Sky Blues/Forest Green Rovers (1 Viewer)

Voice_of_Reason · Sep 7, 2012

Forest Green Rovers -- based in a small Cotswold Village near Stroud (not too far from where I live). How can a small village team be top of the Conference, above the likes of Wrexham and Luton yet CCFC are struggling just two divisions higher ? Must have an amazing Manager to achieve this.

Greggs · Sep 7, 2012

or be a professional, stable, well organised club.........

Nonleagueherewecome · Sep 7, 2012

Voice_of_Reason said:
Forest Green Rovers -- based in a small Cotswold Village near Stroud (not too far from where I live). How can a small village team be top of the Conference, above the likes of Wrexham and Luton yet CCFC are struggling just two divisions higher ? Must have an amazing Manager to achieve this.

You mean the guy who fell out with Boothroyd at Watford over footballing principles who I flagged up about a month ago as the perfect choice as our next manager?

Greggs · Sep 7, 2012

Look at Crawley. Run properly, add a couple of big FA cup ties with the earning wisely invested, you have yourself a club with potential!

Skybluegarns · Sep 7, 2012

Or have a chairman, Dale Vince I think, who has thrown abit (not a lot) of money at them

Sky Blue M · Sep 7, 2012

Crawley aren't run properly at all

LJC_CCFC · Sep 7, 2012

They are the crawley/fleetwood of this season

Sick Boy · Sep 7, 2012

According to many on here, the role of the manager is not important. All that counts is the wage budget and if the team has had time to 'gel'.

torchomatic · Sep 7, 2012

if that is the case then why were many on here screaming for Thorn's head on a spike?

Sick Boy said:
According to many on here, the role of the manager is not important. All that counts is the wage budget and if the team has had time to 'gel'.

Alkhen · Sep 7, 2012

Voice_of_Reason said:
Forest Green Rovers -- based in a small Cotswold Village near Stroud (not too far from where I live). How can a small village team be top of the Conference, above the likes of Wrexham and Luton yet CCFC are struggling just two divisions higher ? Must have an amazing Manager to achieve this.

I am also a Cov fan in Stroud... Forest Green are my second team and have over seen a massive change over the last few years since Dale Vince took over as owner. He owns Ecotricty an energy suppler with green and eco as their core values. He has ruffled a few feathers with the fans by banning meat at the stadium and changing both the club badge and home strip colour (Black and white stripes to an luminous yellow number).

Any how he has pumped a relatively large sum of money into the club, they signed Fleetwood Towns striker Magno Viera in the summer along with a host of players from 'bigger' teams. Due to the fact that Dale Vince is a good mate with Gary Neville they have played Man United in a friendly and were part of his testimonial.

the club are definitely on the up, Vince has a clear vision...exciting times

Baginton · Sep 7, 2012

Greggs said:
Look at Crawley. Run properly, add a couple of big FA cup ties with the earning wisely invested, you have yourself a club with potential!

Crawley - Steve 'double contracts' Evans mystery far eastern businessmen I shall say no more

Forest Green - been spending dosh on players over the summer, heard they only sell veggie burgers with their eco friendly owner :thinking about:

skybluedaze · Sep 7, 2012

Voice_of_Reason said:
Forest Green Rovers -- based in a small Cotswold Village near Stroud (not too far from where I live). How can a small village team be top of the Conference, above the likes of Wrexham and Luton yet CCFC are struggling just two divisions higher ? Must have an amazing Manager to achieve this.

I notice they were top of league the other day. Was quite a shock. Usually they scrap about down the bottom etc. Surely someones invested heavily in the club? :thinking about: If not, sign their manager up now!

Voice_of_Reason · Sep 7, 2012

Some are missing the point.. Forest Green Rovers is a small village team based in Nailsworth, not much larger than Wellesbourne. Unlike Crawley, which is a sizeable town.

Baginton · Sep 7, 2012

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim play at the Rhein-Neckar Arena, the capacity is 30,150, it was built in 2010, the small town where they play is Sinsheim who have 35,392 residents

Both must have good catchment areas !!

Nonleagueherewecome · Sep 7, 2012

Voice_of_Reason said:
Some are missing the point.. Forest Green Rovers is a small village team based in Nailsworth, not much larger than Wellesbourne. Unlike Crawley, which is a sizeable town.

Not me, VoR: Hockaday has worked a miracle on a shoestring in previous seasons, was the man who developed Ashley Young and the generation of kids that went on to make up the bulk of Watford's Championship promotion squad, and he fell out with Boothroyd over Hoofball. That's good enough for me. He was a coach who has now leant how to be a very effective manager-who plays good football.

Dave Hockaday's Sky Blue Army! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hockaday

DD_Daphne · Sep 7, 2012

Sponsored by Coventry Building Society too. Perhaps we could become their feeder club in a few years

Nonleagueherewecome · Sep 7, 2012

DD_Daphne said:
Sponsored by Coventry Building Society too. Perhaps we could become their feeder club in a few years

Our away kit is a bit like their home kit.

skybluedaze · Sep 7, 2012

Nonleagueherewecome said:
Not me, VoR: Hockaday has worked a miracle on a shoestring in previous seasons, was the man who developed Ashley Young and the generation of kids that went on to make up the bulk of Watford's Championship promotion squad, and he fell out with Boothroyd over Hoofball. That's good enough for me. He was a coach who has now leant how to be a very effective manager-who plays good football.

Dave Hockaday's Sky Blue Army! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hockaday

Sign him up!

Brighton Sky Blue · Sep 7, 2012

torchomatic said:
if that is the case then why were many on here screaming for Thorn's head on a spike?

You are the Beowulf to our Grendel.

BigCyrille · Sep 7, 2012

Family and home near Nailsworth, Grew up in Tile Hill. Now living in Stroud. Cov will always be my first team, however FGR run them a close 2nd. This years FGR performance has in some ways offset the Greek tragedy that is Cov.

Started watching FGR when they were in Junior football (more people playing than watching) when Cov were in the Prem. FGR then embarked on a surge up the pyramid led by Manager Frank Gregan. Landed in the Conference in the late 90's. In fact made 2 FA Trophy Finals on the way, still the only club to have played in FA Trophy and Vase finals. However the Conference was always a league too far and FGR struggled every year until the Dale Vince takeover. Investment is always the key and makes Hockaday look a good manager. Still, not bad for an area of a village !

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