I have not answered sooner than now.....because Fletchers decision making last night had me seeing red.....and I wanted to sleep on it and then comment. Has Fletcher fallen out with Madjo......has he told Carl that he couldn't manage his way out of a paper bag and Fletcher is letting him know who is in charge. Congratulations to Tyler Harvey for achieving his first team debut on 74 minutes.......but that apart to me it seems a desperate straw clutching moment by Fletcher to bring a second year apprentice on before a seasoned striker....who now spends more time sitting on his hands keeping them warm in the dug-out then playing football. That seems to me to be a confidence sapping situation created by Fletcher......that suggests to me and many others that Fletcher has completely lost the plot and has no idea what he is doing anymore. Just to add to that Fletcher then goes one step further and brings Warren Feeney on when the clock showed 89 plus minutes had been played and takes off the one attacker who came out of the match with some credit MacDonald.........putting a player on so late is generally done to wind the clock down to waste time......I can only assume that Fletcher was happy with a 1-0 defeat and didn't want to give them anymore time to score a second. A sad moment for John Egan breaking a leg quite early in the game.........but it was noticable that it didn't throw Bradford out of their stride and they scored not long afterwards.........would Plymouth's game plan been thrown out the window because of such a problem.....I bet it would of......because plan B is not available under Fletcher. Chadwick got another full game last night so does that mean Carl thought he had put a good shift in ? With Blanchard playing it was possible that he would of taken over the captaincy from the absent Purse.........but Fletcher catches everyone off guard by giving it to the worst disciplinarian in the club Conor Hourihane.......what sought of message does that send out. From the write ups it seems that Argyle played well in the second half......it also said that Bradford contained any Argyle threat........the stats said that we had two shots on target. We have now acquired 1pt out of 18pts since Oct 20th and our next match is against Chesterfield who trounced high flying Cheltenham 4-1. Last night was the end of Scott Griffiths's loan period and he returns to Peterborough today......not used too much in recent games. Today is the anniversary of Ian Holloway departing Argyle 2007.....it really has been a downhill ride ever since. I also noticed that our disciplinary record is second only to Fleetwood's.......38 yellows and how many reds at least one ? We had another socks moment to add to the collection yesterday......Fletcher was quoted as saying....."these lads work their socks off each and everyday to try and do the right things,to be better players and better people,you can't fault them for that"..... he then followed that up with "but you only get out of life what you put in".... And that at the moment Carl Fletcher is total zilch.....how much longer will we all have to suffer before James Brent acts.
How many more threds are you going to start on the subject of "sack Fletcher now" plymborn? I think we all know pretty much where we stand on this one. A couple in the don't sack camp and the rest in the sack him camp. Keeeping up the tirade only serves to put the blood pressure up a couple of notches. Chill out my friend before you bust a vessel or two. He must be on borrowed time if nothing else.
Just had an MOT with the surgery.....pleased to be given a clean bill of health, blood pressure excellant so I'm ok in that department thank you sensible.
I keep away from my doctor as much as possible. I have to kick start my lungs every morning and the blood pressure is shot to bits. Everytime they send for me despite me hiding away they always want to stick needles in me like a bunch of bloody vampires. I was hoping to live life to the full and die young but I've even left that a bit late now. Chill out is still my advice, you never know what's lurking round the corner.
