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Squad finalised in January perhaps? I’ve given up hope of getting all the replacements we need before the first game but surely a GK and striker are a must in the next few days, we could probably raise a passable (just) 5-4-1 at the moment.

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“Bedeau to the Premier League”

Should read ‘Bedeau to a Premier League club’ surely. He’ll never make a PL player in any position IMO. He just likes claret & blue it seems, must have a load of socks and underwear he can’t afford to throw away.

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If Karacan expects to be playing in L2 next season might it be a good idea to revise his contract offer?

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From a Cox interview on the OWS:-

“I seem to have been travelling all around the country speaking to players and agents and we’ve got two over the line now.”

Some might be tempted to ask if the chief scout could have narrowed things down a bit, but it seems the manager might be unfamiliar with modern technology as a possible alternative to travel.

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And the creative midfielder.

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You’d expect an increase in business across the board (possible exception SUFC) as plenty of players will be without income from 1st July. Can’t see many lower league players wanting to be unpaid for long if, as is normal, they’ve been living up to their income. Unfortunately it looks like we’ll be waiting for those who get really desperate after a month.

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“They all played well apart from Kane.”

I think I only saw Rice twice, does that mean that he goes about his job quietly without fuss or that he has no influence on the game at all?

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As well as 8 new signings I see the Cods have unveiled their new shirts (Macron) and they’re on sale from Saturday. On the other hand we’re still pushing last seasons kits for sale.

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Further confirmation of the relationship (or lack of ) between the club and the Telegraph.
From an article on Millen:-
“According to the Daily Record, they’ve joined Northampton Town in the fight to land Millen”
“BBC Radio Humberside have also reported that Scunthorpe will hold talks with Millen on Thursday over a possible move.”
So all second hand information for the poor old SET.

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Utility players (know which area of the pitch to stand in when playing in their various positions) are invaluable to teams operating on a tight budget.

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25 games in 3 years at Killie so he should be nice and fresh. At 6’2″ could he be covering CB as well as FB?

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Hmm!
Ten games in, Cox and Lillis sacked, McMahon given manager’s job with new U18s coach as assistant.
Method in the madness?
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A potential flaw in that plan. 10 games in, The Iron unbeaten and 4 points clear at the top leaves us overstaffed with coaches. Yeah, OK, maybe not.

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Adequate would be an improvement on several already here though.

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DarrynStampGoalMachine wrote:

Disappointing that he was willing to stay in league 2 but we couldn’t manage to keep him.
He is the only one who is 100% better than league 2 and can stay fit.
We must be offering peanuts.

It’s possible (but unlikely) that we offered him an extension on his current terms but were still outbid by Bradford who clearly have a healthier budget. They also have greater potential to progress and may have told him he will be allowed to play to his strengths rather than as an extra defender.

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Appointing a high profile coach like McMahon could be designed to attract a higher calibre of player. Or maybe not, unless Eddie Howe is the other one.

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Novak released. Interesting that, so far, none of our ‘better’ players have moved to a higher level. Is Motherwell above L2 standard?

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Wouldn’t be surprised to see him registered as a player, another defender as a coach seems unnecessary. Is the plan to attract young players from Darlo?

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Perhaps the chairman is waiting until he has staked enough at 50/1 to cover the £11 million to buy back the ground before unleashing the raft of signings that would win us the league?

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The club has a poor/non existant relationship with the local council, the local press and most supporters, all of whom would be valuable allies in times of need (like now). It doesn’t seem to bother them.

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Is Humberside making anything of all this – I no longer bother going on there every day?
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Average 2/3 posts per day usually rugby or city, seldom features anything south bank. Doubtful if the club give them anything to work with, much like the Telegraph who get plenty of Cods info.

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Yes, does it still have the same smell?

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Harrogate just signed a striker, possible activity for us on Monday and the start of a signing frenzy?

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It would appear that even UTI99 is struggling at the moment. As with the rest of us the club are letting him down badly, the difference is that he/she hasn’t yet accepted it.

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lesgeo wrote:

You don’t think it was just a silly slip of the tongue – and he actually meant June?

Very generous les, if indeed it was a slip of the tongue then we’ve still got almost another week. ( Well 3 days if you discount the weekend ) Or could it be the end of July he meant?

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Do you really need the club to come out and state the obvious every pre season?
Would it make you feel better if they released a statement saying “we are looking to sign players”?

Not necessarily the obvious but something would be nice. The chairman announced that the squad would be in place by the end of May. The reason that didn’t happen isn’t obvious but an explanation why it didn’t happen would be of interest to supporters don’t you think?

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Canny ladies these Bru wives – mine’s been once in 40 years. Even a win couldn’t persuade her to go again!

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Just knew Hartlepool away would be in winter!

Unless they start the season in June Hartlepool away is always going to be in winter.

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I am certainly! I hope we’re looking at Taft/Karacan types rather than the Turan/Mooney level.

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Although we need signings I can’t say I’m disappointed not to have signed Hendrie or Slocombe. Maybe we didn’t try that hard, we’ll have them but only if they’re really cheap.

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It looks as if we’ve signed a replacement for Karacan so far. As a bare minimum I reckon we still need replacements for:-
Howard
Clarke/Brown
McGahey/Bedeau
Gilliead
Eisa
Mooney/Olomola
KVV
Even those 7 would leave us a bit light IMO.

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