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  • in reply to: Booooooooooooooooo #199353
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    it was a local derby against our main rivals and not one player stood up to it.

    This^^^^^

    Can you imagine this happening in A Newcastle v Sunderland game? Or Spurs v Arsenal, Norwich v Ipswich?

    If players aren’t up for this and a Scunthorpe born & bred manager can’t inspire them them then it’s all very depressing.

    Boooooooooooo! Indeed.

    in reply to: Grimsby Match Thread #199339
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    Hurst in running for Bradford job according to my Bantam mate.

    The players today were just not good enough in both ability and attitude.

    Swanny’s policy of getting rid of the better, more experienced and ultimately more expensive players over the past two transfer windows is looking like false economy.

    What he’s given us is a larger, yet inexperienced and unbalanced, squad comprised of players who are not EFL standard. Maybe half a dozen are good enough along with some of our youngsters, like O’Malley that given time will be.

    Injuries haven’t helped but that doesn’t excuse the poor attitude of those who took to the pitch today. What wouldn’t we give for Matt Lund or even a Rory McArdle now?

    What the hell has happened to our club?

    in reply to: Grimsby Match Thread #199301
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    Unchanged from Tuesday. O’Malley on bench if required.

    Come on Iron!

    in reply to: “The knee” #199286
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    ,but the racist abuse of chanting or shouting has been virtually eliminated from grounds up and down the country.

    You’re lucky. I witnessed an incident at Spennymoor Town v Chester last year. Encouragingly, everyone around the guy shouted him down, but the fact he needed to act in that way is depressing.

    I was also sat behind a family in SoL at a Sunderland v Carlisle tie in the EFL Trophy, who were using what I can only describe as colourful non-PC terminology.

    Repeating for the umpteenth time, this is not JUST about what happens in sports stadia. It is about drawing attention to injustice in all walks of life.

    Sportsmen and women support this because they know people look up to them and that their actions are visible.

    The fact you have never witnessed it is neither here nor there.

    in reply to: “The knee” #199233
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    It would help if Brexit was discussed on the non-football board!

    in reply to: Barrow Player Ratings #199232
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    We already have a “knee” thread and you have made your views clear.

    You don’t need to bring it up in every other topic thank you!

    in reply to: Howard vs Watson #199231
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    Agree there’s not a fag paper between them.

    Howard has the experience, Watson the agility. Both have issues commanding the box. Both have made match-winning saves this season.

    Not often I agree with BS, but you have to look at the goalkeeping coaching. Too many of our recent keepers have had the same problems.

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Howard without a club when we signed him?

    If so, that was for a reason. Gilks kept a clean sheet against us the other week. He hasn’t spent time twiddling his thumbs.

    Also been mightily impressed with Sam Johnstone for WBA. He didn’t learn that at GP!

    in reply to: Barrow Player Ratings #199204
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    Your right BS about the knee, the sooner it is removed from the game the better.

    Stirring the shit-pot again?

    Hope you’re going to lick the spoon!

    in reply to: “The knee” #199203
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    The second reason is that after a while all these gestures become routine and instead of reinforcing a message actually begin to diminish it.

    Not often I agree with Bucks, but this too is my only concern.

    People used to stand for the National Anthem at the end of a film in the cinema. When did that end?

    Need action as well as gestures.

    Not commenting on Brexit as this is a thread on footballers taking the knee.

    in reply to: Barrow match thread #199171
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    PS needs to back Cox in January

    He didn’t back Hurst last January, so I don’t expect this window to be any different.

    in reply to: “The knee” #199170
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    Good job we’re in T3. Some of the above would be an embarrassment to the club if they were allowed back in.

    Cambridge fans’ jeers for knee protest ’embarrassing’ – Mark Bonner

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55327275

    in reply to: Barrow match thread #199142
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    Batter Colchester get zero points. Dire again tonight three points. Funny old game!

    90th minute winner for Iron? Makes a refreshing change!

    in reply to: Barrow match thread #199130
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    Uh-oh!

    Looks like the dreaded wing-backs!

    Either that or Hippo at LB?

    in reply to: Calvo-Garcia, van Veen, Ipoua…. #199080
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    Moving it out of the office would be a start!

    in reply to: McCall #199075
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    We must be near the top with training ground injuries!

    in reply to: “The knee” #199068
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    IITB, you were one of a number of posters who say it should be “All Lives Matter”. I’ll explain why it isn’t.

    As in a previous post I’ll refer back to the Suffragette Movement of the early 20th C. Their slogan was “Votes for Women”. It was not “Votes for All”.

    Two reasons for this. 1. It was highlighting one particular demographic, the one that was suffering injustice. 2. Men already had the vote. It was about raising the rights of one group so that it was on an equal footing with the others.

    We have had 300-400 years of “Only White Lives Matter” or to put it another way “Black Lives Don’t Matter”.

    Many white people think that everything is now hunky-dory in our modern, enlightened age, but incidents home and abroad prove that it isn’t. That is why we need to show solidarity.

    in reply to: Dunn, Barrow Manager, sacked #199057
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    Never heard of the curse of the managerless club?

    in reply to: McCall #199056
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    I’d argue it’s not working at Man Utd LK. Lot of mumbling and grumbling from fans.

    in reply to: “The knee” #199045
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    Another one who doesn’t understand what the campaign is about.

    No wonder it’s still going on!

    in reply to: GY #199019
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    Could have done without a midweek game, that’s for sure.

    in reply to: “The knee” #199016
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    really I just don’t care.

    Aye! And there’s the rub!

    Too many people “just don’t care”, because they have never suffered the same injustice.

    It’s still happening, and it’s happening closer to Scunthorpe than you think.

    in reply to: Southend Match Thread #199015
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    If Eisa & McAttee are wanting a big money move, then they’re going the wrong way about showcasing their skills.

    I’ve never seen a player who runs hot and cold as much as Eisa. He makes Hakeeb look like Mr Consistency!

    Jarvis does look no better than National League standard but I think there’s a player in Devarn Green, but he needs a run of games in the same position.

    Too many other unknown quantities also. Hippolyte, Mooney, Dunwald-Turan (I’d even add Taylor to that).

    Catch-22. When Cox can field his best players we look okay. But through no fault of his own he can’t and the second string don’t look good enough.

    in reply to: PLAYER & TEAM RATINGS V SOUTHEND #198996
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    Bartonscorpion, it’s a good job no one is rating you on English and Maths. Otherwise it would be an F.

    Cox is without Van Veen, Olomola, McGahey, Clarke and Brown. Do you think the XI he put out were the best available? Yes or no.

    Today’s side showed two enforced changes from the one who beat Orient last Saturday (Rowe & Bedeau) and he reinstated Loft, McAttee & Eisa.

    Or should he have kept the same forwards as Tuesday?

    in reply to: PLAYER & TEAM RATINGS V SOUTHEND #198991
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    Do you ever read your posts before hitting “submit”?

    Thought not!

    in reply to: Southend Match Thread #198962
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    Aye, wouldn’t be surprised!

    Looks like the best possible lineup given the absence of Clarke and McGahey.

    Attack them like we did the other Essex boys is all I ask.

    in reply to: Beestin #198918
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    O’Malley needs tying down too, as does Rowe.

    in reply to: January #198896
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    Anyone heard any more on Karacan?

    in reply to: PLAYER RATING SCUNNY V COLCHESTER #198887
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    Been out today with a couple of mates including Sunderland and Bradford fans.

    My Bantam pal wants McCall sacked and Parkinson reappointed. And my Mackem mate was bemoaning the fact that Johnson has done nowt and is no better a replacement.

    It’s the old managerial roundabout of course and who’s to say manager x will do better than manager y? That’s why I’m prepared to give Cox more time.

    in reply to: PLAYER RATING SCUNNY V COLCHESTER #198873
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    Basically Colchester did to us what we did to Carlisle. You win some if these and you lose some.

    This ^^^^^

    The fact is that this Cox guy thinks that he knows best.

    This “Cox guy” is getting paid to do what he thinks is best.

    He has shown that given a fully fit squad he can get us playing decent stuff. Unfortunately, for various reasons he hasn’t been able to do so for any length of time, and the back up players are not doing the business as yet. As MKI states above, many haven’t had the game time to prove themselves. Others have and proved they’re not up to L2 standards.

    If Neil keeps us in this division in such bizarre circumstances. He deserves to be in charge for 2021-22.

    in reply to: “The knee” #198853
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    Another racist.