I find it interesting how Judge can post a sarcastic one liner and then take the piss out of another poster for posting a similarly brief post.
I think Blackwell should probably have gone after the play off defeat as he proved that day that when it comes to the crunch we'll bottle it.
I don't think his signings have been good enough this season, whether it's financial restraints or just lack of know how I don't know but Warnock managed to take us up on a budget and get his players playing attacking football. To think Warnock had a reputation for long ball. We played far more entertaining stuff with him in charge than we do now.
Aye and to think people were still calling for his head too.
The problem I have this season is nothing to do with Blackwell still being in charge, the problem I have is that we at times this season have showed the excellent combination of good passing football with
'The Long Raking Balls' (as a guy on radio sheffield yesterday pointed out it changes to this description if your in the premier, hoofball if your not).
The players have shown the ability to play both of these types of games, and showed it many of times in the goals we have scored, now I'd say they're both to our strengths if we use them right.
Sadly there seems to be a lack of focus on the field of play at the minute, players are getting too caught in mistakes they have made and just standing around (numerous players not closing down the last two long range shots down when we no its a possible weakness of the keepers, with possible confidence down) or behaving rashly and lunging in to tackles (quinn other night). We're making mistakes that have cost us games and wins. Now by no means do I feel just cutting Blackwells head off and then letting the team bleed out from within will help us (in fact I think he has done a decent job, with everything extra thrown in this seaon), but Blackwell and his coaching staff need to pull the players up and getting them doing the simple things right.Thats everyone player not just the one and not signalling them out, he clearly seems as frustrated as us. Maybe thats the true problem this season, on the training ground we are rushing things trying to get the players to do too much at once. This maybe effecting our play at times too, over thinking situations.
We still have that never say die spirit about us that we have a reputation for but this is not enough he needs to get the team focused and back on track, we need to go back to the basics and we need to freshen the field up a bit. Ward is out and his passion and guts are dearly missed as it seems to lift every player on the pitch, but now I feel we need the old calm head in, just like we had in Mccall was, I hope Glen Little will get a chance to play now(and Cotts resumes his better role as Impact player). Hopefully his older head will calm the players down because at times there starting to look like Robbo's headless chickens which leads to putting ourselves in stupid situations. (the headless chickens remark is reference to the goals we have been conceding)
My plea to the fans is this on Saturday lets get behind them, lets sing and chant our hearts out, lets get the passion back into the ground and stop feeling disappointed, frustrated and whatnot!, lets forget about the future or whats gone before or who we've signed, instead of all the negative lets just concentrate on each game as it comes lets be glad we've got a team to love, to support and lets try to do what the game is all about ENJOY ourselves, god help us it may just be another thing the players need.
UP THE BLADES!!!
P.S. if you don't sing and chant - or have served plenty of time doing this in the past years, then just try and enjoy it - If you are more of a pesismist then don't behave aggressively towards others just because they are there to enjoy the game or have different views, also don't get on at the older ones who like to just watch, if you like to sing and they aint, we all have a right to be there, we all have the god given right beacause we have spent our hard earned cash. We all show affilation to the this badge.
It truly is a thing of beauty.
Seriously though, I was saying to SBSP off here the other night, once the next transfer window rolls around we've nothing to worry about because of the players on the pitch that actually belonged to us, I couldn't see any that I'd be concerned about us losing bar Morgs and luckily he never seems to be fancied by other clubs. I just don't think our squad's good enough, let alone big enough.
