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Record against top 5 this season P6 Won 1 lost 5 F 5 A 12. Throw in home defeats against Faversham, Poole and Merthyr and it does appear we struggle badly against the better sides. 

Ouch!!!

Worthing Forum -Very disappointed with Hastings other than a bag of corners nothing are we that good or are they that bad. the latter i believe their players on show are suppose to be class the two front men must get more money than most of our squad. we turned them inside out upside down. and with 5 or 6 regular's out. we played fantastic to a man. and must mention the fans behind the goal best in the league by far.

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Great to see five of the U21 squad Zack Newton, Jack Barnes, Jack Hartley, Steve Herbert,Tom Lyne involved in the first teams win last night

I hear a lot of supporters comments such as  "this wont happen overnight", "we are building for the future" "we are assembling a side to take us forward", "we are not a Folkestone yet" , as Dave has above. I may be completely wrong but are we building for the future or are we looking for a very quick promotion? I don't think signings such as Medlock, Attwood, Walder, Harris and  Cole are signings for say a 3 year promotion plan. They do not come cheap and I believe they have been brought in for immediate success, anyone agree?  if we finish mid table this season will all of those still be here next season as part of the building process? I doubt it.

Last season Dave Walters openly admitted to myself and other supporters that the budget was the biggest ever at the club and was based on the club getting immediate promotion. What happened was a disaster and probably sparked the beginning of the end for Dave. This year, under new directors, I for one never thought we would sign the players we have signed, particularly as I expected the budget to be nowhere near last seasons, which is of great credit to both them and the management team. I do not have the foggiest on what our playing budget is but I would hazard a complete guess, looking at the squad we have assembled, that it is pretty similar to last years. Because of this, I am guessing that the directors may be spending a bit more than they thought they would as they are gambling on immediate promotion. Again, maybe i am well wide of the mark and completely wrong but when i keep hearing these comments about building a squad to get out of this league in the next 2-3 years, I'm not so sure that is right. Looking at some of the jackets my old mate Dave O wears , I am not so sure we can sustain a budget like this to be able to spend 2-3 years building, especially if crowds are dropping. We are not promoting from the youth teams, which is usually part of a building process, and the signings we have made are surely based on immediate success.

Of course, its all guess work and I know as much as dave aa, and of course, who's to say we wont go on an incredible unbeaten run, win the league and crown Gary and Danny football genius's, but as for building for the future and happy with a mid table finish, i cannot agree with that and would be amazed if both the directors and management team do either.

On the time and building question anyone seen what the new manager at Hythe Town has done since he joined the club on I am sure a lot less money? Bottom 3 when he joined (p11 w9 d1 l1 f 24 a6 since). Anyone seen what the new Ramsgate joint managers has done since joining? came 21st last year, just above us (currently 3rd). Anyone seen what the new Carshalton manager has done this season? came 20th last season (currently 5th).

I do really hope we are talking about Gary in the same light very soon and really think he will 'live or die' on the results over the next month or so. We have all commented on how well we do against the lesser sides and looking at the fixtures we have coming up I would say all of these are winnable with this Saturday looking the toughest of the lot.