gurney- "passion"

[DV]

Gurney has quiet good positional sense, I dont remember him being caught out of position yesterday, unlike the other players who didnt seem to be 100% sure where they were playing.

His distribution although not 100% accurate is still better than that of Smith, Nicholas, O'Hanlon and Ifil. Plus the midfield should come looking for it and they dont....

Ok, the free kick one I agree with

Lots of players for all teams pester the ref....even at Town, Benjamin is always moaning at the ref but hey, hes not Gurney is he so we dont notice.

Yes, he got booked for dissent yesterday....when was the last time before that, that he got booked for being a gobby shite?

[dogs]

No idea, but all i see him do is go on and on and on like a twat to the referee, when it's near on guaranteed it was his petulance or poor play that got him booked. It's like he is a spoilt child.

[Arriba]

gurney is a prick but at least he can play a bit.others in the squad have far less ability

[STFCere]

gurney is a prick but at least he can play a bit.others in the squad have far less ability

to be fair to gurney i agree, he does have more ability than some of the others.

im only pissed off with gurney purely on his attitude and mentality.

benjamin and shakes have the least ability in the first team. the decision to bring in benjamin was a shocker. they both should give up on football and become plumbers or something

[DV]

gurney is a prick but at least he can play a bit.

I think that sums him up quite well....

[STFC Village]

But we're paying for the right to do so, not collecting thousands of pounds a week to act like a cunt in front of those who line their pockets.

[pauld]

I can guarantee you no-one at STFC is earning thousands a week. Most of them are probably on less than League 2 average. Erm, and obviously when I say "earning" I imply no element of them actually deserving anything!

[FlashGordon]

Ok, the free kick one I agree with

Im pro gurns live DV.....But this arguement isnt the best against gurns, yes he wastes ALOT of free kicks BUT the management decide the set piece takers before the game, so is it soley his fault?

Nope.

[Batch]

gurney is a prick but at least he can play a bit.others in the squad have far less ability

Fuck me I agree with Arriba!!! Gurney seems to be the latest boo boy for some fans. Yeah he should ignore it but I guess he is, well, a bit of a prick so can't.

At least he has a bit of steel and effort about him, unlike much of the gutless/drunk/shit around him.  He's not the worlds most amazing player, but he'll be vital next year.

[Bennett]

when he came back i thought it a good move, then i saw him play and thought he wasn't doing too bad. i think desperation that we have a wank midfield has driven him to think he's a fucking stunning passer of the ball and as a result waste alot of passes or freekicks.


i think he's in the top 1/3 of players we have and i would rather have him playing for us than against us.

[le god cuervo]

when he came back from swansea he was brought in as a player to bolster the midfield. he should still be playing there IMO. at least that way he is less likely to hoof long balls forward.

with the absence of paul smith you would expect gurney to fill that holding role. I don't know why iffy's been playing him at the back when all the defenders are fit? we have o'hanlon, CCP, nicholas, jenkins, j.smith, ifil... even migz would be better at the back

[normy]

Because the defenders you mention have proved to be incapable all season of passing accurately short or long, especially when under pressure. This has meant constantly losing possession and further pressure.Migz is capable when on form, but that was a long time ago.

With a poor midfield, except with a fit Paul Smith,often  the only option to scrape points was to bypass the "midfield" and hope for flickons, shielding before support, or gain territory and a throw-in. Other teams often do this very successfully against us, and wait for a mistake, which usually happens.

I have watched Gurney carefully the last two home games, and even a Gurney-hater I sit by agreed with me that most of his long "hoofs" went close to one of ours for a challenge, or gained lots of terrotory and a throw-in. This has worked quite well with Peacock and McPhee holding it up in my view, but the support has generally been poor from behind, the usual problem. We had a few good chances which were missed despite this, so it could have worked.
Four at the back should have been played as I have said all season, and we have paid heavily. That's how I see it anyway.

It is hard to contemplate buying yet another season ticket to provide access to yet more aimless hoofing, especially if Gurney is driven away by unfair criticism, a weak midfield remains, unforced changes are made every week, three at the back continues, the alleged drinking culture continues, and the "team" does not seem to know what they are supposed to do.

Apart from that, looking forward to losing at home to Accrington.  

 

[RobertT]

He did stick the finger up, but was getting some quite nasty personal abuse aimed at him.  So what?  It's nothing worth hanging a bloke about.  He's never a centre half.  He might be an arse, and he can literally go to pieces in games.  He's no worse than anyone else out on the pitch on Saturday though.

[pauld]

He's no worse than anyone else out on the pitch on Saturday though.

Apart from the entire Brentford team

[RobertT]

Technically I think not.  Physically, mentally and organisationally, then yes you are right.  Those three can make all the difference at this level of football and we've been found wanting, collectively on all 3 counts this season.