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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Spilsby Red on August 15, 2018, 12:05:55 am
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Took my lad to watch Boston united tonight. Thought about travelling up to Scunthorpe but glad I didn’t after reading reports of the idiot fans. Want my lad to support DRFC all his life and not to stop if he becomes scared.
Anyway back to my original post, sorry. My lad was reading the programme and he noticed that Ross was playing for Nuneaton. We had a chat after the warm up. Top bloke. Gave time to us. However, he was sub keeper. Put on a little bit of weight. We watched them warm down. My lad was happy he met him. I know he got grief, we both wished him all the best. Might not mean a lot to people, but through fifa 18 my lad recognised him, he was a true gent.
Good luck to him
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by the way on the subject of x goalies
MAXWELLS SILVER HAMMER aka Maxted let in half a dozen last night for Accie as they did get hammered shame it couldnt have been last season
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by the way on the subject of x goalies
MAXWELLS SILVER HAMMER aka Maxted let in half a dozen last night for Accie as they did get hammered shame it couldnt have been last season
No one but you in the history of the world has ever referred to him as that.
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Talking of Nuneaton - their assistant manager is Lee Fowler - piled on the pounds!
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/nuneatontownfc/teams/98603/coach/lee-fowler-1342165
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Talking of Nuneaton - their assistant manager is Lee Fowler - piled on the pounds!
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/nuneatontownfc/teams/98603/coach/lee-fowler-1342165
He always seemed a bit chubby in his playing days but now he looks like he could have a decent future in Sumo.
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Talking of Nuneaton - their assistant manager is Lee Fowler - piled on the pounds!
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/nuneatontownfc/teams/98603/coach/lee-fowler-1342165
He always seemed a bit chubby in his playing days but now he looks like he could have a decent future in Sumo.
It must be hard for some naturally bigger lads to keep the weight off even though they are training every day. Not all payers are natural athletes are they. Mind you it doesn’t stop Higuain scoring goals does it!
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Did he miss your handshake, etc etc.
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As hard as people get on at people. Irrelevant how bad he was with us, he was a true gent, spoke with me and my son, that makes a difference
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I remember at Ross’s first game for rovers I met his parents in the lakeside bar. They were lovely people and always went to watch him in every game. I thought he had a decent future with us and wished him and them all the best. I can only imagine how they felt in his later games when he lost his confidence. I hope he gets a decent job and regains his confidence as he looked a good keeper for a while, and I’d like to think his mum & dad are still going to games and enjoying football.
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I was stood with them at Accrington. They did seem nice people. It's a shame that it never worked out for him.
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it shows how quick careers can change doesn't it?? One minute he's a rated goalkeeper in a play off team before securing a move to us and in a short time later he finds himself unable to get a start in the national league,with a beady eye cast on the job centre door...
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For some reason DF must have thought that all the clean sheets that Accrington had in the season prior to signing him were all down to Ross' ability in goal and nothing to do with the other 10 players in front of him
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Etheridge didn’t help himself but Ferguson handled him appallingly.
Dreadful man manager at times.
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Etheridge didn’t help himself but Ferguson handled him appallingly.
Dreadful man manager at times.
At times? he routinely hung people out to dry and froze them out of the club.
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Etheridge didn’t help himself but Ferguson handled him appallingly.
Dreadful man manager at times.
At times? he routinely hung people out to dry and froze them out of the club.
But then others regularly came out and praised him. So, yes...at times.
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They would hardly have dared criticise him if they were asked to make public statements now would they?
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Fans didn't help either. I remember some fat shite screaming absolute murder at him at half time at Accrington, Ross looked back at him and genuinely looked like he was going to burst into tears.
Wish him all the best.
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Fans didn't help either. I remember some fat shite screaming absolute murder at him at half time at Accrington, Ross looked back at him and genuinely looked like he was going to burst into tears.
Wish him all the best.
Probably some fat b*stard that's done nothing but eat, drink, sh*t, and w*nk all his life.
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Fans didn't help either. I remember some fat shite screaming absolute murder at him at half time at Accrington, Ross looked back at him and genuinely looked like he was going to burst into tears.
Wish him all the best.
Probably some fat b*stard that's done nothing but eat, drink, sh*t, and w*nk all his life.
He was. Lad was no older than me at the time (22) and looked out of breath after his tirade.
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It doesn’t justify awful behaviour but every footballer is going to get dogs abuse at some point. If they can’t deal with it then unfortunately they just won’t have the mentality to make it.
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Just shows what part confidence plays - he came back after a shaky start but you could see his confidence was shot and the back line seemed to sense it too
Good luck to him hope he turns it around
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Etheridge didn’t help himself but Ferguson handled him appallingly.
Dreadful man manager at times.
At times? he routinely hung people out to dry and froze them out of the club.
Not sure he did.
Only players that weren’t in his plans, it’s no different from now and McCullough and Beestin not getting in the squad.
Managers have to make decisions, and etheridge was poor for us
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Gave Evina an extended contract and within a few months threw him out of the club. Likewise Mitchell Lund.
He was not much cop as a manager as we are now witnessing. We at best trod water last season and more realistically grossly underperformed given players and resources. Treating players like this was potentially a driver. Not good.
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I'd say it's very different to McCullough and Beestin being left out of the team now.
I remember DF publicly criticising and making scathing comments about a few of those who he wanted to cast aside. I remember Stuckmann being a particular case, and Mandeville too even though I never rated him much myself. I've not heard of such treatment for Beestin/McCullough from GMc?
McCann (so far) seems to be trying to create an inclusive and positive atmosphere where everyone is treated fairly and given a chance. The players transfer listed in the summer were handled very well as an example - all given a chance to prove themselves, Lund brought back into the fold, and Garratt given a good appraisal in the media to help him find a new club.
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Fergie's man management was funny. At times he seemed to be brilliant, such as with Marquis who credits Fergie with turning his career round. Look at him now. However his treatment of other players was absolutely shocking, dropping them after one bad performance, slating them in the media, and so on. I do wonder if there were personal disagreements behind the scenes that led to players being frozen out.
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Remember him essentially freezing Butler out in his first season? Butts thankfully turned it round and became a fixture in the side once we were in League 2 but some other players weren't so lucky. Especially Evina and Lund.
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Remember in the early interviews with dee dah it was always the players fault after a bad game, usually a loss. Later on it became more collective "we"