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The headlines will be about Johnson's two penalty misses and he deserves all the stick he will undoubtedly get. But the real issue is that for the whole game, we didn't string two passes together and the forwards had little or no service. It looked to me as though the players were under strict instructions to keep it tight and not lose an away goal. All very well, but just like last Saturday, you make one mistake and you lose a goal.

They looked like an typical East European side - pretty passing on the halfway line, with no conviction in front of goal. At times they looked shit scared of us but we still don't know how to open teams up. Pass, move, blue shirt. Is it really that difficult after six years?
Paul Tran, Kendal Posted 20/09/2007 at 22:35:47

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Anthony Newell
1 Posted 20/09/2007 at 23:14:49

And who is to blame for that Paul?

Toffeweb Poll anyone?

tony finn
2 Posted 20/09/2007 at 23:19:02

its mad , I am as angry as all yous, and I have done nothing but slated them all tonight. But as soon as I had the first text off a RS i gave him loads, then thought "why am I not agreeing with him?" I guess its ok for us to slag our own and rightly so but once those fuckers start, your inbuilt loyalty and pride kicks in.

Brian Waring
3 Posted 20/09/2007 at 23:24:04

Funny thing is,it will be more of the same hoofball on Sunday.

Anthony Newell
4 Posted 20/09/2007 at 23:31:55

And the funny thing is Brian, the jokes on us

roy coyne
5 Posted 20/09/2007 at 23:27:51

Paul the sad fact is we have players who could not pass the time of day,wether its Moyes I dont know we just never seem to hit a blue shirt when we pass Phil Neville and Tony Hibbet are the worse passers of a ball that have played for the club

Paul Tran
6 Posted 20/09/2007 at 23:35:00

Fair point Roy, but who’s been buying, picking and coaching the team for six years.

I’ve been criticised for being ’negative’ but I can only see the evidence. I’ve tried hard to be optimistic this summer as we’ve bought good players. Right now I can’t escape the conclusion that Moyes got the best out of the mediocrity he inherited, but can’t get the best out of the better players he has bought in the last two years.