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    Are there any fans out there who remember Midland League football?

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    in reply to: Port Vale #230757
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    Millen?

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    That puzzled me too.
    Hope we won’t be facing a points deduction.

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    Looking bad but there were positives:
    Grant and Feeney should both now be match fit. Will make a big difference.
    Well played, Lewis!
    Sinclair a full notch above Green and Hippo.
    Good, innit?
    Now need one CB and two forwards on Monday.
    Real forwards playing in forward positions would be an unusual feature not seen for a number of seasons.

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    in reply to: Kenyon Gone ? #230726
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    Excellent. Someone from Morecambe?

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    Not soon enough!

    Next question. Millen?

    How come the three ‘experienced players’ Cox brought in have been so very unreliable?

    It looks to me that monies are being made available to Hill – and with the clearout, no need to bust a gut to clear the loan.

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    Has anyone been to spy on the training pitch this morning?

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    He was better then than now.
    I’ve said it before – his passing skills are special.
    His problem is that, like so many, he’s not capable of raising his game above the levels of those surrounding him.
    Playing off a Bish – he’d have the requisite skills to make a big difference.
    He needs games to toughen up. (Not whilst we face relegation, though.)

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    Do you get older than 35?

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    Wood was puzzling.
    Had Cox ruined him?
    There was a great deal of good stuff from the lad – though two or three possessions were lost in important positions.
    There is something to build on. He actually made more difference to the game than Hackney tends to.

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    in reply to: Selection Chaos #230551
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    There are certainly some Covid issues.

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    in reply to: Winterton Iron #230550
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    Barrie. If you are prepared to drive over to Sheffield when I’m in the UK, I’ve hundreds of Iron programmes I’m prepared to donate to help either charity.
    (A fair few have team changes written on but many are pristine.)
    Matt has my contact details.
    If interested, I’ll do a count up and a sort.

    Regards,

    Les.

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    Someone argued Perry should go a month or two ago and I defended the lad.
    Recent form looks like the after effects of Covid as a possibility, I suspect.

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    Perry is a long way from match fit.
    A poor first game back and another rising to the dizzy heights of mediocrity, tonight.
    He’s better than this.

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    in reply to: Nuttall and feeney signed #230517
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    Feeney – the journo?

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    On a different tack – why does Hippo never take long throws anymore?
    I’m sure he’s trainable not to stick his lead foot over the sideline.

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    Harsh.
    A lot of inexperience and callow youth, yes, but most of their problems are that they have zero leadership on the pitch.

    It’s like a young person arriving to begin an apprenticeship in a cabinet maker’s workshop who is told to ‘Get on with it. Make a cabinet. And be sure it’s a good one.’

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    Apparently, “he holds the ball up really well.”
    It probably won’t happen then!

    in reply to: Swann statement – opinions. #230381
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    A personal friend of one of my sons is a top libel lawyer and consequently, I do know a little more about the subject than the average dude in the street.
    I have seen a number of personal attacks on here which would surely be warranting a libel suit.
    I’m assuming that none has been issued.

    I am wondering why this is the case. Is the evidence stacked so highly against the chairman that he dare not take that route? – I have no idea.

    Thoughts?

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    in reply to: Joe Nuttall #230291
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    One forward MUST be a back-to-goal player. As long as they are getting others into shooting positions …

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    Making the books balance as the only objective is bonkers.

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    in reply to: When it rains… #230104
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    As I recall it, the Cod ‘ed responded violently to a strong tackle by Welbourne.
    From where I was (side of pitch) it just looked like a fairly heavy tackle and, in those days, I did not really expect a free kick.
    Welbourne was then thumped.

    As I saw the overall, a legit tackle was made. Let’s assume I didn’t quite see it all from my angle – it was not a booking level challenge and surely not a sending off, IMHO.

    I remember my comments to those not there that he got an 8 week ban for being violently assaulted.

    I suspect that the ref was conscious (does that sometimes happen?) that it was a derby match and was trying to show an artificial even-handedness.

    Anyone have a clearer view than that?

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    Ratbone started it.

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    Only thing is – the 70s now really do look so much better than what we currently have.

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    in reply to: Teddie Howe? #230071
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    Taft is getting back to form. Manny is pretty solid. Davies is lacking.
    A strong CB is a MUST. No squad can afford to have only two and a half CBs – and Rowe is barely another half even if we are desperate.
    Let’s not worry too much about FBs.

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    Max wrote well.

    I was also really impressed with what Keith Hill wrote on the Iron website.

    1) There are people you mistrust.
    2) There are those whom you hope you can trust.
    3) There’s the the ones where you want to give them a chance.
    4) There are some you trust – but with a few reservations.
    5) There are people you are prepared to trust.

    For me:
    Keith Hill is a 5.
    Neil Cox arrived as 3 and ended as a 1.
    The Chairman arrived as a combined 2 and 3 and is now a 1.

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    in reply to: Teddie Howe? #222204
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    CB, real leader in CM + two forwards.
    ALL must be experienced and fit.

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    in reply to: Them there shareholder meetings #222161
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    We are a matter of days from self-destruction.
    I wonder if NOW might be an appropriate time?

    It is the job of club boards to manage budgets efficiently – and that does not mean to spend extravagantly and then slam on the brakes so hard that the tyres don’t just burn away but all the wheels come off too.

    This is NOT the fault of the fans!

    in reply to: A Really Bad Season: 1981 – 82. #221987
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    (Mind you, I did reckon that UTI99 was being just a tad tongue-in-cheek.)

    1981–1982 Scunthorpe United 42 (7)
    1982–1985 Worcester City 213 (105)

    Not a bad record for a midfielder. I always rated him and was sad to see Paul Moss depart.
    We’d rather like having anybody who could score one in six, these days.

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    There must be a point to be made here – somewhere.