Match thread

Quoted from oldun

Beat FGR twice and the gap is next to nowt.

We took 6 points off Barnet. Net result. Still 6 points behind them.

Quoted from HighamMariner

You should get at least 25 green ticks for that, unfortunately ticks won't get us promoted.  Accept failure and you get failure.  

I guess our failureometers are calibrated differently. Failure is something that can be assessed after 46 games...

Oh and I long ago ceased to have any interest in the ridiculous crosses/ticks business. Feel free to downgrade my reputation....

Quoted from barralad

I guess our failureometers are calibrated differently. Failure is something that can be assessed after 46 games...

How would you rate our success/failure in the previous 5 batches of 46 games? Would you say we have failed more than we succeeded or succeeded more than we failed?

Quoted from grimsby pete

There is another 40 games to play this season,

Plenty of time to get top spot,

I would rather be top in April than August,

KEEP THE FAITH !!!!!!!

But in August wouldn't you rather have maximum points in the bag?

Isn't that a better indicator of ultimate success in April than having 50%?

Quoted from barralad

I guess our failureometers are calibrated differently. Failure is something that can be assessed after 46 games...

Oh and I long ago ceased to have any interest in the ridiculous crosses/ticks business. Feel free to downgrade my reputation....

You say you've lost interest in it, but I note that you still indulge in it.

Quoted from chaos33

You say you've lost interest in it, but I note that you still indulge in it.

Oh I've lost interest in ticks/crosses but I still have an occasional dabble into reputations...

Quoted from KingstonMariner

How would you rate our success/failure in the previous 5 batches of 46 games? Would you say we have failed more than we succeeded or succeeded more than we failed?

A difficult question. I never thought we'd bounce straight back after 2010 because we'd fallen such a long way. I think we "stopped the rot" in 2010/11 so for me that was a kind of success, failed to progress at all in 2011/12. Improved greatly in 2012/13 and had two excellent cup runs-stagnated in 2013/14 and then pushed on in 2014/15. I don't and never will have promotion as my only criterium for success. I would watch Town whatever level they were at and although EVERY season I "hope" they get promoted I accept that football isn't always that simple (edit:-rarely that simple). My health really isn't good enough to get too wound up by it. As Julie Andrews said "When I'm troubled I simply think of my favourite things" and I've seen some bloody fantastic things at GTFC since I started watching them in 68/69. Can't really be more specific (at 22:45 on a Saturday night)

Think our performances so far have on average been much better than last term. We will always have a bad performance here and there. Results will come if we can keep putting in a good performance. Happy for us to be written off by the other teams, town have never played well under pressure regardless of the squad at the time.

Quoted from barralad

A difficult question. I never thought we'd bounce straight back after 2010 because we'd fallen such a long way. I think we "stopped the rot" in 2010/11 so for me that was a kind of success, failed to progress at all in 2011/12. Improved greatly in 2012/13 and had two excellent cup runs-stagnated in 2013/14 and then pushed on in 2014/15. I don't and never will have promotion as my only criterium for success. I would watch Town whatever level they were at and although EVERY season I "hope" they get promoted I accept that football isn't always that simple (edit:-rarely that simple). My health really isn't good enough to get too wound up by it. As Julie Andrews said "When I'm troubled I simply think of my favourite things" and I've seen some bloody fantastic things at GTFC since I started watching them in 68/69. Can't really be more specific (at 22:45 on a Saturday night)

I wish I could be as stoical as you Barra. Seems our successometers are calibrated differently. For me it's been failure every year with some enjoyable spots along the way - more of the enjoyment comes from things off the pitch than on it.

But given your philosophical nature, how can you not accept that some people are rather annoyed at the way things have panned out/are panning out? It seems odd you seem to get so wound up at other people getting annoyed with the performances (overall over the past X year, not specifically today) and or express the view that the manager isn't good enough? Even if they're wrong, it seems perfectly reasonable for people to question things. it's not such a ludicrous position to hold.

I think by definition all of us on here (almost all of us) would watch Town whatever level they're at.

For some reason, those that say we are going to win the league are applauded and seen as positive Town fans, whereas those who don't think Hurst is good enough to make us champions are seen as negative moaners. Neither camp can see into the future, yet it's way more acceptable to voice your opinion in the affirmative, than it is to have doubts.

The only thing that we have to go on is what has happened to date and that is near miss after near miss, followed by another average set of results at the start of this season. If you think it will come good and being 9 points off the lead is somehow negated by it being early in the season, then that is your prerogative. If however, you feel this season already looks to be going the same way as the previous ones, then who can blame people for having that view?

They say history never repeats but it does if your a Town fan it seems.