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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 26, 2009 18:04:34 GMT
Video highlights now up at
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 25, 2009 18:51:52 GMT
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 25, 2009 18:45:50 GMT
My request is that when you get back on the bus, you leave all the points behind.
Bringing 12, I heard
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 25, 2009 18:27:47 GMT
Firstly, thanks for letting me travel on the supporters coach last night (even if the bloody thing did break down on the way home!!). Being an AFCW fan living in Worcester, it was more than handy for me.
Can't really comment on the penalty as it was down at the opposite end to where I was standing, but it would have been very harsh if we had gone in 1-0 up at the break. At the start of the second half, it looked as though 11 new players had turned up for us, and for the first twenty minutes of the half, I think it is fair to say that Worcester were getting absolutely pulverised. There was a cast iron penalty for AFCW in the second half too, but the referee, as most seem to be nowadays, didn't want to give the same team two penalties and so waved the protests away.The rest of the game seemed to peter out a bit, although (being biased) it looked as if AFCW could score again if it was vital to win 3-0.
Anyway, if you get three points on Saturday against the Richmond franchise, then we will love your team forever!!
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 14, 2009 8:31:15 GMT
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 9, 2009 18:38:03 GMT
preston- I see what you are saying, and no, I dont think you are missing anything.
I just think that if pp is granted tomorrow, are we all being naive in thinking that that is the end of the clubs problems?
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 9, 2009 18:11:51 GMT
Hang on- whilst I accept that everyone had to take Hampson 'at his word' when he first came on the scene, and certainly until January 31st, isn't everyone now getting carried away by the planning permission/application on Nunnery Way?
Because perhaps this is what the board wants. We can all put in our twopenneth worth about the rights and wrongs of the new ground, but things are at a far more critical stage than anyone wants to believe. Whether the club stay at SGL or move to NW or wherever, that whole discussion is immaterial. Whilst we can all see/presume that a move to NW will probably make certain people wealthy/wealthier.
The club is in dire trouble, that we can all appreciate. Hypothetically, an announcement tomorrow that contracts have been exchanged, and work is about to begin, on a new ground, would mean sod all because IT IS THE HERE AND NOW THAT ARE VITAL.
AH has good morals and good ideas, but the reality is that he will never be allowed to do what he wants to do with some of the other board members around.
Total agreement with Wayne
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 3, 2009 17:40:03 GMT
jimbo- you should put a patent on those blinkers and sell them to racehorse trainers all over the country. You'd make a mint.
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 2, 2009 20:04:00 GMT
Lingfield Park to Kingston- horrible journey, Preston. (Two seats on the coach, please)
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 2, 2009 18:24:33 GMT
.....and still are the directors 'resigning' at the end of January.
Anyone else surprised?
Sort it out, AH
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Post by rushwickdon on Feb 2, 2009 18:09:02 GMT
I know I might be jumping the gun here, but is there a supporters coach going to this game, even though it is tragically on a Tuesday night?
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Post by rushwickdon on Jan 29, 2009 17:47:40 GMT
Would be interesting though.....AFCW are at home to Handy on the 10th February
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Post by rushwickdon on Jan 25, 2009 18:32:53 GMT
en- so we will all see you at the next ST meeting then, when we look forward to hearing your insights on progress that can be made.
Easy to throw stones, isn't it?
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Apathy
Jan 21, 2009 17:55:05 GMT
Post by rushwickdon on Jan 21, 2009 17:55:05 GMT
Sadly it appears that, after pulling in at a petrol station for more fuel, the club has not reset the satnav, and is still heading towards oblivion.
January 31 is ten days away. Count them. Ten. Two hundred and forty hours to show everyone how much is changing within WCFC. And what has happened?? The lick of paint at the social club, supporter led.......and the quiz night this Friday in the HKL, supporter (Rich Widdowson) led.
All these superb platitudes from the admirable Mr Hampson, who it seems was shoehorned in by DB...."we want to listen to the supporters"......"we will certainly consider that idea"......are counting for nothing when long term supporters are throwing in the towel.
The clock continues to tick. And what is that that I hear from the privileged directors?? Silence
And the clock ticks remorselessly on........
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Post by rushwickdon on Jan 1, 2009 12:44:52 GMT
Forest Green in the CN would be somewhere near the most laughable thing ever to happen in the crazy world that is non-league football. Hope they take Dover with them
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Post by rushwickdon on Dec 22, 2008 18:26:02 GMT
Too true.....AFC Wimbledon got a paltry 2945 last Saturday
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Post by rushwickdon on Dec 22, 2008 18:22:25 GMT
Jeremy- for my sins, I went to the KM Live gig on Saturday night after we had demolished Newport- and aimed a little vitriol at Mr Holdsworth too.
So a fair amount of us stayed back at the club after the game, drank ourselves silly, ate ourselves silly, and had a good laugh for 15 quid.
KM Live took a fair while to get going, and was in fact nearly stopped as initial attendances were quite poor, but has now established itself and will hopefully go from strength to strength.
I've got to pull you up on your "forget the supporters" line though. Yes, the event is aimed at everyone, but, like the club itself, it would not have got off the ground were it not for the supporters.
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Post by rushwickdon on Dec 3, 2008 19:57:46 GMT
So a director resigned this morning.
Lucky I'm sitting down
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Post by rushwickdon on Dec 3, 2008 19:48:07 GMT
I'm totally shocked how the board seem to think that things will be OK even though they stand to lose about 30/40 grand a year through Martin Pinches potentially binning his sponsorship. One wonders what great ideas they have in place to fill this black hole.
If some directors are intending on resigning already, then they MUST be hounded until a suitable explanation is forthcoming (unless it is IDIFF, whose resignation would be positively delightful- see, Simon, no negativity there!!!).
So the mythical 950 grand is escalating already........... (unless the Chairman has any ideas). Over to you then, Mr Hallmark- sorry, I mean Mr Hampson.
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 29, 2008 16:58:27 GMT
Thanks for that, Peter
Tell me, do you ever go to a game? Like, EVER?
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 29, 2008 16:44:10 GMT
Be prepared....for the idiot that is Peter Foster has joined the MB (he pretends to be a Canveyford fan, but we all know the truth)
Don't we, Peter?
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 29, 2008 14:06:47 GMT
Sorry Jimbo but one day the penny will drop... (maybe not).
It'll be a brass button, Si- the pennies will have dried up too
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 29, 2008 12:24:05 GMT
jimbo,
At no point, apart from in jest, have I said that you were a club official.But there are many factors here that cannot be overlooked- the main one for me being the mythical 950K that is going to appear as a profit share. And it beggars belief that this would be written into a financial plan- you may as well factor in monies that would be forthcoming when WCFC reach the quarter finals of the FA Cup.
Also, in the document that was presented as the new boards vision, it sets out how money is to be made once the club has moved to The David Hallmark Stadium in Nunnery Way. So that is OK is it, stagnation until then, haemmoraging money like it is going out of fashion?? WHAT ABOUT THE HERE AND NOW?? And don't say that they've only just been voted on, because some have been around for years.
If it were so easy to suddenly come up with a new board, as has magically happened in the last few weeks, then why not x months ago? As stated elsewhere, friends and associates of the "Gang of Four" are hardly likely to look for previous errors, let alone flag them up.
And where else would you find a board who actively encourage shareholders to vote AGAINST the clubs major sponsor being elected, a man who has put in over a hundred thousand pounds of his/his family's money in recent years? This after initially asking him to join the board too. Who ask shareholders to vote AGAINST Barry Ward, who has more football knowledge in his little finger than this lot combined.
So give the 'new' board time for what, exactly?
(Gets off soapbox)
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 29, 2008 11:35:44 GMT
OK, jimbo is not Anthony Hampson (because jimbo knows the name of the manager) But could he be Simon "Mr Positive" Williams..............
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 29, 2008 10:30:50 GMT
Apathy........(although AFCW wouldn't mind if you decided to win!!!)
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 29, 2008 9:46:50 GMT
Anyone ever seen jimbo and Anthony Hampson in different places?
Just wondering, like......
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 29, 2008 9:40:34 GMT
Yes, a sad night. But not unexpected.
The easiest thing now is to walk away, to think that it is all over. The harder/hardest thing will be to stick around and begin to plant the first seeds of AFC Worcester. Of course it won't be easy, but with so many strong people assets on your side, it would be difficult to fail.
All the shareholders who come on this MB and are vehemently opposed to what is going on should look to offload their shares as soon as possible- for you have seen from last night that they make no difference whatsoever. The black hole that is WCFC will simply swallow all your money (not to mention time, effort and energy).
It is patently obvious that the club wants to go one way and many supporters want to go the other. Then let it happen. Fighting from a position of inferiority will not get anyone anywhere, whereas putting the same strength of feeling behind something positive (sorry, I'm sounding like IDIFF now) can only be a good thing.
And I still haven't heard a single word from Alasdair Haywood-Wright!!!
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 15, 2008 19:41:38 GMT
Think you all know my thoughts on this now.
As suv has posted on another thread, it is up to the people putting themselves up for election as board members to outline their vision for WCFC in x years time, to come forward and say "vote for me because.........."
But how many have actually done this? The current board members are obviously hoping that what they have done in the past has caught the eye (well, yes, but.........), coupled with the inaction of the people wanting to take their place.
And there is the rub. Shareholders should vote for Alisdair Double-Barrel and against Dave Boddy because..............well, because what?
Where are the great speeches from the candidates (OK, we are not in the US Parliamentary Elections here, but you know what I mean). Barry Ward has outstanding credentials, of that there is no doubt, but all the others? It even had to be prised out of Mr Hampson at the press conference what he had done in the past, because nobody knew, and he wasn't keen to let everyone know either.
it is a shambolic process that the current board are probably loving, in the knowledge that no-one is going to call them to account before the AGM/EGM, and afterwards it will be too late.
Shareholders, if you want WCFC to continue, MAKE SOME NOISE!!!!
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 8, 2008 14:22:13 GMT
Nearest pub to the ground is called The Worlds End. Says it all, really 'Enjoy' the Beveree
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Post by rushwickdon on Nov 8, 2008 10:43:58 GMT
"The gate is always pretty average.....um.....an average gate.....each Saturday".
Blimey, this bloke knows his stuff.
Perhaps this is Boddy's cunning plan, insofar as he has found someone who sounds less competent than him.
Also, IDIFF now suddenly wants to be a director, having not wanted this a short while ago. So what has changed in the interim?
And Mr Hampson (a non director at the time) was asked to help by David Hallmark (a non director at the time too). Or am I missing something?
Absolutely shambolic
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