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BigLeftToe wrote:

I’ve really liked Rowley so far, rarely gives the ball away, puts his foot in and can drive forward with the ball. Just needs to add a few more goals to his game, think he’s only got the one this season.

He’s better than Scales.

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BigLeftToe wrote:

Oh give it a rest ffs. The event is literally a couple of hours into its biggest night…why are you so obsessed Rene?

“Biggest night” could mean 650 people.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

The model I suggested is pretty industry standard, so hopefully all good.

It is the standard, yes. Essentially venue hire by a promoter. I suggested pretty much the same thing in earlier threads – but we don’t actually know how agreements and contracts might have played out behind the scenes of this one, what with the Club taking its first step into gigs.

That wasn’t my point. I was asking if the Club will even get its money, and what will happen if the Club doesn’t get its money?

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Like several other people I’ve spoken to about it, I was somewhat surprised by the scale of ambition bearing in mind the quality of the event – but for the Club’s sake I wanted it to be successful. I really hope the Club is protected contractually from financial damage.

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Apollo11 wrote:

Looks and sounds like a complete disaster in terms of crowd numbers, event logistics and (probably) finances. Anyone any clearer on who is picking up the tab for this folly – Zanetti or our Club?

Surely Zanetti’s paying stadium hire and the overheads and the club take the bar and percentage of sales?

You would hope that there is minimal financial risk for the Club and that the stadium is merely a ‘hired space’.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

I heard Dirty Sterling were complaining about not being paid. Is that true?

They also only got to play a third of their allotted time.

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Northumbiron wrote:

Same people who say that he’s definitely leaving the club?

Or definitely maybe likely to stay.

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There is, imho, still great value in having a printed newspaper in our town. Despite the flaws of ours, in general you just cannot beat the physical item. The terrible Telegraph website user experience means it just disappears into the online mush.

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He’s following exactly the same haircut trajectory as Alex Calvo-Garcia during his time here.

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we can’t stay in this surreal moment forever reality and the numbers game will kick in very soon

That is true, and that’s why people should block out their interior noise for a week or however long until the retained list is released and savour the moment until reality bites.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

… the negative histrionics that followed Butterfield’s exit for far too long last season…

From the fans or from a clearly economical-with-the-truth Mrs B ..?!

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Rene Artois wrote:

Give him a go!
38 goals this season!

Agree!

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Northumbiron wrote:

Robert’s and Whitehall feeling the love!

Would that perhaps tempt them to stay?

It could also tempt them to move on. What a moment to experience and a high to leave on.

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TheJuryeffsOut wrote:

I loved the “Roberts again….” chant when he got the morons back over the wall near the end.

One of those lovely SUFC moments that would mean nothing to anyone outside of the Club. Similarly the footage doing the rounds of Danny Whitehall playing the drum in the crowd – quite possibly the best SUFC footage I’ve ever seen. What a wonderful moment.

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TheJuryeffsOut wrote:

There’s going to be some players that, however much they’d like to stay, could very well be offered better terms elsewhere – I’m thinking Whitehall and Roberts.
As professional footballers, their heads or their agents heads will ultimately rule over their hearts.

It’s always been that way. So I think we’re in for some heartbreak this summer.

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cassidystash wrote:

“Not after the two years I’ve had!”

There are several different meanings that could be inferred from that, particularly if taken alongside her comments about ‘the right person’ not being around.

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Michelle leaving

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Awaywego wrote:

How can you let Beck go when he signed an 18 month contract, can’t imagine some other numpty coming in for him can you.

You could cancel his contract (whether ‘by mutual consent’, as sometimes happens, or not).

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Maybe Merch Labs, as partners / sponsors, might step up and pay for an ad-free experience for all?

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Similarly, Omotayo from Kings Lynn would be a good signing. He looks like he could effortlessly do what Beck blustrously can’t.

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It’s a sad indictment of what an entitled 24/7 supermarket shopping culture we’ve become when you’d just innocently presume the Club would be open the morning after a Play Off Final.

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Connor Smith and Will Harris would be very good signings.

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Wasn’t it ‘click this to get access for a period of 24 hours’?

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(pity the DAZN highlights are so low res)

Not quite sure why this should be the case, but yes. The quality of the footage is shockingly low res. Did anyone who watched it on TV notice the picture as particularly bad? What I’m asking is, is the problem with the master footage itself, or with the upload of these highlights?

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This is how I interpreted it, too.

I think, though, that the aim will be to at least survive with finishing mid-table considered a good achievement.

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Iron Mann wrote:

Might be worth listening back to Michelle’s interview – I interpreted her comments as being that our budget would financially be about the middle of those in the NL

This is how I interpreted it, too.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Some seem to think that’s a prerequisite for the ‘Fans Voice’ or whatever it’s called Apollo. What’s happening with that anyhow?

I think there is some difficult stuff around fans and fan groups likely to come out during the next few weeks, once the good feeling has dissipated a bit.

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64 wrote:

I thought what was said about AB was on the whole abuse ,it seems people can’t be”passionate” without abuse anymore.

I’d tend to agree with this. I’d suggest that there are a lot of emotionally unintelligent people around the Club, unable to process the details or nuance of situations and unable to express themselves with calm, reason and respect.

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You’re allowed to complain when the football is shite. It should never spill over into personal abuse, though.

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DM, if he had continued in the same vein – no way would we have been rejoicing today.
Maybe it was fan pressure; perhaps board pressure or personal revelation. Who knows? All that matters is that he began steering the Iron boat in a better direction.

You’re completely missing the point Les. Yes, some criticism was deserved. Calls for him to go, chants about his football being shite plus the demoralising insults and the abuse he endured were not deserved.

Even when the football was shite?

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