Agreed, Sheffield Utd have been major victims but I think we top the Cr*p Decisions League by some way still Hopefully we'll make some half-decent signings in a months time to offset the loss of King and the lack of investment pre-season. If not then at least Layer Road will be another ground visited.
Quite frankly I think Aidy is honest and will say if we were rubbish which was the case. We did nothing to test your defence and you deserved to score. I doubt we'd scored the penalty anyway. Even you Blades had 2 strikers to bring on...we had a central defender up front! We need to bring in players who have the desire in midfield and a couple of goalscorers..but who will want to come if we are bottom?
Deserved win for us yesterday, I was glad Nade started, and he looked sharp. He needs a few more games under his belt though, and I'm sure the goal will come. It wasn't a great first half, and I said at half time we need to get the ball on the floor a bit more, get it wide and get some crosses in. In the second half I thought we did get it wide a bit more, and Geary put in some great crosses before the goal. I'm also glad Boothroyd didn't make excuses like Escafeld (I think) said, because we were the better team on the night, and thoroughly deserved to win, I only recall Kenny making 1 real save in the whole game.
I applaud boothroyds honesty but shittu up front smacked of desperation and as warnock said , bromby had been pulled about in our last meeting, had a mare last night he didnt
Same for us really. Though we are ok for strikers but desperately need some creativity in midfield. Thing is though everyone goes on about the January transfer window & how much money might be available but in all honesty who is gonna want to come to a newly promoted struggling Premiership side? I think that our chairman will make money available just like yours will but really neither of us is gonna be able to attract the quality players we need. Which Premiership player of sufficient standing or experience is gonna want to come to either Bramall Lane or Vicarage Rd? Not many I can tell ya, only those on the back end of their careers, misfits seeking to revitalise their careers, or it's a dip into the lower leagues to unearth 'a gem' who may or may not produce the goods, basically a gamble. Now Warnock has got a relatively good record of rehabilitaing misfits, old 'uns & has also unearthed a couple of lower league 'gems'. Plus we have the likes of Gillespie, Unsworth et al on board, hold experienced heads that could swing a transfer target's decison on whether to join the Blades or not in our favour. We can also point to the ground developments, the off-field activies, the crowds as a 'selling point' that's demonstrates the club's ambition. But we've the means & whys & whrefores to encourage players to sign despite our lowly position. But what has Boothroyd got? He's got no managerial experience to speak of, he's got no older pro's to swing decisions, the ground is shit, the crowds are poor, plus his team, like ours, will no doubt be in the thick of things down at the bottom come the new year.
That is rubbish. Boothroyd did brilliantly last year in turning misfits and rejects around, King, Henderson, Spring, Mackay, Young to an extent, he had not really established himself in the first team. Boothroyd has the managerial experience of getting a team promoted, which is not bad, he is clearly not as experienced as most others though. No older pros? Chris Powell, players' representative of the PFA, I'd imagine would help swing players' decisions a lot more than any of yours would. Malky Mackay, Alec Chamberlain are also very experienced players. Vicarage Road is not shit. It's not great, but it's not shit. Once the East Stand gets redeveloped it will look a lot nicer. The crowds are not poor, we are either full or virtually full for every game. We have sold out three times this season. Most of the times the ground isn't full to capacity is because of the lack of away fans (including last night). Our team won't be in the relegation scrap in the New Year. We'll already be down.
Vicarage Road is absolutely shit. And as for away fans, you'd never bring as many as that to Bramall Lane for a midweek game.
I was listening to what he was saying. What should I have done? Smiled gleefully at the camera? Just because you're a part timer who wasn't there.
Were you guys the ones being interviewed on the coach going down with your shirts on? Or was you the guy who was the main focus of the piece? Mr Watford fc says there was a lack of support from away fans last night????.... well to say on Monday afternoon (when I was gettin pompey & wigan tickets) the box office told me there was 500+ tickets available on the gate I would have said there wasnt more than 200 (if that) empty seats last night, I thought there was a good turn out considering 2nd long distance away game in 3 days n tuesday night on sky.
I think your comments are prejudiced by the bright yellow glasses you're obviously looking through. In respect of misfits & old 'uns. Warnock has revitalilsed the careers of players with previous previous Premiership experience, the clue here is previous Premiership experience, something the vast majority of your players are lacking. The likes of Gillespie & Unsworth are old Premiership hands with arguably influence amongst their peers. We're not talking about bit part players here, we're talking about players who have played for the top clubs, been involved in international squads & by and large it's reasonable to assume because of this their opinion is valued amongst their fellow pros. Boothroyd has no-one on his books that could match this sort of experience or contacts. This is something that could help a player unsure of whether to sign or not decide to choose SUFC over other clubs. As for Vicarage Road, well yes it is shit. Compare it to the rest of the grounds in the Premiership & with the exception of Fratton Park is probably in the bottom one. Yes the East Stand is gonna be redeveloped but as your chairman said in a pre-match interview broadcast to the nation it's the last part of the ground to be redeveloped in a £30m redevelopment that's gonna take 3 years to reach fruition. The crowds, yes they are poor. With the exception of Wigan you're the worst supported club in the league.
Because it is shit, what else do you want me to say? It's a 3 sided ground that's basically falling apart, and with poor facilities. So why are you complaining about our away support when you've admitted yours wouldn't be as good?
I wasn't. All I said was that the ground wasn't full last night because the away end wasn't near full. Maybe I didn't phrase what I said correctly. That is a fair comment about players with previous Premiership experience, I'm not going to disagree with that. I'm curious as to why you think the likes of Gillespie and Unsworth have more influence than the likes of Chris Powell and Malky Mackay, who have both played for top clubs and got international caps, though. I haven't checked the stats but surely Blackburn and Fulham get less than us?
End of the day mister watford you're trying to turn the argument of Vicarage Rd being a shit ground & your home support in general being poor by claiming that the travelling support last night was poor. Maybe it was in terms of how many would've turned up given a Saturday 3pm KO but it wasn't. It was 8pm KO on Sky midweek & the away end was nearly full. You ought to be thanking us for filling your club's coffers.
