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It just shows how bad things have become under Swann. The finances have been mismanaged to such an extent that we likely cannot afford to sack Cox and his team. There is no other club in the football league where a manager would survive such a poor record.
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How we look since the start of March 21
Pld 30 W 3 D 11 L 14 F 16 A 43 GD -27 Points 20
So we have averaged 0.66 points per match, which over a 46 match season would give us 31 points (I rounded up). It is beyond me how can any manager survive such a record..!!!
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Swann’s word holds little sway with most Scunthorpe United fans as he has failed to deliver on any of his promises to date!
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I’m a little confused…his statement says “the stadium will be returned to Scunthorpe United along with its training facilities and that the club will benefit financially from any such developments.“. Whilst this is good news it seems to be contrary to previous statements made back in April; “We had a loan for £11m, and we decided to write that off against the asset and take the charge off.“.
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Like all the past promises from the Poundland Obramovich, the interview was full of hot air and bluster!!!
I would still like to know why he miss-managed the clubs finances to such an extent that the only option was to transfer the ownership of the ground to one of his companies.
Like most on here I like Cox, he seems like a really nice bloke however, with each passing match I am becoming more and more certain that he just doesn’t have the experience, knowledge, or confidence to get us out of our current mess.
With the constraints that are surrounding the club right now we desperately need an experienced manager who has a proven track record of polishing turds and getting the best out of a squad that is low on ability and confidence. I fear if we don’t call in an experienced manager soon we will swiftly find ourselves several points adrift at the foot of the table.
Sorry to say this…”Cox Out”.
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Playing a high tempo, pressing game for 90 minutes plus added time can be hugely successful, especially in the lower leagues where players are more prone to make mistakes when put under pressure. The big challenge though is that it does require a huge level of fitness from the players, and intelligent use of substitutions to ensure the most fatigued players are replaced in a timely manner.
Whilst it can be successful (as we saw in the first half of the match), unless you have a team of super fit athletes it is almost impossible to play like that for the whole match (as we saw in the second half). To add to that, the cumulative fatigue of playing in such a way week after week will likely lead to a huge slump in performance after a month or so.
If you are to play a pressing / high tempo tactic match after match you will need a big squad of fit athletes so you can rotate them to keep the all fresh. And this is the challenge for us.
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Re: relegation this season: The jury is out as it is a little too early to call it. That said, the signs are not good, and we seem to be going backwards both on and off the pitch.
Swann and co. have a lot to answer for.
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I think you’re all misunderstanding Poundland Ambramovich’s initial statement when he became owner.
He said we will be playing at a new stadium – we are, the SVS!
He said we’d see attacking football – we do, from the opposition!
He said we’d be playing in the Championship – I think he has us on track to play in the Premier League, albeit the Northern Premier League!All-in-all, If your surname is Swann then his tenure has been a raging success…
Below you will see a list of all the things that have improved under Swann…
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5).Here’s the things that have gotten worse:
1). League position
2). Attendances
3). Facilities
4). Ambition
5). Everything!4 users thanked author for this post.
In my working career I once worked for a company that went bust. You could see the writing on the wall for months, there was a lack of investment from the owners, they cut-back on all but the most essential of services, and didn’t replace any staff that left. The whole business looked like it was being deliberately run down.
Not too dissimilar to what we are currently experiencing this season!
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Reflecting on yesterdays match my thoughts are thus:
The players seem to make poor decisions in the final third. There were several times in the first half where a little more composure would / could of seen us score a goal. Our defence fills me full of dread, too many simple mistakes that would of been punished by a better team.
It was clear to me that Sutton will be one of the teams fighting to avoid relegation. The fact that we couldn’t beat them, and indeed could of actually lost, tells me that we’re in for a long fight again this season!
I’ve been watching some video clips of him playing, he has good movement, and knows where the net is. If the team can get some quality balls through to him I suspect he’ll bag a few goals for us.
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“After having pumped the club with a debt that he must surely have known it was never going to be able to repay (Where was a club the size of Scunthorpe ever going to find £11m? Down the back of the sofa?), this action has now effectively pushed the blame for the club’s considerable indebtedness onto the club itself by claiming the ground and their other assets in return. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, whether through his company or his ownership of the football club, the ground can’t even now be apparently kept in a presentable condition.”
A great article that pretty much reflects my thoughts and feelings. These are worrying times for the club right now, and I see scant evidence that Swann and the board are doing anything to arrest the decline!
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I’m starting to warm towards Neil Cox, the pre-season has been the best in quite some time and, from all I’ve heard, the squad is better than it was last season (mind you the bar was set so low it wouldn’t be too hard to be better).
I really liked his attitude when we played Wimbledon, getting the squad to tidy up the changing rooms post match was a nice touch of class.
I am actually looking forward to seeing the team play today. Hopefully we see some of the drive and passion that was missing for so much of the last two seasons!
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Its looks obvious,it seems our chairman wants to see the demise of sUFC so he can develop the land into a housing estate.I hope I am wrong
That thought has crossed my mind on more than one occasion.
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I don’t think I’ve ever felt as disheartened and dejected about all things Scunthorpe United as I do right now.
Our future looks very bleak, and the only recruitment drive I see coming out of Scunthorpe is for match day catering staff! The way things are going we won’t need them as we’ll have less fans than Wealdstone.
Sad times indeed…
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Swann has made it abundantly clear that we are likely to have the smallest budget in League Two. I do not expect anything in the way of signings that will wet the appetite and bring back the feel good feeling of old.
Forget shopping at Aldi, we are now searching through the bins at the back of the store for freebies!!!!
There’s no coincidence that the only player we have brought in is on a one year deal…Swann is planning for a likely relegation, and doesn’t want to be stuck with a squad of players on League Two wages with two year deals.
If things stay as they are, my prediction for next season is a swift relegation!
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Potential topics for discussion:
1. Given where we were when Swann took the helm, have things improved under Swann’s tenure?
2. Is the current squad big / good enough to stay up next season?
3. Is the 2021/22 transfer budget too small?
4. Does Cox have enough glitter to sprinkle on the turd that is the current squad?
5. Are there any signs of development of the ground?
6. Is Swann all hot air?
7. Ideas for showing the board just how dissatisfied we are with the way they’ve ruined our club!1 user thanked author for this post.
