Syteanric 1 Posted September 29, 2007 time and time again this muppett has proven himself to be League 2 quality and tonight took the biscuit for me!!! he WATCHED the man he was supposed to be marking ghost past him, get the ball, cross it and Sheff wed then scored... They attacked down his side most of the game, and its got nothing to do with Hucks not tracking back.. that is and always has been a poor excuse...Drury is light weight and the weakest link and teams in our division know this, hence they exploit it... For a professional footballer to effectively "go to sleep" during a game is Pathetic! he knows what his role is and he knows who he should be picking up! we have persevered with this joker for almost 3 years now despite his performances declinging week by week. Its players like him that need replacing, Adams time came a long time ago and i for 1 would look to offload him in January... Barry Fry can say "he;s the best left back outside the prem" if he likes.. we all take Fry seriously dont we?jas :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Horse 0 Posted September 29, 2007 I don''t know which Adam Drury you''ve been watching but match after match I see him make good tackles and he is one of the few players on our team who actually go in 100% on tackles.Saying he is the weakest link in our team when we have players like Brown and Brellier gives you about as much knowledge about the game as Peter Grant... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huddy 0 Posted September 29, 2007 You cant blame it on Drury, this season he hasnt been at his best, but to be honest i thought that today he was one of the best of a bad bunch. Drury was left high and dry by basically having no defensive support, and i''d look to blame the right side of our defence for gifting the wednesday left winger the freedom of carrow road in the penalty box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missing in action? 0 Posted September 29, 2007 A statue has a purpose.....and no, he obviously wasnt, not when there were people like gareth bale and even players like robinson (WBA) being better, drury plays well when eveybody else does, but always has been in my eyes......useless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 998 Posted September 29, 2007 Harsh, very harsh, I thought Drury, Spillane and Rossi J were the only players to come out of the game with any credit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dowp End 0 Posted September 29, 2007 Very harshThought he was one of the most committed players out there today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky green trainers 0 Posted September 29, 2007 the whole defence was static for their goal jas - we seemed like bunny''s in headlights - and tamely surrendered. sheffield were allowed to simply pass the ball around us, without fear of a challenge - it was classic defending from a team either lacking in confidence in themselves, the manager, or both of these. it was scary ''relegation'' defending. be afraid - be very afraid!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buncey 1 Posted September 29, 2007 Drury is too often left out to dry against talented wingers in this divison. Please give him a break, he has been a loyal, talented and ever-present servant of this club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
walks on water 0 Posted September 29, 2007 [quote user="Sons of Boadicea"]Harsh, very harsh, I thought Drury, Spillane and Rossi J were the only players to come out of the game with any credit.[/quote] I''d add to that list Doherty (surprisingly!) Spillane has got to be one of the first names on the team sheet on that sort of performance (excepting his yellow card stupidity)...-was really impressed with how well he used the ball.(..on the deck!!!...)composed, switching play & breaking He''s just what our midfield has been lacking in fact.Many of the senior players need to be looking at their individual performances, well ok I''m thinking Hucks. He was shocking in act & application...I was amazed he stayed on the field as it was like looking at his mate Dickson. (& I never thought I''d say it but maybe he needs dropping to the bench to be used as some sort of impact sub if his regular displays are going to be this bad.)No excuses, he is a well paid senior pro and should be leading by example.Thought (unfashionably) that Brown did ok , but Curo was a passenger. We really needed a bit of steel in midfield when Spillane tired; not just Croft but Rusty too. If only someone could sub the support -which was predictably bloody poisonous and just plain bad.''STAND UP IF THE FOOTBALL''S CRAP !'' ''WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH !''Christ Almighty -we really do only sing when we''re losingI would lay at least part of the blame at sapping the initial , fragile confidence that the team displayed squarely at the silent ''fans'' door I bet they prefer away fixtures these days.GOOD LUCK AT ATTRACTING ANY GOOD PLAYERS, INVESTMENT, ETC or ANYBODY.WE DON''T DESERVE IT. Every bit as bad as the team.WORSE.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
can u sit down please 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Jase, your one man crusade against Drury is gettin a bit boring now. He was one of a few players to come out of todays game with any credit.Im not his biggest fan but i thought along Murray,Spillane,Jarvis and The Doc he did ok today.If we''re talking about the left side....how bad was Hucks today! bloody dreadful....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XXL16 0 Posted September 30, 2007 [quote user="Sons of Boadicea"]Harsh, very harsh, I thought Drury, Spillane and Rossi J were the only players to come out of the game with any credit.[/quote]Absolutely agree, I think from the TV set I saw, only these 3 players go to ground to make sliding tackles and blocks, did Otsemobor does? NO! Bring on Andrew Cave-Brown!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,239 Posted September 30, 2007 [quote user="Sons of Boadicea"]Harsh, very harsh, I thought Drury, Spillane and Rossi J were the only players to come out of the game with any credit.[/quote]Obviously you had your anti Doc glasses on SOB.I agree that Spillane put in a decent shift but only Doc and Murray played anything like an adequate game.I know it''s fashionable to critisize Doc at the moment but the centre of defence was o.k. last night. It was at fullback where we looked vulnerable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lobster catcher 0 Posted September 30, 2007 [quote user="jas the barclay king"]time and time again this muppett has proven himself to be League 2 quality and tonight took the biscuit for me!!! he WATCHED the man he was supposed to be marking ghost past him, get the ball, cross it and Sheff wed then scored... They attacked down his side most of the game, and its got nothing to do with Hucks not tracking back.. that is and always has been a poor excuse...Drury is light weight and the weakest link and teams in our division know this, hence they exploit it... For a professional footballer to effectively "go to sleep" during a game is Pathetic! he knows what his role is and he knows who he should be picking up! we have persevered with this joker for almost 3 years now despite his performances declinging week by week. Its players like him that need replacing, Adams time came a long time ago and i for 1 would look to offload him in January... Barry Fry can say "he;s the best left back outside the prem" if he likes.. we all take Fry seriously dont we?jas :)[/quote]Didn''t think the defence played badly,sheff wed were hardly peppering our goal with shots were they.Problem for me is the fact we are carring a certian player who will never score a goal.Its almost comical that people can still find positives about a certain striker who is not ever going to score.Goals i repeat goals are what wins games.the defence done enough today to get somthing out of the game the problem is further up the field.Grants tactics are rubbish his choice of players is rubbish and he is rubbish.Grant must go and i don''t care who comes in cos they can''t do no worse than him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
renegade tootsie 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Completely wrong. You seem to be having a bad night on these boards tonight as your usual sensible posts seem to be miles away.[quote user="jas the barclay king"]time and time again this muppett has proven himself to be League 2 quality and tonight took the biscuit for me!!! he WATCHED the man he was supposed to be marking ghost past him, get the ball, cross it and Sheff wed then scored... They attacked down his side most of the game, and its got nothing to do with Hucks not tracking back.. that is and always has been a poor excuse...Drury is light weight and the weakest link and teams in our division know this, hence they exploit it... For a professional footballer to effectively "go to sleep" during a game is Pathetic! he knows what his role is and he knows who he should be picking up! we have persevered with this joker for almost 3 years now despite his performances declinging week by week. Its players like him that need replacing, Adams time came a long time ago and i for 1 would look to offload him in January... Barry Fry can say "he;s the best left back outside the prem" if he likes.. we all take Fry seriously dont we?jas :)[/quote] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dionlegend 0 Posted September 30, 2007 I totally agree with you there jas ! My problem with drury is that all he ever does is run backwards, you never see him going to the ball when being attacked by the opposition, all he does is back off and back off ! I know he isn''t exactly helped by the lack of support given to him by Hucks but im pretty sure Huckerby has been like this since he has been here, so it isnt a new problem ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XXL16 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Drury is one of the few players yesterday who put his foot in for the tackle, at least he gives his all to the team, defending side he was 10 times better than Otsemobor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted September 30, 2007 [quote user="Sons of Boadicea"]Harsh, very harsh, I thought Drury, Spillane and Rossi J were the only players to come out of the game with any credit.[/quote]I thought Rossi Jarvis had a poor game. Was way off the pace and struggled to make any impact. When he did get the ball he could only use it sideways or backwards. Apart from one hopeless attempt at a ball over the top and one decent bit of link up play with Semmy at the end.With Spillane providing the graft you really need a better player than Rossi to apply the craft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7rew 0 Posted September 30, 2007 [quote user="lobster catcher"]Problem for me is the fact we are carring a certian player who will never score a goal.Its almost comical that people can still find positives about a certain striker who is not ever going to score.Goals i repeat goals are what wins games.the defence done enough today to get somthing out of the game the problem is further up the field.[/quote]The problem was that we were carrying 3 strikers who will never score another goal if they continue like that.Depressingly:1) you were refering to Brown.2) he looked (on sky) atleast as likely to score as the other two.drop the lot of them. - we need to try Strihavka and Martin next match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Smith 2,291 Posted September 30, 2007 The Drury debate is an interesting one and I genuinely think your view on him varies depending on where you sit in the ground. As a Barclay Block D regular I have to say he constantly alarms me because he gives the right winger 15 yards of space in which to receive the ball and has been doing so for the last 3 or 4 seasons. if we had decent coaches they would have picked up on this but as we haven''t it has not been addressed. He does make a number of good tackles but they are usually recovery tackles because he has given his man too much space in the first place.The defending for their goal on saturday was a joke all round! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites