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What Trev said,

Reggie, if I was Steve King I wouldn't want you in my corner. You've hijacked the thread and turned it into an argument, when, broadly speaking, the overwhelming majority opinion was that Saturday was another great win and the manager is doing an excellent job. Honestly mate, I know your heart is in the right place but slamming down every comment that isn't 100% in accord with your own extremely blinkered view is going to have the opposite effect to what you would like it to. I mean, my views are not too dissimilar to yours but even I feel like I want to argue with you. Consider this an intervention. Take my advice and book yourself in for a few urgent counselling sessions with Park Life before the Bath game.

The first half was phenomenally good, in fact, so good that Reg could write about it and not be exaggerating. It was a travesty that it was only 2-0 at half-time. But football always has a trick up its sleeve and Connor's freak stumble was like a stun gun that shut the game down for 30 minutes, during which time Eastbourne started to think that maybe, just maybe, they could pull off some sort of seemingly preposterous smash and grab. However, as has already been the case a few times this season, the injection of fresh legs from the bench ensured that the final score-line was a little bit closer to resembling the true gulf in class between the two sides. Oh how wonderful it is to have so many options for change, all of which are as good as the players they are replacing. I've been supporting the Darts since the 1960s and although we've had some amazing teams in that time, I don't ever recall having a squad with so much all round strength in depth. Some of the football we have been playing has been sublime, it's a thing of real beauty. You should never count your chickens of course, but you'd be crazy not to be optimistic about the potential of this squad. It's very exciting.

MOTM was a tough one but I opted for the excellent Jernade Meade who gave Eastbourne a torrid time all afternoon.

So, off to Bath we go ... can't wait.

This was a hard fought contest and Dulwich look a decent side, but although they looked threatening, for all their huffing and puffing, a combination of good defending by us and squandered opportunities by them, meant that Wilksy had very little to do. In the end, as it so often does in football, it comes down to the team that takes their chances wins the game. We have so much quality in the squad and the talent on the bench is ridiculous. I hope the lads currently on the bench can see the big picture because I have no doubt that they will all play a massive part in the games ahead. I really do feel that this squad is capable of great things.

As the split voting suggests, MOTM was a tough one as this was more of a team effort, but in the end I went for Josh Hill.

Steve King's post match interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VczvPan3DDM

I've just heard that along with the hipsters convention, dog walking and creche facilities, beer, food and wine festival, there may also be a football match taking place in the background, should anyone be interested. This is on the strict proviso that it doesn't interfere with the main attractions, obviously.

Very sad news. We do seem to have lost more than our fair share of Darts recently and I'm very sorry to hear this sad news of the loss of your dad Raymondo. I didn't know your dad by name but I recognise his face from the photo. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

What shocking news.
Sincere condolences to Dave's family.
RIP buddy.

Home And Away wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:04 pm Great result today. But attendance not very good just over 1000. Not good enough

That seems a strange thing to focus on, given how great the performance was and that despite the horrendous traffic problems caused by the road closures, the crowd was still more than 10% up on the previous few years opening games. Personally I think it was a decent crowd under the circumstances and if we play like that every week the numbers will soon grow.

Echo the sentiments above. How Noor managed to put in a performance like today's with all that going on at home, it's incredible. Here's hoping all is well with his friends and family.

I'm finding it hard not to get over excited after watching that game. We were immense and completely blew Slough Town away. Noor Husin was incredible and worthy winner of motm, but in all honesty, there were stellar performances all over the pitch. Slough's keeper was their best player, he kept the score respectsable and the starfish save was reminiscent of Peter Schmeichel, but we could easily have scored 6 or 7 with a little bit of luck. Awesome performance. What a fantastic game to welcome us back to Princes Park. Gutted for the lads who missed it because of the traffic.