Quality..

I said similar things to those around me, when they were being ‘professional’. Most were having a go, I was thinking I wish we were like them, like how we used to be. Fair play to Bournemouth, no stars, no megabucks, plenty of desire and professionalism. Like I said they didn’t really get out of 2nd gear and soon saw of our threat at 3-1 and closed the game down.

Also, have you seen the difference it makes when a team closes down, both on and off the field? We do it for probably 5-10 minutes per game but the crowd go up, the opposition look uncomfortable and we look like a team again. Are we unfit?

We used to have a quality creative midfielder but he was forever booed & jeered by his own supporters.

Bournemouth were good as befits their league position but I didn’t think they were anything special and certainly no better than Middlesbrough, except for possessing a striker who scored two goals from the three chances he had.

The first goal was offside, the second rank bad decision making plus our keeper being beaten on his near post and the third a repeat of what had been attempted 30 seconds earlier. In other words, rank bad defending.

If that near post chance had gone in at 1-3 it would have made for an interesting last 25 minutes which would have been a better test of how good Bournemouth are.

Really ? I think you should watch the game or the at the least the TV highlights, his fairy arse jump for knockdown header challenge was to blame for the 3rd and McCann doing his strictly come prancing for the 2nd.

He might be ok at holding the onto the ball granted but then passing and winning the ball back ? he is utter dog turd.

If your midfield is crap it just means the defence are under always under the cosh and the forwards get nothing

What???
I’d suggest that you watch the highlights again if you think Kvist was to blame for either of those goals.
For the second he slides in to prevent Wilson getting hold of the ball on the edge of the penalty area. At the time he receives the ball, McCann doesn’t have a Bournemouth player within 3 yards of him and has the opportunity to play a first time ball to either Kim or McClean. His first mistake is not doing that & he then compounds that by inexplicably trying to drag the ball back & turn back on himself. In no way shape or form was Kvist at fault for that goal – his only involvement was winning a good challenge which not only prevented Bournemouth’s top scorer getting hold of the ball but also played it out to a Latics player who had the opportunity to start a counter attack. McCann’s lack of awareness of what was going on around him both in an attacking & defending sense was where the blame lies

As for the 3rd, yes he’s beaten in the air & possibly should be stronger in that challenge but that is always hard to do when the opposition player has forward momentum whilst you’re trying to hold a more stationary position. Even after he loses that challenge Ridgewell than rushes in & gets far too close to Wilson followed by Barnett allowing himself to be too easily brushed aside once Wilson had flicked it on

To be fair to Malky a lot of his problems have been down to what he was left with and him not having enough time to rectify it. He inherited a squad who were either out of contract and who were never going to stay or players not good enough or sulking. The quality we need to compete is going to take time to put into place but the guy will simply not have it this season. He has replaced a lot of the problems with new signings but we are in a situation where he has not enough time for them to gel together as a team. Dont write the guy off as a loser coz it is unfair to blame him for mistakes made by others. He will need next season to sort out the mess we are in.

Tez, no matter what level you are playing at you cannot bring in new faces and expect them to be a team immediately. Whoever manages the side at present is going to need enough time to turn this mess around. Keep blaming and changing the manager is not going to get the job done. If we see improvement between now and April then he is working albeit we are still going to go down in all probabillity. Malky did not let so many players contracts run out together which has been a major contribution to our current state.

What???
I’d suggest that you watch the highlights again if you think Kvist was to blame for either of those goals.
For the second he slides in to prevent Wilson getting hold of the ball on the edge of the penalty area. At the time he receives the ball, McCann doesn’t have a Bournemouth player within 3 yards of him and has the opportunity to play a first time ball to either Kim or McClean. His first mistake is not doing that & he then compounds that by inexplicably trying to drag the ball back & turn back on himself. In no way shape or form was Kvist at fault for that goal – his only involvement was winning a good challenge which not only prevented Bournemouth’s top scorer getting hold of the ball but also played it out to a Latics player who had the opportunity to start a counter attack. McCann’s lack of awareness of what was going on around him both in an attacking & defending sense was where the blame lies

As for the 3rd, yes he’s beaten in the air & possibly should be stronger in that challenge but that is always hard to do when the opposition player has forward momentum whilst you’re trying to hold a more stationary position. Even after he loses that challenge Ridgewell than rushes in & gets far too close to Wilson followed by Barnett allowing himself to be too easily brushed aside once Wilson had flicked it on[/quote]

That’s all well and good but, how else was cup winners going to get his ‘strictly come prancing’ pun into the post. Poor lad must have been sat up all night sweating and hoping that nobody else gets to use it before he had the opportunity.