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And then there is non league football We have changed from viewing fans as those that go and watch football to those who watch on screens. Consequently the screen watchers now hold the attention of the sponsors, streaming and TV companies.

And these are the people saying we don't need a regulator. We like to claim that we invented football and in a sense we did. We invented the knockout cup competition (The FA Cup the first in the world) and the league table with it's basic simplicity enlivened by endless computations and daily...

I think it's too early to tell if that is true. A full reckoning will come once the retained list is released and it becomes clear what liabilities he has left the club with versus promising players brought in. I'd be surprised if they challenge next season.

We need to be brave enough to look critically at the NHS and measure where it works well, where it doesn't and where we might improve it. We also need to calm down a little and acknowledge the current apparent crisis is largely driven by demographics. First task to properly fund and organise...

So much of the motor trade involves back scratching by the various actors involving repairs, courtesy cars and write offs. Us punters have become cleverer at inflating and inventing claims too. It's no different from many other sectors but has grown inexorably. Oh for the days when I ran junk...

I saw George Best play for Man It'd and most of the big names from that era, Best was exceptional but the one you couldn't take your eyes off was Jimmy Greaves, but you did, and suddenly the goal was at his mercy. George Weah was still pretty good when we played at Maine Road. Andy Gray...

Mad dog himself missed a history making landmark when he picked the kids at Burton in our last away game. We could easily have won that last game and certainly would not have lost with the full team out. Pretty spiteful to pick relatives over young Hess too. 1963/4 W 23 D 14 L 9 GF...

The milking it claim originated from a Gills FB page post so hardly surprising Barrow fans picked it up. No argument from those in the ground, on the pitch. Horrendously over committed and wreckless rather than deliberately malicious in my view but a red it most certainly deserved. One has to...

I'm not convinced that there is a straight choice between direct, fast & strong or tippy happy overpassing. League 2 is far more technical than of old, the coaches & managers have done the same courses as those higher up the pyramid. If you could just buy on 20 players far too good for the...

There are some of our fans I would like to get rid of first but I don't know their names. I'll start with the one at the back of RE block 3, who can't wait to start describing his hatred of Clemence. He likes to use the C word as noun, adjective and verb in his full volume outbursts.

I agree with your last point and think it makes the task of recruitment/retention more of a jigsaw puzzle than hard and fast lists. Clearly we need pace, power and goals but a number of players would be able to show a lot more with those elements in front of them. It's still fun to play build...

Last time I saw him was when GISC brought Terry Cochrane to the Sturdee Club to talk about his book. Terry is more diffident off the pitch than he was on and Dave Mehmet did a good job glad handing and provided plenty of anecdotes. He was on good form that evening, happy to remember him that...

Lowest scorers in the division is a measure of one specific failure. Three times on the trot suggests we have been slow learners. I'd settle for more goals and more fun next season and wager that would bring enough energy and optimism to bring the bigger objective within reach.

I'm not sure the size of the budget was the principal reason for our not being up to it. A combination of bad luck, injuries, poor picks, decline in previously effective players and perhaps an over long pursuit of missed targets did the damage. A better allocation of the same budget may well be...

He is seriously lacking in pace, carries a big frame and is probably covering more ground than he did at Mansfield. He may not be entirely over the foot problem he had. He looks done in when his game is done so I don't think there is any lack of effort. Every ref this season has allowed more...

I have no pat answers, or certainty but you have summed it up well OSK. The club made a genuine attempt at assembling a team to challenge, there was a plan and a decent budget. It didn't work but it's no reason to lose the plot. We can't afford to engage the numbers and quality of a Stockport...

Crawley have very different players to ours & we'll never know if Lindsey would have got a better tune out of ours. What we do know is that 3 different managers/ coaches have overseen them scoring fewer goals than any other team in our division. I'm not sure about Clemence but I am sure about...

A dishwasher would have deprived you of that moment. There is something about solo washing up that stirs the recesses of the brain.

A short exchange of messages after our game yesterday finished with the following: Neill Harvey: I'd settle for several seasons of Keith Peacock football and forget about promotion. Me: 100% Others may demand success and put up with bullyball one Nils but it's goals and football I miss most.

Though the two are linked. No movement, pace up front = limited opportunities to deliver killer passes