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Post by malxscfc on Mar 10, 2007 18:34:17 GMT
Well, sadly Salisbury were very small today, and certainly didn't climb the League Table. Nice to meet you, Martello, even if only for 2.4 seconds! Wish we'd had more time, but who knows - if you guys can play like that all the time we could all meet again in the Play-Offs. The drums were present, but happily were unused today... DaveT may have something to say about 1 Boro fan in particular, but one mustn't label all people of said Club as the most boring ever; droning on incessantly, pointlessly, and with the factual insight of a split pea; must one? Well done, 'The Sports'. Only one team wanted to win today!
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martello
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I used to be indecisive...now I'm not so sure...
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Post by martello on Mar 14, 2007 14:26:14 GMT
I thought both teams were below their best. Salisbury just happened to be worse than Borough. Defensively we were quite good, bar the City goal, but we struggled to keep the ball at times. A lot of our fans can drone on incessantly at times ;D but we're equal thanks to the guy with the northern (?) accent down by the SCFC dug-out (no, not Widdrington!) who spent most of the first half shouting "Come on Whites, it's only Eastbourne!" and "Come on, show your class!". Needless to say he was quieter in the second half. And I'd worry about your fans behind the goal...when winning, they were cheering their side on superbly with loud and impressive chants. When losing and not playing well, they immediately started on the opposition fans ("Your support is, your support is, your support is f*cking s**t" - I presume that isn't the family enclosure ) and then came out with the worst-ever chant a side doing well can sing..."You'll never play here again". I can only hope it was ironic. Now for the plus points. The City set-up is excellent, the crowd numbers impressive (even if the chants are hardly of MENSA standard ), the press facilities superb and the welcome pretty good. The stadium will look very good when it's finished and I've no doubt you'll be in the play-offs. Having said that, if Havant can reproduce yesterday's first half form at the Lane, they'll be going up alongside Histon. Oh and Alec Hayter is a very nice man and unlike most "club" reporters can actually see things both ways
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Post by malxscfc on Mar 19, 2007 21:47:32 GMT
I thought both teams were below their best. Salisbury just happened to be worse than Borough. Defensively we were quite good, bar the City goal, but we struggled to keep the ball at times. A lot of our fans can drone on incessantly at times ;D but we're equal thanks to the guy with the northern (?) accent down by the SCFC dug-out (no, not Widdrington!) who spent most of the first half shouting "Come on Whites, it's only Eastbourne!" and "Come on, show your class!". Needless to say he was quieter in the second half. And I'd worry about your fans behind the goal...when winning, they were cheering their side on superbly with loud and impressive chants. When losing and not playing well, they immediately started on the opposition fans ("Your support is, your support is, your support is f*cking s**t" - I presume that isn't the family enclosure ) and then came out with the worst-ever chant a side doing well can sing..."You'll never play here again". I can only hope it was ironic. Now for the plus points. The City set-up is excellent, the crowd numbers impressive (even if the chants are hardly of MENSA standard ), the press facilities superb and the welcome pretty good. The stadium will look very good when it's finished and I've no doubt you'll be in the play-offs. Having said that, if Havant can reproduce yesterday's first half form at the Lane, they'll be going up alongside Histon. Oh and Alec Hayter is a very nice man and unlike most "club" reporters can actually see things both ways Cheers for that. Many good points. Regarding the 'non-family enclosure'. NO, that bit behind the goal is our Chav element. Though only 3 are over 15, there's certainly a fair amount of non-PC language to be enjoyed there - though they're a good bunch of lads basically. Hope the ground'll be quite tidy soon. Preferably before the end of the month... The Geordie accent (not Tommy's) was Stuart. We've given him that most original nickname, "Geordie-Boy".... We're not very good at home for some reason. Partly the moaning thing, partly our players being overawed by a crowd, perhaps. We always play better away, with our genuine fans giving proper support. Havant, I agree, are a good side. Histon are okay too. But I doubt either outfit will really blaze a trail in the Conf, and certainly Histon will be laughed at and despised. Perhaps rightly. I haven't written us off, but things aren't so pretty now, especially as we have no attacking line at present. IF we can get back to our composed form - as we had during our FA Cup run - I can't see anyone beating us in the Play-Offs. But we are a hell of a long way off that just now... Once again, though, thanks for the positive comments, and I think your insight is really rather instinctive!
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