GullyGully

Not posted much but went to the game tonight as I live in MK. I expected to see a hungry, ambitious, organised football team. What I got was nothing like it. I was not clear how we thought we were going to score a goal, our main tactic seemed to be right out of the Lee Dixon and Nigel Winterburn school of attack (ie chip it as far down the wing as you can or pump it up the top to Lambert or mostly Connolly in the first half) and our passing was slow and inaccurate. I am not at all sure how things can have gone so wrong since May but if ever the end of the season came at the wrong time - 2010 seemed to have been it. The players looked sluggish and as if they'd been worked off their feet and already played 25-30 games, not just 5 games into a new season. Worrying. PS - Despite the banter on here about Franchise FC I think those there tonight would agree that their fans were excellent for the 1st 15-20 minutes of the second half. Incessant.

Is he like George Lawrence? (whatever happened to George?)

In actual fact, if you think about it the Crystal Palace experience will probably have had a huge impact on his management style. CP were managed by Steve Coppell, played with people like Wrighty, Brighty, Salako and Geoff Thomas (so knows that you need to mix hard work with a bit of skill (Wrighty not Thomas :-)) and endured the 9-0 whupping at Anfield which probably left a desire never to be that embarrassed again!

Pardew was the one that headed the winner in the Liverpool semi-final in 1990. According to the match report he played in midfield that day. "Geoff Thomas was also beginning to look the most influential player in the middle of the park where he was keenly assisted by Pardew and Gray in wresting control from Whelan and McMahon." Full Time: Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 3 "Extra time could not be as frenetic as the second half had been but Palace continued to more than hold their own. They looked slightly the stronger side and still carried the greater threat whenever they gained a dead ball situation. Four minutes into the second period this threat was confirmed when Thorn flicked on a Gray corner at the near post and Pardew was the man arriving at the far post to head home what would prove to be the winner. " AET Crystal Palace 4 Liverpool 3

i saw that phil Ifill had been released from Colchester. Wasn't he on loan with us and I think everyone thought he was the business? Wouldn't he be a better option at RB?