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JamieE wrote:I've only been to one game this season and that was at Eastleigh. Since then the manager, the assistant, the DOF and our top scorer have all left. To be honest, I've watched it all happen from afar with a sinking feeling that nothing I can do will be able to help stop a football club I love on a downward spiral.

I'm probably hugely naive but the statements today from the board and the manager have given me some sort of renewed hope. They've remind me that we have men in charge at the moment that won't let this club die and they have its best interests at heart. They're clearly very wary of any investors and their intentions and I'm happy to trust the current board in that regards. They say we have funds for January and bringing in players, so I'm satisfied that we are financially stable, for now. I think it's time to focus on the football.

As for the football staff, I'm clearly in the minority when I say I'm backing Nicholson for the job. When he speaks he says all the right things, I have felt uplifted about the situation after all of his interviews. Right now, things aren't going right on the pitch but there have been problems off the pitch he has had to deal with and the group of players he has inherited are not good enough. I personally am willing to let Nicholson bring players in and ship the ones out that aren't up for the fight; he has clearly identified who they are. I back him to lead a group of his own men into a fight and come out victorious.

For a few seasons now it's felt like football has come second to what's going on in the boardroom. The statements feel like the club have finally realised the situation and football will finally be coming first. That's all I have been asking for for months now and I will certainly be heading down to Plainmoor in the next few weeks. I'm sure there are more fans like myself reading these forums and I hope they feel the same.

JamieE wrote:I've only been to one game this season and that was at Eastleigh. Since then the manager, the assistant, the DOF and our top scorer have all left. To be honest, I've watched it all happen from afar with a sinking feeling that nothing I can do will be able to help stop a football club I love on a downward spiral.

I'm probably hugely naive but the statements today from the board and the manager have given me some sort of renewed hope. They've reminded me that we have men in charge at the moment that won't let this club die and they have its best interests at heart. They're clearly very wary of any investors and their intentions and I'm happy to trust the current board in that regards. They say we have funds for January and bringing in players, so I'm satisfied that we are financially stable, for now. I think it's time to focus on the football.

As for the football staff, I'm clearly in the minority when I say I'm backing Nicholson for the job. When he speaks he says all the right things, I have felt uplifted about the situation after all of his interviews. Right now, things aren't going right on the pitch but there have been problems off the pitch he has had to deal with and the group of players he has inherited are not good enough. I personally am willing to let Nicholson bring players in and ship the ones out that aren't up for the fight; he has clearly identified who they are. I back him to lead a group of his own men into a fight and come out victorious.

For a few seasons now it's felt like football has come second to what's going on in the boardroom. The statements feel like the club have finally realised the situation and football will finally be coming first. That's all I have been asking for for months now and I will certainly be heading down to Plainmoor in the next few weeks. I'm sure there are more fans like myself reading these forums and I hope they feel the same.

Southampton Gull wrote:Come back to me once the transfer merry-go-round is over and you'll be able to answer your own question. It helps to realise the reasons behind recent signings which are emergency cover while we're restricted by the transfer window being closed and not a sign that we're deliberately trying to get relegated.

Ajala is almost a done deal, Kadell Daniel is another we're interested in, I'd have more faith in players like that than some of the recent departures

tufchodgy wrote:I dont manage to get to as many games as I used to but ever since I have been a TUFC fan Ive felt that there is such a lack of basic football knowledge coming from many of the fans which then permeates into the players and club officials.

If people bother to get behind and try and understand what the club are doing at a base level, rather than just whinge moan and complain and that if the board can be a little more transparent then things at the club would probably start to pick up.

I am however seeing things from a huge distance but that's my thoughts on it.