ashbyjan
Well-Known Member
As a team are we too nice? Do we have a reputation for being soft and easy pushovers? Under AB we started to get a reputation as a bit of a bullying side and teams didn't want to play us - now what have they to fear? Bell? McSheffery? Baker? Clingan? Some children? Even our central defenders are not exactly fearsome or dominant. We lack grit - we lack fight - we lack aggression - we lack that horrid, nuggity, nasty player we haven't had for a long time. Speedie, Wise even to some extent Doyle - the sort of player who when he plays for you is competitive and combatitive when he plays against you he's a dirty sod.
We are always very polite to referees, never seem to object to decisions, never put pressure on them like Norwich and many others have done. I don't want us diving to get decisions aka Grant Holt but some fight and aggression wouldn't go amiss.
I was hoping Thorn could instil some form of siege mentality or Crazy Gang spirit that could make the collective greater than the sum of the parts but we lack that inspirational figure on the park - the Fash, the Wise, the Jones.
If we get one player in on loan (scans sky for any flying porcine-like entities) then it has to be someone who can inspire those around them not just some kid from Manures youth team.
We are always very polite to referees, never seem to object to decisions, never put pressure on them like Norwich and many others have done. I don't want us diving to get decisions aka Grant Holt but some fight and aggression wouldn't go amiss.
I was hoping Thorn could instil some form of siege mentality or Crazy Gang spirit that could make the collective greater than the sum of the parts but we lack that inspirational figure on the park - the Fash, the Wise, the Jones.
If we get one player in on loan (scans sky for any flying porcine-like entities) then it has to be someone who can inspire those around them not just some kid from Manures youth team.