Carson legs it from Warfey
It was something of a brief encounter on platform 4 of Carlisle train station, not exactly Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, dejected fans who walked back from Brunton Park found none other than Chesterfield FC’s Director Ashley Carson actually in the bar on Carlisle rail station, all on his own, after the game. There were plenty of people who saw him, when confronted by fans he did say words to the effect of " You cant get rid of me I'm here for the long term" he blamed Jack Lester for the defeat, we were rubbish, v Carlisle, it’s fair to say that.
Then when asked "Where has all the money gone?" Carson said Lester had a budget of £1.6 m which was the third highest in the division, before quickly leaving the bar. In an odd twist on "Strangers on a Train" we did see him on the Preston to Manchester service, where he was mouthing off about the club's finances to fans of Wolverhampton Wanderers, stating that owner of the club would have to write off large debts, if we go out of the league. I’d suggest that Ashley conducts himself in a more prudent way on match days, this is really not good PR for the club. Why was he on the train on his own anyway why not with the team on the bus? Why did he get back to the station before the fans? did he leave early?
Carlisle away was awful, truly terrible. 2 bad teams slugged out a dull match playing uninspiring tactics. Neither of Carlisle’s goals were from good moves or any kind of great play, just them being quicker to a loose ball and getting a shot off. We had one shot on target, it went in, and was scrubbed for offside.
If we’d been playing “Premiership rules” the goal would have stood, as no one seemed to be interfering with play but the Linesman decided we were playing old fashioned “any body standing offside then the goal doesn’t count,” rules and so we didn’t score.
For 80 minutes we were simply terrible, what has happened to the free flowing football the Jack Lester got the side playing in November and December? We look a totally different side to the one that beat Luton, our current form is so bad that it looks likely that we will finish bottom of the pile.
Frankly our tactics were so bad we look non-league already, booting the ball to Chris O’Grady in the air doesn’t work, for the most part he can’t win a header and even if he does we hardly ever got the second ball so it was a complete waste of time.
Once the lively Brown came on with Weir moving to midfield and Binnon-Williams having a go down the left, it looked as though we might create something. Therein lies the rub, the club is in debt and chooses to pay out ludicrous salaries to has-beens like O’Grady who has scored a mighty 2 goals all season, some say he’s on 4 grand a week or even higher, whatever it’s a bad decision to have him here at all, but it looks like we are stuck with him.
For the most part the fans are becoming resigned to relegation, it’s simply a question of whether we are going to “Do A Leyton Orient” or “Do A Stockport County” in other words, due to interesting management behind the scenes, we sink into the National League, or if we sink even further into National League North. Fans of other clubs ex league teams say that it’s a novelty for a while going to places like FC United but that soon wears off and you are faced with a grim non-league reality. Fans are now getting somewhat upset at the current regime and there may be a protest at home before the Swindon game, but as to what effect this may have is anyone’s guess. Blackpool supporters, for example, have been protesting for years against their current ownership, but if someone else is in charge of the finances there’s little that a demonstration can realistically achieve.
Thanks to Holly for the picture
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