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Swayed perhaps by statistically our best start in my lifetime and I’m old.
First 3 wins from 3 since the 1940’s and the first 3 clean sheets from 3 since early 50’s. Bound to feck it up Saturday then!
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Quick reminder of our first 3 games last season.
At Tamworth we barely kicked the football in the first half let alone kept possession. They scored 1 and should have scored 3. Inexplicably they handed us a goal just before half time which undeservedly got us into a game. We then snatched a scrappy and fortunate winner in a very poor second half.
We then huffed and puffed at home against Peterborough Sports who were probably the leagues poorest side to not get relegated. Drew that one.
Then Rushall away, another team fighting against relegation all season. They created about 6 good chances and scored none. We created 2 chances and scored 3 – the third was a cross from Denton to nobody that looped in.
I watched Tamworth about 5 times last season on National League tv and they never excited me once. Their football never flowed freely. They never controlled possession for long periods. They never looked like not winning the game.
This league is about physicality, attitude, organisation and constantly doing the basics of football all over the pitch. Carry on Butler until we are out of this league.
We won’t be seeing any glimpses of good football until we’re challenging at the top of the league above and we won’t see it consistently until we’re back in the EFL.
Time to put this feeling of “big club” entitlement in the bin and enjoy the muck and nettles.
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Agree Ironawe. He was prepared to risk losing 1 point to try and gain 3.
Dean would have gone 5-4-1, dropped deep and probably lost that one.
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I recall NM’s three on two attack mid-second half. A fantastic piece of alertness as Whitehall thundered back to help the defence out of desperate trouble.
Hit the woodwork twice and scored a penalty. A cat’s whisker away from a hat trick. His general play was better than Saturday.
Drop him?He wants to drop the man who has led the defence to 3 clean sheets and scored a couple of goals in his spare time as well.
Got to have a good reason to change a team that wins 3-0.
If Roberts is going to learn to play the 10 role he won’t learn it on the bench.
1-3 to the Iron.
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Go easy Old Man
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11 of 15 Brackley players from yesterday played in the play off final. Of the 4 replacements for this season 3 came from EFL or National League with the other from NLS winners.
Same manager as well so don’t think their quality has dipped. They had a 10 minute spell just after half time and another little burst late on. They can play if you let them. Both their spells were a result of our wing backs resorting to being full backs.
Always the danger when you let 3 at the back become a 5. If they keep playing with that intensity for 45 more games we will have a great season.
I just re-registered and got to the bit where they ask you for the code they have emailed you.
No email with code.
Enough to make you get a dodgy box!
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I call it Barry Fry syndrome. No manager ever thinks they can have too many forwards.
Barry always had 8 or 9 on the books back in his managerial days. Still always on the lookout for another though.
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If they covered every away game it would be £230 which is a decent wedge more than the cost of my old fogie season ticket for the 23 home games.
Not long ago in the EFL it was £140 for all 46 games streamed. In my opinion they are taking the Michael.
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Hope it’s a better watch than last seasons league game there. One of the few games last year we didn’t look very interested.
Hoping for a performance this week as I have tickets for son, son in law and 2 grandsons. First time 3 generations of the family at an Iron game since my old man passed away.
Son in law and grandsons are southerners and Gooners so we’ll have to be good if I’m going to turn them!
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Agree Ironawe. Debts now cleared or not quite cleared a club with almost 2,000 season ticket holders and likely in excess of 4,000 home crowds would expect play off places in the National League never mind NLN.
Not winning automatic promotion would be just as big a disappointment as it was last season. Failure to reach the play offs would be a disaster.
I am massively thankful and very proud of all that helped save our club (including my own small efforts) but the time has come to focus on the journey going forward. A journey that needs to end back in the EFL.
I don’t see this as “entitlement” of a big club at this level just simple economics.
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Accepting 3 centre backs is a given I would agree with Cass on the starting 11 with Rowley missing out for me.
This assumes Denton is properly match fit.
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Agree Cass but you wouldn’t be signing Roberts or Law if you were planning to play 3 at the back.
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