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The B-Ark / Re: O/T In or out

« on: January 17, 2019, 01:46:35 PM »

Wow Pete, not project fear then

Project Inconvenient Facts

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The B-Ark / Re: O/T In or out

« on: January 16, 2019, 05:37:43 PM »

I agree with Pete’s points, just to add that the subject of the tories and their privatisation plan for the NHS was discussed on this thread pre referendum, so nobody here should be surprised. You were warned.

Just in case anyone thinks a US style private healthcare system is a good idea, consider that they spend more subsidising their health service than any other developed nation. Despite this they still come out bottom for overall care amongst those nations. In the UK on the other hand, despite squeezing our spending massively and being one of the lowest spenders, we remarkby  come out close to the  top. The reason for this should be obvious, the US government is subsiding private profit. People like Rees-Mogg, Johnson etc will no doubt make plenty in kickbacks if we go down that path.

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The B-Ark / Re: O/T In or out

« on: July 10, 2018, 11:29:06 PM »

I was/am a supporter of the remain viewpoint. However, like it or not the result was pretty clear. I have always thought that to attempt to challenge that result as many of neoliberal persuasion have, is very dangerous for democracy. At the point where societies lose faith in democracy, history tells us they tend to turn towards extremists. And yes I know the implications of Brexit before anyone lectures me.

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The B-Ark / Re: Clifton and brogan

« on: May 29, 2018, 10:52:31 PM »

Same goes for Hemmings the fans voted for him and supported him all season, but another one who wants to hold Gary Nevilles hand and be a bit player.

What's the issue with Ashley Hemmings? He's played well for us, and in impressing us all, he's been noticed by a club that's playing a league higher next season and is full time. Before us, he's been playing at a higher level and full time. We can't offer that, so why should he stay? He's just got himself a decent payrise. He's been here 1 season, and he's hardly jumping ship. I say good luck to him, he's 1 of only a few players IMO that earned their wages last season. He's clearly a better player than our level. It may be a disappointment to see him move on, but does he really owe us any loyalty?

I can’t disagree with your rational response. For me it’s just a sad reflection of the way football has gone though. Part of the joy of watching football, and particularly non league football, was the feeling that the 11 guys on the field would run through brick walls for the club. In return the fans get behind them and support them through thick and thin.

It’s hard these days to get passionate about a team packed with guys taking the money and going through the motions or playing for their next contract. I can’t blame the players for taking the money and doing the right things for their families, after all these are difficult times. But I can feel sad about the way money has taken over the game at almost every level and made loyalty an outdated concept.

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The B-Ark / Re: Lee Bennett out on loan..

« on: February 06, 2018, 09:46:01 PM »

Scored again after 3 minutes tonight

As you said originally, it’s better him being out scoring goals than sat on our bench, and he looks to be doing just that. it’ll be interesting to see how he performs for us when he returns.

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The B-Ark / Re: Lee Bennett out on loan..

« on: February 04, 2018, 09:40:19 PM »

Personally I think you can have a striker who doesn’t score all that many, so long as he’s helping to create chances. It looked like Bennet was playing a more withdrawn role, supporting Thomson. He needed to be creating chances for Thomson, either by winning things in the air, holding the ball up for supporting midfielders or playing between the lines and playing through balls. He did create a couple of goals with nice through balls, but generally he looked weak in the air and mostly got muscled off the ball when it was on the deck. He just looked like he wasn’t really equipped for either role at this level.

Gregg Smith isn’t pretty (in any way you choose to look at it) but he’s certainly effective at times. He gives the Centre Halves a good work out and I feel that draws them away from Thomson allowing him a bit more space. He also wins a bit in the air, although granted its hit and miss at times. He can also do a reasonable job at holding the ball up. He’s not perfect but I think he’s the best partner we’ve got for Thomson. For me Kabongo is too similar to play with Thomson and they don’t look to have struck up a meaningful partnership.

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The B-Ark / Re: Lee Bennett out on loan..

« on: February 04, 2018, 12:24:56 PM »

I would think we will have some new faces by next week, I am a bit surprised that Bennett has gone out on loan,he is one of Craig's signings,but he did score yesterday for Matlock and Vino got there winner.

I wasn’t overly impressed by him myself. He seemed to have the odd nice touch but was generally ineffective.

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The B-Ark / Re: New Stadium

« on: February 02, 2018, 04:23:36 PM »

I am looking forward to seeing it built but will be sad to leave the old ground.  At our last home game a Blyth supporter said he always enjoys coming to York Street which he says is his absolute favourite none league ground.

A lot of away fans love York street. Always here the same. Nice to see a good old fashion ground.

On The ground front it amazes me how sports England rejected our grant, I recall Fylde Been granted several millions towards there ground and they do run a good share of projects but 10% compared to Boston United. It really does seem some of these grants are given on who you are and not what your about and what you have to over

Does anyone know on what grounds our application was refused?

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The B-Ark / Re: Greg Smith

« on: January 13, 2018, 12:13:22 AM »

The first time I saw Greg last season I thought he was a complete donkey. But he’s grown on me massively. He’s the sort of player whose presence can often create opportunities for others. When on the pitch, he tends to draw in one of the big defenders which can create space for others. He’s a handful and gives the defence something different to think about. He makes stuff happen through pure grit and determination and in tight games, you need players like that.  He’s definitely worth keeping even if his role evolves into being an impact sub rather than a starter.

I’d echo the comments of others when I’d say farming him out on loan might not be the best option. match sharpness and fitness have never been a hallmark of his game as far as I can tell.

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The B-Ark / Re: Looking up at last

« on: January 07, 2018, 07:49:00 PM »

The next series of games will be really interesting. We’ve clearly improved massively, but to be brutally honest all our recent wins have come against relatively poor or off form sides.  Thats not to diminish those results, as we were losing those kind of games previously. But the games against Spennymoor and Blyth will be serious tests. These games will give an indication of what kind of standard we are at now. If we can come away with anything from those games then we can start seriously considering a play off push I think.

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The B-Ark / Re: Today V Tamworth

« on: January 06, 2018, 08:24:10 PM »

We're starting to look really good. I see the new keeper has played at York Street before - for Swindon against Boston when we were in the FL.

Any idea where Brogan and Walker were today ? I can't see Hare having a long run in the team - was probably our weakest link today.

TEP

Brogan was injured and I Walker was dropped for the new CB.

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The B-Ark / Re: Today v Trinity

« on: January 05, 2018, 08:21:49 PM »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Jarman

Jarman was sent off during his Football League debut for Bury. He was then sent off on his club debut for Grimsby. And then he was sent off in his last game for Grimsby. His red card on New Year's Day was his second one this season. But presumably Gainsborough fans will still insist "he's not that kind of player."

Like GHM, I also listened to Mark Hone on Radio Lincolnshire after the game. He made reference to being a former team mate of Jarman and said that he has a tendency to get caught up in the emotion of games and make rash tackles. I think that was clear for all to see last week, after the booking for the foul on Willis, he lost his head a bit with some of our fans.  I thought he was a good player to be honest but he’s no use if he’s taking an early bath every other week.

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The B-Ark / Re: Another two new signings

« on: January 05, 2018, 08:17:13 PM »

The Centre Back sounds intersting, he captained Osset for Elliot when he was 21. We could really do with a commanding presence back there. Fair play to the chairman who is clearly backing the new manager financially. Some of the previous comments about him being happy to see is go down can be put to bed I think.

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The B-Ark / Re: Today v Trinity

« on: January 04, 2018, 09:05:01 PM »

Also I think your memory is very selective Steeli, I saw a couple of occasions where Trinity players tried to cajole the ref into dishing out cards for minor infractions.

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The B-Ark / Re: Today v Trinity

« on: January 04, 2018, 08:58:35 PM »

I was very close to the first imcident with Jarman. It was plainly obvious from where I was stood that he wasn’t ever going to get there first and he dived in. In my opinion it was a brief moment of madness where he decided to leave something on the keeper. I think he was lucky not to get a red. With that in mind and on a yellow, the lunge at Abbot in the box was foolish at best, especially right in front of the ref. I agree contact is minimal, but nowadays it’s considered dangerous play to lunge in, whether you take the ball or not. I think he was very foolish having got away with the first, to go for the second one.