Wasn't a thriller today (as expected) but our first point of the year which is a big plus. The new players looked very promising (how long will they stay?). Jaiden Chang needs to be sold to Real Madrid or Park Juniors Under 9s (anyone who will take him..). Manu needs to get angry and aggressive. He's got the height but doesn't use it. Eddie and Malachi up front with Lyle in the holding role and the new boys? Yep - could have a bit of potential...

Daniel - It was interesting to see Ashley being vocal with the new guy next to him. I'm pretty certain if we played with fight and intensity we showed against Basingstoke we might just make it. Although other kind results will certainly help - Bedfont have got SCR this week.

STEPTOERIDESAGAIN!!! wrote:

Big games for Guernsey and Sutton Common Rovers tonight which could put even more pressure on bottom of the table TOOTS!!!

It’s a bit of an odd one, the SCR match is a dangerous one whatever happens, if SCR win they go ahead of us a bit more, if Bedfont win the safety net to get above the relegation playoff zone gets wider (to 11 points away from safety) and if it’s a draw both teams edge away a bit more with a point. 

Then of course there’s next Monday : 0

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Well BernieTheBolt, last nights result kind of could have been worse for Toots, Guernsey clearly pulling out of danger, with the other relegation  prospects drawing 3 all ! Can Toots create a revival with new blood in the squad ?

 

Hi Bernie,

Great jobs for Adkins, Woolley, Cox, Shaw and the ex tea bar lady to  apply for! What do your expect at this junior level.  
 

VICE Chairman...sounds nice😉

At last THREE valuable points for Toots, but slightly tinged with winning results for Merstham and Sutton Common Rovers. Still has Toots started to turn the corner or is it all too late ?

It sure is BernieTheBolt ! It all should become very interesting and nail biting !

Mikem wrote:

 Relegation will see Tooting demoted to junior level and as pointed out, the club will disappear from the Football Web Pages, so up to date scores, results attendances will have to be searched on social media. Not a pretty site. Gates will plummet, and yesterday’s crowd of 130 will look great, in fact it will be try and spot the spectator! The new Manager does not have a good track record, and changes have been made far too late by idiots who supposedly run this team. 

Hello Mike, agree with all that and have thought already that I’m going to have to make a Twatter account and follow a load of teams just to get updates (unless of course I get the chance to actually go to a game - stranger things have happened).  The average gates on the CCL are tiny and agree on the management change, I’m not doing cartwheels about this at any stretch. 

I’ve pondered this before, lower league, lower league fees, less prestige, lower ground standards - is there more in store for IF?  Would T&M get moved into a smaller area of the site or even groundsharing at minimal cost with another low league team?  It all looks very iffy.  The bottom of this table looks proper ropey too, could be even more so by this time tomorrow : 0

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Well a draws a draw last night against a potential relegation candidate, but to state the obvious, remaining matches for this campaign are running out , fast !

STEPTOERIDESAGAIN!!! wrote:

With Guernsey pulling clear and Toots having games in hand on the relegation battle clubs, it’s absolute three pointers from now on as indicated in other threads. No reliance on other clubs losing. 100 % focus required at all levels.

Last night……talk about tight.  For the most part the safety net looked very changeable - SCR, Bedfont and Guernsey all on 24 points.  Then - a 90 min goal for a Guernsey win and a 90 min equaliser for Bedfont!  There seems to be a load of games going down to the wire, and odd wins for those at the bottom against higher up teams, a proper unpredictable situation : /

Mikem wrote:

Hello BTB
As pointed out previously the battle to  miss the relegation places is this  dreadful and pathetic level of football is between the 5 dregs currently at the bottom of the league.

Evening Mike,

It’s wobbly Bernie here, tested positive for Covid after experiencing severe shakes and teeth chattering the other night - and I thought that’s because I’d avoided the Kestrel Super and Scrumpy Jack combo for too long.  Anyway, yes - it’s a god awful league.  A desperate place.  I sometimes wonder why I get so interested in potential relegation seeing as the places to visit, perceived panache and sense of pride is about the same in the South Central as it is in the CCL.

We’re in the depths already.  Even a few years ago the Ryman North was seen as a god awful desolate league while the Ryman South was seen as quite respectable, and with a bit of interest.  I ended up going to some Ryman North games and chatting with fans and club officials there.  It was all confirmed, people were saying “this is a terrible league, it’s really grim” and it seemed bad for someone looking in, but it’s been this way for T&M for a good while now.  It’s all proper gone to sh1t and the only way this will ever be fixed is to go upwards.  No chance of that this season and even if we stay in the Istmoan I can’t even see any momentum next season either.

I might have been a bit coarse in Stan’s thread about the rhyming of the management team but I couldn’t help but see it.  Was it Barca in the early nineties who had kits running around sponsored by Durex?  That should be us, seeing as we’re screwed

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