agree that Shacks is no John Terry

in particular he has a tendency to dive in, and gives away too many free-kicks.

But he is also a natural defender, he has reasonable pace, and he gets something on the ball more often than not (and generally recovers well when he gets caught out).

The point is, no-one's saying Shacks is perfect - just that he's a much, much more useful defender than Flem, who's at least a year past his sell-by date. But it doesn't matter what Shacks does or doesn't do - we all know that Worthy will never, ever drop Flem. (What we don't know is why....)

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on September 13th 2005 at 10:34:11

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Maybe I am missing something here... (NCFC) - Ralph, Sep 13, 10:30:54
- thought flem was woeful on saturday (NCFC) - earlydoors, Sep 13, 10:45:06
  - I didn't think he was that bad, but he was marking a has been striker (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Sep 13, 10:57:48
  - That's rubbish (n/m) (NCFC) - Arwen, Sep 13, 10:49:46
    - Its just the opinion of me and the people sitting around me (NCFC) - earlydoors, Sep 13, 10:53:25
      - Maybe your opinion but its utter bollox! (NCFC) - NezB, Sep 13, 11:14:19
        
        Its all about opinons (NCFC) - earlydoors, Sep 13, 11:27:10
        
        If Flem did some of the things Shack did (NCFC) - Arwen, Sep 13, 11:19:45
  - ?in the second half Flem won just about everything in the air! (NCFC) - Kings Lynn Canary, Sep 13, 10:48:40
    - Yes, but what did he do with the ball when he won it ? (n/m) (NCFC) - JOGGY, Sep 13, 10:53:49
    - don't you think... (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 13, 10:51:32
  - to be fair he got in some good blocks. but the fact that shacks is always heading (NCFC) - PaulMcVeighGirl, Sep 13, 10:46:41
    - Flem tried to head plenty of times, he just didnt get there at all (NCFC) - earlydoors, Sep 13, 10:48:20
- agree that Shacks is no John Terry (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 13, 10:34:11
  - Yep, what really pisses me off... (NCFC) - Delveg, Sep 13, 10:36:50
    - I can't see Worthy dropping Flem though... (NCFC) - Swiss Yellow, Sep 13, 10:49:53
    - perhaps the manager (NCFC) - Arwen, Sep 13, 10:46:38
      - That may well be the case, but we... (NCFC) - Delveg, Sep 13, 11:18:39
    - I am surprised doc hasn't had a chance with Flem (NCFC) - pants, Sep 13, 10:45:07
      - He did, against Coventry. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 13, 10:51:31
        
        oops, I meant with shackel, as they've never played together (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Sep 13, 10:58:47
        
        I thought pants was being sarcastic... (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 13, 10:52:10
        
        Note to Self: Never post before midday. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 13, 10:54:44
        
        neithers mine (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Sep 13, 10:59:05
        
        If I waited for my head to work... (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 13, 10:57:11
        
        I was speaking relatively, of course. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 13, 10:58:39
        
        well from pants' post it appears my head was over-working... (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 13, 11:01:57
        
        Yes, this is going to end in tears. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 13, 11:05:27
  - he bought the photos when holt left. (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 13, 10:34:51
- Well as I've only managed to watch one game this season.... (NCFC) - Squirrel, Sep 13, 10:33:53
- YAY (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Sep 13, 10:32:47
- Morning Gary (n/m) (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Sep 13, 10:31:38

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