ARDILES LEAVES HERTFORD

[amerste]

 

Of course I'm bitter - Hertford had been members of the Isthmian for 35 years. Now they're dumped in the wilderness. If Harefield had had the balls to score one more goal in their last match, Bigg T's wonderful new ground would still be hosting Step 5 football. Would you have fancied winning it this season?

 

 

I think you're confusing things. You bitter? Nah, you've been around the game long enough to know that getting close to anything in football is a passing thing and then you have to get on to something else. Players, managers, fans, teams you enjoy visiting - it's all fleeting to a degree. People come and go and so do your surroundings and league sometimes. That's just football and you know it. Disappointed? Yes I can go with that emotion. Sad? Yes to that also. But when Hertford get back there as I am sure they will one day, your smiling face will be worth taking a photo of.

 

And yes I firmly believe Bigg Town would have gone 100% for promotion this season if Harefield had scored 'that' goal. The plan found itself a year ahead in any event. It's just some people are more impatient than others and once that sniff of glory was in the air it was something to fight the odds for. The team had the luxury of not looking over their shoulder. It was like a game of staring someone out, every time Bigg Town picked up 3 points from their matches in hand, Harefield pee'd their pants a little. Just to have taken it to the last day and lost out to Harefield would have been good enough for me in a way. You have to take knockbacks sometimes in order to get up and get better.

 

Hertford is a good area, the support should be there and let's face it they could be competing at Step 4 or 3 (I hear BBV&E have a suitable keeper). Hertford need a brief but well placed kick up the ar$e to dislodge them that's all. It'll happen.

 

You're right Wader. However, who will step up to the plate and lead the club back to it's former mediocrity? There are always a few willing volunteers at any club, but it takes a very special type (or a rich one) to make that difference.

 

What I meant about Bigg T and this season was - would they have been good enough to win the league in 2009/10. Of course they would have gone for it, but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year. And then next season it will be Club X.

 

 

Here we go again ( but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year.) If you know the playing budget of the teams in the league, that has been discussed on other topics why dont you post them? Or is it more tickle tackle, grapevine or jungle drum that gets banded about? Nobody as won the league yet, we are not even half way, anything can happen and as the saying goes "its a funny old game".

[Horace]

 

Of course I'm bitter - Hertford had been members of the Isthmian for 35 years. Now they're dumped in the wilderness. If Harefield had had the balls to score one more goal in their last match, Bigg T's wonderful new ground would still be hosting Step 5 football. Would you have fancied winning it this season?

 

 

I think you're confusing things. You bitter? Nah, you've been around the game long enough to know that getting close to anything in football is a passing thing and then you have to get on to something else. Players, managers, fans, teams you enjoy visiting - it's all fleeting to a degree. People come and go and so do your surroundings and league sometimes. That's just football and you know it. Disappointed? Yes I can go with that emotion. Sad? Yes to that also. But when Hertford get back there as I am sure they will one day, your smiling face will be worth taking a photo of.

 

And yes I firmly believe Bigg Town would have gone 100% for promotion this season if Harefield had scored 'that' goal. The plan found itself a year ahead in any event. It's just some people are more impatient than others and once that sniff of glory was in the air it was something to fight the odds for. The team had the luxury of not looking over their shoulder. It was like a game of staring someone out, every time Bigg Town picked up 3 points from their matches in hand, Harefield pee'd their pants a little. Just to have taken it to the last day and lost out to Harefield would have been good enough for me in a way. You have to take knockbacks sometimes in order to get up and get better.

 

Hertford is a good area, the support should be there and let's face it they could be competing at Step 4 or 3 (I hear BBV&E have a suitable keeper). Hertford need a brief but well placed kick up the ar$e to dislodge them that's all. It'll happen.

 

You're right Wader. However, who will step up to the plate and lead the club back to it's former mediocrity? There are always a few willing volunteers at any club, but it takes a very special type (or a rich one) to make that difference.

 

What I meant about Bigg T and this season was - would they have been good enough to win the league in 2009/10. Of course they would have gone for it, but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year. And then next season it will be Club X.

 

 

Here we go again ( but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year.) If you know the playing budget of the teams in the league, that has been discussed on other topics why dont you post them? Or is it more tickle tackle, grapevine or jungle drum that gets banded about? Nobody as won the league yet, we are not even half way, anything can happen and as the saying goes "its a funny old game".

 

I don't know anyone's playing budget. Even if i did I wouldn't reveal it on here. If Aylesbury (Vale that was) have attracted players of that quailty without paying big money I apologise.

[amerste]

 

Of course I'm bitter - Hertford had been members of the Isthmian for 35 years. Now they're dumped in the wilderness. If Harefield had had the balls to score one more goal in their last match, Bigg T's wonderful new ground would still be hosting Step 5 football. Would you have fancied winning it this season?

 

 

I think you're confusing things. You bitter? Nah, you've been around the game long enough to know that getting close to anything in football is a passing thing and then you have to get on to something else. Players, managers, fans, teams you enjoy visiting - it's all fleeting to a degree. People come and go and so do your surroundings and league sometimes. That's just football and you know it. Disappointed? Yes I can go with that emotion. Sad? Yes to that also. But when Hertford get back there as I am sure they will one day, your smiling face will be worth taking a photo of.

 

And yes I firmly believe Bigg Town would have gone 100% for promotion this season if Harefield had scored 'that' goal. The plan found itself a year ahead in any event. It's just some people are more impatient than others and once that sniff of glory was in the air it was something to fight the odds for. The team had the luxury of not looking over their shoulder. It was like a game of staring someone out, every time Bigg Town picked up 3 points from their matches in hand, Harefield pee'd their pants a little. Just to have taken it to the last day and lost out to Harefield would have been good enough for me in a way. You have to take knockbacks sometimes in order to get up and get better.

 

Hertford is a good area, the support should be there and let's face it they could be competing at Step 4 or 3 (I hear BBV&E have a suitable keeper). Hertford need a brief but well placed kick up the ar$e to dislodge them that's all. It'll happen.

 

You're right Wader. However, who will step up to the plate and lead the club back to it's former mediocrity? There are always a few willing volunteers at any club, but it takes a very special type (or a rich one) to make that difference.

 

What I meant about Bigg T and this season was - would they have been good enough to win the league in 2009/10. Of course they would have gone for it, but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year. And then next season it will be Club X.

 

 

Here we go again ( but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year.) If you know the playing budget of the teams in the league, that has been discussed on other topics why dont you post them? Or is it more tickle tackle, grapevine or jungle drum that gets banded about? Nobody as won the league yet, we are not even half way, anything can happen and as the saying goes "its a funny old game".

 

I don't know anyone's playing budget. Even if i did I wouldn't reveal it on here. If Aylesbury (Vale that was) have attracted players of that quailty without paying big money I apologise.

 

 

And I dont know, but from what I can gather the players left Aylesbury Utd fed up of being a nomadic team with some wage dispute, wether true or not I can't confirm. Majority are local and wanted to play local. Yes a new sponser is in place but money is being spent on ground improvement. I just dont like the idea that Aylesbury have bought the promotion being kicked about, has Dunstables budget been reduced from last season in the Southern Mid league? No one seems to mention them.

[Wader]

 

What I meant about Bigg T and this season was - would they have been good enough to win the league in 2009/10. Of course they would have gone for it, but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year. And then next season it will be Club X.

 

They would have strengthened further and given any club a fight to the championship. Well laid plans do come to fruition eventually. No amount of throwing money at another team would have stopped that, mainly because that kind of attitude is promulgated by people who don't really know how football works.

 

I agree money helps and if used carefully and in the right way as that boot up the backside to get things rolling, then that is the key. The spending of money on teams without investing in facilities and the right personel is short sighted and leads to only fleeting success.

 

I don't think this season in the SSML Prem is about money. It's more about people.

[beepbeep]

 

Of course I'm bitter - Hertford had been members of the Isthmian for 35 years. Now they're dumped in the wilderness. If Harefield had had the balls to score one more goal in their last match, Bigg T's wonderful new ground would still be hosting Step 5 football. Would you have fancied winning it this season?

 

 

I think you're confusing things. You bitter? Nah, you've been around the game long enough to know that getting close to anything in football is a passing thing and then you have to get on to something else. Players, managers, fans, teams you enjoy visiting - it's all fleeting to a degree. People come and go and so do your surroundings and league sometimes. That's just football and you know it. Disappointed? Yes I can go with that emotion. Sad? Yes to that also. But when Hertford get back there as I am sure they will one day, your smiling face will be worth taking a photo of.

 

And yes I firmly believe Bigg Town would have gone 100% for promotion this season if Harefield had scored 'that' goal. The plan found itself a year ahead in any event. It's just some people are more impatient than others and once that sniff of glory was in the air it was something to fight the odds for. The team had the luxury of not looking over their shoulder. It was like a game of staring someone out, every time Bigg Town picked up 3 points from their matches in hand, Harefield pee'd their pants a little. Just to have taken it to the last day and lost out to Harefield would have been good enough for me in a way. You have to take knockbacks sometimes in order to get up and get better.

 

Hertford is a good area, the support should be there and let's face it they could be competing at Step 4 or 3 (I hear BBV&E have a suitable keeper). Hertford need a brief but well placed kick up the ar$e to dislodge them that's all. It'll happen.

 

You're right Wader. However, who will step up to the plate and lead the club back to it's former mediocrity? There are always a few willing volunteers at any club, but it takes a very special type (or a rich one) to make that difference.

 

What I meant about Bigg T and this season was - would they have been good enough to win the league in 2009/10. Of course they would have gone for it, but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year. And then next season it will be Club X.

 

 

Here we go again ( but I think Aylesbury will have bought the title this year.) If you know the playing budget of the teams in the league, that has been discussed on other topics why dont you post them? Or is it more tickle tackle, grapevine or jungle drum that gets banded about? Nobody as won the league yet, we are not even half way, anything can happen and as the saying goes "its a funny old game".

[beepbeep]

has anyone any idea on who may take the job at hertford.

 

there are a few rumours about the old successful reserve manager down there, Bill O'Driscoll getting the job, any ideas??

i think he managed Hoddesdon and St.Margaretsbury aswell didnt he??

 

maybe could be a good choice as the club probably does need someone with experiance and a bit of authority to try and get them out of the mess they are in.