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Post by btfc08 on May 21, 2009 20:22:56 GMT
194.131.180.89/news.htmLouis Riddle officially signed for Stortford Craig Holloway in talks with Hereford, Aldershot, AFC Wimbledon & Chelmsford (who are favourites to sign him)
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Post by chelmerboy on May 21, 2009 21:05:16 GMT
That made interesting reading. I didn't realise Nick Ayres was at Stortford. And what a signing in Sherringham. Was he also the Sherringham that was banging them in for Cambridge City a few seasons back?
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Post by btfc08 on May 21, 2009 21:09:50 GMT
Yeah i think so, Nicky Eyre is the Stortford keeper, good on his day too.
Matt Game has confirmed he has signed for us, if he can avoid the injuries he'll be a good player.
Good luck to Louis at Bishops Stortford, have no ill feeling to him what so ever.
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Post by btfc08 on May 21, 2009 21:16:14 GMT
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Post by chelmsfordiron on May 22, 2009 8:27:01 GMT
"Matt Game has confirmed he has signed for us, if he can avoid the injuries he'll be a good player. "
When was this announced?
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Post by ironfoureva on May 22, 2009 9:14:24 GMT
He announced it in his post above. Isn't he the new press officer then ?
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Post by chelmsfordiron on May 22, 2009 10:39:21 GMT
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Post by dav on May 22, 2009 14:31:28 GMT
He might as well be, I don't think he realises that what he puts on here gets picked up and used by others and recycled by lazy journalists and before you know it its accepted as fact by competing clubs.
At first you put it down to him not understanding the consequences of his actions (by repeating private conversations of facebook statuses) but he's done it so many times, and be warned by other as well, that i'm starting to think that he just doesn't have a clue!
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Post by btfc08 on May 22, 2009 18:48:24 GMT
"before you know it its accepted as fact by competing clubs. "
Seeing as all the players had left the club when i reported it and confirmed that to Robbie, it was only a matter of time that the players were signed up whether i posted on here or not.
And as for Matt Game, i simply posted that he'd signed one day before the club put it on the site.
It's not rumours i'm posting it is the truth, if it was speculation i would say so.
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Post by castIRONgooner on May 22, 2009 19:07:17 GMT
Sometimes its best though to keep the truth to your self though!?!
Have just seen west brom have released Pele, bit old but one hell of a player! Are we interested in him BTFC08?
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Post by btfc08 on May 23, 2009 9:57:33 GMT
Thats a poor attempt at a sarcastic joke if i'[m honest, mainly as I'm not posting stupid rumours or speculation. just FACT
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Post by chelmsfordiron on May 23, 2009 14:31:42 GMT
"I'm not posting stupid rumours or speculation. just FACT" Hmmm ... not sure about that! But one thing I do know is that our reserve team manager speaks very highly of you. Might be a good idea to give him a wide berth for a while. Call it a word from the wise ...  |
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Post by btfc08 on May 23, 2009 15:43:59 GMT
Well everything i have posted has happened hasnt it! So therefore it isnt speculation or rumour, heres another one for you: James Hawes joined Sutton on Monday, he has asked me to pass on his thanks to the fans here and wishes Braintree Town good luck in the future.
And what has how Mark Sansom feels about me got anything to do with this? He may not like me, but that is not the point here is it. It's that I am being moaned at for posting FACTS, our website is not the best for reporting player departures is it.
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Post by chelmsfordiron on May 23, 2009 16:08:01 GMT
"And what has how Mark Sansom feels about me got anything to do with this?" Graham, I'm no expert on these high profile player comings and goings but my lay-man interpretation is that our Mark gave you some 'in-confidence' information about Club employees and you posted it all on here. That came very close to costing him his role at the club. Your comments about our Club website are also interesting, especially after your efforts to create a site. In my experience, the Club are open and honest in their dissemination of information and let us know what is going on when a situation is complete. That, in my opinion, is how it should be. Your exposés about on-going developments and holier than thou attitude are occasionally misleading and on at least one occasion have been damaging to the Club. To me, you are no supporter, just the chap who gets a few quid for maintaining the club's details for some obscure internet football game. I will leave it to the 'powers that be' to decide if your continued contribution is for the benefit of the Club. Me? I'm not sure.  |
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Post by btfc08 on May 23, 2009 16:23:36 GMT
Football Manager is not an obscure internet game though is it? So get your facts right on that.
And if the club site provides us with information when it is complete why hasn't Louis Riddle's signing at Bishop's Stortford on the site and James Hawes who joined Sutton on Monday?
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Post by castIRONgooner on May 23, 2009 16:29:45 GMT
And you continue to post information that hasn't been announced by the club! Some will never learn!?!
And not all the information was correct? I never knew that Canvey Island were our feeder club and that George Borg is the most hated person in football. Me i still respect what George accomplised at the club so therefore do i hate or dislike him, not really.
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Post by btfc08 on May 23, 2009 17:47:14 GMT
I never set George to the clubs disliked people at all, that was set before I started doing the research. As for the Canvey link, that was so we would play them in a pre-season on the game as we did in real-life that season, that will be removed.
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Post by chris on May 23, 2009 18:45:18 GMT
Im supprised that burgess, jones and riddle's departure hasn't been anounced on the club site as it is on the back page of the braintree and witham times this week!!
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Post by securityrob on May 23, 2009 21:02:49 GMT
James Hawes is still named on con south wikipedia site but another player is not named and not heard he left.
Im not mentioning any players name incase its a mistake on wikipedia site.
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Post by castIRONgooner on May 24, 2009 3:47:25 GMT
Rob BTFC08 updates the wikipedia site, so who knows?
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Post by ironfoureva on May 24, 2009 10:54:25 GMT
Thats a poor attempt at a sarcastic joke if i'[m honest, mainly as I'm not posting stupid rumours or speculation. just FACT lol! I'm into facts myself, only the other week I told my best mate that his missus was one ugly fat bitch, its the truth, its fact. My mate has now dis-owned me but I keep ringing him to say, whats the hassle man? Your wife's a fat ugly bitch and thats a FACT. And its true! Even my other mates have confirmed it. |
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Post by btfc08 on May 24, 2009 11:53:41 GMT
Was that aimed at me, that has nothing to do with Football either
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Post by roytheboy on May 25, 2009 14:48:44 GMT
If the club chose not to release info then it could be that it would damage their chances of keeping all their options open. Getting personal on here does not help getting personnel to play for us. I am only sure of one thing. We will have a team for next season.
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Post by dav on May 26, 2009 11:10:11 GMT
And if the club site provides us with information when it is complete why hasn't Louis Riddle's signing at Bishop's Stortford on the site and James Hawes who joined Sutton on Monday? What the club chooses to announce on the website or to the newspapers is the decision of the board of directors and/or the management staff at the club. In no other business is a company expected to publish the distribution of assets like football and there is a lot to be said about 'not tipping your hand' to your opponents. Why tell everyone who has not resigned, all it does is tell other clubs which positions you are trying to fill and increase competition for those types of players. Better to keep quiet, conduct your business as quickly as possible and announce the signings as an when they come. I notice also that you are saying that you are only publishing facts. It may well be that the what you have reported has turned out to be true but have you ever thought there might be a reason why the club has not published the details. In some instances, like the B&W Times picking up on your post about Louis, Billly & Jonesy, the club has been forced to comment on commercially sensitive subjects because of what you have put on here. If you really are a fan of the club start thinking about acting in the best interest of the club and keeping quiet when you find things out. Yes its great being able to break stories but given the nature of non-league football its quite often that all you are doing is telling us what most of us already know and alerting those outside the club who don't. Does that make sense? |
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Post by ozbrit on May 26, 2009 12:14:43 GMT
And if the club site provides us with information when it is complete why hasn't Louis Riddle's signing at Bishop's Stortford on the site and James Hawes who joined Sutton on Monday? What the club chooses to announce on the website or to the newspapers is the decision of the board of directors and/or the management staff at the club. In no other business is a company expected to publish the distribution of assets like football and there is a lot to be said about 'not tipping your hand' to your opponents. Why tell everyone who has not resigned, all it does is tell other clubs which positions you are trying to fill and increase competition for those types of players. Better to keep quiet, conduct your business as quickly as possible and announce the signings as an when they come. I notice also that you are saying that you are only publishing facts. It may well be that the what you have reported has turned out to be true but have you ever thought there might be a reason why the club has not published the details. In some instances, like the B&W Times picking up on your post about Louis, Billly & Jonesy, the club has been forced to comment on commercially sensitive subjects because of what you have put on here. If you really are a fan of the club start thinking about acting in the best interest of the club and keeping quiet when you find things out. Yes its great being able to break stories but given the nature of non-league football its quite often that all you are doing is telling us what most of us already know and alerting those outside the club who don't. Does that make sense? Dav, what you say does make sense. As you know I've also been on btfc08's case. But the club doesn't always help itself either. There are many times when news could and should have been announced earlier. If a player has put pen to paper and the inks dry, then why the caution? It will come out eventually and surely its better to hear it from the horses mouth so to speak than from a website of another club. Braintree have been lacking over the years regarding the dissemination of news. Football Clubs are a Business but not in the same sense as the local builders down the road. Its also the Towns club and its not unreasonable for us fans to expect to be kept in the frame and not have to rely on speculation elsewhere. Sometimes secrecy can be a power game. |
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Post by strangelybrown on May 26, 2009 13:57:28 GMT
The 'right to know' about what's going on at 'my' club is always an interesting subject. Personally, I do not believe I have the right to know anything about something that is not mine. The relationship between a club and its supporters is always vitally important, but those directors elected by the shareholders have a responsibility to ensure the best staff are recruited to do a job for the Club. At Cressing Road recent history tells us we're not doing too bad.
At Cressing Road the Board have signified their intention to introduce a subtle change of direction in its policy with players. Some folk, with their own agendas, have made a variety of comments on here but I believe we will do OK next season.
One simple analogy is between our watching a football match and, perhaps, watching a film. Just because we might choose to go to the same cinema on a regular basis does not give us the right to change the script of a film, nor does it give us the option of changing the actors. If the cinema does not give good value we simply vote with our feet.
I will wait patiently for the new signings to be announced and will gauge their impact in pre-season. I'll buy my season ticket by June 15th (to get my discount) and look forward to the start of the campaign. That's really all I can do because, unless I start putting substantial sums of money into the Club, I have no right to demand anything from the Club other than that those elected to run the Club do their best.
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Post by chelmerboy on May 26, 2009 15:27:12 GMT
SB is so right. Just because we support a team we think we have a God given right to know all the ins and outs. The people that are running this club, and very well at that, are the only ones that have a right to know everything. We should trust them to do as they see fit. It's not like it is at some clubs where you are worried about them selling off the family silver and disappearing into the ether with a tidy few quid, these guys really put their money where their mouths are, and fully support the team and manager. They could not have forseen that despite increasing the budget the team and manager would badly underperform last season. They choose the man they think is right for the job and then back his decisions. And as for fans always banging on about the club (any club) belonging to the fans, you would soon hear the moans if a £1 was put on every ticket to help with buying in a player or paying towards his wages. No, it is always easier to spend if you're wearing someone elses trousers. We, as fans can walk away if we're not happy. It's not so easy for the Directors that have their money tied up in the club. Let's stop speculating on who's coming and going and wait until it is officially announced. Some people seem to be already writing us off for next season despite not even knowing who the squad are. I personally can't wait for next season as I think we will be watching hungry exciting players, that will view playing for Braintree Town as an honour.
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Post by dav on May 26, 2009 15:52:29 GMT
But the club doesn't always help itself either. There are many times when news could and should have been announced earlier. If a player has put pen to paper and the inks dry, then why the caution? Yeah you've got a great point Oz, I would just suggest that its more lack of time rather than lack of willing. Lee is the one who updates the website and given that he is a busy man I am sure he'll be the first to admit there are things that could have been updated that haven't. As has always been said, if someone is willing to come forward who has the skills to redesign, update, manage, maintain and promote the website then I'm sure Lee would be delighted to hand over some of the responsibility - until then we have to wait for the news sometimes. |
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