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We’ll probably be drawn against Boston United.
That’d probably end up as another draw… then it’s the Russian Roulette of penalties.

Can we get our season back on track and overhaul Tamworth?

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Jimbob has a hell of a lot of work to do to get his troopers ready for next week!

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Rene Artois wrote:

Beware of Brackley

Connor Hall bagged a debut hat-trick for them in their 3-1 win against Banbury on NYD.

Two headers and a sublime third for the 25 year old.

They also hit the bar twice and what looked to be a penalty turned down.

They followed that up with a 1-0 away win at Spennymoor last Saturday.

Three wins on the bounce for them.

He’s bagged four in his first three games for them.
Sort of forward we need.

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iron64 wrote:

sad to say looking that way – can say long way to go all you like, we’re a long way behind. Anything less than a win next week don’t see anything but play-offs

I concur.

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Even those amongst us with the most optimistic, positive, flag waving, cheery outlook must know that if we lose at home next week… then it’s the play offs.

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Rene Artois wrote:

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I think we are going to struggle today.
Sadly, my revised prediction is:

Saints 2-0 Iron.

I do so hope that I’m wrong!

Doh!
Tamworth also now have a better goal difference than us.

I don’t believe we had a shot or a corner?

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Have a day off Rene.
Sometimes you talk b0110cks.

Listening to RH… it seems we were today?
UTI.

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Rene Artois wrote:

For me, left back is a problem area for us. No Ogle today will mean that right back will also be a problem.
No Butterfield is a big loss. It’ll be a hum drum midfield.
Their front two are mobile and will give our centre backs a tough ride.
I think we are going to struggle today.
Sadly, my revised prediction is:

Saints 2-0 Iron.

I do so hope that I’m wrong!

Doh!
Tamworth also now have a better goal difference than us.

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As I type, I’m hoping that Darlo can grab a goal and pinch a point from their game with Tamworth.

If we beat the Lambs and win our game in hand, then we may be back to parity?

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Hopefully we can reminisce about a great victory today?
UTI

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Deereyme66

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Looks a great set up:

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PetePoshman wrote:

It’s bloody terrible isn’t it? I’m not even on the same continent as the team, and I still can’t stream it. The league sure does work hard to make sure there is limited to no access to the teams to watch. I’ll have to catch the highlights later on.

Maybe there’s a challenge to be contested here.

Is this practice in the publics best interest?

If you paid me £100 per game, I still wouldn’t go to watch a Sheff Utd or Nottingham Forest game.

Should football be run by the cartel known as the Premier League or by the FA & EFL?

It’s a restrictive practice. It’s censorship. It’s controlling what should be a free market.

The EU wasn’t all bad:
“They may also hold back innovation, put companies out of business and deny consumers access to a wide choice of goods and services at reasonable prices.”

https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/index/whistleblower_en

If we want to watch Brackley v Scunthorpe on NLTV… then we should be able to.

Denying us the opportunity to follow our team isn’t going to encourage us to drive all the way to Sheffield or Nottingham to watch Premier League football.

I’ve absolutely no interest in that type of ‘fake football’.

There are many of us whom no longer live in the towns or even in the country of the clubs that we support.
There are many of us who are disabled and aren’t able to travel to watch our favoured team.

If I was deaf, then I wouldn’t be able to listen to the match commentary on the radio.

Doesn’t that breach the Equality Act of 2010 – discriminating against disabled people?

This restrictive practice is detrimental to the finances and very existence of small clubs like ours.
It cuts off a revenue stream and disassociates people from their team.

Maybe the matter requires the Competition and Markets Authority to peruse it?

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/competition-and-markets-authority

Freedom of Choice?

“Yes massa”

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cassidystash

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Does anyone have details of the GoFundMe?

Found it:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/dave-and-cameron-walsh

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For me, left back is a problem area for us. No Ogle today will mean that right back will also be a problem.
No Butterfield is a big loss. It’ll be a hum drum midfield.
Their front two are mobile and will give our centre backs a tough ride.
I think we are going to struggle today.
Sadly, my revised prediction is:

Saints 2-0 Iron.

I do so hope that I’m wrong!

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We will struggle today without those two.
I think I’ll have to revise my prediction.

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I see there are no NLN games being televised tomorrow?

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Exeter’s

“Anyone can join the foundation.
By paying just £10 per month (£120 per year), you become eligible for the monthly £1,000 prize and weekly £100 prizes”

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Awaywego wrote:

Where you being Rene it’s being established that Bostons lottery is actually Sheffield united’s scheme.

Yeah, we know.
“A minimum of 45% of the stake money shall be donated to the Pilgrims. The remainder goes to fund the prizes and the lottery’s operating expenses.”
Boston.

“A minimum of 20% of the stake money, and any proceeds after prizes and expenses have been deducted, shall be donated to the beneficiary of the Super Draw Lotto: the Sheffield United Community Foundation, Cherry Street, Sheffield S2 4SU.”
Sheff Utd.

What you should be doing is finding out what’s odds of winning in ours against theirs.

Maybe someone connected with our scheme would like to inform us of the number of monthly participants?

other than that I’ll point you in the direction of the Euro lottery deffo more bang for your buck there.

I have recurring entries for Euro, Lotto & Set For Life via DD.

I do hope the club will tell us how many have entered and how much they are taking out of it, by law it’s something the club should be doing.

Is it (percentage taken) in the small print somewhere?

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Mansfield use these:

£5 a go with a top prize of £800 / £900

Fans Group Lottery Fundraising

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Some of us weren’t impressed with Jimbob from day one.
However, it is what it is and our hands are tied. We can’t afford to waste money.
I wonder if we’re still paying any former managers under ‘settlement agreements’ … Hill?

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Sadly, it’s not for me.
£10 stake with the potential to win £250 once a month.

Boston United’s scheme:
£1 stake with the potential to win £2,000 or one of two £250 runner up prizes or one of ten consolation prizes of £50 each WEEK.

A 25:1 ratio on our sceheme.
A 2,000:1 ratio on Boston’s.

Your £10 with Boston has the potential to win you £20,000

The same £10 with us only has the potential to win you £250

20,000:250

Potentially 80 times more bang for your bucks with Boston.

Yeah, yeah… it’s not about winning money, it’s about financially subsidising/supporting SUFC.

However, to make this a success with the general public – you need a bigger potential return.

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mistertonmick wrote:

I watched the Brackley v Banbury game on the weekend pass and thought Hall looked good

Agreed. He’ll be a handful tomorrow.

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Still, we saddle up and ride again tomorrow.
Happy hunting guys.

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Is this the start of the longest run in ever.
Plenty of games for us to achieve our objective.
However, we need to make an impact starting tomorrow at Brackley.
We’ve got to win to prevent Tamworth opening up a safety net.

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We need this guy to be on song tomorrow.
Free rein to do as he likes.
Let him run the show.
In fact – I’d let him pick the team and make the substitutions.

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morris_left_foot wrote:

Watching online, that felt like two points dropped, despite Boston hitting the woodwork late on. Will we regret not killing this one off…?

Déjà vu.

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Tamworth smashed Warrington 3-0 at Cantilever Park on Tuesday.

Warrington have won six of their 13 home games this season.

Tomorrow, The Lambs go to Darlo, who have just the one win from their thirteen home games this season.

Darlo 0-4 Tamworth @ 25/1

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We need to shackle Hall & Newton.
Both look decent.
Matwasa, the little tricky right winger looks good too.

Dan Lewis their keeper will be 42 in June – hard and low boys. Hard and low.

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ironfromafar wrote:

Forgot my Tamworth prediction.. bit early but im going for score draw in front of over 5000.

3-3 has a ring to it

Too early for me to throw a prediction out there yet.
Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Sorry Rene, I meant the Knutts. Bobby and his family of Knutts. Back on topic, I tend to agree with you.

From the article linked to above:

“Before 1950s Scunthorpe United were known as the Knuts. The origin is uncertain but it is generally accepted as being when they won one of the local charity cups. The vicar of Frodingham, the Rev Cryspant Rust said “that indeed Scunthorpe and Lindsey United were a tough (k)nut to beat”. It stuck from 1910ish to about 1950.”

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