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Danny – “The quality in the final third was missing”
I think I can help you there Danny, it’s not missing, it’s been sold to pay for the white elephant. Apparently, it’s called ‘great business for the club’ or at least great business for Peterbore, Stockport, Ross County even Solihull.
It was certainly more entertaining than the dross at Fleetwood, but the bar is now so low that we take positives from drawing a game we should have won. Never mind how many clean sheets, 4 wins in 19 is still very poor. It’s the perfect example of a Curate’s egg.
Three difficult games to come and then probably the most important transfer window in our history. Everything is in place for our longterm fortunes to improve, but if we sell good players and/or fail to spend the cash from Fevs/Mingi/Chilvers/Bradley then it’ll just be more of the last 18 years.
The players, manager and 4000+ supporters are doing their bit, we just need the main man to join the party, because there’s not likely to be a better chance.
Ownership (i.e. shareholders) is not necessarily the same thing, but Companies House lists a Richard Martin Cowling as the sole current director of Maldon & Tiptree Football Club Limited.
I believe he was also a director of Col U from 2008 to 2016.
So, family owned property company, the Drewitt-Barlow Organisation, what was it that first attracted you to M&T and the 20 acres of land that comes with their stadium?
A bit of googling and they look like real characters, if it wasn’t for people like them risking their cash, to create jobs and trying to make the area a better place (and a few quid along the way), the UK would be in even deeper shite. It will certainly be a change from Cowling Jammers and their long suffering supporters. As long as they pay their tax in the UK, good luck to them.
Is this 'stage one' of the Cowlings moving away from football?
It would fit with selling anyone that gets an offer.
Unbelievable that Harbottle is still on the pitch, the challenge was nasty and ridiculously late. It deserved two red cards, he could have crippled Edwards.
Taylor is a real cool customer in front of goal and so close to a hat-trick.
One win and we are going to be promoted, one loss and we are doomed, the joys of supporting the U's.
If we can keep Samson (and others) and spend enough in January to plug the gaps in the squad, the little extra investment could pay dividends by the bucket load. Now is the time to finally reverse the eternal slide, there’s not going to be a better time, there are no good teams this year.
The difference between making the play-offs or getting relegated is quite slim and there are still 84 points to play for. We are not far away from being a winning side, but more Sell, Sell, Sell and a few injuries and it could just as easy be curtains.
For me this really feels like a crucial time in Col U’s history. The long-term direction we take from here depends on how the club is run, and concentrating on what is important, far more than the performance of the manager or players.
I agree it’s a horrible ground in one of Englands most overrated towns.
…..but they do have an away bar, I think it was new last year. Avoid it at all costs, it is cold and soulless and only sells Guiness (yuk) or ice cold C@rl#ng. Which reminds me of a famous quote from one of the Directors of the long defunct Tolly Cobbold. Back in the 70´s they brought out a lager called ‘Husky’ and after they went bust, the old school director said something along the lines of ‘we called it husky because it tasted like dogs piss’.
Just take the piss out of away supporters, Harrogate are/were sponsored by Black Sheep Brewery.
Apart from our little flurry approaching half time, by far the most entertaining part of the day so far has been watching all the seagulls circling the ground during all the injury breaks. Good job I’m in the standing end, because I would probably be asleep by now if I was sitting down.
In fairness you would need to be born here to want to live or work in this shithole. I’m sure the whole fleetwood crowd have got in on a single family ticket.
I’m pretty sure that most on the home end were nodding in agreement when the faithfully were singing ‘Fleetwood’s a shithole’
Shockingly poor crowd and if it wasn’t for the Col U youngsters they’d be no atmosphere. Poxy 12:30 kick offs. the EFL are killing the game and they don’t give a shit.
3rd game of the season for me, and I’ve not seen us lose yet!!!!!!
I believe I’ve just seen Neil Kelly getting some grub under the stand. Sadly I didn’t have a chance to tell him to up his game ‘cause Marky thinks he’s shite.
Has anyone ever seen any of his Starlink Satellites traversing the sky? I’m guessing the response is something like, “yes of course we have, where have you been for the last 10 years!”
One balmy evening last year, I was sitting outside having a glass or three and about 30 minutes after it had gotten dark, this very strange line of about 50 bright lights moved across the sky. Very spooky! I had to check the bottle to see just how much I had drunk.
If you Google Starlink and look at images, you will see what I mean. The lights were quite low, so I guess they’d been launched only a few days earlier and hadn’t gained much height. Quite interesting when I read about them, but it had the hairs standing up on the back of my neck at the time.
Maybe someone can tag Mr M onto the end of the next launch.
Can’t be there today, but Grimsby is one of my favorite grounds.
The ground is shite, the view is shite, Cleethorpes is a horror show, it’s always cold, their mascot does really look like he should be subject to a court order and it’s on the edge of nowhere, but ……….
……. the away supporters bar under the stand is a thing of beauty, with all the scarves etc. It’s also shite, but in a lovely way. They didn’t have to put it there, but they did, because they care.
For me, he’s spot on with the belonging. I always feel like I’m with family, especially at away games. Sometimes seems like the Adam’s Family, but it’s my family none the less.
It’s not like we got to choose the U’s, it chose us and the glory hunters crying when ‘their’ team lose will never understand the feeling at Huish Park.
There are lots of things happening in the world that are depressing, but football isn’t one of them.
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