littlehampton Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Two interesting midfield signings just announced by Town, with the arrivals of Steve Wales from Wingate & Finchley, and Mario Noto from Harlow Town.Both players have considerable experience with previous clubs, details of which can be found on the ETFC official website.A big Town welcome to both players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovely stuff Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 They look like decent signings.That's three players aged 32+ signed in the last week though.Plus Darren Purse who is 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wembleyfinals Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Yes, the team are starting to make me feel younger all the time. I think young Mickey Parcell is going to do an awful lot of running this year. The bench will have to have some under 23s on it for the last half hour. But then after all that has happened this past few months I hope I'm proved wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardsleyesque Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Tyler Campbell trialing for Maidstone today v barnet as well. Anybody know about that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53 seasons Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Interesting that Andy Leese is from the potteries. The Stoke City team in the sixties were in poor shape when Tony Waddington was appointed manager. He knew experience counted - Dennis Viollet, Jackie Mudie, Roy Vernon, Maurice Setters and Jimmy McIlroy were all brought to the Club when others thought their careers were over. The Club also had Sir Stan Mathews who played his 701st, and final, league game aged 50. Though the team sometimes struggled, this formula enabled to Club to stabilise in the first division and provided the springboard for a very successful period in the club's history. Looking forward to the season. COYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Meadowender Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Enjoying Chilfest 53 seasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raingod Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Maidstone forum universal that Tyler was the standout trialist for them today, so think we have seen him in a Town shirt for the last time. Pleased for him, but will miss him as a true legend of the club. Still hoping that a few more of last seasons team may return ... Nathan, harry, Karl, bobby .. could Jordan rejoin? Team seems to be shaping up ok, with 12 or so players signed up. All the signings look experienced at this level or above, and a lot have worked together before, so starting to feel optimistic. And our starts of the last few seasons have been awful ... Not personally worried about the age of the squad being developed.. short term stability and results key Proof will be in the preseasons ... can't make Saturday so roll on Haringay Tuesday week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raingod Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 OK ignore my comment about any more of last season's team returning ... Karl & Darnell scored 2 each for Braintree yesterday, and Harry also played ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovely stuff Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Will be very interesting to see how Enfield Town and Braintree's seasons pan out this year.Have a got a sneaky feeling that ours will be the more successful one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPotential Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Will be very interesting to see how Enfield Town and Braintree's seasons pan out this year.Have a got a sneaky feeling that ours will be the more successful one.Totally agree Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph1 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 I wish Tyler all the best at Maidstone and believe that he was never given a fair crack of the whip with Brad. He was always a lively player who game 100% though sometime played with his head down not looking for the telling pass but always wanting to do it himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wembleyfinals Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 I too can't wait to see how Braintree(old ETFC with money) perform. BQ has certainly had to work hard this close season to form a team. It will be an interesting first few months. Of course with a ready made team, their supporters will have not have to endure numerous "trialists" for the first few months. Being a complete cynic , I still wonder when the above plan was first enacted. By the way it is reported that Sol Cambell has offered his services as manager "FREE" to any non-league club, following his inability to obtain interviews with numerous professional club. Have the Board or Andy been in touch with him? I am sure he would help our cash flow somewhat and tempt some players to join. Watch out Brad!!!! Finally,obviously, others have seen in Tyler what BQ appears to have missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crowing Cockerel Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 OK ignore my comment about any more of last season's team returning ... Karl & Darnell scored 2 each for Braintree yesterday, and Harry also played ... Delighted to see that last year's ETFC squad DID eventually find a way of avoiding those pesky play-offs and making it into the Conference South! I reckon a few of those players will soon find themselves searching for 1st team football elsewhere, but good luck to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyetfc Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Can we all concentrate on ETFC rather than Braintree? I couldn't care less what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wembleyfinals Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Fair eneogh Andy, but to me the whole sequence of events has left a nasty taste in my mouth. But you are right, we are where we are, so lets get on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big guy Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 i hope we get a few more players in so far so good who gives a s**t what others think this is our club our team and looks very strong cant wait for season to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vauxhallman Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Totally agree big guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXEn8 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Interesting that Andy Leese is from the potteries. The Stoke City team in the sixties were in poor shape when Tony Waddington was appointed manager. He knew experience counted - Dennis Viollet, Jackie Mudie, Roy Vernon, Maurice Setters and Jimmy McIlroy were all brought to the Club when others thought their careers were over. The Club also had Sir Stan Mathews who played his 701st, and final, league game aged 50. Though the team sometimes struggled, this formula enabled to Club to stabilise in the first division and provided the springboard for a very successful period in the club's history. Looking forward to the season. COYT Not to mention a certain Geoff Hurst! Funnily enough, The Oatcake message board has been running exactly the same thread with many people from S-o-T feeling that Mark Hughes is currently doing exactly the same as Waddington, did in terms of experience and youth for this season. Waddo's tactic of picking up older players mixed with younger home grown talent did lead to the Potters' most successful period of their history, so fingers crossed eh duck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph1 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 It is the reason I support a fans owned club. Footballers and, it seems, managers come and go but the fan stays loyal to the club. I do not understand, especially at non-league level, why players change so much. In former times players at our level stayed with their club for years but now they move around without loyalty to the team. The way that Brad took most of our team with him reminds me of the time that Tommy Lawrence went to Slough with the bones of our team but we got over that and still went forward, whilst Slough went backwards. We wait and see who has got the better of these shenanigans. Braintree or us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyetfc Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 It is the reason I support a fans owned club. Footballers and, it seems, managers come and go but the fan stays loyal to the club. I do not understand, especially at non-league level, why players change so much. In former times players at our level stayed with their club for years but now they move around without loyalty to the team. The way that Brad took most of our team with him reminds me of the time that Tommy Lawrence went to Slough with the bones of our team but we got over that and still went forward, whilst Slough went backwards. We wait and see who has got the better of these shenanigans. Braintree or us. Money talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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