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Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:23
by Colorado Gull
It's very pleasing when you get to hear what he has to say, he's said all the right things that us as fans want to here and I really do hope he does well.
Did anyone else see how dirty the family stand seats were while watching the ITV interview? :Oops:
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:28
by Dave
dannyrvtufc4life wrote:
It's very pleasing when you get to hear what he has to say, he's said all the right things that us as fans want to here and I really do hope he does well.
Did anyone else see how dirty the family stand seats were while watching the ITV interview? :Oops:
Yep i was thinking that,those seats looked dreadful.
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:28
by Southampton Gull
More open honesty there in a few minutes than Buckle showed in 4 years.
The snake is dead, long live the Ling
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:28
by Twentington
dannyrvtufc4life wrote:Did anyone else see how dirty the family stand seats were while watching the ITV interview? :Oops:
They'll remain dirty until this transitional season is over. It is imperative that all elements of the club remain mediocre until then.
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:29
by Dave
Southampton Gull wrote:
More open honesty there in a few minutes than Buckle showed in 4 years.
The snake is dead, long live the Ling
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:31
by Fonda
Twentington wrote:
They'll remain dirty until this transitional season is over. It is imperative that all elements of the club remain mediocre until then.
=D Exactly. One step at a time. If we have clean seats, people's expectations will get out of control!
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:33
by yellowforever
Southampton Gull wrote:
More open honesty there in a few minutes than Buckle showed in 4 years.
The snake is dead, long live the Ling
That could catch on!
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:36
by happytorq
He definitely likes the word 'ethos', doesn't he?
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:37
by basil75
Rather his word be ethos, than "overachievement" or "shoestring budget"
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 19:40
by happytorq
basil75 wrote:Rather his word be ethos, than "overachievement" or "shoestring budget"
Or 'hello darlin, lemme buy you a drink'...
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 21:03
by Plymouth Gull
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 21:21
by wivelgull
If you think the seats are dirty - take a look in the Popside bogs!
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 21:25
by Kit_robin
"It's not a top 8 budget, but it's certainly not a bottom 8 budget either..."
Hmm. If the reports on this website are to be believed, we will have less money this year than last, or at least we wont have any more, in the playing budget.
If our budget is pretty much mid-tableas Mr Ling supposes, I find it incredibly annoying, frustrating and nauseating that I was led to believe by our previous manager that we had practically no money and a budget that would be more akin to fighting relegation than pushing for promotion.
If we did indeed have a mid-table budget, I fail to see how scraping into the play-offs on the last day is a "massive over-achievement". It's certainly doing well, but its not exactly wining the league either!
I completely agree with SG, seems to be more cards on the table with Ling than there ever was with Buckle.
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 21:32
by AlexGulls
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So far from what he's saying its sounding like a decent appointment. Looking forward to seeing who he brings in and how we fair in the first few games of the season.
Re: Martin Ling's first interview
Posted: 14 Jun 2011, 22:02
by yellowforever
Came across pretty well in the interview, definitely willing to give him time but I think a couple of good signings will be needed to give some of the doomsayers a bit more confidence.