Kevin Hogg
President
football. Even after all these years.
Luggy is a well respected manager and tactician. He steers Southend United to the Play-Off's with Wembley and ultimately promotion in sight.
We have to beat Crewe Alexandra. Crewe accumultated the least points of the play-off teams. They conceded the most goals of the four play-off teams. We were the highest scorers in the division.
Yet, we appeared to set out to merely contain Crewe.
I understand that teams at times have to contain. Chelsea had to shut up shop at Barca, simply because Barcelona have better players, are a superior team. Chelsea knew they could not match them without just holding out.
Yet, we are a better team than Crewe, we finished 11 points clear of Crewe, we scored more goals than Crewe and we conceded less goals than Crewe. Oh and we beat Crewe both home and away during the season, scoring four times and conceding just once.
Yet, we gave them the phsycological advantage of employing tactics that suggested we were overly respectful of Crewe..or even a little scared of them????
Why?? We have goal potential in Harris, Moshni, Eastwood, Hall, Phillips, Ferdinand and even Timlin. Yet we go to defend.
Why? We have now meekly handed over the only advantage Crewe have had over us all season...just when it really, really counts.
I suppose this post sums up that I really will never understand football tactics, phsycology ..and certainly could never have been a manager!!
Luggy is a well respected manager and tactician. He steers Southend United to the Play-Off's with Wembley and ultimately promotion in sight.
We have to beat Crewe Alexandra. Crewe accumultated the least points of the play-off teams. They conceded the most goals of the four play-off teams. We were the highest scorers in the division.
Yet, we appeared to set out to merely contain Crewe.
I understand that teams at times have to contain. Chelsea had to shut up shop at Barca, simply because Barcelona have better players, are a superior team. Chelsea knew they could not match them without just holding out.
Yet, we are a better team than Crewe, we finished 11 points clear of Crewe, we scored more goals than Crewe and we conceded less goals than Crewe. Oh and we beat Crewe both home and away during the season, scoring four times and conceding just once.
Yet, we gave them the phsycological advantage of employing tactics that suggested we were overly respectful of Crewe..or even a little scared of them????
Why?? We have goal potential in Harris, Moshni, Eastwood, Hall, Phillips, Ferdinand and even Timlin. Yet we go to defend.
Why? We have now meekly handed over the only advantage Crewe have had over us all season...just when it really, really counts.
I suppose this post sums up that I really will never understand football tactics, phsycology ..and certainly could never have been a manager!!