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Can’t disagree with the above; 6 defenders on the field is pretty much surrendering a chance to take a positive foothold in a game.

Don’t want to see Evans in midfield again, he’s had a go but it doesn’t work. Really think we have to start thinking about changing the centre of the park, looking too lightweight in there at times and so often second balls pass us by. Rowley/Brogan must be close to a start.

Pre-match I thought Whitehall’s inclusion may be prove pivotal and it became so, despite Beestin’s best efforts we looked woefully short up there. If the groin strain flares up during the week I’d be tempted to look at a short term loan.

Wing backs both had poor games too, caught in between positions at times and left us too narrow. S’boro to the their credit exposed that left side a few times which ultimately led to a goal.

One of those afternoons where you take your medicine and move on; this result has been on the cards and small changes have to be made to get us back on track; certainly nothing to drastic on what has been a very good start to the year.

Jimmy Deans main failing for me was that he didn’t have a clue how to motivate a side or adapt when things weren’t going our way; it is now Butler’s turn to see if he is up to the test.

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Enjoying the scouting reports Phil.

Do they still have Ryan Whitely in goal? Remember him playing well in the away leg last year.

Chester are beginning to put some good form together and will likely be hot on our heels. Need to continue to be ruthless and grind a result out by any means necessary; Whitehall being fit or not could play a huge part in whether that happens or not.

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Crowd not really surprising, was always going to be 1500ish regardless whoever was on tv. Pricing also has to be agreed between both clubs I believe, even dropping it to a tenner everywhere would’ve added a few hundred on at most.

Job done on the pitch. First FA cup win in 6 years according to iron stats, looking forward to a cup run this year.

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Sanfran49, inspector

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Would be surprised if there were more than 2k there Tuesday.

Ironawe wrote:

Jeez, why does it have to be rather have this than this…. why can’t we want both, like we’re not allowed a cup run and promotion, yes if it’s a binary choice of course promotion is number one but do we have to discount a cup run because we not allowed to have or wish for both. We concentrated on the league last year after the embarrassing exit, that worked well.

Agreed, no reason we can’t have a good run in the cup and still do well in the league. Seems to be an attitude that has filtered its way down from the premier league.

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Ironawe, TheJuryeffsOut

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Annoyed with the way we’ve approached the game, the logic of resting players falls flat on its arse when we now have another game on Tuesday with the risk of first team players picking up knocks before Scarborough.

Really disappointing and hopefully taken more seriously on Tuesday night.

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Sharp_Shooter24, Sanfran49

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Mtfc fan wrote:

Is there any positives ?

I am really worried the club will be gone in next couple of years. Talk of paying £40k fee out for a forward. That’s stupid cash. The board are giving this “investor” the red carpet but the fans seen worried. I guess it will be rail roaded through a vote on Oct 1st.

Cheers for your advice, just hope enough at the club listen.

Feels like turkey’s voting for Christmas!!

You mentioned before that the supporters get a vote, is that to elect him on the board ?

If so, At the very least push for a delay in the vote for the board to carry out some due diligence, there’s plenty of information out there now about him
Now.

Wish you the best of luck; visited Matlock a few months back and the ground is in a cracking location with one of the best in the country for a football ground .

Keep us informed with how things turn out.

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TheJuryeffsOut, Deereyme66

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A convicted fraudster

Pulled funding one month into a new season whilst signing players on extortionate contracts in the summer. Staff and players left without pay.

Lots of unsavoury stuff behind the scenes that I’ll avoid putting into black & White on here but can be easily found on social media. Perhaps message the following on Twitter:
Kieran McGuire
Matt Slater
Lower League Look,
There’s also a lengthy thread with many of his shenanigans by an Iron fan called Matt Ellis, he will oblige to share.

My advice would be to avoid all costs.

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Siderite, TheJuryeffsOut

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Did hear whispers towards the end of Hilton’s tenure he was advised not to attend home games, subsequently he missed the last two ( Buxton annd Brackley think) when emotions were running high.

Embarrassment of a bloke who hopefully won’t be seen at GP again.

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One of those days, created enough to win 3 games. Mixture of resolute defending, bad luck, and just not being clinical enough: another day we score 4.

Centre mid is still not right for me, I think Clunan is still playing far too close to the centre backs and leaving big gaps in the middle, often from the second ball their number 17 had acres of space to break into. Nicholson was due a bad at the office, as was Whitehall who should’ve done better with those headers

Positives to take once the dust settles: Roberts for me is looking more dangerous by the game in that number 10 position, the wing backs are also 10/20 yards higher further up the pitch and thus creating more. We are leaving ourselves more vulnerable as was proven by Warrington’s chances, but I’d rather seeing us taking the game to a opposition rather than passing it around the backline constantly.

Another good turnout too.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

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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another fed up fan, Ferrite

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Agreed Cass, often saw last year that when we scored early it often resulted in their game plan going right out the window. Concentration levels have to remain high and not take anything for granted; Tidy up on the passing especially and we are due to give someone a good hammering.

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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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Awaywego

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Was a tough watch at times, passing far too sloppy and the midfield looked quite disjointed for me. Number 7 (Ricketts?), Hayhurst annd Spencer are players worth keeping an eye on as we often struggled with them.

Nevertheless, This team don’t know when they’re beat, massive credit to their determination to see the result through. Butler got it right with the subs aswell, faultless start

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They were our kryptonite last year, really struggled to get any momentum in our play against them. Remember their striker doing a number on us during the home game.

Tight affair: 1-1

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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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MK Iron, JohnGaylesNuttingKit

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Winnable, yet boring.

Might be one selected for BBC

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Ferrite

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Saw something the other day about how the prize money has barely risen in years, especially down at the bottom of the pyramid.

Getting the first round proper has to be the aim, financially important yes, but there’s always a great buzz about a cup run, something we’ve lacked recently

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Condolences.

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ironfromafar

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Botty or Gainsborough

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I would’ve been the first to post “square pegs, round holes” if he failed in that position- didn’t think it would work.

Humble pie is on the menu.

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TheJuryeffsOut wrote:

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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BigLeftToe, CMC, SODIron, MK Iron, Just Iron, TheJuryeffsOut, Iron-awe

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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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CMC, BarnardFoxtonBarker.., Iron-awe, TheJuryeffsOut

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Ticket sales thus far suggest 5,000 will be a stretch. Might get a higher number of POTG than usual

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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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Rene Artois

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MK Iron wrote:

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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Just Iron

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Might be because I don’t fully understand it but I’m still not convinced data is as influential as somebody with a footballing brain.

XG is the biggest load of b*llocks going and the times it tends to be used is mainly by social media ‘influencers’ or pundits trying to give an edgy insight.

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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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Just Iron, lesgeo, Deereyme66

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Got to be looking to put the disappointment of Chorley behind us and really go for the win. Wing backs higher up the pitch as per Brackley.

2 games in 48 hours is a strain too so would expect a few changes; heard good things about Rowley behind the scenes so eager to see him get some game time.

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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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Deereyme66

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Good post Ben.

Didn’t go today, sounded flat and uninspiring with potentially too many subs made.

As you state, a good start points wise even if the performances haven’t matched results and provides us with a good base to work from.

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