by royalgull » 16 Feb 2012, 09:49
There can't be any doubt remaining that Ling is better with the players than Buckle. I mentioned on a thread in the not too distant past, if Bucks had been in charge when we had a few injuries and suspensions to the likes of Howe, Lathrope, O'Kane and others our team would be littered with loan nees. There was never that much trust in the squad players that he'd assembled certainly not in the same way that Ling has trusted them. Bodin goes, Morris comes back in, Saah goes, Ellis comes in. Lathrope goes, McPhee comes in, Howe goes, Atieno comes in. I have no doubts if Nicho, Bobby or anybody else was to get injured he would give the other lads like LRT and Ricey a go first, that's the way it should be otherwise there is no point in having a squad here in the first place. We may as well have 11 players and just loan anybody as soon as we get an injury. He's been fully vindicated on everything he's done with regards to the squad. I think we are still one body light up front or wide, in that Bodin type of player just for another option so LRT isn't playing left wing but we can get by.
At some point this season people have been written off, Stevens from Day 1, Ellis (by myself admittedly in terms of long term consistency, delighted he's done so well and proving that unfounded), Saah (again me also included), Morris, Atieno, McPhee. All of these players had ? marks next to their name, it COULD have gone the other way but it hasn't. These lads have stepped up to the mark, produced the goods and although Mansell, Nicho, O'Kane and Bobby take alot of the plaudits, rightly so they are our best players it's those squad players that step up and perform that change you from an average side to a good side. A lot of that is down to the manager having full faith and confidence in them. We would have never got these levels of consistency from the likes of Stevens and Ellis if Buckle was here because he'd constantly be looking to try and replace them.
There can't be any doubt remaining that Ling is better with the players than Buckle. I mentioned on a thread in the not too distant past, if Bucks had been in charge when we had a few injuries and suspensions to the likes of Howe, Lathrope, O'Kane and others our team would be littered with loan nees. There was never that much trust in the squad players that he'd assembled certainly not in the same way that Ling has trusted them. Bodin goes, Morris comes back in, Saah goes, Ellis comes in. Lathrope goes, McPhee comes in, Howe goes, Atieno comes in. I have no doubts if Nicho, Bobby or anybody else was to get injured he would give the other lads like LRT and Ricey a go first, that's the way it should be otherwise there is no point in having a squad here in the first place. We may as well have 11 players and just loan anybody as soon as we get an injury. He's been fully vindicated on everything he's done with regards to the squad. I think we are still one body light up front or wide, in that Bodin type of player just for another option so LRT isn't playing left wing but we can get by.
At some point this season people have been written off, Stevens from Day 1, Ellis (by myself admittedly in terms of long term consistency, delighted he's done so well and proving that unfounded), Saah (again me also included), Morris, Atieno, McPhee. All of these players had ? marks next to their name, it COULD have gone the other way but it hasn't. These lads have stepped up to the mark, produced the goods and although Mansell, Nicho, O'Kane and Bobby take alot of the plaudits, rightly so they are our best players it's those squad players that step up and perform that change you from an average side to a good side. A lot of that is down to the manager having full faith and confidence in them. We would have never got these levels of consistency from the likes of Stevens and Ellis if Buckle was here because he'd constantly be looking to try and replace them.
