I think its more to do with not having a leader at the back or in midfield. When things are going well the players look good, when things are going badly they look bad. I don't think any of us know what an average performance is from our players. yet. I don't think we've got anyone who can take the game by the scruff of the neck. For the oldies - a McHale or Kamara. We also don't have a dominant force in defence - Aizlewood, Taylor etc. After the first goal Hereford upped the tempo and we couldn't live with it.
The team selection leaves us frustrated but how must the players feel. If you drop from the team, you'd normally expect a place on the bench but that doesn't seem to happen.
I also have concerns about 3 loan players - and possibly a 4th as we need a keeper.
At this moment and maybe the beer will chill me, I'm having doubts about DiCanio. After each game its always about learning but we had him saying he'd train defending set pieces but we haven't leared. We can't kill games off. We've got a fucking massive squad - the envy of others in our league - but he has signed some absolute shite.
I think the spat with Clarke was pathetic - you signed the cunt knowing what he was like and at the first sign you've alienated him forever - same as Timlin.
Going public about diving may not have helped Kerrouche today or maybe its the fact he goes down all the time and rolls over a few times for dramatic effect.
Also, I can't see where the legendary fitness thing is coming from - Hereford finished far stronger than us today and they're not the first.
While I'm at it can they stop playing that fucking Italian music before the game. It was fun for a couple of games now it just irritates the fucking tits off of me.
I'm beginning to get a bit fucked off with the PdC circus.
Now its beer time and I can get my PdC beer goggles on again and dream of glory
Not being able to defend set pieces - or see a game out has been happening to us for years. Its certainly not a new thing Di Canio has bought with him.
I'd like to think managers have tried to sort it out in the past but sometimes all the coaching in the world wont stop players switching off.
As you (and the whole forum probably no) I am a firm believer in the experienced, captain defensive leader. Comazzi was supposed to be that player, he done ok at it but not brilliant. McCormack has come in done well in some games and badly in others. Our defence looks decent last time we were here with Adi Williams and later on Jamie Vincent at the heart of it.
Please no one delete their account and leave but you just have to look at our defence pre-greer, with greer, post greer to see how much that leader is needed.
McCormack could be the man to lead in midfield - but in order to do so he probably needs to have a regular partner. Again, our play off season - the team was made up of partnerships. Greer/Cuthbert, Amankwaah/JPM, Ferry/Douglas, Austin/Paynter and even to a lesser extented Sheehan/Ward. This season all we have is Caddis/Ritchie.
I still think Timlin is capable of doing a job for us but obviously something went on there.
Sometimes Di Canio clearly speaks before he thinks. Not always a bad thing but the whole diving/small dog thing seemed like something that didnt need to go public.
