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If he’s a hit will he be dubbed Oil Baron, I mean Oli Baron?

I can already hear the cries of “That pass was fkng Bobby, Ewing”…

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First dibs on calling him Sue-Ellen if he’s a dud.

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There’s a compilation video doing the round of a few of his goals / silky ball skills. Looks like a decent addition.

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How about moving this thread to non-football?

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64 wrote:

The fans usually pick awful ones

Let’s be honest… In the GP era there haven’t been that many good ones, whoever has chosen them.

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I’m generally pleased with the players we’ve retained. A bit disappointed to lose Clunan, who may well have proved valuable in the NL. On balance, looking at the squad, I now feel we’re a couple / a few really good ‘proven’ signings short…

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ironfromafar wrote:

No fan votes on kit options just who is making the final decision?

My guess is Matt Roberts.

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Looks like shirt news is close.

Cheese Man also mentions filming for the kit launch video going on for a couple of weeks, and then I imagine there will be a bit of post-production work (editing etc)…

Your “close” could actually be three weeks.

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As promised, the piece as a standalone…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0lk1jjl

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Iron-awe wrote:

From memory from my seat in the main stand his boot stuck in the sandy crumbling service and the rest of his leg kept turning. Really nasty, won’t ever forget him shouting out in agony as he did it, the pitch condition was a massive influence on the injury IMO.

Yeah, I was trying to temper my original statement, bearing in mind that ACL injuries can happen on better pitches too.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Pleased to hear this, and definitely the right thing to do, particularly considering how it happened and the mitigating factors.

A few months back on here, someone shot me down in flames when I suggested it’d be good if the Club did the right thing by Barrows, bearing in mind that, essentially, the state of the pitch caused the injury.

To be fair, I should amend my comment about Barrows from “caused the injury” to “was a highly significant factor in the injury”.

I remember it happening, and I’ve watched the footage on Ross Barrows’ social media. Not pleasant. There’d been a couple of conversations around where I sit, about how the pitch might play a part in some sort of injury.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Pleased to hear this, and definitely the right thing to do, particularly considering how it happened and the mitigating factors.

A few months back on here, someone shot me down in flames when I suggested it’d be good if the Club did the right thing by Barrows, bearing in mind that, essentially, the state of the pitch caused the injury.

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Barrows has agreed a short-term deal with the Club with a view to completing his recovery from injury, and being ‘back on the pitch’ by the end of the calendar year…

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Overrated.

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JohnGaylesNuttingKit wrote:

Also, what happened to the Conor Smith rumours, just pie in the sky?

I’d be very happy to see him back.

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Iron Mann wrote:

Good piece. If you scroll to 0825 it is easy enough to play

They must have repeated the segment, then? I heard it at 7.20am.

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If it appears on BBC Sounds as a cut-out segment I will repost here.

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ironfromafar wrote:

If players are leaving ALA possibly more than likely Clunan IMO the club should confirm or deny such news and keep fans updated .. across SM the club is so quiet ..quite possibly waiting to counter the loss of Clunan with a new signing or exstention as they did previous with Fitz .. OFFSET BAD NEWS WITH GOOD either way im fed up of seeing the trophy photos lets get some players sorted for next season NOW …and a peak at the new kit design wouldnt be a bad idea to keep fans jolly in these dark close season days

Patience.

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Siderite wrote:

I feel Clunan was underrated by his ardent critics and overrated by his fans. He did well in NLN, some didn’t see it, but the NL will be a lot more physical and that could have been his undoing.

Must admit I warmed to him as the season progressed. Terrific work ethic, occasional good skills. Made mistakes, stray passes etc – but in general a big contributor to the success of 2024/25.

If he’s going back to Kings Lynn, I’d say it’s in part a geography issue – wasn’t he travelling up to Scunthorpe every day? He has a small child (or children?), and time travelling is wasted time, away from his kids and away from family responsibility.

Or, if he actually moved his family to the Scunthorpe area, perhaps the day to day support network you need when you have small kids just isn’t there for them.

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Facebook cult page moderators behaving like it’s the Wild West and they can do what they like. Absolute shithole of a site.

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BobbyGmeister

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That admin took the moral low ground and should definitely be removed from the role – and probably kicked out of the group. What a disgusting thing to have done.

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cassidystash wrote:

I think Phils’issue might be to do with announcing at 3.00 “there will be an announcement at 4.00.”

Good to have the warning, then you can know the news as soon as it’s public?

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As James Moody said on Twitter, the Club announces immediately as and when they can. Better than waiting until every bit of business is concluded and then putting out a list – that could be weeks away.

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64 wrote:

Best laugh I’ve had was hearing someone at the club had suggested Rob WeDontknowhathedoes should be chairman

Mr Roberts as Chairman!?

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qwerty wrote:

Don’t think anyone is ‘anti trust’.

How you/the trust think it’s acceptable for them to effectively set up their own club shop is the real issue.

What business in their right mind would allow a 3rd party to do such a thing when they have a legally binding contract with another?

It’s more nuanced than ‘Shop B setting up in direct commercial competition with Shop A and selling Shop A’s product’.

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Hoping for an opening day home fixture and a final day home fixture, plus home on Boxing Day and NY.

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lesgeo wrote:

Dec’s goalscoring talents are many and varied.
On the Cod ‘ed video, he also scored a significant number of goals as a consequence of seriously shocking defending by defences and GKs.
He will only find a tiny fraction of such dross in the NL.
No reason why he can’t get 15 to 20 this coming season – his close control and first touch will probably condemn Carlton to the bench and have Dec as a regular starter.
The option to play Carlton as an attacking wide player is possible, of course – a role with which he will be pretty familiar.

That’s what I thought, when watching the Gainsborough showreel. He might score 15 – 20 for us and that could probably be considered a good NL season for him. You never know, though.

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Rene Artois wrote:

If CR10 re-signs then that’ll be like signing a new player. Fingers crossed on that one.

I can’t see CR signing, and I think Declan Howe is the player Butler has acquired to more-or-less step into his boots. I was feeling quite down about Roberts, and the impact his loss might have on United next season, but after last night’s news I’m not worried.

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The ‘Declan Howe showreel’ video Gainsborough Trinity have just posted is worth a watch. He looks to have a good instinctive eye for goal, reminds me a bit of Billy Sharp.

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64 wrote:

“through terrace ” bit intrigued me

Probably means they would have funded Terrace’s legal bills or something?

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