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  • in reply to: Play off tickets #284101
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    Ridiculous decision by the authorities. 3 days to sell tickets for one of the biggest games of the year isn’t fair on supporters nor the club.

    Again, I don’t understand what isn’t “fair” here? Are people just frustrated that they can’t post a screenshot of their ticket on their social media? Why do you need a ticket a week in advance of a game which won’t sell out?

    in reply to: Paddy Madden #284100
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    I realise I am swimming against the tide here but I never liked Paddy Madden and always thought he was massively over-rated, partly because pretty much everyone who has come since him has been even worse.

    I still think it was a sign of what was to come when we signed him in January 2014 despite Winnall banging them in, Deon Burton being a regular, Paul Hayes signing on a free, and the team going really well. Felt like a signing for the sake of making a signing.

    in reply to: Scunthorpe United Hall of Fame #284099
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    Good idea.
    Here’s an example of what could be done.
    In November this year, we will welcome the fifth batch of inductees to the Motherwell FC Hall of Fame.

    That’s exactly the sort of thing I was thinking about. For what it’s worth, Motherwell is (currently) a fan-owned club, so I’m not surprised to see them doing this sort of thing. I always had a soft spot for Motherwell too, another steeltown club, great name & kit. KVV. Used to work with a fee ‘Well fans on Scunthorpe steelworks who had moved down after Ravenscraig closed. We should have some sort of “fan friendship” with Motherwell I reckon, pre-season friendlies, group of Iron fans going to see a game of theirs once a season (and vice versa).

    in reply to: Scunthorpe United Hall of Fame #284098
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    A room has already been earmarked for an SUFC museum, there’s a large amount of memorabilia set aside.
    Ready for next season.

    This is a great idea, hope it’s a real success.

    in reply to: Play off tickets #284068
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    I’m sure you know what you mean.

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    in reply to: Play off tickets #284065
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    I still don’t really see what the issue is here, it’s not going to be a sell out so why not just make it pay on the gate?

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    in reply to: Play off tickets #284061
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    So the on sale date remains the Thursday before the Saturday, ie just two days prior. Absolutely ridiculous, imho.

    It’s unusual but realistically what difference does it make to you? Do you really think it’ll sell out?

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    in reply to: Play off tickets #284052
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    I read those rules, not an easy read.
    It seems to me the National League have set a percentage, they describe as “a levy”, which they will take from the net proceeds of the game after all expenses for both clubs (and including the travel and hotel costs for National League board members and officers who attend the match). The remaining proceeds are split 50% each to the 2 clubs.
    I can’t find out what amount the levy is but it was agreed prior to the start of the season.
    Should be a good earner for the league if it is (as we hope !) at Scunthorpe.

    Worth remembering that there’s a similar setup for the Football League play-offs and FA Cup ties have a similar arrangement.

    in reply to: Kai Corbett’s goal vs Blyth Spartans #284051
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    Not often you see a goal scored with a two-footed tackle!

    in reply to: Doxxing goat going? #283962
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    I’m sure they it was probably a shitshow behind the scenes, in business or financial terms, whatever… but the Sands club in Gainsborough was actually good while it lasted – not half-arsed, at least not on the occasions I visited for dinner / dance / cabaret style evenings in a post-Sinatra / wannabe Goodfellas style.

    I went to a couple of jazz gigs there and whilst it was great to have that sort of thing in Gainsborough, I was never that impressed with the venue.

    Was it a success? I don’t seem to remember it lasting too long but did he close it to move it to Blackpool, or were they separate things?

    in reply to: Nearly there…….. #283888
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    Dean seemingly had a lot of say in recruitment of the present squad. As a recruiter, he hasn’t looked too bad at all.

    Hang on a minute, I have some questions to ask here!

    Even if we ignore the complete shambles which was the end of last season, when so many signings made under Dean barely played or didn’t impress, the signings made since the embargo was lifted this year have hardly impressed. Clarke’s barely played, McAlinden’s been here & there, Corbett is a mystery, though not as much as the guy from Farsley who’s disappeared off the website, and then there’s this Leesley chap too. Not the greatest track record?

    Sure, under Dean a good squad was assembled last summer, but surely that’s easy if you’re paying well over the odds for players?

    In fairness, I don’t know how much input Dean has had into signings throughout his tenure, but I couldn’t say that the record has been a positive one in those 15-16 months.

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    in reply to: National League Television #283887
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    Sorry if I’m a bit late but I’ve just seen that TNT are covering all NL, NLN & NLS play offs. Does that mean no streaming? Anybody confirm or otherwise please.

    Couldn’t tell you but another news story today is that the Football League’s iFollow is going to disappear next season as Sky are going to broadcast all the games. More expense for fans!

    in reply to: Nearly there…….. #283877
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    Promotion (or not) is surely the key. Achieve that and it’s inconceivable that Dean could be sacked, who would come to a club that sacks a promotion winning manager? Only the terminally thick or unemployable. IFA has the right idea about any new contract for Jimmy, 6 month maximum or a rolling monthly if we can get away with it.

    It’s funny, in Italian football this sort of thing is really common: you hire a manager to do a job, they do it, the club then decides whether to keep them on to do the next job or to find someone better suited. Managers understand that’s how the system works. Obviously it would be very odd to do that in British football, I just find it interesting how even things that seem “obvious” to us can vary around the world.

    in reply to: An Evening With ..? #283846
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    I thought it was embarassing, realising that GP couldn’t hold the numbers for a major event(what impression does that give?)and being suddenly moved to a car showroom.

    I assumed that the venue was donated to allow the club to put on an important money-spinning event? The cost of hiring, for example, the Baths Hall, would have put a huge dent in the revenue the club made from the evening.

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    in reply to: Nearly there…….. #283845
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    If we go to Gloucester City needing something and lose, then we shouldn’t even bother entering the play-offs!

    in reply to: Hereford #283681
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    Won away last night and probably need to win their last 3 games to give them a chance of play offs. Could make for a different type of game on Saturday which could help us maybe?

    Won away to Banbury, even Bishop’s Stortford beat them last weekend!

    in reply to: Southport #283585
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    Sounds desperate so far….

    in reply to: Underachieved #283564
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    “In April 2009, Stockport County was placed into administration due to a loan to a creditor of around £300,000, and a tax debt of £250,000 to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.”

    If I supported a club that had been through that, I’d be deeply sceptical of a new owner who came in and was spending money like it’s going out of fashion.

    in reply to: Underachieved #283558
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    Not sure if anyone else noticed this but Stockport announced losses of £4.5 million for last season IN LEAGUE TWO! Absolute madness. Clearly Paddy Madden still doesn’t come cheap! I don’t know how this sort of thing is allowed, both for the competitiveness of the league and the viability of clubs. It’s completely ridiculous that clubs can run at this sort of debt at any level, let alone the fourth tier. I hope their fans enjoy buying the title this season but you would have thought that after all they have been through in the last decade they would be a bit more prudent these days.

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    in reply to: Underachieved #283550
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    Doesn’t say any more to me other than that it’s a short career and they took an opportunity to get paid a very good wage while they could. Not like they’re mercenaries moving to Saudi. They were also presumably sold Hilton’s BS, as many were.

    Maybe, but equally you could say that the biggest offer is not always the best offer. I’m always astonished by how little due diligence footballers seem to do before a move – they jump at some club offering huge wages and then seem surprised when the “project” goes up in smoke a few months later. The old maxim about “if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is” doesn’t seem to occur to footballers.

    in reply to: Underachieved #283539
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    We’ve got a crap manager who has gradually been found out as the season has progressed, not least because of his completely predictable tactics & formation. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that our form has gradually deteriorated as the season has gone on – teams have worked us out and we haven’t offered anything new.

    That being said, I also think it can’t be ignored that Hilton persuaded a bunch of players to drop down a division or two presumably in return for a hefty wage, so you wonder what that says about some of those players?

    in reply to: Danny Whitehall #283538
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    he got booked at Spennymoor for a two way collision when it was accidental

    Lol, is that the same game when he got booked for clattering their centre half and was arguably lucky not to see red?

    in reply to: 4 defender against 1 striker #283537
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    Used wrongly – it’s that simple. (To the untrained eye, to professionals it’s clearly more difficult)

    I have some sympathy for this view but from what I’ve seen of him his movement and touch are simply terrible. He doesn’t make runs for teammates in my opinion – he can clearly finish but it’s getting into the right position and making himself available which are his shortcomings.

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    in reply to: Latest accounts. #283348
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    Liabilities of £3m and that’s presumably before factoring in all of Hilton’s summer signings? Just shows what the current were and still are up against.

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    in reply to: Another Top Ref #283307
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    Venn diagram time on X again. Hilton disciples and ref abusers.

    Too easy – I’ve seen some very silly posts from fans I respect and who were on the right side of the Hilton vs. Sanity battle.

    in reply to: Another Top Ref #283306
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    I’m sorry but the Matt Ellis responses don’t look good to me, suggesting there is an agenda against Scunthorpe United.

    Yeah, to quote a Scunthorpe legend “he went down in my estimation when he said that”.

    Scunthorpe United are a full time professional club playing in a part time league with a squad of highly paid professional players and when we can’t manage to get a result at Spennymoor start kicking off like spoiled kids who haven’t got their own way and blaming the whole thing on the ref.
    Embarrassing.

    Exactly – it’s as if we forgotten that the reason we lost was our goalkeeper messing about. Our manager also disgraced himself at full time.

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    in reply to: Effin and Jeffin again #283256
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    When a manager is shown a red card after the final whistle he’s not allowed to give a post match response. A new law passed by the FA according to the radio commentary last night.

    Is that right? Fair enough, wasn’t aware of that. Assumed it was another instance of him sending someone out after a game.

    in reply to: Jimmy Jimmy! #283254
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    ou’re probably right but we didn’t create enough clear chances for all our dominance

    We had loads of chances, including two which hit the bar. By the way their GK won their man of the match award so it’s interesting you came to that conclusion.

    Clunan missed a sitter, Boyce hit the bar, Whitehall had a couple of half chances, Roberts & Butterfield shot straight at the keeper. Am I missing something, aside from the disallowed goal? But we dominated the ball, we should have had more than a handful of chances to show for it, in my opinion.

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    in reply to: Jimmy Jimmy! #283245
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    99 times out of a 100 that was a 1-1 game at worst.

    You’re probably right but we didn’t create enough clear chances for all our dominance and gave away a daft goal. Obviously the Butterfield disallowed goal was a joke.

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    And it was always down our right side, targetting Ogle, and that’s where the goal ultimately came from (albeit with plenty of help from the keeper).