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“its what happens at Scunny when there’s a huge game and crowd”
Apart from when Cliffy equalised or we beat numerous team to win league 1 or beat Newcastle or beat Chester early this year. If Chester give it a go we win, if they park the bus it will be hard without Roberts. This game is about the mind not the ability – we are the better team. Just need AB to get them on the front foot from the off. Iron 2-1 after been 2 up and finish 8-1-1 formation ;-)

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at least AB is humble and young enough to eventually accept he made a mistake with 5 at the back and start playing on the front foot at home. Brown too old and arrogant to consider he got it wrong against Southport and Chester!!

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If we turn up and play on the front foot we win.
Roberts help’s with that but if he’s missing then use him as a “do it for Roberts” who got us here.
You never know promotion may just get him to stay. He always comes across as a decent bloke, with some honour (rare in footy)

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surely with a positive start we beat Chorley

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AB isn’t going to change now – what we need for momentum is a 2nd clean sheet on the trot!! if that means 4 away games without scoring so be it, feel the quality of the clean sheet.

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those 7 draws!!!! At ABs door

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were not at sea – why no strange thing that we lose today and end up 4th
What ever play-off spot we end up in, is there anyone thinking we will win them?

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worry is we end up in 4th which if we have the wrong mind set on Monday could happen
Unless AB has us practising pens already? Going for two 0-0 and pens

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Depends if AB admits you don’t win anything by aiming for clean sheet as your measure of success. And decides that scoring more goals than your opponent is a better approach.
Might mean less draws, and more defeats but end up winning more. Look at the league table top 2.
If our 12 draws had gone 4 win 4 draws 4 losses would be on 88 points now
And who knows some of those defeats if we had been pushing for a win we might not have conceded by trying to playing our for a draw.
Attack attitude needed AB – risk a loss by going for a win

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will be interesting who is in NLN with us next year – only 1 northern team coming down. Maccs could be the big club rather than us

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Butler isn’t a bad manager for one new to the role but he was too stubborn with a clean sheet and 5-3-2 and that has cost us with those home draws. And he’s not been brave enough at the end of the season when making up for those early season draws. Not been quick enough out the blocks away from home.
Maybe next season!!

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Be positive we’ve had the most clean sheets – that’s how you get to your points total.
Will AB reveal we reached but unfortunately 2 teams beat it!
Spot on too many drawn games against teams who have a great manager, work hard but we’ve done our home work and know how to keep a clean sheet. Not sure when we will get out this league now!?

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no surprise from AB then – no threat at all.

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AB brave or stupid on Whitehall fitness, lets hope he’s not needed to rescue us?!
Brogan jumps up the pecking order quickly, no bad thing
sadly unless we change out attitude of steady as you go keep it tight and hope for a goal then only see a loss. It hasn’t worked all season, Rushall, Radcliffe etc. If we are knocked off the top we wont get back to it.

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lets hope we are still top otherwise a rush for not a lot for some.

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Nothing positive from AB sadly – didn’t appear to have learnt too much from last week. More hoping something will happen than making it happen. Get out the blocks get ahead and then they will feel tired. Longer they have hope more energy they will have. AB never seem to install the right mindset, too much worrying about the great job their manager has done, how good they are (even if in the bottom 4). You see it fo othe players, Fitz slow with goal kicks from the off, players saying clam down, no quick breaks from opposition corners. The exceptions Kiddy and Chester at home. Need 4 of those. I fear it will be more Radcliffe’s and a 3rd place finish.

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we haven’t set out with the mindset of risk losing to win it – Of the drawn games if we had won a third, lose a third and drawn a third would looking good with 85 points now.
A point yesterday would have meant we would beat Brackley with 92 and hope Kiddy drop 2 points somewhere. Now you can be optimistic as you like the reality is Kiddy and/or Brackley will get to 92 points. Only 4 wins will do, no evidence this season says that will happen. Semi final at home and final away it is

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we aren’t winning 4 on the bounce – play off’s it is

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couldn’t score against them!! – season lost with those weeks of 5-3-2

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Phil B may think his team will win the next 5 and expect us to bottle it. While we are the best team we too reliant on the ability of a couple to win. Lets hope they stay fit

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indeed it would be a cruel fluke –
i’m still worried we will lose out on GD. Listening post Southport AB and Clunan don’t seem too concerned. I assume we are hoping Buxton will take points of Kiddy and we beat Radcliffe. Dangerous.
Curzon and Spenny tricky home games for both and they wont beat our result. I’d be so much more relaxed with a better GD.

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they have my support

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Well done Michelle – listening to the fans. Dodged another ‘character’

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such a brilliant idea – you would have thought it would have worked already somewhere in the world!!!
Why would anyone except a Scuny fan give us a fiver

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bench not the strongest tonight – squad getting stretched a little

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Of the 12 draws we would have been better off pushing for a win and losing 4 but winning 4.
Play with the Slot view, sometimes you have to risk losing to win. Taken too many ‘a good point’ towards our total.
Might be out total isn’t enough! The 2 games this week are pivotal, we need 6 points and hope Brackley don’t get 6. And if we don’t extend out lead at Kiddy net week then play off’s again!

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Newcastle revert to AB approach to taking the lead!!

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interesting watching Newcastle. Didn’t get put off from a fast start or change approach even after going a goal behind. And when they take the lead none of this settle down, take the sting out the game rubbish.
Nope keep on on going forward while you are on top.

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sounds like another team who will sit in frustrate us and try and nick one Match preview, AB interview #1 “we’ve had them watched, hard working team with a threat. The lads have been briefed, we will aim to nullify their threat (of an ave of 1 goal/game scored). Why not take a risk perhaps start at pace on the front foot and keep it going for, oh i don’t know 90 mins!! A league with no dominant team and we haven’t stepped up.

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more than disappointing. Our failure to impose and beat poor teams will cost us the title. Same points who ever you beat. Yet we continue with the ‘Rushall mind set’ which started way back against Warrington, Oxford, Radcliffe etc at home. Pressure mounts to have to win the ‘tougher’ fixtures.

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