Ollessendro
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Inspired by the comments about last night’s game, Ollessendro brings to you the ‘we are not very good thread’.
It is like Ronseal: does exactly what it says on the tin. We are very fucking average. Far from being good.
I think most people have started to wake up and smell the coffee after 4 shocking draws against dire opposition and 2 unconvincing wins. Many predicted it after the end of last season and more are realising now. Yes there are plenty of clappers who will say we are undefeated, the team will gel, the division is not very good and la de da. But it is looking really bleak for us and I think we are staying in this division for at least another year (possibly a lot longer).
A bit like when we got beat by Burnley in 2009, I did not realise how momentous Simmo’s penalty miss was when I trooped away from Wembley. I was numb from a shocking, boring, cowardly and inept performance. I was fucked off at paying £65 to go to that shithole again and see us not score. I was thinking ahead to a summer without Sheffield United.
It did not come home to me in May 2009 when we bottled it that we had just been set back a number of years. A year in the Prem (however embarrassing under Blackwell) would have led to a large cash influx, parachute payments etc. It might have meant we could keep the two Kyle’s, the likes of Kilgallon etc. Instead we saw the squad completely dismantled. Hatchet job. The back 4 that was the best in the division was blown apart and the squad sold underneath King Kev. He was soon found out when he replaced them with dross.
Roll on 2012 and history is repeating itself. Not only the play off final (strikers being injured, not scoring, bottling it ….. losing) but the dismantling of a decent team. Just like in 2009, but now it is Wilson’s turn to see the team dismantled. 4 of his best 7 players gone. I have said it many times, but just look at Highbury’s key passes thread and the goals scored. Ched scored a hatful and created loads. Willo, Quin and Lowton all scored plenty and set up plenty. K Mac is in the same bracket, but is a different type of player. The other 2 in the magnificent 7 are centre backs.
The other worrying factor in this whole saga is Danny Wilson. Mr Wilson’s famous 2nd season syndrome. Jumped ship at the Dingles, sacked at Wednesday, MK Dons relegated, Swindon heading for the drop and he jumped ship, Hartlepool too. We’ve seen it all before. I was really impressed by the way he went about his business last year. Showed some balls taking the job, won a lot of fans over, turned winners into losers and played some excellent football. However he has had the rug pulled (bit like at Swindon) and now he is being found out. You can argue that he is working with a hand tied behind his back and he is. However his signings have been awful. His collection of shit left backs, Chris Porter, the umpteen strikers that are unproven or just not very good. McDonald is the only one who has had impact. Other than that he is lucky to have had Blackwell and ale house Micky’s signings to bail him out. He looks increasingly like a rabbit in the headlights. Last year his late substitutions and lack of Plan B were bailed out by quality, this year he has nowt.
Just take a second to think about it for a moment before you clappers start saying ‘Olle is back’ or whatever. Just look at our first team. It is not good enough. The back 4/5 is ok and K Mac and Doyle are decent. After that we’ve nowt. Flynn has had 2 good games in 14 months. Too lightweight. McAllister was not good enough for Shrewsbury, so he sure aint good enough for us. There’s so many strikers that Wilson does not know who to play. Only consistent factor is they are all shite. Cofie is ‘raw’, Blackman inconsistent, Cressy and Kitson past it and who is the other boy? Rubbish. Then we start looking at the squad players. Westlake is a Wycombe reject, Williams hopeless, none of the youngsters are good enough (though lord knows they cannot be worse than some of the dross playing at the moment) and Wilson has no faith in the likes of Philskirk, Tonne etc. We did not look very good in the first few games, but 2 red cards has left us terribly exposed.
At the moment teams are coming and parking the bus at BDTBL and taking a point. It is fairly straightforward for them, as we simply do not have the quality to break them down (unlike last season). Lord help us when teams realise how crap we are and start attacking us. Teams that come and take it to us will beat us.
So all together now boys and girls ‘we’re not very good, we’re not very good, we’re not very, we’re not very, we’re not very good!’
It is like Ronseal: does exactly what it says on the tin. We are very fucking average. Far from being good.
I think most people have started to wake up and smell the coffee after 4 shocking draws against dire opposition and 2 unconvincing wins. Many predicted it after the end of last season and more are realising now. Yes there are plenty of clappers who will say we are undefeated, the team will gel, the division is not very good and la de da. But it is looking really bleak for us and I think we are staying in this division for at least another year (possibly a lot longer).
A bit like when we got beat by Burnley in 2009, I did not realise how momentous Simmo’s penalty miss was when I trooped away from Wembley. I was numb from a shocking, boring, cowardly and inept performance. I was fucked off at paying £65 to go to that shithole again and see us not score. I was thinking ahead to a summer without Sheffield United.
It did not come home to me in May 2009 when we bottled it that we had just been set back a number of years. A year in the Prem (however embarrassing under Blackwell) would have led to a large cash influx, parachute payments etc. It might have meant we could keep the two Kyle’s, the likes of Kilgallon etc. Instead we saw the squad completely dismantled. Hatchet job. The back 4 that was the best in the division was blown apart and the squad sold underneath King Kev. He was soon found out when he replaced them with dross.
Roll on 2012 and history is repeating itself. Not only the play off final (strikers being injured, not scoring, bottling it ….. losing) but the dismantling of a decent team. Just like in 2009, but now it is Wilson’s turn to see the team dismantled. 4 of his best 7 players gone. I have said it many times, but just look at Highbury’s key passes thread and the goals scored. Ched scored a hatful and created loads. Willo, Quin and Lowton all scored plenty and set up plenty. K Mac is in the same bracket, but is a different type of player. The other 2 in the magnificent 7 are centre backs.
The other worrying factor in this whole saga is Danny Wilson. Mr Wilson’s famous 2nd season syndrome. Jumped ship at the Dingles, sacked at Wednesday, MK Dons relegated, Swindon heading for the drop and he jumped ship, Hartlepool too. We’ve seen it all before. I was really impressed by the way he went about his business last year. Showed some balls taking the job, won a lot of fans over, turned winners into losers and played some excellent football. However he has had the rug pulled (bit like at Swindon) and now he is being found out. You can argue that he is working with a hand tied behind his back and he is. However his signings have been awful. His collection of shit left backs, Chris Porter, the umpteen strikers that are unproven or just not very good. McDonald is the only one who has had impact. Other than that he is lucky to have had Blackwell and ale house Micky’s signings to bail him out. He looks increasingly like a rabbit in the headlights. Last year his late substitutions and lack of Plan B were bailed out by quality, this year he has nowt.
Just take a second to think about it for a moment before you clappers start saying ‘Olle is back’ or whatever. Just look at our first team. It is not good enough. The back 4/5 is ok and K Mac and Doyle are decent. After that we’ve nowt. Flynn has had 2 good games in 14 months. Too lightweight. McAllister was not good enough for Shrewsbury, so he sure aint good enough for us. There’s so many strikers that Wilson does not know who to play. Only consistent factor is they are all shite. Cofie is ‘raw’, Blackman inconsistent, Cressy and Kitson past it and who is the other boy? Rubbish. Then we start looking at the squad players. Westlake is a Wycombe reject, Williams hopeless, none of the youngsters are good enough (though lord knows they cannot be worse than some of the dross playing at the moment) and Wilson has no faith in the likes of Philskirk, Tonne etc. We did not look very good in the first few games, but 2 red cards has left us terribly exposed.
At the moment teams are coming and parking the bus at BDTBL and taking a point. It is fairly straightforward for them, as we simply do not have the quality to break them down (unlike last season). Lord help us when teams realise how crap we are and start attacking us. Teams that come and take it to us will beat us.
So all together now boys and girls ‘we’re not very good, we’re not very good, we’re not very, we’re not very, we’re not very good!’
