Most liked posts in thread: An Evening with Derek - Tuesday 11th

Just had a look at parkers blog, awful reporting.

 

I am not sure what fans were expecting last night. They were not going to come out and proclaim we are totally wrong in everything we have done but dont worry we have half a dozen top class players signing this window and we will smash promotion.
This squad of players are good enough to achieve promotion, for what ever reason they are under achieving individually and collectively and completely lack any fight if things start to go against them. They need to take a good hard look at themselves . If i was a manager at another club, i would not look at any one of them as potential signings.

 

I cant tell if it's Adams saying that he OK'd the signing of all those players, or he's saying something along the lines of 'I'm the manager, it's my job to take responsibility in the players i've brought here'. Not a chance with all those ex Scunthorpe links, after the times they've had in the last few years that Adams had some of them players at the top of his list... surely?

I remember his interview after the PJT game when we signed Robinson, Adams said something similar to "he's not the striker i'd have signed"..... is it another DA contradiction? Or is he just trying to put a line under Turnbull and just take it all on himself?

 

Paudie is a bang average league 2 defender. Cooke and Watt, again its alright saying they should play higher but you are talking about individuals. Of which make up a squad. Those individuals you mention and others aren't necessarily as bad as they currently look, put them in a better squad and they might play better. But as it currently stands it's the squad that desont have the quality and balance of individuals to get us promoted. Hence talk of at least 4 or 5 players needed.

 

I'm gonna be honest I dont buy into this 100% thing that comes around when the team isnt playing well. The success of the team that got promotion under Parky wasn't down to 100%ers and running around a lot, it was down to a manager having a set plan/strategy and recruiting players to fit that strategy. Running around a lot and busting a gut helps but it's nowhere near the primary reason a team is successful. And all it would take in relative terms to have this team of apparent 'shirkers' giving that '100%' is a midfielder in the mould of Jones and Nahki Wells up front. Becuase without those two I'm pretty sure the fans would be using this very catchphrase of 100%ers toward Parkys team.

 

Parky and his players had a lot of backing banked due to their success. None of the teams or managers since have earned that backing.

 

Exactly, wouldn't it go down well if he said before a certain date those were not players signed by me that would be a great team bonding comment.
He said what most fair minded fans though he would say, they are all me signings, imagine the stick he'd get on here trying to hide behind the " I didn't sign him or him".

 

Well in all my years I was astounded that DA felt that modern day footballers were not inclined to "run through a brick wall". Most athletes and sports people have to shed blood and guts to be the best they can be and in football on match days fans expects a minimum, that they give all in the cause until they drop. So, in my world, that old adage re brick walls is still relevant.

 

It was all about team spirit and togetherness with Parky’s team and the right balance get that right and the odd player going through a bad patch can be carried

 

Funny you should say that because they had a debate on Talksport yesterday about Rashford playing like he "didn't want to run" for balls. Footballers these days just haven't got what they used to have.

Can you imagine footballers of the 70's and 80's doing anything but busting a gut, irrespective of the quality (or lack of) that have.

 

Agree. I posted a few days ago that he’s a one trick pony. He’s trying to use the same tactics that got him success with other players. Sadly, our players aren’t good enough!

 

Oi Dancer!

What you doing posting on here now? You should have been there last night.

All fur coat, you....

 

Good point. Andrew Davies or Rory McArdle would have cut him in two in the second half

 

Plymouth are just as big as us.

but yes, he needs to do better than what he’s doing (or not doing) here

 

Wow.... Just imagine if you had the chance to make this point directly to the face of the CEO...

Oh, you did, and you didn't bother.

 

Same old Fordy, abusive insults about Sparks/Adams/Rupp but you don't back it up and confront them when the opportunity arises.

 

Fordy's a keyboard warrior.

 

Seriously? Take the blinkers off for a sec and ask yourself.. Devon and top half League One football or Bradford and bottom half League Two football.