Gus Honeybun vs Scunny Bunny (Argyle vs Scunthorpe)

[Rob_of_the_green]

Think Scunthorpe have looked reasonably decent in the games I’ve watched so far this season, Josh Morris looks particularly dangerous and Adams has already been saying that he’s going to be trying to prevent supply to him as much as poss, and I’d suggest Scunthorpes manager is probably thinking up similar plans to try to deal with Carey.

If you end up not winning don’t be surprised to have your manager, players and fans all saying after the match how much you dominated the game and should’ve won by a large margin because this seems to be a pretty consistent theme following all of the games we’ve played so far this season, but the people saying this just haven’t yet worked out that Derek Adams is more than happy even at home to surrender possession and let the opposition dominate in areas that aren’t hurting us, in fact he invites teams onto us so that we can counter and this is proving even more effective in league 1 than it was in league 2 so far because teams used to just park the bus and make it hard to break them down

Jamie Ness is just about coming back to fitness and came in for about 3 seconds at the end of our previous match (yes literally just for a goal kick before the ref blew the whistle) so he may be involved in some way against his old club.



Argyle 1 - 1 Scunthorpe

 

[Boletus Edulis]

Gus honeybun, showing your age there Rob

Our first game of the season, looking forward to it. Don't think I have seen Scunthorpe play before, probably because I am not predeposed to a team that also claims the moniker 'the irons'.

Totally agree with Rob. It can be risky, and someone will tonk us at some point, but generally it is successful. Moreover, Adams is a good learner he took a year to get to grips with league 2, and then worked out the exact team and style of play he wanted. Imagine he will do the same again in this league.

What is Scunthorpe's approach/style away? Who should I look out for, so that I can appear informed?

Do Scunthorpe travel in numbers or will they bring only a handful? Indeed, in this league who brings a good following?

 

[Lance Stoe]

We won't bring many. It's a long way. 200 at the most. We will be compact and hard to break down and we always have the ability to stick the ball in the net with Morris and Madden in the team. We look very solid defensively this season but a little bit lacking in creativity. Look out for our number 6, Funso
Ojo who is Belgian and our young right back Levi Sutton. I fancy us on Saturday if I am honest. It's a game I would like us to win because we all know we will lose next week

 

[KetIron]

We are not "the irons", we are "The Iron" - singular.

We will also win 2 or 3-0.

 

[Lance Stoe]

2-0 for me. Think it will be quite a comfortable win in the end.

 

[Bottega Don]

Derek Adams has marked us down as a one man team.

Considering Morris has been shit for a while now that really isn't true. We rely on Hakeeb a lot more for his creativity and Duane Holmes off the bench to create stuff. Morris scored a nice goal last week but was poor really.

Don't feel as confident as the other Scunny fans, think it'll be a 1-1 draw.

 

[Boletus Edulis]

I saw the article/quote I assume you are referring to. I would take it with a huge pinch of salt. Adams likes to play mind games and use misdirection.

 

[Boletus Edulis]

One potentially significant sideshow in this game is the ref, Mr Sarginson. He was in charge in the game where Leyton's captain roughly pushed to the ground the ball boy who was returning the ball to the corner post. Some Greens think he lied in his report and actually did see the incident but chose to do nothing about it - the video certainly allows that interpretation. Personally for about 70 mins he was fine, and then joined that fairly rare breed of refs who lost control of a game. My hope is that the fans don't boo him because on the night once they got on his back his decisions became more and more bizarre - and I say that more as an ex-ref than a fan in the stands.

 

[ProfessorGreen]

I think we'll win and I also think we'll turn Home Park into something of a fortress this season.

 

[Hedonist Puncture]

Gus honeybun, showing your age there Rob

Our first game of the season, looking forward to it. Don't think I have seen Scunthorpe play before, probably because I am not predeposed to a team that also claims the moniker 'the irons'.

Totally agree with Rob. It can be risky, and someone will tonk us at some point, but generally it is successful. Moreover, Adams is a good learner he took a year to get to grips with league 2, and then worked out the exact team and style of play he wanted. Imagine he will do the same again in this league.

What is Scunthorpe's approach/style away? Who should I look out for, so that I can appear informed?

Do Scunthorpe travel in numbers or will they bring only a handful? Indeed, in this league who brings a good following?

We are "The Iron" and never have been "The Irons". We're likely to play in our home kit of claret and blue, which may confuse you even more.

Our away style this season is fairly predictable - rubbish. Poor against Rochdale and shockingly bad against Middlesborough. If we play the same against Argyle, we will lose. If we play as we did at the start of last season, we will destroy you.

You'll likely see a lot of our new goalie, because we are not that good at the moment. Our CB Wallace has interested Championship clubs, new midfielder Ojo can play, Adelakun is a real talent out wide with some skill for you to hopefully admire and up top is Madden. Paddy's season hasn't really started yet and he is misfiring. Must be watched though.

Bank Holiday weekend . . . Plymouth away might be a pull for some but a deterrent for more probably. I doubt we'll take many. Couple of buses maybe and some supporters from closer to Plymouth, eg I know Scunny fans going from London, South Wales and Cornwall. Normally, we have a respectable away following in proportion to our home crowd and the town's population, but likely not tomorrow. I remember going down and back for a night game, rained all the time, but we brought home 3 points.

2-0 Plymouth.

 

[Boletus Edulis]

The Iron, right my apologises. Thanks for the insight as to how you play, very helpful.

Nice and sunny down here, virtually no wind good day for footie, guessing the crowd will be 9-10,000.

 

[Bottega Don]

Pretty good win that

 

[Hedonist Puncture]

3 points, clean sheet, 4-4-2