Season So Far

[GarySTFC]

How has the season been for you so far.....

 

a) Are we above or below your expectations?

 

can we still gain promotion/avoid relegation?

 

c) Who has exceeded expectations in the Ryman Premier?

 

d) Who has under achieved in the Ryman Premier?

 

e) Best experience of the current season/most satisfying result?

 

f) Favourite new ground visit?

 

g) Opposition player you wish you had on your books?

 

(Blatently stolen from the Ryman Forum, but hey...)

[GarySTFC]

a) Are we above or below your expectations?

About right so far, anything above the bottom four is good for us at the moment.

 

can we still gain promotion/avoid relegation?

Promotion, very unlikely and I think we have the ability to sustain an upper half finish, if we can maintain the consistency.

 

c) Who has exceeded expectations in the Ryman Premier?

Walton - considering they've not really impressed me on either occassion we've played them, they're high up the league...

 

d) Who has under achieved in the Ryman Premier?

If rumours of the budget are true, Windsor. In addition, Billericay under Edinburgh.

 

e) Best experience of the current season/most satisfying result?

Couple here, the ease of the 3-0 Boxing Day win, the win at Fisher totally unexpectedly, abusing the Harrow keeper.

 

f) Favourite new ground visit?

Haven't been to a new ground yet, but looking forward to seeing Chelmsford's setup this Saturday.

 

g) Opposition player you wish you had on your books?

Jermaine Beckford

[A Rebel and a Saint]

a) about what i expected

 

avoid relegation definately provided we done have a major slump

 

c) worthing, staines, walton and hersham, hampton and richmond

 

d) afc wimbledon, billericay, windsor

 

e) 2-1 H v Braintree, 2-2 v AFC, 5-2 v Harrow, 3-0 v Windsor

 

f) AFC wimbledon

 

g) not sure

[Dominic]

How has the season been for you so far.....

 

a) Exactly where I thought we would be.

 

A few more points would be nice to make sure of safety.

 

c) Walton have done better than I thought they would.

 

d) Ricay.

 

e) AFC was a good day out.

 

f) Only new ground so far was Margate - full of Chavs.

 

g) One of the ricay defenders

[HorshamRebel]

a) Are we above or below your expectations?

As thought - consolodation season, the team is now starting to gel.

 

can we still gain promotion/avoid relegation?

No for promotion, and yes on avoiding relegation

 

c) Who has exceeded expectations in the Ryman Premier?

Hampton

 

d) Who has under achieved in the Ryman Premier?

Leyton, AFC Fans, Windsor

 

e) Best experience of the current season/most satisfying result?

Bromley - 3-2 win from 2-0 down

 

f) Favourite new ground visit?

AFC, apart from the expense (including the bar prices)

 

g) Opposition player you wish you had on your books?

Probably Beckford

[Barry Scott]

a) above or below your expectations?

 

cup runs were rubbish compared to last years conquering of Walsall, but we're around mid-table and still a pain in the [****!!****] for the higher teams so we'll call it middling.

 

can you still gain promotion/avoid relegation?

 

nine points away from Hendon, and a few further from Maldon so we should scrape it providing we can bag 10 more points. Promotion, hahahahahahaha. That's a good one.

 

c) who have been the suprise package in your division?

 

Staines and Walton (even if it pains me to say it), and Redbridge for being so utterly hopeless.

 

d) whose chickens have come home to roost, after the early season bravado?

 

Ricay and AFC

 

e) your best experience of the current season/most satisfying result?

 

Beating Walton away for the first time in over 30 years, beating Fisher away, coming back from the dead against AFC.

 

f) favourite new ground visit?

 

Redbridge.

 

g) opposition player you wish you had on your books?

 

The Leyton no. 10 who played against us in the away game. Other than that, no-one has stood out.

[Radders]

1. I would have settled for survival this season so much better than I expected at the moment. If we can maintain current form I reckon we can now easily finish top half.

 

2. No to promotion, defo yes to surviving, would love it if we finished nearer to the play-offs than the drop, would be a real achievement.

 

3. Walton, as Gary says, they've been poor in both games against us, yet they are still high up, other than them, I'd say US, as we seem to love beating the top teams.

 

4. Billericay definately, AFC to an extent but I never expected them to do really well.

 

5. Bromley 3-2, AFC 2-2, Leyton 2-1, Fisher 2-1, also it was great to see us win a penalty shoot out against Chesham, as the team I wants to win never seems to win a shoot out.

 

6. Only new grounds have been Margate and Redbridge, neither of which were great, looking forward to Chelmsford and MK Dons though.

 

7. Beckford or the little guy that played up front for Fisher and was faster than Darren Campbell!!! Think he wore No 11. Other than them, if you count the fact they still play for Brentford legally, Clark and Moose!!!!!!!!!!

[Tom]

a)If we had the team we finished with at the end of last season I would have hoped for a higher finish. Even so I think were slightly below where I would have thought we would be.

 

b)Will avoid relegation, hopefully finishing above our position last season.

 

c)Walton, Staines and Hampton.

 

d)Windsor and AFC.

 

e)Definately the trip to AFC as the best experience, but also winning at Fisher was great.

 

f)AFC followed by Margate.

 

g)Wouldnt mind keeping Masters and ide, but from this league probably Beckford.

[Martin]

a) At the moment several places higher in the league than I predicted. A bonus.

 

No chance of promotion. The way we are playing at the moment relegation is extremely unlikely although we must not get complacent.

 

c) Walton, East Thurrock and Harrow for being in the play-off spots for a while.

 

d) Windsor and AFC.

 

e) The win at Fisher was awesome. Leyton and Walton deserve a mention. But for sheer bouncebackability and the drama of it - Bromley 3-2.

 

f) None

 

g) One of the defenders from somewhere. Beckford wouldn't get a game.

[BFR]

Above - I had us down for relegation with the reduced budget, players going in the summer and no future clear beyond the end of the season.

 

No promotion which given our state of affairs is a good thing. Would be silly to be relegated from here

 

Hampton exceeded expectations in my mind. With their chairman steppign down towards the end of last season and Dev's position unclear I thought they may be a mid table side this year. Clearly proved wrong on that.

 

Windsor have underachieved. With the players Jesus brought in during the summer, couple with the departure of Chuck, I thought they would be very strong this season. Quite pleasant to be wrong sometimes <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

 

The recent Walton result, simply because of the lack of personnel on the day, and some of those who played clearly did so through the pain

 

I'd never been to Kingsmeadow before so I suppose that deserves a mention. However, just because of the over-zealous policing and laughable segregation I can't. I quite liked Margate's set up even if it is a temporary solution

 

James Dryden - got the hat-trick for Folkestone but has since moved to Dover. Even though we were shocking on the night he showed his class

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

a) Are we above or below your expectations? Spot on what i expected

 

can we still gain promotion/avoid relegation?

NO

c) Who has exceeded expectations in the Ryman Premier?

Hampton

d) Who has under achieved in the Ryman Premier?

Windsor with what they have should be top 6

e) Best experience of the current season/most satisfying result?

Various comebacks and Josias coming on as sub to score winner V leyton

f) Favourite new ground visit?

Milton keynes dons next week

g) Opposition player you wish you had on your books?

John Mosinho

[Guest]

a)below hopes but above expectations

b)lets settle for mid table and call it consolidation

c)Agree with some others-Walton

d)must be Windsor but maybe Wealdstone with that initial strike force of Jolly and Beckford

e)patched up squad winning at Walton

f)wherevr the league cup final will be played !

g) for the future Josh Cooper of Wealdstone-looks a great prospect.

[Guest]

a) Are we above or below your expectations?

just about right would like to see a top 10 finish

 

 

can we still gain promotion/avoid relegation?

would have to be a miracle to reach playoffs and think were safe unless teams below us pick up

 

 

c) Who has exceeded expectations in the Ryman Premier?

Heybridge being third thought they would be top 10 and might sneak a playoff spot

 

d) Who has under achieved in the Ryman Premier?

Windsor and worthing thought worthing would be challeging for the title

 

e) Best experience of the current season/most satisfying result?

Beating Heybridge 3-0 in westview cup great performance and Windsor 3-0

 

f) Favourite new ground visit?

MK Dons

 

g) Opposition player you wish you had on your books?

shane smeltz or beckford

[Mark44]

a) I think that we are about where i expected us to be, stuck in mid table.

 

b)Cant gain promotion but afraid relegation is still a threat but cant see us going down.

 

c)Heybridge swifts

 

d)Leyton though theyd be playoffs and AFC Wimbledon should be doing better with the amount of fans they have and the quality of player they can afford.

 

e)2-2 away to Wimbledon, Gareth Mccleary played wicked and the whole team done well to get back in it.#

 

f) Kingstonian was funny because of the crappy design and people walking in front of you all the bloody time.

 

g)Tomlin from Windsor seems to be doing well and definetly would love to have either Tony Boot or Sammy Winston back.