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Charliegeorge1962

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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to Bris Vegas in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    If this was FM I’d have turned it off already. Complete domination but can’t score. Opposition will get one chance and take it.
    Fake.
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Hector was the best in Matchday Thread - Shrewsbury Town v Derby County (16/08 19:45)   
    Unfortunately we are becoming too predictable.
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Hector was the best in Matchday Thread - Shrewsbury Town v Derby County (16/08 19:45)   
    All Derby but no chances on target, sounds familiar......
     
     
     
     
     
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to Yani P in Matchday Thread - Shrewsbury Town v Derby County (16/08 19:45)   
    Toothless performance against a very poor side. The few chances we created we squandered..but with so much territorial dominance we have to be winning these games. Stearman had an excellent game tonight, some great tackles and superb blocks.
    Very frustrating game.. 
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to LincsRam in Matchday Thread - Shrewsbury Town v Derby County (16/08 19:45)   
    I think 0 -0 flatters them but exactly what we deserve for not being brave enough to attack them more.
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Sparkle in Matchday Thread - Shrewsbury Town v Derby County (16/08 19:45)   
    Seems to be the common factor in all our games so far.
     
     
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from dcfcreece1601 in Matchday Thread - Shrewsbury Town v Derby County (16/08 19:45)   
    All Derby but no chances on target, sounds familiar......
     
     
     
     
     
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to DanS1992 in Matchday Thread - Charlton Athletic v Derby County (06/08 15:00)   
    If we don't take our chances, then we don't deserve anything. Charlton took theirs and are currently winning, no matter how poor they were first half. We should have been out of sight in the first half, only ourselves to blame.
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to Ted McMinn Football Genius in Matchday Thread - Charlton Athletic v Derby County (06/08 15:00)   
    I think this is the official welcome to League 1.
    Come on boys let’s rescue something from this, YOU CAN DO IT ???
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Ted McMinn Football Genius in Matchday Thread - Charlton Athletic v Derby County (06/08 15:00)   
    Still got time, we deserve a win today!
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to Big Trav in Matchday Thread - Charlton Athletic v Derby County (06/08 15:00)   
    Get Dobbin on for Barkhuizen right now
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to Ellafella in Matchday Thread - Charlton Athletic v Derby County (06/08 15:00)   
    Technically a rhetorical question but I do appreciate your clarification - so we have to score yes ? 
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Ellafella in Matchday Thread - Charlton Athletic v Derby County (06/08 15:00)   
    Because we have not found the net....yet!
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta in Matchday Thread - Charlton Athletic v Derby County (06/08 15:00)   
    Need a goal before half time. No way Charlton will be this bad again in the second half.
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to 1903 in Worst case scenario   
    Forgive me for barging in on your messageboard but I come in peace as a Bury fan. I have never posted on another club’s board before, this could be my first and last time. 
    Firstly, the very best of luck. In cases like this it’s the fans, the innocents in all this, who suffer. We feel your pain, we too have been through the mill and beyond. 
    Bury FC, the original club, were kicked out of L1 (having just won promotion) by the EFL in late August 2019,  about 3 weeks into the new season, our first half dozen fixtures were postponed so there was no record to expunge. The club was subsequently placed into administration. It remains in administration to this day but is effectively just a shell, awaiting ultimate liquidation with debts of over £12M. 
    If scenario 1 above had happened we would have been reinstated at tier 6 in the pyramid. It didn’t, scenario 2 happened, and a “Phoenix” club called Bury AFC was formed by the fans and funded by the fans. It was admitted into tier 10 of the pyramid, the lowest level under FA auspices. Last season, the first full covid free season, it won promotion losing only one game. The highest home crowd was 1,885, not huge but enormous in a league where 100 or so is the norm. We ground share with Radcliffe AFC, another non league club within the borough of Bury. 
    Bury AFC is not of course strictly speaking a Phoenix, but is referred to as such for ease of reference. It carries probably about 60pc of the original fan base. Not everyone has got on board but the majority have. The vibe is brilliant, partly as we are successful on the pitch of course, so never be afraid if this is your fate (it won’t be), you would still have a gas in “non league”, there are so many pluses compared to the EFL which make the match day experience highly enjoyable;  and with your fanbase you would quickly climb back up the pyramid. 

    A highly unexpected turn of events happened more recently when a very small group of Bury fans emerged from nowhere with no mandate from anyone, but having apparently got strong connections with the Conservative Party. With the help of a wealthy businessman-fan now living in the USA, and with the financial help of the government which has provided up to £1M of matched funding (“levelling up”?), and the potential help of the (Labour) council, that group of fans (calling themselves Est 1885, the date of the founding of the original club) managed to buy the ground Gigg Lane, which had been subject to a charge for a loan of some £3.5M, and had fallen into a state of some disrepair. So Est 1885 have a ground but no football club, and Bury AFC are a football club with no ground (of their own). Talks are ongoing between the two with a view to a merger down the line. 
    A word about the EFL. Yes as useless as a chocolate teapot but presumably facing the chop or severe reform following the government’s fan-led review. Remember the EFL is in essence the 72 clubs - it gets its power from the clubs, maybe it is useless because the clubs have only ever favoured light-touch regulation of themselves for obvious reasons, so have never given the EFL the powers it really needed to provide effective governance. 
    So the very best of luck and whatever happens - there is no need to despair. 
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Ken Tram in The Kirchner-Morris Summit Meeting   
    If Mel is still a fan then...
    let the club lease the stadium for a little as possible, this would help us out fantastically for next season.
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to Rammy03 in Swansea vs The Rams Matchday Thread   
    i think if we can just get this equaliser, we'll end up winning it
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Miggins in Swansea vs The Rams Matchday Thread   
    COYR
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from jimtastic56 in Relegation rivals watch   
    I thought the Millwall game was the turning point for us. 
    2019 in the play off final..... 2022 drop in to league 1
    what a legacy Mel Morris has left us!
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from LincsRam in Rams v Preston Matchday Thread   
    COYR
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Rammy03 in Rams v Preston Matchday Thread   
    Slowly slowly we need to get a grip of this game and use the extra man.
    Plenty of time for us to get this win.
    COYR
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    Charliegeorge1962 got a reaction from Caerphilly Ram in Rams v Preston Matchday Thread   
    Slowly slowly we need to get a grip of this game and use the extra man.
    Plenty of time for us to get this win.
    COYR
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to Caerphilly Ram in Rams v Preston Matchday Thread   
    Got to be patient and make the most of the opportunity, best part of 60 mins to play so no need to make changes yet
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    Charliegeorge1962 reacted to BobdeBilder in The Administration Thread   
    As a fan of 63 years, no ducker speaks for me.
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