Saturday 10th November

[Gally221263]

Can someone please explain to me why there are no conference/Blue square fixtures on the above mentioned date. Thanks

[Stu M]

Without looking it up, I'd imagine that's FA Cup Round 1 day.

[Ray ellingham]

10 Nov (Sat) FAC FA Cup 1st Round

[Gally221263]

Of course, thanks for that. Hopefully we will get more than one game in this year's competition, or any of the cup competitions for that matter.

Will admit that I would like a cup run but personally I would prefer to end the season in the play-offs.

 

[Hempstead Gaz]

Without wishing to appear negative, and some will take that as read, I would prefer a high exposure, financially rewarding cup run to the 3rd round. Play offs are only ok if you are serious about sustainable promotion.

At the moment, our infrastructure and level of support does not merit it.

Last year for a while, we had some optimism, but realistcally, had we been promoted, how many would have been confident of anything less than relegation!

Give me a couple of good cup runs over the next 2 or 3 years, build up a healthy bank balance (and hopefully another 600 regular supporters)and a date for opening the new ground, before we should give serious consideration to promotion.

 

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: Chatham Gary

Without wishing to appear negative, and some will take that as read, I would prefer a high exposure, financially rewarding cup run to the 3rd round. Play offs are only ok if you are serious about sustainable promotion.
At the moment, our infrastructure and level of support does not merit it.
Last year for a while, we had some optimism, but realistcally, had we been promoted, how many would have been confident of anything less than relegation!
Give me a couple of good cup runs over the next 2 or 3 years, build up a healthy bank balance (and hopefully another 600 regular supporters)and a date for opening the new ground, before we should give serious consideration to promotion.

I agree with most of that Gary but along with the good cup run we need good leauge results to boost the club up by those 600 supporters, cup runs will not do that, a cup run will on bring in casual supporters and not long term,unless we improve our leauge position, I cannot see our support growing, only decreasing. there is negative for you lol

[Hempstead Gaz]

It's a catch 22 situation, though. In order to build up gates, we need to be a top half side, which in turn leads to the hope (and expectation) of a play off (which could turn out to be devil in disguise).

[Slartibartfast]

Originally Posted By: Chatham Gary

Without wishing to appear negative, and some will take that as read, I would prefer a high exposure, financially rewarding cup run to the 3rd round. Play offs are only ok if you are serious about sustainable promotion.
At the moment, our infrastructure and level of support does not merit it.
Last year for a while, we had some optimism, but realistcally, had we been promoted, how many would have been confident of anything less than relegation!
Give me a couple of good cup runs over the next 2 or 3 years, build up a healthy bank balance (and hopefully another 600 regular supporters)and a date for opening the new ground, before we should give serious consideration to promotion.

Steady on with the sensible posts C.G. we'll all find ourselves agreeing with you.

Bustagut, we don't have to have a good league run to keep the supporters just a good home run, very few people get to see the away matches so we can be as p*ss awful as we like but a poor performance at home and before the match is over you can hear people saying they won't come back next week.

[Hempstead Gaz]

All of my posts are sensible, Slarti. If people don't like 'em, debate them.

But let us use the forum for it's proper purpose, to discuss the good, and the bad things about Fleet.

[Gally221263]

It seems as if peace, if not sense, has broken out on this forum at last.

As someone has said on another thread, people aren't bored of the forum, they're bored of being shouted down for having an opinion that differs from some others. Surely we all want the best for GNFC, sorry, EUFC but if the team is playing badly it isn't a hanging offence to say they're playing badly.

Let's hope that after tonight's game we are all talking about out continued recovery

[Hempstead Gaz]

Agreed, Gally, in the same way one shouldn't be shot for suggesting that Hastings looks a good loan signing, even though some of us haven't yet seen him play for 8 or so games.

[EUFC superb]

I agree mainly with what's been said above, but don't forget what has happened to clubs in the past with a cup run, they have struggled in the league with attentions being elsewhere.

Burton a couple of seasons ago being a fine example.

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: Slartibartfast

Originally Posted By: Chatham Gary

Without wishing to appear negative, and some will take that as read, I would prefer a high exposure, financially rewarding cup run to the 3rd round. Play offs are only ok if you are serious about sustainable promotion.
At the moment, our infrastructure and level of support does not merit it.
Last year for a while, we had some optimism, but realistcally, had we been promoted, how many would have been confident of anything less than relegation!
Give me a couple of good cup runs over the next 2 or 3 years, build up a healthy bank balance (and hopefully another 600 regular supporters)and a date for opening the new ground, before we should give serious consideration to promotion.

Steady on with the sensible posts C.G. we'll all find ourselves agreeing with you.

Bustagut, we don't have to have a good league run to keep the supporters just a good home run, very few people get to see the away matches so we can be as p*ss awful as we like but a poor performance at home and before the match is over you can hear people saying they won't come back next week.

I understand where your coming from, but television, may change that,I also belive that people base things on overall results and not just home. If you lost 4-5 nil every away game, and every home game was a must win, the team would be under terrible stress, so winning away I feel matters a lot,It is also a team and fan ego booster. just my opnion

[Harry J Allstars]

Originally Posted By: Chatham Gary

Without wishing to appear negative, and some will take that as read, I would prefer a high exposure, financially rewarding cup run to the 3rd round.

Would you like some cavier with your Champagne, Sir?

Originally Posted By: Slartibartfast

Bustagut, we don't have to have a good league run to keep the supporters just a good home run, very few people get to see the away matches so we can be as p*ss awful as we like but a poor performance at home and before the match is over you can hear people saying they won't come back next week.

The exact opposite to this happens. We play better away fromhome than we do at home.

Originally Posted By: Chatham Gary

Agreed, Gally, in the same way one shouldn't be shot for suggesting that Hastings looks a good loan signing, even though some of us haven't yet seen him play for 8 or so games.

It's my opinion that you shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion on a player without seeing him play, please get over it.

[Stu M]

Originally Posted By: Harry J Allstars

It's my opinion that you shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion on a player without seeing him play, please get over it.

What if you were blind and you were actually at the game, but you only had the opinions of the BBC live-braille service to go on? Technically, you'd never have 'seen' the player but could you be allowed to form an opinion?

There are so many imponderables with this issue that I think we should debate it until we all die.

[BustaGut]

I have never been or seen the war in BAGDAD but i have a opnion, about it,its called informed information? when you grow up you may learn about it!!!! I think you will find its also used in a court of law, its called a trial. or are all murders etc seen ???

[Slartibartfast]

Originally Posted By: BustaGut

I have never been or seen the war in BAGDAD but i have a opnion, about it,its called informed information? when you grow up you may learn about it!!!!

Which informed opinion do you have then, The BBC's, Al Jazeera's, American Armed Forces Broadcasting or the Israel Broadcasting Authority's.
They will all give you 'informed nformation' of what is happening in Baghdad but funnily enough they all have very different opinions on it.
Strange that you should bring up a court of law Bustagut because that is the one place that actually does set hard and fast rules on exactly this situation. If you have not witnessed something yourself but have formed an opinion based on what someone else has witnessed that is called Hearsay and whatever you may think it is most certainly not admissable in a cout of law.

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: Slartibartfast

Originally Posted By: BustaGut

I have never been or seen the war in BAGDAD but i have a opnion, about it,its called informed information? when you grow up you may learn about it!!!!

Which informed opinion do you have then, The BBC's, Al Jazeera's, American Armed Forces Broadcasting or the Israel Broadcasting Authority's.
They will all give you 'informed nformation' of what is happening in Baghdad but funnily enough they all have very different opinions on it.
Strange that you should bring up a court of law Bustagut because that is the one place that actually does set hard and fast rules on exactly this situation. If you have not witnessed something yourself but have formed an opinion based on what someone else has witnessed that is called Hearsay and whatever you may think it is most certainly not admissable in a cout of law.

you can have six people see a advent, there will be 6 different opnions, thats a proven fact, so each account given even in a court of law, or anywhere else,is just a opinion surley,yes my information, is sky, itv,bbc, etc etc etc, maybe yours is the Sun there again we all have choices, and OPNIONS, where we get our information from, which is why its a opinion and not a statement of fact, thats my opinion, not hearsay, or fact, just a opnion, based on collated information.Anyone who gets a something relayed to them even in a court of law, is that not what a solicitors or barriester does, interpitation of events of law for his client benifit, oops that would be a opinion would it not ?? And when a judge makes a sentence judgement, is that not on the evidence provided in front off him in a court of law? so the judement he makes is made up from his opinion of the crime,
Is that not why you that may get two year ban, for drink driving,(unless you opt for trial then there 12 more opnions) yet a certain policeman(chief inspector) in wales, who gets done twice on a social night out for drinking and driving. Gets let off ? if the judgementarrived to based on fact that would not be possible, but based at the end of the day on someones opinion of the facts. I think what I said was just a opnion

[The Truth]

Picture the scene this Saturday.

 

Sasha takes a slight exception to one of the Farsley players and goes slightly over the top and breaks the buggers neck.

The six faithful travelling fans can appear as witnesses on Sasha's behalf and testify that it was self defence as the northerner looked at Sash 'a bit funny'.

Chas Webster can appear as a witness as he saw the event while commentatng on it.

All those of us who sit at home hanging on Chas's every word cannot appear as witnesses as we have not witnessed anything, all we know of the incident is Hearsay from Chas and it is not admissable in court.

 

 

 

 

[Slartibartfast]

It is my honest opinion that Hearsay are a cr*p group, I only offer that opinion because I have heard their records if somebody else told me they were cr*p I would reserve judgement until I had heard for myself how cr*p they where.