Steve_R

52 minutes ago, GlossopLatic said:

 

Technically they were both signed by Keith Curle. 

 

So Hogan, Sheron, Fondop and Norman were Shez signings from the 15.

 

Anyway not that it matters we won 4-1 away and I for 1 am buzzing, night all!

And Gardner.

5 hours ago, Monty Burns said:

tbf l reckon it's harder to get injured in a match youre not playin in rather than one you are!

I dunno. Wheater got injured when Abdallah wouldn’t let him play and all he was doing was lifting his dog up!

That’s the first time in a long time I’ve come away from a ground thinking ‘we looked a good team there’.

Everyone put in a shift and we played some lovely football once we’d settled down. Gardner was pick of the bunch for me,  frustrating as he’ll be injured again soon, Norwood got better and better as the game went on and was so cool for his finish, and I’d forgot Mgahey was still at the club prior to Altrincham but he’s grabbed his chance superbly.

As someone else has said, you have to wonder why Raglan has been out of favour for so long, and it has to be tempered by the fact that Woking were woeful and in dreadful form, and it is Latics so we’ve all been here before not to get too giddy., but very positive signs.

Lets see what Barnet brings now.

10 hours ago, rudemedic said:

Plus c. 50% of the gate. 

 

Obviously that will be very dependent on who we play and where but a home playoff game could easily see 8000, if not 10,000. That's a fair few coppers in the kitty.

But no one every says how far we are behind getting a home game in the playoffs, it’s always the last place, which would mean two away games to get to final. No one has finished seventh and gone up, so we need to be aiming as higher than that.

2 minutes ago, Steve_R said:

I think it works out about £10k a game (if that), maybe slightly more for the play offs. You’re not getting much for that. If that’s what we’re pinning our hopes on we’re fucked!

45 minutes ago, rudemedic said:

That's not strictly true. It's an extra game (at least) and it's on TV. That money might buy another player for next season.

I think it works out about £10k a game (if that), maybe slightly more for the play offs. You getting much for that. If that’s what we’re pinning our hopes on we’re fucked!

1 hour ago, League one forever said:

For the tax man. 
 

Season ticket holders have paid for their ‘attendance’ whether they’re there or not. 

Well the taxman hasn’t changed his rules. We never used to report it this way so there’s no need to do it now.

It used to be the opposite in fact. Whenever the crowd was announced it was regularly greeted with groans of ‘there’s miles more here than that’, and we often claim to have taken a far bigger away following than the official figure says.

2 hours ago, JoeP said:

 

I know he's not doing anything dodgy - if we were we'd be doing it the other way (i.e saying there's only 2,000 there when there's 5,000!)!

 

It's just, if we're counting seasons tickets, even if they don't attend (so circa 4,000), that means 2,500 are paying in every week, which sounds like a lot.  I know there will be complimentary tickets involved, etc but that won't be that many, surely?

 

I’ve never understood how you can count people who aren’t there in the attendance figure. If you don’t attend, how can you be in attendance?

14 minutes ago, LightDN123 said:

You going to admit your stats are deliberately incorrect to support your narrative ? That wouldn’t suit your look at me attitude though would it. 

Go on then, what’s incorrect by his stats? I’ve no idea who’s right or wrong, but what are the true goal scoring facts for the two?

It’s all about results on the pitch but I must admit I find Mellons interviews refreshingly honest comps to the bullshit Unsworth came out with. Mentioned the missed chances but wasn’t happy with our overall performances , saying we didn’t dominate the game. Was unsure about the penalty but didn’t bleat on about it like you know who would have done.

He knows what needs doing so hopefully he’ll get on and do it.

1 minute ago, nzlatic said:

No one has asked you to get excited about being 5 points behind 7th.
 

Would you be excited if we finished in the play offs?

If we win them. No prizes dished out if you don’t, and the best chance of winning them is being the best team in them, and god knows how many points behind that we are

4 minutes ago, nzlatic said:

5 points off the play offs. 27 games to go. 
 

“Stranded”.

I can’t get excited about how many points behind seventh place we are.

8 minutes ago, League one forever said:

Christ Steve.

 

Are we there because of Mellon? 
 

No. 

 

 

Obviously not cos he’s only just got the gig. But we’re a long way of we’re we need to be so I’d say that’s why there’s ‘doom and gloom’ although this board seems fairly upbeat to be honest.

5 minutes ago, League one forever said:. 

 

Far to much doom and gloom over nothing. 

Stranded in mid table approaching the half way stage in the fuckin’ National League is not nothing.

29 minutes ago, LightDN123 said:

Lost 1 in 10 league games havnt we ? A couple of players and a change in application and we won’t be far off. 

1 in 9 actually. 4 wins, 4 draws, 1 defeat. All since Unsworth left.

3 hours ago, LightDN123 said:

I don’t know this, but I get the feeling the players liked Thommo, maybe some are a bit annoyed he didn’t get the job ? - pure speculation. 

You might be right, but the last three performances under him were a bit flat also. 
If they liked him that much, they should have pulled their tripe out a bit more and made sure he got the job

1 hour ago, oafc1955 said:

I just find it baffling that we’ve finally got our capable 30 goal a season striker and fans are hell bent on highlighting his deficiencies.

 

He would walk into any 2nd division side and a fair few higher!!

 

It’s so bloody frustrating watching this dysfunctional team and playing in it must be a damn site worse.

 

Alongside a proper CF like a Vic Halom, a Jim Fryatt, or even a Matt Smith the guy would have field day.

 

Let’s just be thankful the board have shelled out the money to get a proven league striker to drop down and play his football in the 5th division!

 

30! Bloody hell, he was only getting 20 a minute ago.

Let’s hope you’re right, but there are players scoring more in shitter teams than us.

Like I’ve said before, I’m a Norwood fan, but there is some merit in what Joe P and others are saying

Anyway, when he’s got his 20 (or 30) and we’re chasing Chesterfield down we’ll all be happy and agree he’s a  good ‘un.

2 hours ago, LightDN123 said:

He’s on track to score just shy of 20 goals this season. That’s for a team that won 1 in the first 9 games. I am sure he will get more if he stays fit. 
 

Are you not happy with that ? Fucking hell. 

I never understand the ‘on target for x goals, points etc’ 

The season won’t mirror what’s happened so far for the rest of it. If it did there would be at least a dozen players scoring over 20 goals, which won’t happen.and we are ‘on track’ to finish 10th, which would be shite.

Im a Norwood fan, but I have to be honest, I was expecting more from him.

2 minutes ago, oafc1955 said:

Remind me then…I can’t even remember what I said yesterday!!

I’m guessing he’s saying that when Unsworth was here they were decent players who should be doing better, and it was all Unsworth’s fault that we weren’t.

Now, they are shit players who are playing to the max of their ability, whoever the manager is.

9 minutes ago, oafc1955 said:

And what if they are just poor footballers already playing up to their potential?

Do you really believe that? If that was the case we might have well as stuck with Unsworth if Mellon can’t do any better with them.

12 minutes ago, oafc1955 said:

He cannot build a new entertaining identity with our current squad of players, they are simply not good enough.

The vast majority of them can’t even pass a football to each other most of the time.

 

A clueless manager and a piss poor recruitment strategy is the reason we are where we are right now.

 

You cannot polish a turd!!

 

Until a chunk of this squad is ousted and replaced with a few technically competent footballers there will be no appreciable change.

 

The first job, and the most important job of any manager is to improve the players he has, and thereby making us a better team.

If he’s not up to that then he’s the wrong choice. I’m not saying he is, and I’m sure given time he will make improvements and when he is given the funds to bring in new players, they’ll be coming into a better environment.

we can’t just keep signing a batch of players, giving them a few months then saying ‘this lot aren’t good enough, let’s get rid and bring another lot in and hopefully we’ll be better.’

A manager’s job is to manage, and make the team better. The last one wasn’t capable, I’m a lot more confident this one will be.

18 minutes ago, adamoafc said:

He will do better given better quality service. Our winger play currently is shocking yet he is still giving us a goal every two games. Better quality wing play with give him more chances and more goals. 

The best players will also create their own chances. 
Im not knocking him, I think presently he’s our only chance of getting out of this shithole of a league, but he shouldn’t be beyond criticism and I was expecting more from him.

12 minutes ago, adamoafc said:

So you would rather Fondop hold the ball up but not score half as many? I don’t get the logic in that. Norwood needs better quality next to him. Starting Reid for a few games like he has done Nuttall for me. His goals from previous clubs shows give him a run and he will score. Additions sadly needed all over.
 

This new model of recruitment hasn’t worked. 

I’m in the middle with Norwood. He’d be in my team every week as he’s better than the other strikers we have, and if we created more chances he’d score more goals. But he has to do more.

I don’t get the ‘he’s our leading scorer’ argument in his defence either. The main striker should always be the top scorer, especially as he starts pretty much every game. Seven goals is nothing spectacular anyway. Look at the leading goalscorers list in our division, and there’s plenty on more than him playing for lesser teams.

We need to find a way to get the best out of Norwood, but he also has to get the best out of us.

I’m definitely in the Norwood in camp, but he must do better.

5 minutes ago, adamoafc said:

I’d have an attitude with the lack of service he is getting.
 

It’s utterly ridiculous as a fan base we are trying to oust a lad who’s got pedigree in this league, our top scorer and purely because he doesn’t run around a lot or smile loads. Give it a rest, utterly embarrassing. 

How is the fan base trying to oust him?

a cop of people on here have questioned him, as is their right, whilst most fans are firmly behind him.

As usual, a few becomes everyone.

1 hour ago, mcfluff1985 said:

"Isaacs is that ball winning midfielder that every team needs"

 

Not according to our fans. A player like Sheron who does that is shite in half our lots eyes

When he got his contract extension most of our fans seemed to be saying it was well deserved