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Still Loves Emma Bunton. Roy McDonough is God!
I've had three or four stabs at trying to make this post constructive and I know I'm going to fail at it again. I almost can't think of one positive to take from today's spineless, shameful performance. That has to go down as the world's softest ever local derby. I looked around at the team and they were beaten well before half time, to a man the heads were down and there was a distinct lack of ideas and certainly very little pride on display. Where was Macca today ? Gower bottled everything, including a decent shooting opportunity, until the 85th minute when he seemed determined to try to get himself sent off.
It is a stark reminder at the lack of DECENT investment in players this year and much as it pains me to say it (and no doubt I'll get flamed left, right and centre) the buck has to stop with nobody else but the management. You cannot accuse RM of not making the money available to us but what do we have to show for it ? Two players that would have run their nuts off for us loaned out elsewhere and we have Harrold to "turn" a game. Tilly is a LEGEND and I love him to death but the football club has to be bigger than one man and his record this season, tactically and in decision making (or should that be indecision) has to be called into question. Results over the course of 40 plus games do not lie.
Those of you calling for Foran to replace Bradders up front obviously must suffer from some sort of delusional illness. Bradders put himself about in the first half, getting almost zero help from the referee and much less than that for most of his team mates. His footballing brain seems to be on a different wavelength. Foran seems to have joined a long list of players going back to Scott Forbes that look out of this world on their debut before spending the rest of their career going backwards. Personally I'd have had Hooper in up front but failing that he's the best available option we have, which doesn't actually say a great deal.
It is painfully apparent that some of this squad just don't have the balls for the job. On the plus side we've seen most of them do the business in Div 1 so the summer clearout doesn't need to be that excessive, but hopefully wev'e already started planning. At least IF we get promoted again we'd know which ones have the ability to cope with this division (and that's not a very long list).
Personally I think we should have parted with Freddy in the transfer window (and that's not hindsight I was calling for it at the time). Frankly I'd be amazed if we got £1/2 a mill for him on his performances since the turn of the year.
It wasn't so much our inability to score goals as our total aptitude in conceding too many soft goals especially in the five minute period before and after the break.
I very nearly joined the exodus after the third goal and I blame no-one for making that decision. I'm only amazed that those of us that stayed didn't vent our frustration more vocally than we did. Defeat I can handle. Giving up leaves a very, very bitter taste in my mouth.
It is a stark reminder at the lack of DECENT investment in players this year and much as it pains me to say it (and no doubt I'll get flamed left, right and centre) the buck has to stop with nobody else but the management. You cannot accuse RM of not making the money available to us but what do we have to show for it ? Two players that would have run their nuts off for us loaned out elsewhere and we have Harrold to "turn" a game. Tilly is a LEGEND and I love him to death but the football club has to be bigger than one man and his record this season, tactically and in decision making (or should that be indecision) has to be called into question. Results over the course of 40 plus games do not lie.
Those of you calling for Foran to replace Bradders up front obviously must suffer from some sort of delusional illness. Bradders put himself about in the first half, getting almost zero help from the referee and much less than that for most of his team mates. His footballing brain seems to be on a different wavelength. Foran seems to have joined a long list of players going back to Scott Forbes that look out of this world on their debut before spending the rest of their career going backwards. Personally I'd have had Hooper in up front but failing that he's the best available option we have, which doesn't actually say a great deal.
It is painfully apparent that some of this squad just don't have the balls for the job. On the plus side we've seen most of them do the business in Div 1 so the summer clearout doesn't need to be that excessive, but hopefully wev'e already started planning. At least IF we get promoted again we'd know which ones have the ability to cope with this division (and that's not a very long list).
Personally I think we should have parted with Freddy in the transfer window (and that's not hindsight I was calling for it at the time). Frankly I'd be amazed if we got £1/2 a mill for him on his performances since the turn of the year.
It wasn't so much our inability to score goals as our total aptitude in conceding too many soft goals especially in the five minute period before and after the break.
I very nearly joined the exodus after the third goal and I blame no-one for making that decision. I'm only amazed that those of us that stayed didn't vent our frustration more vocally than we did. Defeat I can handle. Giving up leaves a very, very bitter taste in my mouth.
