For the most part I think that the players we have are decent at this level. Most managers of other teams seem to say that player for player we are better than them. Of the new arrivals - Sweeney, Sheehan, Kilkenny ,Kenton have all played at a higher level - Lubo was a regular in the Prem when he signed for us. Thompson and Flo although both past it, have played at the very top level. Johnson and Elding were both being chased by a number of other clubs in our Division. Beckford can certainly play at a higher Division. Huntington has played a number of Premiership games. Richardson and Douglas have played in Prem. Rui is better than 3rd Division. Westlake was a hit at Ipswich in the (real) 2nd division, Hughes was a good (real) 2nd Division player. Carole too played a lot of games for Brighton in 2nd Div. etc etc So clearly as individuals, we should be walking this League, and indeed for the first 12 or so matches we were - OK we rode our luck at times and did win games where over the 90mins we were not the better team, but we had a rigid plan that we stuck to, and had a passion,belief and unity about us (ruined as I said before by Poyet leaving). I never thought McAllister was the right man - we should have tried for an experienced manager like Billy Davies - but we have got him. He needs to find a method of playing which the players are comfortable with - yes a nice fluid passing game is great but it needs players who can control and pass a ball, then move - something that seems beyond us at times. Then he needs to stick to his guns in terms of both tactics and personnel - whilst Kandol and Heath etc were not everyones cup of tea they did fit into the team pattern and ethic and knew that one mistake would not cost their place in the team - now they are all under too much pressure . We need consistency , there have been many to many changes, some enforced, some not this season - we need a settled team and then we as fans need to get 100% behind them !!! No tream has ever been sucessful who have had 18 debutants and 30 odd players in one season and never will !!! Dave
Alick Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rich - what are the answers then? * Give McAllister more time to get the team playing football? * Get a new set of players who can control a ball in the summer? * Play route one to get out of this league? * Get a more experienced manager in? * Play with 5 in the middle with 2 proper wide men and an anchor man? * Put a rocket up all the players' arses cos they are good enough? * Get some pace into the team ASAP? * Burn Kandol? stotty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Walker" To: "Simon Austin" ; Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [LU] On an optimistic note > You must have been watching a different game. Crewe > were streets ahead of us. Yes we had a decent first 10 > minutes but even in the first half they passed it and > moved it much better than us. After 20 minutes it was > clear that we were going to really struggle to get > anything from this match. Second half they controlled > until their keeper f*cked up and then they shat > themselves. Having said that I think the ref could > have played 30 minutes of injury time instead of the 6 > and we still wouldn't have scored. In fact I think > they would have won it. > > > > --- Simon Austin wrote: > >> I don't think we were quite played off the park by >> them. We didn't play >> particularly well (I did have a joke about being >> lots of rubbish on the >> pitch - and some carrier bags and crisp packets too; >> but that was an >> obvious one even before the game), but they never >> even made it near our >> goal until half an hour was gone. Their most used >> tactic was to have a >> player collapse in their own box when we were >> attacking - on one >> occasion two of them managed it. Plus there was that >> "oh-no, we screwed >> up our substitution - and after you slowly walked >> all the way over here >> to come off too" that suggested they couldn't wait >> for the game to end. >> >> I normally spend any game in a heightened state of >> panic where the >> opponent looks like Brazil and we look like a bunch >> of Sunday Leaguers >> who've only just met, eternally one shanked pass >> from gifting a goal. >> Crewe never really triggered that reaction, even >> after the goal and >> their improvement in the second half (which given >> their first, did not >> have to be much of one to be noticeable). >> >> - Si >> >> Richard Walker wrote: >> > Yes Rob, but we've been played off the park by >> Crewe >> > at home. Doesn't that make us about the worse team >> in >> > the league at the moment. >> > >> > >> > --- Robert HEATH wrote: >> > >> > >> >> Far be it for me to indulge in any of the >> >> chicken-counting of which I >> >> have been so critical of others for jinxing us >> >> recently, >> >> but............. >> >> >> >> I note next week's oppoes just lost 0-3 at home >> to >> >> Walsall and acc. to >> >> the report on footymad were total vomit. >> >> >> >> And then we have 2 home games against Bourneham >> and >> >> Cheltenmouth, teams >> >> from the lower reaches who we should >> >> easily............what? 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