Seriously if Colgan plays ahead of a fit Flinders tomorrow...

I will be absolutely baffled/bemused and extremely cross and frustrated.

I don't give two fecking hoots what players are like in training, it's what they're like on the pitch that counts.

Pre-season: Colgan cocks up at Bideford, and should have saved Leeds' first goal last week. I have not seen Flinders make one mistake in pre-season, and haven't heard of one in games I haven't seen.

Argh! (banghead) (doh) (chinny) (seestars) (dunno)

 

Classic managers trait.
Play the 'experienced' players because the youngsters don't mind being dropped.

 

It's absolute ballax if it's true, I'm seriously fecking angry now. I'll wait till I see the team sheet before I completely lose it though, in case he isn't and there was another reason for the training thing.

Seriously though, the argument that people use of 'you don't see them in training' is a load of balls. As I said, I don't care if Wroe scores 700 goals in training, or if Colgan is absolutely amazing in a practice game, it's what happens at 3pm on a Saturday that matters, end of story.

 

Couldn't agree more. I could take penalties in a warm up, score every one , in a match wouldn't even take em.

 

I think that is especially relevant where keepers are concerned.
You could understand it if he put an off form forward in the side to give him confidence. An off form keeper is a worry!!
Havin****aid that, we've not seen the side yet.

 

My favourite training story...

involved someone watching our "strikers" get practice under Ian Rush. Sheron and Dire were their usual profligate selves whilst some 17 year old (Scothern) was showing them how it's done, scoring 1 on 1s time after time.

Mind, it also burst a bubble for me, cos I'd always PRESUMED Dire and Sheron must be AWESOME in training, esp. Dire...

anyway, back to keepers. It's no use having experience if you've not go the confidence. And it's no use blaming the fans on this one. In Colgan's case, the fans showed remarkable patience, but the new seaosn does not bring a clean slate. We'll be cacking it every time the ball's in our box. Just like Nick himself.

 

RE: My favourite training story...

I heard that Sheron was a different class in training....maybe not at finishing though.

 

No, he was AT a different class...

technical drawing or summat. Owt to stop him gelling with the rest of the motleys.

 

RE: No, he was AT a different class...

LOL...
Quality technique that lad (with a ball, not in drawing class)but at the end of the day a forward who can't score is basically useless.
He wasn't as lazy as 'penalty specialist' Dyer though.

 

Agree 100%