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United62 wrote: 23 Jan 2025, 09:51 That Carayol comment all those years back when he said he wanted move closer to London always made me wonder how close he'd get to his dream move to the Capital. Well he almost did it...

Torquay to Kettering (232 miles)
Kettering to Lincoln (75 miles)
Lincoln to Bristol (171 miles)
Bristol to Middlesbro (263 miles)
Middlesbro to Brighton (315 miles)
Brighton to Huddersfield (252 miles)
Huddersfield to Leeds (20 miles)
Leeds to Nottingham (73 miles)
Nottingham to Ipswich (143 miles)
Ipswich to Limassol (2,615 miles)
Limassol to Adana (292 miles)
Adana to Gillingham (2,418 miles)
Gillingham to Burton (174 miles)
Burton to Exeter (194 miles)

So, after leaving Torquay to make his way to the Big Smoke, Mr Carayol (if going by car) has travelled a total of approx 7,237 miles to end up 195 miles from London and only 23 miles from the start of his journey. The closest he ever got to London was Gillingham, and no-one wants to go there do they!

And, yes, I have too much time on my hands!

Our season to date…watching a new team with with just three defeats being assembled literally on the move and being joint top…nothing short of miraculous. It could have gone do wrong in so many ways. Disappointed with the Cups but solid stable building in progress. With the Board and Manager we are in safe hands.

United62 wrote: 23 Jan 2025, 09:51 That Carayol comment all those years back when he said he wanted move closer to London always made me wonder how close he'd get to his dream move to the Capital. Well he almost did it...

Torquay to Kettering (232 miles)
Kettering to Lincoln (75 miles)
Lincoln to Bristol (171 miles)
Bristol to Middlesbro (263 miles)
Middlesbro to Brighton (315 miles)
Brighton to Huddersfield (252 miles)
Huddersfield to Leeds (20 miles)
Leeds to Nottingham (73 miles)
Nottingham to Ipswich (143 miles)
Ipswich to Limassol (2,615 miles)
Limassol to Adana (292 miles)
Adana to Gillingham (2,418 miles)
Gillingham to Burton (174 miles)
Burton to Exeter (194 miles)

So, after leaving Torquay to make his way to the Big Smoke, Mr Carayol (if going by car) has travelled a total of approx 7,237 miles to end up 195 miles from London and only 23 miles from the start of his journey. The closest he ever got to London was Gillingham, and no-one wants to go there do they!

And, yes, I have too much time on my hands!

This made my day

cockneycockers wrote: 22 Jan 2025, 22:26 Thought he was moving closer to London a yonk or three back.

That Carayol comment all those years back when he said he wanted move closer to London always made me wonder how close he'd get to his dream move to the Capital. Well he almost did it...

Torquay to Kettering (232 miles)
Kettering to Lincoln (75 miles)
Lincoln to Bristol (171 miles)
Bristol to Middlesbro (263 miles)
Middlesbro to Brighton (315 miles)
Brighton to Huddersfield (252 miles)
Huddersfield to Leeds (20 miles)
Leeds to Nottingham (73 miles)
Nottingham to Ipswich (143 miles)
Ipswich to Limassol (2,615 miles)
Limassol to Adana (292 miles)
Adana to Gillingham (2,418 miles)
Gillingham to Burton (174 miles)
Burton to Exeter (194 miles)

So, after leaving Torquay to make his way to the Big Smoke, Mr Carayol (if going by car) has travelled a total of approx 7,237 miles to end up 195 miles from London and only 23 miles from the start of his journey. The closest he ever got to London was Gillingham, and no-one wants to go there do they!

And, yes, I have too much time on my hands!

Midlandgull wrote: 22 Jan 2025, 20:08 I think a winger and a forward would be great additions. Not easy to find good ones.

What about Carayol? So much experience at a higher level and just got released by Exeter. Downside is he is 36 but you'd think he could still do it.

Thought he was moving closer to London a yonk or three back.

I think a winger and a forward would be great additions. Not easy to find good ones.

What about Carayol? So much experience at a higher level and just got released by Exeter. Downside is he is 36 but you'd think he could still do it.

With 2 games to go before we enter the final 3 months of the season how are we doing?

Well after 27 games we have 14 wins, 10 draws and just 3 defeats with 52 points and 2nd place. Would you have been happy with that back in August? Well of course you would.

Paul Wotton had done an unbelieveable job pre season in signing a new squad bar about 3 or 4 players from last season.

Since we played Enfield on August 10th 4 players have gone out on loan Jayden Crosbie to Gloucester City, in December Brad Ash to Bath City and Ben Seymour to AFC Totton and our young Goalkeeper Wonnacott to Plymouth Parkway.

In on loan is Jordan Thomas from Yeovil until the season end. Also on loan is Will Jenkins Davies from Plymouth Argyle. 2 Loanees returned to their Clubs Tonks and Jeffers.

2 players have left Roddy Collins to AFC Totton and Ollie Tomlinson to Bath City.

2 Players have signed from Yeovil Town Jordan Young who is a wonderful player to watch and Dylan Morgan. I believe we paid a Transfer Fee for Young.

So we are down to just 18 players, 1 Keeper, 7 defenders, 7 midfielders and 3 forwards Cooke, Young and Wellington who has yet to start a game.

What does this tell us? Well it is not rocket science but with just 42 goals an average of 1.55 per game we need some more firepower which I feel confident will arrive very soon. It has to.

If you look at the NLS Table the Top 6 teams have averaged 41.16 goals so we are bang on the average almost. Dorking with 55 are way the best for scoring but have conceded 38 to our 25.

I believe our season will depend purely on recruitment and if we come up with 3 or 4 players with the quality of Jordan Young we will be in for an exciting few months. COYY.