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Post by daveshaw on Feb 27, 2009 4:10:20 GMT
I find it interesting that Buckle is complaining about Weymouth. It comes across as whinging. If we were to be pipped by a team that had played Weymouth after their problems he can point the finger at that rather than his failure.
I suggest he focuses on getting 3 points from the next game rather than grab the lifebelt of Weymouth to give him his excuse.
He is starting to look a tad desperate.
Another defeat against Oxford and i will expect to hear the deafening sound of fence jumping.
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Post by ospelgull on Feb 27, 2009 7:06:53 GMT
To be fair Dave, more managers (like Mark Yates) are complaining/addressing the unhealthy situation at Weymouth. I think it's the first time I read about our manager 'whinging' about another club?
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Post by Budleigh on Feb 27, 2009 8:33:02 GMT
Agree wholeheartedly that clubs should be concerned about the teams that Weymouth are now putting out, it makes the league a joke... Why not just give all the teams still to play them the 3 points? That's what the bookies have effectively done by cancelling all bets on them, even at ridiculous odds, and they're no mugs. Sorry, but it isn't fair that some teams have played a full strength Weymouth side and now the rest will be getting gifted points, the season should pan out as a level playing field, this will ensure it doesn't. Our club as a whole, the manager, the chief executive, the players, the board and our supporters, along with every other club in the BSB, should be up in arms and complaining with all their might. As much as one can feel sorry for their plight it shouldn't impact on the league and it's credibility. Let Weymouth complete their fixtures and see out the season but if they can't guarantee to play a full strength side game-on-game then all matches played against them from the beginning of the season should be worth zero points. I do not agree that Paul Buckle would be so crass as to make those comments with some other motive in his head. He isn't looking to make excuses, he's looking to consolidate our position in the play-offs and then go on to win promotion at Wembley. A positive thinker doesn't fall back on negativity...
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Post by Fonda on Feb 27, 2009 10:42:06 GMT
It is absolutely unfair that we played a stronger Weymouth team than those yet to play them. But we all know this already, and it’s something Bucks shouldn’t be concerning himself with when we have other big games on the horizon. Decisions about Weymouth’s plight will be made at a much higher level, and I’m sure there are other people within our own club (and many others) making their feelings known. I’d rather the manager and team were focussed on doing their job, and allowing the ‘powers that be’ to do theirs. I’d hate to think our future performances were affected by concentrating on issues which are completely out of the control of our manager and players.
Of course, to a lesser extent we’ve been affected by this issue in the past (indeed, these things happen every season, if on a less obvious level). The year we got relegated (from League 1), we did so because MK Dons played and beat a weakened Tranmere side (allied to our own inability to beat Colchester of course). We suffered because another club had their own priorities, and it happens frequently throughout the leagues.
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Post by jerry on Feb 27, 2009 17:05:21 GMT
I’d rather the manager and team were focussed on doing their job, and allowing the ‘powers that be’ to do theirs. I’d hate to think our future performances were affected by concentrating on issues which are completely out of the control of our manager and players. I fail to see how this could in any way affect future performances?
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Post by chrish on Feb 27, 2009 17:20:12 GMT
Where is the article about PB and Weymouth?
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Post by Dave on Feb 27, 2009 17:25:28 GMT
Where is the article about PB and Weymouth? I don't know Chris and therefore do not know what it says, but I would expect its along the same lines as what Colin lee has said. www.bluesqfootball.com/story/0,20970,12301_4967169,00.html
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Post by paulr on Feb 27, 2009 17:40:08 GMT
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Post by Fonda on Feb 27, 2009 18:06:49 GMT
I fail to see how this could in any way affect future performances? It very probably won't Jerry. But i'd rather everyone involved with the match day squad is concentrated on Oxford, not what may or may not be happening with Weymouth. Not too much to ask i'm sure you'd agree.
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Post by chrish on Feb 27, 2009 18:19:12 GMT
Where is the article about PB and Weymouth? I don't know Chris and therefore do not know what it says, but I would expect its along the same lines as what Colin lee has said. www.bluesqfootball.com/story/0,20970,12301_4967169,00.html Ah I see. I'm pretty sure that Colin Lee is quite entitled to have his say about the Weymouth situation given a) his position at TUFC and b) the stature he has in the game, especially at this level. I'm pretty sure that the "I don't want the league to become a mockery because of Weymouth" stance has more to do with that we won't have the chance to stick 9 goals past them and improve our goal difference and that some of our playoff rivals still have to play them again. To be fair its not really PB's place to comment on issues at another club. I would just like to see the actual article on it so I can understand Dave Shaw and BudleighGulls reactions to it or why Fonda thinks it might interfere with the Oxford preparations.
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Post by Rob on Feb 27, 2009 18:26:23 GMT
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Post by Fonda on Feb 27, 2009 18:27:13 GMT
I don't know Chris and therefore do not know what it says, but I would expect its along the same lines as what Colin lee has said. www.bluesqfootball.com/story/0,20970,12301_4967169,00.html Ah I see. I'm pretty sure that Colin Lee is quite entitled to have his say about the Weymouth situation given a) his position at TUFC and b) the stature he has in the game, especially at this level. I'm pretty sure that the "I don't want the league to become a mockery because of Weymouth" stance has more to do with that we won't have the chance to stick 9 goals past them and improve our goal difference and that some of our playoff rivals still have to play them again. To be fair its not really PB's place to comment on issues at another club. I would just like to see the actual article on it so I can understand Dave Shaw and BudleighGulls reactions to it or why Fonda thinks it might interfere with the Oxford preparations. I don't 'think it will interfere with the Oxford preparations' necessarily . I'd just like to know minds are focussed on something we can influence, rather than something we can't. It's quite right that CL (and his counterparts at other clubs) are making the league aware of their thoughts, but there are more pressing issues for Bucks. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/7911843.stm
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Post by paulr on Feb 27, 2009 18:27:24 GMT
The link to the actual article is on my post above
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Post by jerry on Feb 27, 2009 18:51:44 GMT
I fail to see how this could in any way affect future performances? It very probably won't Jerry. But i'd rather everyone involved with the match day squad is concentrated on Oxford, not what may or may not be happening with Weymouth. Not too much to ask i'm sure you'd agree. What else do you expect him to say in response to a direct question from the media?
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Post by Fonda on Feb 27, 2009 19:00:02 GMT
There are two pages on the BSP section of the BBC site about our club. In one, Bucks is bemoaning the officials against FGR. In the other, he's discussing Weymouth. Before that it was our misfortune against Kettering. I just don't think it's positive enough. But then i'm probably wrong again.
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