w/e Saturday 16th September

[Son of Cod]

It was a genuine question, just wondered why so much hatred. By that reckoning, we should give the keeper of yours from that match as much grief (if he still plays) as he cheated in a massive match which could have consigned us to another season in the NL (see Hossanah get knocked clean out and a stone wall pen that wasn't given...).

Works both ways.

I do get your point in having enemy no.1 - we had/have it with Jon Newby who played for Bury. Never seen anyone get as much shit as he did, then had the audacity to try and play for us - and was extremely shit (I swear it was on purpose too!)

Go nuts on Max Crocombe, you've got every right to take a dislike to him. He plays for Burton now though. It was a bad foul and one of those ones that seems bonkers that it was missed when you watch it back, gets worse every time. The ref had a stinker, basically got every big call bar the Mullin pen wrong. There's something more snidey about a deliberate handball than a foul though for me.

I don't hate Mullin for what it's worth, but you won't convince me that he's not a cheat and a diver. He's a very effective NL/L2 striker though, quite possibly the best in the division.

 

[GTFCfish]

Love it when GTFCfish quotes one of his own posts. You don't see very many people do that but our fishy friend is consistent.

Haha I didn’t know what the fuck you were on about there as usual until I saw I’d somehow managed to quote my own post when i obviously meant to quote pilot_phonic’s message about hating Mullin.
Nice attempt at point scoring though mate keep up the good work.

 

[GTFCfish]

This whole Grimsby fans hating on Mullin, why, exactly? Hes a cracking player and you'd love him if he were playing for you lot.

If you use the excuse of 'he goes down easily', tell me a player who doesn't? If you use the excuse of 'he scored with his hand', didn't you still win that game?

What other excuses you got?

It’s because Harry Pell is getting close to retirement age and we need a new irrational hatred for someone and Mullin’s got the gig.
Although personally I don’t hate him at all. (Mullin, not Pell who I do actually despise)

 

[GTFCfish]

Is that better Magpie? ^^^^

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Haha I didn’t know what the fuck you were on about there as usual until I saw I’d somehow managed to quote my own post when i obviously meant to quote pilot_phonic’s message about hating Mullin.
Nice attempt at point scoring though mate keep up the good work.

No point scoring fella. I just sat back and watched you do all the work. Not sure I believe your weak explanation seeing as it's not the first time. Probably just a quiet day at work.

 

[GTFCfish]

No point scoring fella. I just sat back and watched you do all the work. Not sure I believe your weak explanation seeing as it's not the first time. Probably just a quiet day at work.

Well thankfully you believing me or not could not have lesser of an impact on my day.
I rank you on the same level as Carver, Masi, Devon_Lad and B2TF in the c^ntish stakes.

 

[TheEndIsNigh]

It was a genuine question, just wondered why so much hatred. By that reckoning, we should give the keeper of yours from that match as much grief (if he still plays) as he cheated in a massive match which could have consigned us to another season in the NL (see Hossanah get knocked clean out and a stone wall pen that wasn't given...).

Works both ways.

I do get your point in having enemy no.1 - we had/have it with Jon Newby who played for Bury. Never seen anyone get as much shit as he did, then had the audacity to try and play for us - and was extremely shit (I swear it was on purpose too!)

I can’t speak for the Grimsby lads but I, like I suspect a lot of Notts developed an unhealthy dislike of Mullin because

A) He’s good
B) He dives, more than most strikers, and does it quite convincingly
C) He’s got quite an unpleasant(some might say twattable I wouldn’t cos not into violence man) face.
D)I’m not really buying the fuck the Tories man of the people act when he plays for one of the most pro establishment clubs in the country(royal and Tory MP visits, old Etonian chief executive).

Not saying any of these are logical or make sense, but reasons for liking or disliking people rarely do. He seemed an alright bloke at the playoff final to be fair.

 

[PaulHaddock]

The thing about Mullin is he’s a really good player for this level (and obviously the conference) so the fact he needs to dive just sours things and people would respect him a lot more. I understand the will to win (Suarez-esque) but most of the time he comes across as a whinging fucker.

 

[EnglishRed]

D)I’m not really buying the fuck the Tories man of the people act when he plays for one of the most pro establishment clubs in the country(royal and Tory MP visits, old Etonian chief executive).

"One of the most pro establishment clubs in the country"

This is just a nonsense statement. We had a bid in for levelling up money (which we didn't get) that's all.

And the fact Humphrey Ker went to Eton has nothing to do with Paul Mullins personal politics.

 

[Son of Cod]

"One of the most pro establishment clubs in the country"

This is just a nonsense statement. We had a bid in for levelling up money (which we didn't get) that's all.

And the fact Humphrey Ker went to Eton has nothing to do with Paul Mullins personal politics.

Three words:

Oil. Money. Wrexham.

In all seriousness though, it's an interesting point. I can see what you're both saying. What I would say is that it's possible to be both left of the centre and pro-establishment. Exhibit number one being one of Wrexham's main sources of revenue, Disney. Desperate to right the bad press they've had by proving how woke and liberal they are and avoid pushing a political agenda at all costs...until it damages profit and then they'll get involved.

Until the town of Wrexham and its people suddenly become rich though, the club will always be a working class club. They had buckets out collecting for miners on Saturday!

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Well thankfully you believing me or not could not have lesser of an impact on my day.
I rank you on the same level as Carver, Masi, Devon_Lad and B2TF in the c^ntish stakes.

Oh no!!! I've been ranked by someone I don't know or care about on the same level as 4 people that I don't know or don't care about.

Admittedly that's a big body blow. Are any of these usernames linked to clubs in our league or have you made friends elsewhere?

 

[Master D]

Delicious BEEF in the slow cooker I see.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

Has anyone ever got to the bottom of why Mullin was shite for a decade and then suddenly the best player outside the Premier League?

 

[EnglishRed]

Has anyone ever got to the bottom of why Mullin was shite for a decade and then suddenly the best player outside the Premier League?

I can't speak for Morecombe or Swindon but Tranmere mostly used him as a wide or supporting striker I believe? They had players like Norwood and Vaughan to play up front to be fair. Us and Cambridge let him be the selfish centre forward (although he does drift wide, drop back and set others up quite a bit, he's a very hard working player).

I think mainly he's just one of this players who blossom later in their career. He was only 25 when he went to Cambridge and had been scoring double figures for Morecombe when he was 20/21. He was also at Everton and Liverpool as a youth so clearly had potential.

 

[Stocky]

He reminds me of Vardy in his style of play. A total pain in the arse but a very good striker.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

His workrate like Vardys like Langstaffs is exceptional.

 

[Master D]

He reminds me of Vardy in his style of play. A total pain in the arse but a very good striker.

He is very similar, just as crafty and plays on the edge but his work-rate is phenomenal. The goals he scored in the title deciding game were both from him chasing nothing balls that most strikers give up on.

If he had Vardy's electric pace then he'd already be playing Championship football.

 

[TheEndIsNigh]

"One of the most pro establishment clubs in the country"

This is just a nonsense statement. We had a bid in for levelling up money (which we didn't get) that's all.

And the fact Humphrey Ker went to Eton has nothing to do with Paul Mullins personal politics.

Who wet the bed when he had those boots done?

To be fair I did forget that James McClean had signed for you. I think the stance that lad has taken on the poppy nonsense has been fuckin admirable.

 

[EnglishRed]

Who wet the bed when he had those boots done?

To be fair I did forget that James McClean had signed for you. I think the stance that lad has taken on the poppy nonsense has been fuckin admirable.

The club is just a business like any other. The boots issue happened when the Levelling up bid was still in. I doubt they would as bothered now that's not an issue. The club is just a business like any other, and occasionally has to play the game. It isn't particularly Pro-Establishment.

McClean (and the Welsh Nationalist in the fanbase) provides balance. Pushing the other way is all the idiotic residents of Wrexham who voted in a Tory in the last election.

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[northstandexile]

The club is just a business like any other. The boots issue happened when the Levelling up bid was still in. I doubt they would as bothered now that's not an issue. The club is just a business like any other, and occasionally has to play the game. It isn't particularly Pro-Establishment.

McClean (and the Welsh Nationalist in the fanbase) provides balance. Pushing the other way is all the idiotic residents of Wrexham who voted in a Tory in the last election.

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They voted Tory because the right wing press had been smearing Corbyn for years and the voters believed Boris’s lies. As you say idiotic residents.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

The Tories were clever they focused on economically depressed working class demographic areas with poor infrastructure who's residents were at a low ebb and informed them that they had been badly let down and neglected by the Labour Party and promised them a shiny new future which didn't allow any E.U. involvement.

Thank goodness for football to buoy and raise the spirits the locals.

 

[AdamStag]

They voted Tory because the right wing press had been smearing Corbyn for years and the voters believed Boris’s lies. As you say idiotic residents.

As you say, sadly the voters are stupid which is why you don’t leave referendums in the hands of the people - call them all you want but the overwhelming amount of MPs didn’t want brexit as they realised it would be a clusterfuck and indeed disproportionally effect those areas which voted for it the most.

Anyway, stuff all that, we’re 10 unbeaten

 

[GTFCfish]

The club is just a business like any other. The boots issue happened when the Levelling up bid was still in. I doubt they would as bothered now that's not an issue. The club is just a business like any other, and occasionally has to play the game. It isn't particularly Pro-Establishment.

McClean (and the Welsh Nationalist in the fanbase) provides balance. Pushing the other way is all the idiotic residents of Wrexham who voted in a Tory in the last election.

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To be fair to Mullin, having those boots made means his cheating in our play off is now all forgiven in my eyes.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Mclean, Carver and the Tories all mentioned on the same page. Dark day for the forum

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

The Year of the Stag deserves a lot better.

 

[Richard Cranium]

The Year of the Stag deserves a lot better.

That’s 2024 pal

 

[Conker]

Please add Corbyn to that list.

 

[Boz]

I can't speak for Morecombe or Swindon but Tranmere mostly used him as a wide or supporting striker I believe? They had players like Norwood and Vaughan to play up front to be fair. Us and Cambridge let him be the selfish centre forward (although he does drift wide, drop back and set others up quite a bit, he's a very hard working player).

I think mainly he's just one of this players who blossom later in their career. He was only 25 when he went to Cambridge and had been scoring double figures for Morecombe when he was 20/21. He was also at Everton and Liverpool as a youth so clearly had potential.

Mullin’s time at Tranmere divides opinion amongst the SWA. Mellon felt that he and Norwood couldn’t function as a pair, we mainly played with a lone striker and Jennings in the no 10 role, with Norwood getting the start, even when struggling for fitness. Personally thought Mullin should have been given more game time in that first season, but others take the view he didn’t deserve it, late developer etc stance.
Don’t think many saw him going on to be as prolific and capable as he’s subsequently shown, but he never lacked for effort while at Rovers and his final act in a white shirt was to grab the winner over Watford in a cup replay setting up a lucrative fourth round tie with Manyoo.