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MrLiamWillis wrote:

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Poor again today. Not good enough. Pitch was poor and got worse. Our finishing and ability to create chances was virtually non-existent...I hate to be do negative. We really do need to show what we are made of now, this is, dare I say it...a relegation battle...

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Have to agree with JohnW - dark days indeed. And Chris B posts an opinion that may well have more support if people were seemingly less wary of agreeing with it. The club is in a state, and in most businesses, in those circumstances, people who carry ultimate responsibility have to be brave enough to step aside and let somebody else have a go. It won't just be Nigel Kane that takes us down, it will be a collective thing but its the people at the top who have to accept responsibility. If the comments made elsewhere are true, and the club has such a poor reputation around the town, its time to change and rebuild. But it won't happen, 'cos we're too good to go down, we're a big club, we've progressed well since the Cup run, we're playing exciting football, hammering park teams, looking upwards in the league, preparing for Conference South, we champion stability and are prepared to accept honest and open criticism from supporters who have more years of collective, loyal support than the club deserves. So everything is good and rosy so why change? 

Who's he upset at Gillingham and what are the facts?. There is always a lot of blame but never any facts to back anything up. If we have some evidence we can then understand people's concerns . We'll be blaming him for the weather and the crisis in Syria next.

doeboy wrote:

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so now it's the pitch's falt we were so bad. shut the door

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 I'm not saying it was the pitch's fault* that we were 'so bad'. We simply weren't good enough, which is what we've seen too much of this season. The pitch played a part in the game as neither teams finishing was good. At this level, a pitch will nearly always play a part in the game. We are extremely lucky at home to have such a excellent and committed groundsman that produces a pitch that is like a carpet each week.

We've heard the phrase 'too good to go down' far too much this season. We are not 'too good to go down', we've not been good enough for so long. Like Pat has said, we need to show graft and backbone to get ourselves out of this predicament. The table is tight at the bottom with only 15 points separating 21st (Hythe) with 7th (Whitstable Town). We sit in 19th with 31 points. Monday is a must win game - Ramsgate are in the drop zone and three points is crucial, but we haven I start taking our chances. 

Both myself and my grandad have had a chat about Kyle Holden, and I don't know if anone else agrees, but his movement, height, composure has reminded us both of Bradley Goldberg. I see this as a huge compliment to Kyle but we can't rely on him to be the difference in our games. Yes, he was bloody brilliant in his debut and scored an excellent goal, but we can't rely on him. Nigel has said that he is looking to bring in more young players and if the football development side has worked like it has on Kyle, we have a very promising future of young players.

I also think its time we stop blaming Dave Walters for whats going on. Although the chairman of the Club, what more can he do? He's increased the budget for the second year in a row, to bring in players that should be making a difference. It has been the management side that bring in players and nothing much to do with DW. He even said to me that I knew about a Steve Brinkhurst coming in before he did. What is a change of ownership going to bring In? Dave Walters said all he could in th fans forum and if you're going to moan about him then you should've been there.

Well according to message 11 it's the Hastings' supporters fault !
rebelrebels.proboards.com/thread/3169/rebels-hastings-17-1
Despite our wretched position/poor form and a pretty grim afternoon we still gave them their third best gate of the season.