essexowl2 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 When AI comes to pick the team for Saturday he may well be thinking - "What a bunch of ............." However he might be thinking: Grant - top 5 Championship 'keeper Simek - ex fringe international coming back to form/fitness Buxton - not a bad centre-half Purse - solid/experienced championship player Beevers - a season ago being tipped as future England player Hinds - good squad player Spurr - last season was highly rated up and coming prospect JJ - very talented/erratic - how do I capitalise on the former JOC - descent centre midfield workhorse Potter - can I get him to venture over the half-way line? McAllister - see JOC Soares - 2 seasons ago up and coming prospect Esajas - see JJ Gray - very experienced ex-premiership player.............hold on though isn't he a L back????? Tudgay - one of best players in Championship last season Sodje - big centre foreward - my type of striker Clarke - see Sodje Jeffers - end of contract in summer thank................ but hold on......didn't he get 13 goals in 16 England U-21 appearances!!? "So how come this squad is 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????? And by the way who's got the no.6 shirt??" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chaferswfc90 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 When AI comes to pick the team for Saturday he may well be thinking - "What a bunch of ............." However he might be thinking: Grant - top 5 Championship 'keeper Simek - ex fringe international coming back to form/fitness Buxton - not a bad centre-half Purse - solid/experienced championship player Beevers - a season ago being tipped as future England player Hinds - good squad player Spurr - last season was highly rated up and coming prospect JJ - very talented/erratic - how do I capitalise on the former JOC - descent centre midfield workhorse Potter - can I get him to venture over the half-way line? McAllister - see JOC Soares - 2 seasons ago up and coming prospect Esajas - see JJ Gray - very experienced ex-premiership player.............hold on though isn't he a L back????? Tudgay - one of best players in Championship last season Sodje - big centre foreward - my type of striker Clarke - see Sodje Jeffers - end of contract in summer thank................ but hold on......didn't he get 13 goals in 16 England U-21 appearances!!? "So how come this squad is 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????? And by the way who's got the no.6 shirt??" 6. Tommy Miller - lots of championship experience good goal record - how do i get him to be like that for this team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl.1867 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 This is my point exactly, the problem has been that the squad hasn't been playing to its potential. If they do then we shouldn't be anywhere near where we are, but for whatever reason they let their own standards drop, and so our league position dropped with them. AI's job now is to get them playing to their potential, and if he does then we will not go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stereophonics Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Good post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darkus Owlus Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) Good post but he may also be thinking how the roger he's going to get their confidence back. You can have all the quality in the world but with no confidence you're up against it. Edited January 15, 2010 by Darkus Owlus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Luke Boden - hmmm this guy is great why Laws never gave him a chance ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulixifer Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Luke Boden - hmmm this guy is great why Laws never gave him a chance ?! Alright Luke calm down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexowl2 Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 6. Tommy Miller - lots of championship experience good goal record - how do i get him to be like that for this team!Exactlly chaferswfc - there's nothing wrong with the players. Ok they aren't world beaters but they certainly aren't sh*te like a number of posters on here would suggest. I have several Ipswich friends from down here and they feel Miller was a descent championship player - especially going forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheff Owl Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Luke Boden - hmmm this guy is great why Laws never gave him a chance ?! Said it before maybe he just was not good enough. Then again who know's with Laws. Really hope we get to see some player's come through with AI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camffiti Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I stopped reading after the description of Purse. 6. Tommy Miller - lots of championship experience good goal record - how do i get him to be like that for this team! Time machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest owls_4_life Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 When AI comes to pick the team for Saturday he may well be thinking - "What a bunch of ............." However he might be thinking: Grant - top 5 Championship 'keeper only player who shouldn't be ashamed these last 2 months Simek - ex fringe international coming back to form/fitness good player needs matches Buxton - not a bad centre-half not as good as Beevers/Purse IMO Purse - solid/experienced championship player looks a bit better now Beevers - a season ago being tipped as future England player needs a bit of confidence Hinds - good squad player good player needs to learn that belting is not always the only option Spurr - last season was highly rated up and coming prospect been shocking this season and needs to have a break from the side or we will go down JJ - very talented/erratic - how do I capitalise on the former this man makes me tear my hair out, blows hot and cold far to often and has to distribution of a dead donkey JOC - descent centre midfield workhorse one of the better players in our slump but usually looks average at best Potter - can I get him to venture over the half-way line? don't get me started McAllister - see JOC needs more games and could be a decent CM Soares - 2 seasons ago up and coming prospect not seen enough of this bloke Esajas - see JJ good player one of the few that can change a game for us but sometimes goes missing Gray - very experienced ex-premiership player.............hold on though isn't he a L back????? Frustrating when he decides to go backwards but otherwise one of our better players Tudgay - one of best players in Championship last season not looked as good this year but who can blame him when he gets service from the likes of Johnson Sodje - big centre foreward - my type of striker frustrating when he bounds about like a headless chicken but does get into good positions Clarke - see Sodje absolutely poo and needs to go to a club in league 2 to find his level Jeffers - end of contract in summer thank................ but hold on......didn't he get 13 goals in 16 England U-21 appearances!!? remember his style of play doesn't fit in with us! "So how come this squad is 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????? And by the way who's got the no.6 shirt??" I've added my opinions of our team and tbh I don't think it's a case that they're not performing more that they're just not good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne_rat_of_s6 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 When AI comes to pick the team for Saturday he may well be thinking - "What a bunch of ............." However he might be thinking: Grant - top 5 Championship 'keeper Simek - ex fringe international coming back to form/fitness Buxton - not a bad centre-half Purse - solid/experienced championship player Beevers - a season ago being tipped as future England player Hinds - good squad player Spurr - last season was highly rated up and coming prospect JJ - very talented/erratic - how do I capitalise on the former JOC - descent centre midfield workhorse Potter - can I get him to venture over the half-way line? McAllister - see JOC Soares - 2 seasons ago up and coming prospect Esajas - see JJ Gray - very experienced ex-premiership player.............hold on though isn't he a L back????? Tudgay - one of best players in Championship last season Sodje - big centre foreward - my type of striker Clarke - see Sodje Jeffers - end of contract in summer thank................ but hold on......didn't he get 13 goals in 16 England U-21 appearances!!? "So how come this squad is 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????? And by the way who's got the no.6 shirt??" Think you may have been slightly generous with some of your assessments. All goes to show the true strength of a team is being stronger than it's parts. Hopefully our new manager is the man to mold us into a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT OWL Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 When AI comes to pick the team for Saturday he may well be thinking - "What a bunch of ............." However he might be thinking: Grant - top 5 Championship 'keeper Simek - ex fringe international coming back to form/fitness Buxton - not a bad centre-half Purse - solid/experienced championship player Beevers - a season ago being tipped as future England player Hinds - good squad player Spurr - last season was highly rated up and coming prospect JJ - very talented/erratic - how do I capitalise on the former JOC - descent centre midfield workhorse Potter - can I get him to venture over the half-way line? McAllister - see JOC Soares - 2 seasons ago up and coming prospect Esajas - see JJ Gray - very experienced ex-premiership player.............hold on though isn't he a L back????? Tudgay - one of best players in Championship last season Sodje - big centre foreward - my type of striker Clarke - see Sodje Jeffers - end of contract in summer thank................ but hold on......didn't he get 13 goals in 16 England U-21 appearances!!? "So how come this squad is 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????? And by the way who's got the no.6 shirt??" Long time lurker in positive post shock - can Owlstalk recover?Nicely put though, a little over optimistic in places, but hey why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beztheowl Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Long time lurker in positive post shock - can Owlstalk recover? Nicely put though, a little over optimistic in places, but hey why not. pa⋅tron⋅iz⋅ing /ˈpeɪtrəˌnaɪzɪŋ, ˈpæ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [pey-truh-nahy-zing, pa-] –adjective displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexowl2 Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 [Long time lurker in positive post shock - can Owlstalk recover?] Nicely put though, a little over optimistic in places, but hey why not. Fair point..........font size a bit OTT though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexowl2 Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 I've added my opinions of our team and tbh I don't think it's a case that they're not performing more that they're just not good enoughYou may be right - however basically same team finished mid-table last season. So were they over-performing then or under-performing now? I daresay the truth is somewhere in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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