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Jenkins looks a decent prospect but was obviously brought in to cover for Clunan’s injury.

He is not going to break into the holy trinity that is our midfield so will probably be heading back to Leeds in a couple of weeks.

Might have been just the circumstances of the particular games but the last couple of times Wilson has come on Jimmy has put him in midfield rather than wide or up front. Don’t see him as a midfielder myself but Jimmy might have a masterplan.

At the start of the season we were complaining about having too many midfield players. Now if Jenkins does go back we look very light for cover.

Only really Shrimpton as Jimmy seems to see Beestin as a wide forward.

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A bad weekend in the cup but a fine weekend in the league.

Well done Chester. Back in our hands and a chance on Tuesday to create a bit of daylight.

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You can probably work out how many of the signings were Jimmy’s choices by checking how many of the bargain bin signings are still at the club and making the starting 11.

It’s a nice round number.

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Yes. Clever lad that Hilton.

Nearly as astute as his predecessor.

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Very harsh to blame Dean for that sh1tshow. Pep wouldn’t have kept us up with those players.

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Agree Les Buxton are masters of negative football and shithousery.

Of course those tactics rely on having a weak referee which in this league is almost a given.

If we were to only win 1 more away game this season please let it be at Buxton in a couple of weeks time.

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Oh dear. We must have lost a game.

Never good to lose a match with a substandard team performance but writing off the manager and captain seems a bit of an overreaction.

Check out the league table Fansy. Then check it for the previous 5 seasons.

Blessing in disguise I am hoping. Every further round we progressed would have meant rearranging Saturday league fixtures to additional Tuesday games.

Only promotion matters. If Jimmy and Michael help us achieve that then job done. If not then we can question things.

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Just Iron, lesgeo, Iron-awe

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Disappointing game, performance and attendance.

Sad to see Solihull have succumbed to the standard National League methodology of spoiling and shithousery. They used to be a good footballing side and a pleasure to watch. They have turned into Borehamwood.

Still better than us though tonight. 5-4-1 without the ball (sometimes 5-5-0) until they went down to ten. Attacked well for the first 10 minutes to stamp their authority and physicality on us and then went into their shape and waited for our mistakes. We obliged.

It’s the template to beat us a la Curzon and Buxton. Close down Butterfield and we become a team of ponderous and misplaced passes.

Probably enough poor teams in NLN for us to get away with it but if we do go up we will struggle in the National League without a plan b and c. Has Jimmy got one?

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Cliff Byrne's Right Peg

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News just on the OWS about streaming for tonight’s game Les.

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lesgeo, Plymiron

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Anything over 2,000 is a good result for a none league cup competition on a Friday night.

Solihull fans would probably fit in 1 bus.

Despite the reduced admission charges still a welcome earner given only under 12’s and 100 club members don’t pay.

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Cliff Byrne's Right Peg

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Got to find new things to talk about.

We love our new owner.

We like our manager.

We rate our team and players.

Our club owns it’s ground.

Nothing to argue about.

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Don’t think it will be streamed with it being a cup game but hope I’m wrong Plymiron.

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Plymiron

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Fantastic way to start life completely free of toxic owners.

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Neither do I Fansy but smiled because it is probably Waltham just trying to wind up his old best buddy Peter Swann.

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That is paragraph three Fansy. The second paragraph:

As part of the deal, an anticipated 100 jobs are expected to be created from developments around the ground along with up to 150 homes for older residents and people with complex needs on an area which already has outline planning permission.

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Missing it as well Awaywego. Been fighting man flu all week.

Should have gone and coughed and spluttered my way through it.

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Awaywego

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Says so in the second paragraph of the joint Club/NLC statement released on Thursday.

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I do wish they would put stuff like this on the OWS. Not everyone does the social media malarkey.

The Twitter feed used to be replicated at the bottom of the latest news page on the OWS but does not seem to work these days.

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Awaywego

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On their Twitter feed about an hour ago Awaywego.

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Just Iron, Siderite

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I have seen nothing apart from the statement by the local MP that central government contributed financially in any way to the ground solution. It appears to be a local council decision and contribution.

In the written and electronic propaganda that I regularly receive from North Lincs Council every penny they spend is presented as a special gift from the Tories so it’s hard to be sure what finance comes from council tax and central funding and what, if any, comes from additional or so called levelling up funding.

I did read somewhere, possibly from Max Bell that the whole council supported the solution so to claim it as a gift from the Tory party is stretching credibility.

In truth for once I don’t care where the money was sourced from. Inevitably it originated from the pockets of taxpayers. I am just delighted to have a club and a ground that are Swann and Hilton free zones.

I did raise a little smile that 6 months or so ago NLC allegedly told Hilton and Swann that outline planning permission on the land had lapsed but now the council are involved it has been magically re-granted.

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9 points short of our highest points tally in 6 seasons.

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Not to mention how to finance the £3m ransom for the ground for the one that “stole” it.

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Ferrite

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Good chance to see how our current team stacks up against a team sitting where we would like to be next season.

Unless they have changed their style they will come to attack us so should be a decent game and should draw a healthy crowd.

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Plymiron, Cliff Byrne's Right Peg, Sanfran49

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Would have done better with Dot Cotton.

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First ever trophy game for me as well Awaywego.

Even though ticket prices much reduced the fact that season ticket holders have to pay means even a 1500 crowd is a bit of a welcome earner.

A win and a decent couple of home draws in later rounds would be helpful for the new owners.

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If reports on social media are correct it might be a little premature to go full party mode on this.

It’s claimed the club will own 25% of land (ground?) and an as yet unknown 3rd party will own 75% (car parks and training pitch).

Might be a load of BS of course but after our last 2 owners I’m holding the champagne for now.

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TheJuryeffsOut

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In our remaining away games apart from Spennymoor and South Sheilds there is a fair chance that all the other teams will have seen Curzon, Buxton and Kings Lynn demonstrate the way to beat us and set up accordingly.

Even Spennymoor and South Shields might do the same given the spanking they both received when setting up to take us on at GP.

Our midfield 3 are all very good footballers in their very different ways but none are “scrappers”. Scales has a bit of an edge but is more likely to win a card than a tackle.

In the away games we have lost and drawn they have been against (at least) a midfield 4 that have tackled and harried and generally stopped our 3 from playing. This stops the quality service the 2 wide forwards rely on to create openings. They become ineffective because neither Law or Smith are guys that fight for and win possession from poor quality passes or long ball clearances.

This in turn leaves the central striker fighting a loan battle which is not Whitehall or Elliott’s forte.

For me we need to add a defensive sitter in midfield to even up the numbers. Shrimpton likes a tackle and a scrap so would be my choice. Sacrifice Smith and Law and play Elliott up front with Whitehall.

Denton and Barrows should be looking to provide width and crosses for the front two and pushing opposition full backs or wing backs to defend. The centre backs are usually dealing with a single striker so should be fine particularly wit a sitting midfielder in front of them.

Less pretty and pure but more pragmatic at this level for away games against the “middling” teams.

A bit too old school 4-4-2 for Jimmy?
Call it an inverted diamond to jazz it up a bit and get on with beating some of these poorer sides away from home. We can probably risk the home set up against the Darlington and Bishop Stortford end of things but we are not going to blow away half decent NLN teams playing their “Cup finals”.

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I would have given a red for the foul on Scales late on but otherwise agree she got most things right.

Both teams played the game in the right way so not a difficult match to referee.

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Thought the ref was one of the better ones we have had this season albeit a low bar.

Sign of a championship winning side that wins a game comfortably without playing well.

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Poetry in motion apparently Bill.

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