Maidenhead Appoint John Dreyer as New Manager

[Guest]

Devonshire will be a Rebel, trust me!!!

[Guest]

Absolutely no chance. DEvonshire's minimum requirement would be knowing he'd get paid each week !! Also he's proven in the Premier so why drop down ?

[Guest]

Tee hee - you's guys really believed it would be Browne. From what you say about him he'll be lucky to be managing Eton wick. Good luck finding a new boss - agree with above no chance of getting Dev though. Neil Catlin might be OK.

[Guest]

Personally John Dreyer would have been one of my top choices for the Slough job - a keen up-and-coming manager who wants to prove himself in the lower leagues. Good luck to him.

 

As for Devonshire I think he would go for the job if we were under different ownership. Has left Maidenhead because he wanted to manage a bigger club, when Roberts left and he was quizzed about the Slough job I believe he said something similar to this. We are certainally a bigger club than them, but in a lower division.

 

I'd go for Lippiatt even though he did not do such a good job at Chesham

[Guest]

Or Sedeley or Calder

[Guest]

Come on Chris, in what way are Slough a bigger club than Maidenhead.

 

You have no ground

You have no manager

You have an incompetent board

You are in the division below us.

 

Let's see how big your crowds are next season at Loser & Beaten.

 

You might have been a bigger club than us when Roberts left, but you certainly aren't now. Get the blinkers off and stop living in the past.

[Guest]

I dont normally agree with 'agiss ( cos I 'm gonna drive 'im mad next year) but what he says is right, you've gotta find a way to move on rebs or there's no future for ya.

 

and ya know we've all got a soft spot for ya..... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Guest]

Mr Magpie,

 

1) Check your attendances against ours when one man and his dog come to our home games from away games.

 

2) Check how many Magpies were at the B&B final

 

3) Check how many were at the ground meeting - probably beat your highest attendance of the season apart from Aldershot. Come to mention it when was the last time you got over 400 apart from a match against Slough or Aldershot?

 

Yes, we have no ground but we will COMFORTABLY beat your attendances next season even if your in ONE higher division.

 

Sometime you magpies fans need to get a grip. Tuesday nights - crowds of about 180 - well done thats how many we take away to some midweek games. All five of you give yourselves a pat on the back.

[Guest]

A little harsh there methinks regarding the number of fans. The real question is, for how long will we be below Maidenhead in league terms? As of now they look to be the more successful team, but once we're in the same league again, it's got to be Slough who are the bigger club as a whole.

[Guest]

It must really hurt you, being so stuck in the past.

 

Face it, SM is completely correct. We've had this attendances thing goodness knows how many times before. Fact, however poor they were, our crowds are actually on the up. Your's are going the other way and I'd wager that playing at Slag Meadow will kill them off. I hope for your sake that this isn't the case but stop pretending you're something you once were but aren't any longer.

[Guest]

1) I was trollied when I made the posting at 3.30 in the morning :-)

 

2) They are all facts - I have not harped on about the past - our attendances are down cos nobody brings any fans in this league!

[GarySTFC]

Chris, come on be realistic here. OK, so we get the bigger crowds, but look at the gulf in class when the two sides met in the B&B Cup.

 

Attendances (Unfortunately), aren't everything. Look at the current situation at our club and the uncertainty surrounding it's future. Maidenhead is stable, relatively, with the exception of this summer with a change of manager and chairman, but they've still got the right ideas and a secure future in place. Have we? With Deaner in charge, unlikely.

 

Sharing at Windsor will do us more harm than we think. Attendances are going to plummet if we go there.

 

We should be planning for the future, building youth teams and getting the town interested in STFC again like it can be which is why lobbying the council is so important as is securing the lease in the name of Slough Town Football Club on the current Wexham Park site.

[Guest]

I am!

 

MAIDENHEAD ARE BETTER THAN US (A LOT ACTUALLY) - I ADMIT IT, AND I HAVE NOT SAID THEY ARE NOT!!

 

Take Rotherham & Sheffield Wednesday - both local to each other and Wednesday are in a lower division - does that mean that Rotherham are a bigger club than Wednesday? I think not? Yes they are a better team, but not a bigger club

 

Wednesday are f*cked financially and Rotherham have their finances right - does finances and future plans make you a big club - no!

 

[GarySTFC]

It doesn't make you a big club, it makes you a stable club. How can a club without stability and a guaranteed future be classified as a big one?

 

More to the point, what exactly are you basing your facts on? What, for you, do you need in order to be a big club?

[Guest]

STFC were a big club in non-league terms, and would agree they are third rate at the moment, but that happened the moment Dreamer and his cohorts took over. Still look at other clubs that their Chairmen f**ked up and a lot are up and running, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Enfield, and Bournemouth to name a few. So Dreamer go forth and multiply with your ulterior motives, and hand the club over to some ambitious and progressive businessmen before its to late! For the sanity of a large number of fans!

[GarySTFC]

It's not that Deaner's not ambitious, look at his plans for the site that he wants to develop, it's just that he seemingly doesn't have a clue about cash flow into the club and having money there and in the right accounts when it matters.

 

It's all fair and well promising people ever increasing amounts of money, but he continually fails to deliver.

[Guest]

Chris - your whole argument is based just on one fact - Slough get better gates than Maidenhead. BUT have you checked the comparative populations ? Slough is 30% bigger ! Maidenhead is viewed in the general Ryman world as a bigger club - what you can say about Slough is that have arguably greater potential, although if the Maidenhead ground move comes off who knows. The Maidenhead supporter is spot on - you have no money, no manager, no ground even - you can't possibly be bigger !!!!

[Guest]

Gary - do I detect you getting out of your pram! Don't make me come to your flat and start causing some trouble <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

 

Personally I base a big club on attaendances and future plans. I know Maidenhead are playing well and have a good squad - I actually think if Devonshire stayed they had a good chance of winning the league next year. Well done to them, but I still think that were a bigger club, but I spose it's all about opinions.

 

BTW - I'm never wrong :-)

[GarySTFC]

Ever? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> You made a bloody big mistake with the Paddington jacket! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

 

Anyway, considering they're supposedly close to selling the ground to finance a new stadium, how many of the floating fans in the area could be tempted to their new stadium? There's future plans for you, and the attendances could well follow. How much longer are people going to put up with Deaner's ways and false promises?

[Guest]

'It's not that Deaner's not ambitious, look at his plans for the site that he wants to develop'

 

Apparently these plans are nothing new though, they're very very similar to plans tabled years ago, except for a few cosmetic alterations here and there. He probably didn't even pay to have new plans drawn up.