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Reply | Club Statement. Deal done
at 13:13 10 May 2024
The past is indeed the past, but rewriting history to suit an argument doesn’t help achieve progress in the future either.
Nobody was under any illusions about the club’s position over the last few months, the facts are that the Ogdens have provided us with a future with help from many others in getting the deal done. Some of the other events leading up to this point in time don’t reflect well on our club, but that’s probably part of any journey that ends with a positive conclusion. |
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Reply | Club Statement. Deal done
at 17:39 9 May 2024
Undoubtedly. Decisions that make sense rather than words that sound good but have little substance when it comes to reality.
They had to go up and should have a year ago at least. |
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Reply | Club Statement. Deal done
at 17:31 9 May 2024
Well done to all concerned who focused on finding the best route forward for the club. This is undoubtedly it.
With the new blood on the board and having prominent roles it’s clear we are going to find a different, hopefully positive way, of operating and maximising everything that’s good about RAFC. |
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Reply | Option on Hayes activated
at 13:10 3 May 2024
If the contract is in the club’s favour and it has been triggered, it doesn’t matter if a player wants to sign it. They effectively already have. |
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Reply | Released Players
at 21:37 1 May 2024
Pompey fans seem genuinely gutted at Rafferty leaving. He’ll get another league one club for sure.
He can also play in a back three to prolong his career so wouldn’t be surprise to see a Wigan/Bolton/Barnsley type club come in for him. |
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Reply | 24/25 Kit Vote
at 18:45 29 Apr 2024
Then the voting system being used is obviously not the best. Which states the obvious!
Don’t get it because the Trust run things like player of the month without these problems. |
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Reply | 24/25 Kit Vote
at 18:20 29 Apr 2024
The number of votes cast should have given them a fair idea of the issues.
And that they’re now requiring an email to vote. |
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Reply | NL next season
at 17:51 27 Apr 2024
Scunthorpe lose on penalties to Boston in the playoff semi finals. |
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Reply | Refwatch: Southend United v Rochdale
at 10:58 21 Apr 2024
For all the justified criticism around performances, tactics and selections over recent weeks, got to acknowledge that McNulty has overseen a ten game run with only one defeat. 17 points from those games too. |
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Reply | Refwatch: Southend United v Rochdale
at 11:40 20 Apr 2024
Can’t believe we are persisting with the same formation that has limited us for weeks. Midfield two/front two just does not work with the four players that are being chosen. It limits their own contributions. |
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Reply | Investment update
at 18:08 19 Apr 2024
An excellent statement that identifies what needs to improve and initial routes to achieving this. The golden share which helps to safeguard the ground is a standout feature.
We’ve gone from fearing what losing control to outside investors would mean to some certainty should the deal progress as we all hope. |
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Reply | Fa Cup replays
at 20:11 18 Apr 2024
Alternatively, without the income from the Spurs (and Newcastle two years later) replay we could have been in even bigger financial trouble earlier than we were.
Or we could have lost on pens to Millwall the round before. |
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Reply | Boreham Wood at home take 3!
at 22:07 16 Apr 2024
McNulty is going to start overthinking himself into real trouble. There’s nothing to indicate we know what works for this team and what makes us look pedestrian and non descript.
Could spend forever going into the details but if he honestly believes weeks of playing a midfield two and front two which limits the abilities of all involved, then he’s not watching the same game as the rest of us.
Not giving Henderson sufficient time on the pitch since Christmas has cost us a chance of the playoffs. Not giving him any time tonight was a shocking decision. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 21:47 13 Apr 2024
The ultimate ‘football teams to death’ came against the likes of Bradford and Rotherham when we played direct, attacking football with defenders who knew to get into the forwards.
Prior to that we’d done it three years previously when we were near the bottom of the league. The game has been over-thought and confused in my opinion. Should we choose to commit to ‘total options’ and go against the grain, it’ll rip up the modern football rulebook. McNulty has that opportunity. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 21:32 13 Apr 2024
I don’t know or really care. Because the emphasis should be on effective football.
The game is far removed from what I think is entertaining or effective these days, so maybe I’m the dinosaur. But even now I truly believe there’s a way to play in a skilful, productive way that helps to make players better.
If Keith Hill circa 2007 was around today, he could change the entire game at lower levels. Now that might sound like hyperbole, but it is what’s required in L1/2/NL to actually see a real shift away from clubs/boards/managers who believe that all of a sudden there’s one way to play.
That Keith Hill would have us or any team causing havoc. Unfortunately, that Keith Hill got lost within the changes in the game too. There’s still a chance for that Hill-type person to step up now though. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 21:24 13 Apr 2024
Oh I know, there is little hyperbole amongst a majority of the fanbase hence my comments about how the manager has to recognise where he’s falling short of the “total options” we were told we’d witness.
Can hyperbole be negative? Genuine questio. Some do that! Then disappear… but not those who post their valid concerns about what we are seeing. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 21:12 13 Apr 2024
See above, James. Some people, including the manager, are overthinking the whole situation. Any club with a board with little football knowledge are irrelevant at present.
Understand the fanbase, understand your players, understand what works.
It’s that simple. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 20:57 13 Apr 2024
While there are some on here who clearly think I’m a McNulty apologist to make up for their own lack of knowledge about the game or our club, I’ll be the first to admit on how far short he falls. Especially when it comes to understanding how much of the fanbase are getting frustrated around the insistence to stick to a “method” which actually deviates away from the “total options” we were told was our way of playing.
Go back over a year to Wimbledon away and you’ll see some of us were all over the manager (McNulty) whose tactics didn’t mirror the routes towards positivity the fans were crying out for. This simply cannot be deviated away from, and the amount of goals we’ve scored this season by being effectively direct support this. As do the goals we’ve conceded by passing unnecessarily at the back.
McNulty has no excuses should we choose to play ineffectively. And yet, lost in the discussion today, is the fact he produced the most attacking substitutions of the season and a possible game changer at this level. A forward came on at LB, Henderson replaced Gilmour and we suddenly were playing a 3-1–4-2 formation that almost became a front six at times with more efforts at goal than we managed in the entire game previously. Adding Sinclair only enforced this message. It was unique and we can only hope it’s not an end of season thing.
What do we do? Hard to answer. The ball is in McNulty’s court as he knows what supporters want and what makes us more effective. Can he do it? Yes. Will he do it? Therein lies the biggest questions.
Hyperbole on either side will not help our football club. [Post edited 13 Apr 21:02]
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Reply | Dorking
at 17:39 13 Apr 2024
Can’t argue with a lot of that. We are very average but before the season and after what we’ve endured off the pitch, that’s where we are. The decline has been halted somewhat.
We now have to improve. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 16:50 13 Apr 2024
As frustrating as our performances are, our home record has improved significantly this year. |
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