Just a Thought

Chirpy Red

Listening to 5Live earlier tonight they were talking to a Plymouth player and he was going on about 7 cup finals left and the biggest prize, promised land, best league in the world etc. He really meant it.
I just wonder if we suffer from having too many players who have experienced the Prem and just don't have the extra bit of hunger to get there.
Now I am not saying any of our players don't want to go up, unlike some of our fans-like me- but to a lot of Plymouth, Stoke and Bristol City players maybe not having played there before gives them an extra edge.
This could be true for the clubs as a whole, the fans, Directors and staff. Maybe the lure of their first Prem season will help them through the business end of the season.
You may think I am talking rubbish but when you hear people talking so passionately. and wanting something so much, you begin to wonder.
Just let me reitterate I am NOT accusing any of our players of not being up for it, hungry etc.

Carter

To be honest mate, I think that was a big deciding factor in how long we stayed up for one and for two what kicked us on when we first up (to the premier, not just top tier).

Chirpy Red

Add Hull to that list..... Showed some hunger tonight.

ThreadKiller

i totally agree,some managers just know how to get that little bit extra from very average players.

nolly

we are tenth.

Weegie Addick

[cite]Posted By: ThreadKiller[/cite]i totally agree,some managers just know how to get that little bit extra from very average players.

We can't even seem to get just a little from above average players :-(

pete_tong1

Bryan Hughes, Michael Turner urghhhhhhh !!!!

Stu_of_Kunming

[cite]Posted By: Reamsofverse[/cite]Good post DJ Dave but I think we know the answer to that based on recent results.

Preston, Scunthorpe, Sheffield Weds had something to play for at one end of the table, whilst Bristol City, Burnley and Ipswich had something to play for at the other end.

They all wanted it more.....end of

Did you attend any of those games to know how much they wanted it?

ThreadKiller

are you saying that they are just not good enough?

nolly

think he gets to a fair few,lives in wrexham as well so pretty good.

Stu_of_Kunming

You can read 129050938572057802347503427543 reports, you can't know how things really went unless you actually see the game, nuff said really.

nolly

if you read 129050938572057802347503427544 you can know.

Stu_of_Kunming

[cite]Posted By: Reamsofverse[/cite]Old boring subject but it has co-incided with selling Reid. Good deal off the pitch bad one on it and im sorry but with 4 loan deals still available to Pardew when Reid went, not using one of them to bring in acentral midfielder has contributed to our downfall.

Who would you have got in then Mr Reams?

[cite]Posted By: nolly[/cite]if you read 129050938572057802347503427544 you can know.

This is what I've been doing wrong, thanks for clearing it up for me ;-)

Carter

Andrews is a decent energetic midfielder but he is no spring chick anymore, I think he may of just found his level

oohaahmortimer

dress it up how you want but at the moment we're tenth and you don't have to go to a squillion games or read a squillion reports to see that the table doesn't lie
and when we were 5th the performaces had been abysmal but the 'we're still 5th' excuse come out well the bad performances and non results continued and we're now 10th............6 points and 7goals behind 5th but only 2 points and 5 goals behind 6th( with 2 teams above with a game in hand tho)

northstandsteve

gotta say in ream's defence stu PRESTON wanted it more,SCUNTHORPE wanted it more,BRISTOL CITY wanted it more some would say so did BURNLEY.I would say that is half our problem this season we are seen as a big scalp and we haven't been prepared to win the battle.