Patience of saints
By JR
September 12 2005
Millwall fans have the patience of saints it seems, as once again the supporters backed the team to the hilt. The Lions are still living proof you can’t make savage cuts and have turmoil at the top without it having an adverse effect on the team.
By JR
September 12 2005
Millwall fans have the patience of saints it seems, as once again the supporters backed the team to the hilt. The Lions are still living proof you can’t make savage cuts and have turmoil at the top without it having an adverse effect on the team.
Millwall fans have the patience of saints it seems, as once again the supporters backed the team to the hilt.
The Lions are unsurprisingly still rooted to the bottom of the league and are still living proof you can’t make savage cuts and have turmoil at the top without it having an adverse effect on the team.
It’s not all doom and gloom though: Ben May is still impressing up front, Paul Robinson is settling back down in central defence, while Jamie Vincent is looking more and more like a decent signing.
Meanwhile, Mark Phillips seems to be going backwards (temporarily hopefully) and Andy Marshall’s kicking is still letting him down. It’s a shame that Millwall are unlikely to be able to afford to keep Paul Jones, as his experience get the best out of Phillips and co.
Alan Dunne is still looking like a prospective star of the future, despite operating at right back, and Barry Hayles’ effort is much appreciated by the fans.
But clearly, these pluses are outweighed by the fact that relegation is staring Millwall in the face.
New boss Colin Lee is struggling to get the best out of Sammy Igoe, who after a promising pre-season has gone right off the boil, while Marvin Elliott and Don Hutchison is not so far a central midfield partnership that can dominate oppositions.
Hutchison’s two superb goals may have helped mask the fact that he’s still not quite up to pace (though he may get there eventually), and perhaps Jody Morris will get a recall at some point (especially if Hutch’s goals dry up).
Carlos Fangueiro has not so far been the saviour of the season, despite Lee’s assertion that a point or more would have won at Elland Road with the Portuguese attacker in the team.
Similarly, Lee suggested after the latest defeat that the result may have been different had Matt Lawrence been fit. Bearing in mind that Lawrence was at fault for the first goal against Reading (with one of the most ill-timed and rash challenges you’re liable to see) this comment seems just as crass.
But Lee’s forte is probably coaching, the task he was originally drafted in for by Steve Claridge.
Had Claridge not been inexplicably dismissed before a meaningful ball was kicked, perhaps Millwall would be further up the table. One thing’s for sure, they could only be one point worse off.
The Lions are unsurprisingly still rooted to the bottom of the league and are still living proof you can’t make savage cuts and have turmoil at the top without it having an adverse effect on the team.
It’s not all doom and gloom though: Ben May is still impressing up front, Paul Robinson is settling back down in central defence, while Jamie Vincent is looking more and more like a decent signing.
Meanwhile, Mark Phillips seems to be going backwards (temporarily hopefully) and Andy Marshall’s kicking is still letting him down. It’s a shame that Millwall are unlikely to be able to afford to keep Paul Jones, as his experience get the best out of Phillips and co.
Alan Dunne is still looking like a prospective star of the future, despite operating at right back, and Barry Hayles’ effort is much appreciated by the fans.
But clearly, these pluses are outweighed by the fact that relegation is staring Millwall in the face.
New boss Colin Lee is struggling to get the best out of Sammy Igoe, who after a promising pre-season has gone right off the boil, while Marvin Elliott and Don Hutchison is not so far a central midfield partnership that can dominate oppositions.
Hutchison’s two superb goals may have helped mask the fact that he’s still not quite up to pace (though he may get there eventually), and perhaps Jody Morris will get a recall at some point (especially if Hutch’s goals dry up).
Carlos Fangueiro has not so far been the saviour of the season, despite Lee’s assertion that a point or more would have won at Elland Road with the Portuguese attacker in the team.
Similarly, Lee suggested after the latest defeat that the result may have been different had Matt Lawrence been fit. Bearing in mind that Lawrence was at fault for the first goal against Reading (with one of the most ill-timed and rash challenges you’re liable to see) this comment seems just as crass.
But Lee’s forte is probably coaching, the task he was originally drafted in for by Steve Claridge.
Had Claridge not been inexplicably dismissed before a meaningful ball was kicked, perhaps Millwall would be further up the table. One thing’s for sure, they could only be one point worse off.
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