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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?
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Can’t say I disagree with any of those predictions. So far, we are yet to see anything in the way of quality sign for us, and I fear that will be the same for the remainder of the pre-season.
Swann has managed to ruin the club during his tenure. He arrived full of promises, decided to gamble the clubs future with an unsustainable and wholly infective transfer policy. Racked up a mountain of debt for a club of our size, then used that debt to grab the only asset the club had.
I genuinely believe that if we go into the season with the squad we have now then we will finish 24th in League 2, and will struggle to make our way back into the football league.
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I really struggle to see what the issue is with players taking a knee before a match. Some may say “It’s been going on too long”, or may ask “When will it end?”. The issue is, that racism is still alive, and being peddled by keyboard warriors over social media. Week after week we hear and read stories of players being racially abused over social media. Until this is stamped out I feel that professional footballers players have every right to protest against racism. Some may argue and say “But we have the Kick it Out campaign”. Whilst that is true, it is also true that it is not effective, otherwise players wouldn’t still be receiving racial abuse.
I think all but the most ignorant would agree that the action of footballers taking a knee is not done in support of any marxist ideology or movement, but is done to show solidarity and support for anti-racism. Anyone who says otherwise is being deliberately divisive, is in denial of the numerous public statements made by footballers, or lacks the ability to understand a clearly articulated message.
To state that the players who are taking a knee in protest against racism are following a marxist movement would be a wilful misrepresentation of the facts. Sure, there may be some in the BLM movement who are so inclined, but I suspect that they are very much in the minority, and like all marxist movements in the western world, will fail.
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As a white, middle-aged football fan who has never experienced racism directed towards my ethnicity nor heritage, I will never truly understand what those affected by racism and inequality have experienced.
I am totally against racism, and support 100% any gesture or action that brings it to the attention of the wider public. If a player chooses to take a knee to express their disgust at racism then I will support them without a second thought.
Sadly you only need to look at social media to realise that racism is still alive, and in some corners, thriving. If taking a knee keeps it in the public eye then I am all for it. After all, it only truly offends those who are offended by anti-racism, and you know what that makes them!
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Looking around on the internet I can see numerous clubs are going about their business, building a squad for the coming season. It appears however, that Swann’s over ambitious promise of having the squad in place for the coming season by the end of May is to be chalked up to his long list of empty promises.
The only recruitment we’re seeing at Scunthorpe is for matchday catering and bar staff. If next season goes as I fear, we won’t need to recruit many of those as the ground will be back to attendance levels last seen in 1985/86 season.
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I echo most of what has been posted above…I’ve been a fan of Scunthorpe United since 1983, and in all my year supporting and watching Scunthorpe, this is the lowest and most concerned I’ve ever felt.
Do I trust Swann and the board? No, not really.
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The whole ‘take a knee’ thing is pretty straightforward.
When players take a knee they are showing their support for anti-racism. By logical extension if you boo when players when they take a knee, you are showing support of racism.
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What happened to those signings that a certain Mr Swann promised? Surely he didn’t make a promise and fail to deliver? That is so unlike him,
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Not often will you see me type this…the online rag has nailed it spot on.
https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/scunthorpe-united-next-season-players-5436000
“The last two times we finished so close to propping up the fourth tier, (1981/82 and 2003/04), we followed both campaigns up with spectacular promotions. If anybody thinks we’re about to make it three in a row – I’ve got some magic beans to flog you.”
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