Re: Martin ling
Posted: 29 Apr 2013, 12:48
Scott - your view is hampered by not being able to watch the matches. Our position in the table was irrelevant to the way we were playing before Ling went off sick. We didn't end up in the mire because Ling went off sick, it was in fact in spite of that.
Blaming Taylor doesn't cut out it either. It patently obviously wasn't his fault at all - he was out of his depth and just tried to emulate Lings plan of winning every game 1-0.
There is no bigger example of that than when we fluked a win at Exeter. We were appalling in that game really against an Exeter side who had basically been found out as well.
We got a penalty then spent the rest of the game defending deeper and deeper - it actually was nothing short of embarassing.
Our training sessions were referred to as Butlins by the players - thats hardly a recommendation for the manager's work ethic is it.
Lazy, disinterested, just content to bobble along. You could apply this to the team,Lings approach to motivating the players.
I remember Lings after match interview after the Harrogate defeat - he didn't seem at all bothered. "the other team had to play above themselves" "we weren't ourselves". An absolute load of old baloney. A damned disgrace of a result against a team of part timers who had been still playing at ten o'clock at night a couple of days previously.
Knocked out of every cup competition in the first round - defeats against crap teams like Barnet and a shambolic display against Wimbledon on new years day.
If ever there was a marker as to what was about to follow then that was it.
But no - more complacency followed - in fact complacent could be Lings middle name.
Another radio interview after another damaging defeat and Lings explanation was that we were doing the same things as last year but not winning the games 1-0.
As I said before Lings tactic of marooning Howe 50 yards up the pitch and supporting him with the likes of the snail paced Nathan Craig on the wing - you would have had more excitement watchinhg two flies run up the wall.
I stoppped going after the wimbeldon game because I could see what was happening. I only started going on a regular basis once Knill arrived because we at least tried to win football matches.
Do not underestmate the groundswell of opinion shopuld Ling return as manager. There will be a fair few supporters (including me) who will not be attending Plainmoor to watch the dross served up by Ling again.
Blaming Taylor doesn't cut out it either. It patently obviously wasn't his fault at all - he was out of his depth and just tried to emulate Lings plan of winning every game 1-0.
There is no bigger example of that than when we fluked a win at Exeter. We were appalling in that game really against an Exeter side who had basically been found out as well.
We got a penalty then spent the rest of the game defending deeper and deeper - it actually was nothing short of embarassing.
Our training sessions were referred to as Butlins by the players - thats hardly a recommendation for the manager's work ethic is it.
Lazy, disinterested, just content to bobble along. You could apply this to the team,Lings approach to motivating the players.
I remember Lings after match interview after the Harrogate defeat - he didn't seem at all bothered. "the other team had to play above themselves" "we weren't ourselves". An absolute load of old baloney. A damned disgrace of a result against a team of part timers who had been still playing at ten o'clock at night a couple of days previously.
Knocked out of every cup competition in the first round - defeats against crap teams like Barnet and a shambolic display against Wimbledon on new years day.
If ever there was a marker as to what was about to follow then that was it.
But no - more complacency followed - in fact complacent could be Lings middle name.
Another radio interview after another damaging defeat and Lings explanation was that we were doing the same things as last year but not winning the games 1-0.
As I said before Lings tactic of marooning Howe 50 yards up the pitch and supporting him with the likes of the snail paced Nathan Craig on the wing - you would have had more excitement watchinhg two flies run up the wall.
I stoppped going after the wimbeldon game because I could see what was happening. I only started going on a regular basis once Knill arrived because we at least tried to win football matches.
Do not underestmate the groundswell of opinion shopuld Ling return as manager. There will be a fair few supporters (including me) who will not be attending Plainmoor to watch the dross served up by Ling again.
but also I think for the best.