14-09-2015, 18:32
(14-09-2015, 16:46)talkSAFT Wrote: That's a good opening post, Tibby, so I'll look forward to some more from you to spice up the Forum.
I actually thought (and so probably did Saido) that the reception he got was fantastic. I was very proud of the fact that our supporters manned up and applauded him. (If I'd been there and had to boo or cheer, I'd probably have booed, incidentally)
I'd welcome a smash-and-grab against the Villa, but only as a one-off. I'd rather literally go down fighting, than go down playing the Stoke way. It's not compulsory for the bottom half Clubs to put 10 men behind the ball, then hoof it when we get possession. The Management have never had so much funds at their disposal to turn this team into a cavalier outfit, for which we are renowned. Surely, after huffing and puffing our way to survival in April/May, we could have set up a blueprint for maintaining Premier status under our own brand of attacking football. Other teams do it with less money than we've splashed.
Couldn't agree more about the poor standards when we have the ball. When the ball was coming down with snow on it after the hundredth hoof up to Lambert or Rondon on Saturday, you really do wonder when we're going to start playing the ball through the midfield instead for a change! Hopefully we'll see an improvement in our play with Berahino back in the mix now.
On the whole I've been reasonably happy with our transfers and squad since Pulis arrived apart from McClean. Never in a million years should he even be remotely near the first team. Gardner at the moment looks out of his depth too.
One positive to take from a dour draw Saturday was Evans' debut imo. His overall performance was solid and his distribution looked very reliable, Chester when he gets his chance can hopefully show that he's a good ball-playing defender too. We've definitely improved in that area but having Foster back ASAP would be nice too.
And hopefully our plan of planting Agent Lescott into the Vile squad to bring them down from the inside plays out as we all want it to!
BOING BOING!