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Not gonna happen Rene, teams will easily stroll through a midfield two of Ewing and Beestin.
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I like what you did there!
Who’s the bigger clown, those who see a keeper that clearly isn’t up to scratch (yet) or the one who constantly sniped at Clunan and Whitehall during a promotion season of which they were both a massive part of?
So 5 at the back again then. Sigh.
Is a tad strange. Simmonds would be what, 7th choice striker if he signs?
Starting with 3 full backs today (unless Starbuck started in midfield). Seems certain that Campbell will be starting next week…it’s a sad state of affairs between the sticks when you’re actually rooting for Dracula Watson to win the no.1 shirt.
I actually quite like it…much better than the home!
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With one glaringly obvious weakness in a certain position on the pitch!
Great signing, thought he might end up back here on loan but to make this permanent with a 2 year deal is very nice to hear.
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That’s 2 people in week that are withdrawing extra funding to the club that they would normally have given and that’s just from Bru posters.
Make that 3, also cancelled my monthly prize draw tenner. I’m a Trust member and would happily re-direct it there if this share scheme were ever to take off.
What am I believing that I shouldn’t be? If it’s anything to do with Maison Campbell then that is based on what my own two eyes have seen, both last season and this pre-season.
He’s shite by the way.
This was a different game and a different situation I fail to see what the Spennymoor game has to do with today’s game at Derby, however I am open minded with no pre determined agenda so I will leave it there.
Sorry that you need simple things explaining to you but let me help you out.
Plymiron has clearly read the match report written by SUFC that has claimed Campbell had a good game. They also stated that Campbell “would produce a series of stunning reaction stops to deny both the original effort and the rebound that followed, unfortunately a ricochet would come off Madine and trickle into the net reducing the Iron’s advantage to three” in their Spennymoor match report. Anyone who has watched the highlights would know that this is is factually incorrect. Hence, don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
Not wise to believe everything you read in the SUFC match report. Read what was written regarding the Spennymoor goal in our own match report then go watch the match highlights!
Cheers for the heads up, two tickets purchased (didn’t experience any issues though, was just a couple of clicks and already had an account from our last game there).
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You are correct, my expectations have been set suitably low.
“Dodgy keeper”. Comment heard from Spennymoor on their highlights when Campbell failed to hold a simple shot straight at him (pathetic goalkeeping for their goal too).
If he was a trialist we’d all be questioning why the hell he’s being given this much game time. Very worrying if Butler thinks he’s good enough!
Mid-table mediocrity will do me this season. Think we have the firepower to cause teams problems but the goalkeeper situation and lack of midfield general/right back (hopefully gets sorted soon) does really worry me.
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July 27, 2025 at 2:06 pm in reply to: To Those Who’ve Been To Pre-Season Games – Name Your Starting Lineup. #307658Off topic but not worth starting a new thread.
I know it’s 7 subs in NL, can you use 5?Yep, 7 subs named, can use 5.
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July 26, 2025 at 11:51 pm in reply to: To Those Who’ve Been To Pre-Season Games – Name Your Starting Lineup. #307647Question is do you play a system that protects the keeper (knowing his handling isn’t great) or go for one where attack is seen as being the best form of defence.
The answer is probably somewhere along the lines of we should have prioritised some of the budget to sign a decent goalkeeper who doesn’t lead to these sorts of questions being asked, rather than signing a plethora of attackers, half of whom won’t even make it onto the bench come the opening day of the season.
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July 26, 2025 at 10:12 pm in reply to: To Those Who’ve Been To Pre-Season Games – Name Your Starting Lineup. #307643So Campbell was mostly a spectator but still managed to cost us a goal (again). Fear it’s going to be a long season ahead if he’s between the sticks.
Only after fan revolt, which the board were clearly massively disappointed by. If everyone stayed quiet they would have went full steam ahead, never forget that!
Other than the goalkeeper position this is my biggest worry for the season ahead. Clunan was a massive part of our spine and we certainly missed him when he was out of the team.
It’s pretty obvious we haven’t replaced him, Ewing has been much more forward thinking in these pre-season games and none of our other midfielders can play in that position (Rowley, Scales, Brogan, Beestin…they’re all pretty pants defensively).
The squad seems massively unbalanced. We’ve got 6 central strikers currently playing (Whitehall, Howe, Dawson, Simmonds, Carlton, Beck…could also throw Beestin and Chadwick into the mix to make it 8). Going to be hard keeping them happy with (hopefully) 1 spot to fill when we play our preferred 4-3-3. In contrast we don’t have a single defensively minded midfielder and no fit right back (Starbuck ain’t the answer).
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Just saw the club reply to a comment on FB questioning the off centre sponsor and confirming that the shirts used in the promo vid/photos were just samples and “rest assured the retail and match worn shirts are centralised”.
One thing that stood out is the EHM part of the sponsor isn’t in the middle of the shirt which looks terrible!
Which is really odd considering it is centered in the leaked preview pictures.
Very good spot, you are correct…which does make it really odd!
Great launch video (again) but I do not like the shirt (don’t really care though as I haven’t owned one since my teens).
One thing that stood out is the EHM part of the sponsor isn’t in the middle of the shirt which looks terrible!
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Bringing Watson back is all just a ploy by Butler et al. to distract us from Campbell being earmarked as our esteemed no.1. It’s the only logical reason (and is kinda working).
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Wrong again awaywego grandson confirmed that is the home shirt, don’t need to see it in the flesh no claret makes it absolutely crap.
Hope hardly anyone buys it.I’ve seen the picture you’re referring to, it’s not the one’s they’re wearing you silly goose (those are training tops)…it’s the one’s hanging up on the rack in the bottom right of the image.
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Has he also been genuinely unlucky to only start 11 games in 3 seasons since leaving us? No, it’s because he’s shite and isn’t good enough to be a number 1 at National League level.
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Yep. We played our best football last season when we ditched 3/5 at the back and went 4-3-3 with 1 central striker and 2 wingers. We now have 5 strikers (Whitehall, Beck, Howe, Dawson, Carlton, plus a 6th when we keep playing this Okera Simmonds in pre-season)!
Why do we have so many when we’re crying out for a capable keeper, a defensively minded midfielder and a right back (until Barrows is back). Doesn’t make much sense to me.
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Agreed, centre midfield is still a problem and so is centre half…especially if we’re going 3/5 at the back.
I just can’t see us going with only 2 in central midfield with the players we have. Whichever formation we played with last season we played every game that I can remember with Clunan plus 2 others in central midfield (usually Rowley and Scales/Beestin). Still slightly concerned that we haven’t really replaced Clunan, Ewing seems much more forward thinking. With that in mind I’d go 4-3-3:
Polo Hands / Dracula
Starbuck (ideally a new RB)
Belehouan
Evans
DentonEwing
Rowley
BeestinRoberts
Whitehall
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