Players Not Quite 100%...

Guess if players are going to have an off-day, best they mostly all do at once, and, if they do, and we STILL win...well, says a lot.

Holt had built up fitness, momentum and confidence, his dismissal has knocked him right out of his stride-it'll come back, but he may need time. Martin is now at the point he was again when he first started with us, lots of talk and hype around him, big piece in "The Times" etc etc, how will he respond this time?

Lambert is a bit of a Mourinho-type manager in that he'll publicly praise his players and defend them, but, if there are bollockings or arms round a shoulder needed, he'll do it privately. Suspect a bit of both is needed right now.

Playing teams like Huddersfield, Leeds, Swindon soon will help, as they will feel they can get a result against us and go for it and play, not poress, man mark, or get players behind the ball-so a win in one of those games could happen and will be significant.

Posted By: Martin Peters on February 24th 2010 at 09:14:07

Message Thread

for those who went last night... (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 08:55:21
- Really don't understand the criticisms of Wes (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 24, 09:30:48
- Tried hard - ball just kept bouncing off (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 24, 09:05:12
  - At work then ? ;-) (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Feb 24, 09:09:10
    - Yep - on my birthday an' all! (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 24, 09:11:36
      - Many happy returns. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Feb 24, 09:18:08
        
        Thank you - time for a mid-life crisis (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 24, 09:22:24
        
        get a motorbike (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 24, 09:26:49
        
        Thing about vehicles is that (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 24, 09:34:49
        
        Thank you (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 24, 09:32:02
        
        fill your boots (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 24, 09:34:39
- As somebody said on CanaryCall last night... (NCFC) - Arganth, Feb 24, 09:04:47
  - disagree a bout Rose (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 09:16:54
    - Rose was badly beaten a couple of times in the first half (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Feb 24, 09:20:08
      - I was saying to friends on the way to the ground that we miss Drury so much, his compusure (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 24, 09:21:51
        
        And at half time, and after the game ad nauseam (n/m) (NCFC) - BigDoh, Feb 24, 11:19:43
    - don't think Wiggins is in any hurry to come back, anyway (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 09:18:39
      - true but lambert has managed Russell, Doherty back into the fold (n/m) (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 09:22:53
- it's his touch not his fitness that he is struggling with right now (NCFC) - mr carra, Feb 24, 08:59:00
  - Players Not Quite 100%... (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Feb 24, 09:14:07
  - poor movement last night I thought, and didn't win much in the air (n/m) (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 09:01:01
- nope, thought a few players looked very lacklustre (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 08:58:30
  - disappointing about Hughes. Was hoping he might nail down a place in the midfield (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 09:04:57
    - he's just to lightweight & only seems to want to play when he has the ball at his feet. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 24, 09:16:51
      - which is fine if you're passing well, unfortunately he wasn't (n/m) (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 09:23:35
    - Hughes' passing was dire last night as for Wes... (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 09:14:42
      - Thought Nelson was good (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 24, 09:15:54
        
        it's another bullseye! (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 24, 09:20:59
        
        defensively yes, however.. (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 09:20:36
    - Smith in for Hughes Saturday (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 24, 09:10:54
      - it's a bullseye! (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 24, 09:16:13
      - yup. sounds like Ruel played too well to be dropped though? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 24, 09:11:44
        
        He was excellent (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 24, 09:14:57
        
        he was, he can also take a corner, very dangerous. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 24, 09:19:44
    - Hughes seemed to slow the game down (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Feb 24, 09:10:32
- To be fair, Chris Martin looked like he was struggling too. (n/m) (NCFC) - theox, Feb 24, 08:58:11
  - Martin (and us) was much beter when he went to the left (n/m) (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 24, 09:01:33

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