06-01-2018, 14:32
I go into every match I PLAY thinking I can do well and win (or at least I did), but supporters have to exercise some critical function, or they can't understand what's happening and will be permanently either elated, or dejected. I've tried to keep everyone's feet, including my own, on the ground about Jack Lester, because I was pretty damned sure he had to hit a rough patch, because his team and the club itself were essentially sh1t. And now we've been hit by an extreme injury crisis to compound his problems.
Unfortunately looking at Joe Hart, being allowed a game today at Shrewsbury, Jordan Pickford, looking like the worst decision-maker on earth last night against Liverpool, and Jack Butland who sometimes appears incapable in situations I'm sure I could have handled ........ I don't think any English goalie is the dog'sbollox. If Ramsdale IS, then there's a trip to Russia calling! But his reputation is excellent (in his age-group). Misfortune has dealt us a situation with two centre backs and a keeper (which I think is the core of any team) who are very young indeed. I'm all for giving youth its head, but I'd be feeling a lot better if one of the three were an experienced solid man for the other two to rely on ......... But whatever decision Jack makes over keepers I can understand. He could be quite right over which is the best keeper ....... and the lad could still have a brilliant or a sh1t game.
Football crowds tend to expect the impossible, because they arrive full of hope. Unfortunately they are often all too quick to turn on those who they think have let them down. If Laurence Maguire comes through today smiling and we keep a clean sheet I won't be acclaiming him a new hero, and if it falls apart I won't think Billy Kee's hat-trick should mark the end of his Chesterfield career ......... And if Jack Lester can't save us this season it won't be me calling for his sacking. I'll still support him, but I'll always have my own ideas and be critical of some of the things he does too.
Matt you are too smart to be a happy-clappy, as is Dancing. AND that's why I sometimes get at Pooch, because he's far also too smart always to be optimistic. It's lovely that that is his natural outlook, but when he steps outside of that and becomes objective, he's well worth listening to, even when we disagree.
Winning at Accrington would be a real feat of management after this week's upheavals. Unfortunately for Jeremy to win, how the Tories handle their party, the country and negotiations will be bigger factors than anything he does himself. But I think he'll win too, Tories are as efficient at spiking their own drinks as Labour, can't wait for John McDonnell as Chancellor.
Unfortunately looking at Joe Hart, being allowed a game today at Shrewsbury, Jordan Pickford, looking like the worst decision-maker on earth last night against Liverpool, and Jack Butland who sometimes appears incapable in situations I'm sure I could have handled ........ I don't think any English goalie is the dog'sbollox. If Ramsdale IS, then there's a trip to Russia calling! But his reputation is excellent (in his age-group). Misfortune has dealt us a situation with two centre backs and a keeper (which I think is the core of any team) who are very young indeed. I'm all for giving youth its head, but I'd be feeling a lot better if one of the three were an experienced solid man for the other two to rely on ......... But whatever decision Jack makes over keepers I can understand. He could be quite right over which is the best keeper ....... and the lad could still have a brilliant or a sh1t game.
Football crowds tend to expect the impossible, because they arrive full of hope. Unfortunately they are often all too quick to turn on those who they think have let them down. If Laurence Maguire comes through today smiling and we keep a clean sheet I won't be acclaiming him a new hero, and if it falls apart I won't think Billy Kee's hat-trick should mark the end of his Chesterfield career ......... And if Jack Lester can't save us this season it won't be me calling for his sacking. I'll still support him, but I'll always have my own ideas and be critical of some of the things he does too.
Matt you are too smart to be a happy-clappy, as is Dancing. AND that's why I sometimes get at Pooch, because he's far also too smart always to be optimistic. It's lovely that that is his natural outlook, but when he steps outside of that and becomes objective, he's well worth listening to, even when we disagree.
Winning at Accrington would be a real feat of management after this week's upheavals. Unfortunately for Jeremy to win, how the Tories handle their party, the country and negotiations will be bigger factors than anything he does himself. But I think he'll win too, Tories are as efficient at spiking their own drinks as Labour, can't wait for John McDonnell as Chancellor.