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Tactical masterclass from Jimmy , not 1 single shot on target & people are defending that … Dear oh dear
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Seemed honest and genuine enough in his after match remarks, didn’t try and make excuses. Difference between being genuine and being deluded Scunnyblue but you crack on.
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I’ve watched football at all levels for over 60 years and can’t remember a more one sided game in all that time. Notts were good, no doubt about that, but we were pathetic, yes pathetic, lucky it wasn’t double figures. I can’t accept any excuses for a performance like that. We were fortunate that they have a 30+ goal striker that misses 3 chances out of 4, Bennett and Elliott can only dream about service like that.
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Apparently, anyone who criticises today’s performance need to get a grip and put things in perspective CT. Slippery slope that, if you ask me.
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The kids at half time were
Brilliant, best bit of the game.It’s the scunthorpe way that anytime we have a decent crowd turn up then the team doesn’t, 2-0 down after 10 minutes just kills the game.
Not going to read too much in it tactically, they are an exceptional footballing side for this level and would beat most in league 2 comfortably . Even if we turned up today then we get beat quite easily; the gulf in class was staggering.
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One positive for me was Thompson. The one player in our team that would make their first eleven. He is going to punish mediocre National League teams.
The biggest negative for me was that their main threat to us was obvious in the first 5 minutes but for the next 85 minutes we did nothing to address it.
Their right winger had Leake on toast all day. We dropped deep into a shape to try and make life difficult for them but 90% of their free possession either side of the half way line ended up with an easy pass to the feet of their most dangerous player who spent the whole game without Leake (or any other Iron player) within 10 yards of him. He then either took Leake on directly very much his own terms or played a simple ball through to his full back or midfield runner who were invariably not tracked leading to an unchallenged cross.
Net result was a steady stream of quality balls across the box from their right hand side that produced 4 goals and could easily have produced 4 more.
Common sense says if you are a full back and your winger is beasting you 1 to 1 then you mark the fecker so tightly that his team stop trying to pass to him. Takes you out of the game but also takes him out of it.
Someone on or off the field should have been screaming instructions to the young lad from the 7th minute at least to get tight and stay tight.
They would probably still have beaten us because they are a very good football team but at least we would have made them work for it.
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This was a match that was over after 10 minutes, in fact it was probably over in the dressing room before taking to the pitch, I listened to it on RH, and Scunny never had a shot on target during the 90 mins, in fact only had one shot during the whole game, it must have been so boring, to be outplayed for the full game after taking the trip to Nottingham.
The only good point for you guys, was that you didn’tt have to listen to “really really” Cox, who moaned for the full broadcast, it wouldn’t be so bad, but when he was the manager, the team and asewt up was bloody terrible, but he appears to thgink that he knows everything right now.The club was ruined by Swann, and it will take some getting back, they will struggle next season in the NLN, the question is how long will the band of loyal supporters keep torning out to watch such rubbish???
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Topics: 59I didn’t see a single shot from us.
The ‘boys’ will be working on staying onside on Monday – they don’t understand that particular rule!
5 & 10 yards off the pace in every position on the pitch.
Keeper will cost us in these remaining games.
Jimbob is playing at being a ‘manager’ – clueless!
I’m afraid defeat awaits at York on Tuesday.
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Notts fan here. First of all well done on the away fan attendance – amazing when in your position even if it was cheap and close-ish
Did your manager say what the plan was for the start of the game? Teams tend to come and either go high press and take it to us or they put 11 behind the ball, try at every chance to slow down the game, stop us getting into a rhytham.
You guys didn’t seem to do either. We played great today, Notts were in deluxe mode but you also let us play like that. Nemane / Rodrigues seemed to surprise you but that’s how we play every game.
I think once it went to 2-0 so quickly m not sure if you knew what to do, to attack would be running the risk of a cricket score but you also sort of had nothing to lose then.
Saying that we were playing very well and I think you just couldn’t cope with how fast we were on you when you had the ball. In the second half even when we were strolling to a win, I saw 5 of our players surround your lad who had the ball, they were just relentless.
Hopefully for your sakes you can scratch this off as a learning curve for the manager and players and refocus for Tuesday
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This was a match that was over after 10 minutes, in fact it was probably over in the dressing room before taking to the pitch, I listened to it on RH, and Scunny never had a shot on target during the 90 mins, in fact only had one shot during the whole game, it must have been so boring, to be outplayed for the full game after taking the trip to Nottingham.
The only good point for you guys, was that you didn’tt have to listen to “really really” Cox, who moaned for the full broadcast, it wouldn’t be so bad, but when he was the manager, the team and asewt up was bloody terrible, but he appears to thgink that he knows everything right now.Indeed the HR commentary was hard listening in respect to just how outclassed Scunny were and more so as stated above Cox terrible warblings of really really n be btave braver really got on my tits , i remember his time as manager , it was torrid but he seems to have all the answers now vis the radio mic.
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Topics: 59talking to a Notts fan mate who was there .. Scunny were worst team hes seen this season by a long way but impressed by the away turn out and the Fans were the best to visit Meadow Lane…if only the team could match the fans heart and desire.
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Butterfield shot Cass,from my recollection it only went a few yards before it was blocked got no where near their goal don’t think it got in the box.
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Apparently, anyone who criticises today’s performance need to get a grip and put things in perspective CT. Slippery slope that, if you ask me.
Tough, if they don’t like criticism then they are in the wrong jobs !
How many there thought the team backed off and offered nothing going forward ?
How many think we set up to deal with them ?7 games left and Mr Dean reckons the club needs 4/5 wins to stay up – fans have a right to comment, criticize because they are spending hard earned money. It isn’t just the defeats it is the nature of it, this club used to fight for everything no matter who the opponent was. They didn’t give in, they didn’t get above their station. Now over complication is the name of the game.
Said at the time I hoped Mr Nelson would retain the job until the end of the season, see little reason to change my mind.
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Just like the players the manager has his limitations.
Dean isn’t good enough to manage at a league two level,
the County team would be league two playoff contenders they were that good. All of our players (excl thompson) were nowhere near them
and most probably won’t
ever get to a league standard.
The sheet lack of effort worried me, that and Deans inability to see what every fan could see in the space afforded to their winger.1 user thanked author for this post.
All this free hit nonsense is just bollocks , there should be no free hits ever and the players should turn up and give 110% every game. The Notts performance had zero positives it was shambolic in every way EXCEPT THE FANS who turned out on mass and were let down badly… on to York on Tuesady and i hope this total drubbing hasnt knocked any survival thoughts / confidence gained from the Wealdstone win.
Anything else than 3 points and IMO and i hope im wrong we will be going down again this term. As mentioned on another thread take away all the loan players then a few will leave such as Butters n Wilson etc we will be left with the youngsters and a smattering from this current bunch of leftovers.. if thats the case life in the NLN will be very tough and we could stuck there for quite some time … im normally a glass half full type but it could take years , decades for the club to get back into the EFL proper maybe not in my lifetime ..yes even with the bright spot when Mr Hilton bought n saved the club things are still that gloomy.Sad times indeed and the fat lady is ironing her frock ready to perform in the very near future.
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