Blackheath Blade
Active Member
and having read many posts and opinions on yesterday's events, I want to add my two penneth.
I'll admit, I was fuckin fuming at what I saw yesterday from both teams, both during the game and after the long delayed final whistle. Like a few others, I actually went round to wait outside the players entrance with the intention of telling Dickov what a disgrace both him and some of his players were.
Dave McCarthy is a long standing and very good friend of mine and when I told him how pissed off I was and what I was intending to say, he wisely told me to forget my plans as: 1) although i'd feel much better mouthing off at Dickov, it wouldn't change anything and: 2) Dickov might be a while as he was dealing with the matters which had arisen regarding Croft and the ball-boy.
Having had a think about things, we only had ourselves to blame yesterday although another shocking performance by a totally inept referee who lost control of the game didn't help. Let's face it, the team was piss poor in the first half and were fortunate be level at half time. We were unrecognisable from Leyton Orient last week where we dominated the game and as the afternoon wore on, the crowd became more frustrated both with Oldham's physical and nasty approach and our apparent inability to pass the ball to someone in a red & white shirt.
A few people have remarked at our tactics when we are trying to hang on to a one goal lead and for the last twenty odd minutes yesterday, it was a backs to the wall, hanging on for dear life performance. Although their equaliser came at about half past eight last night, I thought Oldham were worthy of the point despite their awful way of going about matters. Dickov has created a team who play in the same way as he used to: Nasty, niggly, downright fuckin aggressive and dirty and although sometimes effective, it's horrible to watch them get away with it because of a spineless twat of a referee.
Let's hope for a better perfomance this week at Meadow Lane because if we dont show some bollocks against Preston next Saturday, we'll get turned over easily by them.
I'll admit, I was fuckin fuming at what I saw yesterday from both teams, both during the game and after the long delayed final whistle. Like a few others, I actually went round to wait outside the players entrance with the intention of telling Dickov what a disgrace both him and some of his players were.
Dave McCarthy is a long standing and very good friend of mine and when I told him how pissed off I was and what I was intending to say, he wisely told me to forget my plans as: 1) although i'd feel much better mouthing off at Dickov, it wouldn't change anything and: 2) Dickov might be a while as he was dealing with the matters which had arisen regarding Croft and the ball-boy.
Having had a think about things, we only had ourselves to blame yesterday although another shocking performance by a totally inept referee who lost control of the game didn't help. Let's face it, the team was piss poor in the first half and were fortunate be level at half time. We were unrecognisable from Leyton Orient last week where we dominated the game and as the afternoon wore on, the crowd became more frustrated both with Oldham's physical and nasty approach and our apparent inability to pass the ball to someone in a red & white shirt.
A few people have remarked at our tactics when we are trying to hang on to a one goal lead and for the last twenty odd minutes yesterday, it was a backs to the wall, hanging on for dear life performance. Although their equaliser came at about half past eight last night, I thought Oldham were worthy of the point despite their awful way of going about matters. Dickov has created a team who play in the same way as he used to: Nasty, niggly, downright fuckin aggressive and dirty and although sometimes effective, it's horrible to watch them get away with it because of a spineless twat of a referee.
Let's hope for a better perfomance this week at Meadow Lane because if we dont show some bollocks against Preston next Saturday, we'll get turned over easily by them.
