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PoutonStepover
February 7, 2020, 11:27am
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I hope he's more successful for them than the last ex-GTFC thing that went their way.


Edit: I was talking about Slade - forgot Josh Gowling was now in charge.
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That's quite some drop for him from League 1 down to NLN level.
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On paper a great signing, but I've no idea how fit he is these days.

(Also I've just realised that it's nearly half a decade since I last saw him play)


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That's quite some drop for him from League 1 down to NLN level.


Josh Gowling is in temporary charge there so obviously he persuaded him (he was out of contract anyway and I can't imagine there was a queue for his services)


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February 7, 2020, 12:16pm

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Failed fitness test at Scunny but Hurst still wanted to sign him.

Maybe he has an injury that will not go away  but he can still play at that level.


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February 7, 2020, 12:16pm
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Is it 3 ACL's he's suffered from?

Incredible character to come back from those.

Had his critics whilst here but I loved his work-rate and the way he led the line.  No doubt we upgraded on a frontman when we brought Amond in but there's plenty of occasions since we've been back in the league that I'd have had a 2014/15 LJL leading our line...
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February 7, 2020, 1:24pm

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Good luck to him!
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February 7, 2020, 2:10pm
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I've never seen a player with such prodigious workrate which (in my view), more than made up for his failings in other areas during his time at the club. With the injuries he's suffered in recent years, I'd imagine he wouldn't be able to continue in that manner any longer so he's probably a much weaker player than he once was. Surprised to see he's only 30 so he obviously knows his career is winding down now.
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February 7, 2020, 2:54pm

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Gave us that memorable early moment at Wembley which could have ended oh so differently if Ross "Bleeding" Joyce had had the bottle to send off their keeper not long after.


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February 7, 2020, 3:26pm

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Agree his work rate more than made up for his short falls.

Hope he does well.


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February 7, 2020, 8:41pm

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I'll be watching Hereford's results with an added interest, always nice to see ex mariners doing well
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I'll be watching Hereford's results with an added interest, always nice to see ex mariners doing well


Was you interested when Russell Slade was their manager?😉
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February 7, 2020, 9:41pm

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Edit: I was talking about Slade - forgot Josh Gowling was now in charge.

Apparently Gowling was watching the game at Sincil Bank tonight.

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Hard to truly criticise the shop. Yes, we all know he was hardly the clinical Amond or Hearn, nor was he the maverick Bogle but he worked his absolute balderdash off and it was said multiple times that he was good to have around.

Impossible to wish the bloke nothing but good luck. Had Joyce had some bollcoks perhaps it would pictures of the Shop rather than Bogle and Arnold that we’d all have.

Bloke always gave his all and even missing last minute penalties and 1 yard our sitters doesn’t mean I wish the bloke anything other than good luck.

Could be mega at that level, even with the excrement injuries...


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February 7, 2020, 10:10pm
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Couldnt shoot for excrement but an incredible athlete. Granted it was non league but watched Town since 1990 and never seen a player with a better work rate - his performance against Eastleigh? away in the playoffs was worth the trip and admission fee alone. Gave it everything, not surprised he ends up with injuries


Christ you all wanted him sacked a few months ago. 6th place finish and he's now the messiah and can do no wrong  
Update:  I think I've got this right - He was the messiah. He then wasn't. He then was again. Then it turned out he actually wasnt. He turned into one big huge messiah again. Now he's not actually the messiah we thought he was . Now I'm hoping he rises again quickly
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February 7, 2020, 10:42pm

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The very minimum you ask for from players as a supporter of a club is their 100% effort. LJL put 100% in every game and his capacity for effort was probably double that of the average footballer. Yes he struggled for goals (somewhat ironic considering he got 20 in the non-promotion play off final season) but if he had that string to his bow he’d have played a lot higher.
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. Had Joyce had some bollcoks perhaps it would pictures of the Shop rather than Bogle and Arnold that we’d all have.
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Oh FFS are we still going on about that

The Shop had already fluked one off his face what more do you want

Oh and by the way I didn't know Joyce was a plumber


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Oh FFS are we still going on about that

The Shop had already fluked one off his face what more do you want

Oh and by the way I didn't know Joyce was a plumber



We should go on about it because it was the worst, most incompetent decision I've seen in any game of football ever. It was disgraceful. Ball heading for the net, delivberate handball to prevent a goal is always a straight red.
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We should go on about it because it was the worst, most incompetent decision I've seen in any game of football ever. It was disgraceful. Ball heading for the net, delivberate handball to prevent a goal is always a straight red.


Why?
All your points stand but what's the point?
You obviously have an issue with moving forward,on the day a particulier poor decision but to be honest its way in the past.
Also over dramatic with it been the "worst, most incompetent decision I've seen in any game of football ever"-most other fans of other clubs will have a similar story to tell.



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February 9, 2020, 12:13am

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Why?
All your points stand but what's the point?
You obviously have an issue with moving forward,on the day a particulier poor decision but to be honest its way in the past.
Also over dramatic with it been the "worst, most incompetent decision I've seen in any game of football ever"-most other fans of other clubs will have a similar story to tell.


The fact that we have since moved on does not change the fact that a clear red card offence was committed, and that the ref later admitted that he did not want to 'ruin the spectacle of the game'.

Totally unacceptable, and an act of cowardice. That guy should never have officiated at another game. He was clearly not fit for purpose. The referee is there to administer the rules of the game,no matter how inconvenient.
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February 9, 2020, 1:27am

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............ because it was the worst, most incompetent decision I've seen in any game of football ever.


Worse than Simeon Jackson not even getting a telling off for hospitalising a player with 3 or 4 serious injuries?
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Worse than Simeon Jackson not even getting a telling off for hospitalising a player with 3 or 4 serious injuries?


To a degree I think referees can be forgiven for not seeing or fully appreciating the seriousness of an offence in the heat of a fast-moving game. Jackson’s assault on Hessenthaler is a good example of this, as was Dave Challinor’s yellow card for his career ending challenge on Martin Pringle.

What I always found so galling about that Ross Joyce decision was that he clearly saw and understood the offence but consciously chose not to punish it as per the rules. I can move on because of what followed a year later, but objectively speaking it was a shocking piece of referreeing that should’ve been looked into by the authorities.


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February 9, 2020, 9:09pm

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Serious question, where does the nickname "The Shop" come from?


When Leeds trainer Les Cocker was once told Norman Hunter had broken a leg, he asked: “Whose is it?”
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His name is a shop? Quite literally, in fact.
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February 9, 2020, 9:12pm
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Serious question, where does the nickname "The Shop" come from?



Serious answer, from a well known department store I think but the name escapes me.
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His name is a shop? Quite literally, in fact.

Ahhh, I get it now, no wonder I failed my 11 plus  


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Quoted from promotion plaice

Serious question, where does the nickname "The Shop" come from?



His middle names are Mark and Spencer.  


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His middle names are Mark and Spencer.  


I think he was more your Lidl, Aldi or Home Bargains


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His middle names are Mark and Spencer.  


No, Marks and Sparkes used to play for Braintree c2015.


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Extremely underrated player, just because his shooting was great, but we was non-league, and if he could shoot as good as Connell, Amond, we wouldn't of had him.

Easy to forget he scored 20+ goals in the play-off final losing season
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