Paul B
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Looking forward to this one. From the outside Exeter look like a really well-run club. I believe it is fan-owned? They appear to have a transfer model very similar to our own, find bargains, nurture them and sell on for a profit.BTW, I've already started on the Exeter financial report, as I've got a lot of material that should, hopefully, make for an interesting read.
When I bought mine I was told that we had sold the initial 600 allocation and had just received another batch literally two minutes before I showed up, which my ticket was coming from, and that was before it was made pay on the day for good measure.I do find another irritating thing about Fleetwood being the continued absence of an away following being published by them. I've seen one site saying 450 as an estimate, but it looked far more than that to me?
Looking forward to this one. From the outside Exeter look like a really well-run club. I believe it is fan-owned?
Yes, they have a fan owned model, and a really interesting story of how they arrived at it. Some pretty impressive numbers too.Looking forward to this one. From the outside Exeter look like a really well-run club. I believe it is fan-owned? They appear to have a transfer model very similar to our own, find bargains, nurture them and sell on for a profit.
Whilst they might be wildflowers, the sheer variety of types doesn't look like they just blew in on the wind so did the once-a-year man have a helping hand, which still fits with the "Not a single seed sown by us". Or perhaps there was very conscientious weeding to take out undesired species?As to your rather fine mini-meadow. It doesn't look like you have much footfall. I couldn't understand whether your once-a-year man had seeded it (I think not) but the lack of nutrients is beneficial since it stops some of the plants you don't want while many wild flowers (the ones whose seeds are dormant in the soil or blow in) like poor soil. For god's sake don't 'improve' the soil.
Paul my main point was to show football fans do like wild flowers. And correct ours don't get walked on.Wildflower meadows, then. I've worked on sowing, maintaining and harvesting wild flowers, and as part of a team have created a couple in the last 4 years.
I think you're beating FoSB with the wrong stick. The viability of a patch of wild flowers depends on maintenance and access, plus harvesting to a smaller extent. Maintenance is mainly to do with protecting the perimeter and having the right limited grazing that will enrich the soil without trampling the plants. You cannot have humans wandering about; it's that simple - they'll crush the plants and scare away the fauna. This statement from FoSB is, I agree, a half-truth - " The wild flower meadow at the south of the site is also unrealistic. The footfall will be too great for it to survive." The truth is that if access is permitted the meadow won't work. You also don't create a meadow by moving earth around.
As to your rather fine mini-meadow. It doesn't look like you have much footfall. I couldn't understand whether your once-a-year man had seeded it (I think not) but the lack of nutrients is beneficial since it stops some of the plants you don't want while many wild flowers (the ones whose seeds are dormant in the soil or blow in) like poor soil. For god's sake don't 'improve' the soil.
I hold no candle for FoSB, their substitution of a sylvan natural reserve for contaminated land and much of their behaviour is pretty despicable. They're scumbags.
I read and enjoy your reports and find them an excellent description of the matches, plus a key link to the supporting experience. May we and our wildflowers flourish.
Perhaps they were long dormant seeds ? Your garden doesn't look like a newbuild where they bring in a load of topsoil for the garden, so perhaps a reminder of whatever the land was before.Paul my main point was to show football fans do like wild flowers. And correct ours don't get walked on.
Also I can assure you no one seeded it. Unless someone threw some seeds over the wall when we were not looking.
I'm learning stuff here. Wild flowers like poor soil. Didn't know that.