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So, has he left the building or is he just on one of these player lending things like the lads at Leek? If hes gone  does that mean someone else is coming in before midnight tomorrow?

Personally, I hope that we have released him.

Not up to the required standard and perhaps we now have a little leeway to bring in someone else. 

As a genuine fan, you feel for other genuine fans. Scarborough's fans did not deserve to lose their club any more than we'd have deserved to lose ours in recent years (had things turned out differently). I felt bitter about the Ellender affair too, but the bottom line is that the true fans of Scarborough do not deserve the heartbreak of having to watch their club be dismantled bit by bit, trophies and all. I know how I'd feel if I were in their shoes and it was ultimately not their financial mismanagement which ultimately brought the club to its knees.

I did admit to being a heartless swine!

And, as an impressionable young Robins fan back then, that defeat in 1977 really did hurt!

Call me a cynical and heartless swine but I have to confess that I really can't get too upset about the whole Scarborough demise.

Perhaps it's the lingering resentment over the outstanding funds regarding the Ellender transfer.....or the fact that they squandered all that money they collected after playing Chelsea in the FA Cup?

Or perhaps it's just that I still detest them for beating Alty in the 1977 FA Trophy semi-final?   

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Certainly looked like a clear penalty from where I was standing.

I went to Stafford thinking that a 0-0 draw was probably the best that we could hope for.....but came away believing that we had missed out on a golden opportunity to record an away win. 

I thought that Stafford (except for their two giants at the back, McAughtrie and Daniel) were awful and only got into the game courtesy of a defensive blunder by Rose and Acton.

We had the better of the second half but just don't look threatening as an attacking proposition.
Only Sedgemore's free kick really tested their keeper.

Alas, I suspect that both these teams will be playing each other next season in the Blue Square North.

Before you jump down my throat, and as you can see I'm not at the Stafford match, surely the opinions of those that *have* attended the matches do carry more weight when discussing how we've been playing. It's easy to be positive etc when you haven't witnessed the disgraceful performance against Grays or the defending debacle against Exeter. 

I do however salute you all for spreading the name of Alty the length and breadth of the country

CB,

Thank you for encapsulating the point that I was trying to make.

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I think the early signing of Tinson would have been better spent on a left back or a strapping centre forward which are the two areas that everyone recognised as being crucial

Its a close one between rose munroe and tinson for our best centre halfs, but whilst left back and centre forward may have required more attention, I think the management were looking for replacement once bandy left because if munroe or rose got suspended or injured we'd have been in a bit of a sh*t hole without a replacement like tinno!

Possibly Lane as an emergency centre half?