Good luck to the new (old) team! They know the club inside out and were part of a very successful era at Welling. They have their work cut out but they should get all our support.

Let's hope they can beg/borrow/steal a couple of new faces and move out some of the dead wood at the same time.

#TEAMFAT

Excellent news. Let's hope they can get the lads back into the same mentality they had on the 4 game winning run, and get us back up the table.

Let's do our bit and get behind the team.

Picture of Management Team

Man in a Green Coat

Baz at the Bar wrote:

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Can anyone remember the last time Barry had a smile that big on his face

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feeling pretty optimistic at the new appointments and guessing he is too. Maybe another great escape is on the cards like last year....

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Question...why do you get a trophy for being manager?

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 Wasn't the photo taken to mark 5 years in the job last season?

stafford wrote:

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Does that now also cover the reserve keeper spot?

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 We have Rodak on loan and isn't Mike McEntagart on contract?

Mr A Realist wrote:

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Riverstown wrote:

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stafford wrote:

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Does that now also cover the reserve keeper spot?

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 We have Rodak on loan and isn't Mike McEntagart on contract?

-- Edited by Riverstown on Tuesday 26th of January 2016 04:33:03 PM

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 Yes, but I would imagine is untenable to keep him around. I suspect he'll be offered out on loan asap, or given the option to tear his contract up and sign for free elsewhere. 

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 There are a few other contracts that should be torn up before his...

Sadly I think some of them are happy to sit on their ar$e and get paid for it (and that is our fault and not theirs sadly)

Photo taken 15/11/2014 Home to Macclesfield Town

Wingnut wrote:

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Mr A Realist wrote:

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Riverstown wrote:

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stafford wrote:

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Does that now also cover the reserve keeper spot?

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 We have Rodak on loan and isn't Mike McEntagart on contract?

-- Edited by Riverstown on Tuesday 26th of January 2016 04:33:03 PM

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 Yes, but I would imagine is untenable to keep him around. I suspect he'll be offered out on loan asap, or given the option to tear his contract up and sign for free elsewhere. 

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 There are a few other contracts that should be torn up before his...

Sadly I think some of them are happy to sit on their ar$e and get paid for it (and that is our fault and not theirs sadly)

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Rather than tear up the contracts we'd be better off offering them as part-exchange in a transfer.

As a hypothetical example (not trying to do a Jonathan Ackworth here) Freddie Ladapo has scored 9 in 10 appearances for Margate, has League One and National League experience, is only 22 and would be ideal for us. HOWEVER he apparently has a market value of £35k... which even with the FA cup money, assuming that hasn't already been spent, would be out of our reach.

BUT guess who else apparently has a market value of £35k?...KSA Believe it or not! And there lies one of the few benefits of having him on contract.

The enticement for Ladapo in joining us is that he could have six good months here, attract the attention of football league clubs and potentially make a move to the League in the summer. The attraction of KSA joining Margate, assuming they'd want him, is that he's more likely to get regularly football which unless he improves significantly in training, I can't see happening. Plus Margate are making a late push for play-offs.

As I said, completely hypothetical as this would all have to happen by 31st Jan... possible last minute deal??? 

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The drugs are kicking in!....the nan is deluded...KSA 35 PENCE morelike

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 Not the most reliable source but.... http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kieron-st-aimie/profil/spieler/52132

Like I said it's a hypothetical scenario but even part-exchanging him for someone else would be better than him going for nothing at the end of the season amd draining the wage bill in the meantime.

The iffy figures provided by Transfermarkt.co.uk are irrelevant. The purpose of the example I plucked out of thin air, is that we would be off shifting the deadwood forwards as a part-exchange in the transfer window for a better striker rather then letting them drain the wage bill for the rest of the season. As I and others have said, it most likely won't happen due to the limited time left in the transfer window. There was me hoping it might provoke some debate and discussion like a normal fans forum.

Amazing how I make a hypothetical proposal for shifting KSA and I still get set upon by the Father Jacks of this forum...

Mr A Realist, you said you've "recently been negative," it's worth pointing out you only joined early December and have done nothing but moan, saving many a Dartford and Ebbsfleet fan the job of trolling.

Some people simply need to cheer up instead of bloody moaning all the time. That goes for on as well as off the terraces.

A couple of people mentioned drugs. I'd suggest they'd see their doctors about getting a prescription for Diazepam.

WingsTillIDie wrote:

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The iffy figures provided by Transfermarkt.co.uk are irrelevant. The purpose of the example I plucked out of thin air, is that we would be off shifting the deadwood forwards as a part-exchange in the transfer window for a better striker rather then letting them drain the wage bill for the rest of the season. As I and others have said, it most likely won't happen due to the limited time left in the transfer window. There was me hoping it might provoke some debate and discussion like a normal fans forum.

Amazing how I make a hypothetical proposal for shifting KSA and I still get set upon by the Father Jacks of this forum...

Mr A Realist, you said you've "recently been negative," it's worth pointing out you only joined early December and have done nothing but moan, saving many a Dartford and Ebbsfleet fan the job of trolling.

Some people simply need to cheer up instead of bloody moaning all the time. That goes for on as well as off the terraces.

A couple of people mentioned drugs. I'd suggest they'd see their doctors about getting a prescription for Diazepam.

-- Edited by WingsTillIDie on Tuesday 26th of January 2016 10:39:16 PM

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Indeed that website appears irrelevant. A part exchange will only happen if we have money to offer, which we don't, and players others will take on, which I doubt, irrespective of the fees involved

It's hypothetical, so why state it. KSA being paid for is impossible.

Hiw ironic you mention ebbsfleet having been a paid member there before. My forum joining date does not correlate to my welling fan becoming date.