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No, saving that for next season..

Stones rag tag army of loanees, freebies and leftovers take on the cuckoos from up the road today in what would have been a ding dong battle at a raucous Vale. 3 points please and send them back to their white elephant with their tails between their legs. UTS.

Why? Because a club in this division isn't spunking obscene amounts of money on journeymen hasbeens? Our budget right now - if it were in place for the entire 40 weeks - wouldn't even be top 5 in the Isthmian League. Our agreed budget for the season was probably top 5 NLS level, we didn't sign...

Rumoured to have been around £10k per week.

What is "extremely low"?

Unexpected point at Bromley for the Stones. Raced into a 2-0 lead but our fragile defence couldn't hold on. But good to stop the rot. Harbottle - the loanee from Nottingham Forest - really does look quality. Like the look of Ryan Gondoh too who joined us recently. The rest? Nah.

I suspect your "limited" budget isn't as limited as you would think. You offered £50,000 for Jacob Mendy and to double his wages. Brennan was offered nearly £100k salary to take over and a wage bill significantly higher than ours.

Any insight into the varying wage bills in the NL? In particular the annual management and playing budgets for the likes of Sutton, Borehamwood, Aldershot, Woking, Kings Lynn, Weymouth, Bromley, Maidenhead etc? Those clubs are a better comparison for Wealdstone.

"Wealdstone have signed 22-year old defender Nikola Tavares from Crystal Palace on a short-term deal until the end of the season. The South African-born defender has represented Croatia at U20 level and despite not making an appearance for the Eagles, made the first team subs bench several...

Fit and proper, right there. Oh.. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/midasextra/article-1691821/Shady-truth-behind-UKIPs-Stephen-Cleeve.html

So is the plan that Maidstone and Dorking force the resignations of the entire NL board and replace them with their own massive whoppers? Marc White's ego would be a perfect fit. Perhaps the criteria for new NL board members should be they lead clubs that are fan owned, not bankrolled by...

Stones have a loan approved by Sport England. However, the club’s articles limit the borrowing capacity of the club and therefore needs an E.G.M. to seek the approval of the company’s shareholders via the passing of a special resolution in order to actually take the loan. Also, after over...

I'm not advocating old skool managers, but at least managers that have played the game and understand the level of football they are managing at. You then balance that experience with more modern coaching and leadership techniques and you have half a chance of doing well. That's why I think...

I think the changes are needed at the more traditional non league clubs rather than the ex EFL clubs tbh. The players at this level are here because they aren't good enough for the EFL, with one or two exceptions. So don't pretend that clever coaches in turtle necks are needed to get out of...

Matt Gray played non league football, was an assistant at Eastleigh in this division and had assistant roles at clubs in the lower reaches of League 2. He knows what it takes to get a team out of this league and is doing it with far less resources than the billy big bollocks ex EFL sides who...

The Notts County owners do realise they are still in the National League right? Odd appointment, would love to know his knowledge of this level, of Maidenhead, Bromley, Wealdstone, Kings Lynn, Woking et al. Vanity hire.

Piss poor stuff from the Stones again last night against an equally piss poor Woking. Isthmian League standard fare from both sides. I suppose we should be thankful for the pandemic in some ways because this Stones side would get relegated if performances like the last few become the norm. Big...

Fairclough always comes across as a top bloke. Brennan or Kewell then?

Because we're privvy to his behaviour this season. Do you honestly think our board would get themselves in a position where a successful manager they wanted to retain walked away? Brennan is not the saint you would like to think he is. His challenge now is to find a club willing to give him an...

Absolutely not. Wasn't Currie a long time assistant manager? Seem to recall his promotion to manager went ok for you.. Recruitment in the summer killed us. We didnt strengthen. We've gone into this level with a NLS squad and suffering the consequences. I'm an eternal optimist and thought they'd...