Question Fix the North Bank now?

[HertfordshireBlue]

I think unless they get Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team in there today, there is zero chance of getting it up to the required standard (For full occupation) in just 2 weeks.

Have we tried asking him nicely?

 

[Liam AAS]

I think it’s fine to apply it to Charlton because of the 2 league gap and the fact they’re a big club, and bigger than us.

But I don’t think it automatically applies to a 2 league difference. Would beating Crawley or Burton really be a ‘giant killing’?

There is no universe in which Burton or Crawley are giants. Even if they played Ashby-de-la-Zouch's Ashby Utd Community FC, Burton would not be a giant because up the road Forest have won the European Cup in living memory.

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

I think it’s fine to apply it to Charlton because of the 2 league gap and the fact they’re a big club, and bigger than us.

But I don’t think it automatically applies to a 2 league difference. Would beating Crawley or Burton really be a ‘giant killing’?

I guess 'cup upset' is a much better term. 4 times winners Bolton, but are in League 1, beating Premier League Bournemouth would be a 'cup upset' but probably not deemed a 'giant killing' because of the size and history of the respective clubs. Much like us hypothetically beating a Crawley or Burton.

 

[SeaSideDoughnut]

I've liked posts in the first round draw thread in favour of getting the works done but seeing some of the figures laid out in a bit more detail it hardly seems worth it.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I've liked posts in the first round draw thread in favour of getting the works done but seeing some of the figures laid out in a bit more detail it hardly seems worth it.

It’s work that needs to be done anyway isn’t it?

Anyway looks like John Watson is paying for it

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846513923534516327

 

[kentblues]

FA Cup, unless we get an exemption, we have to allocate 15% of capacity to away fans.

I guess we could be making a case for that, but until it is confirmed we would have to allocate over 1,000 seats for the away fans.

Which we can’t so we would have to limit the gate to about 5300…
I’m sure we will get exemption.

 

[kentblues]

Reminds me of the Southend-Man U ticket scramble...a good friend of mine, who lives in Southend but doesn't support them, got to watch the game because a season-ticketer couldn't make it and gave up his seat to him.

But if the ground is filled with season-ticket holders and Charlton fans...how does the club make any money out of this? Seems like the smart thing to do is have the ground declared unfit and move it to The Valley.

ST holders have to buy tickets for cup games- not covered by ST?

 

[kentblues]

The North bank. I'm sure you remember that was our home end back then. They would have had the whole of the North round to the west thousands more if the game had not be postponed on the Saturday.

Indeed but it was the old south bank then that held way, way more than the north and so maximised the number of home tickets. Indeed was the biggest stand comfortably by capacity?

 

[rigsby]

I'm not saying we should win.

Just don't like the "Giant killing" statement. A few seasons ago we were playing Charlton regularly.

It was only thanks to Ron Martin that we aren't anymore. The same Ron Martin who you defended for numerous seasons

Bizarre isn't Tommy. 7or 8 seasons ago was on here I was warning people about Rons overspending. I always claimed going for the Championship was fools gold that nearly sent us bust in 2010. People like you mocked me and pointed out we get bigger crowds the Shrewsbury so there is no problem.
I was the very first person on here to claim that Bury would go bust under their new Chairman.... Again some on here said I was defending Ron because Bury were great example of how to sign 15 players in week and were top of league in September.

Plenty like you quickly forgot that and then screamed the loudest about Ron. No surprise the same people have turned on COSU in less than 2 months.

 

[HertfordshireBlue]

Bizarre isn't Tommy. 7or 8 seasons ago was on here I was warning people about Rons overspending. I always claimed going for the Championship was fools gold that nearly sent us bust in 2010. People like you mocked me and pointed out we get bigger crowds the Shrewsbury so there is no problem.
I was the very first person on here to claim that Bury would go bust under their new Chairman.... Again some on here said I was defending Ron because Bury were great example of how to sign 15 players in week and were top of league in September.

Plenty like you quickly forgot that and then screamed the loudest about Ron. No surprise the same people have turned on COSU in less than 2 months.

Have you got the lottery numbers for the next draw?

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Bizarre isn't Tommy. 7or 8 seasons ago was on here I was warning people about Rons overspending. I always claimed going for the Championship was fools gold that nearly sent us bust in 2010. People like you mocked me and pointed out we get bigger crowds the Shrewsbury so there is no problem.
I was the very first person on here to claim that Bury would go bust under their new Chairman.... Again some on here said I was defending Ron because Bury were great example of how to sign 15 players in week and were top of league in September.

Plenty like you quickly forgot that and then screamed the loudest about Ron. No surprise the same people have turned on COSU in less than 2 months.

Love these people who think chucking money at a problem is guaranteed to solve it, never mind we haven't got a pot to **** in .... thanks mainly to our overspending when we were aiming for the stars but fell in the gutter before. You'd think we'd learn.
It's those 'wow' signings with no loyalty to the shirt who sent us tumbling down the leagues (where we belong, due to some horrendous performances on the pitch which matters more than crowd size sadly).

It's alright though we're 'massive' Southend with our 6.5k average crowds so we can pick more money off that money tree behind the North Bank. Simple innit.

 

[HUMBLEPIE]

Have you got the lottery numbers for the next draw?

I haven’t but Ron has and we all know how good he was at picking winners.

 

[Smiffy]

Love these people who think chucking money at a problem is guaranteed to solve it, never mind we haven't got a pot to **** in .... thanks mainly to our overspending when we were aiming for the stars but fell in the gutter before. You'd think we'd learn.
It's those 'wow' signings with no loyalty to the shirt who sent us tumbling down the leagues (where we belong, due to some horrendous performances on the pitch which matters more than crowd size sadly).

It's alright though we're 'massive' Southend with our 6.5k average crowds so we can pick more money off that money tree behind the North Bank. Simple innit.

7,219 actually. We are massively massive.

 

[loz]

7,219 actually. We are massively massive.

the FA should do the decent thing and hand us the trophy now out of respect.

 

[choggy]

That sounds like a dumb thing to do. We have had handful of FA cup games at RH in the last 10 years

Many of the clubs in the NL switch stands or make other sections available for larger crowds. We did it for the Liverpool game in 1979......A game we should of won according to Tommy as they were only 2 divisions above us at the time.

I was thinking about this last night, because in theory you're quite right, it's a common sight to see non-league clubs erect temporary stands for FA Cup games. But RH is a fully enclosed ground, where would we erect a temporary stand? And what part of the existing ground would we give up, given that the home areas are fairly full even for NL games? (apart from maybe the South Upper, which I already mentioned).

 

[Strykr]

I was thinking about this last night, because in theory you're quite right, it's a common sight to see non-league clubs erect temporary stands for FA Cup games. But RH is a fully enclosed ground, where would we erect a temporary stand? And what part of the existing ground would we give up, given that the home areas are fairly full even for NL games? (apart from maybe the South Upper, which I already mentioned).

 

[Sunnyshrimper]

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Is that the new Gillingham stadium proposal!?

 

[Voice of Reason]

Is that the new Gillingham stadium proposal!?

That's a lot of rain macs to give out

 

[Tommy2holes]

Bizarre isn't Tommy. 7or 8 seasons ago was on here I was warning people about Rons overspending. I always claimed going for the Championship was fools gold that nearly sent us bust in 2010. People like you mocked me and pointed out we get bigger crowds the Shrewsbury so there is no problem.
I was the very first person on here to claim that Bury would go bust under their new Chairman.... Again some on here said I was defending Ron because Bury were great example of how to sign 15 players in week and were top of league in September.

Plenty like you quickly forgot that and then screamed the loudest about Ron. No surprise the same people have turned on COSU in less than 2 months.

There were loads of times that you stuck up for Ron on here.

Ron's problem wasn't over spending (although he did), it was that he literally wanted to run a whole club by himself, had no idea how to effectively market the club, merely saw success on the pitch as paramount, sanctioned many over the hill players on silly money rather than creating a style to follow, chased a "name" as manager rather than looking for the right fit and lastly chased the dream of a stadium that he couldn't possibly complete.

All of the above said, I think Tilson, brush, luggy and Chris Powell were all very harshly treated.

 

[rigsby]

There were loads of times that you stuck up for Ron on here.

Ron's problem wasn't over spending (although he did), it was that he literally wanted to run a whole club by himself, had no idea how to effectively market the club, merely saw success on the pitch as paramount, sanctioned many over the hill players on silly money rather than creating a style to follow, chased a "name" as manager rather than looking for the right fit and lastly chased the dream of a stadium that he couldn't possibly complete.

All of the above said, I think Tilson, brush, luggy and Chris Powell were all very harshly treated.

Thats exactly what you have claimed in the last few weeks. Slagged COSU over it and threatened not to come to RH if results don't improve. Announced on here that we should forget the stadium and improving facilities. until we are back in the EFL.