1. Where has cotts been all season?
Unfortunately, he's been busy being nowhere near as good as he was last year. He's been poor and added little to the team. People will say that according to the programme he has the most assists. Whilst it may be true he has the most direct assists, I think others have created far more chances and goals (although they've had more time on the pitch as they've been playing better).
If Cotterill can keep up the performance from yesterday, he should stay in the team. If it drops, he should be back on the bench/out of the squad. He wasn't as outstanding or amazing as some are making out, but he had a good game. Put a few good crosses in, one of which we scored from.
Solomon said:
2. How does that waste of space quinn stay in the team infront of hendrie?
I'd hazard a guess it's because as well as having scored loads of goals, he also works very hard off the ball. He's had some poor games recently and I said a month or so ago that he could do with a rest, but I can see why he's picked.
Solomon said:
3. Look what happens when we play football, its only taken 7 months into the season, well done blackwell
It's not just Blackwell, it's the players.
Solomon said:
4. Billy Sharp, play the ball to his feet, and he will hold it and bring others into play.
If Sharp is going to be successful, you are right, we do need to play him differently. Whether he's good enough at this level is still up for debate though. I think he needs to work on different areas of his fitness and start concentrating on the ball rather than the defender. He seems to have bulked up in an effort to become stronger (making it harder for him to become faster), he also very often concentrates on a battle with the defender before the ball.
Solomon said:
5. Stop playing danny webber, he is beyond shit.
Unfortunately I think that Webber is becoming the new scapegoat. He hasn't been brilliant, and he's had a number of poor games this season... But I think he's also had some unfair treatment. He's useful as he adds something else to the team, he's also one of the few strikers we had available for yesterdays match. Unfortunately for Danny Webber himself, Mr Lupoli offers similar qualities with the benefit of being a bit taller and more unpredictable.
The problem is, professional footballers aren't simply "shit" and they all offer many different qualities during a game/shown in training etc. It's not as simple as just deciding that because someone had a poor game that they aren't good enough for future fixtures. You said previously that Monty was "utter dogshit", Blackwell thought otherwise and I'd suggest myself that yesterday was another example from many as to why Monty isn't "utter dogshit".
At the moment, three players who have been criticised by a number of people for the majority of the season would be some of the first on my team sheet: Nick Montgomery, Greg Halford and Lee Hendrie.
Solomon said:
Well done today, but i cant help but think we would be alot higher up the league if we would have been playing like that style of play all season.
Maybe so, but we could have also been a lot lower. I'd prefer us to carry on as we did on Saturday, but every game is different and we have different players available next Saturday. If Hendrie is fit, I'd start him (as I've been saying ever since pre-season!).