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Don’t share Wondergoals thinking about Dale suffering from a hangover. Tend to agree with Butler: ‘a wounded beast can be a dangerous beast’. Personally think they’ll be up and at it to right some perceived wrongs and give their fans something to cheer about. That prat McNulty will have them fired up too. Predict a very different game with them on the front foot looking for the first goal. That said, we can beat any of them playing like last night.
Personally I couldn’t enjoy the game at the time, just so nervous from when we scored till the very end.
Still buzzing this morning, though big headache from waking at 4am and not getting back to sleep.
Only a third of the way there but we have that chance here’s hoping.1 user thanked author for this post.
Some on the Shrimpers forum took it badly, apparently we are a bunch of cheating cloggers who are masters at the dark arts of the game, funny I only remember their player getting sent off. Come on guys you got beat by a better team on the night try a little humility for a change.
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One of their star men, Scott-Morriss got a yellow card in added time. I reckon he was lucky not to get two in the first half! Dark Arts my a***!!!!!
They could have had a pen first half (Denton shove) we could have had a pen second half (Ewing) but should have had a definite pen when their defender tried to swap shirts with Whitehall before the game finished. Hope somebody got a picture.3 users thanked author for this post.
Ref was horrendous for both sides, particularly second half. Female assistant bailed him out a couple of times, notably when he was going to give Southend a goal kick for an obvious corner.
Sour grapes if they’re moaning about Whitehall and the ref.1 user thanked author for this post.
Just had a look on their fans forum, ref and manager to blame it seems (That’s unusual!) However one up for Butler from a sensible fan:-
” I believe Scunthorpe have a significantly lower budget than ourselves and have completely outplayed us this season, they’ve been poor recently and now it looks like great management as when the time came they rose to the challenge and gave us what we deserved.”3 users thanked author for this post.
Lol, Butler posting on there now?
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Some on the Shrimpers forum took it badly, apparently we are a bunch of cheating cloggers who are masters at the dark arts of the game, funny I only remember their player getting sent off. Come on guys you got beat by a better team on the night try a little humility for a change.
Bound to be some I suppose. Be interesting to hear from our recent Shrimpers fans on Bru to hear what they thought. Away at Sea Fanzine’s view was fair, measured and respectful, which received a lot of flak from fellow fans. Similar at most clubs I reckon.
You undoubtedly deserved to win as you got your tactics spot on which in turn stopped us playing any form of football on the ground and resorting to the hopeful high ball forward all the time. I don’t think the referee helped either side, and truthfully, he was the worst I have seen by far this season. Both sets of supporters did their teams proud, but in our case our team didn’t deserve it. Substitutions were made far too late to impact the game. As for dark arts, you had a few in your locker, which is why Harry Taylor got himself sent off, having been wound up the whole game. Good luck against Rochdale, I think they will give you a far stiffer test than we offered. To be honest, I’m quite disgusted with our team for bottling the moment.
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I wouldn’t be disgusted with them, I think we just confounded them, closed down better and got more second balls. It’s the best we’ve played for many months. I can understand your player getting frustrated and sent off – Howe feigning being struck by a high boot was embarrassing. That said, Scott Morris was a bit naughty throughout the match. Good luck in your Wembley match. Hope you smash the cheats.
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A tough one to take last night.
I wasn’t sure what I was expecting from Scunthorpe but what I will say is this. You are the biggest nastiest and direct side we have faced this season.
We had no answer to the constant press and constant bombardedment. I’m not sure your midfield saw much of the ball. There were so many pushes in the back and the referee was possibly the worst we have faced this season, albeit you could have had a pen. Some of the decision making was criminal.
That said. You did a complete number on us. We cant seem to play against teams like that and resorted to mirroring your play which was never going to end well.
As for our manager. Joker, has no plan B and left better players on the bench but he has done that all season. Hopefully we get a change in the summer.
Scunthorpe definitely deserved the win on the win and we’re the better team but haven’t seen a team literally hoof everything like that for a while and your two strikers gave us a torrid time.
Good luck against Rochdale but personally hope they or Carlisle go up as they will lead a title charge again next year if they don’t.
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“I wasn’t sure what I was expecting from Scunthorpe but what I will say is this. You are the biggest nastiest and direct side we have faced this season.!
I don’t get this at all, I think we have 3 outfield players over 6 ft.
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‘wasn’t sure what I was expecting from Scunthorpe but what I will say is this. You are the biggest nastiest and direct side we have faced this season.’
Not many are big and that’s the most gutsy and battling I’ve seen us all season. We’re usually the nicer, or softer side tbh. It made a refreshing change.
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Could be a decent David Attenborough documentary, the beasts of Glanford Park.
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Don’t get the “big and nasty” shout at all. We’re a team of vertically challenged players. Apart from Evans, Whitehall and JB everyone is below 6ft (not including the keeper).
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Everyone is entitled to an opinion but a theme running through a lot of the posts on the Shrimpers forum is how we forced Southend to change their normal game by pressing them in midfield and forcing them to go long ball. Well we have a team in Southend with a more experienced manager and a squad of players assembled on a bigger budget than the Iron, so I guess their assessment of the game is down to their own inability to change things around to suit them which in theory they should be able to do with said bigger budget squad and as for their more experienced manager, he’s been booked in both games against us at the AA this season, guess refs just don’t like him, lol.
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If we play at Rochdale on Sunday as well as we did last night, we have a good chance.
We pressed, we bombarded, we bullied.
Why the hell haven’t we been doing this all season?
It’s also much more fun to watch than the garbage we’ve been served up recently.
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