Malpas.......

[janaage]

Obviously a win's better than a draw, but I'm just saying I'd almost prefer us to be a decent footballing side first, then results will take care of themselves.

I suppose that's an idealogy rather than a basis for football management though!

[JPC82]

Paul sturrock was at the game today to see his best mate malpas, although sturrock didn't get him the job though did he  :-))(

[pauld]

Paul sturrock was at the game today to see his best mate malpas, although sturrock didn't get him the job though did he  :-))(

You keep spouting this - back it up or can it. And don't start giving it the HP.

[Arriba]

does it matter?

[pauld]

No, but it irritates me  

Although he was at the game, saw him leaving as I was trudging across the car park from my post-match "I don't belieeeeve it" at the County

[Matchworn Shirts]

It is to early really it is not his squad, so judge him by what we do at the start of next season 10 or so games in.

Having said that I am glad we have the points on the board in the table because some of the dross we are playing would lead to relegation otherwise.
I also don't like the fact that we have gone from 2 players off a play-off charge under Sturrock and looking completely useless. I guess that shows the quality of Paul Sturrock

[Batch]

Obviously a win's better than a draw, but I'm just saying I'd almost prefer us to be a decent footballing side first, then results will take care of themselves.

Carlisle aside we have done neither.

As I said, I will give him until next Christmas before judging, but I am worried about doing so. We seem to have gone several steps back and the 'buzz' that Swindon Town should be generating after finally getting someone in (off the pitch) that knows what they are doing has long since gone.

Maybe as a fan base we would always moan about something? Is this what we have become? I don't think so, but I sometimes wonder.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

I use Jerel Ifil as an example. Why was he so good under Wise and Sturrock yet so poor under King/Iffy and now Malpas? Is it down to personal player management? Why can't a manager who played 51 times for his country at centre back organise a defence properly. For me that's been the difference since Malpas has been here. Poor defence with no organisation and it's costing us.

[janaage]

Malpas was a full back Rich you knob jockey, which completely ruins your arguement.  

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Malpas was a full back Rich you knob jockey, which completely ruins your arguement.  

Oh sorry Jan my mistake. It's not my fault nobody had heard of him until he came here  

[Don Rogers Shop]

Give him until the end of the season then fuck him off. Just seems to get everything wrong in my opinion Formations tactical changes everything .

Commingues and Easton had been our best 2 players this year they are both playing out of position now with a perfectly capable left back sitting on the bench .

Blair Sturrock been playing well recently but is left on the bench when we are chasing the result in favour of Zaboub who has been ineffective on the left hand side in recent months let alone on the right hand side

Mcgovern has been shit on the wing and in the middle and our strikers are so low on confidence its scary yet as I said before the only one who has reason to be confident is left on the bench for 90 ficking minutes

As for Jerel Ifil and Aljofree they are looking like Sunday league footballers at the moment and im afraid that is down to one person

[Simon Pieman]

Commingues and Easton had been our best 2 players this year they are both playing out of position now with a perfectly capable left back sitting on the bench .

Comminges has done well at left back. Jack Smith looked good at right back until Southend. I don't think that's a fair point. Easton has got forward a lot more since his move to the right. I don't think he's particularly good at that position though, so I think that point is fair.

Blair Sturrock been playing well recently but is left on the bench when we are chasing the result in favour of Zaboub who has been ineffective on the left hand side in recent months let alone on the right hand side

Mcgovern has been shit on the wing and in the middle and our strikers are so low on confidence its scary yet as I said before the only one who has reason to be confident is left on the bench for 90 ficking minute

Well now you've just contradicted yourself. Funnily enough we only had one free substitute when Zaaboub was subbed on. If McGovern was as shit as you say he was (which I think he was) then surely you have to change it around a bit. The problem was mainly in midfield for the whole game, not up front.

Jerel Ifil and Aljofree they are looking like Sunday league footballers at the moment and im afraid that is down to one person

It'll be interesting to see if that is right. I'm amazed that players can get so lazy and get back to bad habits so quickly. The basics seemingly need a lot of work I would agree.

[janaage]

Malpas was a full back Rich you knob jockey, which completely ruins your arguement.  

Oh sorry Jan my mistake. It's not my fault nobody had heard of him until he came here  

I've just had a read about our great leader, he won the 1983 league title with Dundee Utd as a part time player, as he was studying for a Engineering degree.

Maybe he's here for the ground redevelopment work.  Good work AF, work smarter, not harder.

[dell boy]

Malpas was a full back Rich you knob jockey, which completely ruins your arguement.  

Oh sorry Jan my mistake. It's not my fault nobody had heard of him until he came here  

http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/legends_mauricemalpas.asp

[herthab]

I haven't been critical of Malpas up until now as I thought he deserved a chance to stamp his own style on the squad.

After the Carlisle game I really thought we'd turned the corner and the days of attractive, free flowing football were about to return.

Now I think that he's on to a loser: he's never had fan support (If Ling had got the job, we'd all be singing 'Martin Lings Red and White Army') but it appears the players aren't supporting him either. Ifil and Aljofree aren't being asked to do anything more than they were under Sturrock, but for some reason they've forgotten how to competently defend.

To be honest I feel a bit sorry for Malpas, a lot of supporters don't want him , never did and were very negative from the off. The more results go against him, the more people will jump on him.

I don't know anything about what goes on behind the scenes, but I just think that having Byrne and Williams as his assistants was a bad move. If Malpas stays in the summer it wouldn't surprise me if they left.

I still won't slag the bloke off, if he's here next season and our first 15 games yield the same results as we've had recently, then I'll want him out!