by chunkygull » 24 Feb 2018, 22:08
SkyBlueGull wrote: 19 Feb 2018, 23:51
Chunkygull
A bit unfair. The football under Buckle under the first fan consortium took over from Roberts were good years. Play offs Wembley back in the league and play off at old Trafford. Those were good times and good football. By today's teams standards not just good but bloody brilliant times.
My post was mainly about the rubbish we have endured for 12 years +, since it really has gone downhill. I purposely left Buckle out because he did fulfill his remit, he got us back in the league, kept us there and nearly went one better and there werent many complaints about the football. I know what he did at the end of his tenure was very much a weasly thing to do, especially the way he went about it but I cant criticise the job he did. The consortium group then that took over seemed to do a much more professional job at first as well, its only when certain members left and others came in who really shouldnt have been there it all went wrong.
However, I dont view that little era when we first ventured into non league with the same rose tints and sentiment as quite a few here do. No mean feat getting out of the national league/conference as we really see now, but I just looked at it then with disappointment and couldnt wait to get out of it. I didnt feel we were too big or too good for it but I was just anxious about being there, I felt the longer we were there the more chance the club would slowly die. All those feelings I had then are coming to fruition now, but sadness, dismay and helplessness have added to the disappointment. Not shocked or surprised though funnily enough. The Wembley win in 09 was as much a relief as a joy, I was just glad we were a league club again. When Sills scored and at the final whistle rather than leaping about and shouting I just slumped down on my seat, head in hands breathed out deeply and felt an ecstatic wave of relief.
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Chunkygull
A bit unfair. The football under Buckle under the first fan consortium took over from Roberts were good years. Play offs Wembley back in the league and play off at old Trafford. Those were good times and good football. By today's teams standards not just good but bloody brilliant times.
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My post was mainly about the rubbish we have endured for 12 years +, since it really has gone downhill. I purposely left Buckle out because he did fulfill his remit, he got us back in the league, kept us there and nearly went one better and there werent many complaints about the football. I know what he did at the end of his tenure was very much a weasly thing to do, especially the way he went about it but I cant criticise the job he did. The consortium group then that took over seemed to do a much more professional job at first as well, its only when certain members left and others came in who really shouldnt have been there it all went wrong.
However, I dont view that little era when we first ventured into non league with the same rose tints and sentiment as quite a few here do. No mean feat getting out of the national league/conference as we really see now, but I just looked at it then with disappointment and couldnt wait to get out of it. I didnt feel we were too big or too good for it but I was just anxious about being there, I felt the longer we were there the more chance the club would slowly die. All those feelings I had then are coming to fruition now, but sadness, dismay and helplessness have added to the disappointment. Not shocked or surprised though funnily enough. The Wembley win in 09 was as much a relief as a joy, I was just glad we were a league club again. When Sills scored and at the final whistle rather than leaping about and shouting I just slumped down on my seat, head in hands breathed out deeply and felt an ecstatic wave of relief.
