Search results

Sorry - comment was not specifically aimed at you. You are right about the forwards - we have actually had some good one's - Mcgoldrick, Clarke, Wilson, Armstrong, McNulty etc who were all very influential. Jutkiewicz was also better than many judged him at the time, and if we had held onto him...

I think the OP used the term 'potential'. Given the young age of our team it has to be feasible that the likes of Marosi, Dabo, Hyam, Rose, McCallum, Westbrooke and Shipley could step up if their careers were to carry on with upward progression. O'Hara can also do that, but he isn't our player.

I would have thought we should be judging these players on their performances for us rather than what they've gone on to do elsewhere. We've not had the greatest group of left backs in the last 10 years so I can see how Stokes would be the selection by many. On the same basis I think some people...

I think he had talent but just wasn't mentally strong enough to step forward. I remember when we last came back to the Ricoh he was outstanding in the Gillingham game and was being touted as our most saleable asset. Within a short time though we had brought in Chris Stokes to play at left back...

2 previous games stick out for me. Firstly a 4-1 win when Mick Ferguson scored all 4 goals, when Bobby Robson had spent the week leading up to the game talking about signing Fergie if he played well. He obviously never expected him to play that well! The second game is not so much to do with...

What this kind of question fails to address is the impact of the first game on the following one. I think we have a better chance of beating Ipswich in the league if we have already beaten them in the cup, so let's concentrate on the cup game and worry about the league game next week.

We need to win away to offset the dropped points at home & away in relation to that ideal of winning all our home games and drawing all our away games. At the moment we are about 6 points behind that ideal position which effectively equates to finding another 3 away wins. If we drop more home...

Ipswich are not as good as you think they are.

One of our major problems is that we can't put games to bed once we take the lead. Despite being the better team in all bar about 2 League games this season, we never seem to get a 2 goal cushion. This means the pressure is always on us defensively and leaves us prone to a sucker punch. Until we...

Exactly the reason. Many people on this message board who love to go on Sunderland's board stirring it up and giving it large, but then not going themselves should have a lot to answer for if any City fan does get attacked up there. Ironically if the allocation had been the same as last season I...

Explains a lot. Always got the impression you had to be right of Genghis Khan to be a senior Trust representative :)

Very quiet there but a couple of comments about one of our posters (might have been Nick) being worried about Calvin Andrew being up against Drysdale. Looks like they view Andrew like we do Baka, so naturally there was some amusement from them about this. Nevertheless the original comment was...

... and in the top division

To be fair though our most embarrassing was under John Sillett, so that Worcester result judged on its own isn't really a fair barometer. I don't really get the triumphal jubilation at his failure that a few people on here seem to share. He managed us with dignity through the Northampton move...

Thing I remember about that 'Kick for Cash' is that it showed up how crap supporters are at football. Many of those screwing shots wide from 30 yards then took their seats to probably shout obscenities at the likes of Baker, McSheffrey and David Bell. The only person I remember scoring from half...

Well maybe you can get that in the 3rd round:)

Don't really get the 'shit draw' comments - it is the 2nd round of the FA Cup so I don't know what people expect. If it turns out to be Ipswich we play then that's 2 of the 4 biggest clubs playing each other, with both also being previous cup winners. At least we won't be getting knocked out by...

I've kind of lost track, but isn't McFadzean suspended? If so will be interesting to see if MR sticks with 3 at the back and gives Drysdale a league debut, or changes the team's formation.

Also remember the emergence of Steve Sedgley and David Smith (who was very good at that time)