Welcome back to one and all. I am not sure what to make of these appointments overall but first impression is that, if the budget has being cut, then do we really need three coaches?! That many people on the training pitch can only lead to mixed messages in my mind and we don't want/need too many different voices on a matchday either. Perhaps we are putting the three amigos concept back together but with only one founding member still in place..?!

At least MG has plenty of management experience as, Osei apart, the other two have dabbled in management and come up well short in the past. I don't know much about Gary Fiore but he is well entrenched in the club now and appears to be doing a very good job on the youth side of things so good luck to him as well.

Interesting to see exactly what playing personnel are brought in now.

Of course we should all support the new/old staff and give them a chance to prove their worth.

Up the Wings!

 

I've no doubts most of the players will be good enough and most have played higher and done the business for Bromley, However a manager and DOF above 3 coaches is always going to be a car crash, Especially when two of the coaches have done nothing in football and are convenient appointments.

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Good luck to them all next season, I'd just have preferred Mark to be manager if he wanted to take control of first team again and have a decent coach (like Osei?), Its the extra coaches that i think will not have a positive effect, people who continually fail in football, especially at lower levels usually continue to fail and its money for old rope. I can see the coaching line up streamlined a bit before too long as issues arise and a few scapegoats cast aside.

All a bit confusing at first read through. My impression is that MG is aiming for a top half finish, rather than aiming for promotion and possible promotion. Need to see who is in the squad, and how big it is, but not initially impressed.

Not a statement to fill anyone with joy. Budget has been cut and hoping for mid-table mediocrity. Looks like Goldberg wants to star in the show, write the theme tune, sing the theme tune

Fills you with confidence that the aim is halfway

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Rumours abound as to some players we will know

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 Is there a special rumours facebook or watsapp group as I never hear anything till it gets posted here on on the official site.

 

Sidcup Graham wrote:

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Squarevanman wrote:

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MarkX wrote:

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Rumours abound as to some players we will know

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 Is there a special rumours facebook or watsapp group as I never hear anything till it gets posted here on on the official site.

 

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 Haha, I'm not in the rumours group! However, looking at Twitter....Jack Barham promises not to be late to training on Thursday....

 

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 That's not Welling training though. That would be pre-pre-season training.

Welcome back Archie Johnson and Adam Coombes. All seems a bit dull to me!

The Thursday training referred to above is the Complete Player Performance programme that Paul Barnes runs, nothing to do with the club.

-- Edited by werwings on Tuesday 11th of June 2019 02:28:30 PM

The Wolf of Welling wrote:

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Welcome back Archie Johnson and Adam Coombes. All seems a bit dull to me!

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 Archie Johnson would be a decent signing, but he plays left back now and Joe Anderson has been released.....

No doubt coombes will back for a few months before he gets a better offer elsewhere too. 

Someone said 8 ex Bromley, I'll say 5 sign this week.

The Wolf of Welling wrote:

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Welcome back Archie Johnson and Adam Coombes. All seems a bit dull to me!

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 If Adam Coombes at Welling is dull then I hope to be bored all season

Exactly. Adam Coombes, proven goal scorer. No idea how that would be dull, very odd comment.

Coombes was great in his first season with us and his goal contributions certainly kept us up that season. But times move on and I dont think he is the player he once was. He is very injury prone. He is an out and out goal poacher who will always find the net but he is no Tyler Harvey, jake reid, Rhys Murphy or Alex wall all of whom scored 20 + goals this season. Think we need to aim higher

The Wolf of Welling wrote:

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Coombes was great in his first season with us and his goal contributions certainly kept us up that season. But times move on and I dont think he is the player he once was. He is very injury prone. He is an out and out goal poacher who will always find the net but he is no Tyler Harvey, jake reid, Rhys Murphy or Alex wall all of whom scored 20 + goals this season. Think we need to aim higher

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We don't actually know that Adam Coombes is coming back to PVR but I wouldn't say no!

20 league goals in 24 league games first time around in a pretty poor Welling team. 

6 league goals in 11 games in two loan spells back at PVR and a goal home and away against us last season for Billericay.

Definitely don't want to see players like that at PVR ever again.

 

I think Garry Fiore assisting is to try to get some academy players through the ranks to the first team. Otherwise what is the point?

We all saw how thin our bench was last season and I couldn't understand why we didn't have an academy player getting match day experience. We always hear the 'men against boys' argument and quite often true but spending the day with the first team, experiencing the ground, fans, coaching and more must be worth more than an empty subs place. There must be someone in our junior sides who will break through one day.

Agree regarding the bench, especially at goalkeeper. I'm sure a youth keeper would have been better than an outfield player, if Wilks had got injured or sent off.

It's very difficult to sell something you don't own! The ground is rented from Bexley Council.

I wonder when Tristan Lewes and Harry Wheeler will be joining the band? I will also wait to see what kind of team emerges over the PSF. What will definitely be needed is a large dose of the determination and spirit that last seasons lads had. Thats the very least.