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Glad you all like it, I can’t express how much went into this, from the concept, organisation, shooting days and then days of work from Adam press the composer to compose an emotive version of any old iron.
This is just the start.
The Wharton cameo was particularly moving, I think you may have caused a few tears with that one.
It Really is a great piece of work, you should all be proud
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Fantastic work from all involved. The video and kit look great.
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Crap set of fixtures. Brackley will be a tough opener
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Fair assessment WG. Abraham, Rowley and Hunter the pick of the trialists but Burden and Ferguson did OK.
Brogan looked decent and Carlton worked hard and has a bit of pace. Fishburn hasn’t got much pace and looked a bit lost but early days. 3 at the back introduces some interesting issues. Roberts played centre midfield – is that best use of arguably the leagues best winger?
Denton, Kelly and Barrows are decent full backs. Are they really wing backs? Scales looked good as right wing back but not really tested defensively.Still better to try formations in pre season training and friendlies than suddenly try it in 1 away game at Chester never to be seen again.
Interesting conundrum with Roberts if we go 3-5-2; he’s our highest earner and the club desperately needs a return on their investment. However, is it worth shoehorning him into a system that doesn’t suit his strength? Square pegs, round holes has been a theme for the past 5 years.
I do like the idea of going 3-5-2 though, so often last year we stagnated as soon as the ball moved into the final third, additionally Denton could potentially thrive as a LWB as he seemed to enjoy playing in both halves and has the engine for it.
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Alfreton/S’boro/Southport/Marine away.
Be nice not to play in the north east on a Tuesday night for a change too
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One of biggest problems other than recruitment in recent years has been the size of the squad, how are young lads like Pugh/Shrimpton meant to develop when they are dropped for a quarter of the season after one bad game. There is no need for 2/3 players for every position- it’s a modern phenomenon inspired by the premier league which doesn’t marry up with our budgets.
It’s perhaps one of the reasons why so many have stagnated here and gone on to succeed elsewhere in recent years; Bedeau, Cordner, Goode, Rowe etc
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Darlo and Chester are completely fan owned.
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I thought all 3 centre backs showed good form at different stages last season, however Evans, for me, was the most consistent of them all.
Really pleased he’s decided to stay.
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Superb effort
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Never a good look seeing contract details in the public domain, nothing much the club can do there though. By the sounds of it they were probably better off not offering a contract at all.
Meanwhile, It is pleasing to see the players that are leaving showing affection to both the club and the fanbase as evidenced by the post by Butterfield’s wife; hopefully that culture can be strengthened in the forthcoming season.
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A true Scunny legend as much as any player, probably the most known fan of all time looked after everyone on the away coaches you wanted for nothing.
His wife a true diamond as well putting up with all his memorabilia never mind about the train stuff, going with him on trips to do research on the iron the only time I met her was when they were going to Liverpool so he could go through the Liverpool echo archives for any mention of the iron.Very sad loss indeed.This was one of the stories John told me about when I bought his latest book , I believe he only retrieved a small article from decades ago featuring Scunthorpe playing at Tranmere, he was more than happy with that as a day well spent.
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Calls of ‘draw tickets’ were as a familiar sound for me on DRE as any song growing up.
Only had the privilege to meet him a couple of times and he was fascinating company with limitless anecdotes for all things SUFC.
Condolences with his friends and family today.
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You have to admire the irony when he writes 6 pages of drivel trying to prove his integrity whilst using a burner account to post the statement
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Absolutely. She has managed to create a real link between the town and the club now which is something I’ve not seen since following us. The amount of fundraising and work going in from people is humbling, I honestly never thought the town was that bothered about maintaining a professional club, but that’s proven to be wrong.
The attitude seems to have shifted to ‘ what can I do for my club, rather than what can my club can do for me.
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