“Erm” foulkes

What team did we put out.?Its hard to say what our squad is at moment.People like Dunn and Bassett ,are they going to play for us.From season end until now has been a bit of a shambles,with who’s manager and who’s playing.Well for me i haven’t got a season nor have I joined supporters or members club and haven’t got anything in 100 club.I shall still go and support them but until Tooting show they mean business I can’t offer more.
Clive

The chances are being created but there is nobody to stick the ball in the net. The two strikers that have been tried are simply not good enough for the level we will be playing at. I hope that Ashley dont persevere with the two that have been tried, like Frank persevered with Omar. We need a proven goalscorer & we need him now before its too late.

alanj wrote:

Casey, it has been basically the same squad of players we started with, plus the addition of Omari Hibbert and a couple of the under 23`s.
All in all, not very encouraging unless some new, experienced blood is bought in.

That sounds a lot like last season Alan.
 

I should have also said in my previous post that a back line of three is not good enough. I would like is to try the 4-3-3 system, whereby when we are defending the two wide front men join up with the three in the middle to make a five & try to break down the opposition in midfield.We saw on Tuesday night that we are exposed at the back when the opposition got clear of our midfield

"Well for me i haven’t got a season nor have I joined supporters or members club and haven’t got anything in 100 club.I shall still go and support them but until Tooting show they mean business I can’t offer more."

​Unfortunately there lies the rub !  I'd like to think we are pals Clive and we do enjoy a bit of banter on the terraces when we meet  ........... but that kind of attitude just doesn't help the club go forward in any way ! 

The Supporters Club and the Members Ltd are busting a gut behind the scenes to find sponsors to increase the playing budget in any way that we can and when the fans can't be bothered top offer any more support than paying their tenners on the gate then surely we are doomed.

Every single penny of your contributions towards the Supporters Club subscriptions, Members Ltd membership fees, Player Sponsorships (look out for a re-vamped version of this initiative for this season), Programme sales, Golden Goal ticket sales, 100 Club numbers and Man of the Match sponsorship helps Ashley & Cornelius to fund the 1st team.  Money through the gate is nowhere near enough to sustain the club, even at our level ! 

Please think again and support the club properly. Buy your 100 Club tickets, buy your Golden Goal tickets, join the Supporters Club (crikey, it's ONLY a fiver or so !), join the Members Ltd and help the Board to do more, sponsor a Player or two and pick a Man of the Match once in a while - You know it makes sense !! 

Am I reading this right. Mr Adkins has said that he will give the management 10 games to prove they are up to it. If after 10 games we are not, then what? Does he try and find another manager, takes time, then when the manage comes in he has to get used to the players and stamp his style on the team. By that time half the season has gone and no chance of promotion. What a state to get in, there is no ambition in this club and never has been. Hope we don't go down again, but maybe that will please Mr Adkins.

 I’m getting a bit fed up of all the doom and gloom posts.

​I have to agree with you Brassy old thing, The doom 'n' gloom and naysayers and the "Mr Adkins has no ambition" ... "relegation will please Mr Adkins" etc etc. people clearly have no idea of what goes on within the club and the overall organisation.
Since I've become a Director on the Members Ltd Board I've seen what happens behind the scenes, I know how much passion there is for the football side of things and I've had many conversations with Steve Adkins about where we are and what he wants to leave as a legacy for the club in the future.
Please, everybody, stop whinging and get on board for the ride. Yes it's a big old roller coaster with many upas and quite a lot of downs but it's still going forward.

DeePee, As one of the very few volunteers I respect at Imperial Fields, I sadly have to  totally disagree with your comments on Casey's posting concerning his views on the team. It's not about being positive or negative or even money,it's about the complete all round apathy that has stagnated and gradually destroyed the heart of this  once wonderful club! Lemming's are always going forward, not a pretty sight.

I once remarked to one of your colleagues,, "We are now a team without a Club."    He succinctly replied " We are Club without a Team,"  

DeePee wrote:

​ people clearly have no idea of what goes on within the club and the overall organisation.

And there lies the problem DeePee we have no idea because we're told fcuk all. 

I buy a season ticket, I've probably got more numbers in the 100 club than anyone else, I always sponsor at least 1 player, I sponsor countless MOTM awards, I buy Golden Goal tickets, 50/50 draw tickets, matchday programmes, copious amounts of booze from the bar but I'm not allowed to complain ? really ? I bet Steve Adkins doesn't know me from Adam.....Adam from the Bible that is, not Adam the Bogender.




 

I couldn't agree with you more BEU. Likewise I have put shed loads of money over the years, not appreciated of course. I have tried to talk to Steve on many occasions, he doesn't want to know. Are we ever made to feel welcome? No. 
Are we not allowed our opinion? I think with what I have put in over the years I am entitled to air my views whether DP or anyone else likes it or not.

59er writes, 100k year plus on 1st team football, this magic figure has been covered before!  There are about 100 true fans left supporting the Terrors, and as mentioned by others, they have put lots of their hard-earned cash into a bottomless pit, besides paying out to support the team home and away. Their reward, ineptitude, total arrogance of the efforts made, and lack of total information from the installation of the current owner. After 14 years of ownership, and stadium envied by most the team has steadily progressed downwards in playing performance, crowds and total disillusionment. The initial project was fanfare of trumpets, the club would progress through the birth of “The Hub” built on the continental model, whereby the Football team sits at the top of the model. Yes, other sports and clubs have been integrated and flourished including the education funded academy.

But what about the Football Team.  The Football club which provided the base for these ambitions by selling the freehold to Sandy Lane have been neglected to such a state, they are just a nuisance factor in the ambitions of the hub or whatever it’s known as today.  There clearly has not been any ambitions to promote the Football Team or any project plans to take it forward.  Any “Green Shoots” on the Football front are immediately exterminated with a flame thrower.   The latest statement made at the Members meeting by the owner states with words of wisdom “ He’s consulted with a Football expert, which I suspect this was the Lamppost outside my house, which gets urinated upon everyday by the local dogs.  

Andy Harrup , writes :-I have been advised by Northwood FC admission Saturday is;

£8 Adults
£4 Concessions
U16 Free 

How does this club exist on probably much lower crowds than us! They are playing at the same level as the Terrors, and most teams in the league are of a similar position. With our wonderful ground but lacking any Football ambitions, we have truly joined the elite.   

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