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Agreed Ferrite Howard wasn’t all that, but he did average 1.27 points per game for us, Rory averaged .5 last season and .58 this season if we carry on with that average we will only amass 27 points, his best average was 1 point per game in 5 games which is still not deemed enough to stay up, Sorry but Rory just isn’t good enough.
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Weren’t Stevenage in a similar position at this point last year, and they still escaped, so there is still reason to be optimistic, just.
Home game, league leaders, trained well, 5 at the back, we know what they’ll do, (we won’t be able to stop them though) keep it tight, hope for a lucky penalty. Well it worked once. We live in hope – it’s all we’ve got!
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But what if he doesn’t put his hand in his pocket? what if he said “No more enough is enough” where do we go then?
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It is nice to read MrSwanns view of the way he has done things wrong, and suggestds that he will change things for the better.
Then I look back and se how many of us backed him during his first five years in charge of the club, but sadly nothing that MrSwann said ever came to happen, so why should we beleive this statement????, I think that he can see that things are going to get worse financialy (not on the field, becase this is not possible). Sorry Peter, but I supported you for six years, before coming to the conclusion that it was all a smoke screen.
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One last thing, when you have thrown enough fuel on the fire you will be even more gutted when you realise you’ve helped contribute to the destruction of the club without a plan b in sight.
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Well that statement takes us back to the first five years of Mr Swanns ownership of SUFC, he is now saying that the club actually need supporters whereas he has ignored this during the past three years at a time when what has been presented on the pitch is not whatchable, and to want fans to turn out and receive their weekly punishment of 90 mins at GP is a none starter (80 mins in my case).
After attending when ever possible since 1951 on joining the football league, I would never have thought it possible for myself to say “I am no longer going to attend”, I appreciate that you have heard it many times from me, but supporting SUFC in the present days just ruins your weekend, and there is nothing to look forward to the following weekend simply because with Cox in charge, and the substandard squad he has assembled, THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE IN lEAGUE 2.
So the truth is Mr Swann, gates are not going to improve, and with winter nearing, I can see gates being 1,500 plus any away fans, it’s simple fans need a little bit of entertainment at games, they do not want to see their team set up defensivly, they do not want to see their team have one shot on target during 90 mins, they do not wish to see their team with one up front and 5-4 in defence, and finally Scunny fans do not want to see their team win ONE GAME OUT OF THE LAST TWENTY FOUR MATCHES. So you have had your say in your statement Mr Swann, and now I have had my say as a supporter of the club for 71 years, the answer to the clubs problems cannot be changed by myself or any other supporter, but only yourself can change things by acting now, if it means getting rid of the very nice local coaching staff, or recruiting UTI99 onto your board for his advice, then do it, because lost supporters are not going to return to watch the PRESENT rubbish that is being served up now at GP.10 users thanked author for this post.
Neil is too nice a man to be considered for the sack, I would also think that Lillis and Mussa are a laugh a minute type of guys, but the problem is that they have not got a bloody clue between them as our club sprint into non league football.
And there is a reason why they remain in charge, no “charge” is the wrong word, it should have read in these management positions, I have had the feeling that our club is being driven at full speed into liquidation, and the only reason I can deduct that is because the newly obtained land package will be worth a lot of money if it is approved for building a housing site.
Very sad, but as a sacking manager boss, Swann is sticking with this bloody shower after winning ONE MATCH IN THE PAST 24 GAMES THESE CLOWNS HAVE SUPPOSEDLY BEEN INCHARGE OF, and he even speakes well of the guy, why supporters keep turning up is beyond me, if I can pack up after 71 long years supporting them, why are fans still encouraging Swann and his business in turning our club into extinction.
Gate money from 2,000 remaining fans will not keep the club in operation, but with these fans still turning out, it acts as a smoke screen over what Swann is actually doing, and things will just continue along the present lines until we change places with Grimsby at the end of the season.
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Half time in the England match so where do we start:-
WATSON—7—MOM, but in a team like this???, no fault with him.
MILLEN—4—Not very good and plenty of input by their winger.
THOMPSON–4—Silly sending off, but had played ok.
TAFT—4—He has gone down hill since arriving at Scunny.
WOOD—3—Not impressed by his performances.
DAVIES—4—A good goal, but defence wise not good.
HIPPOLYTE–2—He is in the wrong trade, too much trouble to work.
BEESTIN—3—Has not been outstanding so far this season.
GREEN—2—Gets worse each time I see him if this is possible.
SCRIMSHAW—2—Never a threat up front, pathetic really.
LOFT—2—Waste of space, defenders must rub their hands.COX—3—His days must be numbered, even though it is up to Swann, Cox has been in charge for about 64 matches at Scunthorpe, and we have finished up with performances like today, and Cox is a nice guy, but nice guys still get sacked if they cannot do their job. His lack lustre interviews are repetertive and he is out of his depth, players are not even putting in any effort for him, and Cox, Lillis and Mussa should be called in on Monday morning and sacked, it is the only chance the club has of staying in the league, and it is still a slim chance.
I have never ever felt so low as a Scunny fan in my 71 years of supporting my club, and Swann has put us in this position with his bright ideas and throwing the clubs money away, but his ownership of the clubs ground, car park and training pitch land will be a good reward for his efforts, but the club are bankrupt, thanks Swanny!!!!
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It just shows the depth our club has sunk to when fans are praising the team for its improvement after getting beat by Rotherham 1-4, and just one win to show from its last 23 matches, probably Cox should have his contract reviewed and extended by a couple of more years.
So we need another 12 or 13 wins out of our remaining thirty odd matches in order not to sink into non-league football, where the hell are they going to come from????????????????????????.
Get real lads we lost 4-1, I assume fans would have been doing hand springs along Brownsword Way if we had managed a draw, so can we possibly expect 1,500 more supporters at our next home game after last nights great result????
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Any protest against the current regime should be done at home, with a sit down protest on the pitch. Get everyone on board, men women and children. Don’t call out the manager or his (our) players, this is all about the oppression of our club by the Swann family.
UTBI
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WonderGoals——I must point out that you are a bit out when you say that Swann has reclessly run up a debt of 12 million, actually it should be the 12 million he says that he has put into the club to keep it running, plus the 8 million he says he invested in club shares, and then the 1 million he borrowed from the football league, so in my eyes this totals 21 million that has been reclessly used up, and with him saying that he is still putting money into the club, there doesn’t appear to be any money left.
What a terrible piece of business when the club have wasted 21 million, over the eight years, plus all gate money, plus football league payments, and other income from food, car parking, transfers etc. and presently we have a shambles of a team and management, playing boring defensive rubbish on match days, but why have so many loyal supporters stopped attending games????????????
Well guys there we have it, I have never seen it on the TV News that Scunthorpe is the only place that has had this Covid virus, but Swann keeps laying the blame on it as if we are the only place effected by it. It is the same with injuries, does he think that other teams don’t get players injured??
He said that he doesn’t think it is the standard of football rgat is keeping fans away!!!!!, he says that win , lose or draw supporters still follow their teams, but he has forgotten, the WIN portion of this is missing at GP, plus entertainment is zero.
He says that we are only 10 games in, in fact we are 56 games in because we had a full season of the same rubbish last season, and sadly there is no signs of things getting better, but he appears happy to let it go on and on and it is Neil this and Neil that, does Swann not just stop and think that this coaching team have been in charge for these 56 matches??????
This would have been ok and acceptable if we had not heard the same for 8 years, without even one thing coming to fore, if Swann thinks things are fine and the club will survive being run like this, then as a long term supporter of 71 years, I will tell him that there is no point in fans turning up just to say that they are sticking by the club, but being truthful are in fact paying to be bored to bloody tears, I would think that if things stay as they are now, he would be pleased with 2,500 supporters in Jan and Feb, because things must surely be running very thin with even more fans.
Just get Cox and his fellow clowns out of our once loved club, we are not happy to see the club in the state it has been for the past three years, we are angry and sad.
Hippolyte is one of the worst players ever to have put on a Scunny shirt, I really rated your views on things mate, but to suggest that Hippo will ever make a footballer is taking it a bit too far.
Young Wilson and Pugh should both be in the team, but they cannot even make the bench with Cox and his brains trust in charge, no it is wrong to say “in charge” because they are in charge of nothing, they do not have a bloody clue. O’Malley has really gone down hill, and all danger of Newports came from him being skinned time after time.
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But when you have such a poor squad of players with no quality or even basic skills what so ever, added to a clueless team of management as Cox, Lillis and Mussa, plus an owner that hasn’t even got the interest to even attend, what are the chances of things taking any shape.
I feel for the 4 to 5 thousand fans that have supported and the 2,300 that still remain followers of our team and still follow them all over the country. I am 80 years of age, and my following days are over, but I feel for the guys that should have many more happy years as a fan of SUFC in the football league, they are the one’s that do not deserve to be the victims of Swanns errors and selfish failed plans. It is a wonder that he can sleep at night if he just looks back to what halm he has done to our club.
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Why would Cox walk and make himself jobless with no income, if he waits for the sack he will most likely get a handsome payoff, although as I alluded to earlier his job is probably safe as it will cost the club money it doesn’t have to fire him, and it seems outside funding has been pulled.
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