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paperboy wrote: ↑02 Nov 2025, 15:32 Well we're into November and surprisingly Matty Taylor doesn't appear to have scored a single goal for Salisbury.

I believe he netted his first and so far only goal last Tuesday at bottom club Chippenham Town.

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Beaten by the better team. Worst decision of the night was Bickerstaff trying to pull the shirt off the defender’s back when Archer had a clear run at them on the right. Absolutely no need for it.

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If anyone hasn’t read this, it’s worth taking the time. There seem to be a lot of ideas that the main board either don’t have the imagination or time to implement.

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As someone who watches from the terraces, I’m ok with the price being charged. I believe there are plenty of teams at National League North & South level that charge £15 or more for league games.

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Buxton no mugs won the last 4 and 6 0 on the last outing definitely not a foregone conclusion theyll bring a decent following as well ! They will also be bringing ex Robins academy product Callum Ebanks too, so he's bound to score! Interesting journey for him. I saw him playing for Stratford Town l...

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I think I've grabbed all of our games against non-League opposition as a FL team. Here goes, but readers of a nervous disposition should stop reading the list about half-way through: 01/2 1R Kettering T A 6-1 01/2 2R Hinckley Utd A 2-0 02/3 1R Yeovil T A 2-0 11/2 2R Luton T A 4-2 12/3 1R Yate T H 3-...

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You can’t really ask for a better draw than that, no disrespect to Buxton of course.

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There’s a couple of clips on You Tube where you can hear a whistle but it’s just before we take the kick anyway. So even if it was the ref, the goal would stand.

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Fantastic. We had to dig deep for that but there was barely a foot wrong defensively.

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A lot of people heard a whistle after the kick was taken. If it was the ref, I’m not sure what the protocol would be. If it wasn’t the ref, it’s play on.

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Hits defender, far post, then goes in.

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Just seen the highlights. What a superb run by Bickerstaff. Most players would have thrown themselves to the ground out by the touchline but he makes the goal by continuing at pace into the box and you can see their defender is reluctant to commit.

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Four points from ten games. Ten points from four games, and only one goal conceded. Amazing.

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I’d love to know what their business model was. Even if they won promotion there’d be no pot of gold, the stakes just get higher. And part of their £8m loss was attributed to bonuses paid to players per point, so a successful season in L1 would have likely brought bigger losses.

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It’s just another (unwilling) message from the board when they’ve been backed into a corner. DB has no credibility left in my book. MG really needs to step up and talk with the fans directly.

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I also refuse to use it but you can view latest tweets on Google. Fwiw - “EXC: I understand Cheltenham Town are in discussions with the most successful manager in the club's history Steve Cotterill over a possible return”

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He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naught boy.

For going to FGR.

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MG isn’t exactly giving off vibes that he’d like to improve the club’s media presence given his own lack of.

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It was hopeless in the sense that DC began from an extremely low point. No confidence plus no goals and one point from something like 11 games is as bad as it gets. We needed significant improvement just to become a poor team and display ‘normal’ relegation form. From the moment he arrived we needed...

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Ben Storins wrote: ↑22 Sep 2025, 13:23 Yes, I could suggest it to the board of ctfc but I know what the stock responses will be (if any):
We're doing it.
We tried it once.
We're all volunteers you know.
We don't have the budget.
What's PR?

Agree 100%. The excuses have worn very thin now.

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I have a huge amount of respect for PG and think he does a great job. I also disagree with some of the things he posted on the forum, particularly the comment about forgetting stuff after a few wins. It is possible to hold such opinions. Despite what the owners of social media would like, we don’t h...

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Robin wrote: ↑21 Sep 2025, 11:06
Fuller wrote: ↑21 Sep 2025, 11:02 Cotts DoF?
He was at WR yesterday and watching very intently…..
He comes to games fairly often, apparently Matt Taylor has also been at games recently too.

No weddings happening then?

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If we were 6th or 7th bottom then maybe someone like Brady would be a better option but we need an appointment to match our circumstances. I’ve never liked Evans’ match day antics but he could be just what we need.

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IMO whoever was in favour of turning down the Trust’s offer of an independent review of the club should not be on the board of directors. This decision was made to protect their own positions and was not in the best interests of the club.

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It’s been complete stagnation because we’re run on a best endeavours basis, barely treading water and with no innovation or future planning. This may have been enough at one time but we’ve slipped further and further behind other clubs that are run on a more professional basis.

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Robin wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025, 20:06 Any idea why Hinshelwood was sacked by York, I just looked at his record and it's very good although at much smaller clubs lower down the pyramid before York.

Yes, York have nutty owners.

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100% agree with the above.

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At least he’s got fire in his belly. And that’s a lot of fire.

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We’d be lucky to finish bottom half of the National League playing like that. A team that had scored 5 goals all season coasted to victory and should have had more.

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I’ll be very disappointed if there are no resignations by the end of the week. You’ve shown nothing to take the club forward, it’s just same old, same old, while the club slips further behind on & off the pitch.

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We aren’t exactly playing badly but Oldham are by far the better team and have hit the post twice. We’re at home against a team that has only scored 5 goals this season and was in a lower division last season, and yet we’re struggling just to stay in the game. I really can’t see how we can get enoug...

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Half-way through and I think the tone is bang on. If MG thinks we need evolution not revolution then he hasn’t done his homework - perhaps too much time speaking to the board and his accountant, rather than the fans. He needs to step up to the plate in the next few weeks and make changes to the boar...

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It’s disappointing that gates are already noticeably down after holding up well last season but people are voting with their feet. No confidence in how the club is being run.

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It also mentions kit management. I think we know what that means.

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I just wanted to keep this thread visible. I filled in the survey, which takes a while tbh, and gave an honest assessment of where I believe the club stands.

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