09-04-2018, 17:46
It IS over.
I'm afraid it is also over for Jack Lester. He seems determined to combine the shortcomings of our last two managers.
The worst move Danny made was recruiting that thug Morgan alongside him. The best Morgan could have achieved was to have no influence, but Danny clearly did listen to him and when it was obvious he needed urgently to change something he didn't have it in him to sack Morgan. Whether that would have been enough to motivate a failing team I've no idea, but at least it would have been a signal he knew we were going down the wrong road.
I'm very much of the opinion now that the confident media Jack Lester isn't the same man who picks the team. I think he is aware of his own inexperience and the evidence of our list of idiot signings suggests Tommy Wright has far more influence than his ability warrants. If Jack wanted to prove to me he has it in him to take us back into the league next season, he'd sack Wright and those round him now. We need a shake-up. How could the declining weeks of the season be worse?
Unfortunately not only is Jack in a Wright pickle, but also he seems to be suffering from the same disease that afflicted Caldwell. He has forgotten how to win games. He talks about taking care of the ball, about being good when we haven't got the ball and the onion bags at either end of the pitch seem to play very little part in either our preparation or style. For sure I'd like to see us pass the opposition silly and earn applause from the opposition fans, but a Jon Parkinish header off his left tab from an agricultural cross from a crude full back would be effin welcome if it went in. A goal line block from a committed young defender in a goalmouth scramble would be nice at the other end. And a shuddering tackle in the middle of the park from a tigerish midfielder would be lovely too.
You have to win. Lincoln didn't grace Wembley, they beat a successful team a division higher because they knew that winning the game is what matters. All this playing the right way is for the birds. It is ONLY the right way when it beats those playing in a cruder fashion. So yes you do need spirit and teamwork and defensive commitment behind an attack with the pace, skill and fervour to keep the opposition permanently unsettled. A defence needs to radiate solidity and an attack has to threaten danger. Midfield needs to mix those attributes and stir in a touch of nous a hint of brainpower. And that's you. A team.
I don't think Jack is really properly planning to score goals or stop them, much like Caldwell. It happened to Pardew at West Brom I'm sure and that could have been what did for Danny with us too. Men get too hung up on the external appearance of the thing and not enough on its function sometimes. Jim Bentley at Morecambe, his team will know they are meant to win and how he expects them to do it. Take a look at the players Exeter have, are they that much better than ours? They're playing a wildly inexperienced young centre back in Jordan Storey every week and not only is he defending heroically, he is scoring goals.
I'm afraid Jack either needs to consider his own position or be hard enough to consider the positions of a lot of people round him, because Dancing is right we are going to need to find ways to unload a number of our contracted players as well as those like Giles Coke, who was clearly barely fit enough to sign on.
I'm afraid it is also over for Jack Lester. He seems determined to combine the shortcomings of our last two managers.
The worst move Danny made was recruiting that thug Morgan alongside him. The best Morgan could have achieved was to have no influence, but Danny clearly did listen to him and when it was obvious he needed urgently to change something he didn't have it in him to sack Morgan. Whether that would have been enough to motivate a failing team I've no idea, but at least it would have been a signal he knew we were going down the wrong road.
I'm very much of the opinion now that the confident media Jack Lester isn't the same man who picks the team. I think he is aware of his own inexperience and the evidence of our list of idiot signings suggests Tommy Wright has far more influence than his ability warrants. If Jack wanted to prove to me he has it in him to take us back into the league next season, he'd sack Wright and those round him now. We need a shake-up. How could the declining weeks of the season be worse?
Unfortunately not only is Jack in a Wright pickle, but also he seems to be suffering from the same disease that afflicted Caldwell. He has forgotten how to win games. He talks about taking care of the ball, about being good when we haven't got the ball and the onion bags at either end of the pitch seem to play very little part in either our preparation or style. For sure I'd like to see us pass the opposition silly and earn applause from the opposition fans, but a Jon Parkinish header off his left tab from an agricultural cross from a crude full back would be effin welcome if it went in. A goal line block from a committed young defender in a goalmouth scramble would be nice at the other end. And a shuddering tackle in the middle of the park from a tigerish midfielder would be lovely too.
You have to win. Lincoln didn't grace Wembley, they beat a successful team a division higher because they knew that winning the game is what matters. All this playing the right way is for the birds. It is ONLY the right way when it beats those playing in a cruder fashion. So yes you do need spirit and teamwork and defensive commitment behind an attack with the pace, skill and fervour to keep the opposition permanently unsettled. A defence needs to radiate solidity and an attack has to threaten danger. Midfield needs to mix those attributes and stir in a touch of nous a hint of brainpower. And that's you. A team.
I don't think Jack is really properly planning to score goals or stop them, much like Caldwell. It happened to Pardew at West Brom I'm sure and that could have been what did for Danny with us too. Men get too hung up on the external appearance of the thing and not enough on its function sometimes. Jim Bentley at Morecambe, his team will know they are meant to win and how he expects them to do it. Take a look at the players Exeter have, are they that much better than ours? They're playing a wildly inexperienced young centre back in Jordan Storey every week and not only is he defending heroically, he is scoring goals.
I'm afraid Jack either needs to consider his own position or be hard enough to consider the positions of a lot of people round him, because Dancing is right we are going to need to find ways to unload a number of our contracted players as well as those like Giles Coke, who was clearly barely fit enough to sign on.