18-02-2023, 21:37
Ten years ago, Town appointed Mark Robins as manager. After a few years of quick, entertaining football under Lee Clark and Simon Grayson, we became a boring team overnight, with tippy tappy sleepy snoozy football.
This game plan was kept up by every manager since. A couple of them, David Wagner and Carlos Corberan, actually got it to work, but it was dull to watch.
Today, all that ended and we went back to fast paced, in your face, up and at 'em football. There was no passing along the backline that so infuriates a large portion of the Town fanbase. There was none of this everybody in the penalty area to face a corner. We actually left somebody forward, meaning they had to leave a couple back, just in case.
And so when Billo took the ball from one of their corners, we were able to break at pace through the brilliant Jaheim Headley and as the ball came to young Hungbo, he had players up with him. He didn't have to look back for assistance and so the ball ends up back with the back four playing it to each other. No, he had team mates there that the retreating defenders had to deal with and so left him with room to manoeuvre into the box and unleash an unstoppable shot.
And then in the second half, young Billo played another great pass to young Jaheim and he took it on, with pace, to beat the keeper at his far post.
It wasn't just the two goals though. The whole match was played with determination and a passion that has been lacking for so long. With over twelve minutes of added on time, the crowd were right behind the lads and there was no way we were going to throw it away again. All season, the stadium has been half empty by a quarter to five. It was still full at three minutes past five when the ref eventually blew for time. What a win and what a well deserved lap of honour for the team, Rocket Ronnie and the gaffer, Colin, sorry.... Neil Warnock.
Keep it up, lads.
This game plan was kept up by every manager since. A couple of them, David Wagner and Carlos Corberan, actually got it to work, but it was dull to watch.
Today, all that ended and we went back to fast paced, in your face, up and at 'em football. There was no passing along the backline that so infuriates a large portion of the Town fanbase. There was none of this everybody in the penalty area to face a corner. We actually left somebody forward, meaning they had to leave a couple back, just in case.
And so when Billo took the ball from one of their corners, we were able to break at pace through the brilliant Jaheim Headley and as the ball came to young Hungbo, he had players up with him. He didn't have to look back for assistance and so the ball ends up back with the back four playing it to each other. No, he had team mates there that the retreating defenders had to deal with and so left him with room to manoeuvre into the box and unleash an unstoppable shot.
And then in the second half, young Billo played another great pass to young Jaheim and he took it on, with pace, to beat the keeper at his far post.
It wasn't just the two goals though. The whole match was played with determination and a passion that has been lacking for so long. With over twelve minutes of added on time, the crowd were right behind the lads and there was no way we were going to throw it away again. All season, the stadium has been half empty by a quarter to five. It was still full at three minutes past five when the ref eventually blew for time. What a win and what a well deserved lap of honour for the team, Rocket Ronnie and the gaffer, Colin, sorry.... Neil Warnock.
Keep it up, lads.