Fotheringham Today

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What a shambles is all I can say... he is meant to be our captain and is meant to possess leadership and quality play, he did neither.

He was totally outclassed by Clingan, who is only playing his third game for us, he looks like the midfield player we have desperately needed for a few seasons now.

Every time Fotheringham was involved in a one on one with the Blackpool CM players, he gifted them the ball. The ball would bobble up in the air and Pattison and Clingan would always contest it and make it tough for the opponent, Fotheringham would stand there and I saw him challenge in the air around 3 or 4 times, with the other midfielders doing it at every opportunity.

The man simply is not good enough... If it comes to a decision between two very similar players in Clingan and Fotheringham, it MUST be Sammy Clingan regardless of Mark''s captaincy. There are plenty of candidates for captain such as Stefanovic, Russell and Kennedy (unlikely with his loan deal being short, its half a season or am i wrong?)

[city-till-i-die 7]

[quote user="Carrow Roeder"]What a shambles is all I can say... he is meant to be our captain and is meant to possess leadership and quality play, he did neither. He was totally outclassed by Clingan, who is only playing his third game for us, he looks like the midfield player we have desperately needed for a few seasons now. Every time Fotheringham was involved in a one on one with the Blackpool CM players, he gifted them the ball. The ball would bobble up in the air and Pattison and Clingan would always contest it and make it tough for the opponent, Fotheringham would stand there and I saw him challenge in the air around 3 or 4 times, with the other midfielders doing it at every opportunity. The man simply is not good enough... If it comes to a decision between two very similar players in Clingan and Fotheringham, it MUST be Sammy Clingan regardless of Mark''s captaincy. There are plenty of candidates for captain such as Stefanovic, Russell and Kennedy (unlikely with his loan deal being short, its half a season or am i wrong?)[/quote]fozzy...p*ss poor today...when we get our bigman..if ever..i see rusty and clingan center mid with hoolahoop and bell...looks a good midfield

[silver fox 0]

I personally don''t think Fotheringham should be in the team, let alone captain.  Unfortunately Roeder continues to pencil him as the first name on the team sheet.  All I can say is he must be very impressive on the training ground, as he is bloody useless when it comes to the real match.  Team captain and leader, you must be havin a laugh Roeder.  I seem to remember Roeder saying he would always put out the side he thought was best to win the match, and that he has no favourites. 

Roeder keeps harping on about taking chances and scoring, well we have Fotheringham who hasn''t scored in pre season and hasn''t had a proper shot on goal and he is made captain and starts every game.  We also have Russell who scored 2 against Colchester, hit the post against MK Dons, and scored the equaliser today, and he only makes the bench.  I am not a manager like Roeder, but surely a nursery school child can see we should be starting with Russell.  You keep telling yourself you don''t have any favourites Glen, because you are only kidding yourself.

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Agreed, he was poor today and outclassed by Clingan. He shouldn''t be in the team, and I believe he only is at the moment because he is captain. Get him out and put Russell in.

[SnakepitCanary 0]

I have always thought that Fozzy isn''t worth a place in the first team. He is very inconsistent and Russell is much better. Yes Fozzy can be very good on his day but he only plays well in every 5 games, if that!

[scrimmage 0]

Blimey, was Fozzy even playing? I listened to the game all the way through on Norfolk and cant remember hearing his name once! Not what we need

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Neil Adams even (subtly) agreed with us on Canary Call. Stating that Russell surely has to start games as he is the best attacking prospect we have.

Playing him upfront is stopping our strikers from getting into goal scoring form (eventually) and meaning we can''t use his full potential in midfield. We NEED someone like him in Midfield and Adams stated Clingan and Fotheringham play the same game, and if Sammy continues to play better then regardless of his status, Mark MUST be dropped.

[Gingerpele 0]

Fozzy had a 100 percent pass ratio yesturday, i counted so i could tell you all your wrong, he wasnt putting in much effort in wining the ball though, and if Clingan is making challenges why dos fozzy need to as well?

[Mason 47 1,926]

His pass completion percentage is always going to have a better chance of being 100% when he only plays rugby passes...

Matt Pattison, widely reckoned to be completely useless, split their defence like a turtle shell on Aeschylus''s head. Why isnt Fotheringham, O great and powerful captain, doing this?

[jim blair 0]

Yep, once again our league 2 standard captain was awful..how much longer can this go on.

[Ian 1,212]

Why does Glen persist in playing two defensive midfielders, who basically have the same role, against one of the weaker teams in the league, first home game of the season, when we need a win to kick-start it! Also, bringing Koroma on with a minute to go just succeeded in slowing the game down!It''s almost like the England manager playing Gerrard and Lampard together - yes Fozzy and Clingan are both players with huge levels of quality, but playing them both just doesn''t work. [8-|] But in all seriousness, Clingan looks a very tidy player, but did it surprise anyone that once Russell was brought on we suddenly seemed to have more drive and effort? FFS Glen, give someone experienced (Stefanovic?) the captaincy, and then you can play players on their merit without losing face.

[Gingerpele 0]

If russell plays, he just runs around chasing as well, so we want two running around chasing players do we?and Fozzy only passed back once, and sideways a couple of times, when he did pass fowards the players dinst know what to do,(every one used to pass sideways to hux as well anyway)

[Ian 1,212]

So when was the last time Fotheringham scored... or even had a shot on goal? Compare that with Russell, who has hit the post and scored a goal (admittedly scored whilst playing as a makeshift CF). Now, I agree Rusty isn''t the best creative midfielder in the league, but surely we have to play the players who are in form?

[Gingerpele 0]

yes i think rusty should play up-front, he is a are best striker, (and fozzy should have had a shot ot two yesturday)

[LinkNR9 0]

[quote user="Ginger Pele"]If russell plays, he just runs around chasing as well, so we want two running around chasing players do we?
and Fozzy only passed back once, and sideways a couple of times, when he did pass fowards the players dinst know what to do,
(every one used to pass sideways to hux as well anyway)
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Your counting skills need assessment, Ginge - he passed back on at least FOUR occasions that I can think of (having received the ball from the back four).

[Gingerpele 0]

no i made sure, i was focusing on fozzy, he barley got the ball at all because he didnt want it.

[sam 0]

As i have stated numerous times on this forum, Fotheringham is useless and should be no where near that team. It should be Russell and Klingon in the middle and Chadwick and Hoolahan on the flanks, Pattison is not good enough nor is Croft.

[jim blair 0]

[quote user="sam"]As i have stated numerous times on this forum, Fotheringham is useless and should be no where near that team. It should be Russell and Klingon in the middle and Chadwick and Hoolahan on the flanks, Pattison is not good enough nor is Croft.[/quote] stated it many times myself, think that people are catching on to him at last, lets hope the roedent is as well