Comments on: Welcome Steve Clarke

By: Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:04:14 +0000

Yes, agree Tony, he is probably championship quality when it comes to defending. I personally think Danny Gabiddons been such a huge loss for us. I think he’s our best defender. His reading of the game is superb. Collins aint bad either…also good going forward on set pieces.

Upson needs to be quicker on his feet though he is good in the air even though he didnt show it in our last game. A tap-dancing class wouldnt do him any harm – seriously I’m not joking. It’ll quicken him up, from lead boots to twinkle toes.

By: supernumbersix

supernumbersix — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:54:12 +0000

Good idea irontc. We need a clear out of ALL the sick notes. Fed up of trying to IMAGINE how good we could be with every one matchfit at the same time. Get rid of Bellamy, Ashton, Dyer(who?), Parker, Gabbidon etc Should pick up a few quid for that lot and bring in some new un crocked-and-up- for-it-we-wanna-play-for-Zola footballers. Yeah yeah I know it’s just bad luck but for f***s sake! How are we going to progress if this lot just keep dropping like this?
Much as I like the aforementioned players when fit, I say ship ‘em out.

By: irontc

irontc — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:36:43 +0000

Lets try and off load Ashton on the barcodes at the weekend.

By: Ian Smith

Ian Smith — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:19:06 +0000

Sorry for going off the subject, but this is important. What ever is happening with our sponsors, at the moment, please sign the petition that is flying around at the moment. The petition simply asks the club that they considering putting the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK on the front of their shirts for the rest of the season. The petition has already attracted over 3,000 signatures. Just go to http://www.PetitionOnline.com to sign up. What a great idea. I am sure it will sell more shirts than enough. Plus the club can donate 50p for every shirt sold.

By: irontc

irontc — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:16:50 +0000

Such a shame about Ashton and Bellers, I agree career sick-notes.

Can we afford to keep them and invest in another top striker in january?

By: chris

chris — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:51:33 +0000

ASHtons out as usuall,,,,i’ve lost patience with him sell next jan hes another destined to be a sicknote all his career,so it looks like cole and di michele for the rest of the season,I didnt say bellars coz you know its only a matter os time before his amstring goes!!!!! hurry up january!!!!!

By: E1

E1 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:14:59 +0000

We could play 3 across the back with Mullins just in front that might tighten it up a bit,then we could have parker di micheal and noble in the middle, cole, ashton and bellemy up front. 3 – 1 – 3 – 3. Not sure who the three would be at the back upson centre with who ? NOT NEIL !!!!!

By: irontc

irontc — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:35:23 +0000

Zola and Clarke (and us) will have to go through the pain barrier in the next couple of months – sorting out the mess, especially at the back. Neill is not very good. Also his internationals take him to the ends of the earth. He seems jetlagged 24/7.

Hopefully we can offload him in January without too much disruption.

Still, exciting times!

By: chris

chris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:42:51 +0000

davenport neil ,,,,,,,they are crap!!!! ZOLAS already spotted neils lack of pace,,thank god!!!!! been going on about this for ages glad other people are now going on about it…
If you play lucas neil you might as well just throw the game yourself!!!! hes the slowest premierplayer by miles!!!!!!

By: joppe at http://bubble-view.blogspot.com/

joppe at http://bubble-view.blogspot.com/ — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:44:02 +0000

Paul Nixon:
To miss that Neill has no pace you need to sleep throug an entire game!
Neill will never have pace, to use him in a position that needs it is just bad coaching (given there is some kind of alternative). Either play him with a winger with a lot of defensive responsibility (doeesn’t sond like attacking football does it?) or in the center (if he must play at all).
My worry is that Behrami doesn’t seem to have much of it either!