The Voodooguru
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3 minutes ago, Derwent Parker said:
Just a note for everyone who blamed Alex Young for the weak edge - Not guilty this time!
No, can't blame Alex this time. I don't really know off watching it once why they got so much joy on that side but I'm sure it can be fixed once Chris watches it back. UTT
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The video "highlights" of the tries are pretty
difficult to watch. We won't win another game if we defend like that every game, our left side defence looked very weak. Was that Tate playing in Singletons shirt?
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Brilliant win yesterday, so pleased for Chris & the lads.
Also it shows that even with all the things against them like half term, jubilee, on telly, etc etc a decent crowd turned up and probably made up the loss of the cheaper ticket prices with what they spent on food & drink. Let's hope its something that can be built on both on & off the field.
I don't see any reason why we can't go to Batley and give them a game on Sunday. UTT
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58 minutes ago, Nero said:
I've been a fan of Pez since he came to the club, I even helped sponsor him a couple of years ago, I think he's a quality player who hit a run of poor form. I hope he gets his appetite back for the game whether he comes back to us or not. Good luck Pez, & welcome to Town Glenn.
Yeah I've always rated him too. Can't remember who it was against but he had an unusually bad game a few weeks ago and that was that. The Sellafield crack ( because there are no secrets in the Millom area) was that he and Chris had words following that game and Pez reacted badly to it. Like I say it's all hearsay but probably some truth in it. Hope the lad gets the fire back in his belly and they patch up their differences as there's a good player in there.
Looking forward to seeing Glenn in a Town shirt, if Chris can get him to the level he should be playing at then we have got a good player in a position we desperately need.
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Going back to that Toronto fixture we stayed because it was a really nice day and made our way round outside the Gus for a few while we waited.
Paul Rowley was stomping around between the changerooms & the office, and when they decided to head back to the hotel we asked a couple of their players and they were bemused as to why. Rowley had some kind of god complex chip on his shoulder that day, and even had a large area of the popular side taped off for their own video analysis set up. I can't believe he could be naive enough to think he wouldn't get any kick back for doing this from people on the pop side ( I also can't believe we agreed to allow it). His attitude to the banter was completely cold which inflamed it all bearing in mind some people had put a few away in the 3 hour delay, and I'm sure his assistant threw something at someone at one point. All totally unnecessary and I completely lost respect for him and the wolfpack that day.
Definitely not a great day all round.
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59 minutes ago, Sticklebricks said:
According to Chris the club should be announcing the two new players today
Won't be props then, but we will have plenty of ball handlers!
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9 hours ago, Hate the rec said:
I wonder when our signings are getting announced ??
If they were at training last night I'm guessing the photos will have been taken then, so maybe today fingers crossed.
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10 minutes ago, Death to the Rah Rah's said:
Did they give any indication at the meeting as to how much the new stadium will cost?
I was looking at Boston United new ground, the Jakemans Community Stadium which opened around 2020 and looks a cracking little ground, which is basically one very well equipped main grandstand and covered terracing and that cost £12 million !!
I think it has a 6,000 capacity
There's a video showing how the work is progressing, can't help but think something along these lines would be ideal. I think the end that is still to be completed is a sports hall
https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/video--community-stadium-latest-2589592.html
We are looking at less than that for both the training pitch and the stadium, so I suppose it gives an idea of the standard of facility it will be.
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Worth going and all the speakers were very credible. If they pull off their plans we will have a decent functional stadium both clubs can use to take them forward. The best bit is that it will be jointly owned by the clubs with no debt attached.
The 5.4m from the town fund is time bound and has to be spent or it will be lost. So the plan is to build the footprint of a new stadium and training pitch. With one main stand and possibly one opposite ( although this wasn't definite) Then using funding hopefully from the FA and big business the initial figure will be matched to deliver a complete 4 sided modular stadium and training facility.
For me the positives are that they are using experts in their field to make up or advise the initial Cumberland Sports Village Ltd company to deliver the project. Not borrowing money to deliver it and It seems achievable.
Negatives are to me (and this is just my opinion) it all seems a bit too fingers crossed and hope its affordable at this stage. Nothing more than a sketch and some aspirations of what may be achievable. Maybe through my own ignorance I expected it to be further down the line. Given the changeover from Allerdale to Cumberland is happening there seems to be a lot of uncertainty over the commitment of what may happen. Also it's a possibility we may end up with an underwhelming one sided stadium that's half finished.
Thought some of the reds fans believe they are just rebuilding the stands on Borough Park with one even wanting to keep the terracing, another was worried the current pitch isn't long enough.
I think the devil will be in the detail. I doubt it will be as good as I wished but hopefully better than I feared.
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1 hour ago, chromedome said:
Was Gary McFarland the only Town Director at the match? Just a friendly query ha.
No he wasn't, I saw one of the newer ones there, can't remember his name though is it Mark something?
Edit; It was Mark Cant I think....
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After just watching the highlights on YouTube, it brings up a question I don't know the answer to. For what seemed like an age the ref stopped the game because King had cramp half way down the pitch, and it was stopped until he could continue. But when Caine had cramp in the ruck he let play continue and ironically King dummies through the hole left where Caine would have defended. So whats the protocol when it isn't an injury as such and just cramp? It probably didn't change the result but I can't see what the difference is or what the correct call is.
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7 hours ago, JMB said:
a good example to the young kids that were in the ground at the time.
I don't think you need worry too much corrupting any kids by flicking off a few supporters. When we moved into the Kells end we purposely stood away from the town and haven groups to keep the boy away from any potential trouble. There was a large gang of kids in front of us all pre teen age, they all knew the words and were signing along with all the Haven songs. Almost every one had bad language in, and included the Adams family incest one and their Matty Henson song. I'm not saying that this is exclusively a Haven thing, my point is that kids are exposed to a lot more than a v sign.
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Pleased I went in the end although I hate watching a game from behind the sticks but the weather forced us in at half time.
Cant argue with the effort most of the lads put in today, they put a shift in against a bigger team. Must have been a slog in the 2nd half against the weather. If we had played smarter we could maybe have taken the points or at least put some pressure on them. Going into touch on first tackle, when we finally get to the haven line we run on last tackle, they have players cramping up on their left side and we don't exploit it. I couldn't believe how many of their players were stretching their muscles in the last 20, I was sure we were gonna get back in it but just couldn't get any pressure on them.
Not sure what others thought of the ref, but I'm not having it that we were the only team off side. How many times did we get pinged and lose field position, it was killing us. I'm not saying we weren't off but it was very one sided imo.
Will tate looked good, and our usual crew who carry the others really got stuck in. Heard some movement is expected on the recruitment front and we really do need them. UTT!
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Good luck today lads. Decided to risk it to go and cheer the boys on. I'm sure Chris will have the lads fired up, if we defend well and get at them while being disciplined I'm sure we can get our first points of the season. UTT!
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19 hours ago, dkw said:
Brilliant, we can bring out the old "Taity, Taity where ya fra...Cumbria (On loan), Cumbria (On loan)....
I remember a different chant we all sung to Taity from behind the sticks at Headingly at a challenge cup match. It wasn't as complimentary and involved him taking things where the sun doesn't shine. He took it in good humour, and enjoyed the banter pointing to the scoreboard.
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13 minutes ago, Hate the rec said:
To who pal ? If you mean Alan he's spelt Tait .
Ah yeah so he is, my bad!
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Wonder if he's related? Welcome to Town Will.
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Back row or center, Welcome to Town Dan.
Wasn't exactly what I was expecting in terms of size as he looks the same size and build as Chris but hopefully gives us a bit of strike at center. UTT
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Well it's Tuesday and training tonight so fingers crossed there is something positive to report especially on the recruitment side. Hate being critical but I agree with a lot of the posts that communication has dropped, but I suppose it's difficult when there's no good news on the recruitment front and the team's getting spanked every week.
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53 minutes ago, Derwent Parker said:
Dave Bowden was spot on . No Arguments
But that does not mean everybody makes good decisions all the time
But he isn't making the decision alone is he? He is part of a group of like minded people that will all want the very best opportunity to have a facility that can generate money for both clubs to thrive.
Can't you just lay the predictions of the apocalypse to one side until you do know what the plans actually are?
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3 hours ago, Derwent Parker said:
Just a shame Towns supporters opinions appear to be being ignored. I hated the games at BP its a #######.
Its a big con this - Lure Town in to a deal and buy lease back for DP with plans for a real [Proper] stadium and then renege on deal and keep the #### ground that is BP. with one new stand , 3 #### remaining terraces and no room for anything else. And get rid of the better of the 2 grounds.
The same new stand at DP on one of ends etc would leave you with 2 grandstands and a proper covered terrace of which any one of those better than anything at BP.
Cant see why the council think doing up the poorest and smallest of the grounds is the way forward.
Just for curiosity the Councillor/Mayor H Briggs isn't the same H Briggs at reds ???
JUST wait now for the 4 Amigos [Rockerlad, townie88, Route66 and dkw] to bite - same 4 that argue when any one from Town challenge them on this topic and all "like " each other when anything good said about BP -
While I agree with you just doing one stand up and not touching the rest is a poor effort, I can't believe that will happen. It just says that's what the cash with ABC adding a million will fund.
Rather than chucking all your toys out of the pram now, why don't you wait until the full plan is published then we can all make our judgements based on facts and not just assumptions?
I'd be gutted if we end up a ground that looks like a bus shelter looking at the undeveloped Borough Park existing stands, but both teams boards are involved so I'm cautiously optimistic it won't be that. Dave Bowden didn't do a lot wrong when he was at Town and our BOD are doing a good job so why would they settle for something not fit for purpose especially when it means us leaving our home ground?
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2 hours ago, dkw said:
Sigh, I'm not going through this again but the majority of the figures you used there to highlight all the negatives were proven to be wrong when Jenkinson used them to push his ###### agenda.
Yeah that's right. I can remember him being challenged at the time to publish some kind of stress test that he said was used to test the figures. Although he said he would do it he never did, but it didn't matter because he just kept repeating that it it would cost 90 million and that made the headlines and what people believed. I won't break the confidence of someone who told me, but the figures were sound and it was purely a political decision. Its history now but it seems like a huge opportunity that was missed.
I know I made a joke of Parker and his 8k capacity, but I would rather more money was initially spent if it meant it was a 1st class facility. I'm sure it isn't beyond the realms of an architect to design a modular type stadium where the foundation is in place and capacity could be increased at minimal cost should one or both of the teams require it. Look at what they did and are repeating at Anfield where they basically build around and above the existing stand. I know its a completely different budget, but the principle where a new stand is extended with a bolt on design must be relatively easy to work out.
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36 minutes ago, Death to the Rah Rah's said:
Christ you keep making reference to the Reds crowds but don’t mention ours.
when was the last time Town averaged anywhere near 5k ?
Certainly not since the late 50’s
Towns average has been around the 1000 mark give or take a couple of hundred for the last 20 years!
We were averaging less than 1700 when we were in Super League.
the successful seasons of the Walsh years of the early 90s averaged just over 3,000.
Ambition is one thing but Town or Reds will always struggle to get a season average over 3,000 for a successful side as we don’t have the population
Stop using logic in your argument
It has to be 8k, so go big or Parker will take his ball yam.
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4 hours ago, Death to the Rah Rah's said:
Jameson was 96 - John Walsh published an article about him last year
https://www.cumberlandecho.com/news/town-take-over-man-bob-jamieson-back-in-the-news.html
I remember that, he was going to fill the Town end with corporate boxes and all sorts. Seems like he's just never had any money to back his big ideas up. Wasn't the that owned rangers sniffing around at one time too?
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