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Now the dust has settled over a quiet deadline day I got to thinking, is the problem trying to sell the location rather than the club?? For us that are born n bred in and around Grimsby we know just what's around, the beautiful lincolnshire wolds, miles of golden coastline, lovely villages ect, but to someone who does not know anything all he sees and reads about is Grimsby, a town in decline, at the end of the country's worst road. Kills me to think like this but I have to wonder, because we can't offer the carrot of a decent wage or a perceived nice play to live, how will attract a better class of player, my heart sinks at the thought of not only the demise of my beloved GTFC but more so, the demise of my beloved home town of Grimsby
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Now the dust has settled over a quiet deadline day I got to thinking, is the problem trying to sell the location rather than the club?? For us that are born n bred in and around Grimsby we know just what's around, the beautiful lincolnshire wolds, miles of golden coastline, lovely villages ect, but to someone who does not know anything all he sees and reads about is Grimsby, a town in decline, at the end of the country's worst road. Kills me to think like this but I have to wonder, because we can't offer the carrot of a decent wage or a perceived nice play to live, how will attract a better class of player, my heart sinks at the thought of not only the demise of my beloved GTFC but more so, the demise of my beloved home town of Grimsby
Good points but don't you think that better facilities would be a good starting point? I've just one thought on this - the local council have been putting up barriers to a new stadium for God knows how long whilst other clubs & councils have worked together to create new community facilities. Why can't our club & our council do the same?
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Sell the viking blood, the best fish in the land, the working class world class support. A hero at Gtfc is a hero of the Town! To be a mariner means to be the toughest.
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I think the main off put apart from the ground is the travel and although a daily trip up the M180 is ok for a while, it would grind most people down after a few months. Few would relocate for a 1 year contract.
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We suffer from being an outpost,an end of the line club Look at where similar situated clubs are now... Barrow, Torquay, Workington.
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I'd also question how many footballers would care about the wolds and the countryside. It's much more important whats in a town for men in their 20s.
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Sell the viking blood, the best fish in the land, the working class world class support. A hero at Gtfc is a hero of the Town! To be a mariner means to be the toughest.
Almost all the players who joined this summer mentioned the fans and looking forward to playing in front of a GY crowd. Jolley has mentioned a lot that the fans here will get behind the team if they work hard and put 100% in, so obviously has used this as a selling point. Which is why it was shameful to watch them get booed off, slagged to intercourse from minute 1, have the manager abused by the shitehouses behind his back and then see an 80% empty ground at full time on Saturday. Let alone some of the toxic, pathetic comments on here and across social media since 5pm Saturday. Town fans hold themselves in oddly high regard considering a significant proportion of them are just your standard knobhead who you’ll find at any other club or, more likely, pinned to a sofa each Saturday afternoon.
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We suffer from being an outpost,an end of the line club Look at where similar situated clubs are now... Barrow, Torquay, Workington.
Hence why our youth system and a manager who believes in it is so important. It's been neglected for about 10 years though now.
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I think the Area ,facilities has a lot to do with it but so does social media and any player who clicks on to the fishy, and I'm sure they do , would run a mile.
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We suffer from being an outpost,an end of the line club Look at where similar situated clubs are now... Barrow, Torquay, Workington.
Exeter, Plymouth, Carlisle, Norwich, Swansea, Fleetwood, Hull.. Could be anything.. wages, status of club, facilities, finishing position of club over past twenty years, perceived ambition of club.. how can we know for each individual? Most of these players due to their age will only know us as a bottom feeder League Two or non league club with a dilapidated stadium..
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