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Not sure who this ball winning player Merse wanted to bring on was . We had Sokolik and Nabi two players not match fit by a long way but on the bench (and not what you would call ball winners ), because we had no-one else, or the 16 yr old Koszela For your information; what I did say was... 'As it ...

you still try and force your undeniably flawed version of who Owers was. He failed where Nicholson twice succeeded both times with less backing than Owers. Johnson came in and immediately improved what Owers definitely couldn't. No I do not; I pointed out the different ways in which the two manager...

merse btpir wrote: ↑04 Nov 2018, 18:41 some leagues are using it and some aren't.

I've been checking, and my (U10) son's league are using it this season. However, I have not seen it applied once and to be honest; the instances of dissent to the referee from players is virtually non existent in the Watford Friendly League anyway.

MellowYellow wrote: ↑04 Nov 2018, 19:09 if a team is down to ten men for say 2 x 10 min sin bin's then think of the time wasting that would go on for twenty minutes of that match. It could be a viewing nightmare.

Exactly as you saw yesterday!

So Dave's notion of any prize money earned would probably be going into Osborne's back pocket is way off the mark or something nearer the truth ? Imho, I'm with Dave on this one. We can only surmise; no-one knows for sure except that there are pre-agreed business plans that the National League use ...

Also now we are advocating playing Regis! Read carefully what I posted instead of jumping on the sad old bash merse/bash Owers bandwagon..... I clearly stated that Johnson was still trying to extend a two-nil advantage rather than shut up shop. I have not stated that Owers is a better manager than ...

As an FA initiative this summer, the sin bin applies to yellow cards shown for dissent and sees players leave the field of play for ten minutes. Over 1000 clubs were contacted and asked whether they would consider being part of the trial so some leagues are using it and some aren't. The technical te...

A certain Mr A Merson ( and who is more qualified to know with the amount of the NLS watched by him ) warned us all , way before we,were relegated last season, that if we ended up in this division we would need as a priority FIT FOR PURPOSE PLAYERS to have any chance of getting out of the division ...

[b...'professional football is ruthless so why hand your main protagonists an advantage even before a ball is kicked, stop being such a powder puff nobody remembers who comes second.[/b] It's the dichotomy between what is desirable and what is necessary isn't it... Desirable not to compromise the i...

...the best way to deal with these situations is to call the offenders 'Out' by naming and shaming them. From little acorns do great oaks grow... Verbal abuse and interference with the manager doing his job at Slough Assaulting the manager at Evesham and general anti-social behaviour Escalating dis...

There are people out there who know these imbeciles, do the right thing & name & shame them. I agree; and at the same time forecast you will see them again at Truro (if they are allowed back in their own ground by then) Chippenham and Bath...nowhwere else for the simple reason it's too far ...

...and he hasn't go a hair on his head these days!

If the smaller clubs at this level of football think they can just cream in the extra revenue without investing in stewarding and food and drink then more fool them... It is just this level of small-time naivety that morons will take advantage of; go to a bigger club with more professional set-ups ...

Will Clarke Osborne be there tonight?

Don't hang your hat on it; but he lives only twenty miles from the Woodspring


One of Clarke's enterprises advertising near the ground

Dean Edwards was acting in an act of his own income preservation and conned a group of well-meaning supporters into 'saving' something the 'blessed Bristow' had tired of... At least half of them bailed out on receiving the due diligence report and half of the remaining rump soon quit having fallen ...