Bangor Cymru Saddler wrote:Magic Man Fan wrote:No surprise that the people blaming Hutchings didn't go to the game. Three pathetic individual errors cost us that game. Not Hutchings. We were completely outplaying them with some nice football until Brain messed up and the confidence sapped away. You can't blame Hutchings for yesterday. Feel free to blame him if he doesn't play Bevan next week.
I don't understand why people say this is the weakest squad we've had for ages. Its far better than last season, but admittedly still needs work in midfield, and I agree with KC about Lancashire, get him in for Mcdonald who is a clumsy oaf with. A poor man's Ian Roper.
One man went to mow...
Oh Didier, Didier Tholot....
Jim'll fix it for you, and you, and you...
Shellsuit supporter....
Ooooh Gabby, oooooooh, oooooooh Gabby ooooooooooh...
Hmmmm. Yes - we should all support a manager who has taken us on a run of 4 consecutive defeats, awful performances, gone out of two cup competitions and signed a pathetic goalkeepeer.
I think people on another thread said you were losing the plot.... you are!
1.2.3, 1.2.3
CLAP CLAP CLAP
Not at all. I just have the ability to look at facts, keep a level head and take things into perspective, unlike most on here. Let me remind you of our results this time last year, when the same over reaction was occuring from our "loyal fanbase" :roll:
Football League One Brighton 0-1 Walsall 08-08-2009
Football League One Walsall 2-2 Southend 15-08-2009
Football League One Walsall 1-2 Leeds 18-08-2009
Football League One Charlton 2-0 Walsall 22-08-2009
Football League One Walsall 0-0 Gillingham 29-08-2009
Football League One Norwich 0-0 Walsall 05-09-2009
Football League One Tranmere 2-3 Walsall 12-09-2009
That's 9 points from the same number of games this time last year when people were also jumping at every opportunity to criticise Hutchings/Bonser/the club cleaner. We went on to finish 10th in a much stronger division.
We are currently on 6 points and in my opinion, the balance of play has deserved more and individual errors have cost us. Yesterday would have been 9 points, but for two silly errors. Ince was culpable for many similar incidents so let's not use that as an excuse for criticising Hutching's recruitment policy, which has been far better than many recent managers if comparing relative budgets. Three of the games we have lost in the league are in the top 10 and currently on form. We will have a period of form too, just as those clubs will lose a few games in a short spell.
The individual errors will reduce when the new players are more familiar with each other, and other key players, currently out will return to the team. When was the last Walsall squad that had the choice and quality of forward players such as Macken, Byfield, Gray, Jones, Reid, Nicholls, Paterson? Not for a long time in my opinion. Defences always improve when they play a number of games together, something that our defence is suffering from at the moment, and Lancashire needs to come back in.
Hutchings isn't perfect. No manager at any club will ever be perfect. No manager at Walsall FC will ever be perfect.
If Hutchings is sacked now it will be a disaster, and the typical short term-ism that has blighted Walsall FC over the years. Lets see where things are in another month or so. At least the real fans are getting behind the team.