clive
Sussex County Division Two
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Post by clive on Jun 20, 2024 6:24:48 GMT
ah yes the much trumpeted mercury farce which was pushed by the club there was a vote on it and the result of the vote was in favour of it and all appeared to be hunky dory then it was announced that it wouldnt be happening with no explanation by the club as to why which is still the case there must be a reason why that being true and it clearly is then why the lack of transparency why the wall of silence surely the supporters are owed an explanation it will be very telling should no explanation be given
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peters
East Sussex Football League
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Post by peters on Jun 20, 2024 6:53:50 GMT
This is what " living in a different financial environment" to paraphrase the board looks like. We are going to have to get used to it. Some kind of pre-season meeting, virtual or otherwise would be really beneficial to try and bring everyone together and put behind us last season and the Mercury 13 conflict.
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Post by seagullhhater on Jun 20, 2024 7:28:13 GMT
What’s with all the negativity. Surely rather than having a football team to support at the Pan we can all turn up to grow our fruit and vegetables and produce compost. Mind you do we need to produce any more compost. There is plenty around already and we are up to our necks in it this season.
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Jane R
Sussex County Division Two
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Post by Jane R on Jun 20, 2024 10:15:11 GMT
You can guarantee that despite the bad comms we are told about and losing players the veg pictures always find a way through. 🤣
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clive
Sussex County Division Two
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Post by clive on Jun 20, 2024 11:04:46 GMT
seeing as we dont have a pot to pee in the recruitment of players will be interesting to watch
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Post by therightsoffans on Jun 20, 2024 11:10:12 GMT
seeing as we dont have a pot to pee in the recruitment of players will be interesting to watch Maybe that is the point of the Dripping Pan allotment, they will all be 'homegrown.' Now I get it!
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Post by seagullhhater on Jun 20, 2024 11:15:51 GMT
Homegrown players. Now that’s something we’ve not had for a while. Bring it on 🤞
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Post by sedlescombe on Jun 20, 2024 13:24:29 GMT
Why can't everyone just see and accept that they were all here simply for a chunk of the unsustainable playing budget, and nowt else? Some may have been told to say that the club's ethos was the attraction, or some other baloney, but the reduced budget has had the immediate and inevitable effect that any realist saw coming as soon as the club admitted during the mercury nonsense that it was skint. Don't blame the players or manager – blame the board. And from what little I know about non-league football, no – they won't be better.
I have never quite got the offence that the players were at the club for money rather than loyalty. Players are employees rather than fans and like us they change jobs for more money, as do we. Should be be proud to work for Barclays and spurn a better paid job at HSBC? Should we be proud to wear the overalls of Sainsbury and not get a better paid job at Tesco. Even Kane left Spurs eventually for better prospects As for blame. We all knew what would happen once Charlie and Ed stumped up the cash and we all knew it would we end. We are no worse off than we would have been, whether the transition was was handled as well as it could be is fair. The fact that we still wanted to employ a social media bod on a significant sum for a short period might suggest not but then it’s the owners that decide that financial experience wasn’t an important skill on the Board despite an impending financial crunch incoming: So the ownership -US - are at least as culpable as those we appointed. So we all knew the funding would end at some point. The women’s club have created great memories over the last few years and earned the club and the town a level of exposure beyond our wildest departs. The men’s team less so. To be one of the better funded teams and to not even make the playoffs is a significant under-performance, however if Wingate can make the playoffs why can’t we even in this period of financial realism
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clive
Sussex County Division Two
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Post by clive on Jun 20, 2024 13:47:22 GMT
indeed hatter as a relative newbie moved here in 2015 have there ever been any local lads actually born and lived in lewes who played for the mens team???
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Post by nicorijnders on Jun 20, 2024 15:25:04 GMT
On homegrown players, it wasn't so long ago that the core of successive squads were local and a number of homegrown lads. I enjoyed watching a lot of those players and I'm sure we can all name names. But they weren't all successful and certainly weren't at the level of the last few years. And a number of those seasons ended in relegation or in a relegation battle.
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rook99
Sussex County Division Three
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Post by rook99 on Jun 20, 2024 16:29:27 GMT
Why can't everyone just see and accept that they were all here simply for a chunk of the unsustainable playing budget, and nowt else? Some may have been told to say that the club's ethos was the attraction, or some other baloney, but the reduced budget has had the immediate and inevitable effect that any realist saw coming as soon as the club admitted during the mercury nonsense that it was skint. Don't blame the players or manager – blame the board. And from what little I know about non-league football, no – they won't be better.
What frustrates me is the lack of communication. There's been no update on recruitment since the announcement of the two players coming in, let alone any transparency about the finances. The CEO, manager and all players bailing out leaves me to read between the lines on how serious it is. Presumably the players were told to look for new clubs. The comments by Ola and Jake about joining Horsham for the attacking football, blah, blah, blah are laughable. Surely this is the time to push season tickets, and relaunch the 12th man fund? Currently the link to tickets on the club website doesn't appear to show any way of buying a season tickets.
The club's communication manager was let go, I imagine due to cuts, not long after our first two signings were announced. This is probably the main factor in the lack of communication. I imagine the club will be seeking a volunteer to take over communications at some point in the future.
As for the players leaving, there could be a whole load of factors be it money, seeking to progress their career at a higher level club, or simply to move onto somewhere/something else. I initially thought it was weird that a young player like Penney followed Tony down a level but some players just do prefer to play and develop under managers they have a good relationship with. I can honestly say I haven't been surprised with the majority of ours players moves away from the club. I think we'll need to be patient - there's clearly a big transition happening at the club with a new manager and team of staff in, working with what is probably a significantly smaller budget compared to last season. They'll need time to assess who they can afford to sign for the club and eventually they'll come.
As for the season tickets, I believe owners can buy them right now and then they go on general sale on Sunday. Let's see if we get a few signings in after.
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Post by sedlescombe on Jun 20, 2024 18:31:09 GMT
The club's communication manager was let go, I imagine due to cuts, not long after our first two signings were announced. This is probably the main factor in the lack of communication. I imagine the club will be seeking a volunteer to take over communications at some point in the future.
Or one of the directors could take responsibility. There was a time Whed Wd got everyone to take specific responsibility for different aspects such as volunteers and communications.
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Post by pj on Jun 20, 2024 18:32:44 GMT
indeed hatter as a relative newbie moved here in 2015 have there ever been any local lads actually born and lived in lewes who played for the mens team??? Quite a few. The two most recent being David Wheeler, who is doing very well at Wycombe, and Steve Brinkhurst.
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Jane R
Sussex County Division Two
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Post by Jane R on Jun 20, 2024 18:40:02 GMT
The club's communication manager was let go, I imagine due to cuts, not long after our first two signings were announced. This is probably the main factor in the lack of communication. I imagine the club will be seeking a volunteer to take over communications at some point in the future. Or one of the directors could take responsibility. There was a time Whed Wd got everyone to take specific responsibility for different aspects such as volunteers and communications. The club has a Fan Engagement Officer in Shrey, surely he should be currently engaging with the fans and posting updates.
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Post by pj on Jun 22, 2024 15:36:36 GMT
Relax everyone! It looks like we have some players! I've just seen five guys wearing Lewes kit walking up from the 3G/college direction. Another dozen and we have a squad.
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