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Post by middxsaint on Oct 12, 2023 19:48:53 GMT
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Post by middxsaint on Oct 12, 2023 20:03:20 GMT
Adult admission £15 (or £16 if bought in advance online).
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Post by middxsaint on Oct 13, 2023 7:23:10 GMT
With the M25 junction 10 shut, expect more traffic heading south via the M25 junction 12, M3 junction 4 (Farnborough turn) and A331.
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Post by middxsaint on Oct 13, 2023 18:37:27 GMT
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 13:48:20 GMT
Line up this afternoon -
Johnson, Carlyle, Partington, Da Silva, Lawal, Blackman (c), Smith, Rasulo, Fage, Akanbi, Weiss.
Subs -
Jeffers, Morrall, Georgio, Gauthier, Wyatt
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 14:03:24 GMT
Farnborough 0 Saints 1
Rasulo 1
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 14:38:23 GMT
Farnborough 1 Saints 1
Hall 34
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 14:44:40 GMT
Farnborough 2 Saints 1
Blackman og 40
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 14:54:08 GMT
HT Farnborough 2 Saints 1
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 15:13:24 GMT
Georgiou on for Blackman 46 mins.
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 15:26:35 GMT
Michael Johnson saves penalty yet again, this time from Folivi 60 mins.
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 15:37:34 GMT
Jeffers and Morrall on for Akanbi and Lawal 70 mins.
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Post by Boomer on Oct 14, 2023 16:05:16 GMT
FT Farnborough (2) 2 Saints (1) 1
Disappointing in the extreme with the exception of the excellent Michael Johnson, who was top-drawer (yet again).
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Post by citycentresaint on Oct 14, 2023 18:37:16 GMT
Only logic for starting Akanbi in front of Jeffers is to allow the owners to save some money.
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Post by cityfan on Oct 14, 2023 18:41:55 GMT
This was abject, if we’d had someone capable of putting the ball in the net in the first half it might have been a different story, but Noble continued to leave Jeffers on the bench. Akanbi I thought was absolutely hopeless, I’m not convinced he runs anymore than Shaun & at the end of the first half he served up an absolute feast of comedy with a total air shot.
The defence again was all over the place & MJ kept the score down in the second half. The new guy looked slow & shaky and before the game I overheard two Farnborough fans say to each other that they were particularly confident of getting a result because Partington was in our side!
Yes we have a large number of injuries & I’m assuming Blackman was added to the list coming off at half time but a number of the players that have been bought in by the management team simply aren’t good enough. Add to the constant nonsense with Jeffers I’m beginning to question whether Noble is up to the task. I’m certainly looking down the table now rather than up!
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Post by sideshowbob on Oct 14, 2023 18:51:08 GMT
Noble is a waste of time
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Post by casper on Oct 14, 2023 19:11:00 GMT
Nobby post match interview
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Post by citycentresaint on Oct 14, 2023 19:37:47 GMT
The Tonbridge fans were glad to see the back of Akanbi.
Is a shame he didn't go to Clarence Park today,then Jeffers would have started.
We look like a mid table side, but need to be careful to not be drawn into a relegation dogfight.
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Post by lagerman on Oct 14, 2023 19:48:44 GMT
Well, we're still en-route for a mid table position finish
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Post by bob666 on Oct 14, 2023 19:51:56 GMT
I still back Noble but he needs to be flexible. My worry is that he has rigid ideas about not playing Jeffers, on the sytle of play we must aspire to etc. As facts and curcumstances evolve your thinking must evolve with them. Sticking to a plan rigidly irrespective of results is not a sign of strength. As the economist Keynes once said "when the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?".
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Post by lagerman on Oct 14, 2023 19:57:00 GMT
But we mustn't get pulled into a relegation dog fight. I don't think we will, but mid table is the best l can see us finishing at to be honest
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Post by minty on Oct 14, 2023 20:35:23 GMT
I still back Noble but he needs to be flexible. My worry is that he has rigid ideas about not playing Jeffers, on the sytle of play we must aspire to etc. As facts and curcumstances evolve your thinking must evolve with them. Sticking to a plan rigidly irrespective of results is not a sign of strength. As the economist Keynes once said "when the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?". He played Akanbi in front of Weiss today. So once again Jeffers not starting makes no sense. Although we had a few chances in the first half today, Farnborough had more and ended up scoring two flukey goals. In the second half we were poor. Having doubts about going to Chippenham next Saturday. An expensive train trip for possibly little return. |
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Post by bob666 on Oct 14, 2023 20:46:13 GMT
I still back Noble but he needs to be flexible. My worry is that he has rigid ideas about not playing Jeffers, on the sytle of play we must aspire to etc. As facts and curcumstances evolve your thinking must evolve with them. Sticking to a plan rigidly irrespective of results is not a sign of strength. As the economist Keynes once said "when the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?". He played Akanbi in front of Weiss today. So once again Jeffers not starting makes no sense. Although we had a few chances in the first half today, Farnborough had more and ended up scoring two flukey goals. In the second half we were poor. Having doubts about going to Chippenham next Saturday. An expensive train trip for possibly little return. I have nothing to back this up but from the outside the Jeffers thing is starting to look like it is personal |
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Post by cityfan on Oct 14, 2023 20:59:43 GMT
Quite possible, or just a ridiculously stubborn almost childlike stance that he can’t just admit maybe I’ve got this one wrong. Let’s be honest we’d have been nowhere near the playoffs last season without Shaun’s goals, but Noble seems to have forgotten that.
Even after the Chelmsford game he couldn’t bring himself to say anything positive just that he played him “because he always scores here” which is obviously nonsense given the story that has now come out.
I must say I’ve been impressed at how Shaun has conducted himself throughout the season & also the tail end of last year. Yes he’s being paid well, but I’d imagine a lot of other players wouldn’t have acted in the professional way he always appears to conduct himself.
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Post by lagerman on Oct 14, 2023 21:19:45 GMT
This was abject, if we’d had someone capable of putting the ball in the net in the first half it might have been a different story, but Noble continued to leave Jeffers on the bench. Akanbi I thought was absolutely hopeless, I’m not convinced he runs anymore than Shaun & at the end of the first half he served up an absolute feast of comedy with a total air shot. The defence again was all over the place & MJ kept the score down in the second half. The new guy looked slow & shaky and before the game I overheard two Farnborough fans say to each other that they were particularly confident of getting a result because Partington was in our side! Yes we have a large number of injuries & I’m assuming Blackman was added to the list coming off at half time but a number of the players that have been bought in by the management team simply aren’t good enough. Add to the constant nonsense with Jeffers I’m beginning to question whether Noble is up to the task. I’m certainly looking down the table now rather than up! Noble was the Quick fix when Allinson left, he was the easy appointment, the owners weren't daft when they appointed Noble because in Noble they knew they had someone from within, someone who wouldn't rock the boat and ask for "this, that and the other" because he knew the Clubs situation. Someone else, like Steve King just for example, might've made demands, wanting to bring in their own staff, wanting "this that and the other". The owners also know that Noble isn't the sort to jump ship as he is a rookie at managing, its all still new to him, he is still learning. Noble did well for us last season, but we had a decent team, he brought in some good Loan players, perhaps it could be argued that we were fairly easy to manage. This season, perhaps now, Noble is being found out a bit, a fair few of last seasons squad have moved on, some of the replacements that have come in are not as good, we've had some key injuries on top of that, and Nobles team selection and tactics have been open to Question. Perhaps you could say that Nobles inexperience as a manager is being exposed. Off the field, the owners are trying to make as as sustainable as possible, thru food and drink outlets, Club merchandise etc, and that is fair enough, but I'm just wondering if more should be spent on the playing side of things tbh, it's all very well in having all these things if the team on the field is not good enough and not getting results, crowds will dwindle if the poor results rack up |
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Post by citycentresaint on Oct 14, 2023 21:23:57 GMT
The Tonbridge fans were delighted to see the back of Akanbi. Now he starts in front of one of the best strikers in the league.
I don't mind us losing, but when we don't build our best team to play some form of tippy tappy football, it gets frustrating.
Lots of fans are getting fed up with what is going on.
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Post by theduke on Oct 14, 2023 21:30:21 GMT
The Tonbridge fans were delighted to see the back of Akanbi. Now he starts in front of one of the best strikers in the league. I don't mind us losing, but when we don't build our best team to play some form of tippy tappy football, it gets frustrating. Lots of fans are getting fed up with what is going on. When you say lots. Have you made a survey? Or just looking at the few that post it on here? Anyway, I’m calling it. Noble need to go. |
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Post by Canary Saint on Oct 14, 2023 22:05:01 GMT
I do not feel that we can judge things until we can field a side of first team players. The (hopefully) temporary replacements are just not up to it. Like everybody else I do not understand the Jeffers situation. Maybe there are reasons that are not yet (or will never be) made public.
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Post by lagerman on Oct 15, 2023 10:18:43 GMT
I do not feel that we can judge things until we can field a side of first team players. The (hopefully) temporary replacements are just not up to it. Like everybody else I do not understand the Jeffers situation. Maybe there are reasons that are not yet (or will never be) made public. Well, maybe the first time we'd ever find out about why Jeffers is not being started in the 1st 11 will be when he's gone, either sold or left on his own accord after his contract is up. He'd be back at the park playing for a NLS rival |
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Post by fleetvillian on Oct 15, 2023 10:27:38 GMT
I’ve not been at all impressed with Giorgiou. Not sure why he’s usually a starter
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