addo wrote:sid swifty wrote:Duke wrote:Thats not what i said Phil . a manager can be the greatest tactician in the world but if the players don't perform on the day your going to get beat thats what happened at Leeds. to many players just didn't turn up .
There are so many people on here Dave (you included) who nomatter what King dickie says or does cant do any wrong.....now i will admit that i cant stand the bloke personally.....but i would be prepared to go and watch his (our) teams play if they weren't so damned boring....like you Dave ive supported walsall all my life....so we should be singing from the same Hymn book....but i just refuse to keep paying good money out to see DD ruin it with his negative tactics....i would rather sit at home...and i know a lot of people like that....its not success or the lack of it Dave...it boring football...and i am sick of people stating the bloody obvious by saying..."well would you like paul merson back?"...no i wouldn't....but there just has to be a middle way....i stopped going last season...even though i knew i would miss out on them picking the trophy up...i just couldn't stand those performances where even the away fans were saying..."how the hell walsall are above us in the league i will never know".....I started going again at the start of this season....With the "we will play a lot better in this league with better footballing sides" ringing in my ears from the likes of you and Neil Ravenscroft....well its not...DD only knows one way...and thats bore the opposition (and fans) to death....then when they've lost the will to live...hit em on the break.....Rant over.
Tell me Sid - which of our previous successful managers played football any differently ?
Chris Nicholl ? Surely not - defensive in the extreme.
Ray Graydon ? Exactly the same principle. Be strong through the spine with one holding midfielder & attack via the wings.
I can harp back to the days of Buckley and some of the most entertaining football I have ever seen, but -
let's face it - it didn't win us anything .
We won jack through over 25 seasons.
We have still managed almost 20 clean sheets this season.
Let's face it - to be successful you have firstly be hard to beat - which in the main I think we are.
Your dead right addo...must be me....is it too late te get a season ticket for the rest of the season..... :shock: :roll: