As I remember it (!) Dan Casey was right centre back against Stockport and Junior Quitirna, at right wingback, was guilty of dereliction of duty in failing to double back defensively to provide cover. Mike Dodds and pals seemed alarmingly unaware of the situation. I’m pretty sure his successor would have reacted quite quickly.
Based on his last two appearances, Dan Casey looks like a very good no nonsense central defender.
Never a dull moment in our encounters with Stockport.
I think this was the moment when we finally realised that Dodds was completely useless. They just kept staring at their iPads. It beggared belief.
I understand a 50 year old Jamie Curaton has signed for Step 6 side Kings Park Rangers just this month. On Saturday he scored becoming the only player to score in the first 10 levels of English football. Decent finish too.
He’s the one that got away for me… always wanted to see him in the light and dark blue quarters. Absolute legend of a striker in the lower leagues.
Absolutely loving Michael Duff’s hard to please, no nonsense, plain speaking attitude, especially in the interviews. It’s like a throw back to managers like Ron Saunders, Bob Paisley and Brian Clough.
After the modernistic twaddle that Dodds and other new age coaches spout. A miserable old curmudgeon is like a breath of fresh air.
They used to say Sid Cann was dour and demanding, and he didn’t do bad for us
I know it’s early days, but I can honestly say that the Duffster is the most inspiring and interesting manager since Saint Martin.
I agree up until the strange last paragraph
‘Players should be able to play three games a week…that’s the job.’
We’re in top five Wycombe manager territory here.
He grew up on military bases and he was at Hillsborough, so that explains some of it.
Doddsy is probably still lovingly gazing at his picture of Pep Guardiola, wondering where it all went wrong.
I wonder where Doddsy’s “I’m super relaxed” quote sits in the pantheon of great Wycombe quotes.
“I’ve done my budget” Adams
“Don’t worry about the money” Hayes
“That goal changed nothing” Lambo
“Silly little dream” MON
Tony Adam’s made Doddsy seem positively grounded. He reportedly said something along the lines of “No apples in the changing room” or “If I see anyone eating an apple here, they’ll be fined”. What a nutter.
“Possession can do one” Ainsworth.
It does sound mad.
But it also sounds odd that a pro footballer would be eating fruit right before a game.
‘Bollocks! Fucking bollocks!’ L. Sanchez
It was in an interview with The Times. Danny Senda (I think) was eating an apple before a game and he said something like it was a waste of time trying to explain to players at this level what apples did to the body.
I still think of him every time I eat one.
I ended up in a Reddit wormhole and a ‘Doctor’ said:
“Apples contain fibre. This requires added effort for the gut to process it. That means more blood flow to gut and less elsewhere, which is bad for cardiac output and exercise performance.”
Obviously Adams was right and this kind of knowledge is wasted on third/fourth division footballers. Also, Adams was a complete twonk.
YOU F’’’@@’ED IT UP
With a lot of pointing in an incredible coat.
I never worried too much about the whole Apple thing.
As I’d have thought that anyone who has even the slightest experience of intense exercise knows that fruit just before is a no-no.
Next you’re going to tell Me all those half time oranges I had were a no no.