FFS!!!!!

Clueless pathetic and inept - and that's not you Dave S! Downright shameful performance, but as Merse has already told me, three points is three points and Paul Buckle's position should obviously not be in jeopardy because of it!

I am not posting a match report because I can find nothng really positive to say, and in that instance it is better for me to say nothing and avoid the wrath of the happy clappers, whose reaction to the victory on the Pop Side was nothing less than startling, only seconds after the Buckle out chants started. Fickle finger of fate that the referee provided - albeit quite rightly - unlike the two cast-iron penalties he refused to give the Northwich forwards.

Good job Tim Sills can be a real man and keep his head whilst wittering little people like Dave Shaw fall apart under pressure.

I guess you followed the game on BBC Devon as I did Dave, did you not pay attention to what we were told by another REAL professional - Kevin Hill?

Today was only ever going to be about getting a result and we got it.................there's no bonus point for style, you don't get one knocked off for being lucky. Maybe that was the wheel of fortune beginning to turn after those successive last minute disappointments in the last two matches.

Go one up, early doors and the pressure lifts. Concede an equaliser and it's back on again. It effects the players just as it effects you. Cool heads like Sills carry yelping little quitters like you. It's what carries football teams, armies and governments through in times of crisis.

Take defeat or disappointment with a degree of dignity and rise above it. Likewise take a victory with a degree of humility and you'll not go far wrong.

That reaction from you right on the final whistle is just pure immature tantrum throwing.

Almost fell off my chair laughing at that one merse.

How can you still be on side? It's not the last game but the last 30. You can't seriously defend Buckle. I know you are, obviously, far more "in the know"(always wanted to do that self important patronising bold typing thing,but can't work out how), but for goodness sake even someone as brown nosed as you can't support this.

Of course i can be accused of knee jerking or even immature tantrum throwing. But i've been saying the same thing for a while now. So at least i'm consistant. I've been knee jerking for 30 games.

Merse, give it up mate. You're only going to look foolish when we're proved right. It actually gives me no pleasure to say that.

What's your solution then? More of the same or dealing with the problem? (They call that type of question a double bind mate)

To be fair Dart no player is ever going to be happy at being dropped, and if they are worth their salt they should keep their opinions to themselves and just get on with things, unless they are trying to force deeper matters into the open, which is still pretty unprofessional.

My "solution"?

If I was Chairman I'd be talking on a regular basis to MY manager and doing my utmost to relieve the pressure on him. I would be standing shoulder to shoulder with him..................Paul Buckle doesn't need reminding that his job depends on results, he also doesn't need reminding that the jobs(and hence the bread winning capabilities) of Sean North and Kenny Veysey, to name but two depend on whether or not he survives - that's REAL pressure.

If I was Paul Buckle I would be encouraging the players to keep on doing things MY way and to encourage them to analyse their performances and how they sea change under pressure.

As Hilly expanded on the radio this afternoon, there's a very thin line between success and failure. IF your first touch of the game is a good one, you are relaxed and hence confident. IF it is a bad one.....................

IF you can relax and play your natural game, then the chances of success are much greater than if you're worrying and looking over your shoulder.

Some people need to realise that tonight we stand just two wins off a play of place and three wins off the top, instead of two off the bottom. It's called half full instead of half empty, it's focusing on what CAN be achieved rather than what hasn't; it's the only way when you are in the shit and someone like me would be much more use to you in a crisis than someone like you who'd be running and screaming in a panic not knowing what to do except quit or throw their rifle in the air.

That's not rose tinting or being delusional, it's fighting with your backs against the wall.............if it got people out of trouble at Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, it'll do for a little old football club.

Just don't EVER give up, and don't be afraid to win ugly!

Not sure how comparing warfare situations to running football clubs and taking penalties compares, but ifs thats how you see it then well, says a lot about how you perceive pressure and man management.

My first live match or should I say dead match!
Looking about me before the KO and all I could see in front of me were the fifty plus die-hards looking miserable and disillusioned even before a ball was kicked, then suddenly I realise to my horror ----I am one of them!
Over forty years I have supported the club rarely missing a game. My God I wish I had missed this one.
As a "remote" supporter for the last couple of months and being slightly detached from the reality of it all you somehow refuse to believe that what is being written about "my team" can possibly be all true.
Well today confirmed my worst fears that its actually much much worse than I had possibly imagined. From the sad sight of a potentially doomed Paul Buckle developing a nasty and seemingly involuntary nervous pacing the touchline tick, to the sight of Wayne Carlisle on numerous occasions receiving the ball in acres of space and hoisting the ball into a long distance orbit, totally unwilling to take a defender on or attempt a simple pass.
You just know its bad when on many occasions in the second half every single human shape including our right winger were compacted into the oppositions left hand corner.

This myth that the only problem is that Buckle has his tactical knickers in a twist and we have a very talented squad is as far from the truth as could ever be. The plain fact of the matter is that the majority of this squad assembled by Buckle and financially supported by a very generous board would look poor in the Blue Square South at the moment.
Hodges is plainly to old and well past his sell by date but he has to play him because there is no real alternative though I believe Nicholson is a better alternative. Carlisle is appallingly poor and for whatever reason, has yet to be dropped or taken off.Why?
Thompson isn't a full back and we very nearly paid for another stupid Buckle decision to play him there when he let in there winger in on a number of occasions and nearly giving away a penalty in the process that some refs would have given. Towards the end I think Mansell swapped to fullback with Thompson pushed into midfield - a decision they may have even made amongst themselves. Green, especially first half I thought was one of the plus points today I could definitely see glimpses of talent and an eye for goal Benyon also did well but the lack of real support from midfield in and around the box is glaringly obvious . Mansell is the only one with the legs and energy and Hargreaves just cannot get about the pitch as well as he used to. Nothing pesonal but Carlisle is a complete waste of space. Nothing whatsover in way of a threat or support comes from the wingbacks on either side. There is also to much reliance on the wingers getting back and having to defend.
Sad to say but there is only one way this manager is going the way things are and It would need a minor miricle for him to turn this around.

Footnote: If the club realy want to get rid of the few fans reamaing they should continue with the dreadful halftime 100 decibell singalong of Uncle Tom Cobley. Unbearable even with your fingers in your ears!