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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 20, 2018 12:28:56 GMT
I believe improving the state of the pitch has helped the opposition. don't get me wrong, it needed replacing after last seasons mess but did it really need replacing to make it that way? (given our home form?) Not sure if that is really the case or just a coincidence, taking Saturday's game as an example, the pitch didn't allow their "offside" goal or lead to Lines penalty being saved. We've not got a great playing surface but play, mainly, poor football on it.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Nov 20, 2018 12:31:27 GMT
I believe improving the state of the pitch has helped the opposition. don't get me wrong, it needed replacing after last seasons mess but did it really need replacing to make it that way? (given our home form?) Not sure if that is really the case or just a coincidence, taking Saturday's game as an example, the pitch didn't allow their "offside" goal or lead to Lines penalty being saved. We've not got a great playing surface but play, mainly, poor football on it. It makes sense to me that a better pitch will slightly favour the better side, so if you're a below average team for your division then your home advantage is going to be slightly undermined when playing against the better teams of the division, maybe. Otoh, we've been beaten by proper dross at home this year.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Nov 20, 2018 12:35:20 GMT
I believe improving the state of the pitch has helped the opposition. don't get me wrong, it needed replacing after last seasons mess but did it really need replacing to make it that way? (given our home form?) Not sure if that is really the case or just a coincidence, taking Saturday's game as an example, the pitch didn't allow their "offside" goal or lead to Lines penalty being saved. We've not got a great playing surface but play, mainly, poor football on it.
I find it ironic how DC requested the new pitch yet his players seem intent on hitting the ball as high above it as possible?!
I still feel the new pitch evens out any advantage we had. Clubs like Newport and Barnet has overachieved in the past partly due to their pitches.
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Post by faggotygas on Nov 20, 2018 12:40:52 GMT
Craig 6.5 did Ok with not much going past him and was really sacrificed for the change to three at the back. I find it a joke that the ideal Captain IMO cannot even lead the team when Lockyer isn't playing.
How do you know that Craig would make a good captain, Steve? Perhaps he's a knob in the dressing room, or really quiet? Perhaps he doesn't want to be captain, with all the extra duties that go with it?
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Post by lastminutewinner on Nov 20, 2018 12:44:37 GMT
Craig 6.5 did Ok with not much going past him and was really sacrificed for the change to three at the back. I find it a joke that the ideal Captain IMO cannot even lead the team when Lockyer isn't playing.
How do you know that Craig would make a good captain, Steve? Perhaps he's a knob in the dressing room, or really quiet? Perhaps he doesn't want to be captain, with all the extra duties that go with it?
I cant say i've ever known a quiet Londoner but i'm sure they do exist!
Captaincy is overrated imo. Most players should be able to do what a captain does, unless one of them is incredibly lucky with coin tosses?
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Post by faggotygas on Nov 20, 2018 15:34:17 GMT
How do you know that Craig would make a good captain, Steve? Perhaps he's a knob in the dressing room, or really quiet? Perhaps he doesn't want to be captain, with all the extra duties that go with it?
I cant say i've ever known a quiet Londoner but i'm sure they do exist!
Captaincy is overrated imo. Most players should be able to do what a captain does, unless one of them is incredibly lucky with coin tosses?
Lockyer is there for most club events, community stuff etc. That's the main role of a football captain - representing the club.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Nov 20, 2018 18:03:23 GMT
I cant say i've ever known a quiet Londoner but i'm sure they do exist!
Captaincy is overrated imo. Most players should be able to do what a captain does, unless one of them is incredibly lucky with coin tosses?
Lockyer is there for most club events, community stuff etc. That's the main role of a football captain - representing the club.
I'm talking about on the pitch though not off it.
IMO there needs to be a collective responsibility around leadership within the football club.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 21:16:09 GMT
Craig 6.5 did Ok with not much going past him and was really sacrificed for the change to three at the back. I find it a joke that the ideal Captain IMO cannot even lead the team when Lockyer isn't playing.
How do you know that Craig would make a good captain, Steve? Perhaps he's a knob in the dressing room, or really quiet? Perhaps he doesn't want to be captain, with all the extra duties that go with it? Reead Michael Calvin's book about Millwall. Family, it's called. The author was given unlimited dressing room access throughout the season (around 2011 from memory) so got to understand what made Millwall tick. Tony Craig comes across as a real leader of men throughout. Kenny Jackett and Neil Harris also come over as thoroughly decent blokes too.
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Post by faggotygas on Nov 21, 2018 12:08:50 GMT
How do you know that Craig would make a good captain, Steve? Perhaps he's a knob in the dressing room, or really quiet? Perhaps he doesn't want to be captain, with all the extra duties that go with it? Reead Michael Calvin's book about Millwall. Family, it's called. The author was given unlimited dressing room access throughout the season (around 2011 from memory) so got to understand what made Millwall tick. Tony Craig comes across as a real leader of men throughout. Kenny Jackett and Neil Harris also come over as thoroughly decent blokes too. Again though, he may not want to be a captain these, with all the extra duties that come with it - community work, club representation etc.
Personally I think that TL represents the club really well in community events etc. Steve obviously doesn't think so.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 13:29:03 GMT
Reead Michael Calvin's book about Millwall. Family, it's called. The author was given unlimited dressing room access throughout the season (around 2011 from memory) so got to understand what made Millwall tick. Tony Craig comes across as a real leader of men throughout. Kenny Jackett and Neil Harris also come over as thoroughly decent blokes too. Again though, he may not want to be a captain these, with all the extra duties that come with it - community work, club representation etc.
Personally I think that TL represents the club really well in community events etc. Steve obviously doesn't think so.
Oh I agree. Tom Lockyer is a good captain and a fantastic representative of our club. I see no reason to change captain although to be fair, I think Steve was making the point that Tony Craig should have taken the armband when Tom was absent. I'm not sure it makes a lot of difference who the captain is on the pitch. Tony Craig will be a leader whether he is captain or not. It's not like cricket where the captain is making key strategic decisions throughout the match.
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