Didsy, on the sterile nature of PL football

[hallamblue]

...and he's not wrong is he. It's boring, over coached, plastic and lacks spontaneity.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oEHGlW4w8rs

[Blue Wilf]

Interesting and totally agree! You can also transpose football for tennis, formula 1, golf etc - its all got to be boring at the so called 'top' level in my view. No characters at all.

[Ricco]

Completely agree with you both... but... on the flip side, a large part of why he thinks like that is because he was far too bone idle and unprofessional to thrive in the modern game.

He had a remarkable ability to have vague and unsubstantiated injuries while the team was not performing, only to then be miraculously cured and bag 5 goals in 5 games when it came round to contract renewal or shop window time.

[hallamblue]

Ha ha, you're not wrong there, Ricco.

I do wonder if the regime that existed at the Vlub under Evans owbership might not gave a lot to do with the player (s) injury record inder McCarthy.

When iniw look ba k on thzt era id always tried to give Evans the vebegite of the foubt, and defend him. But now in hindsight ( eonderful thing isnt it! I feel McCarthy did what he could with the money he was given in the end. But i noe feel the whole ethos at the club was stagnant, under funded and rudderless. Squad full of journeymen in their last few years of gootball looking for one kast payout (Bullard?). But, I don't know if you ever saw Didsy's interview when he was a Blades player (where he rarely had an
injury!), but he was talking about how things were run. How there was a poor work ethic, and poor professionalism at the. Many players, he said, did just enough to get by. There were no demands on them. Time keeping was poor, training boring, and if you were injured there was no real medical input
( it didn't exist in the current scientific, evidenced based practice approach we now have). Evans cut the cloth so thinly that many staff were asked to do multiple roles. It beggers belief, looking back on it now and if course we didn't really know then, what we know now about Evans regime.

So Didsy was alluding to these facts and said there was little investment by many players to " run towards adversity"..... he compared us to how opposite Sheffield Utd was run, and that the players were geeing each other in in training, and there was a real commaradery and competition for places. He said it made you want you strive to play for them. What a sad indictment of Town.

[Ricco]

Brilliant post Hallam and exactly as I saw it. Though I would point out that I blame McCathy too, because he was complicit in it all. He knew what was going on and he allowed it continue, he patched the team and did a good job to cover the issues, all the while towing the company line and spouting Evans' bile and lies. Sure, behind closed doors he may have had stronger opinions, who knows, but at no point did he criticise just how woefully the club was run or say the fans deserved better, the club needed that far far more than 14th place finishes.

I'm triggered now! So I'll say my word on Evans! The fact the bloke runs a company and has made his money by telling sports businesses how to run their businesses, is the most pathetic indictment on how he and many other rich people are essentially corrupt criminals selling snake oil. It angers me that he still has a slice of the club, as does the fact that some still see him as 'saviour'.

So McGoldrick has a point, it would be very hard to get yourself motivated when playing for such a pathetic club full of journeymen just after a final paycheck (how on earth do you expect them to care for the club). But the fans deserved better, he should have still done his best for the fans, and the ludicrous paycheck he received every month.

[marko69]

Brilliant post Hallam and exactly as I saw it. Though I would point out that I blame McCathy too, because he was complicit in it all. He knew what was going on and he allowed it continue, he patched the team and did a good job to cover the issues, all the while towing the company line and spouting Evans' bile and lies. Sure, behind closed doors he may have had stronger opinions, who knows, but at no point did he criticise just how woefully the club was run or say the fans deserved better, the club needed that far far more than 14th place finishes.

I'm triggered now! So I'll say my word on Evans! The fact the bloke runs a company and has made his money by telling sports businesses how to run their businesses, is the most pathetic indictment on how he and many other rich people are essentially corrupt criminals selling snake oil. It angers me that he still has a slice of the club, as does the fact that some still see him as 'saviour'.

So McGoldrick has a point, it would be very hard to get yourself motivated when playing for such a pathetic club full of journeymen just after a final paycheck (how on earth do you expect them to care for the club). But the fans deserved better, he should have still done his best for the fans, and the ludicrous paycheck he received every month.

Take it easy there, Ricco, just chill out....., breath. deep breaths.
Come up here to Scotland for the next referendum day and we can go grab a few beers, kick back and watch everyone else being triggered and unrelaxed ... unlike us two!

[hallamblue]

Edited typo error...it's a bit more legible!!


Ha ha, you're not wrong there, Ricco.

I do wonder if the regime that existed at the Club under Evans ownership might not have a lot to do with the player (s) injury record inder McCarthy.

When I look back on that era, I'd always tried to give Evans the benfite of the doubt, and defend him. But now in hindsight ( wonderful thing isnt it)!, I feel McCarthy did what he could with the money he was given in the end. But I now feel the whole ethos at the club was stagnant, under-funded and rudderless. A Squad full of journeymen in their last few years of their football looking for one last payout (Bullard?).

But, I don't know if you ever saw Didsy's interview when he was a Blades player (where he rarely had an
injury!), but he was talking about how things were run. How there was a poor work ethic, and poor professionalism at the club at that time. Many players, he said, did just enough to get by. There were no demands put on them. Time keeping was poor, training boring, and if you were injured there was no real medical input (It didn't exist in the current scientific, evidenced based practice approach we now have).

Evans cut the cloth so thinly that many staff were asked to do multiple roles. It beggers belief, looking back on it now and of course we didn't really know then, what we know now about the Evans regime.

So Didsy was alluding to these facts and said there was little investment by many players to " run towards adversity"..... he compared us to how opposite Sheffield Utd was run, and that the players there, were geeing each other up in training, and there was a real commaradery and competition for places. He said it made you want you strive to play for them. What a sad indictment of Town.

[Ricco]

Take it easy there, Ricco, just chill out....., breath. deep breaths.
Come up here to Scotland for the next referendum day and we can go grab a few beers, kick back and watch everyone else being triggered and unrelaxed ... unlike us two!

I'm in... though they must be some pretty special beers. Shame they don't make this anymore...



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