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Liking Barrows a lot this season. Just a thought – as good a player as Ogle is – was part of his appeal to do with mullet wigs and affability?
What a ball that was for Beestin btw for his goal against kiddy- more of that please
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It’s commendable how they put together such well organised sides on gates of 2-300 home fans.
I did see last week one of their directors expressing his frustration that they can’t attract more supporters, it will always be a struggle in such a saturated area for teams though with Ashton itself having 2 .
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Sounds like I’m the only one, but I’ve quite enjoyed it in recent months. Think we are fortunate to have 2 podcasts dedicated to talk about SUFC.
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Condolences.
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Shame some knobhead had to set a flare off.
Great response by the fans though- they soon tried putting it out after the DRE turned. Nothing more effective than self policing.
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Loved everything about that tonight: everybody putting bodies on the line and showing some real quality in both boxes. Kiddy looked a good outfit and credit to them for coming to play and win the game, just thought we had too much for them when we stepped it up at points.
Atmosphere superb aswell- would like to see Friday games happening once or twice a season.
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Good test to see where we are and make a statement in the league early.
Think Rene might be on the money with 1-1
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Might see him in the Lincs Cup later on the season.
Wish him well An OK bloke who dealt with the Hilton farce with some dignity.
He was potentially a penalty kick away from him managing us in the National League- fine margins.
Some classless comments on social media regarding his new appointment, despite his flaws he held together a team that was ready to jack it in last year and god knows what else he had to endure under dodgy Dave.
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Cracking result; thought we allowed them far too much possession for periods in the second half and made it harder than it should’ve been- performance to forget for Carlton but minutes in the bank.
Hell of a lot of positives too take: Roberts looked much more convincing in the 10 role and Evans replaced an impressive Boycey effortlessly. Pleased to see us pressing further up the field and looking more direct with our play.
MOTM for me was Whitehall, perhaps overly critical of him sometimes but today was a proper centre forward performance. Kelly also has impressed and will feel aggrieved to not be starting against Kiddy.
Another solid turnout from the Iron faithful too- 500 travelled. Be great to see a 5,000 crowd now on Friday
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I’ll Be shocked if we are in the EFL before the end of the decade. Inevitably we will be out of this league sooner rather than later by strength of budget alone. The real test will be competing on a shoestring alongside the likes of Oldham etc.
The National League is essentially League 3/Division 4 now and it will be very difficult to leave unless we receive external investment or they increase the promotion places.
In the meantime, The board are doing everything right thus far by excelling on the commercial side and doing their best to encourage people down to GP.
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Worth mentioning there had to be 3-400 Scunny fans there tonight- great support.
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Personally, it’s not the case of wanting him chasing shadows across the front line to look like he’s putting the effort in, just taking an extra touch or moving into space to allow the midfielders to arrive into play to keep an attack flowing- Hayes was brilliant at it. Sometimes it struggles to stick up front and against the better sides we could put ourselves under pressure if the ball is constantly coming back.
The run for the goal and finish was excellent though, and as Ex officio stated, that’s what it boils down to at the end of the day.
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Good win against a decent team, who will probably be midtable at the end of the season based on their performance today. The sort of team we struggled to break down last season, so I am pleased we had a convincing win. Butler’s plan to boost fitness seems to be working so far, as I think that was a key difference towards the end as Marine tired.
Roberts is struggling at centre attacking mid and Whitehall took his goal well, but his overall play needs improving. Struggling with headers, strength, passing and controlling the ball. That goal showed his strengths in finishing, but with Beestin playing like that and Carlton waiting in the wings, he needs to be more consistent throughout the game. I like Nicholson and Clunan seems to be stepping it up.
Agree almost word for word. Thought Boyce had a good game too and probably edged MOTM for me.
Found myself comparing us to last season’s first home against P’Boro sports; similarly during periods against them it felt flat and eventually we ended up walking away with a point. Much improved today; early days but it’s refreshing to see a manager proactively managing a game, like for like changes instead of trying to protect a 1-0 lead.
Still plenty to improve on, however a positive start.
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Executive facilities should only be for those who pay for the privilege. We sponsored a game last year and it was a p*ss take to be queuing up before/after a game for a pint.
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This was the difference between a Butler team and a JD team.
Not only were we far superior with fitness but the ‘stealing ball’ in all parts of the park was most impressive.
Cool and measured.
Ref 8.
Nobody less than a 7/10 in the first 11 on the pitch.
A great deal to like.Agreed. The result added some gloss to it but for the majority it was a fairly close game, however, do we come away with a 3-0 win with Dean in charge ? Not for me.
The most pleasing aspect was the management seemed to positively influence the game, rather than let it drift away and subsequently we either surrender the lead or are all camped up within our half for the last 20’mins. If anything we grew into the second half and both goals were the result of some tidy periods of possession and quality in the box.
There were some worries about the 3-5-2 system, I thought the players knew their roles and seemed to be effective at nullifying Brackley, the press in the first half was impressive with the wingbacks advancing higher than usual. At times I thought we were slightly too sloppy in possession, and Whitehall must be a more effective target man to hold the ball up; when Carlton’s back Butler could have a tough decision to make.
Other standouts were Barrows, Scales and Beestin but as Les points out, most players can be pleased with that performance as can the management.
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