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  • August 25, 2025 at 8:41 am #310327
    Rene ArtoisRene Artois
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    Subject: Maison Campbell
    Charge: Flapping
    Incident: Sutton’s 1st goal
    Verdict: Not guilty

    Our defence allowed their forward to get inside Mason’s shirt for the corner!

    Why was no ‘guard’ deployed.

    Surely it is routine to deploy an ‘enforcer’ to keep their spoiling/wrestling player from interfering with the keeper?

    Deploy a shield – protect Mason!

    We were 8 (Iron) v 6 (Sutton) in the box at the corner.

    Why couldn’t the defenders organise themselves better? Not the first time this pre & season.

    They ended up with a 3 v 1 overload at the back post when they scored – they bundled & battered our player out of the way and it was an easy header for their forward to score.

    We’ve seen that happen before, as early as pre-season.

    The back four plus others need to defend much better at corners & free kicks.

    Take the blinkers off – see the bigger picture.

    It’s easy to blame the GK – yet there’s chaos all around him at corners & free kicks.

    Watch the highlights, pause the play, rewind the play, take photos… study what you see – it’s chaos.

    Let’s see a ‘guard’ deployed to protect Mason at corners & free kicks in order to give him a chance to deal with what’s thrown at him.

    Stop kicking him and support him!

    August 25, 2025 at 9:52 am #310337
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    Defendant released m’lud.

    August 25, 2025 at 11:31 am #310345
    Rene ArtoisRene Artois
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    As for their second goal.
    Too easy to lay off, not tight enough and no challenge.
    No urgency to close down the crosser.
    No marking of the scorer.
    Free header.
    No one tracked the scorers run.
    We had 8 players (not inc GK) in the box / D – they had 5.

    Verdict: Maison not guilty
    Verdict: the outfield players, guilty of poor defence.

    August 25, 2025 at 12:17 pm #310351
    DragonironDragoniron
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    Do you think he needs a beekeeping jacket?

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    August 25, 2025 at 12:21 pm #310352
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    It would create quite a buzz.

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    August 25, 2025 at 2:25 pm #310355
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    I’ve buzzed it off!

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    August 25, 2025 at 6:51 pm #310377
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    Seeing as how a football team is compromised of eleven players should we not blame the forwards for not keeping the ball at the other end of the pitch?

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