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Wait for him to claim the FA were throwing stones at his car

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With a small squad at our disposal are we looking at the loan market? (Assume it would be post August when we could potentially get a League 1/2 reserve)

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Like the home and away can’t say I’m a big fan of the third kit. Sentiment great, idea great it just looks a bit garish to me. I hope they sell hundreds but the first team have no cause to use it.

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Once the seal breaks, it’s a lottery when I need to visit.

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3-0 Scunny

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Steve wrote:

Ironawe wrote:

Can see a 2,3 nil reverse on Saturday. I’m not confident about 3-5-2, I know it’s one of the harder formations for players to adapt to and it doesn’t take much for opposition to turn the 3 into a 5. Heart says 2-1 Scunny though

2, 3 nil reverse…..

Cracking prediction.

Happy to be proven wrong. You missed the ‘heart says’ prediction which I should’ve gone with (at least in results), also further reinforced my position on never gambling. Let’s celebrate the victory rather than schadenfraude

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Deereyme66

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Clearing the stand in this division is just above head height

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Deereyme66

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I watched on stream yesterday, did anybody else see the cricket in the background? They took a wicket at exactly the same time we scored our second or third goal.

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Glad to be incorrect in my prediction, was a much easier start than I envisaged. Great start.

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Not being negative just what I think the score will be, always tough at season start Newcastle 5 Villa 1
Springs to mind! I want them to win I just don’t think they will (a bit like England in the Euro final)

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Heart says 2-1 Scunny, but something tells me it’ll be 2-0 Brackley, they get an early goal and then finish us off on the break whilst we search for an equaliser,
Having ditched 5-3-2 in second half.

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Could also be that Brackley have a crap season, like Kings Lynn, could be one of the poorer teams,
It’s so early in the season we should be going out to win these matches.

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My biggest fear is this division becomes normalised for Scunny, Brackley away wasn’t a tough fixture for 95% of my supporting life. We can pull out the ‘lucky to have a club card’ we’ve (probably) all done our bit to save it as much as we can but long term scrapping for cash and playing these kind of teams is a painful watch

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Iron414

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Can see a 2,3 nil reverse on Saturday. I’m not confident about 3-5-2, I know it’s one of the harder formations for players to adapt to and it doesn’t take much for opposition to turn the 3 into a 5. Heart says 2-1 Scunny though

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Pre season is what it is, neither upbeat or downbeat just fitness sharpness formations etc, rather lose all and win v Brackley, but my mind goes back to 3-5-2 days and it never seemed to work, and was quite disappointing to watch. I like two up top but I also like a plan B which Dean never had.

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Iron414

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3-5-2 has struggled to work at GP for years (well forever) it’s 5-3-2 and turgid football. Will it work at pub level? Maybe, hopefully, doubtfully. Let’s see how it pans out in competitive football but how many times have we seen 5 deep sitting defenders in this formation?

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One thing I know is it will be as annoying as hell when we play for a draw with 5 at the back – at the away games despite the
‘Giving the best chance of maximising points’

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A year before I was born MK but kudos to you for getting down to the ground, hopefully it was better than the afternoon shift

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Probably raised eyebrows because of the uniqueness of it – I cannot remember shifting a game to a workday afternoon before. If it is purely financial then that’s the pond we’re swimming in I guess. I do agree about the ‘it gives other people a chance to go’ a bit insulting because it was just added to give themselves some gratification/justification for a strange decision. They should’ve done 12pm kick off and offer a lunchtime ticket for those who can pop out for lunch and catch a half of football.

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Our tactics would eventually catch up with us. You can see that when we have to score and go on the attack it’s exciting exhilarating stuff – stuff those players are used to. We can beat any team in the world when on the front foot but that wasn’t how he wanted us set up. The way we played after our goal was shocking, we went ultra defensive whilst leaving huge gaps down the wing. Kane could barely jump or move. Disappointing, but a bright future ahead with the right manager

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Siderite

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Did Butler get his transfer targets? Are these the guys that have already signed or are they yet to arrive?

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Throw into the mix the likelihood of last minute cancellations in this dog shit league and the fixtures get worse!

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3-5-2 is good when you have forward thinking fullbacks, it can quite quickly become 5-3-2 when we sit deep. Historically it hasn’t been the best approach at a narrow GP, hopefully might surprise a few though.

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I would think Butler would only take (as new entrants) those who a physically fit specimens – going with somebody who has been out a year might struggle to fit into that bracket, however he may just want to regain his fitness and knows Butler will push him hard to do so. Spennymoor reject isn’t sounding great but some have to fall to rise again.

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Yes, forgot about this assistant manager! Is he even coming?

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Would be good for a couple more before pre season starts but maybe finances won’t allow it. Has been a quiet period

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Butterfield’s post on twitter was exceptional. Personally thought we should’ve made an offer less derisory. The guy had so much time on the ball for most matches, yes he had to sit deeper the longer the season went on to pick up the ball but why we didn’t explore the player coach option and increased the offer slightly, a 30% reduction might have swung it, but the the overarching view is probably that he doesn’t fit into the longer term strategy, and the finances probably don’t stretch as far as we think. Might just be going down the fit and shit route!

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Ferrite probably worked it out monthly, at least I hope he/she did.

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Awaywego

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13 goals 21 assists will be hard to replace. More needed now from other midfielders, let’s hope Beestin gets through this exercise regime with his hamstrings intact.

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Not the best start to the close season. Real shame not to get Butterfield – this is the reality fans have to get used to in this pub league

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