Ginaro Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Probably doesn't help that they were playing Hill of Beath again, after being pumped 16-0 a few weeks ago... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 10 hours ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: This has a Selkirk feel to it. I'd say more a Fort William situation since there doesn't seem to be the debt aspect to Tweedmouth's circumstance. Limited local talent pool, playing against higher level opposition the majority of the time leading to large defeats. Apathy sets in and it can be a struggle to get teams together knowing they're on a hiding to nothing. I'm sure if the can get a manager in, it'll resolve itself. The committee went to the bother of prepping a match programme for today's game. Which suggests to me the off field infrastructure is still invested in carrying on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 The notice on the EoS website stating that the new manager is expected to do player recruitment is not a good sign as that would normally go without saying. I think that implies that players need to be recruited ASAP by whoever comes in just to be able to field a team for the remainder of the season: https://www.eosfl.com/item.php?pg=news&pd=1002&it=220 ... The successful applicant will take responsibility for appointment of their own coaching staff ( if required ) also player recruitment / coaching, plus organisation of training through the week. ... Presumably all the players in and around Berwick who are any good are already signed with somebody else for this season, so this may be headed for the Kelso and Duns scenario. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 22 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: I'd say more a Fort William situation since there doesn't seem to be the debt aspect to Tweedmouth's circumstance. Limited local talent pool, playing against higher level opposition the majority of the time leading to large defeats. Apathy sets in and it can be a struggle to get teams together knowing they're on a hiding to nothing. I'm sure if the can get a manager in, it'll resolve itself. The committee went to the bother of prepping a match programme for today's game. Which suggests to me the off field infrastructure is still invested in carrying on. I was thinking more of the lack of players aspect of it. Selkirk struggled to attract players, and after a couple of pumpings it became impossible. Sounds familiar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: The notice on the EoS website stating that the new manager is expected to do player recruitment is not a good sign as that would normally go without saying. I think that implies that players need to be recruited ASAP by whoever comes in just to be able to field a team for the remainder of the season: https://www.eosfl.com/item.php?pg=news&pd=1002&it=220 ... The successful applicant will take responsibility for appointment of their own coaching staff ( if required ) also player recruitment / coaching, plus organisation of training through the week. ... Presumably all the players in and around Berwick who are any good are already signed with somebody else for this season, so this may be headed for the Kelso and Duns scenario. Isn't player recruitment something most managers do at this level anyway. Who they know, who they've played with or against. Its not like they've got a Director of Football or Head Scout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) 1 minute ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: I was thinking more of the lack of players aspect of it. Selkirk struggled to attract players, and after a couple of pumpings it became impossible. Sounds familiar. Well Fort William are struggling for players as well. Think they've had squads as low as 14 and have famously had to use a back up goalie in the outfield. EDIT: Is it the September Weekend in the Borders as well? With no manager in place to corral the usual faces, the numbers have maybe dipped too low to get a squad together with folk off on holiday. Edited September 22, 2018 by FairWeatherFan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Yes that's why I wrote that it would normally go without saying and is a strange thing to include. Normally if you take over a team midseason you start with the players that are already there before doing a major revamp before the next season to get your own guys in, so the reason to mention it might be because a lot of the players have left with the previous manager as the HoB postponement suggests may be the case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Yes that's why I wrote that it would normally go without saying and is a strange thing to include. Normally if you take over a team midseason you start with the players that are already there before doing a major revamp before the next season to get your own guys in, so the reason to mention it might be because a lot of the players have left with the previous manager as the HoB postponement suggests may be the case. Seems like that. Not ideal for the Haws hopefully they won't be out of pocket for a bus hire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 It's almost certainly not a Selkirk scenario. I don't imagine Tweedmouth pay players and off-field the club has recently been making improvements with the former Duns chairman (who drove their ground improvements) joining the committee, some preparatory works being done inside the ground, access to toilets introduced, a website launched and a programme started - indeed I see they had produced a programme for today, so obviously the player shortage also caught them by surprise. Nevertheless failing to raise a team is a serious misdemeanour at this level, and accordingly rare: looking beyond Kelso + Selkirk folding, I can think of 2-3 examples in 10yrs+. 19 minutes ago, cowdenbeath said: Seems like that. Not ideal for the Haws hopefully they won't be out of pocket for a bus hire. There is a league fund to compensate travel expenses accrued when a game is postponed at short notice, although this being a cancellation and the day before I guess it may not qualify. There was a case a few years ago where part of the punishment was a fine to compensate their opponent, IIRC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Just came on to say similar. Wouldn’t be surprised. I was thinking more of the lack of players aspect of it. Selkirk struggled to attract players, and after a couple of pumpings it became impossible. Sounds familiar. That’s what I was alluding to as well, as opposed to financial issues. Hopefully they can find the bodies they require to do the job but I don’t feel the outcome for this season looks all that promising given I’d imagine most of the talent pool in the local-ish area will already be signed up and registered with other teams. Fingers crossed that they can get a pool of players to at least see this season through in the EOS even if it is a 12-0 pumping every week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Couldn't Tweedmouth nab some of Berwick Ranger's reserves/youths on loan to make up numbers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Just think Tweedmouth are between a rock and a hard place. Too good for the North Northumberland League where they started, clearly not good enough for the top level of EOS. Where else do they go? Northern Alliance? Not much point now the re-formed Spittal Rovers play in that league. Club seems well run and suspect the weekend a blip. Can’t see any Selkirk comparison really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 For clubs like Tweedmouth a proper tiered structure is needed in the EOS, which is obviously where we are working towards now. They'd be much happier in a tier 8 league for example. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 22 minutes ago, gogsy said: According to todays Central Fife Times Hill of Beath have put in a claim for the three points. And how much goal difference...? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Tweedmouth have announced Tom Blakey as new manager. http://tweedmouthrangers.co.uk/club-appoint-new-manager/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Solid appointment for them - hoary old head of the local football scene who knows Border players and how to make teams harder to beat. Finds himself in a similar kind of situation to Hawick and Eyemouth in times past. Been co-managing with his brother at Greenlaw in Border Amateurs for the last 2 or 3 years but left in the closed season. (That said - photo features the chairman of Duns when they folded welcoming the manager of Kelso when they folded. Not an omen I'm sure !). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Happy to see Hawick get their first league win and points of the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramidic Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 Hope that Tweedmouth can overcome their current difficulties under the new manager. After this coming Tuesday's fixture away to Penicuik the fixture list begins to look much kinder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) While failing to play last week cannot be excused isn't something you want happening, it's positive to see them underway again, and going down 5-0 isn't anything like as bad as previous results v Bo'ness, Dunbar, HoB, etc. Quick turnaround for Newtongrange who've swapped their midweek game with Leith to New Victoria Park and brought it forward to Tuesday night, so 2 games in 3 days for them, almost unheard of at this level. Leith themselves come in off an 8-0 hammering at Penicuik yesterday. Tweedmouth visit Penicuik on Wednesday. Edited September 30, 2018 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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