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Sounds like he’s Bangladeshi so might be a Roj connection

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We played almost the perfect game for 55 minutes, it was fairly even and we gave as good as we got even with the Argies dirty tactics (how did Enzo not get sent off for quite literally punching Anderson in the back of the head?).

We then take the lead…and initially I lay the blame with the players for almost instantaneously retreating into their shell and moving further and further back towards their own 6 yard box. Tuchel then waited 17 minutes until the 72nd minute to change it by bringing on a defender (Konsa) for Gordon (probably our best outlet). This just calcified that shitty defensive mentality and told the players to try hanging on to the lead we had. He should have made more positive changes to try and get a hold back on the game, at least bringing on someone who could stretch the game in behind (a la Rashford/Saka/Watkins) or a midfielder who can retain possession and move us up the pitch (a la Mainoo). But no, he just brings on more defensive players, let’s arguably the world’s greatest ever player have the ball and do whatever he wants with it…and the rest is history.

Ultimately I lay the majority of blame on TT for getting it wrong…but that “shirking into our shell” mentality was certainly initiated by the players to start with.

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TT was brought in exactly for this game. The type of game that Southgate couldn’t quite get us over the line in. TT has failed miserably.

Still struggling to get my head around the mentality switch as soon as we go 1-0 up. Bringing on defender after defender is telling your team to sit deeper and deeper and try and cling on for dear life. We had no outlet, everyone could see what was going to happen. What did Argentina do when they went 2-1 up…they left two players on the half way line so that we couldn’t pin them back in their own area!

So, so frustrating.

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alcazar

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All club information is still to all fans, is it not? I haven’t seen any cases to suggest otherwise? Only difference is you either pay for Iron Insider and you get to watch the full interview, don’t pay and you get to watch a snippet and read the full written version on the OWS.

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To play devil’s advocate, did anyone raise these “second class citizen” claims when we were in the EFL? For those with short memories there was a thing called IronPlayer which was in force for over 10 years. You could only watch full match highlights and video interviews if you paid the annual subscription. Heck, if you were an out-of-towner you could only listen to the live radio commentary if you subscribed!

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Let’s hope it’s with the intention of bringing in a new quality no.1 rather than toying with the idea of Campbell again. Jones is a decent enough keeper but probably not of the standard required if we’re serious about promotion.

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Not usually bothered about the shirts in any way and haven’t owned one since 2008…but these are bad. Nice to see the unity crest being used in the details but that’s about it, awful designs.

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MK Iron wrote:

When you can name 7 but only use 5…

Forgot that part lol. But agree, doesn’t make much sense to me in naming 7 outfield players and no keeper on the bench.

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To play Devil’s advocate, when do you think it’s necessary to make 7 outfield subs? Surely a keeper on the bench for the odd occasion it’s needed is a risk adverse approach whilst causing minimum impact to outfield options?

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All the naysayers need some Positivity Dave wristbands (yes that’s a thing for anyone who doesn’t frequent the FB group) haha!

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Iron Age wrote:

Do we need any more evidence of the corruption of Infantino, FIFA and Trump after the unbanning of the US’s top player?

They’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Corrupt scumbags only interested in the dollar!

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Rooney couldn’t do it at a World Cup though, only one goal in a game we lost vs Uruguay and ensured we were packing our bags to go home after the 2nd group game.

In true Mike Bassett spirit, repeat after me…”we’re better than the Mexicans, we’re better than the Mexicans…”

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No doubt it’s going to be a tough game. Although the way it’s being touted is as if the Azteca is higher than Everest and Mexico have have won every game there since 1899! They’re used to playing teams like Guatemala and Honduras et al. and their best player is a 35 year old striker about to ply his trade in the Championship with Wolves.

Nothing to fear lads!

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Iron-awe wrote:

No problem with the tactics of Paraguay it’s the standard of refereeing I am fearful of tonight after witnessing what Paraguay got away with. Glad France won and loved the way Mbappe laughed in the Paraguayans faces in response to their intimidation. If that was an acceptable FIFA refereeing performance than the game is in trouble and it is all about the money all along.

Was about to post exactly this. How Paraguay came away from that without a single yellow card (other than for one of their coaching team) is absolutely insane. Was rooting for Paraguay to start with but ended up having zero respect for them and glad the French prevailed.

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Beckham didn’t run around a lot?? Did you ever see him play!? Always one of the hardest working players and usually covered more distance than any other player on the pitch!

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Hope not, 2 up front would suggest a return to 3-5-2 / 5-3-2 is on the cards…which none of us want to see!

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ironfromafar wrote:

14 goals in 5 years

He scored 13 goals last season between Alty and Macc so not sure where you’re getting your figures from.

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saleiron wrote:

Why? Can’t work out the question to which his signing is the answer. Am I missing something? Alty let him go in January and he has barely kicked a ball at Macc.

He played 25 times for Macc since January scoring 8 goals. Not exactly an inspiring signing but how does that fit your definition of barely kicking a ball?

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Howe – definite upgrade on Boyce.
Ogle – definite upgrade on any other right back on the books.
Brennan – presumably a Roberts replacement but is 100% a left winger.
Richards – no idea of what he’s like vs Westbrooke, can’t really remember him from our games vs Boston.
Hurst – probably the Roberts replacement as he can play right wing, definite downgrade but then who wouldn’t be!
Butterfield – we’ve been crying out for a goal threat and bit of creativity from midfield so he gets a thumbs up from me if he returns…we know what he can deliver. Only needs 3 goals to output more than Ewing did!

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Haven’t really seen anything from him yet but surely you can’t play 100 games in League 2 and be crap in the NL?

Hopefully we just haven’t seen the best of him and he proves us all wrong with a full pre-season under his belt and a permanent home.

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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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