Larkhall Thistle 2018/2019 Thread

[Ringford10]

9-0, I take it Grierson wasn’t there?

Just as well you don't work for the bookies.

[larky9]

If you really believe that then I am even more worried.

Like I say it's about opinions

[larkyforever]

59 minutes ago, larky9 said:

1 hour ago, larkyforever said:

No disrespect intended, but your answer is teeming with complacency.
OF COURSE its a bad thing to go down.
IT IS A CRISIS / DISASTER to lose so heavily every week, the ramifications could be ; ( not exhaustive )
Totally scunnering the youngsters / harming their careers / wellbeing
Total desertion of all support, nobody will turn up to see ritual slaughter every week.
Drop in revenue
Officials may scunner also, and club friction may erupt.
Huge loss to the reputation of the club, making it harder to get players.
etc, etc. etc

We are all entitled to our opinions,and sometimes you have to think of the worst case scenario,we have been in situation before where we had 3 relegations in a row,so imo it's not really a problem

Yes, relegated from the Premier right down.

But this is of a different scale altogether

[Ringford10]

No disrespect intended, but your answer is teeming with complacency.
OF COURSE its a bad thing to go down.
IT IS A CRISIS / DISASTER to lose so heavily every week, the ramifications could be ; ( not exhaustive )
Totally scunnering the youngsters / harming their careers / wellbeing
Total desertion of all support, nobody will turn up to see ritual slaughter every week.
Drop in revenue
Officials may scunner also, and club friction may erupt.
Huge loss to the reputation of the club, making it harder to get players.
etc, etc. etc

What's your answer then ? If the the young wons have got bottle they will come out of this better players and men.

[Whittlets vic]

It was good to see a good turnout from your club the day considering your results of late [emoji122][emoji122] I also thought your number 8 was a player. Hopefully you can turn it round and all the best for the season coming

[Guest]

Good numbers down at Whitletts the day, so keep going lads, obviously plenty support still backing you. we’ve been in this position before and it’s not nice but you’ll get through it and keep going regardless of what league you’re in

[larky9]

Good numbers down at Whitletts the day, so keep going lads, obviously plenty support still backing you. we’ve been in this position before and it’s not nice but you’ll get through it and keep going regardless of what league you’re in

The backing is always there for the club,the committee work hard and the supporters turn up at the home games,the problems I see are,why the management hasn't got in more experienced players to help the young lads,I think if we had a good spine through the team we wouldn't be shipping the goals that we have,also we can't be playing trialists week in week out,we should've had a more settled team by now,what are the reasons for this?Only the management can answer that

[Bigjeffery]

Why do the people of larkhall keep talking about the past and what they have done in the past, what larkhall have done 20/30 years ago means absolutely f**k all just now! The committee should have took the offer from larkhall amateurs to take most of the good players to the juniors and they would have the foundations of a right good side. And people from the juniors will say they were a team of thugs and all the rest of it but there is 2 sides to every story so all may not be what it seems! And they would be a far better team than what the juniors have now

[larky9]

Why do the people of larkhall keep talking about the past and what they have done in the past, what larkhall have done 20/30 years ago means absolutely f**k all just now! The committee should have took the offer from larkhall amateurs to take most of the good players to the juniors and they would have the foundations of a right good side. And people from the juniors will say they were a team of thugs and all the rest of it but there is 2 sides to every story so all may not be what it seems! And they would be a far better team than what the juniors have now

Don't know if that one is true,taking most of the players from Larkhall Ammies,we got one the young lad Riddock,a few of the lads that played for the Ammies played for the Juniors in the past and they done well,e.g. Scott Nicol [emoji2][emoji2][emoji2][emoji2]we just have too keep going that's all we can do,by the way going by the sound of your comments are you are former player?

[Bigjeffery]

Not a former player I’m afraid, was hopeless at football in my younger days. A close friend shall we say of one of the managers [emoji6]!

[larkyforever]

On 26/08/2018 at 07:52, larky9 said:

On 25/08/2018 at 21:41, Terry Tibbs said:

Good numbers down at Whitletts the day, so keep going lads, obviously plenty support still backing you. we’ve been in this position before and it’s not nice but you’ll get through it and keep going regardless of what league you’re in

The backing is always there for the club,the committee work hard and the supporters turn up at the home games,the problems I see are,why the management hasn't got in more experienced players to help the young lads,I think if we had a good spine through the team we wouldn't be shipping the goals that we have,also we can't be playing trialists week in week out,we should've had a more settled team by now,what are the reasons for this?Only the management can answer that

So it goes on with no end in sight. Like a wounded old Lion whose time is over, no end to the humiliation.

[larky9]

So it goes on with no end in sight. Like a wounded old Lion whose time is over, no end to the humiliation.

Sometimes you have to go back to move forward,when Sinky was at the club most of the players were there for 4yrs,if we can keep half the team from this season and build for next season we will get there,bringing in a whole new team plus the management was a bridge too far,there will be light at the end of the tunnel but not in the short term

[larkyforever]

1 hour ago, larky9 said:

3 hours ago, larkyforever said:

So it goes on with no end in sight. Like a wounded old Lion whose time is over, no end to the humiliation.

Sometimes you have to go back to move forward,when Sinky was at the club most of the players were there for 4yrs,if we can keep half the team from this season and build for next season we will get there,bringing in a whole new team plus the management was a bridge too far,there will be light at the end of the tunnel but not in the short term

There is a famous comment from somewhere that we will all be dead in the long term. So much damage is now being done that there might not be a long term.

[larky9]

There is a famous comment from somewhere that we will all be dead in the long term. So much damage is now being done that there might not be a long term.

Have faith

[larkyforever]

17 hours ago, larky9 said:

23 hours ago, larkyforever said:

There is a famous comment from somewhere that we will all be dead in the long term. So much damage is now being done that there might not be a long term.

Have faith

As it stands, looks like the second coming will be here before we get back on our feet.

This damage will cause so many problems

[Certain Individual]

On 09/09/2018 at 20:09, larky9 said:

On 09/09/2018 at 18:19, larkyforever said:

 

Sometimes you have to go back to move forward,when Sinky was at the club most of the players were there for 4yrs,if we can keep half the team from this season and build for next season we will get there,bringing in a whole new team plus the management was a bridge too far,there will be light at the end of the tunnel but not in the short term

You sir are deluded. If you are a custodian of the club then you really should be ashamed of yourself. 

 

Your team is slowly entering a losing mentality. Players are hardly going to be queuing up to join a team who is slowly becoming a laughing stock. 

 

You choose a manager with 18 games experiences junior level. Sadly it hasn’t worked out for him. There’s no shame in that but for whatever the reason he’s not going to do the honourable thing. 

 

So the decision is in the committees hands. 

 

[larky9]

I'm just a supporter of the club that's all,Derek's pedigree as a player is good,so given time you hope he will do ok as a manager,but his job was always going to be that but difficult because he had to build a new team so in saying that if we go down it's not a problem,the young players will have a season under their belt which should hold them in good stead for next season

[larky9]

You sir are deluded. If you are a custodian of the club then you really should be ashamed of yourself. 

 

Your team is slowly entering a losing mentality. Players are hardly going to be queuing up to join a team who is slowly becoming a laughing stock. 

 

You choose a manager with 18 games experiences junior level. Sadly it hasn’t worked out for him. There’s no shame in that but for whatever the reason he’s not going to do the honourable thing. 

 

So the decision is in the committees hands. 

 

Ashamed of what ? I give my opinions like the rest anf I'm entitled to this

[Certain Individual]

Entitled to an opinion you are. 

The committee is letting the club and it’s supporters down. Surely as custodians of the club they should be stabilising things and keep them so going forward until eventually the next generation take over. But as things are going just now there won’t be much left to handover. Your club is in free fall. 

Im not doubting Dereks pedigree as a player. But sadly good players don’t necessarily make good managers. I suspect you could pick a team on a Saturday and the results wouldn’t be any worse.

So  in my opinion it’s time for a change. There’s decent idle managers out there with experience and contacts that’ll at least steady the ship before the supporters get fed up and slowly start moving on. What young person wants to go and watch that every week.  

 

 

[rabbie]

44 minutes ago, Certain Individual said:

Entitled to an opinion you are. 

The committee is letting the club and it’s supporters down. Surely as custodians of the club they should be stabilising things and keep them so going forward until eventually the next generation take over. But as things are going just now there won’t be much left to handover. Your club is in free fall. 

Im not doubting Dereks pedigree as a player. But sadly good players don’t necessarily make good managers. I suspect you could pick a team on a Saturday and the results wouldn’t be any worse.

So  in my opinion it’s time for a change. There’s decent idle managers out there with experience and contacts that’ll at least steady the ship before the supporters get fed up and slowly start moving on. What young person wants to go and watch that every week.  

 

 

dont know  if its a coincidence  or not , but things seemed  to take a dip when  roy Peters  ( think thats his name) stepped  down from his role at the club , dont really know only asking the question