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Seems like the Iron are taking part in this NL cup as just announced on the club website ..

Could really be a bad choice if a key first teamer gets injured and out of action for a lengthy period .. IMO decision can only be for the extra income via gate receipts ..but will anyone turn up as this comp does have a bad rep with many clubs choosing not to enter.

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Few FANS on SM raving about the trialList number 77 v App Frod .. Chapaman i think his name.. not sure we need another winger but most certainly an experienced keeper and the defense bolstering .. still like to see a hard as nails MF ball winner also.

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another fed up fan wrote:

I think we should withdraw as enough to do to stay in the division without picking up injuries in this meaningless competition.

100% .. ENTER at your own risk

IMO give it a miss and focus on NL survival not some tin pot cup that means naff all and risks unnecessary injuries

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cassidystash wrote:

Kieran O’Hara OOC at Kilmarnock.

Good call Cass , I thought this fella was class when with us a few years back.

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Fair odds re Scunny IMO
Two stand outs Yeovil at 66 and Brackley 200/1 … worth a tenner ??

Cant see past York Southend or Carlisle for the title…FGR be up there for sure also.

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another fed up fan wrote:

So we now have a pre-season kit to be auctioned off when pre-season done it’s starting to get a bit grabby wonder who is sponsoring this kit.

Glyn Sparks would get sponsorship for a dog turd in the car park if he could .. i know the club needs as much income as possible but sponsorship overkill is tiresome.
What next sale of player hair after theyve been the barbers ???

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lesgeo wrote:

Whitby’s restaurant and takeaway (just off the Sheffield Parkway beyond Morrisons on way to Catcliffe) has a good reputation.
Posher restaurant but our last visit cost £50 for the pair of us.
Mrs Lesgeo insists on not chucking money away so we rarely go there.
Big difference between £18 and £50 – admittedly with one or two extras.

50 QUID FOR FnC for two …blooming heck Les ..

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Seems like fish n chips are a hot topic in the football close season … pleased i mentioned it, i actually dream about proper fnc to the point i wake up in a cold sweat and need a shower.
Haddock chips and either mushy peas or curry sauce.. chuck a battered sausage on the side as well, talking of that its soon soapy Sunday again … wow the weeks go so quick IT WILL SOON BE FOOTY SEASON AGAIN

HF was Atlantis or vice versa ??? and what happened to Wilsons on Frod rd ?? , when in Ashby on pool nights was always Carvers

Back to the kit .. the cod fans are getting all giddy over the away shirt which is surprising as if you squint it looks like claret n Blue.

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Totally agree .. Fitz leaving was certainly a big negative … in fact the loss of Ross may turn out to be dross.

i would welcome Jake Eastwood to join Maison Campbell as our GK duo .. alas probably be MC as no 1 and a loan as back up ..hope im wrong

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64 wrote:

“Ball boy number 8 sponsored By Symes Baines etc”

Yes im guessing Mr Sparks is already working on such a deal, i expect the search for sponsors to intensify as the days go by.

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sorry about the chippy talk but before i left the UK my go to chippy was Wilsons on Frod rd ..than ran by a gentleman from the subcontinent and did excellent Indian cuisine.If i recall correctly a takeaway and sit down chippy next to the church on Brit corner was also not bad after a few shandies ..Greek fella Mappouras rings a bell.

Steeles number 1 for me

Back to the Cod away kit .. like the colours and design just really dislike collars on footy shirts not necessary… and make no mistake they ripped off our ACG kit launch vid idea from last year.

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Pretty nasty kit and tedious kit launch vid IMO (no doubt our fishy friends will love it) .. no way filmed in Cleethorpes as not an oily patch or dog turd in sight AND THE TIDE IS IN.

On subject of food … Harry Haddock chips n mushy peas for me lathered in Sarsons twas very nice ..BUT alas not a patch on those in Blighty places like Whitby and dare i say Steeles in Cleggy if still open.

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Iron-awe wrote:

Wonder why his contract was not renewed or maybe he rejected terms, anybody know that?

Salford have just been bought out by Sir David of Beckingham and Co so maybe they gonna splash the cash and were just clearing the out ov contract dead wood.

Matty Lund could do a good job for us , as could ex Cod Jake Eastwood if it happens.

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Sounds to me like a loads of balls !! ..

Will it help to stop time wasting ?? we experienced plenty of that during our NLN time with some ala Alfreton and Buxton being masters of the art.

Suppose its just how the game is going ..what next substituted players being interviewed as they come off the pitch …oh hang on a mo

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Not a triallist but i read on SM hat Jake Eastwood is linked to a move to Scunny … EX Codhead keeper ..seems quite a few of our fishy friends were sad to see him released after he regained fitness following a collision with the goal post at Carlisle 6 months out with injury..some cod fans rated him others not so much.

Thoughts anyone ??

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cassidystash wrote:

Beck not in the picture? Still injured, retired or moved?

Well spotted Cass .. he really is surplus to requirements now can you see him getting a start in many games, nowt against the bloke but.
Be interested to learn the reason of his omission from the image…maybe at the docs.

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CD x 1 if MK stays x 2 if he leaves

Why would we need 5 centre backs? Agree with the rest though.

Assuming Max K has gone , Evans Boyce New guy Jean B .. is 3 .. so IMO 1 more needed.

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As mentioned
Keeper
RB x 1
Hard as nails MF x 1
CD x 1 if MK stays x 2 if he leaves

Then we be ready to rock for a top 10 NL finish rather than a mid table or relegation scrap.

Must say all in all been pleased with the signings to date so well done to those responsible.

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another fed up fan wrote:

Scouting/ Management team appears to have had a good look around for new recruits and appear to be planning for the future as well as next season.
I wonder if Campbell will be given a chance to prove himself he’s had a year with Mussy and Fitz so would expect to be ready for first team chance.
If Max has gone will need a central defender if not two

Without trawling through SM .. re defense
left back Horton Denton
Right Back Starbuck and ? … No cover or maybe Scales ?
CD Evans Boyce and ?

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cassidystash wrote:

That looks deliberate.

Deliberate tut tut cass

Its the way i tell em ..as Frank Spencer used to say.

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Very good signing IMO .. i recall him being a stand out and consistent performer for Buxton and hopefully will more than make up for Clunan leaving.

I hope this is a turning point in his career ..dare i say a Southfork on the road back to the EPL.
Boom Boom as Basil Fawlty used to say.

QUALITY KEEPER NEXT PLEASE .. and a central defender

** Will Evans for the club captain and the makings of a nice looking unit.

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well spotted was just checking your all awake and thinking clearly …

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cassidystash wrote:

GK, CB and DMF are the only positions to be filled. Where will he play? Denton back to LB? Hard to see where he’ll be a regular starter.

Tiz a bit conjested up front so he might be played same as Fadera last season .. super sub ??

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Dragoniron wrote:

Rudyboy wrote:

‘So many souless grounds but Grimsby ain’t one of them’

Really?

Agree it’s regularly full of arse-souls

THATS A CRACKER as Willy Carson used to say !!

Disclaimer ..i admit to knowing 2 Codhead fans and class them as fishy friends neither are arsesouls , i must of been lucky To meet the only two i suppose. (Richy who posts on here seems ok so maybe there are 3)

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Make that 4 … Hayden Hackney on the cusp of a big money move to the EPL .. West Ham leading the way to get him but also Palace n Man U in the mix .. was he really that good ??

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MK Iron wrote:

First choice keeper required.

1 centre back – 2 if Maxi has gone with 1 being a starter.

2 midfielders needed. 1 holding player with physical presence and one left sided with a bit of pace.

One of the above outfield players needs to be able to deliver quality right footed deadballs. If Clunan was the best we had then nobody in the current squad is up to scratch.

Well said .. according to some fans on FB the high profile “big name” signings will be in early July … we live in hope.

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cassidystash wrote:

With a few exceptions the video clips of training are from the waist down. Does that mean there are “triallists” that might be recognisable or that somebody we’d like to be there (Maxi) isn’t? Or both.

All this secrecy surrounding who is at the club as possible signings , loans or on trial is all a bit daft , do other clubs piss about like this or is it just Scunny im not seeing it on SM vids of players reporting back and training at other places.

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FRom Bolton newspaper article today .. Eze has joined Scunny on a 1 yr loan deal and has opted to play for Nigeria so if selected im assuming he would be away to play in the ACN

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/25275488.bolton-wanderers-loan-dubem-eze-scunthorpe-united/

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Close season rather a tepid transfer market and not even a glimpse of a new kit design means nowt to debate , comment or whinge about…im sure things will liven up soon.

On a happy ending note i did treat my taste buds and aging body to a smashing Sunday Roast, a few beverages and a soapy massage yesterday almost made me forget therz no footy at the moment and that my Thai team are being kicked out the TFL.

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sad news as my local Thai club for live footy Nong Bus Pitchaya FC are looking at expulsion from Thai league 2 due to late and non payments of players during their relegation from the TPL last season which saw Ebo Eisa come n go like a fart in the wind and he has since moved and playing in Bolivia according to my Thai buddy so it may be Belarus or another place beginning with B.
Either way a 10 million baht fine (200,000 quid) must be paid and a ban on signings so im guessing its curtains for the pink chickens as the owner has done a WHAM and pulled all his funding.

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