Wimbledon 3 Morecambe 0 Live Thread

[Redalert1970]

Safe journey home to any one who made the effort (121 thats a great effort)

Shame the team didn`t turn up as well .... SHOCKING PERFORMANCE

[dannymorc1]

We are the easy pickings team of the league this season. We have always stuck in and maintained our League 2 status. But without a change in the ownership, this could be our final season in the EFL.
We all know who is to blame, the total and utter plonker that is Jason Twittingham. He is destroying Morecambe F C. Until we can get his arse kicked out of the club, nothing will change.
I have kept my comments polite, but I'm raging inside!

[Born again Bill]

Safe journey home to any one who made the effort

Shame the team didn`t turn up as well .... SHOCKING PERFORMANCE

Not shocking , just the norm . We are not a league standard club anymore ! . Little old Morecambe is back !

[shrimpsontoast]

Yeah we’re down, no chance this squad has the quality to stay up. Absolutely no control or composure in the centre of the park. We look more off the pace now than we did in the second season in league one.

[Redalert1970]

Sad thing is Danny the fans are powerless .... I feel the same as you

Supported this club since 1980 and the way it`s going we are heading back to non league (SO SO SAD)

[Phoenix Shrimp 2017]

Good double save by their keeper in the 91st minute. A decent attack from us at last.

Only because Wimbledon had the game won and were at half pace sitting off us. Can’t remember when we were so poor. Probably back to the earlier days in the NPL! Job nearly done Whittingham! You destroyed Worcester now it’s our turn! Love to know what your master plan is????? We ain’t going to be worth Jack shit at this rate.

[Redalert1970]

Think the only plan he as his too destroy our club like he did with Worcester

We are down if we don't sell very quickly

[Keith]

If you can bring yourself to view the highlights, watch Harrack in the build up to their second goal, just ambling along, watching his player chase the ball down. He gets it, unchallenged, to put the cross in. There were plenty of poor performances today, but others at least gave 100% effort, even if not good enough. Harrack's shirt won't need washing.

Start Brown, for goodness sake. We've seen he can score goals. How is Hope higher up the pecking order?
Try Tollitt behind a front two, at least he can shoot.

Accrington was a poor performance. This was MUCH worse. Being 0-0 at half-time didn't tell the story, they could easily have been three or four up, if it wasn't for some poor finishing. Second half, there was only ever going to be one winner, even before they finally scored.

3-0 before finally making substitutions?

[Redalert1970]

We have punched above our weight since 2007 (entering the league) but it's slowly coming home to roost now sadly

IF we are relegated and end up in the National League we wouldn't even be a big club in that league

33 games to go (99 points) and probably need at least 40 more points which would give us 47 to have an outside chance

Possible YES
Likely NO

[lancaster shrimp]

We have punched above our weight since 2007 (entering the league) but it's slowly coming home to roost now sadly

IF we are relegated and end up in the National League we wouldn't even be a big club in that league

The ONLY reason we're in this mess is because of the rat in charge

33 games to go (99 points) and probably need at least 40 more points which would give us 47 to have an outside chance

Possible YES
Likely NO

[marky No.1]

We have punched above our weight since 2007 (entering the league) but it's slowly coming home to roost now sadly

IF we are relegated and end up in the National League we wouldn't even be a big club in that league

33 games to go (99 points) and probably need at least 40 more points which would give us 47 to have an outside chance

Possible YES
Likely NO

We have often averaged 1 point per game, win 1, draw 1, lose 2.

We now can't afford to lose 2 games in 4.

Can we depend on 2 teams worse than us.

We have previously relied on other Clubs being docked points.

Tough ask

[glagys]

Guys I keep banging on about it
He has no intention of selling
Probs offset some loans against us, so he needs for us to go bankrupt so that the loans get wiped off

Oh and the EFL stand by and do nothing

[Old Man Kensey]

That was an awful watch last night, it looked at times that we were playing a team a league above us.

We all know who's to blame. A poor NL side has been thrown together at the last minute and it is now starting to show. We don't have a striker that will reach double figures and our midfield looks invisible for large periods of the game. Harrack for the second goal seemed to be having a nice little walk by himself.

The amount of times we couldn't string more than 2 passes together last night was a very big concern.

[Phoenix Shrimp 2017]

Guys I keep banging on about it
He has no intention of selling
Probs offset some loans against us, so he needs for us to go bankrupt so that the loans get wiped off

Oh and the EFL stand by and do nothing

The EFL ain’t bothered. It’s a business and if we go kaput there are several other clubs waiting in the wings to replace us. It’s no skin off their nose.

Whittingham is just the latest charlatan to have ownership of the club. How can we effectively fight back against him?? I like many others haven’t got a clue but I don’t think protests will make a jot of difference to him and the more extreme protests suggested will only harm OUR club further.

[Keith]

Oh and the EFL stand by and do nothing

The EFL ain’t bothered. It’s a business and if we go kaput there are several other clubs waiting in the wings to replace us. It’s no skin off their nose.

What, exactly, do you think the EFL can do? I really don't know why people blame them, they have no power in this. If anything, they've been supportive, in that they could have imposed bigger fines or point deductions for non-payment of wages.

[John L]

Oh and the EFL stand by and do nothing

The EFL ain’t bothered. It’s a business and if we go kaput there are several other clubs waiting in the wings to replace us. It’s no skin off their nose.

What, exactly, do you think the EFL can do? I really don't know why people blame them, they have no power in this. If anything, they've been supportive, in that they could have imposed bigger fines or point deductions for non-payment of wages.

As I understand it, they're apparently processing a potential sale as we speak, so I do wonder what all the fuss is about. Surely all we can do at the moment is be patient and wait to see if it goes ahead?

[Redalert1970]

Would be nice to see proof of any sale process been with the EFL but sure we won't get any

[redrobo]

Rumour or fact about EFL processing a sale?

Insider info or another of JWs all too often mind games to keep us quiet ?

[black morse]

The way I look at it is.......as the EFL have told the Trust that they are bound by confidentiality rules, why would they even bother saying that if no papers had been lodged. So......assuming they have been lodged why is it taking so long to process unless there are issues in which case I don't think this current bid is going anywhere!

[Redalert1970]

Does anyone really believe that a sale process is even happening ??

[John L]

Rumour or fact about EFL processing a sale?

Insider info or another of JWs all too often mind games to keep us quiet ?

Referring to the email issued by the Shrimps Trust to members on Sunday evening...

Dear members,



Further to our promise, we have the third of our regular updates on the sale of Morecambe FC.



The Trust continues to work hard to ensure fans are informed of what is happening with our club, and we will continue to pursue all avenues for this process to progress as quickly as possible.



We have asked all parties to review their position in relation to the lack of communication at present, due to the length of time since the last substantive update.



Bond Group

Jason Whittingham of Bond Group advised the Shrimps Trust that he would provide an approved statement in relation to the sale of the club ‘early’ in the week commencing 7 October. That statement was not forthcoming. We asked Jason about this, and if he could now provide an update.

Whilst a directly quotable response was not received, Jason indicated that there had been a meeting with the EFL this week. However, it is the case that further comment cannot be made at this time.



Morecambe FC

The board of directors’ response: “The sale process is ongoing, and the parties involved have asked that the details remain confidential, that position has not changed.”



EFL

The response from the EFL: “There is little by way of an update we can offer on any acquisition progressing other than to say the EFL remains actively engaged.”



Prospective buyers

We aren’t privy to details of who the prospective buyers are and have therefore been unable to contact them. If we are made aware of their identity, we will reach out to them. In the meantime, if the prospective buyers are reading this then please contact us on chair@shrimpstrust.co.uk when you are ready.

[Billy bodger]

I think confidence has started to wane and that’s a worry. Though we lost those first five games 1-0 the confidence seemed if it was high. If we lose confidence each match will become harder, there will be no fear in the opposition. After most of those first games, managers acknowledge how well we did against them, that seems to have waned, they are now saying they were well worth the victory.

We have lost the last three so now we have 10 important games coming up in the league and 8 of them, for me, are games where we should be competitive and more importantly we NEED to win 5. We also need to beat Carlisle in the FA Trophy and win in the first round of the FA Cup.

If that’s a big ask it’s a very big worry indeed.