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8,000 sold, could easily be sell out. Superb initiative from the club and well marketed. We didn’t even get close to that playing the likes of Hull, Lincoln, Donny.

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Got what we deserved unfortunately; good side kiddy and they outplayed us in large spells.

Referee was another numpty who completely lost the game, best thing about when we eventually leave this league will be seeing the back of those clowns.

However, we’ve Been a great run and coped with the Whitehall injury better than expected, we struggle so much without him in the final third though and nothing really seems to knit together.

Onwards to Saturday in what now feels like a must win

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Awaywego

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Tough ask; however kiddy have been inconsistent this year and it doesn’t sound like it will take much for their fans to get on Brown’s back.

I would be happy with a point, although I can’t imagine many in the squad will be entering the game with that mentality. A win and you’ve knocked them out the title race. Beestin/Whitehall will Be integral to our chances of leaving with something.

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That time of year where you can’t help but pay as much attention to other results as our own. Brackley losing was encouraging.

Job done today

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Be interesting to see if decides to rest a few a regulars, could potentially see Kelly and Starbuck make a start.

Brackley have a tricky tie at home to Buxton so there’s a realistic chance we may put some daylight between us and them. We Have to be Ruthless tomorrow.

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Excellent result.

Shaky first 30 minutes but the players worked relentlessly again and dug it out. Nice to see Carlton grab another goal
And assist.

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lesgeo

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Difficult not to get sucked into their way of playing but we must resist getting into a game of head tennis; that home fixture was possibly the worst game of football I’ve witnessed at GP.

Early goal will do our chances the world of good although I fear no Beestin/Whitehall could make chances few and far between.

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Hopefully we have taken a flat fee up front

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Was never a good point at Oxford, might sounds harsh but we need ruthless form to win the league.

Brackley away to Kings Lynn with us away to 16th placed Alfreton on tuesday, a perfect opportunity to get our noses ahead.

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I’d much prefer to have a chat with 4/5 individuals on here rather than the absolute car crash that is the Scunny Fans Facebook group.

I remember vividly the cesspit social media became during Hilton’s tenure, and how this forum- in general- remained a place for healthy debate.

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Deereyme66

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Was a poor game in truth and we should’ve really left with the 3 points on the first half chances alone. Credit to the team for persevering again.

Got to start winning these away games now though, looking at the run ins Brackley have a favourable set of fixtures in April, I think we will need at least a 3 point cushion by the end of the month and that means going to tough places and picking up 3 points.

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MK Iron

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Sounded like we could possibly go 3-5-2 after listening to Butler’s pre match interview on Humberside, not adverse to that, especially away from home where we saw some solid performances deploying it in away games.

Really hope we have the mind set to win this game and not be content with a draw.

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lesgeo

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Fantastic keeper- would be great if we can convince him to stick around after the summer

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lesgeo, Fatbear, inspector, steelworks iron, MK Iron, cassidystash

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Brilliant stuff.

Credit in the bank for Butler for adapting to Whitehall’s absence.

A fully fit Beestin has been a joy to behold the last couple Of months, after the journey he’s had as an Iron player few would begrudge a promotion.

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lesgeo

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If we are to persist with Beck then the formation has to be tweaked. I don’t think it will do us any harm to give Beestin a run out next to him.

Darlo looked a tidy outfit in large spells when we play them away, Be surprised if they come in and sit in. Will Hatfield usually impresses for them in the middle also

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Can’t see past the Whitehall injury unfortunately, think it will totally change dynamic of the team.

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Optimistic with the 1 goal.

The Whitehall is hugely detrimental for us.

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Can’t see past the Whitehall injury unfortunately, think it will totally change dynamic of the team.

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Rene Artois

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Not exactly a vote in confidence for Beck & Carlton but don’t think we had a choice.

Gives us some options now at least

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Siderite wrote:

Maybe, but Swann’s due diligence wasn’t much given he soon found out that Hilton had swindled him and came to post on here about him being hoodwinked. Some of it could have been hidden, but given it all swapped over to Hilton so quickly, I don’t think there was that much scrutiny.

True. Be interesting to hear the views of the Matlock fan that came on here the other month and see what reassurances the club has had.

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Deereyme66

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Professional fruadsters tend to be proficient at gaining trust. I imagine Matlock’s due diligence was less thorough than Swann’s aswell.

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Think the Whitehall injury could cause us issues, not expecting a pretty game.

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Strange. Played well for the most of the opening 10 games, few dodgy performances and his SUFC time is over?

Our recruitment since the takeover has been poor, only Rowley has made any impression and he’s barely featured. Desperately need Head of recruitment before the inflated Hilton contracts expire.

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Good points Rene: I know our crowds have held up well during our plight, but there has been little growth in the 25 years or so I’ve supported us for. We do well, we average close to 4K, playing crap- they hover above 3k. As much as dislike the bloke, Swann must’ve been banging his head against a wall when the 2016-2018 teams in league 1 couldn’t get more then 4K home fans through the door.

Clubs local to us have seen crowds explode post covid: For differing reasons Grimsby, Lincoln, Mansfield, York, Chesterfield are all filling their grounds or seen a sharp rise in crowds. I don’t expect 7/8k per week as the population can’t support it, but surely it’s not overly ambitious to aim for half filling the ground every week?

Perhaps an option for the club to try something different could be to hold some focus groups- 10/11/12 supporters in a room with a representative from the club and see if anything comes from it. The fans forums are usually too large to hold any meaningful debate.

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Another typical match against Curzon, be pleased to see the back of Them. Spencer had our back line all over the place first half, in fact for the majority of the game I thought the back 4 struggled- something to consider for the weekend.

Never really created enough, have to move quicker off the ball to break their lines, instead we seemed to content to play in front of them which we all
Know they prefer; A draw felt a fair result overall. A good finish from Mo.

If Whitehall is injured then I’d be on the phone first thing desperately trying to bring a striker in, not ready to write him off just yet but Beck is struggling Big time, killed us when Whitehall had to go off.

Finally, is there an inside joke going on with Clunan winning Iron Bar MOTM? You’d have to be on something seriously stronger than the iron bar can muster up to give him our best player tonight.

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Awaywego

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Always seem to struggle against Curzon, even during our away win this year.

If the game is tight, I hope we don’t coast in second gear and be happy with a point. Great opportunity to put some distance between ourselves and a couple of teams below tomorrow night.

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I’ve been impressed with him the last few months and he appears well suited to that lone striker role now; neater touches, winning a few more headers and looking to bring other players in to play quicker. Most importantly, a healthy goal tally.

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Awaywego, Rene Artois

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Deereyme66 wrote:

There’s an update from them on the Facebook Group.

Would you mind screenshotting and posting in here ?

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Feels like a massive result; sounded like the goal came as soon as Butler made a change too.

Credit to Butler and the team.

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Deereyme66

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Interesting developments at Matlock.

Looks like they have approved a change in their structure to allow “investment” from the mystery person. This person has also, quite staggeringly, passed the fit and proper test. If everything comes to light as we expect then I have no sympathy, everyone there will be aware of the potential dangers from being involved with mystery person.

Would give a penny for the thoughts of interestedbystander if he still lurks on here

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BigLeftToe wrote:

Loanees are complete hit and miss. We’ve had some excellent ones from the same league or the one above, and some absolute duds from Premier League teams (Devonte Redmond from Man Utd springs to mind!).

Some of the best, and worst players I’ve seen in an SUFC shirt are loanees.

No exact science to it but it’s something I’d always advocate for, even more so with our current financial restrictions.

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