A couple of non league snippets

[Shredding Green]

1 hour ago, 3spirit said:

On Francis Amartey, I thought Bakes and Unders weren't keen on his attitude/temperament but for me that doesn't necessarily mean you get rid of him. As you know, Reading Rebel, I have a high regard for both of our managers but on this point I differ on their view. As with all managers in the land, some people become favourites and some people don't. I thought they expected a bit too much from him at times given his age. Anyway that's history now.

I never got to see Paul Hodges play for the Rebels in a league match [I saw him in a friendly for the Rebels a few seasons ago]. Was he not good last season and in pre-season/opening games? 

This season Francis Amartey is noticably hardly effing andf blinding which was certainly not the case in his first two seasons at Hayes & Yeading United.

Either he is a reformed character or else with U 'As having won all nine matches this season, he hasn't found anything or anyone to eff and blind about.

Edited September 20, 2021 by Shredding Green

[3spirit]

12 minutes ago, Shredding Green said:

This season Francis Amartey is noticably hardly effing andf blinding which was certainly not the case in his first two seasons at Hayes & Yeading United.

I thought that you had eff and blind to take part in playing football ! ha ha ha! Otherwise you won't be a Jack the Lad.

Perhaps we are just the old farts brigade now, SG ! ?

[Reading Rebel]

2 hours ago, 3spirit said:

On Francis Amartey, I thought Bakes and Unders weren't keen on his attitude/temperament but for me that doesn't necessarily mean you get rid of him. As you know, Reading Rebel, I have a high regard for both of our managers but on this point I differ on their view. As with all managers in the land,some people become favourites and some people don't. I thought they expected a bit too much from him at times given his age. Anyway that's history now.

I never got to see Paul Hodges play for the Rebels in a league match [I saw him in a friendly for the Rebels a few seasons ago]. Was he not good last season and in pre-season/opening games? 

I suppose it depends on how disruptive a player is.

Obviously without being privy to what goes on behind the scenes it's impossible to know the actual reason why Amartey left.

Again I thought Paul Hodges did ok without pulling up trees but if he wanted some sort of guarantee of more minutes on the pitch which we couldn't give and Farnborough could it was probably the best move for him.

 

[Reading Rebel]

Very early in the season but a couple of managers have already been sacked in the NL.

 Harry Kewell at Barnet and Danny Searle at Aldershot.

Edited September 20, 2021 by Reading Rebel

[sdelaney]

1 hour ago, Reading Rebel said:

Very early in the season but a couple of managers have already been sacked in the NL.

 Harry Kewell at Barnet and Danny Searle at Aldershot.

Hemel appoint ex Oxford Manager Mark Jones

[Reading Rebel]

Thanks for the info SD.

Didn't know that Lee Bircham and Steve Bateman at Hemel have also been sacked.

[Martin]

Steve Lovell has resigned at Welling to make it 4 departures on this manic Monday 

[sdelaney]

Mark Moseley and Terry Brown now at Aldershot

[Neil Baker]

Just to clarify, we did not get rid of Francis as clearly had something, we got a small fee, and we have a sell on fee from Hayes and Yeading, so we hope that he continues to do well.

[sdelaney]

Is there representation from Slough at this meeting.

[Stuntman Mark]

Looks like we weren't the only team to miss out Steve.

 

[SloughFlyer]

Lewis Putman has re-joined Kings Langely today.

[Irishadrian]

Marc White still hasn't been sectioned and his latest post match interview is classic "It's my fault I picked the wrong team" we've been ravished by injuries "I'll be having a few chats to see who wants to be at Dorking or not"

[C'est la vie]

A few Dorking fans on Twitter are saying "sack the f***ing manager" lol. I'd say they are probably right and he's out of his depth but I can hardly see himself stepping aside being the egomaniac he is!

[Reading Rebel]

6 hours ago, C'est la vie said:

A few Dorking fans on Twitter are saying "sack the f***ing manager" lol. I'd say they are probably right and he's out of his depth but I can hardly see himself stepping aside being the egomaniac he is!

You mean sack the founder, owner and manager.

Perhaps he should step aside as manager but as you say his ego could be a sticking point.

Edited September 26, 2021 by Reading Rebel

[Reading Rebel]

Not sure whats happened with George Wells at Maidenhead, he's not been in their squad for the last 3 weeks or so.

[Shredding Green]

6 hours ago, Reading Rebel said:

Not sure whats happened with George Wells at Maidenhead, he's not been in their squad for the last 3 weeks or so.

He played the full match in the 3-4 defeat to Torquay Unted on 4th September but has not appeared in a match squad since. I saw a couple of Maidenhead United supporters after Maidenhead had won their first two National League fixtures of this season and they did not rate George Wells.

Maidenhead United are very poor when it comes to any form of media coverage so it is difficult to find any information. 

[Jon Underwood]

I’m pretty certain he’s injured at the moment. 

[Reading Rebel]

2 hours ago, Shredding Green said:

He played the full match in the 3-4 defeat to Torquay Unted on 4th September but has not appeared in a match squad since. I saw a couple of Maidenhead United supporters after Maidenhead had won their first two National League fixtures of this season and they did not rate George Wells.

Maidenhead United are very poor when it comes to any form of media coverage so it is difficult to find any information. 

Probably stems from Devonshire who's not exactly forthcoming with any interviews preferring to send someone else out to speak.

Always came across as a bit of a sour puss.

[Shredding Green]

9 hours ago, Reading Rebel said:

Probably stems from Devonshire who's not exactly forthcoming with any interviews preferring to send someone else out to speak.

Always came across as a bit of a sour puss.

Alan Devonshire quoted in the Maidenhead Advertiser on 23rd September 2021 prior to the 1-1 draw against
Grimsby Town :-

"We will give it everything we’ve got but a couple more players could be missing for this game along with George Wells,
Dan Sparkes, James Holden, and Remy Clerima. There are a few knocks in the squad, but I don’t want to give out their names because it will just alert the other team."