There was a lot more positives than negatives on saturday. The positives for me being;
1- an untroubled clean sheet, we didn't get many of those last season either
2- Jackson's versatile showing, yes he wasn't the best on the pitch but he showed something, we did say in the car after Fotheringham's interview where he said the next step is to train him as a number 8, why bother, train him to be the best he can in one position, we felt that Town did the same mistake with Tom Clarke who left, became more niched and had a good solid professional career. Make him the best left sided player he can be, he'll always have some familiarity with other roles, don't complicate matters.
3- game management, I thought we would lose our heads with the towel fiasco, but we managed to stick to the job
4- Felt Rudoni had a more complete game, still a lot of improvements to be made by him especially in the final third but good signs, also felt we saw the Kasumu we had scouted and hopefully he keeps it up
a couple of negs;
1- still signs of petulance in some players, mainly Holmes and Thomas. Holmes with a stupid little kick out in the second half for one, it will bite us on the arse at some point, Thomas is out on Wednesday because of 5 yellows, most of which were for throwing a wobbly or getting revenge.
2- Ward, probably one of his better games on Saturday, which isn't saying much and tbf he didn't really do much either, winning aerial battles against Cooper was never going to happen and should have done better with his shot before he went off. Rhodes always seems to be more of a threat, you always feel, or I do, that in and around that box, he shoots, its always going to be close, there is always a goal chance when he's there, with Ward, I don't feel confident chances will be taken, I feel he needs to have no time to think to do well.
as for the anagrams
1- John Berylson- he's their current chairlump
2- Millwall Rovers- original name
3- Lord Nelson Ground- was one of their original venues, until the landlord got a better offer and kicked them off
4- Moses Ashikodi- youngest player to represent Millwall
5- George Saville- Highest fee received
6- Daniel Day Lewis- a famous fan of theirs, almost as famous as Gregg Wallace
7- Rise of the foot soldier- a movie about hooliganism and gangs that involves Millwall and West Ham
8- Bert Lipsham- first professional manager
1- an untroubled clean sheet, we didn't get many of those last season either
2- Jackson's versatile showing, yes he wasn't the best on the pitch but he showed something, we did say in the car after Fotheringham's interview where he said the next step is to train him as a number 8, why bother, train him to be the best he can in one position, we felt that Town did the same mistake with Tom Clarke who left, became more niched and had a good solid professional career. Make him the best left sided player he can be, he'll always have some familiarity with other roles, don't complicate matters.
3- game management, I thought we would lose our heads with the towel fiasco, but we managed to stick to the job
4- Felt Rudoni had a more complete game, still a lot of improvements to be made by him especially in the final third but good signs, also felt we saw the Kasumu we had scouted and hopefully he keeps it up
a couple of negs;
1- still signs of petulance in some players, mainly Holmes and Thomas. Holmes with a stupid little kick out in the second half for one, it will bite us on the arse at some point, Thomas is out on Wednesday because of 5 yellows, most of which were for throwing a wobbly or getting revenge.
2- Ward, probably one of his better games on Saturday, which isn't saying much and tbf he didn't really do much either, winning aerial battles against Cooper was never going to happen and should have done better with his shot before he went off. Rhodes always seems to be more of a threat, you always feel, or I do, that in and around that box, he shoots, its always going to be close, there is always a goal chance when he's there, with Ward, I don't feel confident chances will be taken, I feel he needs to have no time to think to do well.
as for the anagrams
1- John Berylson- he's their current chairlump
2- Millwall Rovers- original name
3- Lord Nelson Ground- was one of their original venues, until the landlord got a better offer and kicked them off
4- Moses Ashikodi- youngest player to represent Millwall
5- George Saville- Highest fee received
6- Daniel Day Lewis- a famous fan of theirs, almost as famous as Gregg Wallace
7- Rise of the foot soldier- a movie about hooliganism and gangs that involves Millwall and West Ham
8- Bert Lipsham- first professional manager
Another day, another door, another high, another low