grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
yep, and I've watched 90% of it too, as I haven't slept much. Still anti-biotics sorting me out, so I'll be back to annoying everybody soon
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Division Three Comp
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Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
The players of PAFC weren't paid this month - a sort of Instant Karma I think given their performances.
We spent the whole summer installing a new state of the art pitch at the cost of £600,000 and now can't pay for it. A total of £700,000 has to paid by the end of the week or the club will be wound up. I expect the club to survive even if it means administration and a points deduction. This has to be the best example of mismanagement in the history of football. Usually a club gets in this sort of mess by trying to speculate to accumulate - like Leeds for example - or by failing to gain success on the field. In our case we had five years of relative success with two promotions and a FA Cup quarter-final. This wasn't done by spending big money, but by having a manager (Paul Sturrock) who quickly sussed out how to win matches in the lower divisions. Unfortunately the same manager returned and equally quickly showed he didn't have a clue in the Championship. All the fans knew he was bringing in players on big contracts who were barely League One standard and the relegation and struggle again this season has proved it.
A fairly comical side note on the new pitch is that they were advised that undersoil heating wasn't necessary because of the milder Devon climate. If the cold snap continues the money spinner against Exeter on the 11th doesn't have a prayer of taking place. Though to give them the benefit of the doubt they haven't been working on the pitch as there's no match until the 11th. Presumably when there's a match coming up they'll thaw it out and cover it and work around the clock to keep it playable.
We spent the whole summer installing a new state of the art pitch at the cost of £600,000 and now can't pay for it. A total of £700,000 has to paid by the end of the week or the club will be wound up. I expect the club to survive even if it means administration and a points deduction. This has to be the best example of mismanagement in the history of football. Usually a club gets in this sort of mess by trying to speculate to accumulate - like Leeds for example - or by failing to gain success on the field. In our case we had five years of relative success with two promotions and a FA Cup quarter-final. This wasn't done by spending big money, but by having a manager (Paul Sturrock) who quickly sussed out how to win matches in the lower divisions. Unfortunately the same manager returned and equally quickly showed he didn't have a clue in the Championship. All the fans knew he was bringing in players on big contracts who were barely League One standard and the relegation and struggle again this season has proved it.
A fairly comical side note on the new pitch is that they were advised that undersoil heating wasn't necessary because of the milder Devon climate. If the cold snap continues the money spinner against Exeter on the 11th doesn't have a prayer of taking place. Though to give them the benefit of the doubt they haven't been working on the pitch as there's no match until the 11th. Presumably when there's a match coming up they'll thaw it out and cover it and work around the clock to keep it playable.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
According to the forecast Plymouth is set for a thaw Friday into Saturday so the Devon derby has a good chance of surviving the freeze. That's always assuming that the Greens avoid being wound up in the high court today.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
It was what most people were expecting. Many smaller clubs with fewer assets have bluffed their way out of situations worse than ours.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
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P W D L F A P
Brentford 6 4 1 1 12 6 13
Oldham 5 3 2 0 12 7 11
Colchester 6 2 3 1 9 8 9
Hartlepool 5 2 2 1 6 6 7
Exeter 5 1 2 2 10 13 5
Plymouth 6 1 1 4 6 8 4
Tranmere 5 1 0 4 3 9 3Looks like me and Pothas have a fight to go to wembley, our second leg will be our first game at home in the comp. Could Sky please put one of the legs on the box. 2 and a half years of League football, and one live match. Brentford must have been on about 20 times with similar results. You'd almost think Sky prefer filming in London.
edit: looks like the match at brentford is on the telly quelle suprise.
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grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hey we scored 5 pens out of five against Rovers, probably the only time we've done that. Ryan Harley's made me squeee. Gawd knows what we're going to do without him, best player I've seen play for us in my over 30 years of watching them.
