Saturday

Quoted from ginnywings

Acceptance of mediocrity, or acceptance of the reality?

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

I commented on another thread last night about this and in demonstrates that despite all the comments we read on here about the Buckley days and being critical as soon as a long ball is played that in reality all a number of fans care about is the result and can’t enjoy a match unless we’ve won.

I acknowledge this bad run has gone on far too long and needs to be addressed however, the vast majority of the defeats were in away matches and our home form has remained very good despite the two defeats. Furthermore the vast majority of home matches have been very enjoyable and entertaining including the two games that were lost as pretty evenly matched teams battled it out and unfortunately we were the losers.

I like winning as much as the next man but I also want to enjoy going to BP and this season I have albeit I’m drunk off when we lose and face the trip back to Lincoln in depressed mode but once you look back at the game I can rationally look back and say it was a match worth going to. Luckily our poorer performances have resulted in wins and that always makes attending worthwhile.

I understand fans moaning about where we are in the league and this dreadful run but turning your back on attending when the home matches have been entertaining seems to me self defeating and shows I guess that we really only have a hard core of between 3 & 4 thousand fans and the rest would be regarded in “Fishy Terms” as plastic supporters.

Quoted from marinerdazza

I’d have accepted 10th this season. I said it some time ago, it’d probably on here somewhere. I still would. Next season is the defining season for me. Red star bukkake coming up.

Quoted from lukeo

Everyone has different views and opinions. Although I have to say this league is very difficult too get out and i am willing to be patient and don't expect promotion this season or even next.. But what I do expect is a top 7 finish. Money has been chucked around in this league but there's no way we should be finishing outside the top 7. If we do, for me it's a failed season. Yes we are re building, yes it's a fresh start and yes I am 100% behind PH still. But for me, this should be the aim. It's more than reasonable.

UTM

Quoted from MuddyWaters

The reality is that we’re going backwards at present. I certainly didn’t envisage our squad needing major surgery just to get a team on the pitch but it does.

For all the hype, not much has actually changed.

Quoted from ska face

Don’t forget that £500,000 immediately disappeared out of the budget into your mate’s back pocket. Plus another £250k for Pollock, £100k from Dembele and £160k from the sale of Grist has disappeared into the same black hole.

That’s £1.1m siphoned from the budget this season before anyone’s had chance to even look at it.

Quoted from pen penfras

Does anybody genuinely believe our budget is better than last time we were down here? If it is, then it's been terribly managed to have a squad that was short numbered and unbalanced from day 1 of the season.

With the money in the bank, parachute payments and fan positivity, this was the season to give it a real go. I know there's 3/4 other big spenders, but the message is coming through as more of the same with some minor off field improvements. Maybe major if we get a decent training ground.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Passively still defending JSF there!..I would say the off field improvements are far from minor!..