National League at risk

It would be pretty damning if were ultimately saved by the abandonment of the Conference season, I for one hold hope we can escape on our own merit in the meantime. However, I wouldn't complain if we were saved by it. Looking at it objectively it seems somewhat unlikely they can finish the season on time. The combination of bad pitches and COVID is proving nigh on impossible for some teams and given what I remember, those pitches are unlikely to see many more games in the near future.

Quoted from Mayaman

I'll tell you what, let's stop relegation altogether so football fans aren't disappointed.

Not sure that is what is being discussed. If the division below unfortunately fails to complete, and there is no promotion/relegation for one year then due to such exceptional circumstances, we may have dodged a bullet. I wouldn't lose any sleep if that was the scenario.

When we were last relegated from the football league, the youth system effectively folded and what remained was only done so off the back of fundraising by players’ parents, The Trust & fans. Budgets were slashed, people lost their jobs and we’re still dealing with the fallout.

“Grimsby Grit” doesn’t pay the bills, it exists only in words on a screen. I’d take anything to stop us dropping out of the league again.

“ pride in my football club and I need that back”

We all want that Deano but we won’t get it back if we survive simply because the league below cannot complete it’s fixtures. That’s the opposite of pride. Call me old-fashioned, but I want us to survive on merit.

Quoted from ska face

When we were last relegated from the football league, the youth system effectively folded and what remained was only done so off the back of fundraising by players’ parents, The Trust & fans. Budgets were slashed, people lost their jobs and we’re still dealing with the fallout.

“Grimsby Grit” doesn’t pay the bills, it exists only in words on a screen. I’d take anything to stop us dropping out of the league again.

Agree with all of that, except for the notion that “Grimsby grit” doesn’t exist. I think there’s something in it, personally.

The town’s place as a fishing powerhouse is long gone, but the values of its heyday persist through generations.

Work fúcking hard, fear nothing, don’t take shìt, don’t feel sorry for yourself, get up when you get knocked down and look after your family above anything else. Those are the lessons I learned from my 18 years in the area (not just through my parents, either), and whilst not unique, I feel they run strong in the town.

None of that will help us avoid relegation this season, but I genuinely believe there are advantages to growing up in an area (wrongly, in my opinion) considered forlorn and unattractive.

I believe  “Grimsby grit” was a term used by Mick Lyons who came roaring in and left like girl private cat.

I fully endorse promotion and relegation in football. However, this is no normal year and regardless of where we are in the league, I would be saying the same thing; that football should be scrapped until there is free movement once again.

It's a farce without fans and all this trying to cram the fixtures in with some teams miles behind, is just getting dafter by the week.

If the season does carry on and we are relegated, then so be it, we deserve it, but if we are relegated on some half ar$ed PPG, then I will be majorly p1ssed off.

You can't decide the fate of a team based on two thirds of a season, because anything can happen in those remaining unplayed games. There are too many unknowns for it to be fair and equitable.

Quoted from ska face

When we were last relegated from the football league, the youth system effectively folded and what remained was only done so off the back of fundraising by players’ parents, The Trust & fans. Budgets were slashed, people lost their jobs and we’re still dealing with the fallout.

“Grimsby Grit” doesn’t pay the bills, it exists only in words on a screen. I’d take anything to stop us dropping out of the league again.

Anything ? cheat ? Then what's the point of a league?

Quoted from Poojah

Agree with all of that, except for the notion that “Grimsby grit” doesn’t exist. I think there’s something in it, personally.

The town’s place as a fishing powerhouse is long gone, but the values of its heyday persist through generations.

Work fúcking hard, fear nothing, don’t take shìt, don’t feel sorry for yourself, get up when you get knocked down and look after your family above anything else. Those are the lessons I learned from my 18 years in the area (not just through my parents, either), and whilst not unique, I feel they run strong in the town.

None of that will help us avoid relegation this season, but I genuinely believe there are advantages to growing up in an area (wrongly, in my opinion) considered forlorn and unattractive.

Well said mate. I work with a lot of people from privilaged backgrounds. They are a waste of space  Any small hinderance and they spit their dummy out.

Quoted from Poojah

Agree with all of that, except for the notion that “Grimsby grit” doesn’t exist. I think there’s something in it, personally.

The town’s place as a fishing powerhouse is long gone, but the values of its heyday persist through generations.

Work fúcking hard, fear nothing, don’t take shìt, don’t feel sorry for yourself, get up when you get knocked down and look after your family above anything else. Those are the lessons I learned from my 18 years in the area (not just through my parents, either), and whilst not unique, I feel they run strong in the town.

None of that will help us avoid relegation this season, but I genuinely believe there are advantages to growing up in an area (wrongly, in my opinion) considered forlorn and unattractive.

I’m sure there’s an element of if which is unique to the area, but it doesn’t translate to the players especially with the fans not in the ground.

Think I’m just becoming more disillusioned with the whole thing since the King of Bullshït Mountain used us to freshen up his gag reel. It’s the kind of thing he’d be saying when he did his visits to the Council depots. It sounds like marketing bumf.

It certainly doesn’t resonate with the players who couldn’t  give less than one shíte about it. Had years of fans saying the players should down the docks at 5am to see what it means - they don’t care, it’s not the 70s anymore, most are out the door in 18 months. Most live an hour or two away and there’ll be players leaving in the summer who will have never even spoken to anyone from GY, much less bought into the idea of “Grimsby grit”.