |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 24, 2015 15:02:43 GMT
1 Lines 2 Clarke J 3 Montano 4 Preston 5 Greenslade 6 Lucas
that is SIX in my mind ...
200 lines for you and back to school for you I must not swear I must not swear I must not swear then 100 lines I must learn to add up
You can't add players you've already got. We've added two to the squad we finished last season with. Think Mike is struggling to grasp that very, very simple concept. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 24, 2015 11:30:50 GMT
why bring in new players when we have a settled squad plus Lines, Clarke and Montano have signed plus we have also signed youngsters Greenslade, Lucas and Preston....so that's SIX ADDITIONS How the f**k is that 6 additions? Think you need to go back to school your maths is shocking. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 24, 2015 10:16:16 GMT
why bring in new players when we have a settled squad plus Lines, Clarke and Montano have signed plus we have also signed youngsters Greenslade, Lucas and Preston....so that's SIX ADDITIONS How the f**k is that 6 additions? Think you need to go back to school your maths is shocking. |
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