No one doubts that. But if they can't do the basics at a corner, like put a man on the edge of the box, to contest a 50/50 then we might as well give up.
Great article, thanks for sharing. It feels like the local media are finally waking up to this massacre of our club
I must have been going with some right dickheads for 20 odd years then because my enjoyment of the day has always been determined by the result / atmosphere , never understood it when people said I had a good day anyway , a defeat or a **** performance used to ruin my whole week , never mind Saturday night
I never understand the “no enjoyment if we lose” It’s more than just the football. It was a laugh yesterday in the stands, some funny comments, daft chants & silly behaviour. I’ve been going to City since the late 70s. If Iosing ruined my whole weekend I’d have stopped going in the late 70s.
Anyone here Adkins interview after the game. I don’t think I have ever been more frustrated listening to him. The way he described the first goal was comical. Then announced we need some ‘bigguns’ to defend set peices. We’ve just signed two new centre half’s Nigel? We need at least 6 big players? Christ. Don’t be kidding yourself either Nige we where never getting back into the game at 1-0 never mind 2-0 with 10 men don’t say it changed the game, load of more BS. To be fair though I don’t think one signing we’ve made has been his suggestion bar Long.
What do you want him to say we're **** **** ****ing ****? Of course we need some big players, big as in size and big as. In experience and leadership. He's been saying it all summer.
No but the ultra positive vibe is annoying. Fair enough he can’t se we where crap, as he would be saying it most of the year. But a bit of realism is needed. Conceding from corners isn’t all about size, obviously it helps, but tatically it can be stopped. I always lambasted Silva’s set up defending set pieces and ultimately I think they took us down, we had massive players that season didn’t make a difference. Look at Maguire, obviously he’s one of the best centre half’s in the country but he is average at defending set pieces when he’s facing his own goal, it’s technical and it’s about desire, not just height!
Yes. Why can't he just say it. I know it he knows it everyone knows it. So why waffle a load of complete and utter bollocks?
As you say size is not be all and end all, positioning is equally as important. IMO your best header of the ball should favour starting level with the back post area, then they can see where the ball is going to be and attack it. Too often the centre-halves stands in the middle of the goal and they are static when jumping to head the ball and an attacker who has started his run from outside the box is going to be favourite.
Not great apparently but good in the warm-up. Needs a couple of bigguns upfront and she's leaky at the back. Never kept a clean sheet yet.
Never even had a radio on Saturday which is unheard of in our house,such is my despondency with the whole festering ****stain. It’s like some Cnut has suddenly grabbed the tv remote and downgraded the whole package without giving a toss about who was watching it because they’ve suddenly lost interest. Bastards..
I'm the same, in the past 20 years I've missed about 10 home games, now I just have no excitement about going to watch it and let other people use my pass to watch the occasional game. Feels like I've lost all feelings for football atm, I used to have a bad weekend when we lost but now when we do I feel nothing. Its become more of a chore than anything. I just hope that when those pair of ****s **** off that we can all get our enthusiasm back and start looking forward to games again. What a day that will be.
Marshall has been named YP keeper of the week. They only pick from Yorkshire clubs, but they reckon he's been our best player this season. Considering how busy he's been, I don't think they're that wide of the mark.
