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The whole club is saturated with a losing mentality. It’s passed on from one team/manager to the next.

Whole thing needs a restructure but unfortunately until Swann goes, it will be more of the same.

I said last year we will be relegated to the NLN this season and I’ll put good money we will be bottom half of the NLN- if not worse- next year.

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Iron-awe wrote:

I wish they would give Butterfield the ball in midfield more often, then get into a little bit of space upfield or out wide to receive the ball from him. He showed with the delivery against Wrexham for Rowes goal what a good passer of a football he is but he rarely gets chance to show it when we keep hoofing it aimlessly into channels time after time.

I can see Butterfield being the latest one to end up on the ‘scapegoat scrap heap’. Brilliant footballer for this level and we should be playing to his strengths.

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O’Malley was signed from Huddersfield for the U23’s I believe.

In regards to the academy, doesn’t the funding get slashed in half next year due to our relegation to the national league ?

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The fact no-one can definitively agree on what formation we play speaks volumes.

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Grange Lane Iron, Lord Kitchener

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Awaywego wrote:

There’s a decent team in them it’s just coached out of them, Mussie got hold of Dewhurst and stopped all that good distribution he showed when he first came now it’s a pass to the backs or a backpass to him and the big hoof towards Nuttall, boring boring boring, when was the last see him throw out to anybody, coach them to play at speed instead of pussy footing around.

Defence/ keeper have never been good enough. We were scoring 2/3 a game and coming away with draws. We needed 2 centre backs before a ball was kicked and clearly needed another left back when it became obvious O’Malley had regressed significantly

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Writing was on the wall at the start of the season. Recruitment was/is a car crash and although Swann is ultimately to blame, it hasn’t prevented teams with a lower budget or in a similar mess off the field being able to put together a half decent squad.

Short term Daws needs to take a step back and force The club to look elsewhere because he hasn’t got a clue unfortunately and that has been evident for some time despite the ‘honeymoon period’.

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bartonscorpion, IRONINTHEBLOOD, ironking

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JohnGaylesNuttingKit wrote:

Agreed, other than Gallimore we seem to have had a very ‘small’ youth setup – we have seen the likes of Poulter, Wallace and even Wilson come into the first team but struggle to make an impact in very physical games. Even Pugh and O’Malley are fairly small footballers.

Apter makes it work because he’s clearly a level above and is fairly stocky – I think we’re going to struggle to integrate the younger lads at this level unless we have a better (and more confident) side around them to give them some breathing space to flourish.

Good point.

The one that sticks out for me was when we brought Harry Lewis on for his debut, he got crunched in 3/4 tackles straight away within 5 minutes

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150 away supporters in attendance. When you factor in everything that is a respectable turnout.

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CMC, TwoWrights, Just Iron, Awaywego, Deereyme66

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Hard to tell fact from fiction on Twitter today. Rumours everywhere.

If cash flow is as bad as reported then I’m leaning towards Swann’s hand will be forced to either accept the bids; that or place the club in admin. Either way, the status quo appears to be untenable.

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SODIron

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From the iron army video it looked to mainly younger supporters. A few regulars on there I recognised too.

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Strange because the home crowd seem to have been right behind him this year. Is it an away crowd thing where less supporters mean that the morons can have their voices heard without getting hassle ?

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Disappointing we can’t hold a lead- again- but sounded like a decent 2nd half and a point was a fair result.

Looked to be ugly scenes with Nuttall at the end aswell. From what’s been said it seems like some supporters were targeting him for abuse and he’s over reacted.

He shouldn’t be giving fans the middle finger but some of our supporters really need to give their heads a wobble if they think abusing our top scorer- whom has played well in the majority of games- is going to solve anything.

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We don’t actually have that much debt do we? Previously it was all owed to Coolsilk who took the ground to cancel that out.

From what I hear the money we need to find is for immediate cash flow. Not sure where the 250k figure has come from

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Sharp_Shooter24 wrote:

I’m crossing everything it gets done

I’m not suggesting we are more important than any other club but I firmly believe this club deserves a chance to go again!!!
We deserve saving from Peter Swann!!!

We have shown in the past we can average 6,000+ Attendance And have held our own in the second tier (for one season) so surely there’s something worth believing in for a potential investor!!

Please please save this unbelievable club

I don’t think a 6k average will be realistic for a club our size but if we can start winning games again, play entertaining football and have an ownership that genuinely cares for the club and invests in the right areas, we can pull in a 4K average- which is more than enough to sustain league football.

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Twitter is alive with the sound of rumour tonight, sounds closer than it ever has been.

I have it on good information that the cash flow situation is serious and we do investment ASAP.

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cassidystash wrote:

We were due a good loanee after some of the dross we’ve had lately and we struck lucky with Apter. No more from Middlesbrough please but Huddersfield and Forest have been good to us.

Unbelievably, Hackney is starting and scoring for Middlesbrough in the championship.

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BigLeftToe, Sharp_Shooter24, cassidystash

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Not seen/heard anyone on his back at games.

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I think Blackpool and Apter will both want him to play at a higher level Cass, he’s well thought of at Blackpool and it sounds he’s part of their future first team plans.

No reason why they wouldn’t send us another promising youngster though; I know some people are against the loan system but for me, when it’s done correctly, it can benefit all parties.

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Sharp_Shooter24

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He’s clearly head and shoulders above everyone else in our team. He’ll make the grade a division or 2 higher if he moves in January too.

Blackpool must be pleased with the development and that can only benefit us in the long term.

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Although from the rumour mill it sounds like our fate could be decided off the field rather than on it.

Pray tell.

No money left in the kitty and nothing else will be invested by Swann, allegedly.

I don’t know how we are in this position because Swann stated we will be sustainable last year, therefore why is additional money needed regardless ?

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Massive 3 points featuring 2 poor teams. Players need to take some confidence away from it and follow it with a win on Friday night.

Although from the rumour mill it sounds like our fate could be decided off the field rather than on it

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Can’t answer that; But it’s not his choice to have 10 centre mids and no centre back cover.

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For all his faults- and there are plenty- Swann didn’t head up recruitment this summer and send us into the season with a young, inexperienced GK and a criminal lack of cover in defence, nor has he set the team up with baffling formations and the inability to hold onto a lead.

Turnbull and co need to address the defence urgently instead of signing another centre mid to stick on the pile.

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Ferrite wrote:

1 defeat in 7 league games and everyone wants the manager sacked again. Swann may be the biggest problem but we don’t help ourselves as fans.

I agree with the sentiment, but when the players don’t know what formation they are playing, it’s hard to stomach.

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North Lincolnshire Irons, cassidystash

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Read that this team shouldn’t in the bottom 4 a few times now, personally it looked destined relegation pre season.

Apter, Nuttall and Butterfield aside, the rest barely look up to this level.

Keeper- not good enough
Taft- stick a pitch fork up his arse so he’s doing some good whilst out there.
Boyce- with another decent back he could get away with but looks exposed next to Taft.
O’Malley-seems to be regressing every game.
Nthle- not good enough

Rowe- if played correctly should be good enough.
Beestin- never consistent enough for a full 90
Pugh- told he covers every blade of grass but never notice him on the pitch
Whitehouse- not fit. What’s happened ?
Daniel- not seen enough of him.

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You can honestly watch a Sunday league game and have a good understanding on how both teams are set up and how they are trying to play. I leave Scunthorpe games with no clue on what formation we just played for 90 minutes.

Southend are in a similar position to us off the pitch and manage to field a much better side, same with so many other clubs

Swann is ultimately to blame but the players and Daws need to take some responsibility; it’s absolutely pathetic.

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cassidystash

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Reassuring to hear that Hodges and the commentator have no idea what formation we play too.

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CMC wrote:

Square Ball Bullimore wrote:

Thanks CMC…. Good watch that! Some terrible strikes of the ball

Ramon Calliste showing why he never played!

Read an article that he is now running a £15 million a year business selling luxury watches!

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It’s not panic stations yet but with 4 going down you can soon be cut off; worryingly I actually think we are in a good form patch too and still not picking up wins.

Dewhurst

Ogle
Boyce
Taft

Rowe
Whitehouse
Butterfield
Beestin
O’Malley

Apter
Nuttall

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M. C

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Doesn’t seem to be any link between the fan director and the fans anymore.

Think the role is redundant and should be trialed when/if we ever get new owners.

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