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by Beano
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: The Bottom Seven, Saturday Mar 02nd 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 1012

Re: The Bottom Seven, Saturday Mar 02nd 2024

I hate to put too much focus on a single game but we’ve got to beat Rushall.

Get our noses ahead of them in that game and it’ll be a game changer.
by Beano
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Darlington v Banbury 2/03/24
Replies: 64
Views: 6343

Re: Darlington v Banbury 2/03/24

The real deal is having a manager who is just down to knowing the basics required to win games. Not over complicating things and a million miles from what JG was attempting to do. We are right on the coattails now of those above and if and when we are above the dotted line I can see us staying ther...
by Beano
Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Boston v Darlington 20/02/24
Replies: 102
Views: 8873

Re: Boston v Darlington 20/02/24

Sick and tired of saying it but we are asking players to play in positions that don't suit them. Nelson and Main would be best suited in a two up front formation, not all this someone in the hole bollocks that we seem to have persisted with for nearly a year under 3 managers, when it doesn't work w...
by Beano
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Boston v Darlington 20/02/24
Replies: 102
Views: 8873

Re: Boston v Darlington 20/02/24

It is genuinely sad to see Nelson such a shadow of his former self.

In his first spell he was electric, but genuine misfortune with injuries has ruined him.
by Beano
Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Asante
Replies: 47
Views: 6435

Re: Asante

Emdubya wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:28 pm
Hopefully they’re doing a deal with him to fuck off but keeping it quiet.
Somehow doubt it though
It’ll be something along these lines.

If he was to go, he’ll likely want to know his next destination first and a decent pay off.
by Beano
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Blood on hands/heads must roll
Replies: 180
Views: 12001

Re: Blood on hands/heads must roll

As i said previously, the board made a mistake trusting Armstrong with a 2 year contract and this years budget Since then it’s been scrambling to catch up which is costing us even more, the argument for keeping Gowling wasn’t he was good, just that the die had been cast and we were spending more an...
by Beano
Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:15 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Blood on hands/heads must roll
Replies: 180
Views: 12001

Re: Blood on hands/heads must roll

The bit that really grates on me is how DJ and the board reacted to Mark Beck leaving. We were told targets were unaffordable, expectations were dampened, and ultimately AA’s budget was reduced. At the time we nodded along but given the disastrous appointment of JG who was given a significantly incr...
by Beano
Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: v Tamworth
Replies: 93
Views: 9692

Re: v Tamworth

The crazy thing is, with a couple of key signings, as Beck and Lambeth proved, we could still end up having a good run and winning a few in a row. As others have said, Watson has improved the performance but can’t polish turds. The worrying aspect is that we pissed away our easiest fixtures but no o...
by Beano
Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:15 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Good luck Steve Watson
Replies: 80
Views: 38214

Re: Good luck Steve Watson

Armstrong made mistakes with us, particularly towards the back-end of his time here, but it won't be his decisions that take us down, it will be Gowling's. Literally this. With hindsight, and the significant budget given to Gowling, Armstrong was massively let down by the board and it unraveled fro...
by Beano
Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Good luck Steve Watson
Replies: 80
Views: 38214

Re: Good luck Steve Watson

Just seen Hazels goal, fantastic finish. Know we have to move on but what we would give for a front 3 of Felix, Barnes, Hazel going forward. Creativity, pace and a finisher, exactly what Watson has to somehow get back in very quickly. So many very poor mistakes by AA, JG and the board. Quite a task...
by Beano
Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Boost the Budget
Replies: 44
Views: 20564

Re: Boost the Budget

LoidLucan wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:04 pm
I'm up for backing the Great Escape.
Ditto.
by Beano
Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Boost the Budget
Replies: 44
Views: 20564

Re: Boost the Budget

lo36789 wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:24 pm
Beano wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:55 pm
Blackwell Meadows has been a curse.

A rushed decision that has been a millstone around our necks.
We'd have been relegated and unable to be promoted to NLN again if we hadn't moved back when we did mind.
There was other options.
by Beano
Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Boost the Budget
Replies: 44
Views: 20564

Re: Boost the Budget

This is the bit about fan ownership that I am beginning to dislike. When Singh sold us down the river, fan ownership was the ONLY option (in the end). I welcomed that in the hope that the Club could be run for the right reasons, in a transparent manner, and be self sustaining. This was, more or les...
by Beano
Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:55 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: How is this being paid for?
Replies: 33
Views: 12793

Re: How is this being paid for?

Funny how Armstrong was given a two year deal and then had his budget cut, only to be sacked and his successor given the money he wasn’t allowed to spend. Poor form from the board that. Armstrong had enough credit in the bank from previous seasons (cup runs, tv games, player sales) to be given ever...
by Beano
Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:56 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Darlington V Scarborough
Replies: 46
Views: 24274

Re: Darlington V Scarborough

There needs to be a complete rebuild, from the players to the staff and the board imho. The club has malaise that has set in and been allowed to grow deep into every fibre, and leadership has allowed that. In the past 4 years are we any better off than we were before? On the field definitely not, o...
by Beano
Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: New manager poll
Replies: 33
Views: 17179

Re: New manager poll

Word on the street is two Directors threatened to resign if Gray was appointed on the commentary chat. I think that things happened that left a sour taste with some people at the end of Gray's reign. I don't know exactly what happened so won't speculate, but if people are still feeling that they ca...
by Beano
Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:11 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

Well a lot of people seem to think we have a good squad assembled by Armstrong who would have turned it around so the next guy should be ok given the great platform AA Set in between moaning about the budget :roll: :roll: Armstrong absolutely would have got more out of this lot in the last 16 match...
by Beano
Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

This squad will not even get us anywhere near at the level below. Imagine last time we won it we had a core of Brown, White, Burgess, Galbraith, Turnbull, Thompson, Armstrong, Cartman etc. Who of our current squad gets into that one………exactly, none! Every one of those above were winners, would run ...
by Beano
Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:53 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Darlington V Scarborough
Replies: 46
Views: 24274

Re: Darlington V Scarborough

We are a long way off at the moment.

However, the gap in quality in the division
is so small that signing 2-3 quality players would be enough.

However, that needs cash and willing players. I don’t doubt we’d put together a decent BtB but can we attract the players?
by Beano
Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: New manager poll
Replies: 33
Views: 17179

Re: New manager poll

Word on the street is two Directors threatened to resign if Gray was appointed on the commentary chat.
by Beano
Sat Dec 30, 2023 1:51 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

MG doesn’t care about the first team. All he wants is the academy to go under so he has a monopoly on the college program. He spent the summer contacting prospective parents telling them the academy was going bust so they should join him instead. This outlines the very real conflict of interest the...
by Beano
Sat Dec 30, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

Steve Watson is the only sensible solution now. First of all, we shouldn't have sacked AA so early in the season. But, as we did, we should have picked Watson there and then, for me it would have been a literal no brainer. Now the echo says Watson, Stockdale and another one I can't remember are in ...
by Beano
Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:17 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

A "director of football" is surely daft. If you have someone overseeing how you play and taking care of player movements then you may as well bin the manager's job - thereby making the DOF the manager. I agree, a Director of Football is stupid at this level of football and with our resources. It is...
by Beano
Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:56 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

Darlopartisan wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:43 pm
Graham Fenton has left Blyth Spartans,
Maybe it’s him?
Maybe AA going to rock up at Blyth again.
We could do a lot worse.

I’d be happy with Fenton or Gray.
by Beano
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

Quakerlad wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:36 pm
Bit of perspective.

Just seen the South Shields chairman on Twitter having a bit of a spat with a supporter and said “ I’m happy to share the numbers with the fans. Our players/managers budget is c£1m which is about 3x the majority of our competitors”
That’s mental.
by Beano
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

Looking more likely it’s Hodgy as interim manager. If this is true our board may as well resign too :thumbdown: Absolute laughing stock I disagree. If people are happy to appoint someone even on an interim who’s not managed for almost two decades then I’m done with this club The truth is that the g...
by Beano
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Boxing Day at Scarborough
Replies: 43
Views: 15626

Re: Boxing Day at Scarborough

All Hazel needed was a big lad alongside him with some ability to keep at least one defender busy. We have replaced him with someone who could have been that man but needs someone like Hazel alongside him….. And does he have that at Boston..........if so why are the goals not flowing? Don’t you rea...
by Beano
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

quakersam wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:10 pm
loan_star wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:35 pm
Looking more likely it’s Hodgy as interim manager.
If this is true our board may as well resign too :thumbdown: Absolute laughing stock
I disagree.
by Beano
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

loan_star wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:35 pm
Looking more likely it’s Hodgy as interim manager.
We could do a lot worse and it would generate a buzz and a bit of PR for the club.

I’d love to know who his number 2 would be! Any clues?
by Beano
Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Who next?
Replies: 317
Views: 171010

Re: Who next?

Interesting to see some Shields fans want Armstrong to replace Arca despite how it ended here Maybe a refreshed AA, without the annual need to sell the best players he has assembled, might just do OK somewhere like that. I’d agree but Shield’s money looks like it will be tempered moving forward giv...