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GlossopLatic

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  1. We are due a win I think we will get one tomorrow. I'm hoping last week was a slap in the face for a few of the players.
  2. I think we have to accept that football clubs infact sports clubs in general are failed business models. The club only really makes significant money 23 days a year yet the outgoings are on a daily basis any other business would go under with such unsustainable losses. Promotion won't solve that it will boost revenue but if we want to be competitive at that level we will have to pay out more in wages on the pitch. We are very much at the whim of the owners fortunately we have the right ones in charge. As proved though football does attract alot of bad actors such as vain football agents or other opportunists who want the status of being involved but Contribute nothing. These people unfortunately do alot of damage to football clubs and football in general keeping them away from football is a difficult thing.
  3. No I think it will be different things I don't know exactly what they will be, but in layman's terms creditors are people we owe money too and debtors are who owe us money. It could be anything for all we know.
  4. Yes we are that Creditors figure of £7.5mill is quite eye popping £5.5million of that is other creditors I'm assuming that is directors loans from the rothwells. While effectively that would mean OAFC owes the Rothwells £5.5million its highly unlikely they will call it in just as in the case of Chris Moore Simon Blitz and probably Abdallah Lemsagam too they will eventually just write them off. The question going into next season is how much of that cash is left and how willing will the Rothwells be to throw more money at it? I'm not anticipating them to turn off the taps I think we will have a very competitive budget at this level at this level next season certainly one that if used wisely will be enough for us to get promotion. But I think we need to be smarter at how we spend our budget I think we probably all know that. It was interesting to see that we have £2million owed to us in debtors. Who owes us that kind of money?
  5. I think their is element of season fatigue at the moment it happens quite often at this time of year but particularly with the recent form. However come August their will be a renewed sense of optimism. Obviously what we do during the close season will have a big impact, but I think come August alot of those wavering now will be refreshed and will have renewed their season tickets.
  6. I wasn't asking for plaudits. Having a season ticket means I'm paying for 16 games if I was to buy in advance and 13 if bought on the day. So I can miss a good chunk of games and still be better off. Don't forget we won't have EFL parachute money next season so we have quite a shortfall in income to make up. I also think that we will be more competitive next season than this. I'm trusting the process.
  7. Very reasonable in my opinion. Despite a recent downturn in overall form and let's call it mixed home form I've every intention of getting one. Season Tickets 2024/25
  8. We need to remember that all the teams around us are fallable it's not entirely beyond the realms of possibility that we could be back in the race this time next week.
  9. Yeah another example is Tottenham who under Big Ange have "their Tottenham back" they are likely to finish 5th and trophyless, like they always do.
  10. I think the biggest headache will be getting the players contracted beyond this season off the books who aren't needed. You would imagine the likes of Willoughby, Nuttall, Shelton, Ward and Reid have already been told to find new clubs. If we can do that then that's going to give us abit more leeway interns of bringing players in.
  11. Don't forget Hendon at home or Kidderminster at home. This team has thrown in too many stinkers and that's why it more than likely won't go up. However we are going to get back to the football league at some point and some of those players who haven't performed on the pitch and in training for us this season won't be on that journey with us. I'm not going to hate them for that, lifes too short.
  12. Dissapointing. Embarrassment or a shambles is being twatted 5 or 6 nil. How many times have you said this is the worst you have ever seen? I bet its atleast once a season. Everytime we lost the sun came up the following morning and the world didn't fall apart. I think that while we can still reach the play offs it's more likely that we won't reach them which is dissapointing considering the financial outlay that we've seen abd the talent in the squad. But if that's the case so be it we can regroup and go again next season. Knowone has died we don't suffer and the world will keep turning. The day will come like what happened to Chesterfield last Saturday where we will get a big promotion party either at Boundary Park or Wembley.
  13. No it's not a shambles we are in a rebuilding phase on and off the pitch. The off the pitch rebuilding has included alot of easy wins, opening the fans bar, opening the North Stand, a prayer room, new benches in the dug out, and just an attempt to engage with the fans and treat them like adults rather than talk down to them like the failed policeman did. The wins on the pitch imparticularly the goal of promotion is significantly harder. Some of the hyperbolic language used on here such as us being "a shambles" or "an embarrassment" is just pathetic petty and juvenile.
  14. Yes definitely wide areas and creativity are the issues in our team. We need a magic man someone who can male things happen in the final third. We have Devran Green who can do it a little bit but not consistently. So I would say 2 wide players who have the courage to get on the ball and try things. I think if you did that you will see more from Tom Conlon who is the one midfielder that we have who has abit of quality on the ball but he needs runners or players who will show for him in good positions particularly in wide positions which will allow him to spread the ball. So 2 wide players preferably with abit of pace and trickery who can create chances. We still need a first choice right back it's a mystery why in the 2 seasons of the National League but we haven't. It's quite possible a decent right back can not only add to is defensively but can also be a creative force with over lapping runs and good crosses. For our strikers we have Norwood Garner on the payroll next season I believe Fondops Contract is up but I'd keep him on. So we'd need to find another who can complement them. All 3 are the wrong side of 30 so I'd be looking for a younger player with pace who can run the channels. On paper Andrew Dallas ticks these boxes (he's also scored 20 goals at NL level in the last 2 years) but for some reason it hasn't worked for him here it's abit of mystery why he hasn't got going. If we are to make a move for him then we'd have to find a way to get more out of him. Apart from that I'm pretty happy with the centre of defence Left back and goal keeper. The centre midfield while has been a concern but I don't think it's as bigger problem as the wise areas. As said earlier Conlon has ability on the ball he just needs runners and players who can get into space. Hammond has potential and Sheron who divides opinion sometimes is very much a team player who we know we are always going to get 100% effort from. If we sign creative players and tell him to just go win the ball and give it the ball to them he will be perfectly fine. He does need those players around him. The final thing is that all the players we sign need to be tough mentally. You don't have to be a physically big player to be tough mentally but we need players who can deal with the expectation of challenging for promotion of being expected to win regularly particularly at Boundary Park as while we can hugely supportive can at times feel intimidating for some of our players, they need to be able to deal with the moans and groans if things don't go right. This will be difficult for creative players who we need to take risks and try things but it needs to happen if we are to go up.
  15. I think their was a time in the early 90s when you would see John Hallworth come out collect a cross and bowl it out to a winger or a full back. Peter Schmeichel was legendary for doing this as he could throw the ball to the halfway line. You don't see keeper's throw the ball out quickly anymore. However goalkeepers today are far far better with the ball at their feet and every now and then will put a quick ball forward to start a counter attack. Ederson at Man City is probably the best example of this Now not many goalkeeper's in the world certainly non at this level are capable of distributing the ball aswell as him. But perhaps it is something we should look to work on but you need players who are going to be alive to this I don't think we are a counter attacking team. Maybe if you have Green on the wing then an early release to him is probably your best bet. Either that or if you have Norwood and Fondop uptop a quick release for them to fight it out with centre backs might be a good opportunity for a quick counter attack.
  16. How many tickets have they given us? They have a big away end compared to some of the bus stops that count as away ends in this division. We need to be filling it and bringing our 12th man for this one it could be crucial.
  17. Me personally? 75 points will get us over the line definitely 5 wins 1 draw allowing for 1 defeat might even get us 5th if we are lucky. It might be less than that 4 wins gets us to 71 points that was enough for Bromley last season who finished 7th that would be touch and go depending on other teams. 74 was enough for Chesterfield in 2021/22 but that was on a 44 game season Prior to that you have to go back to 18/19 for a 46 game season where Eastleigh secured 7th on 74 points. So I'd be aiming at 75 points to be sure of getting in the play offs. Which probably means that each game from now on must be treated as must win.
  18. I think we are at a point now where dropping points will hurt us more. A defeat on Saturday won't kill off our chances of promotion but it will really damage them. I guarantee that all the clubs around us will drop points between now and the end of the season but we don't want to be relying on them to drop points and us to win games We've got to make sure we take care of our own games now and get the amount of points required.
  19. Connor Macleney stats 20/21 Macleney got 21 goals in all competitions 17 of which were in the league. Very impressive in a team that was nowhere near going up and a club that was a shambles off it.
  20. Teams often start getting nervous and start wobbling when they get close to the finishing line. Some others find an extra gear and pull off results that you wouldn't expect them too we showed glimpses of that on Saturday, we need to turn it on against Dagenham on Saturday.
  21. He reminded me of Gerald off Clarksons farm. Wise words.
  22. They should be a sitting duck if we need a win and we can't beat Wealdstone in this fixture then we don't deserve to be in the play offs it's as simple as that.
  23. I think he wanted somewhere outside of London but was seen as parochial and had enough "Daily" readers. It could be worse I live in Hadfield which for those of you who don't know is famous as the home of Roysten Vassey the opening credits you can almost make out my house its fimed at the end of my street. In fact when they did the reboot a few years ago I got a letter through the door asking if we could potentially use it in the making of the league of gentlemen.
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