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February 14, 2026 at 9:00 pm #316312
His arm was raised to the side. Was sat very close to it and under the rules it should’ve been given.
February 14, 2026 at 9:11 pm #316313It was widely agreed from the terrace very close where I was that we wouldn’t have given it . Starbuck should be embarrassed,his cross was shit and it wouldn’t even be an issue
February 14, 2026 at 9:26 pm #316314Denton has been off it for weeks. Starbuck has joined him. Evans was run ragged today.
February 14, 2026 at 9:45 pm #316315Starbuck always takes soooo long to get the ball out from under his feet, like he’s in slow motion and gets caught far too often.
February 14, 2026 at 10:17 pm #316317Truthfully, I’m not too concerned by the result today, disappointing as the performance was. You show me a side that doesn’t get properly turned over a couple of times a season. Could be a very valuable ‘lesson’ – a bit of a wake-up call at just the right time. Let’s see how they go, how much fight they’ve got, against Rochdale on Tuesday.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:52 am #316320I don’t know what Ewing is playing at either.
Ewing was very poor against Carlisle and hasn’t been that great for a while. My guess is he has a moved lined up with his agent and a part of his mind is elsewhere.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:53 am #316321Massive overreaction from some of our so called fans
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February 15, 2026 at 12:57 am #316322I don’t know what Ewing is playing at either.
Ewing was very poor against Carlisle and hasn’t been that great for a while. My guess is he has a moved lined up with his agent and a part of his mind is elsewhere.
Missed your wild speculations. Welcome back.
February 15, 2026 at 1:02 am #316324According to Butler is was Howe who pushed for the move because he wanted a run of games and Butler couldn’t guarantee him any. I can see him moving on next season.
February 15, 2026 at 1:05 am #316325Without singling any of them, most have been ‘off it’ for weeks. What’s occurring? Some sort of regroup and reset might be needed. Let’s not single out players and chip away at the edifice. We don’t have the answers. Down to Andy and the squad to sort their shit out. Don’t hang about though lads.
Caveat: didn’t witness today’s game
February 15, 2026 at 1:14 am #316326Smith and Starbuck inclusion today, which I welcomed; wtf happened? Or did they just not happen?
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 am #316334this was not a one off. Looked great against FGreen. Maybe we thought we were good and just turn up?
But since then, Horsham poor, Southend lucky if they could finish would have lost, Carlisle never won a tackle, Yesterday no real threat, huff and puff how many saves were forced? And defending was a joke, everyone was poor.1 user thanked author for this post.
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 am #316336That is the biggest concern,
The defending is awful at the minute. They look all at sea, no cohesion, caught out of position, too often isolated (especially down wings). Pitch won’t help of course but away from home still pretty poor (since Borehamwood away I would say). Have we got room to bring any loan/fresh blood in? Doubt it. No doubt this being Scunny we’ll beat Rochdale 2-0 with a display for the ages…..February 15, 2026 at 9:59 am #316337i’d settle for us turning up and putting a shift in, a performance to build on. The level of our last 4 performances against Rochdale and York could will see us well beaten and worse still doubt ourselves for the rest of the season and 10 points could soon disappear
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February 15, 2026 at 10:46 am #316341Truthfully, I’m not too concerned by the result today, disappointing as the performance was. You show me a side that doesn’t get properly turned over a couple of times a season. Could be a very valuable ‘lesson’ – a bit of a wake-up call at just the right time. Let’s see how they go, how much fight they’ve got, against Rochdale on Tuesday.
I was hoping that Horsham was the wake up call. Didn’t happen, I think we pressed the snooze button and dropped off again.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:05 am #316346And last season got turned over so many times he didn’t learned f all, every time the dross performances just kept coming and had to settle for the playoffs.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:40 am #316349Mr. Butler better get ready for some criticism, mainly from the coffin dodger stand, Horsham, Southend and now Boston were not acceptable, and our bench is rubbish as we have let our best bench players go as many have mentioned, Howe, Scales and Brogan.
I accept we will lose at Rochdale, but we have to win at Aldershot.
Is Aldershot ABs Marine game, that allegedly he was close to the sack if he lost that..
After the York game we only play teams that have nothing to play for like Boston, oh hang on ??February 15, 2026 at 2:34 pm #316365Is Aldershot ABs Marine game, that allegedly he was close to the sack if he lost that
It’d be ridiculous to get rid of Butler at this stage. We’ve vastly exceeded expectations for the season and are just on a poor run at the moment – in fact, we have one every season. It’ll come right soon enough, Hopefully from Tuesday, but that’s doubtful.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:19 pm #316370Considering the majority were speculating pre season that top 10 or lower mid table would be a decent finish based on budget size and just getting promoted any talk about Bultlers position is simply ridiculous IMO , mind you it won’t stop some from banging on about it as per usual.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:36 pm #316371I don’t know what Ewing is playing at either.
Ewing was very poor against Carlisle and hasn’t been that great for a while. My guess is he has a moved lined up with his agent and a part of his mind is elsewhere.
Missed your wild speculations. Welcome back.
How can you deem my suggestion as wild specualtion ?. Ewing is soon to be out of contract and won’t sign an extension. Really wild suggestion that Deerey.
February 15, 2026 at 4:04 pm #316374I expressed that we should make the playoffs given our budget and attendances, but at the same time would accept anything but a relegation battle from Butler, he put that to bed after the first ten games.
But surely for the rest who said survival would do, once in the position we are in at the moment nothing else but the playoffs would now be acceptable.
The wheels would have to come off big time to not make them, to a bigger extent than when Alexander lost his job, and the same people wouldn’t give Alexander that latitude as you well no know.February 15, 2026 at 4:14 pm #316377If Butler fails in the play offs, will he lose his job like Jimmy Dean did after losing the play off against Boston ??
February 15, 2026 at 4:20 pm #316378without a huge improvement we will be struggling to stay in the play offs … with 3 really tough games coming up in which Nil points from 9 is a distinct possibility and could well see us drop away.
Not an AB fan at all but as he says we are safe from relegation and that was the aim from the first ball being kicked henceforth he must think he has succeeded via this remit.
Part of me doesnt want promotion im not sure i could stomach Dave the mugs gushings .. and it was nice to see him reign in his tedious and ridiculous over positive silliness on the Ironarmy fan reaction YT vid .. and note was was not available for comment on the main vlog.. i do hope hes ok !!Horton LB
JB Rb
AB pissing about too much and the side has lost all its structure focus and momentum .. could well see us fall apart from now onHOPE IM WRONG
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February 15, 2026 at 5:23 pm #316384If Butler fails in the play offs, will he lose his job like Jimmy Dean did after losing the play off against Boston ??
Not a very good attempt at clickbait
February 15, 2026 at 5:26 pm #316385” Robbie Savage slammed his Forest Green Rovers team’s first half performance against Carlisle United as a “disgrace”.
Savage’s side were hit by three Carlisle goals in the space of 19 minutes and, while the Forest Green boss saw improvement after the break, his team still lost 3-1 to Mark Hughes’ Cumbrians.
I stand here and can’t defend that first half performance. It was a disgrace,” said Savage in a BBC interview.”Some similarity here from Saturday. Whose appraisal is preferable AB or RS?
February 15, 2026 at 5:41 pm #316386I don’t like Butler but he’s done better than last season in an higher league he’s going nowhere.
February 15, 2026 at 7:05 pm #316395You should never slag off your players in public. The dressing room or better still the training pitch is the place for that.
I still can’t believe Tango man’s demolition of his Kidderminster team last season which cost his club promotion and him his job.
Fergie saved the hairdryer for the dressing room. If players don’t know themselves when they have fecked up then they are probably the wrong players.February 16, 2026 at 9:56 pm #316426I’ve done some reflecting and…
Watched the highlights on YouTube- deep joy.
Summary of the goals
0-1 bad defending from Horton, just very sloppy and not concerned about the threat from their attacker. Oddly was looking away from the ball when their attacker did well to latch onto the ball and cross. Fault – Horton
0-2 excellent finish, whitehall closed down okay. Fault – no one was a well worked goal
0-3 smith’s defending for the cross was poor. Evans was outmuscled and outjumped at the back post for his header. Fault – Smith was not close enough to the crosser
1-3 good finish from Roberts, good assist from Horton
1-4 poor tackle from Rowley. Good ball in from them, Ewing was not goal side of the attacker who went on to score. V poor. Fault – Ewing
2-4 a very soft pen given to us. Good finish from Whitehall
2-5 not a foul on Rowley, down too easy. Good play and finish from them. Fault- Rowley
3-5 definitely a penalty. Good finish from Roberts.
3-6 Evans looked to be fouled but not given and they were a little lucky with the break. Fault – defence.Overall I wouldn’t single out Mahady for any of the goals which was interesting. And I thought that Butler got the half time subs right after watching the highlights with Smith and Ewing being v poor for the goals they were at fault for.
I wasn’t too despondent as I actually saw that the players were putting a shift in but we’re just crap on the day.
Gonna be a tricky match tomorrow.
Would probably give Ewing a rest, play Beestin in the hole. So slight formation change from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1. Westbrooke and Rowley sitting in CM.
Let’s hope for a more consistent defence tomorrow!
UTI
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February 17, 2026 at 2:38 pm #316437The Boston match wasn’t so much a football match as a live-action tutorial titled “How Not To Defend — Extended Edition.” Not six unstoppable moments of brilliance. Not six acts of cruel misfortune. Just six reminders that if you repeatedly invite trouble, eventually it brings friends.
We began in charitable fashion, gifting Boston the initiative and immediately looking like a team that had collectively decided defending was a social construct. Three down before my pre-match coffee had had time to cool down enough to drink!
Now, the second goal, yes, technically, it was an absolute rocket giving the keeper no chance, cue the admiring nods. But let’s not get carried away with the poetry. The lad had so much time to line it up he could’ve checked the weather, adjusted his socks, picked his favourite corner, and still struck it clean.
That was the theme of the afternoon: Boston attack, we retreat, panic gently, and watch events unfold like helpless spectators. Marking optional. Pressure discouraged. Urgency strongly avoided. Our defensive line moved backwards so consistently I thought they might be trying to exit the stadium.
Tom Cursons bagged a hat-trick, always nice when one man is allowed to enjoy himself that much. By his third, we were basically running a loyalty scheme: score two, get the third free. I half expected applause when he touched the ball.
To be fair (and it hurts to say), Boston didn’t need miracles, just competence. They stayed organised, punished mistakes, and took full advantage of the generous space we kept providing. Meanwhile, we looked like a team desperately searching for a reset button that didn’t exist.
Yes, we scored three. And yes, for fleeting, fragile moments you wondered if something dramatic might happen. Then Boston attacked again, we remembered who we were, and normal service resumed.
By full-time it felt less like a defeat and more like a slow public unravelling. The kind where everyone knows what’s going wrong, nobody stops it, and you’re left staring into the middle distance questioning your life choices…again!
Onwards we go, because supporting Scunthorpe United builds character. Apparently.
February 17, 2026 at 5:00 pm #316441The second goal annoyed me most,,we just let him hit it,once he hadn’t taken the volley we seemed to stop playing.Several players facing him and nobody moved to block apart the usual wet drip challenge from Whitehall ,It was like they couldn’t be bothered.
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