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Stockdale Sums It Up
- Thread starter Soulman
- Start date
driller
my life my word
Top man
Worthingite
Sexy Pete... :D
What a top lad he is. That was probably one of the most genuine interviews I've seen from a footballer. He's a class act.
Working class pride
Banned
- Feb 14, 2010
- 4,932
An interview to say "its not the defence or me as goal keeper fault that we are a terrible lower league side fighting relegation from the second tier". Made some good points but really how many howlers has been made by our keeper this season? Too many and I bloody hope our manager sits him down and tells him that. Yes we have bloody terrible strikers (spending £2 Million on CMS instead of Murray.. only at Brighton) but lets not let the rest of the team off the hook. A top what 11 to 15 support in the country and a bunch of players, some of which would be lucky to get into the Burgess Hill Town side these days. No excuses and all the grief the team get they deserve. Flouncing around a nice posh training ground at Lancing? Forget it, if I was their manager, I'd have them down the park and running around Whitehawk. Reality check needed for the lot. Lets have some Brian Clough common sense on these players and lets not pamper them - they dont deserve it and its doing them no favours. They are not special until they prove it and all they have proven this season is that they are well sh!te.
Very good interview and I agree the defence particularly under Houghton has tightened up our goal differance is the best of any team at the bottom but our attack play has been woeful and could still be what takes us down cannot see any of our forwards scoring another goal this season
drew
Drew
If you look at the stats, outside the top 6, only one team has conceded fewer goals than us. Goalkeepers and defenders will make mistakes but what has cost us is the failure to score goals.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Nice fella, good 'keeper. Has to be one of the 'spine' of next season's XI.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Goals from anywhere too, not just forwards. Another thing that annoys me, Stephens is probably one of our tallest players - and yet he takes all our corners and set pieces while Calderon, Kayal, Tex etc. all get in the box.
At this pretty much desperate stage of the season, can one of our shorter players not take a corner so we can at least get some more height in the box!? It's little details like these that are really winding me up.
Goals from anywhere too, not just forwards. Another thing that annoys me, Stephens is probably one of our tallest players - and yet he takes all our corners and set pieces while Calderon, Kayal, Tex etc. all get in the box.
Great words from Stockers, very genuine. Agree with you [MENTION=16159]Bold Seagull[/MENTION]
Our problem isn't at the back. It's 100% final third. The odd defensive lapse (and all of those at the back have made a few, Dunk probably costing us the most in points this season) is magnified massively because nothing is going in at the other end. In a 'normal' season we'd be praising the tightness at the back and the mistakes forgiven because they would have led to consolation goals in 3-1 wins.
warmleyseagull
Well-known member
This. And what makes the defensive record even more impressive is that we are so poor upfront that it puts pressure on the defence. Cook and Elphick are confident their forwards will score goals so can defend in a more relaxed way; our boys know goal conceded = game lost.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Houghton, Houghton, who the F**K is Houghton?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He's also one of the leaders on the pitch. Before kick off, he goes to every team member to encourage them.
He sounds like he's about to burst into tears throughout this interview - wouldn't blame him!
Machiavelli
Well-known member
His attitude from the word go has been extraordinary. It is this that persuaded me that he was a fine replacement for TK, who tended to sow discord amongst his defence, and caused panic whenever the ball was played back to him. Stockdale's made a few calamitous mistakes this season, but he's been one of our better players, and is probably the best (perhaps with the exception of Kayal) in terms of the team.
Publius Ovidius
Well-known member
He was about to dissolve into a puddle of tears. That is basically it
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
I saw and heard it that way too.
We all take the blame for a defensive error together, we all share the blame for no shots on target. From the tea boy to the chairman we are in it together - that was more or less it.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
great interview ...did Greer do one...?? that interview and the fact that wigan lost have got to be a rallying cry for the team..!!
very honest interview.....he has gone up in my estimations...
very honest interview.....he has gone up in my estimations...
casbom
Well-known member
- Jul 24, 2007
- 2,581
haha! Thanks both, at least CH knows what needs to be done during the summer. Quite a cull I should imagine