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  • in reply to: Alfreton #294729
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    Small pitch.
    As an away manager I’d go 4-2-4 and get it from back to front as quick as!
    Pressure = mistakes = goals.

    in reply to: FA warn Hilton #294718
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    If the fans have any control over the club, keep him out of your club.

    Just my opinion.

    Agree ..Hilton should be avoided like a turd in the local swimming baths.

    “Wham cRap” – he’s a “Bad Boy”.

    He’ll tell you, “I’m Your Man” – but all he wants is your “Credit Card Baby”

    “Come On” guys – “Battle-stations”.

    in reply to: Darlington #294691
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    Playing 4-4-2 should have given us more space and Darlo less.
    It didn’t.
    Why not?

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    Could it be anything to do with the lad who played left midfield for Turin in the late 1750s and 1760s, Joseph-Louis Lagrange?

    in reply to: Shouting The Odds 2024-25 #294650
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    Weds 27th November 2024.
    Still favourites:

    Scunthorpe 3/1
    Kidderminster 9/2
    Chorley 5/1
    Curzon Ashton 6/1
    Chester 10/1
    Kings Lynn 10/1

    in reply to: Darlington #294648
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    Could be wrong but pretty sure I heard Butler saying pre-match there’s a real prospect of part time next season without promotion. So whoever said that last week (which I questioned) sounds like you could be right.

    <strong class=”d4pbbc-bold”>I think a few people have expressed this view?
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    <strong class=”d4pbbc-bold”>From the Head of Recruitment thread:

    Does a 2nd tier non-league team actually need a Head of Recruitment?

    How many other teams in this league have one?

    Is it a waste of £50k a year?

    Surely Stan (Butler) & Jack (Schofield) have enough contacts within the game and desperate players seeking trials?

    If the HoR ‘finds’ five players a season then that works out at £10k a player.

    Seems we’re trying to desperately cling to our ‘professional’ status and haven’t accepted our fate and faced the facts.

    We’re non-league and looking as if we’ll be grounded in this league for a while.

    Stagnation will see gates fall and ultimately we will go part-time like the rest.

    Speculate to accumulate… blah, blah, blah.

    Money for old rope, clutching at straws.

    Successful recruitment in industry is poor – with only a 30% success rate.

    Football tends to be even worse.

    I’ve looked at the top 4 teams – 2 have HoR, 2 don’t… I’m guessing that there will be more teams without HoRs than with?

    I’m Sure Many Other Forumistas Have Also Said The Same or Similar

    in reply to: Darlington #294647
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    the clubs dead. deirdrie sidey snotty idiot insider and bru killed it by forcing dave away

    Great username:

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    in reply to: Darlington #294646
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    Could be wrong but pretty sure I heard Butler saying pre-match there’s a real prospect of part time next season without promotion. So whoever said that last week (which I questioned) sounds like you could be right.

    I think a few people have expressed this view?

    From the Head of Recruitment thread:

    Does a 2nd tier non-league team actually need a Head of Recruitment?

    How many other teams in this league have one?

    Is it a waste of £50k a year?

    Surely Stan (Butler) & Jack (Schofield) have enough contacts within the game and desperate players seeking trials?

    If the HoR ‘finds’ five players a season then that works out at £10k a player.

    Seems we’re trying to desperately cling to our ‘professional’ status and haven’t accepted our fate and faced the facts.

    We’re non-league and looking as if we’ll be grounded in this league for a while.

    Stagnation will see gates fall and ultimately we will go part-time like the rest.

    Speculate to accumulate… blah, blah, blah.

    Money for old rope, clutching at straws.

    Successful recruitment in industry is poor – with only a 30% success rate.

    Football tends to be even worse.

    I’ve looked at the top 4 teams – 2 have HoR, 2 don’t… I’m guessing that there will be more teams without HoRs than with?

    in reply to: Sam Togwell. #294554
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    A decent friendly chap.

    in reply to: Nightmare November #294515
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    Let’s end it on a high.

    in reply to: Butler out 2.0 #294514
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    Eureka!

    in reply to: Suddenly #294513
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    We could do with the Darlo game to be on in order to get the wheels turning and build some momentum. A few wins will be a confidence infusion.

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    in reply to: Leamington IF its not called off. #294512
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    Consistency – there’s very little in this league. Apart from say the bottom 6 teams, anyone can beat anyone.

    Let’s hope that he’s seen the light!

    in reply to: Leamington – the only undefeated team at home #294462
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    Let’s hope we’re the first to scalp them at home!

    in reply to: Butler out 2.0 #294432
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    in reply to: Butler out 2.0 #294427
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    Didn’t Stan sign a 2 year contract?

    Crystal ball time.

    We aren’t promoted this season – will he still be in the saddle in Sept of the 2025/26 season?

    in reply to: Leamington IF its not called off. #294388
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    Stats say 2-1
    I’ll probably have a fiver on 3-0 and a fiver on 3-1
    That’s the head.

    The heart hopes for a sneaky 0-1

    in reply to: Butler out 2.0 #294384
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    Blip – morphed in to a blob.
    Is the blip sustainable.
    Sounds as if Turnbullgate is purely a cost cutting exercise.
    Inexperienced staff, inexperienced manager, inexperienced directors… it doesn’t bode well.

    in reply to: Tribute to Two Jags #294375
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    4 decades as an MP – that’s why…

    in reply to: Head of Recruiting #294357
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    Does a 2nd tier non-league team actually need a Head of Recruitment?

    How many other teams in this league have one?

    Is it a waste of £50k a year?

    Surely Stan (Butler) & Jack (Schofield) have enough contacts within the game and desperate players seeking trials?

    If the HoR ‘finds’ five players a season then that works out at £10k a player.

    Seems we’re trying to desperately cling to our ‘professional’ status and haven’t accepted our fate and faced the facts.

    We’re non-league and looking as if we’ll be grounded in this league for a while.

    Stagnation will see gates fall and ultimately we will go part-time like the rest.

    Speculate to accumulate… blah, blah, blah.

    Money for old rope, clutching at straws.

    Successful recruitment in industry is poor – with only a 30% success rate.

    Football tends to be even worse.

    I’ve looked at the top 4 teams – 2 have HoR, 2 don’t… I’m guessing that there will be more teams without HoRs than with?

    in reply to: Two Up Top Under Butler. #294339
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    Yeah, promotion and a modicum of success would be a real downer… lol

    Alexander was doing well, then…

    It’s been downhill ever since.

    in reply to: FA Youth Cup #294334
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    Fair point.

    in reply to: FA Youth Cup #294331
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    FA Youth Cup R3 Draw

    Premier & Championship clubs now enter the fray.

    Harrogate are at home to WBA.

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    I note that since 2021, the final is now a one off game. Covid influenced?

    Good to see Chelsea’s stranglehold finally ending.
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    in reply to: FA Youth Cup #294330
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    Harrogate knocked Guiseley out in the first round ‘proper’.

    Last night, Harrogate knocked Cat2 Birmingham City out of R2.

    Harrogate U18s 3-1 Birmingham U18s

    Loans?

    in reply to: FA Trophy #294326
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    FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round 2013-14

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    in reply to: FA Trophy #294325
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    FA Trophy R3

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    in reply to: Snow Way #294324
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    They’ll be nice & fresh for Saturday.

    in reply to: Leamington – the only undefeated team at home #294323
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    Their game against Chester was off last night.
    When Saturday comes!
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    in reply to: Two Up Top Under Butler. #294295
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    Trinity’s goal against Chester last Saturday started from a Chester corner.
    I’ve always thought leaving two up top for the opposition’s corners is a good tactic – they have to leave 3 players back to cover.
    One high (half way line) & left, the other high & right – Gainsborough executed the counter swiftly and effectively last Saturday.
    Well done Russ & the Trinity lads!

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    in reply to: Declan Howe #294190
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    Give it a rest, nobody cares!

    … and if we were to buy him? He’d be sliced bread+

    We’ve got Banjo Beck.

    in reply to: Declan Howe #294189
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