Putting Nailsworth On The Map: EFL 22/23

and look, yeah it was a slick modern gastropub, but it had a goddamn gueuze fridge. an entire fridge

as for lower-league finances, clearly there are quite a lot of loaded chancers knocking about. for a 'rockstar owner', our own T Sandgaard is running a very tight ship indeed. not much at all in the way of coked-up splurging. consequently our natives are restless. L1 will be so much nicer and easier to make waves in once Wednesday and Ipswich have finally gone up

My default position is that I'd generally take a draw away from home; we're not too bad so far this year though, so hopefully we can come away with more and leave you disappointed.

I hope Stockers scores an own goal and celebrates it.

I note that FGR attracted a crowd of 2007 for their tie against Accrington last night, 64 away fans.

we have that away game on valentine's day evening. i shall not be stopped

I hope you can find Nailsworth on the map

just a short 2-hour stroll from Stroud station right

Ex players should be obliged to celebrate by doing the ears in front of the disappointed fans, yellow card if insufficient gusto shown

OTM. Love a wind-up merchant.

coventry have had a rough start but we have 3 games in hand (all at home) as the commonwealth rugby 7s messed up the pitch

we've kept hold of our two best players ohare and hamer, but just sold our only quick centre back

obvs losing to preston at home is worrying but might not be as bad as it looks basically

Ah OK - fingers crossed then.

Rugby eh? Shouldn't be allowed.

rugby's a near enough town for a local derby soon I guess

but yeh fingers crossed, cheers
good luck to Exeter 👍

oh so it's like that is it

the nation's darlings

ha, and to Charlton obvs too x

I got nothing but hatred and ill will for at least 91 clubs in the pyramid. But Exeter and Charlton, well they can especially go fuck themselves. joeks obv!

aw I'm very sad to read about Marcus Stewart's MND diagnosis. I hero worshipped him when he was at Town and was in a complete rage when our dickhead chairman flogged him to Ipswich. This is the real sad news today :(

I used to have this friend known as Rocky who we called "the football groupie" because he always seemed to hang with shit Town players like Simon Baldry. But when I found out he was drinking with Marcus Stewart I was massively impressed and was all wide-eyed and saying wow you were drinking with Marcus fucking Stewart... what's that like!

Agh these bastards are gonna call off all the games aren't they

there could be a compromise, perhaps an hour's silence before KO?

wrongheaded morons

absolutely ridiculous decision. The government have released a statement which included that there is no obligation to postpone fixtures in the mourning period. Only the day the parasite get's planted.

the rugby going ahead of course. only the lower orders must be made to bend the forelock

Welsh rugby is cancelled though, which makes it even more obvious lol

Next week's Brighton v Palace was already postponed because of the planned rail strike. Now that that's not happening (terrible decision by rmt btw), I wonder if it'll get reinstated. If not, both teams next game will be on 1st October lol

What's going on at Preston? Somehow they've scored 2 and conceded 1 total in 8 games!

the return of Wagner could be on once his young boys issue is resolved. I'm not even sure if it is a good idea but he's such a vibe and despite it going very wrong he left a positive legacy at the club and wasn't responsible for some of the garbage we signed. Actually I'll be very happy if this happens.

erm couldn't find a European football thread, but Corbaren has just been sacked by Olympiacos after 8 games.

lol that is fucked

same guy is probably about to pull the trigger on Cooper and I don't care!

"losing to Alan Pardew’s Aris on Sunday cost the former Huddersfield Town boss his job"

it seems losing to Pards' Aris was the last straw. I still think my club should pursue a compensation package from Olympiacos. They tapped him up and he lied to the chairman about not having another job lined up. They severed his contract in a good faith gesture for the good work he'd done.

Wagner now 1/10 for a return. The wife of his no.2 Bhuler has practically confirmed it on instagram. This is happening!

my dream Wagner return is now in tatters ;; Some Scottish guy called Mark Fotheringham (assistant manager at Hertha BSC) is getting absolutely wellied on the betting sites.

One of the various Rob Edwardses knocking around (this being the one who fairly acrimoniously walked out on FGR at the end of last season) has been sacked by Watford after 10 games, never mind eh? I'm sure Slaven Bilic will do an excellent job.

Mark Fotheringham took his first training session today and people have took photos of it. Yet the club haven't announced him and you could still get 1/20 on him at skybet a few hours ago. Maybe taking training is part of the interview process and he's already been let go, beat that Watford. The Wagner deal fell through because Young Boys are still paying his and Bhuler's contract for the rest of the season, unless he finds another job. Tuesday night at Stoke vs chilling at his Majorca holiday home with what might be his last big-club salary still coming in was a tough choice.

How are you feeling about Fotheringham?

he doesn't seem the worst option tbh. He's what some might call a bit of a character. He's obsessed with the Bundesliga style of coaching and can speak a bit of German from his time there. I listened to a podcast interview and he comes across more like an obsessive student of the game rather than another pretender.

Even if he isn't any good, it wouldn't take that much to be an improvement on Danny Schofield. And I survived managers like Mick Wadsworth and Andy Ritchie in the past. The Schofield appointment was the worst decision my club made since selling Marcus Stewart to Ipswich.

As for Greenwich boozers, I'd recommend the River Ale House, not far from the ground - it's a home pub but historical Charlton/Exeter beef is, I am fairly certain, negligible. Failing that, the Prince of Greenwich in proper Greenwich is as good as it gets, probably. They closed the lovely craft-ale pub a few doors down and incorporated it into hideous hellhole Richard I a few years back :(

― imago, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 09:24 (three weeks ago)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/near-the-greenwich-pub-where-the-mini-budget-was-born-londoners-share-their-fears

I hadn't realised it was quite this much of a hellhole these days

this is the most i have ever been vindicated

That is correct.

I was planning a day trip to Exeter tomorrow to see us play the gas but the rail strikes have put paid to that. Critical support to my striking comrades for helping me avoid looking at Joey Barton's face. (Also just general support too obv.)

the same critical support from me after the 8th oct strikes were announced the day after i bought lincoln match + rail tickets. the most critical support ever. the hardest-won solidarity

Ah, Lincoln's a bad miss, a fantastic away trip IMO.

did it last year, testament to how much I enjoyed it that I'm returning. well, if i can. got the match tickets as i say, so i'm gonna have to find a way

On Saturday our manager was asked by the BBC if there was any truth in the rumour that he'd been approached by Rotherham to go and manage them - I'm sure everyone expected him to make the usual "it's flattering but for now I am the manager of ECFC" noises. Matt Taylor's truthful to a fault, though and he answered honestly: "yes, they've offered me the job and I have to make a decision in the next 24 hours". Obviously everyone took this to mean he was off, because if he wasn't going why would he even mention it?

No news on Sunday, then on Monday morning our supporters trust tweeted and immediately deleted a link to a joint / club-trust statement announcing Taylor's departure; a press conference was scheduled for midday. Then the presser was put back to 4pm and cancelled. People confidently saying that there were "a few legalities to sort out", others saying just as confidently that Rotherham had withdrawn their offer and are in fact going to appoint the freshly-sacked Chris Wilder instead.

It's all very exciting.

and here I was looking forward to a 1-1 struggle sesh vs Managerless Exeter next week

The allure of managing at that world famous New York stadium will turn the head of many a manager. I was getting Exeter Matt Taylor mixed up with other Matthew Taylor who are both roughly the same age noughties footballers and pursuing coaching careers, other one not doing as well.

Not to be confused with DJ Martian’s eternal favourite, England’s Matty Taylor of Portsmouth / Bolton fame.