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I thought Lancashire was fine today. Not as good as their attackers but wasn't embarassed and won a lot of headers, got some blocks in, just like the rest of the back 4. Under constant pressure, but all showed fight.

 

Slagging off one off our 2 remaining central defenders will get us nowhere.

 

Agree. If there's a position where lack of experience will cost you, its CB. He's a youngster still learning. In time he'll be fine.

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I thought Lancashire was fine today. Not as good as their attackers but wasn't embarassed and won a lot of headers, got some blocks in, just like the rest of the back 4. Under constant pressure, but all showed fight.

 

Slagging off one off our 2 remaining central defenders will get us nowhere.

 

He was shocking. Lead weights in his boots? With the amount of chances they created and times they were attempting through balls anyone would have made a 'few interceptions'

 

He is awful

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If the strikers and midfielders were pressing properly further up the pitch then we might have stood a chance. Patterson and McGoldrick (most of the time) just walking around on their own, so Surman had to do their job for them which left Gillett who isn't exactly hard to hit a long ball over. Considering what was thrown at them I thought Perry and Lancashire were excellent even though Olly got beaten for pace to many time.

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I thought Lancashire was fine today. Not as good as their attackers but wasn't embarassed and won a lot of headers, got some blocks in, just like the rest of the back 4. Under constant pressure, but all showed fight.

 

Slagging off one off our 2 remaining central defenders will get us nowhere.

 

Agreed

 

not fair to slag off Lancashire what about the super off the field team which have allowed us to get into the position where we have 2 centre defenders but 23 useless or injured mid field players and NO FORWARDS

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Like many of our young players he could do with a few months on loan at a lower division side, get some experience and make the mistakes at the expense of loan club - unfortunately the Championship is not a good place to learn your trade (or against Man Utd!) and certainly not when there are 6 or 7 other players in the team and therefore the same situation - hopelessly exposed time after time today and Utd never really needed to go up a gear.

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I thought Lancashire was fine today. Not as good as their attackers but wasn't embarassed and won a lot of headers, got some blocks in, just like the rest of the back 4. Under constant pressure, but all showed fight.

 

Slagging off one off our 2 remaining central defenders will get us nowhere.

 

 

Neither will praising them for sheeite performances.

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Lancashire was awful. For example ball flies across our goalmouth in the second half he comes in instead of clearing heads it back across the danger area. United rang rings around us. Lloyd James was turned so many times he didnot know which way was up. Perry got in a few good blocks, Skacel was average.

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Agree. If there's a position where lack of experience will cost you, its CB. He's a youngster still learning. In time he'll be fine.

 

Oh, okay. How much time should we give him then? You know, seeing as he is one of only 2 fit CBs our management have left us with and given the fact we are 23rd in the league?

 

 

 

:rolleyes:

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I thought Lancashire was fine today. Not as good as their attackers but wasn't embarassed and won a lot of headers, got some blocks in, just like the rest of the back 4. Under constant pressure, but all showed fight.

 

Slagging off one off our 2 remaining central defenders will get us nowhere.

 

No, but how about going to the game to support the team? Afterall staying in and watching on the telly (if you did) will get us nowhere fast either.

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Oh, okay. How much time should we give him then? You know, seeing as he is one of only 2 fit CBs our management have left us with and given the fact we are 23rd in the league?

 

 

 

:rolleyes:

 

It's not his fault he's playing now is it? Apparently we are looking to strengthen at CB so he will, hopefully, get the time he needs. I'd rather support him than slag him.

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It's not his fault he's playing now is it? Apparently we are looking to strengthen at CB so he will, hopefully, get the time he needs. I'd rather support him than slag him.

 

No it's not his fault he is playing (except that he could have twisted his ankle getting out of the bath this morning or dropped something on his toe, etc ;-)).

 

So, whose fault is it? :confused:

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He is a young inexperienced player, like many others. The club is asking to much of them and they are out of their depth. I'm pretty sure that confidence is shattered and all the good work of the academy is being decimated.

I only hope that our youngsters survive this season as many of their careers could be ruined.

I actually fel sorry for the youngsters as there is nothing worse than feeling helpless to change things and gettting a constant barrage of criticism.

RL should do something about this but the club are on the verge of bankruptcy.

As fans we must all pull together because things are going to get worse and our youngsters are going to have to try and avoid us going int League 2 next season.

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He is a young inexperienced player, like many others. The club is asking to much of them and they are out of their depth. I'm pretty sure that confidence is shattered and all the good work of the academy is being decimated.

I only hope that our youngsters survive this season as many of their careers could be ruined.

I actually fel sorry for the youngsters as there is nothing worse than feeling helpless to change things and gettting a constant barrage of criticism.

RL should do something about this but the club are on the verge of bankruptcy.

As fans we must all pull together because things are going to get worse and our youngsters are going to have to try and avoid us going int League 2 next season.

 

 

Hallelujah. You see, when you don't mention Hoddle you can make sense. ;)

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Hallelujah. You see, when you don't mention Hoddle you can make sense. ;)

 

Most people know my view on the hoddle saga, however, in the next few weeks the true plight of SFC will become apparent.

This is the time for us to put aside our differences, to close ranks and fight for our club.

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Have to say that he is young inexperienced & been drafted into a shocking defence. Its not surprising that he is being found out. if he had come into a team with a strong defence then he just may not look so bad. The trouble is he is covering James half the time & being dragged out of position. Now don't think I'm blaming James as I think he would be a very good Right sided midfielder (being played out of position). It all comes down to the coach & not having the correct personnel. A decent right back with James in front of him & we just may have the beginnings of a defence.

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He is out of his depth......just like the guy who picks him !

 

Quite frankly he is of a standard that he should be playing for Salisbury or Weymouth in the Conference.

 

If he is this slow at his age what the hell will he be like at 30 ?

 

Have to agree.....4th time I've seen him through Sky and Sentanta - poor player; out of his depth. Davis, Perry, Skacel only three of worth today.

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I think some need to lay off the lad in truth.

 

He's a young defender who's been thrown it at the deep end.

 

People need to realise we were playing United today, and asking Olly to mark Berbatov is bound to be a massive test for him.

 

I actually think Olly did pretty well today, making some decent block tackles and winning headers more often than not.

 

Yes, he is far from the finished article, and yes, he isn't the quickest CB, but he has potential and can only get better.

 

He will learn from today, improve as a player and be better off for it.

 

I long for the day when fans actually support their own players again!

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I think some need to lay off the lad in truth.

 

He's a young defender who's been thrown it at the deep end.

 

People need to realise we were playing United today, and asking Olly to mark Berbatov is bound to be a massive test for him.

 

I actually think Olly did pretty well today, making some decent block tackles and winning headers more often than not.

 

Yes, he is far from the finished article, and yes, he isn't the quickest CB, but he has potential and can only get better.

 

He will learn from today, improve as a player and be better off for it.

 

I long for the day when fans actually support their own players again!

 

Thank f*ck i'm not the only one.

Defensively I thought Perry and Lancashire did very well, always forcing Berbatov and Welbeck wide where they couldn't do anything except cut back (at which point Skacel and James should be covering, which is what we truely lacked IMO).

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he isnt as slow as most people think, having played against him he is fairly quick across the ground. The thing that i think makes him appear slow is his turning speed, his agility is not quite there, but with intense training he should improve.

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As with most of the players, merely inexperienced. I honestly think he has a lot of potential in Lancashire, and he has showed glimpses of it.

Let's not forget he was playing up against Berbatov and Welbeck.

I too thought he did OK - certainly not badly enough to warrant the slating on here. I fear, judging from the comments post match, that many fans have quite unrealistic expectations given our current circumstances. I thought that the Man U team radiated class in away that not many teams I have ever seen at St Mary's showed. Perhaps Arsenal 5 seasons ago but no others.

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He is just a kid, who has had a shocking start to his footballing career.

 

We all know he shouldn't be anywhere near the first team and to keep playing him isn't the answer and probably means he will be playing for Eastliegh in 3 seasons time.

 

However you can't blame him for that, he doesn't pick the team or the club strategy.

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I don't think Olly did too badly yesterday. Don't forget that he's a 19 year old lad who's being expected to keep world class strikers like Berbatov and Rooney (for a lesser amount of time) at bay. He'll be a very good player for us when he gets a bit more experience I feel.

 

He probably could do with a loan spell at a lower league club, but we only really have him and Perry that can play at CB. Him and Perry seem to work well together and I think he should be given a chance to prove himself some more.

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I asked the following on another thread a week or so ago:

 

"Can anyone provide a breakdown of our league results this season with/without Ollie in the side?" but didn't get a reply.

 

My reason for asking is that I don't think he's been involved in many (if any) of our (slightly) better performances this season. (e.g. Reading, Derby, Norwich.)

 

Anyone got the facts and figures?

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He was shocking. Lead weights in his boots? With the amount of chances they created and times they were attempting through balls anyone would have made a 'few interceptions'

 

He is awful

i agree he is a pathetic footballer at any level week in week out he makes mistakes that cost us goals

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I don't think Olly did too badly yesterday. Don't forget that he's a 19 year old lad who's being expected to keep world class strikers like Berbatov and Rooney (for a lesser amount of time) at bay. He'll be a very good player for us when he gets a bit more experience I feel.

 

He probably could do with a loan spell at a lower league club, but we only really have him and Perry that can play at CB. Him and Perry seem to work well together and I think he should be given a chance to prove himself some more.

he,ll be in a lower league next season

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James, slow, terrible in the air

Perry, slow, drops too deep to make up for his lack of pace keeping all and sundry onside.

Lancashire, lightweight in the air, ballwatches, erratic

Skacel, slow, lazy, doesn't cover round and switches off

 

that is why we are second bottom.

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James, slow, terrible in the air

Perry, slow, drops too deep to make up for his lack of pace keeping all and sundry onside.

Lancashire, lightweight in the air, ballwatches, erratic

Skacel, slow, lazy, doesn't cover round and switches off

 

that is why we are second bottom.

 

And yet if you read the papers today the majority have Perry vying with Davis for being our best player, Lancashire got between 5 and 7/10 the only one that you're in agreement with the press is Skacel, funny old game ain't it:rolleyes:

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And yet if you read the papers today the majority have Perry vying with Davis for being our best player, Lancashire got between 5 and 7/10 the only one that you're in agreement with the press is Skacel, funny old game ain't it:rolleyes:

 

Perry had a decent game, but I'm talking about the entire season. However even yesterday we dropped too deep as we lack pace at the back and of course Manure have pace to burn.

who made the press experts anyway?

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I asked the following on another thread a week or so ago:

 

"Can anyone provide a breakdown of our league results this season with/without Ollie in the side?" but didn't get a reply.

 

My reason for asking is that I don't think he's been involved in many (if any) of our (slightly) better performances this season. (e.g. Reading, Derby, Norwich.)

 

Anyone got the facts and figures?

 

If my memory serves me correctly, Olly played in both our wins against Donny and Norwich, keeping clean sheets on both occasions.

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