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@The Crofted Crest

Having seen some of the footage from Saturdays game I think unfortunately for Rhyl that game will define our season.

Obviously the four players and the manager who received red cards will have automatic bans but I can see lengthy bans for some especially the chap throwing the right hook!!

Our squad isn't big enough to withstand that many omissions so I think we will struggle in the next few games.

On a plus point the "reported" attendance of 711 in the third tier of Welsh football from two reformed, basically supporter run clubs shows that both Rhyl and Bangor should be back in the WPL as soon as possible.

I use "reported" for reasons I am sure you will understand in our leagues!

https://nation.cymru/sport/watch-clash-between-welsh-clubs-marred-by-mass-brawl/

FAW now to investigate so lengthy bans and fines I would suspect.

I've seen 12 year old girls throw better punches than that in playground scraps

Joking aside that is just stupid and they deserve all they get.

Its all calmed down-ish and the some idiot(s) decides to be the "big i am" kick it all off again.

With incidents like that captains should just get their players to walk back 20 yds and let the refs sort it all out

 

[Slick]

Back to Rangers in the next few weeks maybe?🤔


Your thoughts @Slick

My thoughts are this. He would have been awarded the freedom of Govan, had he hung around to complete the job he started, although he will be forever remembered as the man who stopped Terry Munro. (Rip ) I suppose the thing that sticks a little is the fact he should have won the league the year previous, although the other mob did go on an amazing unbeaten run to overturn quite a lead, so fair play to them. Long and the short of it is, never go back, it rarely works, and whilst I'll always have an admiration for him, I wouldn't like to see him back at Ibrox.

 

[Chislenko]

For anyone who knows the recent history of both Chester City and Wrexham football clubs there is a song on YouTube about the fragility of smaller clubs (this song is about Wrexham but could easily be about many smaller clubs) where businessmen buy the clubs for assett stripping (The land the ground sits on usually)

There is a lot of bad language in the song so won't link it on here but if anyone wants to listen it is called

Hamilton Scum by Wrexham band The Declan Swans.

The Declan Swans famously recorded a song many years back called Meet The Kilshaws about the couple locally who tried to adopt two young children who if memory serves me were from America??

 

[Mike_P]

Come on the Fleet by Tundra is a song that relates well to most lower league clubs

View: https://open.spotify.com/track/02ae8R3ADM0jIX7KkfisE5&ved=2ahUKEwj-2aih74D7AhXHVsAKHbONDcoQFnoECA4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw1eK3IlV_XBh0_3GxbpUYvB

 

[postman]

Last year I asked Virgin why our internet was lagging and running slow.So the lad on the end of the phone checked it,he sent us two booster plug in things,then he said I am looking at your account you have been with us since we began yes I said.I see you downgraded some of your channels,I replied yes just due to cost and being a pensioner.One was B T Sport he said yes that had to go.Well I can and will put it back on for 18 months for free because you have been with us so long.So that tale leads to this did you see the stunning City free kick,all from a stupid silly challenge.What quality,my word City play some class football,Manchester United have some catching up to do.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Last year I asked Virgin why our internet was lagging and running slow.So the lad on the end of the phone checked it,he sent us two booster plug in things,then he said I am looking at your account you have been with us since we began yes I said.I see you downgraded some of your channels,I replied yes just due to cost and being a pensioner.One was B T Sport he said yes that had to go.Well I can and will put it back on for 18 months for free because you have been with us so long.So that tale leads to this did you see the stunning City free kick,all from a stupid silly challenge.What quality,my word City play some class football,Manchester United have some catching up to do.

And Chelsea after the crap we played today.

Yet another weird starting line-up from Potter.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

And Chelsea after the crap we played today.

Yet another weird starting line-up from Potter.

Early days yet @SpokeyDokey but it might just be too big a step up for Potter?

 

[ianrauk]

Early days yet @SpokeyDokey but it might just be too big a step up for Potter?

Not early days. He's out of his depth. When James isn't playing we end up chasing sheep in defence.

 

[Chislenko]

I noticed Summerville scored for Leeds tonight, is he no longer with The Communards?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Early days yet @SpokeyDokey but it might just be too big a step up for Potter?

Not early days. He's out of his depth. When James isn't playing we end up chasing sheep in defence.

I hope I am wrong but he is just not ready to handle a big club like Chelsea - going through a tough time after the political shenanigans early in the year as well as a transitional rebulid; we really needed a proven top tier manager.

He is another tinkerer and to be frank some of his starting line-ups have been beyond belief. There's tinkering with real purpose and tinkering because you are clueless. The latter sadly prevails at the moment.

We have winged it in a number of matches since he has been with us and I have yet to see anything that convinces me that he has a winning mindset.

There is a huge difference in managing a mid-table team that plays a little over 40 games a year and has minimal international player duties/injuries affecting the schedule and a team that routinely is top 4 PL, has decent runs in domestic cups & champions league plus numerous players involved in international duties chunking out 60 games plus per season.

He is really put of his depth as things stand.

I confess to also having a problem with managers who are bum-down in their seat for most of the match - a bit of passion wouldn't go amiss.

As I say I will be happy to be proved wrong but he is a mediocre manager imo.

 

[Stephenite]

To the @Chelsea fans -

Isn't it Chelsea's first defeat under Potter? And Chelsea are 3 points above Brighton and Hove as we speak. You lot are mithering over very fine margins.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

To the @Chelsea fans -

Isn't it Chelsea's first defeat under Potter? And Chelsea are 3 points above Brighton and Hove as we speak. You lot are mithering over very fine margins.

It's a game of fine margins - in his 6 PL games Potter has dropped 7 out of 18 points.

1.8 points per game is off the pace.

 

[ianrauk]

To the @Chelsea fans -

Isn't it Chelsea's first defeat under Potter? And Chelsea are 3 points above Brighton and Hove as we speak. You lot are mithering over very fine margins.

Potter's been very lucky with a team on the whole are very good and a good team can play well despite a good or bad manager. Potter's problem is that as @SpokeyDokey pointed out, he tinkers too much. For example he played Stirling and Pulicic as wing backs against a fast attacking Brighton side. That is just plain stupidity or naivety or both. Whatever it was, it was a disaster.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Potter's been very lucky with a team on the whole are very good and a good team can play well despite a good or bad manager. Potter's problem is that as @SpokeyDokey pointed out, he tinkers too much. For example he played Stirling and Pulicic as wing backs against a fast attacking Brighton side. That is just plain stupidity or naivety or both. Whatever it was, it was a disaster.

And post match Potter said "I have to do better and learn".

Seriously? - he is managing the most successful English team this millenium not some Premier League makeweight.

I appreciate his honesty but it hardly inspires confidence at this level.

 

[T4tomo]

I noticed Summerville scored for Leeds tonight, is he no longer with The Communards?

They split up when Coles went to Newcastle and found God.