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Surely Stan Bowles fits into this criteria had to come in and wear the number ten shirt after the Messiah Rodney left. After a slightly shaky start the rest is history.
Love this Clive - Some wonderful sound bites in there to bring a smile on this horrible, rainy morning.
I know I am in a minority here but I get the team selection. After watching oh so many games where our fancy 10"s have been bullied and beaten I guess we didn't want that to happen in this game against a Gary Rowett team that had just done that to Bristol City. We could easily have won the game 1 v 0 and everyone would be saying the tactics worked. (fine margins and all that..... copyright Mark Warburton).
Whilst frustrating not to get the 3 points sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition. Gary Rowett always gets limited teams well organised and we just couldn't break them down. Lot's of endeavour from our lads and we are still very much better than this time last season so for me we are definitely moving in the right direction.
We also kept a clean sheet. In 50 years of following our beloved club I have seen us lose these types of games countless times and we nearly did the same here in the 95th minute which really would of been a sting in the tail.
That 4 v 1 drubbing at The Manor Ground in 1998 still haunts me today. I split up with my girlfriend and had been to see my Dad in hospital who was gravely ill with leukaemia before the game. I continued my journey to Oxford to stand in the open away end in the pissing rain watching probably the worst performance I have seen in my 50 years following QPR. Woke up in the morning with tonsillitis and spent the next few days ill in bed.
A long long time ago away at The Dell I was sitting in the front row of the away end down the side when the ball came to me for a Saints throw. I held onto the ball and as Francis Benali who had been kicking lumps out of Trevor Sinclair came to get the ball and at the pinpoint time I throw the ball in his face hitting him straight on the nose. Well all hell broke out the stewards came in looking for me but as I was with about 15 of my mates and we all had had a few they retreated and decided against starting a mini riot.
Two minutes later Trevor ran alongside the touchline saw me and gave a big thumbs up.
Not proud of it but is a story I always like to tell.........
Spot on as always Clive - A very enjoyable report.
Fantastic to see smiling faces again in W12.
I can imagine it's tough getting the vile abuse on social media but I hope you know the 99.9% of your followers and this message board really appreciate your efforts.
Your journalism has a very positive affect on my life in good times and bad.
Our crew have all been saying 3,5,2 for a while now. It would mean binning off the 10's but that is our problem right now we are to easy to play against.
Become more solid and play more direct with two forwards - It might not suit the "game model" but getting your arse handed to you regularly is starting to test the patience of the natives. And FFS stop that ludicrous goal kick routine.
Millwall know how to get points in this league and it isn't fannying about with the ball in our own half.
Thanks Jamie great report. Been to Coventry a few times in recent seasons but no way was I going Saturday. It’s an absolute disgrace the fitness levels of these players compared to other clubs and no way was I going to spend my hard earned watching that shambles.
I very nearly didn’t renew our season tickets this year too and now wish I hadn’t.
Anyway don’t let the numpties grind you down Clive especially on Twitter. Your articles and reports bring so much joy especially in tough times.
So pleased for him - He is a decent manager albeit at a lower level.
Unfortunately we had to many ego's and a poor dressing room when he came to us and perhaps tried to change things to quickly. I am still amazed that Marti managed to turn us around and keep us up.
Will never forget him trying to run of a broken leg for us against Luton.