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It’ll be reet… stop worrying.
We’ll just have to score more than we concede.
Dan & Dec’ll sort it!

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Congratulations to the SA born Cameron Norrie on his victory over the 12th seed.
Moved to England from NZ aged 16, then went to Uni in USA aged 18 – now resides in Monaco.
We’ll take what we can – Scottish & Welsh parentage.

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I don’t believe so and can’t see that they will.

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Happy days?

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Lord Kitchener

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Who won it?

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So, still 4 on the board?
Chelle still there?
No 5th member?
Or, have I slept in?

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We ought to be looking at getting first year Pros from the likes of Hull, Sheff W & U in on season long loans.
2 from each club and we’d be laughing… ‘recruitment’ done.

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The point is, that 19 of 24 L2 teams have played in the NL / Conference in the last 30 odd years.
2 up, 2 down – protectionism.
Let’s shake it up – freedom of movement. Let a few more pigs stick their snouts in the trough!
I’d go 4 up & 4 down to/from the Prem too … though it won’t happen.
Let’s slosh some of that luvly green stuff amongst more teams.
Though to be honest, I ain’t that bothered what they do – no real interest in what the FA & EFL do.
Jobs for the boys, protectionism.
Time the big boys flew the coop and went and played in the much talked about and false started Euro Super League.
It’d be ‘funny’ seeing a ‘Brentford’ or a ‘Sunderland’ winning the Prem League.

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4 down from L2 and 4 up from the NL. Make the NL in to L3.
Same promo/relo format for the new L3.
Reform a new NL from the NLN & NLS.
Be good for football if it was to happen for season 2026-27.

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How are ST tickets going?
Up/down on last season?

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I see they have an U19 team.
Are we the only club in the NL not to have one?

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Awaywego

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Today saw the announcement of the composition of the 2 third tier groups (equivalent to L1) for season 2025/25.

Fixtures will be announced on the 1st July.

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Da Da Da – “Ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht”

Oh, the excitement!

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Deereyme66 wrote:

‘Let’s scrutinise the CEOs rather than always getting on players & managers backs!’

Would tend to agree. Does that include Mark Beck?

Absolutely. No point in getting on his back. He is what he is. Scrimmage & go!

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cassidystash wrote:

Based on those figures you’d hope we would have a competitive budget.

Exactly Cass. That’s exactly what we need in order to achieve escape velocity.

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How do we increase the support?

There are plenty of TV glory hunters who follow the likes of the Manc duo, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal.

Then there’s the ones who make the trip along the M180 / M62 to Leeds and those that cross the Humber to watch the mudrats.

More supporters through the gates should generate extra revenue, which we need to have a hope of ever returning to the EFL.

Do you have a cunning plan, Mr Matthew ‘Baldrick’ Roberts?

Promotion to L2 may be beyond the Clubs impendency for the next five years?

Short term, we can measure Roberts success as a CEO by improving the average attendance over the first year by 15% to just over 5,000.

Success would be to improve the attendance a further 20% to an average of 6,000 for season 2026-27.

If he can achieve that, then he’s succeeded over the next 2 years.

If he’s still here in 3 seasons time then success would be measured by securing a play off place.

If we’re not in L2 by 2029-30, then he’s failed.

How long on average do CEOs remain in post at football clubs?

Five years seems an ample timeframe to deliver EFL football.

Let’s scrutinise the CEOs rather than always getting on players & managers backs!

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SODIron

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Carlisle averaged 7,425 last season.
We’ll most probably need north of 6,000 for bronze.
We did 4,399 last season.
A 40% increase required to hit 6,158.
York did 6,138 last season.
40% – a huge increase.
Is it doable?

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When are they released?

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Keeper, RB, LB CH x2, CM x2, LM, LW

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All the best to him.
Knows his limitations – knows his level.

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SouthYorksIron wrote:

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JOHNMMAW wrote:

Sam Sloc played 8 league games last season – 3 clean sheets conceded 7 goals in the other five games

Be interesting to know the scores in those 8 games.

https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=49709

P8 W3 D2 L3 GF10 GA7 Pts11

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JOHNMMAW wrote:

Sam Sloc played 8 league games last season – 3 clean sheets conceded 7 goals in the other five games

Be interesting to know the scores in those 8 games.

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Northumbiron wrote:

Isn’t the deadline usually 1st July?

Yeah, the 1st of July is the start of every new season.

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Awaywego wrote:

We’ve still the 26th to fill, so maybe Bradford away sure they’ll help us out.

And why would Matlock want to play us, they’ve got 3 sell out crowds already against Chesterfield, Derby and Mansfield at home, Scunny! who!

Never a fan of WHAM (sussed him from day one)… but that’s a good pre-season. Challenge them, stretch them; not to the point of injury or exhaustion – but to find out who’s going to cope and be your preferred starting 11 when the meaningful stuff starts.
You don’t want 6 over-easy games and then a season curtain lifter away at York or Forest Green.
Rabbits & headlights springs to mind.

I’d have finished with Harrogate and Salford away.
Cleggy & Skeggy ain’t going to tell us anything.

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Cliff Byrne's Right Peg

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Bravo Bru!

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Had a bit of a sesh. Not drunk but ‘merry’.
Just wondering if a new pitch is down yet?

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Skegg FC added.
Will we get out of second gear in any of these fixtures?

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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Oscar Wilde

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.

John Paul Stevens (Associate Justice of the USA Supreme Court – 1975 to 2010)

‘Great ideas come from anonymity’
Anon … no, me messing about.

‘Give him a mask and a shield and he’s a gladiator’
Anon

Anonymity… brother of Walter Mity (sic – to make it ‘work’)

‘Unable to speak our minds, life is but a dream’
Anon

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He’s made an Earlementary boo boo.

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backofthenet18

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I ‘floated’ this one previously in one of the pre-signing Howe threads.

We’ve got the drummer, we’ve got Dec
To be sung after he scores… and at other times dictated by the claret & blue conductor.
Could be quite intimidating 4,000 fans chanting that during a game?

Howe Chant

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