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Would Butler have done better this season with a budget comparable to York and Dale? I think so. I’d wager fans of those two clubs have criticised their managers over the season. But they had a better player budget and their superior quality trumped every other team in the end.
You still need a good manager to ensure that the budget is used wisely and to play the right players with the best tactics.
Having a big budget doesn’t always work – as we know!!
If it’s more about budgets how can Boreham Wood be going to Wembley?
Yes, budgets play a part. But so do managers. Our manager must take responsibility for what happens on the pitch – after all, he picks the team & the subs.
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So much for playing like we did against Southend……
If we play at Rochdale on Sunday as well as we did last night, we have a good chance.
We pressed, we bombarded, we bullied.
Why the hell haven’t we been doing this all season?
It’s also much more fun to watch than the garbage we’ve been served up recently.
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Selective memory again BPG. Laws did a good job, but he did fade towards the end and outstayed his welcome.
As for Butler, yes we scored a lot of goals pre Christmas – were riding high. Recently, we have been shocking and are certainly not the form team for the playoffs.
When I stated that we were not scoring enough goals 6 weeks ago I was harangued by a good few on here that it was not a scoring problem, and we had scored a lot of goals. It was that we were conceding too many.
The reality is that for the last few months we have scored far too few goals and conceded too many. Yes we scored early on, but that hasn’t helped us recently.
We are not good enough and it is unlikely that we will go up.
Supporting the team all the way, but more in hope than expectation.
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I didn’t think Butler should have been appointed in the first place. However, despite the fact that I don’t like him (and I loved him as a player), he has done a decent job. That said, he does not conduct himself well, he has made many a mistake with major positions – keeper, strikers, wingers – but we are still in a position to go up.
Personally, I think we should be going with a full team for the rest of the season. We need to get the positivity flowing.
Route to Wembley
QF – Forest Green or Southend (H)
SF – Rochdale/York (A)If we play to our best Wembley is achievable…unless its York. Think we’d be in for another spanking – they’ve dropped 2 (two) points there since we did them in October. eek.
But we did do them – and we can again.
They will be well aware that we were the last team to beat them at home.
Wembley here we come 😁
(We’ve got to be optimistic haven’t we!!)
I remember going to see Forest play Leeds at home in 1967 (my father was an accountant for Peter Grummit the Forest keeper, so we got free tickets) and Leeds had a black left winger, called Albert Johansen iirc.
The Leeds fans sang ” zigger, zigger, zigger, we have got a n…..”. A couple of thousand of them.
I’m not sure, it kept changing it’s name.
I heard they didn’t have any luck with getting a license for a ransom strip club either.
I believe it’s had 4 names……
A 2-0 win. Surely we must put in a decent performance soon – it might as well be the next game!!
Round of applause for the SS who said he’s going to the playoffs, another super Uber fan amongst us.
Positivity Simon
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Aye. Pretty dim. I’ll be at those playoffs though – unlike some others
Being at a game, whether home or away, or being a season ticket holder, doesn’t make you any more of a supporter than anyone else.
Some people work, some have family issues, some live a long way from Scunny and others can’t afford it.
You might realise all this when you grow up.
He is doing well, even if it’s not good to watch. It doesn’t mean I like him though.
Just like Deerey keeps on doing the admin……
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Deerey, you try so hard to come over as balanced/the voice of reason, but your “love in” for AB still shines through.
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Why doesn’t Dave go back to supporting Barnsley, or Leeds, or…….
Well done Lincoln, and good luck next year in the Championship.
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I never wanted AB as manager.
He has done a reasonably good job – better than I expected.
This does not make him the man for the future – at all.
We will ot be promoted as we are not good enough.
Next season may not be as successful as this one……
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Fully behind the starting eleven, mix and match, rest some guys give some others chance to shine in different positions particularly up top. Could prove useful going into the playoffs with more options, strong bench still if we need to rejig things later on.
We need to win, so should start our strongest team. The higher we finish the better.
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Storm Dave has had a change of name after triggering some information overnight. It will now be known as storm Rodney.
We can’t score. Our goal difference isn massively lower than any other of the top teams.
Can we also remember the time and effort that these people have put in to get the club back on an even keel.
It is a significant amount, and they have not been paid for it.
Also, they could have made a good few quid if they’d invested their money elsewhere.
We are lucky to have them.
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And you was doing so well ironironiron until you mentioned Hilton.
Just look at the revenue streams he’s brought and trying to bring in at Matlock. And we have a begging bowl and very little else, well ok a wreath making workshop and a medium night.
Hilton may be doing good things at Matlock. I don’t know & I don’t care.
What I do know is did SFA for Scunny.
That’s what I am basing my views on.
For once I agree with Deereyme”s post above.
I think you will find that Swann did indeed “write off” £11M of debt. If we had still owned the ground and been that much on debt we would definitely have been wiped out (you could always up the Swanny!!)
He could easily have refused to let us have the ground back and looked to have developed it. He didn’t.
Whilst the man was a disaster for our club, I think it was down to stupidity and an unwillingness to listen to anyone that caused the problems. Unlike Hilton who was just an out and out chancer.
We are so fortunate to have come through those years relatively unscathed compared to other clubs. We still have a team to support and a ground of our own.
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Howe does he do it? 😁
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According to the BBC website Dec isn’t even in the squad!!
Christ I’m getting old. I checked it twice as well……
According to the BBC website Dec isn’t even in the squad!!
The fact that Boyce is retiring at the end of the season is irrelevant. He should be nowhere near the team based on his recent performances.
Yes he’s been a decent servant to us, but he is well past his sell by date.
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New defence or new playing surface?
Can’t have both can we?
We need both + especially if we go up.
Completely new defence for me please. JB to stay as well. We will need cover at some point.
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March 15, 2026 at 9:26 am in reply to: Abibliophobia On The Pros & Cons Of Promotion – Do You Want Promotion? #317560Stupid question. Of course we want promotion. We always want to be the best we can.
We have surpassed expectations this year. We could do so next year by surviving. It would be nice to have the opportunity to do so.
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