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A week ago we were in with a shout of going top. Tonight we sit 7th in the final play spot. Tuesday could see us slip outside of the play-offs. This League is so so tight and not much in it from top to bottom. Two lads out of the Academy on the bench today with a goalkeeper and two defenders. We look to be running it tight in terms of numbers. Will that be our Achilles heel ?
Just watched AL's post match interview. Seemed quite defensive: blaming officials, injuries, travelling etc perhaps with some justification but players might feed off this and use it as an excuse for under performance and poor outcomes?
Quote from: rod on November 10, 2024, 11:01:09 AMJust watched AL's post match interview. Seemed quite defensive: blaming officials, injuries, travelling etc perhaps with some justification but players might feed off this and use it as an excuse for under performance and poor outcomes?"It's not my fault" culture.It's everywhere these days, not just football. Get it off my desk, onto someone else's so they can deal with it.Officials. Do Managers, players and supporters ever not criticise officials? If they do compliment, it's very rareInjuries. All teams go through this at sometime during the season. It's part of football. Were South Shields injury free?Travelling. Have they stopped the overnight stays? If not, that shouldn't even come into it. It's a waste of Chairmans money if he has to pay for expensive overnight stays but the Manager and players still believe that travelling is an issue. Maybe they should consider stopping the overnight stays and put the money into additional players. Anyway, I didn't think AL had a problem with doing lots of miles.Agree Rod, if players are looking for an excuse, they'll latch onto this. Not exactly what you would call.motivational.
Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on November 10, 2024, 11:58:42 AMQuote from: rod on November 10, 2024, 11:01:09 AMJust watched AL's post match interview. Seemed quite defensive: blaming officials, injuries, travelling etc perhaps with some justification but players might feed off this and use it as an excuse for under performance and poor outcomes?"It's not my fault" culture.It's everywhere these days, not just football. Get it off my desk, onto someone else's so they can deal with it.Officials. Do Managers, players and supporters ever not criticise officials? If they do compliment, it's very rareInjuries. All teams go through this at sometime during the season. It's part of football. Were South Shields injury free?Travelling. Have they stopped the overnight stays? If not, that shouldn't even come into it. It's a waste of Chairmans money if he has to pay for expensive overnight stays but the Manager and players still believe that travelling is an issue. Maybe they should consider stopping the overnight stays and put the money into additional players. Anyway, I didn't think AL had a problem with doing lots of miles.Agree Rod, if players are looking for an excuse, they'll latch onto this. Not exactly what you would call.motivational.I wonder how they would cope as part timers holding down a job outside of football and having to ask for time off to travel to away games. This used to be a common occurrence at this level and probably still is for a number of Lynn's less cossetted rivals?!
Quote from: rod on November 10, 2024, 12:06:08 PMQuote from: Blue_and_Gold on November 10, 2024, 11:58:42 AMQuote from: rod on November 10, 2024, 11:01:09 AMJust watched AL's post match interview. Seemed quite defensive: blaming officials, injuries, travelling etc perhaps with some justification but players might feed off this and use it as an excuse for under performance and poor outcomes?"It's not my fault" culture.It's everywhere these days, not just football. Get it off my desk, onto someone else's so they can deal with it.Officials. Do Managers, players and supporters ever not criticise officials? If they do compliment, it's very rareInjuries. All teams go through this at sometime during the season. It's part of football. Were South Shields injury free?Travelling. Have they stopped the overnight stays? If not, that shouldn't even come into it. It's a waste of Chairmans money if he has to pay for expensive overnight stays but the Manager and players still believe that travelling is an issue. Maybe they should consider stopping the overnight stays and put the money into additional players. Anyway, I didn't think AL had a problem with doing lots of miles.Agree Rod, if players are looking for an excuse, they'll latch onto this. Not exactly what you would call.motivational.I wonder how they would cope as part timers holding down a job outside of football and having to ask for time off to travel to away games. This used to be a common occurrence at this level and probably still is for a number of Lynn's less cossetted rivals?!I remember it well. I can even remember seeing players working on the day of a game!May or may not be anything to do with it, but wasn't watching football and being a supporter of your local team, and the actual match day experience, far more enjoyable in those days?