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Post by bob666 on Oct 9, 2024 1:09:23 GMT
I generally really don’t care about this result. We experimented with two new wingers who both were average. Rotated squad and you physically can’t motivate players for such a pointless cup which was showed by the fact their was no celebrations by our players at the end. This game was just used to get minutes in for players. Onto Saturday where i hope we can turn it around even though I think we have one first team CB available Can Noble motivate the players for a league game? If we seen a motivated team in the last 10 league games and hate to see a unmotivated team I feel like a bit of a hypocrite saying this as I had a work meeting in Birmingham tuesday afternoon and have another weds lunchtime so stayed up here overnight and when to watch a local match (Boldmere St Micheal) but I don't understand the dismissive attitude to county cups. The charity cup is over 120 years old and I think these things are part of the rich tapestry that gives non-league football its value. Local cups are part of a valuable diversity. I don't want football in West Midlands and Hertfordshire to be identical in terms of structure- local variation/idiosyncrasies that make things more interesting. Maybe the lack of celebrations is because we effectively drew 1-1 with team bottom of the league below us. Bit embarrassing to celebrate this. Obviously the league more important but surely what the team needed was a proper confidence building victory not a 1-1 draw. The issue seems not only that we not turning things round but we actually getting worse |
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Post by casper on Oct 9, 2024 6:32:08 GMT
Nobby post match interview
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Post by saintsdad on Oct 9, 2024 6:39:57 GMT
On the plus side signing a player on loan from Wealdstone shows they and the players there still have that respect for Noble
Why does it feel that having taken over in 2011 Levy and McGowan still haven't built up any contacts within the game?
Sorry, to get back on topic, maybe the players didn't celebrate much because they went to penalties against a team bottom of the league below
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Post by jj123 on Oct 9, 2024 7:31:08 GMT
I generally really don’t care about this result. We experimented with two new wingers who both were average. Rotated squad and you physically can’t motivate players for such a pointless cup which was showed by the fact their was no celebrations by our players at the end. This game was just used to get minutes in for players. Onto Saturday where i hope we can turn it around even though I think we have one first team CB available Can Noble motivate the players for a league game? If we seen a motivated team in the last 10 league games and hate to see a unmotivated team I feel like a bit of a hypocrite saying this as I had a work meeting in Birmingham tuesday afternoon and have another weds lunchtime so stayed up here overnight and when to watch a local match (Boldmere St Micheal) but I don't understand the dismissive attitude to county cups. The charity cup is over 120 years old and I think these things are part of the rich tapestry that gives non-league football its value. Local cups are part of a valuable diversity. I don't want football in West Midlands and Hertfordshire to be identical in terms of structure- local variation/idiosyncrasies that make things more interesting. Maybe the lack of celebrations is because we effectively drew 1-1 with team bottom of the league below us. Bit embarrassing to celebrate this. Obviously the league more important but surely what the team needed was a proper confidence building victory not a 1-1 draw. The issue seems not only that we not turning things round but we actually getting worse Fully agree, the dismissive attitude towards this cup competition is unbelievable. This is also the second week in a row that in the post match interview a new signings name has been named incorrectly and David Noble has corrected. Very poor and unprofessional from the ‘media team’ I guess this is the standard we’re operating at now, very sad to see what’s happening to this great club. |
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Post by albanian on Oct 9, 2024 9:17:55 GMT
I don't care about the county cups, but in the context of our season so far this was a worrying performance.
Hitchin should be two divisions below us and sounds like we were lucky not to be out of it by half time.
Amazed that Noble hasn't gone yet. Presumably another loss on Saturday would seal his fate, but I said that before the Salisbury game.
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Post by eddyeagle on Oct 9, 2024 10:11:59 GMT
He will still be manager when we are in the south Midlands league.
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Post by lagerman on Oct 9, 2024 10:57:33 GMT
I don't care about the county cups, but in the context of our season so far this was a worrying performance. Hitchin should be two divisions below us and sounds like we were lucky not to be out of it by half time. Amazed that Noble hasn't gone yet. Presumably another loss on Saturday would seal his fate, but I said that before the Salisbury game. Well, as someone on one of the posts on here said, maybe it's cos Noble seems so determined to stay to put it right and the owners don't want to sack him because they don't want to have to pay off the rest of his contract, and for all their 13 years of ownership, they just don't seem to have any contacts in the non league game and very little experience of hiring and firing. A bit, but not a lot really. This situation, if it continues, will only go one way or another, we get relegated or we stay up but nothing else in terms of staying up, a bottom half finish l reckon. Sadly, it might take relegation that triggers a parting of the ways with Noble, it might just drag on until then, but in terms of Noble leaving, the damage will already have been done by then |
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Post by minty on Oct 9, 2024 12:23:43 GMT
Football and other sports really are ridiculous businesses. Where else would you get the sack and get the remainder of your contract paid out.
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Post by saintsdad on Oct 9, 2024 13:55:05 GMT
The owners should consider any payoff (if there is one) as an investment over the alternative We must be a laughing stock to the rest of the league by now. Of the top 7 divisions we only have more points than Wolves, Southampton (although we have played three games more than them) and Cambridge Utd (we have played one game more)  |
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Post by saintsman2000 on Oct 9, 2024 15:14:08 GMT
The owners should consider any payoff (if there is one) as an investment over the alternative We must be a laughing stock to the rest of the league by now. Of the top 7 divisions we only have more points than Wolves, Southampton (although we have played three games more than them) and Cambridge Utd (we have played one game more) Actually if you watch any other teams post match interviews after playing us quite a lot of them say how great Noble and how we will be turning it around with him so wouldn’t say we’re the laughing stock. Just quoting here so take that as you will 🤷♂️ |
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Post by jj123 on Oct 9, 2024 17:38:50 GMT
The owners should consider any payoff (if there is one) as an investment over the alternative We must be a laughing stock to the rest of the league by now. Of the top 7 divisions we only have more points than Wolves, Southampton (although we have played three games more than them) and Cambridge Utd (we have played one game more) Actually if you watch any other teams post match interviews after playing us quite a lot of them say how great Noble and how we will be turning it around with him so wouldn’t say we’re the laughing stock. Just quoting here so take that as you will 🤷♂️ Haha - you surely don’t believe the classic sympathy speech from the opposition managers do you! Every single oppo manager will be hoping David Noble doesn’t get sacked as it’s virtually a dead cert 3 points, as proven over and over and over again. |
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Post by saintsdad on Oct 9, 2024 20:53:23 GMT
The owners should consider any payoff (if there is one) as an investment over the alternative We must be a laughing stock to the rest of the league by now. Of the top 7 divisions we only have more points than Wolves, Southampton (although we have played three games more than them) and Cambridge Utd (we have played one game more) Actually if you watch any other teams post match interviews after playing us quite a lot of them say how great Noble and how we will be turning it around with him so wouldn’t say we’re the laughing stock. Just quoting here so take that as you will 🤷♂️ Oh well if quite a lot of oppo managers are saying we will turn around then that's worth more than any points in the league table isn't it Alternatively they are being polite Or joking |
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Post by middxsaint on Oct 9, 2024 21:56:20 GMT
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Post by bob666 on Oct 10, 2024 4:17:12 GMT
Obviously I have never seen Noble contract but I would be surprised if it does not have a termination clause which allows the owners to sack him for a pre agreed amount - which would be much less than the full value of his remaining contract. I not shy of criticising the owners but I just don't think Levy is any keener on the club getting relegated than any other St Albans fan. Levy goes to enough games and I don't think Noble far from the door. What held Levy back, I think, is not knowing who to appoint as replacement
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