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Jarvis had a hard time whilst he was here but he always worked his socks off. Did really well in the NL last season in a relegation side and would be a lot better than what we currently have (in my opinion of course). Worth a punt as WG would say!

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He was pants, so was Whitehall when he came on. Granted he was only on for 10 minutes but in those 10 minutes he still managed to look completely disinterested and spooned a pass straight out of the ground!

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Rene has pretty much summed up the game perfectly above.

Comedy gold defending and awful finishing let us down last night…the bits in between weren’t actually that bad (compared to recent endeavours anyway).

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Thought we actually played some decent stuff in the first half last night and looked quite dangerous going forwards (especially down our left)…but our final ball/finishing was horrendous! Second half was just pure comedy gold defensively.

JD needs to turn this mess around quickly though or we’re going to get eaten up by the chasing pack below us and end up in a fight just to make the playoffs.

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They also lost at home to us NI, couldn’t see that happening now!

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Sanfran49 wrote:

Gardening leave. Appoint temp from within until season end. Chester closing the gap quickly and we aren’t closing it on Tamworth.

That really didn’t work out too well for us the last time we did that…ended up not winning any of our remaining games and getting relegated from League 1 after sacking McCall and putting Dawson in charge. That sacking is one of the biggest factors that contributed to our recent demise, in my opinion.

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McAlinden played left wing-back for Wrexham.

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We haven’t won from a losing position since the first game of the season. Doubt it’ll change today. Sigh.

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How the hell was that perfectly legitimate goal given offside!? Just watched it back on the stream and there is absolutely zero reason for that being given. Robbed!

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A 1-0 scrappy away win will do me.

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Anyone at the start of the season would have told you 2 points-per-game is “promotion form”. Well that’s what we’re averaging. Yes performances have been pretty damn poor of late but if we finish the season on 92 points and don’t go up automatically, then hats off to the team who manages to accumulate more points than us!

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Definitely the worst home performance of the season I’ve seen so far…we were miles off the pace and just never really looked like scoring.

I still don’t quite get what Clunan brings to the team. He’s lightweight, can’t tackle, can’t shoot and can’t run with the ball. He just about manages to play a sidewards pass and likes to get in the refs ear but that’s about it. Shame we don’t really have a holding midfielder to replace him with.

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Still far and away our best keeper since Murphy.

Better than Daniels or Gilks? Not sure about that.

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Scored an absolute belter from around 30 yards for Hereford vs Kings Lynn. It’s on YouTube if anyone cares to search for it.

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Sanfran49

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Just in case anyone was wondering, National League TV will issue a refund if you purchased the game within 2 hours of kick off. I emailed them yesterday evening and got a refund today.

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Thought Elliott looked decent earlier in the season, even though he was generally playing out of position on the wing. The header he scored against Chorley was fantastic, a proper strikers finish.

The penalty miss during the flood vs Buxton seemed to put a bit of a downer on him and he hasn’t looked the same since. Good hold up play for our second last weekend though. Hopefully a run of games in his preferred position gets him back amongst the goals!

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Ferrite

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21 with no hints. What do I win?

Guessed Langstaff scored 47, can’t believe he had such a terrible season and only scored 42!

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They’ve lost 3 of their last 4 home games, including against City of Liverpool in the Trophy. We need to go out there and give them a spanking after their shithouse antics in the reverse fixtures!

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Think Chester will be our main competition come the end of the season.

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Really starting to wonder what Clunan brings to our game. He can’t run, can’t tackle, can’t shoot, can’t dribble and most frustratingly, can’t pass forwards.

There were times last night where Solihull knew they could allow him to have the ball with 10 metres of space because in front of him because he would refuse to move into it and immediately look for a backwards or sidewards pass.

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Just saw that Fitzsimons, Denton and Butterfield have been selected in the NLN team of the half season. Whilst those three are deservedly selected, another Iron makes the team in the form of Dion Sembie-Ferris!

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Just starting to get the feeling back in my toes after being at the game. What a win! Not sure if I’ve ever seen us in the flesh score 5 away from home before. Butterfield was outstanding, and what a save by Fitz from the penalty!

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ironingboard wrote:

Whatever you do don’t say his name three times.

All four of them three times, or just his latest?

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ironingboard, Siderite

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SST wrote:

Naming rights have been agreed for GP and also the training pitch. Expect announcements in the next week or two.

Cheers SST. Had a little read up on stadium naming rights for council owned properties and saw that Man City pay their council £2m a year for control of naming rights…which they then get £35m a year for from Etihad Airways. Not a bad markup that!

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Excellent news, one of the best outcomes we could have asked for.

Regarding stadium naming rights, since it’s now owned by a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, does that rule out any sort of commercial deal to make some dolla?

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cassidystash

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Down to -3 overnight Thurs and -4 overnight Fri. Hope they have some decent frost covers as I’ve got my ticket and don’t fancy it being rearranged for a Tues night in Jan/Feb!

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Out of interest Sanfran, if Pugh stayed who would you take out of the current team to make room for him?

He’s probably our 6th choice central midfield option behind Butterfield, Scales, Clunan, Shrimpton and Beestin…IMO of course.

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Would have liked to have seen Elliott in for Whitehall (agree he’s not doing enough at the minute, 2 goals from open play in his last 15 games) and also Roberts in for Law (another who I don’t think is doing enough to stay in the team at the mo).

Expecting a tight game, will take another scrappy 1-0.

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We looked a lot more dangerous when Elliot replaced Whitehall and actually gave their defenders something to worry about. I like Whitehall, but there are too many games where he pretty much offers nothing (he’s scored a whopping 2 goals from open play in the last 15, one apiece in the 6 goal hammerings of Spenny and Bishop’s S).

Elliot needs a run in the team and I reckon he’ll start finding the back of the net on a regular basis.

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Yes, that is perfectly understandable…that is until you get to the FAQs which mention a WEEKLY draw to be conducted on Sunday’s.

So what are the prizes being drawn on a weekly basis then qwerty clever clogs?

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