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Complete waste of money. As is the campus. Why can't we just concentrate on the first team? We can't even finish the lorne Street Stand, so why are we banging on about a bloody campus. Pie in the sky.The previous scoreboard was horrendous and didn't function as it should. Was it fundamental that we got a new screen, no - however, it was likely seen as a sponsorship opportunity to Autonet but also to Vale. Matt Hancock said in his interview a few weeks ago that they want to do the toilets but they've got plans to do a complete rebuild/remodel - it makes sense to hold fire on completing that work until the season finishes.- 2
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No the fact that we had to borrow the money for a scoreboard that we don't really need and we are scrapping the money together for the toilets. I couldn't care less about the campus that'll never happen. Just a smoke screen to divert the attention away from another poor transfer window.How do you work that one out? Just because they've stated that the market is too expensive? I'd agree with them, when you consider that Will Goodwin left Cheltenham to go to Oxford for a reported £400K fee. We're trying to become sustainable and we've only just started this model of investing in our youth, which then allows us to be sell and reinvest - we've got to allow it time to develop before we start to see that coming to fruition.
Do we really want our owner having to pump in millions each year just to keep us afloat. There was a recent article about Lincoln are due to post losses of circa £3m for this season....is that the model you really want!- 5
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Definitely skint then.
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If we can get 100k for uche, that's great business as long as it's reinvested in the team.
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Or someone else did....Absolutely. If only we'd spent millions on finishing the Lorne St, the new pitch, the T-Zone, the stadium revamp and the club shop.
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Problem is every time Crosby wins a game it gives him another 8 it seems. Just can't see him leaving
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Bret Angell loved the bloke
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They'll change their tune if we win the next game. Uche got an unfair battering yesterday. He's crap but he gave it his all the other day.Please, someone reassure me I'm not going nuts.
Listening to Ale & Vale. Dedicated and passionate fans who attend many more games than me.
They open up by saying they've 'never felt further away from the club', and that they were done going to away games. They felt more connected to the club when we were relegated under Brown with Smurthwaite at the helm as he would communicate more than Carol does.
I genuinely couldn't believe what I was hearing. I've criticised the club communications in recent years, and rightly so, but we had two fans forums over the summer, Flitcroft gave an in-depth interview to The Valiant a few weeks ago. There is a regular Supporters Summit which we were all free to sign up for.... what do we want? Carol to give us running commentary on her thoughts and views? What would we gain?
I really value knowing what happens at the club, but I can't think of much that I feel I need to know right now which I don't know already from Flitcroft's interview + the Supporters Summit which I signed up to.
One of the A&V lads doesn't feel valued anymore, as he doesn't know what goes on at the club, and he wouldn't go anymore if he hadn't already paid for his ST. He's 'signing out'.
I can't believe that me, moaner-in-chief, is saying this... but do we not all need to calm down?
3 wins in 5, highest average attendance for 23 years (and one of the highest for 50+ years), QF of a major competition, academy products playing in greater numbers than ever. Our league position, whilst not great, is still higher than we've finished in 13 of the last 15 years. The football *can* be dull but we've scored 8 in 3 home games.
It isn't great, but it is without a shadow of a doubt much better than a majority of the tripe I've seen over 20 years. We're in the healthiest position the club has been in during the 21st century.
Not sure what's happened in the last few weeks. I feel like I've gone from one of the most fervently miserable to one of the most optimistic, even though I'm not exactly jumping for joy.- 1
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What was Ripley doing on the third goal. Christ.
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What point's it was a cup game palCrosby cost us the points. Sports science only provides data, still needs a competent manager to to make decisions. -
It's really helped with the injury list, too, hasn't it.... too much chopping and changing, and get some bloody results. Best eleven on the pitch whenever you can sounds like a good idea
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Cost us potentially 200 grand last night. Good old sport science. To much thinking about the long term all the time.
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Plenty more like me I'm afraid..I think he just means you- 1
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And the harriseahead massive.
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Fan's not attending games and losing interest is a good thing.?Thank Christ! -
To be fair I think if you don’t have a season ticket and have to pay 20 something pound to watch drivel then I do understand it. Not what I will do but I do get it
It's Crosbys style of play that's the problem.I agree but not turning up purely because of Crosby doesn’t make sense. Ok, you could argue it is because the football is crap, but then I’d probably not have seen us since September otherwise! -
I know that win on Saturday should give him another 2 months. Fans are voting with their feet.I think we will scrape through tonight and beat Wigan on Saturday so probably won't see you at the Vale until at least February...- 1
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I won't be going again till he's gone. Four lads saying the same at work. And yes we all do attend games.
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Crosby isn't going anywhere by the sounds of that.
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I wouldn't go if it was free. With that shower in charge
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Get rid of Carol. Ain't got a Pot to piss in. She's just disappeared. Carol out
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You know who I meant to reply too.Quoting and replying to your own post has got to be the height of sadness -
But the person SHE appointed to run the football side of things is making a huge mess of it.Buck stops at the top, I'm afraid.- 1
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Buck stops at the top, I'm afraid.Have you been out of the country for a while? We’ve spent over £100k on the playing surface over the summer with a similar amount to be spent next summer. That’s been well reported but you somehow missed it.
If you kept up to date you’d also know that the reason a new roof hasn’t been installed on the Railway loos is because the money is being put to a complete rebuild early next year rather than a patch up.
We’ve invested in team. Whether that recruitment is good or bad is not down to Carol.
She’s appointed a football person in Flitcroft to make the decisions on the football side of things, then there’s the manager and staff. She isn’t picking the team or coaching the players. Plus having owned the football club for a few years now she probably knows more about running a real football club the you and me put together.
These are all facts. Come back when you’ve got something sensible to say rather than the crap you’re currently spouting.
Fan forum 25th Jan
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