I hate trite phrases that people pass off as having used their own brain, but you make you own luck springs to mind.
O'Grady does seem like a positive for the opposition. Our shot count and goal count go down if you even say his name out loud.
Jack says all the professional things a manager is supposed to say. and they could almost be plausible ......... BUT BUT BUT
I just think professionalism trains in a limited range of responses. With our squad Jack doesn't have that many options anyway. He can't afford to rule out anything. He may be the world's biggest believer in BMI, but at this moment I'd say Ricky German's Body Mass Index is as irrelevant as Ade Akinfenwa's. At this point any amateur team would be starting him, because the guy in charge would be tearing out his remaining hair and trying anything. That same guy would have been looking at Jacob Hazel's goals and thinking, how big a gamble would he really be; he does have the huge advantage of being fit every week, but we've missed that boat again
As Jack brought on JBW at left back yesterday, he clearly thinks he is a left back. SO PLAY HIM THERE JACK and stop finding new places to fit Weir into the team. Maguire has spent two years being demoralised by Chesterfield. Don't add to it. Keep playing him and get a player for next season at the worst. Similarly Ricky - since he got 11 goals in 3 weeks, we seem to have embarked on a deliberate campaign to destroy him - he's had enough punishments and knocks and he's hardly played a game. There is no worse score available in football than 0.
Do something different FFS!
O'Grady does seem like a positive for the opposition. Our shot count and goal count go down if you even say his name out loud.
Jack says all the professional things a manager is supposed to say. and they could almost be plausible ......... BUT BUT BUT
I just think professionalism trains in a limited range of responses. With our squad Jack doesn't have that many options anyway. He can't afford to rule out anything. He may be the world's biggest believer in BMI, but at this moment I'd say Ricky German's Body Mass Index is as irrelevant as Ade Akinfenwa's. At this point any amateur team would be starting him, because the guy in charge would be tearing out his remaining hair and trying anything. That same guy would have been looking at Jacob Hazel's goals and thinking, how big a gamble would he really be; he does have the huge advantage of being fit every week, but we've missed that boat again
As Jack brought on JBW at left back yesterday, he clearly thinks he is a left back. SO PLAY HIM THERE JACK and stop finding new places to fit Weir into the team. Maguire has spent two years being demoralised by Chesterfield. Don't add to it. Keep playing him and get a player for next season at the worst. Similarly Ricky - since he got 11 goals in 3 weeks, we seem to have embarked on a deliberate campaign to destroy him - he's had enough punishments and knocks and he's hardly played a game. There is no worse score available in football than 0.
Do something different FFS!