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Ferrite wrote:

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I can’t believe how many people are making out that Hill is a Messiah.

We have had no new manager bounce, we have seen no consistent improvement, the new players are not performing any better than thoae they have replaced and the stats are just as bad as they were under Cox

I am underwhelmed.

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This must be the fifth ” must win” game in a row.

Surely we must win a must win game soon…….

If we don’t win this “must win” game today then next week’s game at Crawley will surely become a “must win” game.

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We move the ball around quite well (and surprisingly quickly kast night) until we get to the 18 yard line. Then we panic.

Very few of our team are willing to shoot from distance either – or maybe they aren’t good enough.

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We could have played until midnight and we wouldn’t have scored, and therein lies our problem.

I came up with my son in law, who is an NT supporter, and he was surprised at how much better we were than when we played at Sixfields.

There is definitely some improvement going on, but we really need a couple of goalscorers.

Sinclair had a good game but my MOTM was Millen – solid all round.

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2355 might have been the official att3ndance, but that must have included all season ticket holders, a mumber of whom weren’t there!!

We estimated just under 2000 – with about 400 NT supporters.

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MK Iron wrote:

Not great news for us Flynn going to Walsall.

Let’s hope that he has the same effect as Hill had when he came here……

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What a sensible post.

Swann is many things, but I would suggest that incompetent is quite probably top of the list.

I will also say that his intentions have always been to improve the position of the club. Sadly, his incompetence and lack of football knowledge have led us to where we are now. The sooner he realises this the better. Let’s hope that the recent activity and the confirmation of Hill staying on regardless as the start of a change in fortune.

lesgeo wrote:

Regarding ‘matters sinister’.
Someone whose highly knowledgeable opinion I value greatly – and really knows her/his politics from the inside – has declared to me that he/she has encountered a surprisingly tiny ratio of plots in high places as opposed to the alternative explanations.
Whether this is where plots are assumed to have happened in: politics, business, high finance etc – playing the odds, apparently, you are ALWAYS safer assuming incompetence to be at the heart of the matter. It begins as the odds on favourite.

Consequently – applying the logic above – this writer would wager his tenner on incompetence. Managing businesses – and football clubs which happen to be businesses – are not the same thing.

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I have reported bad language on several occasions. No-one takes a blind bit of notice.

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Heath wrote:

4:48, and the grim reaper has been waiting all day to celebrate another loss.

What makes stomaching the bad results even worsre is that the a-hole that is Alcy is actually celebrating. Sad old git.

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NI, what the hell are you thinking?

Asking BS to write even more BS is unforgivable.

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Ironawe wrote:

if we take out the Scunny youth who are making their way in the game that still leaves a lot of really poor quality players, unforgivably selected by the Chairman for professional contracts.

If we say the 20 players are paid on average £50k per year then we are spending £1m p.a. on playing staff who we would struggle to move on. We’d have to try and sell O’Malley for £1m to cover the cost of Swann’s folly!

Your complete quote:

“if we take out the Scunny youth who are making their way in the game that still leaves a lot of really poor quality players, unforgivably selected by the Chairman for professional contracts.

If we say the 20 players are paid on average £50k per year then we are spending £1m p.a. on playing staff who we would struggle to move on. We’d have to try and sell O’Malley for £1m to cover the cost of Swann’s folly!”

My removal of the first part of the quote made no difference at all. You clearly insinuate that they were all signed by Swann.

Don’t get me wrong, I think that the man is an egotistical buffoon, however, there is no proof that he chose them all. The trouble is that someone on here will say it and it gets repeated ad inifinitum, and then people treat it as fact.

There is plenty of ammunition with which to attack Swann, but it is unfair to make up something and then attack him with it.

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Ironawe wrote:

……unforgivably selected by the Chairman for professional contracts.

If we say the 20 players are paid on average £50k per year then we are spending £1m p.a. on playing staff who we would struggle to move on. We’d have to try and sell O’Malley for £1m to cover the cost of Swann’s folly!

So now we’ve gone from Swann influencing signings, to making a signing, to making 20 signings. Should there not be proof of this?

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This is meant to be a football thread about taking the knee. It is not another place for the poor loser remoaners to harp on and on and on and on and on about Brexit.

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A win. Don’t care how, just do it.

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1 shot on target, 1 goal.

We never make it easy for ourselves.

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I spent some time with young Swann about 3 years ago. He told me that he “had an eye for a player”. I asked him to let me have some names for the future. He gave me 5, none whom have ever made the grade (nor are likely to).

Sadly, I don’t believe that he can do the job required. He thinks he can, but I’ll even bet his father doesn’t believe it either.

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A proper back 4 though Les.

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So you all know the ins & outs of each case do you?

I’m not suggesting that the efl are perfect, they are not, but they have all the gacts in front of them. You are going on what you’ve read or heard.

Leave it to those whose job it is.

So you now have more time to tell Swann how to run the Club 😁.

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We could have Mo Salah up front but if he never received the ball he would never score.

We need a miracle, or a couple of midfielders who can pass a ball forwards.

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It’s not more experience players we need, it’s better players!!

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Northumbiron wrote:

IronIronIron wrote:

Why should the EFL pay? Why not each club pay for their own, with certification to prove that they have?

Because presumably it was the EFL that decided that the new season should start in September.

So what? If we play in the league then we must follow the rules, which we know in advance. If we have problems then we must overcome them.

They don’t pay for the rehabilitation of injured players, nor for any operations that are needed. So why Covid tests?

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Northumbiron wrote:

But how many will still play tonight unaware that they could be spreading the virus?

The EFL should make money available for ALL clubs to test ALL staff now before it gets silly.

Why should the EFL pay? Why not each club pay for their own, with certification to prove that they have?

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A tad sanctimonious, but very accurate.

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Northumbiron wrote:

Maybe they were in Munich talking to Manuel Neuer?

🤣🤣🤣

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ironking wrote:

You can’t even give them a rollicking because because mummy or daddy in the family 4 x 4 never did.

Only kids from council estates had parents who taught them the harsh realities of real life.

Sorry but the writing was on the wall, National League here we come.

What a load of rubbish. You really should get out more & into the 21st century.

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If you’ve got a spare £12-15M you might have a chance.

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Nori Man wrote:

Personally I would give it to Lex Lamb, the telegraph’s chief sports writer.

He seems to have all of the answers…..

But what about WG? The man who knows everything……

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Scunnymatt, just because I ask what proof there is that Swann is involved in picking the team does not mean that I support him.

A number of people on here post rubbish and yet it gets repeated and becomes “fact”. No proof, no logical reasoning.

My view is that Swann is unable to identify a decent manager. It is onvious that we need some experience at this level and we don’t have it.

He can’t be blamed for all the dross that has been brought in. Numerous managers over the years take the blame for that.

People who say that no-one with experience would take the role are wrong. There are a number of unemployed managers who could take it on.

Sadly, I think we will be stuck with Swann for some time. He hasn’t learnt much over the last few years, let’s just hope he has some sort of epiphany in the near future.

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scunnymatt88 wrote:

I have said it before its swanny whos destroying our football club. The clown clearly thinks you can cut corners in these leagues and we are getting found out consistantly…cox is just another string puppet who is going to do as he’s told. Shambles from front to back and the veg munchers were taking the piss enjoying the day out. Embarrassing once again!

What do you know that we don’t? Do you have any proof at all that Swann is involved in team selection and/or tactics?

Thought not…..

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It is not too soon to change the manager.

We need experience.

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