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  • in reply to: Experienced GK Required #306637
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    If we support the manager and the whole team the rest will follow Rene, it sure beats speculation and second guessing.

    Absolutely… too much ‘fantasy football’ at times.
    Electric, water, gas, telephones etc all need paying – it’s a business at the end of the day… and not that profitable a one either.
    We’d be defunct if it wasn’t for the fab four!
    It is what it is.
    Let’s stop moaning and support the board, the football staff, the players and the office staff.
    One United!

    in reply to: A Vapid Pre-Season #306636
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    You don’t learn anything from winning every game 4-0!

    What did anyone learn tonight?

    Not being cynical, condescending or patronising – but, surely an SUFC X1 should beat an App Frod team?

    The guy who got two of their goals was an ex-academy player… tsk.

    What happened or didn’t happen?

    in reply to: Experienced GK Required #306634
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    At the end of the day, we’d all love a Yashin, Banks, Zoff, Shilton, Schmeichel between the sticks.

    We are where we are with the staff (players) we’ve got.

    How are you going to change it?

    Unless you can subsidise a ‘glory keepers’ wages – then you can’t.

    Hence… support the young un!

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    in reply to: Experienced GK Required #306632
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    Doubt many got to the end, Rene has too much time on his hands.

    Who or what is GPT btw?

    What are the intangerineables mentioned by Gurnelista?

    in reply to: A Vapid Pre-Season #306631
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    Fri, Jul 4th – Bottesford 4-0 W
    Tue, Jul 8th – App Frod 2-3 L
    Sat, Jul 12th – Cleethorpes (A) – 2pm
    Tue, Jul 15th – Crowle (A) – 7pm
    Sat, Jul 19th – Gainsborough (A)
    Tue, July 22nd – Skegness
    Sat, July 26th – Spennymoor
    Sat, Aug 2nd – Worksop Town (A) – 3pm

    … does not compute Will Robinson!

    in reply to: A Vapid Pre-Season #306630
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    OMG!

    What happened?

    Youth team used to beat them.

    Jesus!

    in reply to: FIFA club world cup #306629
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    Anyone watched any of it?

    No.
    How did we get on? lol

    in reply to: Le Tour #306628
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    Stage 4:
    4 of my 8 riders made the top ten today.
    I had: 1st, 2nd, 6th & 7th
    A good day on the roads for me – back up inside the top 200.
    Yesterday killed me!

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    in reply to: Norrie v Alcaraz QF #306627
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    Alcaraz or Alcatraz?

    He sticks you in the hole – and doesn’t let you out!

    in reply to: Experienced GK Required #306594
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    Ok, I get it. I’d like it too.
    However, if you’ve only got X to spend on a keeper… how are you going to fund 4X ?

    Are supporters going to put their hands in their pockets and subsidise Keeper4X’s wages?

    Sustainability.
    Accountantability (sic).
    Budget management.
    5 Year Plan

    We need to ensure all historic debts are cleared.
    We need to increase attendances to increase budget.

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    in reply to: Norrie v Alcaraz QF #306592
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    The best of luck to Cam Norrie this afternoon.

    Being a Newcastle United supporter I can’t see us converting him.

    However, Alcaraz has amassed £30M by the age of just 22 – I wonder if he’d like to purchase an English football club.

    What would the entire entity including the stadium & training pitch & car parks cost him?

    Dear Carlos

    My name is…

    in reply to: Opening Day Fixtures #306577
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    “Our” Stu ought to be running a sweepstakes on it.

    in reply to: Rinse and repeat thread #306575
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    InPost Lockers.
    Better the money goes in our piggy bank than one of the other outlets on the RP.
    Well done Iron.

    in reply to: Experienced GK Required #306574
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    I’m guessing he fits the budget?

    Goalkeeper budget = X

    Is a 2X keeper twice as good as an X keeper?

    Is a 4X keeper four times better than an X keeper.

    If we could have afforded to keep the National Leagues Keeper of the year then I’m sure we’d have made every effort to do so?

    A case of cutting our cloth?

    What car do you drive daily – what car would you love to be driving daily?

    Want v Need.

    in reply to: Experienced GK Required #306571
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    6ft 3”, celebrates his 22nd birthday on 16th July.
    Stan says yes.
    I’m behind Beck this season… I’ll back Maison too.
    Let’s not destroy the kid.

    in reply to: Opening Day Fixtures #306565
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    Not long now.

    in reply to: Le Tour #306546
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    Stage 3 finished a short while ago. It ended with Merlier pipping Milan in a photo finish – winning ‘distance’, probably a centimetre; two at most.

    Yesterday’s yellow jersey, who was today wearing the green jersey (top sprinter) was wiped out by a couple of muppets who were trying to make a name for themselves at the intermediate sprint.

    Philipsen suffered a suspected broken collar bone in the crash and is now out of the Tour.

    There was another crash with about 3.5km to go and a third one on the final turn in to the finishing straight.

    So, I lost Philipsen in the first crash and another of my riders, Remco Evenepoel was brought down in the second crash.

    A low scoring points day for me today in the ‘fantasy tour’ due to the carnage.

    I’ve dropped down to 1,056 in the world from yesterday’s ranking of 196 in the world.

    A disaster of a day for me.

    Wishing Jasper Philipsen a speedy & complete recovery. He must be absolutely gutted – as he looked to be on fire and a massive contender this year.

    in reply to: NL Winners 2025-26 Odds (Tues 3rd June) #306529
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    Non League Paper – 16th June

    Who Are The Favourites to Go Up from the 2025/2026 National League?

    Scunthorpe
    Newcomers, Scunthorpe, are perhaps the most surprising name on the list, as they’ll be making their return to the league after a 3-year stint in the National League North.

    However, the odds suggest they may have a chance of pulling an underdog story and making it through to promotion on their first try. With a 10/1 chance of upsetting the big boys, it won’t be lost on the fans and players what they stand to gain if they can pull a rabbit out of the hat.

    did I miss something?

    in reply to: A Vapid Pre-Season #306507
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    We can’t play on our pitch yet which massively hinders due to us delaying the repair work for that stupid music event which we made no profit on.

    Do we now know that we didn’t make any profit from it? I’ve not looked for any info about it tbh.

    in reply to: Make mine a bitter Brexit #306506
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    At least we are in control of our borders now!

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    in reply to: Wimbledon #306502
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    Norrie plays the Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry in R4.
    Both turn 30 this year but have only clashed on one previous occasion, which was way back in 2018.
    Jarry won that match in Miami: 7-6, 6-2
    Norrie will play either Alcaraz or Rublev in the QF if he secures the win.

    in reply to: Le Tour #306498
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    8 riders per fantasy team.
    Each stage you can nominate one of your riders to win the stage and secure a bonus.
    A good day for me today.

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    in reply to: A Vapid Pre-Season #306497
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    Fri, Jul 4th – Bottesford 4-0
    Sat, Jul 12th – Cleethorpes (A) – 2pm
    Tue, Jul 15th – Crowle (A) – 7pm
    Sat, Jul 19th – Gainsborough (A)
    Tue, July 22nd – Skegness
    Sat, July 26th – Spennymoor
    Sat, Aug 2nd – Worksop Town (A) – 3pm

    Reasonable start, 4 scored, none conceded.
    No injuries picked up?

    in reply to: NL Winners 2025-26 Odds (Tues 3rd June) #306496
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    Saturday 5th July 2025:

    Carlisle 11/4
    York City 3/1

    Forest Green 13/2

    Rochdale 9/1
    Southend 12/1

    Morecambe 25/1
    Scunthorpe 25/1
    Halifax 28/1
    Altrincham 33/1
    Hartlepool 33/1

    Sutton United 40/1
    Gateshead 50/1
    Tamworth 50/1
    Solihull Moors 66/1
    Yeovil 66/1

    Woking 80/1
    Boston Utd 80/1
    Eastleigh 80/1
    Aldershot 100/1
    Braintree Town 100/1

    Wealdstone 200/1
    Brackley Town 200/1
    Boreham Wood 200/1
    Truro City 200/1

    in reply to: Football world comparisons #306479
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    Not long now.
    Sunday, probably going to be a night match.

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    in reply to: Experienced GK Required #306476
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    What did he do ‘wrong’?

    in reply to: Triallists #306463
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    I wish Marc Beck good health and a successful season in the year ahead.
    Lineker had a period where he didn’t know where the back of the net was.
    Let’s back Beck and hopefully he’ll come good!

    in reply to: I feel like chicken tonight #306443
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    Friday night.
    Spanish fixtures are out.
    I feel like an Indian tonight!

    in reply to: Experienced GK Required #306434
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    If Dec scores more than five I’ll eat my hat

    … and your favourite condiment is?

    I wonder what price he’d be to finish on >5 for the season?

    in reply to: Multiball #306427
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    “It’s football Jim, but not as we know it.” – Star Trekkin, The Firm.

    Will we need “new balls” inflated to the correct pressure & weight at half time?

    Will the “ball receivers” be allocated a tin of WD40 to negate the oppositions long throw?

    When do you think the game will go completely ‘non contact’ thus allowing for mixed teams and ‘equality’ to grace the fields of dreams?

    Will we see teams then having to field a quota of female players – 3 would be a good starter to fulfil the development of the people’s game?