Gary1906

I agree with much of what you say. Given that Harry has managed to make them click as an attacking unit, but certainly not as a defensive one, I wonder if there would be an argument to bring in some sort of defensive coach to try to sort them out?

I feel sorry for our attacking players. They are doing their job once again, but time and again they are let down by inadequate, not good enough, weak as shit defending!!

We have 6ft 4ins keeper who’s 6ft 2ins when he jumps!!!

Lawlor is as weak as piss!! The end.

And yet City were unable to cope with Cheltenham’s long throw last Saturday. So it can cause problems for any team at any level.

I disagree, I don’t think we used them enough. It’s the equivalent of having a free corner. A quick throw doesn’t necessarily mean a cross bring put into the box. We would invariably lose possession. Get it in the box!

Just goes to show how ridiculous the decision was to release Clarke in the first place. However he does sound like just the type of character we could do with at the moment. Too many teams have seen Latics as a bit of a soft touch this season. Perhaps if we had a team containing Adams, Legge and Hilßner, it might give us the bit of steel, nastiness and nouse that we’ve been lacking.

That’s the thing though. He shouldn’t be off in May! He should have been one of the first names on the team sheet and they should have been building the team around him and how he can bring others into play, not to mention his own goal scoring ability!! Very very short sighted decision in my opinion.

Will he still be holding the ball up next season though, and the season after? Because Rowe will still be doing it then. He’s 6 years younger than Donaldson. I don’t see any positives for Latics whatsoever in this deal if it happens.

Couldn’t agree more. It would be a ridiculous decision to get rid of him. He’s our most gifted player technically. We haven’t used him as much as we should have.

Correct!

We must have the weakest midfield in the division. No physical presence amongst any of them! We are crying out for a ‘Chris McCann’ type of player in there. Obviously it doesn’t have to be him, but we need an experienced midfield general who can put his foot on the ball, pick a pass, rally his teammates when they need to take a game by the scruff of its neck, leave his foot in the odd tackle. Any opposing manager worth his salt will be telling his midfield to get amongst us, bully us, impose themselves on our lot because they haven’t got the physicality to fight back. Our defence is

It did look like a bad tackle but to be fair their commentary said no penalty.

I agree. He’s much better than Fage. It’s beyond a joke how he keeps getting picked every week!

We haven’t had one all season!