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this applies to the following...

sean o'hanlon- really a very average defender, by no means the best outside the premiership ffs, he's in charge of a shocking defence and that says it all

jamie cureton- tries hard but the bloke can't hit a barn door, his holdup play is weak at best, he's certainly not as quick as he was and that's his main weapon down the crapper

tony thorpe- simply doesn't do anything, just stands there like a lemon, no effort at all until he got booed

rhys evans- you are allowed to dive if needs be dearest

I think thats a bit harsh on Cureton and Thorpe mate, but each to their own...

Both Thorpe and Cureton will benifit from playing alonside Fallon. They cant really play together.

Its fair to say King was talking absolute bollocks when he said Sean-O  "was the best defender outside the premiership"  That said he may have just being trying to talk up his value in view of the Cardiff interest.

Might have been for confidence.

Re. Sean O'.

He's a good defender, but if we could put Branston and that no. 5 from Barnsley together he wouldn't get into the team.

Certainly not one of the best in this division, but there are a lot worse.

on there day, ifil and o hanlon are probably two of the best defenders in this league...just never happens that often!

"on their day" counts for fuck all i'm afraid, by the time their day fucking comes we'll be down

2 games dave, only 2 games gone. and i think your being too optimistic!  :wink:

Tony Thorpe apparantly is very "Either brilliant or crap" according to some city fans.

O'Hanlon was one of the best all last season.

you do realise our players aren't superheroes with fantastical magical powers, right?

i'd hardly call them well paid proffessionals on that performance either

how dare i expect a bit of committment?

you said cureton tries hard, is that not commitment?

rhys had no chance for any of the goals

thorpe i agree with

seano - you're right but he's still our best defender

not really, he tried hard to create something with the ball but wasn't fucked about getting it back when he lost it (which was rather often)

you basically accepted everything else i said so why did you fucking blast it

because your expectations are far too high for a team of players who haven't played much with each other yet, they need time to gel - especially cos we had a pointless pre-season

ooh i was discussing this earlier

i don't buy this 'gel' theory for two reasons

1. you don't need to 'gel' to be able to control/tackle/pass/run/shoot straight but this was beyond many of our lot

2. oldham signed more players than us and they played some very neat stuff

erm...you're right on both accounts  :oops:

maybe i'm just making excuses because i want to be optimistic

fucking hell i've never done that before  :shock:

probably that pre match carling it certainly didn't taste right

O'Hanlon was awful......Reeves is the way forward...

Thorpe & Cureton didnt look much kop, but for 75 minutes we were exactly playing to their strengths HOOF!!

am i the only one who wasn't impressed with gareth whalley either? every time he got the ball (which wasnt often as it was always flying over his head!) he gave it away. kept dwelling on the ball too long & getting tackled.

to be fair our whole team looked a yard off the pace compared to oldham. is this the result of a shit pre-season against mediocre opposition?

the biggest disappointment was that it took king nearly 80 minutes to realise we were 3-0 down & he had 2 wingers on the bench! they should have been on soooo much earlier! both added a new dimention to the team, we stopped hoofing it & started getting it wide. i'm looking forward to seeing what team we put out agianst forest. hopefully fallon, roberts (best player last night), shakes & nicolau will all start.

on a plus side i thought jack smith played well.

Le God, I agree for someone who was worth £625k a couple of seasons ago he's started poorly.  Under no pressure he passed directly to Oldham on 4 seperate occasions.

When are the players/management gonna learn that passing from the back is the way forward, hoofball doesn't work.  Ifil and Collins especially constantly knocking the ball down the channels is giving possession away.  When Reeves came on and passed it we looked a much better side.

Keep it on the fucking deck lads and we'll be alright!!  Don't panic!!!

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I love you Dave


FACT!

Let's look at the bright side!  Once O'Hanlon, Nicholas and Pook( ? ) came off we looked a transformed team.  We played some superbly neat stuff and looked better than Oldham had all game.  Thorpe's finish was inch perfect, and Nicholau with both assists looked a real threat.

Evans does look poor and think should have had a better effort at both the corner and freekick.  The goal from the corner was a touch embarrassing with it sliding underneath him, although by all accounts the player should have been marked.

I've been very impressed with Cureton and Thorpe so far, but like some have said, don't seem to compliment each other.  With Fallon back on Saturday that should change things, but as King says we still need to be up for the second balls.  The result is a touch poor, but the performance at the end demonstrated we have a team to go places.  If only we could fucking strengthen, and get in - as DV85 said last night - 2 central defenders, a defensive holding midfield player and if possible, a backup goalkeeper to push, and challenge Rhys' place.

But by the time we started to play oldham were three nil up and coasting,we had nothing to lose and went for it.I agree  that we should'nt get too down hearted just yet,but the start to the season we've had has been a bit predictable[i.e conceding goals] ,i still think we can score but the defence seems to make mistakes that always cost  us, just like last season.