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The B-Ark / Re: v Chorley

« on: August 20, 2022, 07:14:27 PM »

Something very wrong. Body language of players suggested a problem in the dressing room from the off. Shapeless. Idea-less and toothless when in the last third of the pitch. Effortless (not the good kind of effortless) in midfield. Often static and watching. Second to almost everything. Feel sorry for Crawford and Long who were let down today by many around them. I think 3 games is too soon to be looking for managerial changes (even though the heart says do it). 5pm post-Kettering feels very much like the watershed moment. Gloom+++

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - Banbury United vs Boston United

« on: August 15, 2022, 06:25:46 AM »

Just what Boston don't need after two defeats - a trip to play the team that's topping the table after two wins. I can't see anything changing quickly so I'm predicting:

Banbury United 3-0 Boston United (707)

Ken: how far does one have to go back in history for BUFC to have started a season with 3 defeats on the bounce?

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - Banbury United vs Boston United

« on: August 14, 2022, 04:37:21 PM »

3-1, 898

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The B-Ark / Re: Funny ok game

« on: August 14, 2022, 04:36:36 PM »

Missed both so far due to a foreign holiday postponed from 2020. (not feeling guilty to get a proper holiday!). Listened to both thanks to Endeavour FM and BBC. Speechless. Agree with earlier comments; did not see anything really gel pre-season. But on paper, this should not be a team anywhere near the bottom. I don't feel sorry for us fans; most of us will be there again next season and the one after whether it's National League, NLN or even (shhhhh) NPL. We go because we love the club and non-league football. I feel desperately sorry for David Newton and Neil Kempster: so many play off heartbreaks, so many disappointments, so much personal time and wealth, and emotional energy invested....what must they think?

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The B-Ark / Re: Montell Gibson

« on: July 29, 2022, 06:07:42 AM »

That is a great shame. He was electric on Tuesday and at this level well worth buying out of any contract he's under

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The B-Ark / Re: Target man on his way to the JCS?

« on: July 05, 2022, 02:52:34 PM »

Of course he is a bogey man for us but I agree he is total trouble for defenders from start to finish in a way that Hanson wasn't ever. I'd forgive and forget if he came here.

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The B-Ark / Re: Departures

« on: June 16, 2022, 08:15:41 PM »

wheres he going

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The B-Ark / Re: New shirts

« on: June 15, 2022, 04:45:21 PM »

Yep.

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The B-Ark / Re: Yet another joins the Pilgrims.

« on: June 12, 2022, 08:43:38 PM »

Well that's the first one!!
Excellent choice on goalkeepers now

Agree Fitzsimmons or McKeown would be sound at this level. My son says McKeown did not get a first team start for Grimsby last season. Agree with earlier post please not Willis. I've really had it for life with his timewasting tactics, whether playing for us or not. Wrecks the game.

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The B-Ark / Re: New signing

« on: June 09, 2022, 05:21:21 PM »

I hope he nets us lots of goals.

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The B-Ark / Re: Departures

« on: June 09, 2022, 05:20:34 PM »

Has to be something promising inwards if Dux is allowed to leave...

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The B-Ark / Re: New shirts

« on: June 09, 2022, 05:19:14 PM »

Ker Ching......that's £200 quid on new home and away shirts in our house then*. But I pay it willingly if it helps fund our promotion out of this league. *(For the mathematically minded this is broadly computed on 6 shirts@£33 inclusing ST discount).

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The B-Ark / Re: Departures

« on: June 04, 2022, 11:06:32 PM »

One assumes that JB's quite rapid (and IMO very welcome) signing suggests we are not fully FT next season. Maybe a hybrid model will emerge??

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The B-Ark / Re: York

« on: May 22, 2022, 11:58:16 AM »

Agree with Uncertain Corridor: "It felt like they had done some really good homework on us and the better team won on the day." I think in the end just too many things came toghether: a) too many injuries and, at least some degree of b) Paul Cox inheriting players he wouldn't neccesarily have chosen from the season off c) limited loan options in a market that was closing by the time Cox took over. Taking all that into account a really creditable pormotion push from the starting point of only just being play-off contenders in the first place.

I think the big issues now are a) whether to go FT or not (some of these players may be quite happy with a proper day job and £600-800/week on top and for family reasons may not be prepared to go FT) b) how to replace the star studded loanees who deserve to be at a higher level next season perhaps, c) how to handle some of the very good experienced older players who may not have another season left at quite the same intensity as the last one but who are really good assets if not over-played d) how to handle some of our 'stand out' players who might want away to the NL now it is clear we are stuck in NLN for one final seson.

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - York City vs Boston United in the playoffs

« on: May 19, 2022, 05:11:15 PM »

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