Timb wrote:Back in the smoke finally. Thanks tom for the lift in plenty of time for the 6.30. It was cancelled.
So plan B. Curry and then pint at the Queen Victoria. All good.
The first thing that struck me was sitting at the bar watching Manchester City play Spurs.
Our basic ethos is the same. Our basic style and strategy is the same. But just watch the two games. Get the ball, recycling allowed. But.. ATTACK. At every available opportunity. Be brave.
So having missed the 6.30, get back for the 7.36. There were more than 50 Luton fans waiting which is by far the most away fans I have ever travelled back with.
And I have to say it was probably the most enjoyable trip back since the AFC Wimbledon days which was with guys I play 5a side with.
A group of 5 Feyonoord Luton fans and some others and the time flew by in the buffet. They knew all about our Royal Antwerp connection interestingly.
But the most telling comments were from the die hards.
We got away with it today. Our keeper played a blinder. Your keeper, can we play him every week. We want Doidge. We want Wishart.
Nuf said. Keep.calm and carry on.
Stick to the plan.
gooseman wrote:For me this is the fundamental problem with FGR. If you get half a sniff at goal let rip. Yes it maybe saved. It may miss but have a go. You never know. For me I blame the coaching staff for this.
Too occasional fan wrote:
That was the first half story at Exeter. Dominate, possession and space, except the final third. When you get there, defenders panicking & desperately running backwards, classic opportunity for goal. What happens? No striker with a deadeye shot. Pass back and repeat.
After a while the defence learns that there is no threat, no change in behaviour, no goal risk.
Letting rip at goal often fails, but it might get a deflection, it might get a rebound. Most of all it makes the defence worried that we are not a one solution team. Like we clearly are.
king giraffe III wrote:FootieMan wrote:"Success is measured by going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm".
Winston Churchill often quoted great things. Yes he said the above too!
He was a leader but not a general. There is a difference.
Let's not degenerate posts into a slagging match. Not pointing the finger at anyone but just making an observation.
We are where we are. It's not great but it proves one thing.
You can be in a relegation fight with money just as easy as being in one without any money.
Time for Leaders now and not Generals.
Tbf, he was neither a general or a true leader. Just someone whose experience (albeit as a failure) put him in prime position to become Prime Minister. Subsequent success in WWII was not down to him, but (a) German failure to realise how close Fighter Command was to obliteration in 1940, and (b) Japanese miscalculation.