31-05-2023, 09:07 PM
(31-05-2023, 09:04 PM)DeepBlue Wrote:(31-05-2023, 08:31 PM)bluebollox Wrote:(31-05-2023, 04:33 PM)DeepBlue Wrote:You're wrong plain & simple. The defence bar Yosser was past its sell by date. Again thats why Bally said tks but no tks. They were excellent Div 3 defenders but just not up to the job in Div2, the attackers there were too powerful, too quick & too mobile for them.(31-05-2023, 03:37 PM)bluebollox Wrote:(31-05-2023, 02:21 PM)DeepBlue Wrote: What div 4 defence ?
We had a perfectly adequate div 2 / championship defence that season .. Knight, McLaughlin, Aizlewood , Tait & Sullivan were all fine players.
No we didn't. The defence got found out bigtime sadly. We leaked too many goals but scored more goals than Sheff Wed. who went up. We conceded 4 @ home 3 times that I can recall straight off my head, Oldham, Toon & Blackburn. We finished 16th. With a better defence with the firepower we had who knows what may've happened.
Thats why Bally shored it up straightaway after taking over. It was a league too far for the likes of McLaughlin, Sullivan & even Aizlewood. Taity-yes his commitment was second to none whatever league we were in & thats why Bally kept him.
The reason we leaked goals that season was more to do with Campbell's attacking tactics than the ability of the defenders. Which is why the team is remembered so fondly, they attacked and entertained.
I'd agree that the defence was weaker than the midfield and forwards in that team, and they were all certainly towards the end of their careers, but it was an unnecessary insult to describe what were decent enough players as a Div 4 defence.
Yes I agree with that. Cheers DB.