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Fletch - thanks. I have sent you a message.

Hi

I have bought a ticket for WU205 block - behind the goal, 2nd tier - and am now unable to go. It was £40 so if anyone wants it for face value please send me a message or respond to this thread.

I live in Newton Abbot and happy to deliver in the local area if required.

Thanks

tommygull wrote: I'm sorry but I can't let this go. Roy McFarland was a joke. Biggest mistake this club made (other than the roberts affair). Look at what he then did at burton, won the conference by 2 points after taking over with an 18 point cushion. Then they sacked him off.

I am not going to get into a discussion about Roy McF, but IMO opinion he did a decent job for us and left us something to build on. What he did at Burton some 10 or so years later is irrlevant. We have had plenty worse than Roy.....May, Kubik, Conforth....

Anyway, my point is that managers come and go and we may get a better manager if Buckle does leave. People like Burcie and Jonsey have never really like Buckle anyway and will no doubt be glad he may be moving on. Football is opinions...

I am a big fan of Buckle and would love him to stay, but I can't understand the logic behind not going to Rovers. Rovers, as it stands, are potential. They are probably at or near their lowest ebb and you would think can only go one way (although see Bradford for what can happen) whereas we are probably at or near the top of our potential.

We dont know what goes on behind the scenes at either club or the promises made by our board or theirs, but if you look 4 or 5 years into the future I would guess that Rovers would be in a league (or two?) higher than us. That is what will attract Buckle to Rovers, or any other job.

I was disappointed when McFarland left and then we got Rosenior who in my opinion built on Roy's good work. it could happen again if Buckle left. Managers do come to a natural point when it makes sense to leave and now might be the best time for him. If we dont go up, can he repeat the process? His stock is pretty high so why not cash in. No manager or player are bigger then the club and who is to say that we wont get someone better in. Just a thought.

I think there is a lot of hysterical nonsense on this thread so far. It is an administration error by someone. It is embarrassing but it happens and when it does it is in the full glare of media and fans.

The likely punishment is likely to be a slap on the wrist and we should not lose any points as we did not gain any from the mistake.

Hopefully it leads to a tighening of procedure as imagine it had happened on Saturday's game, we had won and lost a tie v man Utd. That would have been shambolic.

Long time reader, but first time poster on this site due to this thread.

I am not going to start making personal attacks on posters as I realise that the nature of this type of message board is about stimulating debate and expressing opinions, but I must say that the OP is probably the victim of what many fans are experiencing in this internet age – false expectations and a We want it today attitude.

As others have said the board took over when the club was on its knees and turned it round to a respectable, playoff chasing team. Have they made mistakes along the way? Yes of course they have but have the good points outweighed the bad? By a country mile!

They have a vision to get back into the league and then consolidate and push on. The first stage was build from the bottom and create a solid foundation so that the mistakes of the past won t happen again. We have been lucky that a generous, United supporting lottery winner was part of the board as this sped things along and maybe created a false expectation amongst some. Building from the bottom – getting the facilities, people and revenue in place – is a long process. You only have to see some clubs who seem to be in long-term decline to thank our lucky stars that we have not gone the same way.

Harsh times are upon us economically and our attendances and income have been hit the board must cut back and spend accordingly. Some may say it is lack of ambition, but it is sensible long term planning. There could be many clubs from across the divisions who carry on spending regardless of their income and pay for it 1, 2 3 seasons down the line. If you spend beyond your means there will be a payback time. I don t want my club to be part of that, thank you.

The board must be applauded for hiring a young, ambitious manager who can get results, spot a player to develop and improve the team each year and then, when times were tough, back him. It would have been easy option to go for an experienced manager after relegation and many trigger happy chairman would have sacked Buckle after the slow start to the second conference season or when we are in danger last season before the great run took us clear. Was the board proved right? Empathically yes as we have built on that and now have a young, hungry team who can play good football and win games. Are they the finished article? Will they win every game? No, but will they give total commitment and we now have some saleable assets. When was the last time we had scouts looking at 1 of our players let alone 3 or 4. Progress is being made every season and that is all we can ask.

I thank the board for what they have done, they have achieved a lot in less than 3 ½ seasons. Where we are to where we were is mind blowing and while they are in control I wont worry about the long-term future of the club. I may get frustrated about things, but I know they have the best intentions of the club at heart.