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Brackley missed pen

Fantastic!...Last 16

I think its last 32 rather than last 16

So Farnborough away will move to midweek? At least Strictly Come Dancing will be finished, so Broken Wing won't miss it if we get a distant away tie.

As the A team said, and as I often think to myself after the team I follow play outstandingly, "I love it when a plan comes together".

Danny recently made the very astute point we needed more experience in the squad. Today it really felt as though our squad are very intelligent, and have quickly learned and gained experience, which is impressive as several have moved up to this league level, so are on a really steep learning curve. This is the first time I really thought we showed lots of experience out there. We quickly fell behind to a silly goal, but our new experience means we didnt get sidetracked or deflated by that, but stuck to our game plan. In the penalty shoot out we missed our first penalty, but again used our experience to come back. So in effect twice coming back from being behind is really pleasing and shows a great mentality.

The opposition were tough, and as good as any of the teams I have seen us play so far, so to progress against them was impressive. That point about the plan coming together relates in particular to the penalties, as we have progressed on penalties in our last two cup games, but the quality of the penalties is really impressive, and you can tell lots of training has been done on them.

I saw Mr King in the main stand as well, just seemed to be watching the game, not taking notes. I overheard someone ask him what he was doing and he said 'nothing, will have a break for a while' I think he had a 3 year contract with Havant, so decent payoff or still on the payroll?

-- Edited by 50p head on Sunday 10th of December 2023 03:11:22 PM

You dont half fancy yourself.
You have predicted that the team at the bottom of the league, and the team second from bottom would lose their managers.
You are hinting that the team third from bottom may lose theirs, if the team fourth from bottom beat them heavily.
You dont need a good eye for managerial talent, simple common sense should suffice.

This isnt just a trait in the Conference South, it also happens in the big boys leagues.

You are missing the point I was making, some managers of low position teams are walking dead, with it just a matter of time until they are sacked as they have no idea how to get out of their mess. In contrast, with our manager, in that sort of league placing, we have someone who has made necessary changes that have led to improvements, so has the backing of everyone. Rather alarmingly, quite a few of our fans seem to be in love with him!

We are now one of only six National League South teams left in this competition, so a great outcome. As everyone - particularly The Poet - knows, I love wind ups, but I can't wait to see Dominic's penalty in the highlights, he was playing such mind games with that penalty he ended up catching himself out! I also love the chant of "You cheating northern bastard" directed at a Brackley player, as Brackley play in the very far north area of nearby Oxford and Luton.

I would not read to much in Steve King watching the game.

It's not regionalised.

We could be up at Fylde or down at Whitehawk/Hythe.

Hopefully the winner of the Whitehawk/Hythe game, or Peterborough Sports at home.

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I would not read to much in Steve King watching the game.

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 Spot on Morph, along with the probable other 20 or so other clubs' reps who follow the game around the country.

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one l, but I'm noticing less and less people engaging on this forum now. People are being driven away which is a shame.

Mixing two responses into one, as this addresses Nigel's point, and The Poet's, I was really grateful to Jamison here, as he told me on this site pretty soon after I joined that this fan base is tightly knit, so it wouldnt be a good idea to alienate fans I would quite likely bump into.

That was great very well intentioned advice, and I really took that on board.

So often when I post I get replies that have nothing to do with what I have said, and are just personal attacks on me. I remember Warren telling me he didnt read the forum because it was so toxic, and I remember a board member also saying that he avoided it for the same reason. So I ignore it instead of arguing back, or maybe reply by PM.

When I first started following Welling I would post here tons, but remember looking one day at the name of the last post column, and lots of it was me! So now I hardly post here, just on the latest match thread, as it is boring being attacked by people that dont even know or understand me.

And that toxicity is why lots of people dont post here. I have had some fascinating talks with our fans, who have read what I say here, but dont post in it themselves. That is a shame, as they are so knowledgeable, and despite what people think, I am here to learn, and to listen, ie at the meet the manager I was only wanting to ask about one thing (who signed our players, which in the event I didnt even need to ask as that was asked by another fan) and was happy just to listen and learn what the other fans are interested in.

I suggested to the club that they advertise the fan forum on the match programme, as I am not sure all fans know it is here. Yes, I know there is a link on the club site, but its existence isnt widely publicised, as it is not an official club item, so they dont promote it. However for someone like me, who for various reasons cant socialise with fans, this is the best alternative, and it would be nice if more fans were aware of this site.

I think the volume of posts reflects however the club is doing, if it is bad, oddly enough fans are keener to talk, while if it is going well there is almost nothing to talk about, as everything is ok! I loved that Brackley game, as despite what people think, I dont want to come and analyse our weaknesses, I just want to come and watch us play a great game of football! We did that against Yeovil. But that may have been a one off. But we did that again against Brackley, and it was a moment of "ah yes, finally things are right, I can switch off the concern and just enjoy the games, now the inaccurate shooting and lack of attacking players has been fixed." We have come a long way in a short time this season, if one looks at the line ups of our first four matches, in descending order, and then compare them to our team and formation against Brackley, (and puzzle where were the goals going to come from in those games) you will see how comparatively quickly we have acted to fix things.

Winterbottom, Lema (Odusanya 46), Green, Vaughan, Dickenson (Olomowewe 61), Burchell, Bramble, Papadopoulos, MacAllister (Tanga 23), Isiaka, Wood. Sub not used: Andrews, Kamara.

Welling United: Winterbottom, Wood (Adom 68), Papadopoulos, Vaughan, Olomowewe, Burchell, Tanga, Bramble, MacAllister (Isiaka 74), Bramble, Odusnya (Kassarate 83). Sub not used Kamara, Byrd.

Welling United: Winterbottom, Byrd, Green, Vaughan, Olomowewe, Burchell, Tanga, Bramble, Kamara (Isiaka 68), Odusanya (Kassarate 58), Wood (Adom 68).

Winterbottom, Byrd, Green, Vaughan, Olomowewe (Lema 46), Burchell, Tanga, Odusanya, Kamara (White 68), Papadopoulos, Wood (Adom 58). Sub not used: Andrews, Isiaka.

Jealousy and competitiveness is a bad thing, but bloody hell, The Poet must surely have been the first poster to use the word "surreptitiously" on this forum, and now he is going french on us with "amoureuse". I have now got a street map of Kent, so now have a map to guide me down the road that leads directly from the station to the ground, so no more excuses, I will be there! Last season we did a new year double over Tonbridge Angels, so let's hope this season we can do the double against those cheating Eastern bastards Dudford.

Oops, this has accidentally become Hartley-esque in length, the only long Jimmie post apart from the post match Chippenham one, but that is because this subject matters to me as this forum is so valuable, it is a living history of this club. I need to study at the Wallop school of conciseness, which still has my all time favourite post, as i love the conciseness, about a unnamed player going out on loan, with Wallop posting, "Good, he's crap".

Just one last thing, Jimmie. Please be reassured, there is nobody on this forum who is out to orchestrate a personal attack on you (as you mentioned in your last post). Plenty of people on here wouldn't stand for it. Sure, people may have differing opinions & it may get a bit 'lively' at times but nobody is out to maliciously attack you. However, we are talking about football so we would expect some debate at the very least!

Pretty certain others will echo the above.

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