Duncan Edwards

Unless I''m gravely mistaken they are the same majority shareholders who "oversaw" our play-off bid and championship winning season, leading to an, albeit brief, sojourn in the promised land of the premiership. I''m pretty sure they were at the helm when we signed players like Huckerby, Ashton, (I''ll get caned for this one) Helveg and loan players of the calibre of Crouch and Bentley. Yet this is conveniently dispatched in room 101 in order to feed the frenzy of those that seek to apportion blame for the fact that we are in League One. Not for one second would I defend them to the point that I denied that some of their/the boards decisions had an effect on where we are right now, but nor would I ignore the success that we have had under their tenure in order to devalue their input for my own personal agenda. No doubt Tangy was outside City Hall screaming "Delia Out!!"[8o|]        

So now it is Doc AND Askou that need replacing? I can''t wait for Nelson to get fit so that the poor kids hanging around outside the ground have a couple of balls to go home with... I mean I know that the Doc must have got his international caps due to at least 25 injuries or just throough sympathy but the closest Nelson is likely to come to one of those is if he buys a cap with ''Tenerife'' on it next time he goes on holiday!!!

I feel that we''re losing the point here. It was a decent performance and we deserved more than we got, there were some good performances and some individual errors, Otsemobor getting done for the goal, Russell gave the ball away cheaply at times, Hoolahan missed a gilt-edged chance but all in all I thought we were the better side. That aside, what about Doherty and his fouling? It must be contagious as every time we hit an aerial ball towards Grant Holt he was backing in and grappling with their centre half!! The only thing I can take heart from is that Doherty won''t be up against Grant Holt this season!! The poor referee wouldn''t know what to do, 6 of the Doc against half a dozen of Holt...