National League at risk

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

Clap trap I can't recall a majority of posts on here supporting the stance on Vernams contract, as I recall people were saying it was another Patterson, Buutterfield type intercourse up

Yep, these two living in an alternative universe. The lack of friendlies and Covid clauses were well picked up at the time, especially after Theo Robinson turned us down, and I seem to remember the general consensus was people were fine with Vernam leaving but not once it emerged it was down to the contracts rather than footballing reasons.

Regardless, like has been mentioned before, means fck all what people on here thought at the time or even today for that matter. Fenty has fcked us and it’s been decades in the making.

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You only need to look at the red crosses on every post from fans ringing the alarm bells loud and clear to understand our fans attitude to the excrement running of our club.

As I've said previously, once the fans properly stood up against the board they copulated off. However for years now, fans have praised obviously stupid decisions and shot down those who even suggested it might be a bad idea.

There's absolutely no wonder we got served up shite, it's what the majority asked for.

A genuine question

The National League has acted as a self appointed arbitrator, by deciding that there will be no relegation from the NL to NLN NLS. They have essentially made the decision to break the football relegation and promotion pyramid.

Should they be allowed to do this?

Why allow them to be judge and jurors over this decision?

I say cut them off for the time being until such a time that it is fit to reconnect again

Gosh, how wrong we were.  

"Footballers will be available that would normally be out of our reach so if Vernam does go I'm sure Ollie will find a replacement just as good if not better."

PS not my post  

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

A genuine question

The National League has acted as a self appointed arbitrator, by deciding that there will be no relegation from the NL to NLN NLS. They have essentially made the decision to break the football relegation and promotion pyramid.

Should they be allowed to do this?

Why allow them to be judge and jurors over this decision?

I say cut them off for the time being until such a time that it is fit to reconnect again

I don't want to be a c*ck here but the NL is the arbiter of what happens in the league. There is no higher power. The FA controls the laws of the game but a league can do whatever it wants as long as it's within the laws of the game, promotion and relegation are just how the league system happens to run through custom and practice.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Gosh, how wrong we were.  

"Footballers will be available that would normally be out of our reach so if Vernam does go I'm sure Ollie will find a replacement just as good if not better."

PS not my post  

It was me that posted that  

Like many others on here at the time I got sucked in with all the bullshit, phone melting and all that  

What about “integrity” though”?

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

A genuine question

The National League has acted as a self appointed arbitrator, by deciding that there will be no relegation from the NL to NLN NLS. They have essentially made the decision to break the football relegation and promotion pyramid.

Should they be allowed to do this?

Why allow them to be judge and jurors over this decision?

I say cut them off for the time being until such a time that it is fit to reconnect again

Leagues are indeed allowed to do this, at every level of the game...have been able to for a while...

I imagine those clubs who have been forced to continue will be doing their sums and making some big decisions over the next day or two.

The NL are basically telling them to complete the season and if they don't have the finances to do it then apply for a loan, to be repaid over the next decade, thus weakening their budgets for each of the next 10 seasons as they attempt to pay it off.

Call me old fashioned but this just doesn't seem a very nice thing to do. Surely the NL has a duty to look after its member clubs, not drive them into debt?

They might complete this season but they might also drive a few clubs into insolvency along the way. That can't be right.

Maybe these clubs will refuse the loan and play kids — it's looking like the only viable option. This is meant to be an 'elite' division.

It's an absolute joke of a division. Yes, you're damn right I wouldn't care this much if we weren't on the precipice. But we are, so I care. If that makes me a bad person then so be it. But I'm not hoping for a club to go to the wall just so it grants us a reprieve; I'm hoping the opposite.

Null and voiding the NL season will protect clubs and stop them spending/borrowing money they don't have. It hasn't happened, but I wonder how those who 'lost' the vote are going to play things now.

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

Clap trap I can't recall a majority of posts on here supporting the stance on Vernams contract, as I recall people were saying it was another Patterson, Buutterfield type intercourse up

Nobody was saying it was a good move, I agree. It was madness and the majority were furious about it, me included. And there was Holloway saying “the EFL advised us to not renew his contract” - seriously, who needed their advice on that?!! They’re like a bunch of kids needing to be told what to do. It was obvious - give your best player a good contract, and at the very least, activate the option clause to ensure he doesn’t go for free. Amateur hour at its absolute worst.

And as for having one friendly, against CLEETHORPES, Christ almighty.