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Indeed i noticed Abraham didnt feature …just Rowley and Burden maybe tothers have gone elsewhere ? surely some recruitment activity has to be incoming soon.

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WonderGoals wrote:

ironfromafar wrote:

Will Wondergoals be hoisting the main sail on HMS piss the league again this year , after last seasons titanticesk voyage im guessing a more realistic evaluation of the Irons chances.

I think we’ll do well this season for what it’s worth. No clueless Jimmy Dean and a more fitter team. I obviously haven’t got a crystal ball, but I firmly believe that if we had a fitter team last year with a more clued up manager we would have gone up.

Hope your right WGs ..

I know its early anf guesswork but whats your REALISTIC August points target anyone ???? .. 12/18 im going for.

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Having had time to peruse the full fixture list i am in agreement with previous comments .. its pretty dam bad on numerous fronts.

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Now knowing the fixtures/opponents
August prediction

3 wins
2 draws
1 defeat

11 points from 18 …

What would your REALISTIC-HAPPY August points tally br ??

Will Wondergoals be hoisting the main sail on HMS piss the league again this year , after last seasons titanticesk voyage im guessing a more realistic evaluation of the Irons chances.

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Im predicting a rough start ……… Buxton away

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Indeed rainy season blues and a few beer Chang but not enough to change my stance on Southgate ..more so in fact im still in shock and buzzin that Abo Eisa is now residing in Nong Bua Lum Phu and gonna be playing for my local club

Regardless as to how the next 1 or 2 games pan out im sticking to my opinion that Southgate needs to go AFTER this tournament concludes .. way to negative and tactically suspect (subs and formation ??) with the extraordinary array of talent at his disposal.

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IF IF IF by some miracle England get tothe final and even win it it changes nothing .. Southgates legay will be one of success but one manufactured in such anegative and distorted fashion deriding all the mega talent he had on ofer .. many other decent managers would get way mor attqacking and winning from such extreme talent but Mr Southgate appears to have done it in such adepressing negative way it has turned many fans away from the national side .. in addition the cream of the current crop like Foden and Rice protecting Southgate makes me wanna pewk ..

Spain loads of suspensions so its a France v England Final .. 0-0 aet and take yer pick on pens

in loose or draw from now on

SOUTHGATE OUT ………is THE BEST RESULT EVER FOR OUR NATIONAL TEAM.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Who do you think are ‘bin dippers’?

Im assuming 414 refers to the apparent lack of any real quality with the current crop of talent on trial .. he may have a point as a mate of mine turned up at AAGP for some top soil and was ammediately taken on trial as cover for the constantly injured Law and Roberts .. suffice to say he declined as he has an allotment to take care of… and hes 63 years old.

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Arrr squad size ??? the squad can be as big or small as necessary it all depends on

Who controls , chooses signings?
how they are trained ,managed and instructed to play both positionaly n tactically
the players ability and mindset to perform.

So far IMO .. we are looking like a pretty average NLN bunch AT THE MOMENT ,, things may change my opinion in the next week or so but into July should be more activity.

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Better performance by England but IMO still lacked that creative cutting edge still a win is a win and gotta take that.

All 5 penalty takers were excellent.

Holland in the semis and again too close to call … best team in the competition from the outset have been Spain but could France get to the final having not scored a goal in open play ???

Whatever happens SOUTHGATE OUT

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Iron414 wrote:

Awaywego wrote:

Well that was the week that was, 1 player in and 3 non players ‘really’ even then the player in will only be a bench warmer (hopefully). Imo they should have held back their marquee signings back.

Which Marquee signings were those AWG? Surely Max & Fish aren’t our idea of marquees now? They are bench players at best. Our most impressive signing thus far is the pie man from Hull.

Hang on a minute 414 .. no no no i wont have that !! we havent tried his pies yet..

I think our markee signing was Charlton long name .. i predict him to do well .

As per my earlier post re Abo Eisa joining Nong Bua Ptchaya in the TPL .. im fully expecting Paul Huest to be named their new manager in the coming days 5555555

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Bit ov a shock … Abo Eisa has joined the Thai PL team i follow n go watch Nong Bua Pitchya.

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Enjoyed the Germany Spain game .. plenty of action tho Kroos should not have been on the pitch much after 20mins .. im sure that handball not given penalty will be mentioned a fair bit as the ball clearly hit the fuzzy haired lads hand but no VAR even ???

As for France v Portugal watched first half and it was nailed on for pens so went to bed .. CR7 at 39 and Pepe at 41 seeing what has to be their final international hooray.

Big game tonight Eng v Swiss too close to call … with most “expert pundits” including Mark Goldbridge (enjoy his watchalongs when cant get the game)predicting an England win… IMO all depends witch England turn up and im less optimistic and think the Swiss could well beat us especially if we score first n sit back as usual (Spain did the same N IT NEARLY COST THEM)

A tight 2-1 ..either way

Holland Turkey .. 2-0 AET to the Dutch

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Iron414 wrote:

64 wrote:

Butterfield irreplaceable,what a joke.We have had far better players at a higher level level and often replaced them ,so a guy who faded in NLN is more than replaceable

Back in the glory days maybe 64. At NLN we won’t get anyone anywhere near his quality. Have you seen the shower we’ve got on trial?

Rumours circulating that Silva was joining the Iron on trial .. BRILLIANT i was buzzing until i saw it was Long John Silva, .. ill get mi coat again !!

Hang on a mo ..even he might make the bench way the squads shaping up.

Just a bit of fun gents ..as was just watching ze Jermans get knocked out of Euro 24 ..

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Awaywego wrote:

Whoops evidently we’ve got a kitlady, hope she likes traditional songs.

Sharon Stevenson .. kit lady obviously more adept for the IRONing jobs ..ill get mi coat!!

Muzzy survives AGAIN

New fella Pack certainly doesnt have a six pack .. bit of a porker man boobs n all .. i hope he joins in with this new fitness regime we are getting bombarded with on the club website n SM.

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Agree with 414 no high profile signings as yet is worrying saying that the new fella Charlton long name looks to be a decent addition , hoping Fishy n Mad Max turn out to be special.. my crystal ball is still predicting mid table up to last play off place at best , as much as windalene n polish it no sign of any promotion.

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Random wrote:

Corbett gone to Aldershot

Thats a real shame was hoping he would return to Scunny… was an attempt made by LT / the club to get him ??

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Obviously its that time of the year where these twats have to claw in as much money as poss to keep “members” in the lifestyle they are accustomed .. as mentioned already way more serious shit seems to have gone under the radar .. wow NO MORE SO EXCITED FANS OK !!

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after a few sherberts and a roll in the hay downtown i have woken uoto the fact that mu beloved SUFC is pretty much fooked n will be in NKL at least another 3 to 5 yrs ..
IMO the squad will be way lighter on quality the last term , others teams a lot stronger than last term.. its mid table DEEREY at best ..sorry.. oh and these so called trialts WGs refers to do look like bin dippers

not doomed but NO way promotion ..

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WonderGoals wrote:

SST wrote:

Liam Ravenhill (ex Donny)
Ash Hunter (ex Fleetwood)
Keenan Ferguson (ex Spennymoor)

Any idea who the others are ?

You crease me up WGs .. previously stating about my scrapping the bottom of the barell and the nthis shower turn up for a run and accessment.. sorry shudnt post when pist but really gents this is pub league ..

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Waking up to no real surprise announcements just the 2 as predicted n the worst kept secrets in both Schofield as AB asst and Maison Campbell the new keeper ..

Not seen an interview with Mr Sch but here a nice one with Maison … seems like a real down to earth lad and the signing makes very much sense , obviously was here on loan so knows most at the club already and good reports about him from York fans

VIDEO: Maison Campbell reacts to joining the club on a permanent deal

Interesting to note sensing an under slight under current of “dont mention JD and/or his tenture” .. only really Will Evans commented after signing a new contract re how pleased he was AB had taken over from Dean.

Be nice to see 2 or 3 new QUALITY faces coming now we are into July n all players around the country contracts are up

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good points 414

IMO .. 3 to 5 years to get out of this nasty NLN ..

Into July no announcements from the club re signings as yet .. i was of the mind AB asst and keeper would be named today still plenty of time as im a few hours in front of Blighty.

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England …. Absolute dog poo pissing about playing out from the back side ways n backwards .. no cutting edge and im betting Southgate wont change it at half time… just how bad have his favourites got to be before he subs them ..Saka n Kane awful , in fact cant name any of them as playing well.

Its coming home … the team i mean

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Hoping for a positive England performance and result today followed by a plethora of updates on the SUFC website from tomorrow re signings..

1-1 90 mins .. England win 2-1 after extra time my prediction

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Awaywego wrote:

Just listened to the Butler interview on the 4th of June and says they’ve been highlighted and the players know what we want and are negotiating with them, doesn’t mention numbers but them means more than one.
First time listening to him and I thought he come across very well and certainly no mumbling and I could here every word he said.

Yep agree i thought the AB interview was quite good and much prefer to the fidgeting twitchy JD style…remember him? seems like an age ago he was at the helm.

Really would hope to see some ( A FAIR BIT TO BE HONEST) transfer activity from tomorrow through next week hopefully a couple of decent higher profile signings as well as the AB asst and young keeper who may possible be the lad from York as already mentioned… shame we never landed Robbie Fox as i think we need a young quick smaller striker who can put away the chances created by WH or the new lads Charlton and Fishy.

Need a RB surely ? and winger to cover when Roberts n Law are injured (we know thats coming)

So IMO 3 or 4 more player signings plus the keeper n Asst n we are good to go.

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More days mixed up , i went out in Bkk for a footy n piss n and soapy day .. WOFT .. no footy.. anyway Therme bar followed a soapy n alls well ..

Back to Scunny .. whilst all around seem mega positive re next season i will refrain from adding this optimism as quite frankly we will be at best a mid upper half table as best, biggest budget bullshit or not , sorry to piss on everyones chips.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

This you ironfromafar?

https://x.com/FBAwayDays/status/1805714447513559476?t=6WUYIe7zpiMAcdZ4Od0Q8A&s=19

Oh Deery Deery me ………. The cats out the bag…

Not me with an accent like that akin to a cockney barra boy full to the lids of whizz.

Its becoming clearer

ENGLAND V SLOVAKIA
if win
ENGLAND V SWISS or ITALY (book the tickets home if performances dont improve drastically)
if win
ENGLAND V one of DUTCH,ROMANIA,TURKEY or *My dark horses AUSTRIA.
IF WIN
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Jamie Forrester also confirmed.

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Awaywego wrote:

Oh good back to getting players from the bargain bucket near the start of the season, being there done that it’s not the way. Suppose it saves the club a months wage he ho.
BBH.

Lots of enquiries from seasoned players and or their agents according to LT..alas come July when most decent players have been snapped up it tends just to leave the bottom of the barrel offerings, was /still hoping for 2 or 3 higher profile signings but sounds like it will be young hungry unknowns and whose to say thats a bad thing IF THEY CLICK under AB n Co

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Sanfran49 wrote:

Have we got a new KIT MAN yet ? They are as vital as any.

Indeed forgot about that position.

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