I was gobsmacked to see Austin play. Because Somma was out so long he had more time to be match fit. Physiologically that was not true with Austin. A fracture to fully heal takes a good few months. When could he have fully started training? Sommawas in all sorts of training sessions some of which were postponed. It seemed crazy at the outset of the game. Which brings me to Colin: I don't think that he is the man. He has always looked for a quick fix promotion. He had one aim: Grinding out results with flairless football played by proficient experienced journeymen. I think that this concept is wrong. Even so it's execution is terrible. The bedrock of such an endeavor is the defense. That is nonexistent, not established either with personal or expertise. Of the four proponents for back 4 status he bought three of which none opened yesterdays game. We still shipped in 4 goals. There is no mid field general and no concern about its lack either. The 'only needing a striker' is BS. If anything it's the one part of the team where we could get along quite nicely without reinforcements. So Colin has a bunch of leaking hoofers. They cannot marshal a defense. They cannot get the ball out of defense to some decent ball playing attackers. In fact Diouf, MacCormack & now Somma are an embarrassment of riches in Colin's general scheme of things. The worst part of it all is that the tacit 'explanation' of blaming MS doesn't hold. Colin managed to set up the defense that he wanted in the way that he wanted as with the mid field. And they are diabolically useless. Having watched Forest yesterday I too thought that they were a very poor team who got lucky for 15 minutes and won't play clowns like us every week. Well done the management for having the balls to sack O'Driscoll. Our season is over. I don't want Colin to waste the money. We'll limp to the mid table ignominy with maybe a mini cup run. Come June we have to see if our Colgate poster boy really has teeth and whether he has balls. Colin is not the answer.
Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com http://www.myRay.org ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com On 27 December 2012 00:35, Sutton / Smail <[email protected]> wrote: > Austin was shocking today (not to even mention the the own goal) He was > slow, got caught in possession and gave the ball away when under no > pressure. I thought when we lost him through injury that he'd be a loss. I > know we all need to get back after injury, but look at Somma in comparison, > he's been out for a much longer spell and he looked sharp, thoughtful and > always looked like something might happen when we was involved. Thank > goodness he's back. > > It was a poor game and Forest weren't that great, it's just that we were > clueless with no bite when going forward. Our heads dropped and we were a > beaten team soon after they took the lead. Forest deserved to win a poor > contest. 3 goals in seven minutes conceded was appalling and it could have > been 4 if not for offside. Back to earth with a bang again. League position > wise we haven't suffered too badly this time. but in the big picture > scheme, we have! > > Back to Austine's own goal - had he left it, the ball would have arrived > at the feet of 3 of our defenders who would have easily cleared - Austin > was obviously oblivious to this. > > Start again............ > > Dave > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.** > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > To unsubscribe, email > [email protected].**org<[email protected]> > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
