I'm gonna go straight from London. I think the boys are going to get the train from Hastings at 17.55, gets to Wivelsfield at 7. I believe kick off is 7.30 so will be able to get train home at 21.41.
Well a points a point I guess and we are still 2nd. But please can we not go on about how well Lewes are doing and who scored for them tonight !!! We really don't give a toss do we ? Get over it !! We were relegated !! We are obviously going to struggle to keep on top but the lads certainly sound like they are battling and who knows ? This league isn't a good league so we should be up there or there abouts at the end if the season .Good to see a few managed to get to the game ,well done to you all and cheers for the updates on Twitter etc
We were poor on a very poor pitch, very concerned about lack of activity on the the bench, we were being overrun from about the 60th minute, and our managers didnt seem to have a clue how to change things. If Walters doesn't appoint someone soon then I can see us sliding down a very poor league. We are clueless up front, but thankfully defence is being well marshalled by our skipper.
Some of our players need to remember its no point in moaning about the salary or lack of it, when they play the way they do.
I would say to them that if they are worth more money then go and find a club to pay them what they think they are worth.
Nothing constructive then, won't be moaning if we are top at Xmas, but you are seriously deluded if you think our current team and managers will have us top by Xmas.
I don't see any reason why not, people moaned about Sean, people moan about terry and I'm sure whoever gets the job will be moaned about aswell. Yes it was a struggle tonight on a bobbly surface but you can't win them all, but I would have bit your hand off for 10 points from 4 games. Quality does need to be added and I'm sure people are working hard behind the scences to make that happen. That's not a dig chris just seems your hard to please fella :)
I don't like lack of action, on the sidelines when things aren't working, as last 30 mins last night. You are either saying what we have on the bench or already out on the pitch isn't good enough to change the game, or you are clueless to the problems. Either way allowing things to drift was a gamble that failed, and only inept forward play from BH meant we came away with a point. On your other point its pointless signing new players until we get a manager, as players coming in may not be too new managers liking.
I take your point about players not being to the new managers liking Chris, but at this level if he doesn't like them he just has to release them, there's no contractual obligations to keep them and until a new manager is appointed and given those circumstances I think that its probably a good thing that Mark and Terry are looking to strengthen the squad where necessary.
I agree every side needs stability to be successful, however Mark and Terry have inherited that squad and yeah maybe they had some influence on it but at the moment they're doing what's asked of them. Getting a player in to improve the squad isn't a bad thing if they weren't and just going through the motions of playing games then nobody would be happy with that would they? I don't know a lot about Terry but I'm sure giving his background he must have some contacts that could point him in the direction of players that would o a job.
Well, the return of Terry White got the embers glowing again after several years of Walters inspired inertia - and I went last night and thought 1-1 was a fair result with both sides having long spells on top. Just a shame that United didn't grab a second early in the second half and that was a top save by the Hillbillies keeper to keep Tim's effort out.
10 points from four games with a reconstructed side still gelling and new management - that's as good a start as you can expect. Long time followers will recall that frustrating time in the late 80s and early 90s before it all fell into place in 91-92 - and then again leading up to the 01-02 season. The difference now of course is the accursed playoff as I see it - not a fan! Though it seemed ok when United went up that way to the Ryman Premier - but you know what I mean!
Things will begin to possibly look more clear cut in a month or two - and I hope Terry is still involved, coach or manager.
Caught up with lots of old pals last night and Phil was saying he thought the standard was the worst he had seen a United/Town side play at. I know I have seen just the one game (hope to be at Hythe) but, Phil, I wonder if the Southern League's Eastern division in 03-04 might have been even grimmer?
Whatever - the big pro of Ryman South this season is the number of local fixtures in Kent and Sussex. Those days of midweek treks to Burton Albion, Gresley Rovers, Spalding Utd etc seem a long way off!
Not sure Phil's moaning, just making a point that I actually completely agree with. From the first few games it is more than apparent that it is a very poor league and this is perhaps hiding the deficiencies within our team.
I am over the moon with the start we have made and it has by far exceeded my expectations, but at the same time luck has been on our side, we have not played particularly well, and we could easily have lost all 4 games. That's not moaning or being negative, that is fact. We need to get the new manager in immediately and as Chris says, bring some long term stability to the club.
Phil has supported the club through thick and thin for years - he also gave his time to help out on match days etc etc till Walters decided the supporters committee at the time wasn't up to his standards. He seemed to be echoing what I have heard and read from the start of the season - that the team has made a good start but without playing particularly well in an indifferent league.
You pay your money - you are more then entitled to air your views. Phil has seen good times and not so good times - he knows what he's talking about and down the years, I have enjoyed many a discussion, and difference of opinion occasionally, with him.
Ryman South IS a poor standard compared to what long time supporters recall not so many years ago in the old Southern Premier. Standards were diluted by the creation of Conference North and South.
I made those earlier comments about the Southern League's Eastern Division of 03-04 being a grimmer standard than today's Ryman South - looking at that again I may actually concede Phil's point because the team that Steve Lovell had then wasn't on a par with what Terry has now. The Lovell outfit struggled hugely and for a while might even have been bottom of that division. But then you're talking about a team as opposed to the league it plays in.
Oh I don't know - Terry's boys have certainly made a far better start - on that we can ALL agree! Let's see what happens at Hythe.
Getting 10 points from 12 whilst not playing great is actually encouraging as it implies that we can grind out results whilst stiill not in great form, I am certain that with 1 or 2 good additions the team will start to gel better and we will start to see better quality football played, we have got a lot of new players and it will take a bit of time for them to get used to each other properly but in the meantime the importance is to just keep getting as many points as possible until it happens.
Think Crone has a good poachers instinct and at the beginng of the season i said that he could score 15+ goals if played regularly, i see no reason why he cant and will MMC and SA chipping in from midfield then i think the goals will eventially flow especially if another striker can start helping Jamie as well.
By the way a great away turnout again by everyone, very positive considering relegation, probably happening as its much more likely that we will get a result away against teams of this standard, certainly beats getting smashed 4-0 by the likes of Concord and East Thurrock like i witnessed 3 times last season!
Southern League football was never as dire as Ryman South. It really is appalling stuff judging on what we have seen so far. When new manager is appointed will need five or six better players to maintain a challenge.
I made those earlier comments about the Southern League's Eastern Division of 03-04 being a grimmer standard than today's Ryman South - looking at that again I may actually concede Phil's point because the team that Steve Lovell had then wasn't on a par with what Terry has now. The Lovell outfit struggled hugely and for a while might even have been bottom of that division. But then you're talking about a team as opposed to the league it plays in.
Oh god, I've been following the club since 96/97 so someone older and wiser may have worse tales to tell, but that has to be the worse season I've endured at the PF. Doesn't help that our championship winning season and FA Cup run were pretty much still fresh in our minds...
I think this saturday will be the lads toughest test yet, if they manage to come away from this game I'll be very much more impressed with this decent start we've had.
Not much, Leon. The break up of the 02-03 side still haunts me to this day - just a couple of signings after the title season the year earlier might've kept us up - after all we were good enough to be as high as 5th at one stage. It's all conjecture I know - but we might even have seen Conference South football at the Pilot Field when that division was created a year or so later but relegation and that appalling 03-04 season saw us even unable to finish high enough to get a place in the new look Southern Prem.
