I think the problem when Eccles came on yesterday was he got clattered witihin the first 2 or 3 minutes on his ankle and if he is carrying a bit of an injury then it’s not surprising he wasn’t really in the game
Get him fit and we will be a lot better than what we had yesterday
Classic letting your opposite number know you are there. Weak ref most of the match missed the intention there and all the shirt pulls and pushes from Stoke.
Classic letting your opposite number know you are there. Weak ref most of the match missed the intention there and all the shirt pulls and pushes from Stoke.
Don't think it is outdated. Football may be less physical than back in the 70s and 80s when some tackles were life threatening and career ending. However, if you do not match the physicality of some teams you get turned over. Kitch, Thomas and Lati are no angels and do try to intimidate the opposition. Fadz was a master of the dark arts. Bidwell is not adverse to telling a winger you wont go past me again.
Ideally, you want players like MVE or Sheaf who can tackle hard and also are great footballers but they come at a premium.
We lost at Stoke because we lost the 50/50s too often when the ball was free in midfield.
There was a classic example where Allan tracked their player across the face of our penalty area and he just bounced off their player who nearly scored.
Classic letting your opposite number know you are there. Weak ref most of the match missed the intention there and all the shirt pulls and pushes from Stoke.