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  • in reply to: Staying Up ? #204945
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    maybe next season with different tools things may be different.

    I’m sure a different set of tools is being lined up as we speak!

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    in reply to: Forest Green Match Thread #204930
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    Tossewes Fo.

    Is he our new Nigerian striker?

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    in reply to: 12 players injured #204928
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    Not sure I agree with that.

    Pitches are like bowling greens now, compared to what they used to be like. Balls are better and dangerous tackles outlawed. And all we had back then was Charlie Strong’s bucket and sponge.

    Fitness standards may be higher and that’s my point. Sports science has been the “in” thing for a couple of decades. Out with the bucket and sponge and in with the the ultrasound scan. Out with the steak and eggs, in with the muscle building supplements.

    Explosive sprinting is not new, neither is it confined to football. If players are regularly getting hamstring and groin injuries then perhaps the sports science isn’t as high-tech after all. Sure the game has changed, but so has training and physiotherapy.

    Perhaps they should be doing proper pre-match warm ups instead of those strange little routines they go through now.

    in reply to: Staying Up ? #204922
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    Yes Mick.

    Five games left, we only need to win one, but….

    2019 all over again!

    in reply to: Forest Green Match Thread #204921
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    O’MALLEY—5—No defender should score more than 5, because they cannot defend.
    TAFT—6—Played ok.

    Hmmm!

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    I blame the podcast boys!

    They keep saying we’re safe. I wish they wouldn’t!

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    in reply to: Forest Green Match Thread #204888
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    Good, I’d take a 0-0 draw!

    in reply to: 12 players injured #204886
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    This from the OWS ….

    “Ryan Loft misses out again with a groin problem, goalkeeper Mark Howard remains out for three-to-four weeks with a thigh injury, while Manny Onariase has missed the last three games with a hamstring problem. Right-back Jordan Clarke continues to be a doubt after reporting a swollen ankle following the defeat at Carlisle seven days ago.

    Left-back Junior Brown is out for a total of five-to-six weeks with a hamstring injury that forced him off against Bradford City and attacker Jordan Hallam is out with the hamstring problem which he suffered against Oldham Athletic in March, while Olufela Olomola’s season looks to be over after he suffered a medial ligament injury.

    Striker Aaron Jarvis (hamstring) is set to miss the rest of the season, while midfielder George Hornshaw and goalkeeper Adam Kelsey are both expected to be out for the remainder of the campaign following ankle surgery.”

    When I was playing in the 70s & 80s hamstring injuries were rare. I’ve talked about this several times with mates who played at the same time and all were in agreement. Stretched groin and the odd dead-leg, perhaps. Ankle injuries were most likely the result of some horrendous tackle which you rarely see in the professional game these days.

    With improved fitness methods and strict diets. Warm ups and warm downs. One would have thought today’s footballer would be stronger than forty years ago, but apparently not!

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    in reply to: Let’s start again shall we? #204884
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    And some of the players if Tuesday night was anything to go by!

    in reply to: Is this a first? #204860
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    Stopped buying when it went up from 6d to 9d!

    in reply to: Let’s start again shall we? #204834
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    Kev has blown hot and cold under several managers, so probably isn’t a good example.

    In my book the greatest act of vandalism was the signing of Loft + Jarvis + Mooney + Turan last summer.

    No matter how hard I try I just can’t get my head round it.

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    in reply to: Youth team/ 1st year professionals #204810
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    Agree with Ferrite.

    And after what Cox said on Tuesday some of our present squad are not the ideal mentors or role models.

    in reply to: Let’s start again shall we? #204809
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    But you can stop chasing after him!

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    Bet she can make a better kit!

    in reply to: Let’s start again shall we? #204801
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    So it’s official. There are some players in our squad who are not good enough for League Two and others who do not put in the required effort both on and off the pitch.

    In which case the question must be asked “who brought them to the club in the first place?” And perhaps more to the point “why?”

    A year ago many of us were wondering if there was hidden talent lurking in the deep recesses of the National League. The next Jamie Vardy must be out there somewhere. What we got was Myles Hippolyte!

    Of course every punt on a non-league hopeful will be just that, in which case would it not make more sense for the club to offer a one year contract with an option to extend? Getting stuck with dead wood on a two or two and a half year deal cannot be cost effective. Consider one Andrew Dales, signed from Mickleover Sports he scores on his debut and then disappears back into Scottish/non-league oblivion. Although to be fair a loan spell at Altrincham does equate to a step up from Mickleover!

    There have been several of this ilk of course. The legendary Dom Vose, and who could forget Jonny Margetts? Well all of us probably. The lesson here must surely be “if you’re not sure the goods are fit for purpose, make sure they come with a money back guarantee!”

    Then there are the wandering nomads from other EFL clubs. They’ve most likely spent one or two loans per season in the basement divisions without troubling the goals/assists statisticians and not really persuading anyone to offer them full time employment. They most likely started at a “Big Club” which probably explains why they have a savvy agent who can talk them a good game. How often have we as fans checked the stats of a new striker only to find out his most prolific spell was scoring three goals in eighteen games on loan at Spennymoor Town?

    Now I don’t want to tar all football agents with the same brush, but this bigging-up of poor to average players is not doing anyone any good. It is of course in their interest to get their clients the best deal, but their blatant misinformation (aka bullshit) is making life miserable for managers, coaches, fans and ultimately the players themselves. The more a club relies on football agents and scouting agencies the more often this will happen.

    So at Scunthorpe United we find ourselves with a rich cornucopia of non talent. The players who are up FOR it but sadly not up TO it. Those whose ability does not live up to their agent’s hyperbole. The ones whose agents promised them that a stint at lowly Scunny would be a stepping stone to Championship/Premiership football and expect such clubs to be fighting over their signature. Young guys desperately in need of an on-field leader to develop them, who find themselves on board a rudderless Titanic.

    Why is this? It can only be down to the club’s recruitment policy. Why so many Dom Voses? Why so many players who throw a strop? Why so many home grown youngsters thrown into a struggling team in their wrong position? Why are our best players not tied to a contract but the poor ones are?

    It’s not all doom and gloom though, because we do have success stories. Manny Onariase has seamlessly stepped up from non-league. Journeyman Alex Gilliead has been Mr Consistency, and home grown Mason O’Malley has not only walked straight into this team but also the ROI U21 squad!

    The problem is that we need 12-15 such players, not 4-5.

    Recruitment HAS to be better this summer. We can’t rely on agents or agencies to deliver, we need to be proactive.

    Mr Swann said it had already started. I hope his priorities match our own.

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    in reply to: Too many managers spoil the… #204792
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    1997 – 2013 Messrs Wharton & Wharton.

    2013 – present Peter Swann.

    Should we get a grip or shall we just get another chairman?

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    in reply to: Cox Interview #204746
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    Noses need putting out of joint

    Throwing a plate of sandwiches usually works doesn’t it?

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    in reply to: Absolute clear out needed #204745
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    I think currently we have far too many unprofessional players at the club who just don’t care enough and therein lies the problem.

    Who was responsible for bringing them here?

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    in reply to: Get rid #204742
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    Thought there was more than one?

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    in reply to: Absolute clear out needed #204727
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    That would be up though. And I don’t think you can filter up can you?

    Didn’t someone mention the Gerald Ratner quote recently?

    “How can you sell this for such a low price?”, I say, “because it’s total crap.”

    in reply to: Cox Interview #204724
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    Also a few of them didn’t read the information put together by the management team

    They can read?

    in reply to: Absolute clear out needed #204720
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    That’s our problem, we can’t attack because the forwards we have are either not good enough or not interested.

    We probably had as many chances as them, but we just don’t have a natural goal scorer in the squad. Playing KvV up top with McAttee behind didn’t work on Saturday and it didn’t work tonight. They both looked lost.

    One could say that Cox cannot be held responsible for lack of effort once the game kicks off, but on the other hand it is his job to get them motivated. Or should a professional footballer need motivating?

    And when the chairman comes on the radio moaning about how it’s all the fault of Covid and how ungrateful fans can sod off if they want, then is it any wonder that his attitude filters down to the playing staff?

    in reply to: Fantastic point… #204712
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    Fantastic point against a top 4 team.

    But Walsall take all three and go above us.

    Not looking too fantastic tonight is it?

    in reply to: Trivia… #204706
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    Well the stadium was the West Ham Stadium, although West Ham never played there. It was the greyhound/speedway track.

    Thames AFC was “invented” so the stadium got used on a Saturday afternoon. Never took off, presumably because of competition from West Ham, Orient, Millwall and Charlton. Folded after a couple of years.

    I was looking at old photos of the ground last week On a Pinterest page on lost stadia.

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    Thames AFC.

    in reply to: Howe & loan players #204656
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    Blackpool are on a good run and will fancy their chances in the playoffs.

    Although I doubt they’ll go up they may want to offload players they don’t consider Championship quality.

    I’d be happy with Howe and Rowe as our RB options next season with Clarke either released or kept as a CB with Taft, Manny and Bedeau. O’Malley at LB with either Brown or Butroid.

    That defence wouldn’t be too shabby.

    in reply to: Moving next weekend’s fixtures #204627
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    Don’t apologise Awaywego, he/she/it won’t.

    in reply to: Moving next weekend’s fixtures #204610
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    Can’t see a problem with kicking off at, say 4:00pm (or even midday).

    Not like there’s travelling fans to consider.

    Don’t agree with what is basically a private service being publicly aired though, but I’d say it won’t be too difficult to sort out.

    in reply to: Swann on Radio #204604
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    He’s after an invite to GP from Coxy!