Post by Dave on Mar 7, 2009 9:07:39 GMT
Yet another great week on the forum with first class debates taking place, its been good to hear the views of Steve 004 and Capitalgull gave us all a better understanding into Sky sports and TV football. Jon was in his element getting some great posts on events in our clubs history and Barton has just been Barton and shared some great treasures with us.
Thanks to all the posters this week, a fine collection of good honest views and they make this the quality forum that it is.
This weeks winner is no stranger to the title and has fast become known as the chart man and I think we can all agree they are very well done. I was glad the thread with his latest chart got going in the end, the work put into doing the chart did deserve to generate debate and it has turned into a top thread on the forum.
This weeks winner is
andygulls well done Andy .
One of Andy's posts he has made this week.
....by watching a "You Tube" re run of that Saturday afternoon at Barnet all those years ago. As the build up to the game progressed on screen I found myself getting tense and focussed. My rational self was telling my brain "come on, you know the result, we win"! All to no avail. The kick off and the real highlights I am back in that away end, wracked with a physical and mental tension.
Jason Rees fires in the first goal and I am out of my chair shouting at the computer monitor and joining in the celebrations of the massed gulls in the ground. (Frightened the bloody dog sleeping peacefully in the hall though).
Kevin Hill nets the second and I see myself and my best mate celebrating behind the goal amongst the yellow and blue army. The Stuart Jones (whatever happened to him?) penalty save, Rees' injury, the David Graham 3rd - still feels too good to be true.
The second half - Barnet are coming down the slope, tension builds even more, the Ryan Green own goal the Barnet second and the miss from big old John Gayle all merge in an anxious wait for the end of the game. It's going to be OK time is running out Barnet need to score twice, come on its not going to happen. At last the final whistle. I watch the crowd run onto the pitch in celebration looking for myself in the joyous throng. I recall the physical pain as the tension of the day ebbs away and my whole body aches as the muscles relax. Watching again I still feel a sense of immense relief.
Why was watching this a mistake? Because it brings the realisation that I really do not want to be watching Torquay play in the conference (oh OK BSP). Somehow the fact that the club was nearly lost for good in the Roberts era is not a consideration to moderate the raw feeling I (and I suspect others) still maintain. We simply do not want to be a part of this league. No matter what the well reasoned arguments of Merse, BudleighGull and others may propose.
This feeling, along side other factors colours a perception of the relative merit of our achievements in some 102 games of PB's reign.
The overall winning percentage is good. I suspect that there are few managers who have a winning percentage above 50% and PB is currently at 57%
Much is made of what we have a right to expect. I do not see the collapse under Roberts as an excuse for us not to have lofty expectations. Rather that we must take advantage of our fortunate situation in having a strong board that currently has the capacity to support the manager with financial backing that is undoubtedly amongst the best in this league. Without success I see support further ebbing away and the prophesies of Mike Bateson so reviled by many will come to fruition.
As Dave R points out on another thread March sees a run of 7 eminently winnable games. We should expect to win these just as we did last night. It will not be easy but if we do then a run at the title and a season ending titanic battle with Burton is NOT out of the question.
There is still everything to play for and there is not one contributor to this board who does not want success is there?
You can keep the better TV coverage under Setanta and the access to internet commentary via the BBC. I want to be back in the football league and at this stage and time in our existence I and many others I suspect, have a justifiable high expectation. We have an opportunity the like of which may not hang around for long (particularly in the light of the attendance issues). Let us hope that we MARCH towards success matching and exceeding the expectations of all of us.
Up the Gulls!
Thanks to all the posters this week, a fine collection of good honest views and they make this the quality forum that it is.
This weeks winner is no stranger to the title and has fast become known as the chart man and I think we can all agree they are very well done. I was glad the thread with his latest chart got going in the end, the work put into doing the chart did deserve to generate debate and it has turned into a top thread on the forum.
This weeks winner is
andygulls well done Andy .
One of Andy's posts he has made this week.
....by watching a "You Tube" re run of that Saturday afternoon at Barnet all those years ago. As the build up to the game progressed on screen I found myself getting tense and focussed. My rational self was telling my brain "come on, you know the result, we win"! All to no avail. The kick off and the real highlights I am back in that away end, wracked with a physical and mental tension.
Jason Rees fires in the first goal and I am out of my chair shouting at the computer monitor and joining in the celebrations of the massed gulls in the ground. (Frightened the bloody dog sleeping peacefully in the hall though).
Kevin Hill nets the second and I see myself and my best mate celebrating behind the goal amongst the yellow and blue army. The Stuart Jones (whatever happened to him?) penalty save, Rees' injury, the David Graham 3rd - still feels too good to be true.
The second half - Barnet are coming down the slope, tension builds even more, the Ryan Green own goal the Barnet second and the miss from big old John Gayle all merge in an anxious wait for the end of the game. It's going to be OK time is running out Barnet need to score twice, come on its not going to happen. At last the final whistle. I watch the crowd run onto the pitch in celebration looking for myself in the joyous throng. I recall the physical pain as the tension of the day ebbs away and my whole body aches as the muscles relax. Watching again I still feel a sense of immense relief.
Why was watching this a mistake? Because it brings the realisation that I really do not want to be watching Torquay play in the conference (oh OK BSP). Somehow the fact that the club was nearly lost for good in the Roberts era is not a consideration to moderate the raw feeling I (and I suspect others) still maintain. We simply do not want to be a part of this league. No matter what the well reasoned arguments of Merse, BudleighGull and others may propose.
This feeling, along side other factors colours a perception of the relative merit of our achievements in some 102 games of PB's reign.
The overall winning percentage is good. I suspect that there are few managers who have a winning percentage above 50% and PB is currently at 57%
Much is made of what we have a right to expect. I do not see the collapse under Roberts as an excuse for us not to have lofty expectations. Rather that we must take advantage of our fortunate situation in having a strong board that currently has the capacity to support the manager with financial backing that is undoubtedly amongst the best in this league. Without success I see support further ebbing away and the prophesies of Mike Bateson so reviled by many will come to fruition.
As Dave R points out on another thread March sees a run of 7 eminently winnable games. We should expect to win these just as we did last night. It will not be easy but if we do then a run at the title and a season ending titanic battle with Burton is NOT out of the question.
There is still everything to play for and there is not one contributor to this board who does not want success is there?
You can keep the better TV coverage under Setanta and the access to internet commentary via the BBC. I want to be back in the football league and at this stage and time in our existence I and many others I suspect, have a justifiable high expectation. We have an opportunity the like of which may not hang around for long (particularly in the light of the attendance issues). Let us hope that we MARCH towards success matching and exceeding the expectations of all of us.
Up the Gulls!
I intended no offence to BudleighGull.