Lindau Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 for Grimsby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Conference football? What a move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbank boy Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Our level is Conference; I can assure you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Oh Cod. Why Grimsby ? It is a perfect cue for all these old trouts to hook out the fish jokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Our level is Conference; I can assure you. The Blue Square Premier (renamed Conference) has a better standard than our Division 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris near Oxford Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 I can't see Grimsby getting out of the Conference within 2 seasons. It's a damned hard league to get out of. Luton should walk it next year with strong challenges from York, Rushden, Wimbledon and possibly Mansfield, Kidderminster and Newport County. Grimsby will be lucky to make the play-offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAWB Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Hope he doesn't flounder there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Oh Cod. Why Grimsby ? It is a perfect cue for all these old trouts to hook out the fish jokes. Because they could chip in more cash. Kenny haddock enough of Scottish football and he was able to net a reely good deal. Grimsby is quite a nice plaice to play. Eel do a good job for them. There is no point in carping on about it. Edited June 8, 2010 by kni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Conference football? What a move. Probably on at least double possibly even treble what he'd earn in scottish div1...probably on a par with the lower end of the sp hell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Probably on at least double possibly even treble what he'd earn in scottish div1...probably on a par with the lower end of the sp hell! on a parr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 on a parr? Par a golfing term meaning even to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 I can't see Grimsby getting out of the Conference within 2 seasons. It's a damned hard league to get out of. Luton should walk it next year with strong challenges from York, Rushden, Wimbledon and possibly Mansfield, Kidderminster and Newport County. Grimsby will be lucky to make the play-offs. Luton and Oxford (the latter was promoted) were substantially better than the rest. York faded towards the end of the season. AFC Wimbledon, now based in Kingston with good local support, should improve again next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKennan Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 It pays the bills. Just a shame it's not a gig that's bursting with the glamour of second-tier Scottish football, innit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shot Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 I can't see Grimsby getting out of the Conference within 2 seasons. It's a damned hard league to get out of. Luton should walk it next year with strong challenges from York, Rushden, Wimbledon and possibly Mansfield, Kidderminster and Newport County. Grimsby will be lucky to make the play-offs. Being pedantic, but how do you walk a league if 3 teams give you a strong challenge and 3 other teams might possibly give you a challenge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider jag Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Conference fitba? At least he knows his plaice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 With the money that's being pumped into Fleetwood these days, I expect the Cod Heads to hold their own in their first season of Conference football. Last campaign, in the (Blue Square) Conference North, they were routinely paying 600-1,000 quid p.w. I suspect that's beyond us in our lofty position of the prestigious SFL 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blutarsky Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 beyond the majority of sfl div 1 clubs, i would venture. on the one hand, leagues 1 and 2 and english non-league sides will increasingly be the destination for good and half-decent scottish talent. on the other, a steady job or career will be a far more attractive option to a 20/22-year old with modest talent than the prospect of 15 years of full-time football at £200 - 300 a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windcalmer Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Hopefully he won't spend too much time fishing it out the net! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris near Oxford Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Being pedantic, but how do you walk a league if 3 teams give you a strong challenge and 3 other teams might possibly give you a challenge? Good point Luton should walk it, but their self-destruct button is never too far away. After that it will be a dogfight for the 4 play-off places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris near Oxford Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 I know two Grimsby supporters: Annette and Rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACAB Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Below is a rant by a Grimsby fan which was taken from their forum & was forwarded to me (I am only loyal to Thistle forums after all). Now I’m as optimistic as anyone when it comes to this twát of a football club, but after this afternoon’s latest capitulation it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee – we’re fúcked. Down. Goners. Non-league. To be honest I didn’t know how it would affect me, it’s not like it hasn’t been coming, but tonight I just feel absolutely deflated. Absolutely fúcking devastated. I can’t get away from these emotions, I just want the whole world to just fúck off and leave me alone. To help me come to terms with this whole mess, I’ve decided to compile a list of everyone and everything I want to fúck off most of all. For starters, work can fúck off. If they think I’m going to be there on Monday morning they’ve got another thing coming. No way am I going in to spend time dealing with cúnts that I can barely stand being with when I’m in a good mood, let alone this crushing feeling of anger, frustration and outright metaphorical-kicked-in-the-bóllocks-ness. Plastic Premier League fans can fúck off. I just spoke to my Manchester United supporting neighbour (who incidentally, has been to Old Trafford before – twice) about Town’s predicament. You know what he said? “I know how you feel; it’s like when we failed to win a trophy in ‘95”. NO IT FÚCKING WELL IS NOT! He no longer has a face. The girlfriend can definitely fúck off. Her best attempt at consolation – “I don’t know why you’re bothered; you knew they were shít anyway”. Yes love, but they’re MY shít team. They’ve been MINE for pretty much as long as I’ve been able to wipe my own árse, and they’ll be MINE for as long as I’m alive (or at least, until I’m no longer able to wipe my own árse). Truth is, watching my team win does things for me that no woman can. If push comes to shove and I’m horny, I can always have a wánk. Barrow can fúck off. I’ve been all over the country and beyond to watch my team, but frankly I just don’t have the stomach to visit any town which makes Scunthorpe look like fúcking St. Tropez. Dad, you can fúck off. This is your fault. Your idea. You introduced me to this shower of shít. “Come with me to Blundell Park”, you said, “Come and support the boys”. What could I do? I was fúcking four, what choice did I have? Why not get me hooked on Heroin whilst you were at it? I could have gone with mum shopping for bras and knickers at British Home Stores, but no, you knew best. Granted, I’d have probably grown up a homosexual but surely even being simultaneously búggered two guys named Seth and Quentin couldn’t hurt like this. Seeing as we’re on the subject of homosexuality, Gok Wan can fúck off. No particular reason, I just plain don’t like the annoying, goggle-eyed cúnt. The F.A. can fúck off. Not for supplying us, week-in, week- out, with inept referee after inept referee, but for imposing sensible financial rules on all clubs in League Two. How many clubs in this division have been into administration this season? Not one. How many points deducted? Not one. How the fúck else are we supposed to avoid relegation – footballing merit? We didn’t have to last season, so why spoil the fun now? The World Cup can fúck off – I don’t care anymore. My local pizza shop can fúck off. I ordered a 12” Pepperoni over an hour ago, and where the fúck is it? Are they trying to fúcking fly it to me or something? Sky Sports can fúck off. Nothing personal, but there’ll be little need for me next season with no Town to be found anywhere. Ooh, Bolton versus Wolves, LIVE. I think I’ll pass... The radio can fúck off. On my way home from the match, whilst driving down the M180, I caught three completely separate stations playing ‘Down’ by Jay Sean at the exact same fúcking time. The song’s the best part of a year old, how the fúck does that happen by coincidence!? My nan’s old lucky Buddha that used to sit in her front room can fúck off. When I was a kid I held it in my hands and wished for Town to be in the Premier League. I meant the proper one you fat cúnt, not the one occupied by Histon, Eastbourne and for fúck’s sake, Ebbsfleet, wherever that is. Tonight can fúck off. I’ve had enough of trying to cope with my emotions; the time has come for oblivion. I haven’t kept any booze in the house since an occasion known only as ‘That Night’ by myself and the missus, but suffice to say that the toilet duck and luminous blue mouthwash are looking like stronger propositions by the minute. Most of all though, the last 10 years can fúck off. In that time I’ve watched my team fall from the top of the Championship into non-league nothingness. We’ve gone from one great big fúck up to the next without even coming up for air, and today is just the big, fúck off cherry on top. One thing I’m sure of though is that we WILL be back. When it comes down to it, a football club is basically just a set of supporters, and frankly what I’ve learned in the last few years is that this one has some of the best. We’ve had to put up with some shít, haven’t we boys, but in spite of all of that the future is still bright – it’s fúcking black and white. Grimsby ‘til I die... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 That is one quality rant, and one that many a Thistle fan can relate to. Why then did I laugh so as I read it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags365 Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 That is one quality rant, and one that many a Thistle fan can relate to. Why then did I laugh so as I read it Because it's all too close to home!Not that I didn't laugh either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shot Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Good point Luton should walk it, but their self-destruct button is never too far away. After that it will be a dogfight for the 4 play-off places. No probs, I don't really follow top flight English league football nevermind lower league football so I didn't know if I was missing something obvious, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Cracking rant. Hope the guy got his pizza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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