On Tue, May 23, 2006 3:13 pm, Mark Kitching wrote: > > Ok, I'm going to get slated for bringing back the "Real Fan" argument but > most of the Blackwell IN vs OUT debate seems to relate to how many > matches you see. Most of the people I know who go to matches (myself > included) are sick of the uninspired, insipid football and baffling > tactics we see week in / week out. However most of the people I know who > don't go can't understand my view as all they see are the stats. "We MUST > be better, we finished higher".....hmm....
I don't think you can call yourself a real fan unless you've named your first born son after one of our players. > I actually LIKE Blackwell as a bloke, I think he's doing the best he > possibly can, problem is that I think with the players he has we should > have walked the league this year! But one of the criticisms is that he's been playing crap players (with the exception of Killa) in a crap defence all season. Which must be why as many as two teams conceded less goals than us... Maybe he should have played 4-4-2 for the end of the season when stone was fit, but then 4-5-1 did so well against Preston. Losing Stone and Cresswell into injury like we did had a huge impact on our season I think. With them fit all season I think we might well have got automatic promotion. I can't help but wonder how much better it would have been if Cresswell & Crainey had been fit for the final. There aren't many managers that I'd like inplace of Blackwell (not that we could realistically appoint - who was it who suggested Martin O'Neill? - that was fcuking hilarious!!). Dowie's maybe one of them, but Palace fans were not at all happy with him this season because of his lack of tactical awareness! Like Mark said, LUFC have exceeded all our expectations for the season. Sunday was a real let down, but at least we got there - would you all have preferred that we got knocked out at deepdale? _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist
