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As someone with little knowledge in the area, why would the accounts be delayed ending up to June 22? If anything is sinister in there wouldn’t it only reflect negatively on Swann?

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Been keeping an eye out and nothing has stood out, although that may be due to a lack of knowledge on the player pool.

Kings Lynn have had their side decimated which finished 2nd last year. Additionally, Chester/darlo fans have both raised 100k separately for transfer budgets so expect them to bring in some quality.

I did read somewhere that the part time nature of this league means it’s hard to entice good players away from their local area. Perhaps explains why Glen Taylor has stayed with Spennymoor despite scoring a shed load of goals for them in recent years

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Can’t believe Lord Kitchener had the cheek to bad mouth this forum when you read the absolute drivel in there.

My biggest worry about Hilton thus far is he actually chooses to post in there; it’s going to be carnage after a few defeats in a row

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Deereyme66

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Many more to go?

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Well, he did insinuate we wouldn’t be starting season. Time’s ticking on that one⏳

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If we’re evicted any time from now, do we have permission from the authorities to play at Gainsborough or another stadium?

God knows. You would have thought the national league would seek assurances at their AGM held the other week.

Come to think of it, if Swann managed to evict us before the end of the 23/24 season we will be screwed anyway due to fixture clashes.

I can’t see another way out of it other than reaching an agreement with Swann to play at GP until May 2024 at the very least.

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Deereyme66

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It is quibell park.

Hilton has stated he wants all the teams training under one roof and the stadium to be only used by the players on matchdays. Allegedly there will be investment in upgrading the facilities to include 4g pitches and potentially accommodation for players in the future.

I like the idea in principle, but again it comes down to funding and timescales.

If Swann manages to evict us with the next 6 months then we are left ground sharing with Gainsborough and training on a Sunday league pitch.

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Can’t imagine he’s on a cheap wage. Surely one of those we are looking to offload?

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Puts us on the old Kingsway golf course following those directions.

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Sanfran49

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WonderGoals wrote:

Cliff we have Boyce, Ethan Young who probably won’t get much of a look in “probably send him out on loan”. Evans and Kouogun you would have thought first choice and 2 who can fill in there.

We only have 4 natural CB’s on the books and one of those will probably go out on loan. Hence why I think we need one more. Put it this way, we need another CB more than another LB, we have two of those already. They’re natural LB’s too.

Another striker is a must, as is a left sided attacker.

Evans
Kouogun
Barrows
Denton
Boyce

(Ogle)
(Young)

More than enough

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WonderGoals wrote:

Anderson wrote:

Butterfield, age and wage would put most off. Wilson didn’t help himself when he spat his dummy out at the end of the season. Attitude
Needs to change. Both must have been trying to find another club.
You have to prove you are worth it not think you are good enough.

Wilson had offers elsewhere a lot higher than where we find ourselves now but with the players coming in wanted to stay put. Butterfield had offers too but wanted to stay due to the same reason.

Why another LB Cliff ?. Tyler Denton and Michael Kelly are both LB’s. Barrows is a RB as well so not sure we need another if we’re keeping Ogle.

In my opinion we need a left winger, another CB and a striker.

If Denton can play there too than that should cover it; I’d be surprised to see Ogle here come August, if not then another RB won’t be required.

We currently have 6 centre backs in the books- can’t see another needed there

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Once again we find ourselves with too many centre mids; would imagine Robertson will be going out on loan. Perhaps time for pastures new for Beestin?

Butterfield will be a tricky one- I could never figure out his best position. If Dean can solve that puzzle then it will scary what he will do at the level.

Wilson staying with us could be a shrewd move for both parties, it’s worth bearing in mind that Dean was critical of him during the fans forum. How that relationship pans out will be interesting.

Ogle had a good season with us last year, but a full back is usually the position of least concern; if we can get a relatively good few for him then I wouldn’t stand in his way.

3 more due to arrive next week. Right back, striker and a left back should just about do it

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Matt said we have reserved Callum Roberts’ home shirt.

9 more to sign up to cover the cost.

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Sanfran49

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Maybe Swann is too busy preparing for his legal battle with Apollo bookmakers to focus on evicting us. If they take him to the cleaners we might get the ground for 1.5million as Hilton suggests it’s worth.

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Always had the technical ability but his attitude and physical strength let him down for me during his 1st spell. It’s come to light there were issues behind the scenes that may explain that.

Looked a different specimen during the 2nd spell; I always wondered if Hurst had a part to play?

Gone up to Scotland and won plenty of personal accolades and seems to have fulfilled his potential

Hope he’s getting a nice packet now And enjoys the rest of his career

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Could do with a few more splashing the cash on the prediction league. £15 for shirt sponsorship/entry to prediction league and a contribution to site cost.

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MK Iron, cassidystash, Northumbiron

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How much do we have in total?

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A staggering signing for this level.

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B.gray

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It was; Roj is a great asset for the club.

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Deereyme66

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Was a thorough leaving statement and left no room for speculation; in fairness the communication does seem to have improved recently.

Saw on Twitter that a bloke tried accusing the club of cutting Nelson’s wages, he was soon put right By the admiral

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Handled a shite hand with dignity and professionalism. Will always be welcome back.

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Sharp_Shooter24

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Ferrite wrote:

Lord Kitchener wrote:

Maybe it’s the miserable bar stewards that haven’t one good word to say about the club they say they support.

This is a more interesting comment that some might think.

I’d definitely come under the “Hilton-sceptic” camp here but it is not because I haven’t got one good word to say about the club. It’s precisely the opposite. It’s because I care about the club that I will always question those running it. What are their intentions, what are their motivations, what is their background? Because I want what’s best for the club and I don’t want its name to be dragged through the mud. Look at what the last 10 years have done to us: we’re a complete laughing stock and even when we were flying higher under Swann we were deeply unpopular around the leagues for splashing the cash & a chairman who picked so many arguments with people in the game. I want Scunthorpe United to be respected as a club, not just for its achievements on the pitch, but for what it means to the town, for its youth teams, for its social engagement, in general for doing things the right way.

I found it almost impossible to proud of the club under Swann and I don’t want to feel that way again. Hilton, for me, has got off on completely the wrong foot and has made many of us very sceptical. It’s on him now to change that perception.

Ultimately, I’m an optimist and want what’s best for the club. I don’t want us to go the way of Bury, Darlington, Chester, or many other non-league clubs. I want a Scunthorpe United we can all be rightly proud of.

Up the Iron, up with questioning.

Cracking post.

I imagine Lord Kitchener will internally combust trying to process a dual position on the matter

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iron insider wrote:

i won’t say i told you so as it will be too painful but just know i tried and nobody heeded my warning. my last post for a while, vest wishes all

Strange how you’re revealing how we are doomed, yet come across so smug.

I’d have thought one would be more somber with such information.

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No sense of irony in that Facebook group. Slagged this forum off for moaning and then the next 10 posts were posters arguing with each other.

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National League AGM was this weekend- can we presume no news is good news ?

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I’ll be surprised if we aren’t outright favorites. I wouldn’t put my money on us though.

Agreed.

A lot will depend on how we start; Dean really struggled to turn things around after Notts County last year.

Can’t moan at the signings thus far though, we are putting together a strong side for the level.

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Clucan
Beestin
Scales
Pugh
Shrimpton
Robertson
Rance (has he signed a new deal?)

One of our biggest problems has been warehousing players in recent years, could probably do with losing a CM looking at that.

Not heard anything about Scales, but Barrows is an another very good signing for this level.

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64 wrote:

People moaning about others posting rumours posting rumours

Only those that are b*llocks.

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Ross barrows- wing back/centre back from altrincham.

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Good reports from the Mansfield fans.

Hearing a couple of names with regards to further players incoming and they seem to fit the bill.

Assembling a very good team on paper

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