and in my eyes it's all looking good for ECFC right now, both on and off the field. The club I have supported for 40 years have one of the best young managers in the business, like Inglethorpe & Dolan were at the time, Tis is still learnng his trade though. Let's give him the time he needs, and like with Ferguson at Manure, who knows what Tis might achieve with ECFC?
I will repeat what I said yesterday on one of these threads. The first 3 or 4 games of our first season back in the league. That football was scintillating. It just died off when he started getting too negative.
I'll give him all the time in the world. I just won't be losing sleep if/when he eventually goes.
Not sure Inglethorpe was this predictable, most managers play long ball because its a less risky way of playing. English league players, in the main, lack the technical skills to play their way out of their own half, so the sight of the ball being played wide to a full back who hits the space behind the opposing back line is the staple diet of the lower leagues. To play it well you need a player who holds the ball up well allowing the rest of the team to catch up and press the opposition into the last third. Add to that good dead ball delivery and aggressive attacking plaers at set plays and you can have success. It may not be what you want but sometimes suits the players you have available or can afford
well it was certainly better than the preceding four years of fox/blake/cornforth/peters... (well actually i guess peters might not have been a terrible guy but it was certainly a terrible time.)
City's record in 2004/5 was:
