by frenchgull » 25 May 2017, 15:07
I think there are merits for both points of view,Eastleigh are lucky to be situated where they are,in at a place which is surrounded by green fields so they can utilise this facility along with a more professional approach. Their nearest neighbour ,football wise ,is Southampton which being a premier club is not the cheapest place to visit so the right pitch to the locals would not fall on deaf ears,also either way along the coast you get to Brighton and the other way you are in Bournemouth so a lot of chimney pots in between to have a go at.If you are successful by climbing the leagues over a period of time your profile becomes bigger especially if you can have someone with a Bob or two to keep the kettle boiling, which is where the other point of view comes in.To keep the new punters onside is easier if you can spend the money with high profile signings and new initiatives,people like success and will follow a club that has grown from nothing , it remaines to be seen if the day dawns and Eastligh is left to fend for itself,do they have enough in place to keep progressing without its benifactor. Torquay is a very different kettle of fish altogether,stuck in South Devon with two clubs not thirty miles away and run into the ground by people who should never own a chip shop let alone a football club.There must be dozens of up and coming clubs all around the country that have the potential to overtake Torquay ,I M o league football is unsustainable in the bay ,we are what we are but they are my club and will always be,sorry too much red wine at lunch.
I think there are merits for both points of view,Eastleigh are lucky to be situated where they are,in at a place which is surrounded by green fields so they can utilise this facility along with a more professional approach. Their nearest neighbour ,football wise ,is Southampton which being a premier club is not the cheapest place to visit so the right pitch to the locals would not fall on deaf ears,also either way along the coast you get to Brighton and the other way you are in Bournemouth so a lot of chimney pots in between to have a go at.If you are successful by climbing the leagues over a period of time your profile becomes bigger especially if you can have someone with a Bob or two to keep the kettle boiling, which is where the other point of view comes in.To keep the new punters onside is easier if you can spend the money with high profile signings and new initiatives,people like success and will follow a club that has grown from nothing , it remaines to be seen if the day dawns and Eastligh is left to fend for itself,do they have enough in place to keep progressing without its benifactor. Torquay is a very different kettle of fish altogether,stuck in South Devon with two clubs not thirty miles away and run into the ground by people who should never own a chip shop let alone a football club.There must be dozens of up and coming clubs all around the country that have the potential to overtake Torquay ,I M o league football is unsustainable in the bay ,we are what we are but they are my club and will always be,sorry too much red wine at lunch.
