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This is the test for Dean as well as the players. There should be no further motivation needed. Most of these players won’t get an opp like this again. If they can’t get up for this then football isn’t for them.

One of the directors needs to get into Dean and tell them one up top and then replace one up top with one up top won’t bring them back. The chance to get these people back is through entertaining football. An extra thousand on the gate week on week will make a huge difference. The locals have put faith in the club it’s time to repay it.

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Everybody knows or has a story about Staffy. Hope he’s back at Scunny as soon as he can. Not the same without him

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Just been on website and had to queue for tickets, sounds promising! Looking at seats available I reckon about 400 left probably nearer 300, could be close to the record I reckon, be good if we sold out Britcon.

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In summary
Convicted fraudster, perpetual liar and club destroyer turned Omelette wants people to listen to him so uses his 7th 8th or whatever David monicker it is this week to try and peddle his utter nonsense. Nothing else to see here

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Deereyme66

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As a lifelong Scunny fan positivity is always in short supply, I think we’ll stumble into the playoffs and lose but on paper we should win at home and take at least 3 wins away. This slump means we’ve got no chance of catching Tamworth. I just want out of this horrible horrible league and my hope is we find a way in the playoffs and an easy run in might just give us some kind of form. It’s the hope that kills.

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No

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Elliot can’t play that role Dean is trying to get him to do. He’s far too weak to hold up play and his first touch is awful.
Worst 45 mins of season, Dean probably saved for another game by Evans.

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ironfromafar

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Manager’s job to ensure the team spirit remains. He’s lost the dressing room with his one dimensional approach and favourites. However the players must shoulder responsibility for being outplayed in most recent games by part timers. I would be embarrassed as a professional in my field to be consistently bested by hobbyists.

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Deereyme66, cassidystash, ironfromafar, Matty

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The players have turned stale – even the keeper is playing shite at the minute. I link this to the management – this is reinforced by the new chap Maclinden – hasn’t been tarnished with the current culture and played OK, the others just seem to be going through the motions but he was the only one who stood out on Tuesday

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Rene Artois

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Could the board look at how the management is set up? Would Dean, if offered, look at a different role in the club (I don’t know his strengths but must have some). Why not persuade Laws to manage for the last 10 games, he still lives local and has links to the club. Maybe he’s been out the game too long and doesn’t want the hassle – the board must be considering its options. I do agree that we won’t be bringing anybody in on a wage whilst JD is still here/under contract but the simple thing is we won’t be going up with him in charge – so it’s over to the board what they want to do.

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But it sounds like he’s lost the dressing room. The players seem not to respect him (and that is the players fault as well). It’s a difficult one because a long term stay in this division will provide stability but the club as we know it will be a shadow of its former self. I really struggle to stay engaged in the quality of football, officials, pitches, grounds etc I go to every home game even though I have to travel, and watch on NLTV and I can’t believe what I watch half the time. It’s not entertainment, and if this is what sustainability looks like then who is going to be in it for the long term? Maybe 1,000-1,500 hardcore of fans

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Must be linked to gate receipts only though? If in playoffs we would probably make up 95% of attendance at home and 40-50% away (depending on opponent/ allocation etc). if I were Scunny I would be doing tickets for a fiver but you’ve got to buy a monthly lottery ticket!

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That seems an odd set up for the playoffs. Why only 25% of revenue? (Presumably you mean ticket sales not match day revenue?) so if our home match generated, say £60k of ticket money we only get £15k? It’s 25% of the revenue after costs? So with policing and other match costs it could be break even at best? Not heard this before

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Butterfield misfiring and Scales out of touch, Cluinan can’t score as that would involve aiming the ball in the opposite direction to his normal service. Pugh could contribute but Dean doesn’t like him for some reason.

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Well the way we’re playing will not see us promoted it’s as simple as that. Smart teams have worked us out and they need do no more because we have no plan B. So we either stick to what we’re doing and hope it comes good and hope teams forget how to counteract our plan A. The brand of football is bland at best. If you want to put a positive spin on it – a slip down the table to 4/5th means significant extra revenue for more games in playoffs! That’s assuming we get in the playoffs

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If Dean has requested an extension he needs to demonstrate he isn’t one dimensional and knows what he’s doing because at the minute he isn’t doing a great job and has no clue how to change things. Not a great advert for a contract extension. He’s Hilton’s man so maybe we need somebody with league experience and previous ties to the club……

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Deereyme66

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I just think that a sustained stay in this division will be detrimental to the long term standing of the club. We would survive as a part time NLN club but crowds will dwindle and the quality and entertainment will be considerably sub standard. I can’t say there is any appeal in watching dross week after week, it’s really poor quality stuff, how anybody is entertained by some of this stuff is beyond me.
The quality of officiating is beyond abysmal. There is a balance between spending and sustainability as there is with every club but our natural level should be league two, I just fear a couple more years in NLN and our natural level will be NLN and that would only appeal to a hardcore group of fans. This season is a novelty for most (away support) but 3 years of Banbury away and we’ll barely fill
a bus load.

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Dean doesn’t have the nous to change his approach, that’s the problem.

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If we don’t go up this season it will be catastrophic, the board need to see it.

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Plenty on the pay roll who could do a better job. Head says he’s going nowhere but with the squad we have to serve up this stuff, something’s not right

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Iron-awe

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Has to be E

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Of course it makes sense to go through the playoffs / the amount of additional revenue generated from those extra games could pull in north of £100-200k

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You can play 6 up front. If you’re going to piss around at the back, let the opposition walk back into their formation and then pump the ball into empty space makes no odds. The only thing Dean has left to hang onto is possession stats, and even that drops when Beestin enters the pitch

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Rene Artois

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Something is clearly not right and Dean looks helpless.

Whitehall was particularly disinterested – maybe tired from the new born but very ineffective

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Rene Artois

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Can we embargo the manager from the premises?

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Got to get it right / assume the budget is based on a number of season ticket sales and average attendances (probably 2.500-3,000) but if we keep serving up the dross that we’ve seen in the past few matches then the following season it’ll be 1,500 avg. which is still good for this pub league but our overheads will be a lot higher. If we fail to get promoted (and we need to play a lot better to stand a chance of going up through the playoffs) then I’d want somebody with a bit more footballing experience (as in league football) and that could be Butler – but do you give him total free reign for player selection? Or do you stick with Dean for another crack at promotion? If we’re looking at sustainability and long term then Dean isn’t the answer for me. But these are tough decisions ahead of us

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Just Iron

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If they score away from home one can hope they commit men forward rather than just sit back and allow us to pass aimlessly around the back 4 as we appear to do. If (I mean if) we go one up I don’t want to see the same garbage as we witnessed against Blyth.

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Of course I forgot about Dean’s contract ending. There’ll be a shedloads of work to be done in close season. I don’t expect Dean should be part of that.

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Turnbull has done OK in part, I think it went severely wrong when Swann junior and his agent buddy started buying players.
It’s a tricky one for next season

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I am slightly fearful of who will be sourcing the dozen or so players needed for next season, assuming none are offered new deals. I read somewhere a suggestions of Butterfield as a player coach – I think that is something worth exploring. Wealth of experience and seems like a good egg.

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