Forum Replies Created

  • Author
    Posts
  • in reply to: Gloucester City #276627
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Respect to the 18 or so.

    6 hour round trip by road or 9 hours or so by train.

    Giving up most of your Saturday and parting with a decent wadge of cash when you have little hope of much joy. Showing the love for their club.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Bennett to South Port 3 Month Loan #276523
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    If the various professional leagues and the FA are incapable of doing a competent fit and proper persons test then I don’t suppose players can expect their agents to do it properly.

    in reply to: Bennett to South Port 3 Month Loan #276492
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Perhaps a goalkeeper?

    in reply to: Bennett to South Port 3 Month Loan #276423
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Hereford are saying Pugh will not play against us in December.

    in reply to: The Spartans of Blyth #276265
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Pitch inspection Friday 17:00 so the game is obviously in some doubt.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Midfield #276232
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    National League TV don’t do Saturday livestreams for NLN or NLS.

    For those leagues they only do midweek fixtures and Saturday fixtures on international break weekends.

    If and when we get back to the National League Saturday games are then available to “international” customers. This is a rule instigated by the Premier League but can be worked around using a VPN set to a foreign country. Used to do this in our EFL days and last season in the National League.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Midfield #276230
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    It is not the end of the world but it’s not much fun to watch after spending 2 hours plus each way and a fair wadge of cash to attend.

    Seen all league away matches so far this season and it hasn’t been enough to inspire me to travel to Blyth and Banbury for the next two.

    Hopefully I am the jinx and we actually play a bit of football in those 2 games.

    I’ll probably still suffer the RH commentary Saturday and the livestream on Tuesday.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: The fishy #276103
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Yes but he is from Middlesbrough so Sunderland probably looks good to him.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Boston United FC #276095
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    A quick Internet trawl suggests while they have a training/community 3g pitch the stadium pitch is grass.

    in reply to: Bishop Stortford #275908
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Yes, but only because he’s not being used correctly. He’s neither a wide player nor a lone striker.

    Agree Cass but with Jimmy claiming he will never play old fashioned 4-4-2 and the team demonstrating at Chester they can’t play 5-3-2 there is little prospect him being used as one of a pair of strikers.

    As central striker of a front 3 he is probably behind Whitehall and Bennett in the queue.

    in reply to: Spennymoor Town FC #275872
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Nothing against the rest of the squad by the way. I would keep the lot if we can get 5000 through the gate every home match.

    It’s just I think the ones listed could play in a decent L2 side tomorrow.

    in reply to: Spennymoor Town FC #275871
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    As Chris Plummer said in his post match interview other clubs are going to want the players we most want to keep.

    We could all come up with 3 or 4 squad players that we could probably afford to lose but there won’t be an orderly queue of suitors. Particularly if they are on deals that are generous relative to their ability.

    Probably better to decide the players we would not consider allowing to leave.

    For me that list would be:
    Fitzsimons
    Kouogan
    Denton
    Evans
    Clunan
    Butterfield
    Scales

    in reply to: Squad for NLN #275770
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Of course we didn’t know then that Darlington are a poor side even by National League North standards. They have only 1 win from 12 games.

    Even Scarborough are no great shakes sitting in lower mid table.

    We have yet to put in a consistently good performance against a genuine top 7 team.

    Tomorrow would be a great time to start. Suspect we might see Clunan and Law pushed back in a bit earlier than ideal.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Squad for NLN #275752
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    We have 3 central strikers in Whitehall, Bennett and Elliott.

    We have 2 right sided forwards in Wilson and Sembie-Ferris.

    We have 2 left sided forwards in Law and Roberts. Dean was also playing Beestin there before his injury.

    I really think 10 forwards is enough bordering on overkill.

    Our real problem is that only one of our 10 or so midfielders seems capable of creating chances.

    Apart from spells against Darlington and Scarborough we have never put teams under sustained pressure. Given our advantages over most teams in this division are our fitness levels and a higher skill level why are we not playing a high tempo passing game at all times?

    Whenever we do it we look like scoring goals. A bit more Klopp and a lot less Guardiola please Jimmy.

    2 users thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Squad for NLN #275736
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    I have never been a fan of 5-3-2 at the lower levels of professional football and I think I am correct in saying most of our managers over the last 10 years have tried it and failed to make it work.

    It is only a valid defensive tactic if you are trying to snatch a point (or 3 if you are very lucky) when you are playing a vastly superior football team. Should not be relevant to us this season then.

    It is only a valid attacking tactic if you have full backs that can go past defenders and cross the ball properly and at least one centre back with the ability to step into the base of midfield and pass the ball forwards with decent accuracy. We have none of these things so should not be relevant to us. It allows us to get more sideways and backwards passes whilst we wait for the opposition to get into their defensive shape before we knock it long anyway.

    That said the formation worked OK for 30 minutes yesterday. But for a incorrect offside flag we would have been 1 up and with a bit of luck it could have been 2. Chester were no threat and a high press was causing them to go long which was playing into our hands.

    Once we gifted them a goal their building frustrations lifted, our heads dropped and we pretty much didn’t lay a glove on them after that. I didn’t see anyone on the pitch or the touchline doing anything to change how badly the team played for the last hour. If anything was said at half time by way of motivation or tactical change then nothing was apparent on the pitch.

    On a related note could someone ask Whitehall to occasionally win the ball and do something with it instead of constantly sitting on his arse and claiming he has been fouled. Officials and opposition coaches are well aware this is his default tactic so it rarely results in a free kick even when he is fouled.

    2 users thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Chester #275681
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Nobody going to make it by train according to Trainline app.

    Anyone on their way but stuck at Doncaster Station let me know I have 2 or 3 spaces in the car.

    in reply to: Chester #275678
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    I’ll keep an eye out for him Awaywego.

    Make sure he behaves better than his Grandad.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Chester #275640
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Been in it at both grounds then TW.

    in reply to: Spennymoor Game #275634
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Perhaps the mods think Peter is so childish that he won’t sell the club their ground back if he gets criticised on here.

    Surely not.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Chester #275632
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Gone with 2-1 to the Iron.

    Looking forward to watching us play in Chester 40 years since my last football visit.

    Different ground and different club that day but we did win promotion despite having an arsehole for a manager at the time.

    in reply to: Slowly Slowly Catchy Swanny #275548
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    I think monkeys may also feel slighted by the inference in the thread title Deery.

    in reply to: Dig deep boys #275262
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    It’s my understanding that the Trust would have to match the highest offer which is not necessarily the sellers asking price.

    Also if the Trust were to purchase 51% and SUFC the remainder that would serve the purpose of protecting the asset from future shenanigans.

    in reply to: Jacob Butterfield appreciation thread #275164
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Agree Cliff. Amazing energy and the whole team plays at a higher tempo when he plays.

    I think we saw his value even more during the games he missed. Wouldn’t be surprised to see bids for him in the January window.

    in reply to: Jacob Butterfield appreciation thread #275161
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Forgot about Roberts who based on reputation might be somewhere near the same class as Butterfield.

    Time will tell, hopefully.

    in reply to: Jacob Butterfield appreciation thread #275160
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    It’s a shame Beestin and Clunan picked up such bad injuries at Rushall. Not in the same class as Butterfield but a bit closer than Shrimpton and Scales. We certainly created more when those 2 were playing.
    I do think though that Shrimpton, Scales and Jenkins will all be better from playing with him and all 3 will go on to have decent careers.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: The price of football. #275158
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    With what was on his mind there was no chance of getting to the correct answer.

    If we had a £1 for every porky we have been fed these last 11 years we could buy Wembley and pay to have it moved here.

    in reply to: Remuneration & Debt #275157
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Woolworths in South Africa is M&S in all but name.

    It’s just wrong and does my head in every time I go there.

    in reply to: The price of football. #275147
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    and Wordle

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Remuneration & Debt #275146
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    Only 1 letter out.

    1 user thanked author for this post.
    in reply to: Remuneration & Debt #275143
    mkironMK Iron
    Participant
    Offline
    Registered On: December 23, 2013
    Topics: 46

    With a special emphasis on delivering the new stadium.

    That was money well spent.