Sheff de party
Well-Known Member
risky post this, but im going to make it anyway.
i was driving along this morning thinking about how Wednesday managed to nick one in the last minute (id been to my Dad's school n he's an Owl and took great delight in pointing out how good Antonio is).
United play great football these days and quite how we are 2nd with 2 games to go im not sure. Danny's managed to motivate a group of players with talent, but no confidence and get them playing to this level. DW is the right man for the job and hes done brilliantly.
however, i couldnt help thinking that one place where we've failed is loans. Theyre vital to clubs in lower divisons. United are in a promotion battle, which are the kind of clubs that big teams want to loan to, gives them experience of pressure etc and experience of good flowing footy. players would want to come to a team thats doing well, playing in front of thousands every week. but where Wednesday have got Antonio (who is class whether we want to admit it or not), we havent had anyone in the second half of the season who's made a real difference. it was quite the coup getting Clarke and Phillips, but since they went back we've had Hoskins, Hill, O'Halleran, Williams and Egan. A big factor is lack of game time, but none of them have really made an impact. I just feel that as a club we have missed out on reaping the benefits of the loan system. its been masked in recent months because we've played well, but a classy winger would have been useful, as would a midfielder for when K Mac was injured. and how much do we need a striker right now.
all things considered, i know its a small thing to moan about, but i just feel we could have done better here.
i was driving along this morning thinking about how Wednesday managed to nick one in the last minute (id been to my Dad's school n he's an Owl and took great delight in pointing out how good Antonio is).
United play great football these days and quite how we are 2nd with 2 games to go im not sure. Danny's managed to motivate a group of players with talent, but no confidence and get them playing to this level. DW is the right man for the job and hes done brilliantly.
however, i couldnt help thinking that one place where we've failed is loans. Theyre vital to clubs in lower divisons. United are in a promotion battle, which are the kind of clubs that big teams want to loan to, gives them experience of pressure etc and experience of good flowing footy. players would want to come to a team thats doing well, playing in front of thousands every week. but where Wednesday have got Antonio (who is class whether we want to admit it or not), we havent had anyone in the second half of the season who's made a real difference. it was quite the coup getting Clarke and Phillips, but since they went back we've had Hoskins, Hill, O'Halleran, Williams and Egan. A big factor is lack of game time, but none of them have really made an impact. I just feel that as a club we have missed out on reaping the benefits of the loan system. its been masked in recent months because we've played well, but a classy winger would have been useful, as would a midfielder for when K Mac was injured. and how much do we need a striker right now.
all things considered, i know its a small thing to moan about, but i just feel we could have done better here.