Black Hornet wrote:

Funny old game wrote:

Ultimately when you compare budgets, I would scratch my head if I was the bath city owners after that - thousands a week more for that?  Nothing between the teams but that’s how football goes sometimes. Real chance on New Years Day

How on earth do you know anybody's budget?

Think the budget argument is a fairly obvious one. Coady Cooke and Scott Wilson are both on approx £800 per week. Elliot Frear and Tom Smith are close to that. We lost Russe, Parselle and Greenslade to better deals and they were our higher earners. Chris Lines won’t be sat around for nothing.

I would confidently say that Baths budget is £2,000 - £3,000 per week higher than ours as a minimum. Unless of course the Bath players I haven’t mentioned are paying subs to play?  Other than Jordan Thomas, do they have any other players that they could get money for?  The answer is no and even he is too old to really move on to a professional club.  Hence why Bath City are riddled in debt - supporter owned when they need money but ran into the ground for the ego of short term winning.  If this team doesn’t get promoted it will need an extensive rebuild. If it does get promoted it will need replacing - there is no long term positive for Bath City operating as they do.

Just my well informed opinion.

I don't think the FOG's comments on Bath's budget look bitter, Wellard.... and Season's Greetings to you and all other regulars here, by the way... I think they are very interesting, and help keep our perspective  on just what an achievement it is for CTFC to be able to do what they do in a League where they are comparative small fish swimming with much bigger ones (and an occasional shark). It is entirely understandable and natural for us to have an inferiority complex especially about Bath City.  They are a city; we're a town.  They have nearly double our population, over double our gates; a degree of pedigree and history that we can't match... only start to make for ourselves in the future. They are capable of luring our better players away... which is always galling, but sadly, inevitable. Providing we don't dwell on it... which for 51 weeks in the year we generally don't, we can afford a little harmless needle to creep in during Derby week. You're entirely right in saying that generally it is our own affairs we need to concentrate on.  Black Hornet's opposition perspective is an interesting one, in suggesting that we are generally too cautious .. and often are most effective when stung by an opposition goal .. or in yesterday's case, two.  We could have pulled that game back in the final 10 minutes when we so much more aggressive and enterprising in going forward.  Our default position if we take a lead is often to sit a bit deeper rather than really push hard for the second. We have the players to do it. I also agree with the point made by others that the moving around of the ball at the back not only makes us pretty predictable  but, more importantly,  allows opposition defences way too much time to set their defensive agenda ( as Parselle & co. did so effectively yesterday). 
That said, I'm full of optimism ( cautious) for 2024
Happy New Year..  peace, goodwill and fine local football... to everybody.

Just had a look on the Bath City Forum. Some interesting comments about Chippenham Town on there from some of their contributors alongside the "tinpot club" and their reflection on FOG's budget post. "Boring team", "no ambition", "referee making correct decisions","Chippenham's goal kick routine", a love in around Luke Russe and a description of Tom Smith as the "Ginger Messi". One of the sensible contributors took time to call the tinpot club comment out and have some respect for us. Seems some of their probably new followers are more fixated on us than we are on them.  Local non league football - got to love it.

 

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Argus wrote:

Just had a look on the Bath City Forum. Some interesting comments about Chippenham Town on there from some of their contributors alongside the "tinpot club" and their reflection on FOG's budget post. "Boring team", "no ambition", "referee making correct decisions","Chippenham's goal kick routine", a love in around Luke Russe and a decription of Tom Smith as the "Ginger Messi". One of the sensible contributors took time to call the tinpot club comment out and have some respect for us. Seems some of their probably new followers are more fixated on us than we are on them.  Local non league football - got to love it.

 

Couldn’t agree with that anymore.
Some of the big old Bath supporters clearly don’t like the reality of playing little old village team Chippenham, despite them being in this league for 10 years🤣
I’ve always found the majority of their fans have a massive chip on their shoulders given the past.
Got to laugh about it really.

I take it the random reference made by our friends in Bath relates to the wall collapsing during a match at HP against Bath and one of their players (name escapes me) done his ankle. Not exactly relevant - it happened long time ago circa..2001 or 2002!!. Conveniently they pass on the dire state at Twerton Park- the toilets by the entrance are a injury trap in itself! When they possibly get their new pitch - no doubt it will be the the best in the west!! Amusing how some of the Bath fanbase view the status of their club which has made some of their forum a entertaining read today.Expect more in the lead up to Monday!

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