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I see tomorrow's game away against Inverkeithing has now been postponed ......... why?
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Credit to Hawick, The question is.... when does this horrific spell end for the vale? do they just keep going at this pace getting pumped week in, week out? relegated season in, season out until they are at a level to be able to compete? Do they require a major cash injection to end this all and attract more high-spec players to the club? does the committee require some fresh faces onboard with fresh ideas how to take the club forward? I'd say management but they have gone through their fair share of these already. i understand its easy for me to sit here and type this saying "do they need more money" "new players" etc and actually following through with this is by no means an easy task, it is however becoming more and more obvious just how much money is starting to talk at this level.
The vale is a club that has been around for years with a great history, to see them now like this is a real tragedy for this level of football. I for one hope they can make some impactful changes that allows them to turn this corner. i suppose once you've hit rock bottom, the only way is up but best of luck to them.
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Players are contracted to the club, not the manager. If he was to leave the club tomorrow players couldn't surely just up sticks and leave, they would have to see out the remainder of their contract with the club or be transfer listed for a fee. A new manager coming in might not even want those players anyway and would be happy to cash in on them and pull his own side together.
If Chris King did say this about his players, its a bit of an arrogant statement to make and I can see why this threat would hit a nerve with nitten supporters.
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Lothian have played a few games more and if teams below pick up points with their games in hand then they too could be in a bit of trouble.
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Fine margins, who would be a lino eh
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Offft that looks a tight one for me, a few mates were at the game and said that Haddington should have taken all 3x points and that penicuik look a shell of a side they once were.
It's maybe not fair me saying that as i was not there and that's their opinions.0 -
7 hours ago, Robert James said:
Looking at the Border League, Eyemouth United Amateurs and Duns Amateurs seem to be on the rise. Selkirk Victoria are struggling, and it is a very long time since Chirnside had an SFA member club.
It is a shame that there aren't more border clubs in the EoSL. Some good grounds, in pleasant surroundings, and some good pubs,
I agree, it is a shame that there are not more border clubs in the EOS leagues but over recent years borders clubs don't tend to excel and actually have history of going in the other direction.
You only have to look at the likes of Duns, Selkirk, Kelso utd and also Eyemouth who have all had been part of the EOS setup but had to leave the league. Vale are on the down fall now, However the likes of Peebles, Coldstream, Hawick and Tweedmouth all seem to be holding their own playing at their level but i dont see much chance of either of them moving up the leagues.
The exception is obviously Gala and i do recall the vale & peebles having a good spell under rab paget years ago but this was because they attracted players from Edinburgh down & spending big cash.
Clubs like Chirnside, Duns even Greenlaw and West Linton would be good additions to the EOS leagues but is it worth the financial debt to potentially achieve not an awful lot.
Agree on the Pub part.
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10 minutes ago, Simmy87 said:
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On 21/01/2023 at 16:49, Shamrock said:
another game another defeat n gettin dragged in2 a relegation battle
what a mess this chalmers has left the club in
am told harvey knocked back the job
Who is in the running for the job now then? i just noticed it was another defeat for them at the weekend there and by looking at the league table with so many of the teams below them with games in hand Leith could very easily end up in a relegation battle.
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Best of Luck to all at Linlithgow Rose tonight, Don't allow our noisy neighbors from the west to hog all the spotlight.
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The club have not actively came out and said they are looking to interview for the position so you would assume that Scotty has the gig for the time being.
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Good to see boab and geo back at the burgh, hopefully some regular first team football for them both can see them back to their best.
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1 hour ago, MrIrvinePollock said:
Hopefully your name will be in the hat for the job @Shamrock, Leith need a visionary like you at the helm......
Or will you just be one of the moon howlers with a grudge?
What is the managerial situation going forward now then? will they advertise the role and who is taking the team this weekend?
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53 minutes ago, Shamrock said:
at last he’s gone but shoulda happened before now
been there 6 years n done nowt
gone through how many players?!?!?! 100+
spent thousands of £ despite the chairman saying no £
how many good committee guys have left becos of him?!?!?!
good riddance
get harvey in now
Harvey REALLY !!! Is he the answer? Personally I would have kept Stevie rather than bringing in Johnny Harvey he is not a step up in my opinion.
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From the outside looking in, I would imagine the committee at the club have a managerial plan up their sleeve, if not then why have they not advertise the job to test the water and see who shows interest in the role.
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4 minutes ago, Shamrock said:
what a joke!!??!!
got asked to hold ma tongue and a did but enough is enough
players fighting an walking off after arguin wi a supporter
pumped again an out the league
sending offs again
happy to post friendly results on social media but the next post should be that the manager is gone
As per my message above, who is the “current” Leith manager?
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Defeated 3-2 from Blackburn today, any update on the managerial situation or any rumours of a new incoming manager yet?
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On 23/12/2022 at 10:34, TheLad said:
Who would be everyone's bet to go down with VoL and Oakley? Fancy LTHV to stay up.
I'm going Tynecastle
My money would be on Lothian.
Up until now, They have been too inconsistent with results to survive, I think a few clubs (and managers) have sighed relief that Vale and Oakley are in that league this season.1 -
On 20/12/2022 at 22:01, Shamrock said:
well that wasnae gd viewing
keeper kept score doon 1st half
1 win in 8
embarrassed fi dunbar n kinnoul
lucky to get a pt v ww preston n tonite
scraped a win v camelon who are worse than amateur teams
played more games an miles aff it
manager should get his p45 for xmas
Who is the manager at Leith these days?
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9 minutes ago, albynpark said:
It the story of our season, it looks like we've turned the corner then we nose dive for a few weeks. And to have a squad where we fielded 2 different teams in a friendly, we shouldnt be mid table and out of the scottish early.
The team can't blame injuries. Of course we've got more injuried, our squad is huge. More players, more injured. Probably the same ratio as every other club
How many get relegated this season? If its 3 then this could be an issue
Yeah 3x down and 3x up, I think with the current form of VOL and Oakley this season, Broxburn should be fine to avoid that last 3rd relegation spot but I also said I felt with their squad should be challenging in the top 3 haha.
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Well done to all those at Luncarty, i seen some of the celebrations on social media, looks like they all had a ball. Support your local clubs folks.
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1 hour ago, norwichbobby said:
Of course I’d love us to sign a striker to replace Aiden Walsh who can solve our current issues but they don’t grow on trees, or come cheap. We already acquired a striker signed earlier this year who’s managed about 20 mins so far due to, you guessed it, injury so no idea if he’ll be the solution.
Not optimistic at all about playing Musselburgh this week. Another week of having to shuffle the pack and putting together what we can hope will be a more productive result but recent games against them have been tough and theyve been on a good run.Anyway, enough about us, what’s been going on at Jeanfield, their run is almost as bad as ours…
Very fair point, Aiden Walsh will & has left a very big void in that squad to fill, therefore there must be a bit of budget available from that sale at Stevie's disposal to go out and do a bit of business to replace him? No?
This is going to sound like im all out attack against the cuiky now but in all honesty, after recent twitter browsing, I have to say i found it very odd to see that for a club (penicuik) to preach on about how much their squad is depleted by injuries that they are sending out experienced players on loan to fellow premier league clubs (o'donnell to tynie) what was the reasoning behind that one? surely if tynie are taking him in on-loan then that is to play, if he's fit enough to play for Tynie in the premier league then surely he's fit enough for Penicuik.I agree with the Jeanfield comment, they too are very much under performing from what i expected from them this season. Always a hard place to go to but they are struggling a bit on the road this year.
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There are obviously certain people on here these days just out fishing to get bites, I get that but in all fairness his comments does come off the back of what should be a title challenging side leaving the cup with a 2-1 defeat against Coldstream !!!
I get there have been injuries for Stevie this season but it’s his job to build a squad with enough depth to handle these situations, I'm sure there will be a big named striker inbound shortly judging by his after match comments, which may help turn his season around. but for me, penicuik have fallen short on too many occasions already this season.
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16 hours ago, norwichbobby said:
We’re still here don’t worry.
I’d suggest it’s all about the money. The clubs that have the largest budget are doing the best. We are probably above average in that respect and so can put in a good challenge but can’t compare in the long run with the highest backed teams.
In the conference playoffs we came within 10 minutes of winning them and getting to the Lowland League, as did Broxburn. In the following seasons we had a brilliant run in the Scottish but that seemed to detract from the league so we didn’t end up challenging. We lost a year to Covid but last year we were once again up there missing out on goal difference to a well financed Tranent. We recruited well in the summer but injuries and an outgoing transfer are taking their toll so we’re on a sticky patch just now but I’d hope we’ll be near the top come the end of the season.
Linlithgow, who I guess have the biggest budget this year have us to thank for beating them at home last year which saw the end of Brown Ferguson and they’ve not looked back since. Clear favourites now (if they weren’t already) and will hopefully win the playoffs before the West clubs start getting their acts in order. Once that happens it’ll be hard to get out of the league for a while although it’ll be very competitive.
So, please don’t write us off just yet and we do have the best media team in the League so you can watch all our goals ( and currently all those against us!)On another note, the East forum will get quieter if Linlithgow do get promoted as it seems there are very few posters from clubs out with them, Musselburgh, Penicuik and a few others. Burnieman is quiet these days too.
Great post, Have to agree that money most certainly talks.
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I followed Berwick during our season of doom when Robbie left and Johnny was appointed which (as we know) ended up in relegation. I have made my thoughts very clear on here in the past about my feelings towards Mr Harvey and I can see in this thread that others have very similar opinions to mine. COVIDHARVEY.
On the opposite side of the scale, I've actually stuck up for Hammill in the past on here. a family member of mine is "connected" to Musselburgh and he spoke very highly of Joe, both as a person and as a manager, Big on playing football the right way. I think he had a lot on his plate near the end of his time in charge both on a personal level and from the club/support. As we know it's a results-driven business and the results for him at Musselburgh at the end of his reign didn't quite go his way and that's what he'll more so be judged on.
Im not going to say he's the right man for the Nitten job, but not going to say he's not either.
I used to love my visits as a youth up to the old victoria park with my uncle Jock in the late 80's/early 90's so I may have a bit of a soft spot for Nitten, I hope they do well in the years to come.