matty
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Post by matty on Jan 4, 2020 14:26:33 GMT
Dorchester F.C. photographer you sure will be busy this afternoon .new management and new signings .enjoy the day and bring back the 3 points. U. T. M. New signings I can’t see them!!
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stumpy
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Post by stumpy on Jan 4, 2020 15:54:16 GMT
same shit different day
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Post by nige on Jan 4, 2020 15:59:01 GMT
Glad the dream team have started well Stumps.
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Post by nige on Jan 4, 2020 17:04:15 GMT
Perhaps they should have got "Guest" in, seems to know it all.
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Post by casterbridge on Jan 4, 2020 17:09:33 GMT
Nothing like doing your best to impress a new boss.
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Post by wingnut on Jan 4, 2020 17:34:15 GMT
Look at the squad today and you can see why we were stuffed. With loads of self inflicted suspensions and some injuries that was as poor a starting 11 that I can ever remember. Why oh why did we switch the boxing day game with no manager a load of injuries and suspensions and the chance to play them later in the season when they are playing 3 games a week? No blame on the manager as he has been handed the shit end of the shittiest stick. Still with the side on the pitch today we will be 'Financially Stable' which appears the main target for the board whatever league we drop into,
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export
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Post by export on Jan 4, 2020 17:48:55 GMT
Rest assured then wingers the club will not embarrass themselves financially.unlike near neighbours with collecting buckets / justgiving pages in the past and now.
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Post by wingnut on Jan 4, 2020 18:05:37 GMT
Rest assured then wingers the club will not embarrass themselves financially.unlike near neighbours with collecting buckets / justgiving pages in the past and now. You are missing my point i think. The sole aim seems to be to balance the books. Well if you are down the bottom people will not watch so you have to have a little ambition too attract customers. Most fans have now given up or are starting to give up on the club and our neighbours are showing the way to do it showing some ambition without breaking the bank. I am afraid we are the embarrassment !
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Post by casterbridge on Jan 4, 2020 19:20:25 GMT
Rest assured then wingers the club will not embarrass themselves financially.unlike near neighbours with collecting buckets / justgiving pages in the past and now. For a moment I thought you meant near neighbours, who have cash in the bank, a fanbase (1300 New Years Day) & in the playoff places for National League South. You must mean Poole.
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Post by dorchesteriron on Jan 4, 2020 21:26:39 GMT
Rest assured then wingers the club will not embarrass themselves financially.unlike near neighbours with collecting buckets / justgiving pages in the past and now. You are missing my point i think. The sole aim seems to be to balance the books. Well if you are down the bottom people will not watch so you have to have a little ambition too attract customers. Most fans have now given up or are starting to give up on the club and our neighbours are showing the way to do it showing some ambition without breaking the bank. I am afraid we are the embarrassment ! Just to play devils advocate, what’s the boards role? Pick the team? Play themselves? Their job is to keep the club running and financially secure so that a football manager can deliver a winning side. As far as I’m aware investment in the playing squad has again been improved so surely it’s down to the players and the management to produce results. Mistakes have been made but to have a pop at them for making sure there’s even a club to support is a strange one. Anyway the game; I think that the new management duo get a free pass on this one (not that we can afford it). The team was weak, even by our low standards! The next few days will be telling to see who comes in & who ships out. It really is make or break time.
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Post by wingnut on Jan 4, 2020 21:54:53 GMT
Poole/Wimborne you choose. We are bottom in a league were the standard gets worse every season in my view. Mistakes have been made I agree and nobody ever gets things correct all the time but, you are judged by how you deal with the them. Brookes would probably still be in charge if he had not had the good grace to leave. The management set the expectations in my opinion and if they are not met they try and rectify them. As I said nothing the new manager could sort today but, we have been sleep walking towards this all season and the fans I stand with are totally pissed off with being smashed every week! We let 3 goals in today against a side who have scored 15 in 20 games.
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Post by dorchesteriron on Jan 4, 2020 22:50:17 GMT
Poole/Wimborne you choose. We are bottom in a league were the standard gets worse every season in my view. Mistakes have been made I agree and nobody ever gets things correct all the time but, you are judged by how you deal with the them. Brookes would probably still be in charge if he had not had the good grace to leave. The management set the expectations in my opinion and if they are not met they try and rectify them. As I said nothing the new manager could sort today but, we have been sleep walking towards this all season and the fans I stand with are totally pissed off with being smashed every week! We let 3 goals in today against a side who have scored 15 in 20 games. The chairman said at the last CBS meeting a Brooks had a points target to achieve & I got the impression that he knew a decision had to be made. I agree that the standard has dropped, drastically. I remember that the summer after 2012/13 season (when we beat Plymouth) we (fans) we’re told that the budget had been cut & players were released/didn’t re-sign. Think Neil Martin went to Poole? It was then announced entry was going up, couldn’t understand it, lesser product for increased price? Since then it’s been downhill. I think that the board & fans have the same vision for the club ie promotion/development. This board has had some new blood brought & I’ll be interested to see Mr Symes commercial plan for the club. We need to engage with local businesses more. More money, increased budget & (hopefully) an improved squad.
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Post by magpiecolin on Jan 5, 2020 5:11:45 GMT
That's us relegated now.
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Post by leo210856 on Jan 6, 2020 19:29:00 GMT
The fat lady hasn’t started yet the new management will surely be given a vote of confidence from the board and roll the dice and release more cash to strenthen the side .18 lg matches left if it is there aim to avoid relegation there’s no other option to roll that dice and take that gamble . U. T. M The first question has to be is there more money available? The significant drop in attendances surely is impacting. With documented restrictions in terms of ability to borrow the only option seems to be increased donations. The next and perhaps more controversial question is would the powers that be be more content with dropping down a league where perhaps challenging might actually lead to greater income? What strikes me is that the basic objects of a community club don't revolve around the success or otherwise of the senior men’s team it’s more about the facilities and wider community engagement. If success on the pitch follows that’s great but financial prudence , it seems to me, is going to trump the throwing of a dice.
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Post by guest on Jan 7, 2020 12:19:59 GMT
When you look back over the seasons before the 3 g was laid ( about 18 mnth ) The actual stadium and grass football pitch had useage of around 12/15 HRs a week whith the 3 g now in full use and also hiring of the club facillities for seminars / parties / wakes / skittle alley there has to be far greater income coming into the club than before the 3 g was laid.I have been led to believe there is no outstanding debts / Loans at the club .yes there’s bills to be paid . Yes there’s a sinking fund that’s payed in case the 3 g has to be repaired. As with Yeovil ladies F.C. / Dorchester sports F.C also using the facilities with numerous other community outlets useing the facility is the club not financially better off.non profit community F.C. with any profit goes into the players budget .average use of the clubs facilities must be in the region of 40/60 HRs at least a week ;( most nights I drive past the floodlights are on )
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vossy
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Post by vossy on Jan 7, 2020 16:34:40 GMT
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Post by marchingmagpie on Jan 7, 2020 22:08:51 GMT
Another good result for Beaconsfield & a bad one for us as they pick up a point away at Hayes & Yeading.
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Post by leo210856 on Jan 8, 2020 17:53:34 GMT
When you look back over the seasons before the 3 g was laid ( about 18 mnth ) The actual stadium and grass football pitch had useage of around 12/15 HRs a week whith the 3 g now in full use and also hiring of the club facillities for seminars / parties / wakes / skittle alley there has to be far greater income coming into the club than before the 3 g was laid.I have been led to believe there is no outstanding debts / Loans at the club .yes there’s bills to be paid . Yes there’s a sinking fund that’s payed in case the 3 g has to be repaired. As with Yeovil ladies F.C. / Dorchester sports F.C also using the facilities with numerous other community outlets useing the facility is the club not financially better off.non profit community F.C. with any profit goes into the players budget .average use of the clubs facilities must be in the region of 40/60 HRs at least a week ;( most nights I drive past the floodlights are on ) Whilst the accounts for the period ending 31/5/2019 were examined and no doubt agreed at the EGM held in November they have not yet been placed in the public domain ( there is a requirement to file them by 31/12/2019). So trying to draw any meaningful conclusions would be based on very old information but more importantly funding and paying for the 3G pitch wasn’t achieved without impacting more than in just in one year so that in itself distorts matters. The accounts to 31/5/2019 would give a far more meaningful view of what the 2019/20 player budget probably looked like also it would indicate if DTFC were in a position to build up reserves that could be drawn on if, as is now the case, an increase in budget was needed.I personally would have expected as much money as physically possible to be put on the table day on day one, but equally I understand the attraction and dangers of not so doing I did read that DTFC were considering lodging monies at Dorchester Town Council in respect of the significant funds that would ultimately be required to renew the pitch. It’s not just about repairs the life of a 3G pitch isn’t that great and can be significantly shortened with excess use or failure to properly maintain the asset. Having said all that it’s all too easy to throw too much money at the problem and it will only be known if it was money was well spent when the final league table is printed and the usual shenanigans of the AGMs is played out.
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