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Pollitt could still be a decent first backup for Kirkland, and seems happy as a No. 2. Could do a lot worse. All Martinez needs to do is play him, instead of the other jokers he and Bruce have signed and played ahead of him.
That is ACTUALLY what I thought you was on about when I read the title. Weird that I thought about him before Rafa :?You must have been indoctrinated by all that speculation linking him with us!
I think you work on it by having different patterns of play that you can apply in different situations – so if you go behind and the other team is playing in a certain way, you can adapt your style and apply it with confidence
“I’d like to think that working on not losing, ie playimg better, is a bit of a given”
By that mentality, Sam Allardyces teams “play better” because they currently don’t lose as much as ours…..I certainly wouldn’t want to watch them.
What I’m saying is that I applaud Martinez’s attempts to play good football, but I think the approach is too predictable at times. He needs to mix it a bit more, in order to get results, particularly when behind. You might call that “playing better” I would call it playing with more variety, some of which might be a bit uglier, or just differently (e.g conventional crosses from wingers on their natural sides).
“Under what circumstances would he actively try to go out to lose a game?
So basically, what you’re saying is he should work on playing better.”
Goes back to my point about having no plan B. If you go behind, particularly against the smaller clubs in Prem, they tend to play compact and protect what they have. Our way of playing this season has been too ponderous and not penetrative enough, with the players on the wrong wings funnelling down the middle, making us predictable and easy to defend against. He needs more variety in those circumstances, with the mentality and tactics to grind out results if necessary.
Prescott – agree with all that except Johansson – I’d put Koumas in for him.
Johansson had a few decent games and scored a few. Bit lightweight but always gave 100%.
I’d have been disappointed to see him go last summer, but I’m not that bothered now. As others have said, was at his best for us as a centre half, particularly under Bruce, but a decent fill-in midfielder. Don’t know why he thinks he’s best in midfield
I reckon he might have been best in a position he never played – right back. Good tackler, good in air, good energy, fairly quick, could have got down the flanks, and the odd concentration lapse that he was prone to as a centre half would have been less important.
Someone must have picked up on this before, but I can’t see too many Latics fans saying they sit in the “Boston” stand. I’m predicting a mass exodus to the West!!
Well, with two sons, one of whom has just come out of the freebie category, I was doubting if I could afford it this season, but Dad + 2 at £300 is a great offer.
Well done Latics.
Takes an awful lot of research to work out that if we’ve got 12,000 season ticket holders, the crowd for a league game is hardly likely to be lower
Obviously that is beyond the likes of Lawrenson
Got to be Hugo. 10 league goals from left mid (mainly) and always gives his all. Imagine how many he’d get if played in his best position down the middle.
Also, how many of his 10 have won games….Liverpool, Sunderland, Burnley – must be more
Y_H – I remember Aspinall doing that for Carlisle as well – playing midfield from what I remember by then.
Jewell used to carry some weight when he was playing for us – I read an interview in the paper where he admitted he hadn’t work as hard as he should have at keeping fit, used to eat and drink too much. Said that was part of the reason he took management more seriously. Shame cos he had a good touch as a player.
“Have you got an eating disorder, or something”
No, I’m bigger than all of them. Takes one to know one!!
Let me tell you, Bobby Campbell was fat. Great player, but I saw him outside the ground once and he was bigger than me. And thats not a compliment. Still a legend though.
I’m not insulting any of those Latics legends by saying they were carrying a few pounds – De Zeuww included, particularly in his last season. Ability is way more important than being the perfect body shape.
Forgot Mickey Quinn by the way, but he piled on most of his poounds after he left us.