Recent content by Willie Eckerslike

It can't really compare as the situation was unique. When Jimmy Hill first came in he said that he would take Coventry into the top flight in 5 years. Noone believed him. He then went out, backed by chairman Robbins and bought a complete forward line of 5 very good players (in today's money that...

The season before last Billy Daniels was a striker. Last season the Youth team played him as an attacking midfielder. Why does AT insist on playing young emerging players in positions that are alien to them? It is difficult enough for these young players to break through into the first team...

Obviously not! I am saying that we are not equipped to play like Barcelona and to do well in this league you have to be able to defend set pieces well and to pose a real threat from your own attacking set plays. Therefore you have to have some (not all) tall players in your team. Even last year...

I see that this player is only 5ft 7ins tall! Why are we acquiring a team of midgets when this league is populated by big teams who may well bully us off the park? I know all the arguments about Barcelona et al but I am convinced that this division is not one for a taem of small players, no...

I find the quote that we didn't have base fitness because of the restriction in numbers last season bewildering. He makes it sound as if we have larger numbers this year when, in fact, 10 players have left (including loanees) and just 3 have come in. we are, therefore, even more restricted in...

David Bell just does not fit the criteria of a successful midfielder. I judge midfielders on three vital skills: providing assists, scoring and ball winning. Last year I can only remember the assist for one of McSheff's goals. He failed to score a single goal and his tackling was none existent...

Pace , power and leadership.

League one is brutal! Set pieces will play an important role and for that reason I wonder whether Keogh and Cranie together, even if they agreed to stay, would be the best answer. Every team in the league seems to have giant bone-crushing central defenders. Neither one of ours scored a goal this...

The strange thing about Coleman's insistence on everyone back for a corner came after he had been sacked. He was summariser on a world cup game and said that he just couldn't understand why a certain country's manager brought everyone back for corners. Priceless!

So many people, myself included, complained about how many games Ben Turner and James McPake missed while out injured for us. Turner has played 37 games since moving to Cardiff and the only game McPake has missed was, I believe, a suspension. Serious questions need to be asked about fitness...

Thorn talks about the need to 'freshen things up'. How is renewing the contract of a 35 year old who was never a prolific scorer even in his younger days going to achieve this?

As disappointing as Clingan has been, wouldn't you choose him ahead of Bell every day of every week. The extension of Bell's contract angered me as much as anything that has happened this season. To be a successful midfield player you need at least ONE of the following: 1. Ability to break up...

Stuart Beavon at 5 ft 7in and Alan Judge at 5ft 61/2 in would have to be exceprional talents to be the sort of player needed to get us out of a brutal league, full of experienced cloggers and neanderthals.

To release one good striker and one potentially excellent striker, while retaining the services of Shaun Jeffers and Callum Wilson is an extremely short sighted policy. The latter two are never going to make it in league football in my opinion!

If you look at the teams who have been promoted from League 1 over the last four years, the one thing they all have in common is, not only a 20+ goal a season player, but a second striker capable of scoring at least 15. I share some people's optimism about Cody MacDonald next season (if we can...