Stevo985 Posted April 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) What I'm getting at is every time anyone offered injuries as a "reason" for a bad performance under Lambert (for example not being able to field the same back four for months) they were accused of using it as an excuse. Now all of a sudden its OK. Doesn't seem fair. Fwiw injuries are an excuse. A perfectly valid one. But it doesn't seem fair that its allowed to be an excuse for Sherwood but not for Lambert. Edited April 9, 2015 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Fwiw injuries are an excuse. A perfectly valid one. But it doesn't seem fair that its allowed to be an excuse for Sherwood but not for Lambert. I've just explained the difference. Expecting a manager to use the squad he's put together and deal with the odd injury is fair. I think its also fair to put into context a new manager working with someone else's squad. I wouldn't use injuries to excuse a result under Sherwood but I think its reasonable to look at the context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 What I'm getting at is every time anyone offered injuries as a "reason" for a bad performance under Lambert (for example not being able to field the same back four for months) they were accused of using it as an excuse. Now all of a sudden its OK. Doesn't seem fair. Fwiw injuries are an excuse. A perfectly valid one. But it doesn't seem fair that its allowed to be an excuse for Sherwood but not for Lambert. I agree with you of course, I like to think I'm a reasonable bloke. Though I also think it is time to move on. People will obviously be more supportive of the new guy at this stage too, I think that's only natural. In Lambert's case there were a LOT of excuses and I think people tired of them pretty quickly, much quicker than I did. So yeah, Lambert. Hey ho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2015 Fwiw injuries are an excuse. A perfectly valid one. But it doesn't seem fair that its allowed to be an excuse for Sherwood but not for Lambert. I've just explained the difference. Expecting a manager to use the squad he's put together and deal with the odd injury is fair. I think its also fair to put into context a new manager working with someone else's squad. I wouldn't use injuries to excuse a result under Sherwood but I think its reasonable to look at the context. Its the same squad. If it was good enough for Lambert to have adequate cover for injuries then why not Sherwood? But, again, I agree that it is a valid excuse for Sherwood. But it was also valid for Lambert. Just making a point. Petty? Probably. But it annoys me that the same people who slate Lambert for something then use the exact same thing as a "reason" for Sherwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Its the same squad. If it was good enough for Lambert to have adequate cover for injuries then why not Sherwood? Because one put it together and the other didn't. If replacements for injured players aren't good enough, or he can't adjust the team to cover then that's down to the guy who put the squad together. Its hard to blame Sherwood that replacements aren't good enough when he's had nothing to do with putting the squad together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 That is a very fair point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Its the same squad. If it was good enough for Lambert to have adequate cover for injuries then why not Sherwood? Because one put it together and the other didn't. If replacements for injured players aren't good enough, or he can't adjust the team to cover then that's down to the guy who put the squad together. Its hard to blame Sherwood that replacements aren't good enough when he's had nothing to do with putting the squad together. how we really could have done with Luna on tuesday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Be interesting to see if he is in the starting 11 today! Really need Aly back - although he isn't a world beater he is more solid and we're probably going to be severely tested against an attack minded Spurs team on their own patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 as he was slaughtered midweek, credit today as he got better after a shaky start today and made a crucial tackle on Kane right after the goal and then pissed him off in the last minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezvilla Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Well played!!! Great response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Fair play to him. Started poorly but had a decent game in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danishlad Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Pull your shorts up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Still think he's weak in the challenge l. I hope Aly is back soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GasGasGas Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Continued his wretched form at the start of the game. Then eventually became better, not entirely solid, but made some vital interceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 He's not very good, weak in the tackle and was getting ripped apart early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Some bizarre decision making with the ball at the end there but all up a reasonably solid performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 11, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2015 Not amazing but he did much better today. He's not really a left back so can't complain much with today's game. Both he and Bacuna made some excellent covering runs that saved goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Got caught out too often again and offers very little when on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 He started badly then Spurs oddly concentrated their attacks predominantly down their left. I still hope Cissokho returns to the line-up when fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Credit to him today. He was utterly atrocious mid week and he bounced back just enough. Thought he dealt really well with Townsend in the first half and then did his part in weathering the storm in the second. From zero to, well, doing his bit. Nice one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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