It's great having The Wrath and

daily internet coverage etc etc but at least in the past when you only really had one local journo reporting on the club about two or three times a week we were spared the sort of fatuous drivel we now get spouted daily.

You know the sort of thing : 'only fighters needed now' says Fotheringahm or 'Gunn - every game is a cup final' or Russell says 'we owe the fans' or Doc says' it's time for real men to step up'. It really is annoying, isn't it?

And then you get interviews like the one recently with Butterworth where he says a lot of words but they actually amount to almost nothing -
'Nothing was decided last week,' he told the Pink'un. 'At the end of the day, they were disappointed with the result. The performance was decent, but on Saturday we want to make sure we get the three points - and a little bit of lady luck as well.

'I think the luck has been down with us a little in the last few games, and that's got to turn a little bit. So hopefully that's on our side on Saturday.

'There's plenty of football to be played. We've got to make sure that we're switched on and focused, and we're confident that we can get the results.

'Confidence is a big part in it, so hopefully we can start with that on Saturday against Burnley. We need to start winning games pretty quickly.

'I think everyone realises we're in a dog fight, I think people probably knew that a couple of months ago, that we seemed to be on a downward spiral.

'So we've got to make sure that we can keep the confidence of the boys, have a plan, and make sure we are difficult to beat and we get some wins.

'There are a few things to change but we're not going to change it over night. The immediate thing is to work with the players and get those points on the board.

'We've got 13 games left, lots of points, so we have to make sure we get down to the job pretty quickly.'

It's not Butterworth's fault, or anybody else's really. They get asked questions and they have to say something in response, I suppose.

Posted By: BillySteele on February 18th 2009 at 22:35:11

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