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Be careful what you wish for. Michelle Harness was the only one who stepped forward and later than the 11th hour.
She has done an incredible job and I cannot imagine the hours she spent daily keeping bailiff after bailiff away. With the money raised by Iron Bru to pay wages giving a breathing space. Then the supporters came onboard and revenue streams established – it was a great effort by all. But again Michelle had that pressure from day 1 and thinking £1.8 million of debts she then with Roj, George and Ian they worked out a plan for day after day so perhaps she does need a breather.
But lets get rid of this word ‘Hostile’ I do believe she hinted that perhaps others may want to come on board and take on the challenge but they didn’t at the darkest times so never forget that. We do not want a club disunited ever again.
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Leave formation alone and keep building on the stability and comfort for the players in that 433 system and we will be ok.
Get clever and go for a 3 or 5 back line can only see trouble. It means we are setting up to cope with them and not the reverse.
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Up to Mr Butler now. 23 matches to go and does he want success ? As Iron64 says keep it simple and rounds in rounds. The 442 or 433 is the way to go and make opponents deal with us, when you listen to his post match interviews he seems to say we change to cope with opponents.
The next thing is try to reduce the number of changes in each game and create stability. Best to all for 2025.
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Did seem an odd signing if you checked his stats from previous clubs.
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It is now possible for us to enter 2025 top of the league.
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But that means he sticks to same team, same formation and similar tactics !From now on NO TARGETING ! Play our way and make opponents have to cope with us.
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His last prolific spell was 2022 – 23 at Darlington.
No point signing him if you don’t play to his strengths.
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All games are must wins. They were since the start of the pre-season games.
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Too many coaches having read the same ‘Methods of Coaching Manuals’ start over thinking and end up complicating tactics.
They seem to forget the supporter and don’t like it when the fans start to complain.
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Yeah, let’s get another CB and play 4 of em
But start to assemble for 2025 – 2026 because some are going are they not ? So if he meets the criteria get him signed and leave him on loan.
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We are looking for a head of recruitment. Russ is very well thought of. And he is doing a very good job at Trinity.
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Everyone should be optimistic for our next match – why you ask. Well in recent post match interviews Mr Butler said they had a lot to work on. Well are having a nice long period to iron out all the errors and reset our approach.
So get ready for the charge.
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A poor manager will keep on pressing ahead with a system that isn’t working for the players he has available. A great manager will find a system that works with the players he has available. Unfortunately for us, it seems that Butler is currently committed to playing the system that clearly is not working.
That was why Michael Nelson should have been left alone, but relegation was the aim so he had to go.
Nelson had just developed a system with what he had and he didn’t have much and sometimes less than he thought. Never mind all his travelling each day was the most organised we had been for several seasons.
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What does he say in todays Scunthorpe Telegraph “We can still get better” – he would be better saying nothing because that is a ridiculous comment by him.
It is not sinking in with him, gates will start to fall if they are being ignored – these fans have bought this, that and the other to help raise funds from the shop, raffles/draws organized by individuals, race nights and many other ways. Give them something. We have gone from clear at the top to now in a mix and many have said why.
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Never been a fan of a stubborn manager. Certainly not impressed when the basics are lacking in full time professionals – struggle to control a ball and it seems are unable on many occasions to pass the ball successfully.
After a pre-season for fitness, ‘friendlies’ to establish team shape and 19 games I do not expect to hear a Manager to say in more than one post match interview “We have plenty to work on” !! – it should have already been worked on it is not good enough. You always want your own to succeed but this season is a must for promotion so the gates do not start to slide back. And they will if the fans are not entertained and not listened to.
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