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Disagree there Sanfran, we were in League 1 when they were both released. No way they were good enough for the first team and unsurprisingly found their level in the National League. Howe has played 3 games in the EFL (in League 2) since he left originally which suggests we made the right decision back then.

Great signing for this level though and fully expect him to be named captain!

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Wanted it to happen but didn’t think it would…welcome back Callum!

Have we ever had two brothers in the same side before?

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You sure you’d all be happy with a 24 year old yank taking over our club?

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Maison Campbell posted a pic of them both on holiday with the suggestion that he was returning.

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Give him a chance? This will be his 4th season with us!

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They are mentioned in the Facebook posts for both signing announcements so far: “TRANSFER NEWS IS SPONSORED BY THE POTIONS CAULDRON”. None of their branding shown or mentions in the OWS articles though.

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RoamingBull wrote:

Jordan Richards from Boston. Any good?

& Ross Barrows re signed for another season.

Boston fans seem to rate him highly and was their player of the year last season.

Don’t know why we’re bothering with Barrows. 4th choice right back if the Ogle rumours come to fruition.

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He played every game for Buxton last season on the left. Jones’ main position is on the left. Smith has only ever really played on the left for us. Hurst played every game bar one for us on the left. Dec and TSF mostly deployed on the left last season. Seems to be a pattern emerging here…?

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Agree 100%…and if it is solely a “refreshments break” then refreshments should be brought onto the pitch for players, not the players going to the sideline to have a team talk etc. It just completely spoils the flow of the game.

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What a performance by Cape Verde vs Spain yesterday…get their keeper signed up!

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alcazar

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Sweden look very potent, particularly with Gyokeres and Isak up front. Could be the legitimate dark horse.

Should they even be there? Finished last in their qualifying group without winning a single game!

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Nobody mentioning British Steel returning as the front of shirt sponsor. Surely that’s something rather positive to come out of this week?

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Square Ball Bullimore wrote:

Jack Nolan from Morecambe could be the first signing

Nope, signed for Hartlepool.

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Very much doubt you’d get season long loan announcements before teams have even returned back for pre-season.

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It’s not good enough to get us there either.

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alcazar, Awaywego

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Westbrooke a bigger loss than Ewing in my opinion (although he wasn’t really ours to lose). We’ve had all this before, our midfield was supposedly doomed after we lost Butterfield but things haven’t turned out too badly since he left.

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64 wrote:

I think he was a good player for us, I think for a while he changed the dynamic and brought energy that we were missing the previous season, similarly Dec Howe .He was one of our better players over all.

Pre Xmas/New Year, yes 100% agree. After that he looked like he was playing in treacle and chasing shadows. His best game for us was on the opening day of the season away at Tamworth which says a lot!

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You say that but who did we actually sign last summer?

Ewing – plucked from Leicester’s youth team with his only real experience being in NLN with Buxton.

Howe – signed from 2 divisions below us.

Dawson – a crock with barely any first team football to his name.

Horton and Belehouan – nobody had heard of them and they weren’t exactly setting the world alight at Gateshead.

Rose – a great signing in hindsight but barely managed 5 games all season.

Chadwick, Eze and Watson – the less said about them the better!

None of these signings particularly got the juices flowing, the best bit of business we did was retaining Roberts for the season. He’s the one who’s going to be nigh on impossible to replace unless we manage to pull a real rabbit out of the hat with our budget. Everyone else we’ve lost so far this summer should be easily replaceable…and that includes Ewing who was chasing shadows for half of the season.

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alcazar

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Really disappointing if true and we end up losing one of our better players to a team that finished below us last season.

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They’ve both got to sign new contracts first, no confirmation that either of them have.

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Calm your horses, the first two signings last summer were on the 9th June!

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Censorship at it’s finest. The FB mods really are a bunch of clowns.

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Don’t think there’s really any more to add that wasn’t already said on the original “ego” thread originally up on here.

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Playing Beestin in his preferred advanced midfield position will be a good start, he always pops up with important goals and isn’t afraid to shoot.

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It comes across as an unnecessary excuse to put the prices up. I say unnecessary because prices NEEDED to go up. In addition to all of the increases to operational costs that Westyorksiron mentions above, we also had the cheapest tickets out of any team who finished in the top 7 last season. If we’re serious about returning to the EFL then we need a bigger budget to remain competitive.

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MK Iron, steelworks iron

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Denton’s got to sign a new contract first. I’d go Evans if he re-signs, was captain when at Chesterfield.

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I’d add Garry Thompson to the names not already mentioned above. He was a massive part of our Championship survival season.

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Sharp_Shooter24, IronIronIron

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Was inevitable but still a bit of a gutter. Just look back at some of the games this past season where his individual moments of brilliance have won us the game or got us a point. There are games where we quite literally wouldn’t have created a chance if he wasn’t on the pitch.

Will be very difficult to replace and I hope it’s not with Kyle Hurst but have a feeling it will be.

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cassidystash

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Definitely a good thing. Forest Green have a hybrid pitch and it looked bloody fantastic all season.

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Quite of few former Iron players in the playoffs so far this weekend. Crooks, Lundstram and Slater for Hull. Hackney for Boro. Wooton and Norwood for Stockport. McAtee for Bolton (the less said about that particular ego the better).

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