Spalding Updates

[YeltzBaggieNick]

Just seen this and first and foremost a huge amount of best wishes to Milan - hope he makes a speedy recovery.

Wasn't at the game today but this is just us. I honestly expected us to get beat today so no surprise. As ever on to the next and let's do everything we can to stay in those playoff spots. Winnable game next week and a home banker the week after!

[Brightgoldenhaze]

Well, what a dreadful day that was.

The main thing is that Milan is OK of course, and it was frightening to see him down like that, but given what people were thinking at the time, the outcome looks like it will be OK.

As others have said, the game was awful. Apart from a KD shot in the first couple of minutes and some goal mouth scrambles in the second half, we didn't look like scoring. We're so frustrating to watch sometimes. We seem to want to take physical and direct teams on at their own game and that's a battle we will never win.

And then...on the coach home, we spent two hours at a service station waiting for the police in the arse end of nowhere, because someone (who I could name but won't), decided to attack the coach driver for the heinous crime of slamming on the brakes to avoid an accident.

And, for clarity, when I say attack, I mean throwing at least one punch.

Now, attacking the driver when the coach is doing 60mph on a dual carriageway is not a great idea but this bloke, whose son was on board, was not perturbed by that. Hopefully, he will be banned from the coach in future, and I'd like to think the club will have a long think about whether he is the type of person who they want at games as well, but, yeah, what a crap day.

[drummyb]

Sometime I see the morons who have attached themselves to our club, for their own glory, and I miss the days we had no expectation.

[YeltzBaggieNick]

Well, what a dreadful day that was.

The main thing is that Milan is OK of course, and it was frightening to see him down like that, but given what people were thinking at the time, the outcome looks like it will be OK.

As others have said, the game was awful. Apart from a KD shot in the first couple of minutes and some goal mouth scrambles in the second half, we didn't look like scoring. We're so frustrating to watch sometimes. We seem to want to take physical and direct teams on at their own game and that's a battle we will never win.

And then...on the coach home, we spent two hours at a service station waiting for the police in the arse end of nowhere, because someone (who I could name but won't), decided to attack the coach driver for the heinous crime of slamming on the brakes to avoid an accident.

And, for clarity, when I say attack, I mean throwing at least one punch.

Now, attacking the driver when the coach is doing 60mph on a dual carriageway is not a great idea but this bloke, whose son was on board, was not perturbed by that. Hopefully, he will be banned from the coach in future, and I'd like to think the club will have a long think about whether he is the type of person who they want at games as well, but, yeah, what a crap day.

It goes without saying that the minimum I would expect is a custodial sentence for assault and it also goes without saying that I would expect the club to ban the individual for life - I certainly don't want to be anywhere near him on matchday. Sorry you had to witness that! I guess as the attendances rise then also will the percentage of pondlife. We just have to trust the club to be vigilant and forceful in their approach. It's also worth pointing out that the general match day experience is extremely positive and enjoyable with great people.

[andy]

Well, what a dreadful day that was.

The main thing is that Milan is OK of course, and it was frightening to see him down like that, but given what people were thinking at the time, the outcome looks like it will be OK.

As others have said, the game was awful. Apart from a KD shot in the first couple of minutes and some goal mouth scrambles in the second half, we didn't look like scoring. We're so frustrating to watch sometimes. We seem to want to take physical and direct teams on at their own game and that's a battle we will never win.

And then...on the coach home, we spent two hours at a service station waiting for the police in the arse end of nowhere, because someone (who I could name but won't), decided to attack the coach driver for the heinous crime of slamming on the brakes to avoid an accident.

And, for clarity, when I say attack, I mean throwing at least one punch.

Now, attacking the driver when the coach is doing 60mph on a dual carriageway is not a great idea but this bloke, whose son was on board, was not perturbed by that. Hopefully, he will be banned from the coach in future, and I'd like to think the club will have a long think about whether he is the type of person who they want at games as well, but, yeah, what a crap day.

WTF? Why do we have to share a planet with such people? It beggars belief.

[YeltzDoc]

Having had a bit more info on the incident, there’s a bit more to it.
So, if we could just leave it there please and the club will deal with it as they see fit.

[KenR]

I think that that is totally wrong and coach travellers on that coach deserve to know the outcome , however I realise that if a police investigation is ongoing, infomation is subjudice.

[PeterJones]

Just hope that the club acts on this and does the right thing. At the end of the day there could have been no coach returning home.