In a weird sort of way I actually think yesterday was worse than Canvey Island.
I take my hat off to everyone who continues to pay good money to watch displays like yesterdays, week in and week out. I was back in the UK a couple of weeks ago and had a walk around the stadium. I don’t mind admitting that I got a little bit emotional. It was my first visit back home since emigrating 3 years ago and I realised how much I missed “my” team. In a few weeks the season would start and I’d be missing being at the ground, again. Having watched almost every game live on Foxtel last season I was convinced that we couldn’t get any worse. Sadly,last night,we actually looked worse than last season (with the notable exception of Stam). Misplaced passes, 2nd to the ball, incredibly poor set pieces and what appeared to be a total lack of passion was evident all over the pitch. The icing on the cake was when the Australian commentators on Foxtels version of MOTD started laughing and taking the p!ss out of us. Wonderful.
I was in Malaga when we played Portsmouth away in our first Premier League Season. Watching it on the TV in a bar owned by an Everton supporter we went 1-0 up. Having scored we kept running and running at Portsmouth. The owner of the bar said to me “you lot just don’t understand this premier league thing do you? You score, you’re meant to sit back for a while and protect your lead.You lot are playing like you did in the Championship.You’ll get hammered”. I remember watching some great attacking football that year and apart from a copule of 4 nils I don’t recall getting really “hammered”. I know times have changed and I know we have to adapt but yesterday Blackpool played like we did in our first season in the Premier League.
They just don’t get this Premier League thing do they ?
