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Blooming heck ..as Lou says to Andy ..this is a right carfuffle.
Opinions are what makes the forums tick and when it comes to football everyone has an opinion more so for your hometown club when its going through rough times, everyone is entitled to their opinion so if i wish to predict as i see things panning out i will do so regardless …
HOWEVER I DO HOPE IM WRONG as no positives its all a bit depressing.
Promotion is gone this season UNLESS CHANGE IS SWIFT.
AB will be here all season
7th to 10th if no change mid table at best finishing position as there appears to be several more consistent better performing clubs than us.
Attendances plummeting to 2000 to 2500
Fundraising will drop off
Many of the Hilton era over paid signings wont stay YIPPEE most dont give a toss, shame we will miss Fitz.
Moving forward another 2-3 years in NLN .. we arent good enough to go up to the NL hold are own or challenge just in a relegation battle ALA Boston this season.
Possible mix of Pro n PT next season.Calm down ..its time for a cuppa Yorkshire Tea and a digestive bikky
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Marvelous .. i shall sleep soundly this fine evening after that Deerey..
Just had my crystal ball cleaned n serviced and its still showing we finish 7 to 10th
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Inaction from the board so here’s my prediction for ‘Dire December’. More turgid hoofball, defensive 5 at the back set ups, players looking more confused by the game and the repetition of old and tired soundbites from a manager thats becoming so detached from reality, he may need to be sectioned before the years out. The only thing plummeting faster than our league position will be our falling gates numbers. By end of December when the club coffers have taken enough of a pounding due to lost gate revenue, the board will finally be spurred into action and Santa will deliver us a new manager wrapped with a bow, in time for the turn of the year. By which point the league will be gone to pull aways Curzon and we will spend the rest of the season hoping the new gaffer can recoach our team back to a something that resembles a footballing side, so we can scrape the play offs and at least be in with a shot of winning that lottery. UTI!
A rather depressing post 414 alas its sadly quite accurate as to how i see things panning out, the only difference i reckon AB will scrap enough points and get to the end of the season finishing 7 to 10th before he and Scoff get the chop.
As we fall away down the leage and with this dire football leading to fans staying away im sure it will have an knock on effect not only lost gate revenue but also to the many different fundraising schemes that are on the go and constantly pushed ie lottery, footy cards auctions and events etc etc ..goodwill only lasts so long and the recent BovD radio silence doesnt help.
Baa Humbug I HEAR YOU CRY !!
the 1930s is that way dinosaurfromafar.
Yeah quite possibly sir .. i been away from the UK and its draconian tendencies a long time and do forget sometimes .. in fact my daughter only said last Sunday .. hope to see you soon dad but dont think its like its used to be .. not only SUFC IS SHITE .. the whole country is
Lets be ruthless
sack LT
get in a football ball analyst …. to do what ??
lets keep a shit manager and his equally shit assistant after all its obvious its gonna go well and fans will leave in their droves .. why
After all has happened over the last 1-2 years with fantastic support across the whole spectrum its such a shame its come to this but its a ruthless bizz n AB n Scoff must be on really thin ice .
Never have i wanted my home town team to loose but if another defeat or two was to get rid of the current incumbents then i will take it.. sad but true.4 users thanked author for this post.
Obvious .. like many other signed under Hiltons scattergun signing spell.. Whall came on big money and is at best average as are most of the others who arrived in those crazy days .. they are now just playing out their contracts with no real effort or love for the club, most if not all will be off come 2025 and good riddance.
Players must be getting pissed off being forced to play a system that clearly doesnt suit them or is working, in fact its damaging the careers of some of them if anything and i would be a bit surprised if there hasnt been whispers and rumblings of discontent.
I do get the impression that quite possibly the players that came in during Hiltons brief traumatic reign and scatter gun approach to signings are just playing out a contract and most will leave in 2025, i think only Scales has extended maybe one other the rest will depart first being Roberts.
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Am as unhappy as you lot ..but will be amazed if he’s not given til New Year. By then we’ll know if its coming right with new signings and returnees. It may well be that Curzon will be uncatcheable by then ..who knows. A big and expensive gamble to change it in this next fortnight. I don’t see it happening.
Agree .. IMO the BovD will give AB til new year and he will in turn stick to his / Scoffs chosen system yet manage to scramble a few points here n there playing woefully boring football be in the top 10 places thus be here until the end of the season at which point the board will act.
NOW is the right time to act but just cant see it happening.
Not be surprised to see Curzon do a Tamworth and create gap… alas that wont really effect Scunny as will be just fighting for the last play off spot or mid table obscurity and 2k crowds.
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Agree with WGs earlier post creating a director of football at this level is sheer folly and would not work, another salary the club cannot afford just get rid of AB and Scoff , pay them off lick yer wounds and carry on,this way more fans will turn up especially if a decent EXPERIENCED manager can be recruited.
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Butler is an inexperienced manager who may be leaning heavily into Schofield, it makes me wonder how much this is down to Schofield.
Good point .. Scoffs appointment was rushed and solely down to AB .. looking back at his past record it isnt that great .. in fact as pointed out already other than a decent spell at Lincoln its been pretty shite.
AB did get the boot from Donny Belles i believe also was he a set piece coach at some time things didnt work out.
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Last season Whitehall looked like he could be a real asset, shithousery and all. This season his attitude and performances seem to have dropped off a cliff and (a couple of goals aside) I haven’t seen him do much of use or ‘play with a smile on his face’ in months. Most recently he’s looked like he’s doing little more than playing his contract out.
I think there are a few as well as Whall who are just playing out their contracts with little endeavour
WGs you are commenting like AB has already been relieved of his duties when he hasnt and more so probably wont be anytime soon.. if he scrambles a few points and stays in the top 10 i can see him being here until the end of the season at which point attendances will be circa 2k and all the goodwill built over the last 12 months we be gone.
With regard to Whall … never really rated him and his form has dipped but you can say that for every player except Fitz n Roberts
Billy Sharp has scored twice .. 1-1 @ full time , currently 2-1 to Donny late in extra time.
Hill & Dean had no previous links with the club.
Laws, Adkins & Alexander all did!
Not an exact science.
Wilcox n Cox also
I was just listing the successful ones IFA, although you could argue Wilcox was successful up to a point. Certainly Knill and Cox struggled and Butler is currently making a complete dog’s breakfast of it.
IMO our best managers have always been motivators. Don’t think we’ve had anyone who fits that description recently.
Agree .. good call i had forgotten about Knill .. maybe best his tenure was far from memorable.
Im not sure this fascination with bringing in (or back) managers and / or players with ties to club is good or bad but it does seem to get a lot of social media time.
I was really hoping AB succeeded alas its not going well .. i do still predict AB will be here until the end of the season scrambling the way to a 7th to 10th finish at which point he will be relieved of his duties, hope im wrong as sadly he really needs to go ASAP
Hill & Dean had no previous links with the club.
Laws, Adkins & Alexander all did!
Not an exact science.
Wilcox n Cox also
The vid would not play for me on the club website but was fine going directly via Youtube.
I have received good info from ‘an invisible person’ who has been close to the team that cliques are developing and that fallouts are plentiful.
I do not have any insider knowledge on the goings on at AAGP but got the feeling there are both “favourites” and unrest in the camp so your info may well be accurate Legs…
SOMETHING IS NOT QUITE RIGHT
i only listened to the game on HR and it sounded as bad as it gets , nothing held back by Torps and the HR commentator in saying the worst game they had seen. Match stats say it all.
Then after a wait along came ABs interview which was head shakingly bad also, he actually seemed ok with the result clean sheet (yawn) and performance and admitted to set up to nullify Alfreton.
IMO its time for AB to go but it wont happen unless we carry on playing crap falling down the table by which time this season can be written off.
Lots of very frustrated long standing loyal fans on SM platforms slating AB , his chosen setup, tactics and the player effort …. so expect attendances to plummet.
Its tight at the top and no game for 2 weeks so all those around us playing games in hand can leap frog us , so probably around 6thor7th come Marine away.
VERY DOUBTFUL BUT IF it does happen .. who do you think / want to take over ..im hoping the club move away from employing ex players and anyone anyone with ties to SUFC this seemingly favoured policy has to change.
UTI
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v Alfreton
Sat 30th Nov
Anyone else experiencing problems?No problems Rene .. only the dire football !!!
Sounds like its been a terrible half .. HR guy “worst he has seen”
If the fans have any control over the club, keep him out of your club.
Just my opinion.
Agree ..Hilton should be avoided like a turd in the local swimming baths.
The only person who will get Mr Butler sacked is Mr Butler.
In the prediction league I usually go for a win with the odd draw. Let us hope we want to win as opposed to stopping them from winning.
As ever i wish AB and the team all the best but i picked up on his comment 1 min into the vid on the club website in which he said we focus first and foremost on stopping their (Alfreton) threat .. now surely being at home we should be set up to attack and play on the front foot and impose our game on them not being negative and focus on stopping them ..lets make them sing to our tune at AAGP not vice versa.
This negative approach could well be ABs down fall if things go badly in the coming games .. IMO this has got an away win written all over it hence my 2-1 loss prediction.
Its very very tight at the top and we could well be in the play off places or worse before Xmas with teams around us with games in hand so this Saturday is a massive fixture .. in fact a must win so im crossing everything including my ears hoping im wrong and its a home win
UTI
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Sadly im going for a 2-1 loss .. att 3,456
By contrast to the previously posted excellent 24 min Leamington highlights vid here is the 2 min offering on the SUFC website .. i dont know does these vids etc but the gulf in these 2 is huge and a simple question why dont Scunny do the same as the likes of Leamington Guiseley etc ?
Just a question points in the bag are more important but be great for fans overseas or who cant attend games who rely on HR commentaries or the odd streamed match which ive tried n wasnt great.
https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2024/november/match-action-leamington-0-2-iron/
Excellent highlights vid posted by a Leamington fan / staff member… really good quality camera work , commentary and some nice words from their manager… well worth 24 mins of your time.
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Excellent result in terrible weather conditions especially first half .. seems the wind subsided second half and i thought thats sods law!.. very pleasing to see the different formation Brogan starting and he had a very good game.
MOTM Cal Roberts but very worryingly came off holding his hamstring hoping its nowt serious he would be a massive loss if hes laid up again though Williams could come in and Charlton looking sharper .. imo as soon as Charlton scores he will get a few fairly rapid at the mo its just getting that first league goal seems the problem.
Hopefully more of the same at Darlo if the weather doesnt win.
Crazy to be top after such a poor run of form ..
UTI
I may be totally off the mark but IMO there is some thing not quite right about the once bullet proof LT and his subsequent termination regardless what was said in the interview.
Initially thought it was purely a fiscal money saving sacking but maybe not so much that but the other reasons Michelle did not allude to , possibly a tad too big for his boots who knows?? … lets face it if he was being paid a bonus on his recruitment success he would owe the club money its been that piss poor in recent times.Im sure more will come out in the coming months.
Last 2 or 3 mins of the interview ESPECIALLY very interesting listening.
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