New signing for the Fleet

[David Holden]

For those of you that haven't seen either our message board or Hampton's. Yesterday the Fleet signed Hampton skipper Nick Burton.<P>Nick will probably make his debut tomorrow, but is cup tied the following week so there will be no puns available for that match

[carjam]

That's gotta be good news as I see we are 3 or 4 first teamers short for tomorrows game. Just saw the gate for last week by the way. I was away. 1270 , thats more like it. Hope to see it continue tomorrow.<P>carjam

[David Holden]

ssssssshhhhhhh.<P>There are Braintree fans about!

[SteveP]

we've just signed Mitchell Crawley, apparently he used to play for you, know anything about him?

[carjam]

yes remember him...a bit of a strange one for you to sign.<BR>He wasnt sold when he left..not sure anybody noticed.

[David Holden]

He has been out on loan at Tonbridge. He is a good friend of Lee Spiller so that may be part of the reason.<P>He is a good squad player, but I can't see him becoming a first team regular with you. (If he does you can kiss any hopes of the championship goodbye) He will have some good games and some average games but far more of the latter.

[SteveP]

I find it all it a bit strange, we have Terry Bowes, Lee Spiller, Dereck Brown, Richard Graham (who are all very good)and Ian King (who's also new) who can take roles in the midfield. <P>We need another striker to go with Waynee, there's Paul Fewings (permanently unfit, on loan to Hendon) and Victor Renner (more a good winger than a striker). I think we should go for Sammy Winston from the K's once they resolve matters with him.

[David Holden]

I also see that you have released Brian Statham.<P>Is that true?

[SteveP]

You're not Stonebridge Sid are you??<P>Alias aside, we have released him, he was on a lot of money and wasn't really performing as well as he was last season. He was player of the season last year and he will be missed!

[David Holden]

Do you think that your site is so boring that only one Gravesend fan will visit it?

[Guest]

I'll be interested to seee how Nick Burton gets on at G&N. He was at Aldershot in our Division 1 days and I always rated him. He has also looked good whenever we have played Hampton.

[Guest]

Who was that woke me up with all that ssssshhhhhhing. Going for a Burton..not us.Hope he does as well for you today as he did for Hampton last Saturday.<BR>Should be a good game for us to go further clear at the top(Oh no..the kiss of death).<BR>The real BTFC.

[carjam]

A very bold statement there iron<P>see you at the game

[Guest]

DOHH !!!! He did have a better game....<BR>Good luck at Burton next week...

[carjam]

Never mind, if it's any consolation your side were very solid for 45 mins yesterday and a little unlucky with the first goal. It was also encouraging to see that you bought a fair bit of support and made the most noise. Good luck for the rest of the season, except for the return of course.<P>Carjam