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A false dawn versus (bottom of the table) Solihull Moors?
I’ll go Carlisle 3-1 Iron.
Sad to keep predicting defeats for the boys – but we appear to lack rapacity and seem to be more prey than predator this season?
For post match reference:
First win of the season.
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Dec’ll be back off to Alty soon – and, it’ll be no surprise when he’s banging them in every week!
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Much better second half, still some shaky stuff at the back which is worrying. Good to get the Solihull monkey off our backs though and something to build on.
Have to comment on the use of Dec Howe though. It’s crying out for him to play off of a larger centre forward in a front two. He starts up front on his own last Saturday, we bring him off and go two up top. We start with two up top today, bring them both off and stick Dec up there on his own again. He must be as frustrated as I am seeing this. Give him a chance in a front two and the goals will start flying in!
Directors / Fans choice signing. Stan probably never wanted him or didn’t and obviously still doesn’t see what he’d deliver in a front two!
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Official National League stats:
Iron v Yeovil – 4 shots, 2 were on target. Drew 1-1
Iron v Southend (A) – 4 shots, 1 on target. Lost 1-0
Iron v Eastleigh (A) – 15 shots, 5 on target. Lost 3-2
Iron v Solihull – 12 shots, 4 on target. Won 3-1
Football really is a field of dreams.
As Kev Costner sort of said:“If you shoot, you *will score”
[ *might ]
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I’d love to predict a 4-2 to us.
But they seem to be more attack minded than us.
More shots on & off per game.
We’ve never beaten them.
We appear to be totally disjointed.
Impossible to predict our starting 11.
Low on confidence & belief.
Moors will be up for it, sensing it’ll be their first win to kickstart their season.1 user thanked author for this post.
I don’t think that any of us want us to lose?
I’m sure that we all want us to win?
The score predictions are a reflection of people’s individual perception on how they foresee the outcome?1 user thanked author for this post.
I’m going to go with a whacky prediction.
Iron 2-4 Moors
They don’t do low scoring games [watch it be 0-0]
Just for reference:
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Send us your money and crap you ungrateful buggers.
I thought I’d read it as that :-)
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If he’s as good as HE thinks, he’ll get another job.
That’s not quite fair. Butler seems generally aware of the precarious nature of his position, and that losing this job would likely mean he’d have to go back to being a postman, or trying to find other employment of some kind. He said all this in a fairly recent interview with Ollie Turner.
Dear Stan
At this level:
Don’t over analyse the opposition.
Don’t over rely on ‘sports science’ data – use your eyes & experience.
Don’t overthink scenarios.
Don’t over elaborate phases of play.
Don’t take 20 passes to get inside their half.
Don’t over indulge in formations
Don’t make ‘appearance money’ substitutions.
Don’t sit on 1-0 leads.
Don’t tinker.Do:
Go simple.
Go 4-4-2
Get at them.
Turn em early.
Get the ball forward early & support.
Give the ball as quickly as possible to those that can score – Whitehall, Howe, Gale.
Go with tempo & pace.
Go press high & early.
Go positive.
Go POSITIVE!
Go & win games!Out of his depth.
Couldn’t even manage Donny Rovers Ladies.
Get him gone before it’s too late.
NLN again would be a disaster, and just might spell THE END.
How do you propose the club fund this move?
If he had an ounce of decency he’d resign.
You don’t hold the club you supposedly love to ransom.They are all mercenaries these days.
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Looks like we’re due a win then!
Don’t put your shirt on it.
Or any piece of clothing for that matter.How about a single ankle sock
Only if its footless :-)
In agreement with most of your OP HI but if I could only choose one it would have to be:-
“Finally, stop worrying about how other teams are setting up, find your own system and style of play and STICK to it.”We have NL players for a reason, they are limited in their ability and that ability needs to be maximised. “Be the best you can be” – NA every week) Get them comfortable with one system and in their correct position.
Absolutely.
Round pegs, round holes.
Play a simple system.
Play the system that they’ve all probably played since being 6 years old.
Muscle memory will play half the game for you.
Our players are deficient in one or maybe even a couple of areas at this level – that’s why they are here.
No disrespect to any of the players – as they all are still of a very good standard.
It is what it is.4-4-2
Simple, straightforward.
Limited players are familiar & understand it.
After 20, maybe even 30 years playing it in some cases… it’s second nature.
It’s autopilot, you don’t have to think, losing precious microseconds, instinct, what comes naturally.
Don’t try and emulate Pep; he’s got world class players.
Utilise what we’ve got to our best advantage.
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Not sour, a long way from that trait.
Another primary reason why so few players make it as a Pro, is the year on year increase of overseas players at clubs.
We are seeing this extend further and further down the pyramid.Yes, everyone wants and expects instant success – that’s not realistic or attainable.
There can only be 4 league winners among the 92 clubs. 1 FA Cup & 1 League Cup winner.
Ok, so some clubs may / can measure success against their budget / fan base / attendance / squad size / history etc
There are very few managers who walk away from a position of their own accord – Ferguson, Wenger, Klopp, Pep etc.
Most fear the sack and aren’t interested in the Academies or giving young promising talent a run out.
It’s all geared for the Prem Clubs to hoover the very best talent up.
The advantage of being at a big club, is that there are plenty of branches to hit on the way down (when released). One of those branches (clubs) will probably take you.
Start out at a club of our stature, even when we were a L1 / L2 club and there are no branches to grab a hold on.
Sour was the wrong word, battle hardened maybe?
Agree with everything you have said, unfortunately the odds are massively stacked against young, would be footballers.
I myself have a nephew who is 10 and would likely be in the academy set-up with us if there was one, so maybe my view is obscured due to this..
Just experienced in the system / process… from start to conclusion.
Too many fathers wear rose tinted glasses; others want it more than the son – maybe they were denied the opportunity as a kid themselves? Yet perhaps they thought and may still think that they were good enough? Maybe some were?
What annoys, in fact perturbs me; is that we can send U9s & U10s on a coach journey of 2 1/2 hours to play a minimum of 30 mins (rules state a min of 50% of game time)football.
A 5 hour round trip to play 30 minutes!
Scandalous!
Where is the logic & common sense in that.
It teeters on child abuse.Better to stay / join one of the best Sunday league teams within the area that you live. Pick a good club and they’ll probably have “B” licenced coaches… the programs have been in place long enough now. Stick with a ‘Super’ Sunday League club and you’ll get more game time each week and can play in tournaments in the summer.
Plus… you’ll save a fortune on travel costs.
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Not sour, a long way from that trait.
Another primary reason why so few players make it as a Pro, is the year on year increase of overseas players at clubs.
We are seeing this extend further and further down the pyramid.Yes, everyone wants and expects instant success – that’s not realistic or attainable.
There can only be 4 league winners among the 92 clubs. 1 FA Cup & 1 League Cup winner.
Ok, so some clubs may / can measure success against their budget / fan base / attendance / squad size / history etc
There are very few managers who walk away from a position of their own accord – Ferguson, Wenger, Klopp, Pep etc.
Most fear the sack and aren’t interested in the Academies or giving young promising talent a run out.
It’s all geared for the Prem Clubs to hoover the very best talent up.
The advantage of being at a big club, is that there are plenty of branches to hit on the way down (when released). One of those branches (clubs) will probably take you.
Start out at a club of our stature, even when we were a L1 / L2 club and there are no branches to grab a hold on.
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Agree, in principle.
We were pitched at High Ridge. It wasn’t free, they charged for use of all their facilities… it wasn’t cheap.We were like nomads.
JLC, High Ridge, The Shed, Hornsbys.
Winter months are the toughest – as there are virtually no indoor facilities suitable within the town. Virtually.Those ‘players’ from the distant fields in Yorkshire – they have to meet the EFLs travelling time rules.
How many players in Leeds’, Hull’s, Grimsby’s Lincoln’s, Doncaster’s, Blades’ Wendy’s, Rotherham’s, Barnsley’s first team came through their Academy?
Of those (which there won’t be many) – how many were there for say 4 years – up to & including U16s.
A lot of these bigger clubs pick up the ‘cast offs’ from the mega clubs when they do their U16 releases.
Also, the big clubs have scouts operating everywhere these days. They’ve set up DCs in major towns & cities to attract players to their badge.
You can’t compete with the pull of a Man City, Man Utd etc.It’s a conveyor belt, certainly… of high hopes and dashed dreams.
It’s a bus ride, you need a squad of players to facilitate the one player in the team who might have a chance of hurdling over 8 seasons of part time coaches with their over inflated opinions of their own coaching abilities.
That one… may just get a one year “pro” contract.The real talents, Rooney and the like who break in to the big clubs first teams do so for a reason – and it’s the big clubs that have these star players.
Their scouting networks and the compensation payments as per the EPPP are orchestrated by the Prem League to ensure that they get the best players or pay peanuts for them.
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