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- Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:25 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Punishment for the Boston game
- Replies: 94
- Views: 40780
Re: Punishment for the Boston game
I would like to think that the FA would have the sense to advise the League on this and suggest they back down. I would also like to think that if this did not happen, that the media and senior football figures would make a stink about it. But when did any of these pay much attention to what was goi...
- Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:38 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington V Hornchurch Trophy Quarter Final
- Replies: 171
- Views: 82736
Re: Darlington V Hornchurch Trophy Quarter Final
And what about up front? Are we happy with the forwards we have? We appeared to be missing Charman today. So what is the answer when he cannot play? And against sides that have big no nonsense defenders do we need a bid no nonsense attacker to mix things up and provide a plan B?
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:31 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Season null and voided
- Replies: 114
- Views: 44132
Re: Season null and voided
Interesting to see the news this morning stating that the government are targeting the end of July to have all adults vaccinated. Whilst always having to take governmental statements with a pinch of salt, it is fair to say that progress on the vaccine roll out has already included more people than h...
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 3:39 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: DFC Voted for League to be Null & Void
- Replies: 211
- Views: 83833
Re: DFC Voted for League to be Null & Void
The League reps have clearly made errors, ultimately this season should never have started. We should not have played Prescot Cables on 3 October, from that point onwards we've been sort of destined for this point. They have already said that the charges are just an admin point. The thing is the le...
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:53 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: DFC Voted for League to be Null & Void
- Replies: 211
- Views: 83833
Re: DFC Voted for League to be Null & Void
The League reps have clearly made errors, ultimately this season should never have started. We should not have played Prescot Cables on 3 October, from that point onwards we've been sort of destined for this point. They have already said that the charges are just an admin point. The thing is the le...
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 12:50 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: DFC Voted for League to be Null & Void
- Replies: 211
- Views: 83833
Re: DFC Voted for League to be Null & Void
You can't force a club to decide early - they are entitled to 28 days to make a decision. That is the equivalent of you buying something which has a cooling off period and the seller chasing you to waive your cooling off period to confirm absolute that you are happy. It would be completely unfair a...
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:38 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: York City
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16745
Re: York City
Do I also detect a modification in their bullish attitude towards completing the season now that the conviction that they are destined for promotion has been tarnished by such a poor performance?
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:30 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Board Statement 15 Feb
- Replies: 67
- Views: 25746
Re: Board Statement 15 Feb
So, effectively, we will stop playing league fixtures from now, but we will come back if there is a sniff of making some money. Isn't this the point of all football. It is not played for esoteric reasons but in the hope that success will lead to pounds in the bank. Some will search for that in a pr...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:56 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Board Statement 15 Feb
- Replies: 67
- Views: 25746
Re: Board Statement 15 Feb
So, effectively, we will stop playing league fixtures from now, but we will come back if there is a sniff of making some money. Isn't this the point of all football. It is not played for esoteric reasons but in the hope that success will lead to pounds in the bank. Some will search for that in a pr...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:34 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Board Statement 15 Feb
- Replies: 67
- Views: 25746
Re: Board Statement 15 Feb
I feel like people disputing our ongoing involvement in the trophy have no interest in the rationale behind it, and just want to gripe about us because either a) they're fans of teams who don't like us, or b) they want to carry on the season as they think they might get promoted. If somebody could ...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:31 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Board Statement 15 Feb
- Replies: 67
- Views: 25746
Re: Board Statement 15 Feb
Anyone got any explanation for why, on BBC teletext, our match with Boston tomorrow is shown as A-A 'This match has been abandoned' rather than as Postponed which is how the other games that are not going ahead have been described? Do the BBC think that this game was arranged to complete the last fe...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:46 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Board Statement 15 Feb
- Replies: 67
- Views: 25746
Re: Board Statement 15 Feb
It’s an admirable stance and I agree fully with the statement. However, without Step 2 becoming N&V, then surely we cannot play our tie at home to Hornchurch in a couple of weeks? We are now, effectively, shutting down as a club. To then switch the lights back on for a chance at Wembley does not pa...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 2:01 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Board Statement 15 Feb
- Replies: 67
- Views: 25746
Re: Board Statement 15 Feb
It’s an admirable stance and I agree fully with the statement. However, without Step 2 becoming N&V, then surely we cannot play our tie at home to Hornchurch in a couple of weeks? We are now, effectively, shutting down as a club. To then switch the lights back on for a chance at Wembley does not pa...
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 4:31 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
50/50 is always there Ghost. I think we will be missing out on a lot of income. Match attendances will be higher than streaming figures for a start, then the car park and sponsorship. We have made the most of a bad job so far but we can’t keep on doing this. To me the streaming and grants possibly ...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:41 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Kettering Town
- Replies: 67
- Views: 30178
Re: Kettering Town
I don't recall seeing anything that justifies the comment in the Fylde statement that we plan to play in the Trophy but not in the league on Tuesday. As stated above, surely we are just doing what the league has asked us to do, which is fulfil our fixtures until the results of the votes are known. T...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:25 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: F A TROPHY ~ WEALDSTONE MATCH?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 33469
Re: F A TROPHY ~ WEALDSTONE MATCH?
I think we have to go ahead as there is 28 days for the clubs to respond, so until the League have their results we play on.
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:15 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
Perhaps we should stop playing football and enjoy a nice game of heads I win tails you lose.
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:17 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
Having read the details of what has been put before the National League teams to vote on I understand that there is some fear that the initial resolution can effectively put a stop to separate votes for the National League and a joint North/South vote. The National League can then force all three le...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:35 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
It's a unique and catastrophic situation made worse by the national league management's handling Of it, from the original funding through to not having a plan B should we end up where we are, They had no for thought in what happens if ??, clueless, You cannot trust what they say, any voting could b...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:43 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
I see that it is transfer deadline day today. There will be millions being spent in the top echelons of football. According to teletext Man City are offering £15m to buy a couple of 17 year olds, who will probably never feature in their first team for at least a year or two. For the same money three...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:34 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
I can see this ending up in a complete mess, where the vote is about as decisive as a Brexit referendum, and has much the same consequences. Anyone fancy 4 years of arguing what to do next?
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:32 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
The way the wind appears to be blowing it may be that the majority of teams will opt to continue. Some believing that they will get a promotion to offset the debt, or, even more optimistically, that they will qualify for a loan. So what would happen to clubs that don't have rose-tinted spectacles? T...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:41 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
Having since been ordered to re-schedule our postponed games in accordance with the National League rules, we must now reiterate our stance. I can't say I like the tone of that statement it almost appears that the National League are trying to push this through as a fait accompli, it's good to see ...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:00 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
When I heard the announcement that matches would restart on 6th Feb, without any additional information on funding, I assumed that the League had just jumped the gun on a Government announcement that a new deal on grants had been brokered. Having had no such announcement in the last 24 hours seems t...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:52 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: League restarts 6 February
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88856
Re: League restarts 6 February
Would it therefore be OK for a club to sign, say, 20 additional players, and then claim that they can't afford to pay them, so need to have a grant to save the club from going under? With our fixture backlog this looks like it would be a great idea.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:56 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Season at risk of finishing early
- Replies: 200
- Views: 84682
Re: Season at risk of finishing early
Perhaps one of the things we can do as individual fans is lobby our MP to support DJ and raise with HMG the question of funding towards the rest of the season without fans, in order to comply with HMG's Covid restrictions? Certainly worth a try as our local MP should have the ear of the government,...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:48 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Season at risk of finishing early
- Replies: 200
- Views: 84682
Re: Season at risk of finishing early
Whilst the response from Chester clearly indicates a concern over placing their club in future financial difficulties, they do then go on to express a hope that the season might continue under option 2. They may well view the situation this way as they might well hope that they can gain a promotion,...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:25 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Season at risk of finishing early
- Replies: 200
- Views: 84682
Re: Season at risk of finishing early
What a bloody mess. What worries me is if we lose the vote and the NL wants to carry on will we be faced with the stark choice of carrying on and possibly putting the clubs financial position at risk or stop playing and face punishment from the NL. See my post above. This still worries me. If the m...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:57 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Season at risk of finishing early
- Replies: 200
- Views: 84682
Re: Season at risk of finishing early
I'm not bright enough to worry about the lengthy nuanced arguments above about what you call the money that will keep this season going, but I am concerned about where that takes us. What is the amount that will be given to each club and how long is it supposed to cover? I think I saw the figure of ...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:20 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Season at risk of finishing early
- Replies: 200
- Views: 84682
Re: Season at risk of finishing early
It would pretty much spell the end of the league if the board threatened financial sanctions on clubs that feared for their future if they are coerced into taking on loans that threatened their financial future. It's pretty much certain that if the only offer on the table is for clubs to take on de...