Thanks for that Knutsfordian following events sat on my sun bed and boy did that result bring a smile to my face- just fantastic sorry Ii wasn’t there to support the lads but followed with pleasure on the forum cheers Wheels another tough one Saturday at Romulus great to have so many great games this early in the season - not so bad the south league lol UTA
Big game on Saturday but I am sure we are up to it.
Still away so will only be there in spirit.
WHS.
This team maybe does not quite have the flair we’ve had in some of the teams of the past like the Vince era but we all know what happened then we got bulldozed by the likes of Fleetwood. With this team they have a will to win which is extraordinary. The work rate is unbelievable, they keep running for 96 minutes. They seem really together and I’ve been told by 2 or 3 of the players that the dressing room is the best place to be. You get the impression that nothing fazes them even going a goal down they continue to take it to the opposition. Against Buxton we showed we can more than hold are own against teams further up the pyramid and we just completely overran them. I’m really so please because we were only a couple of weeks from start of season with no signings announced. I need’nt have worried becuase our management team were beavering away in the background getting the job sorted. They are doing a magnificent job and they are so modest in the club after the match particularly Mr Martindale who is so polite and even thanked me for coming. Long may this continue absolutely Magnifique who needs flair its all about winning!! Onward and Upward UTA!!
I think this team has got flair in abundance, but its tempered with a real team ethic and a thought about what is the priority within the game. That said mona, I absolutely agree with the rest of your post
Thanks Knutsfordian the point I’m trying to make here is that we’ve seen teams we’ve had in the past with abundant skill playing some really silky attractive football and winning nothing because when it came down to it they could’nt cut it when the going got tough. I think these lads we have now plus the great management team CAN because the work ethic and will to win is just as good than the skill factor. I’m not trying to say that the team does lack skill though but its more that its a balanced view. I think considering Carl and Co said they were having difficulty in attracting players because of the extra travelling they’ve worked a miracle in a short space of time getting this team together. I can’t see these lads going to place like Runcorn and New Mills and playing 1874 and not competing they give everything unlike some teams we’ve had in the past.
Oh and another thing while we are at it. It was heavy rain for an hour of the match on Saturday yet the pitch was still superb. How good are Pete Robinson, Sprucie and the rest of the groundstaff lads. They’ve installed new drains and undertaken extensive works during the summer the result is an immaculate pitch that you would’nt look out of place playing bowls on. In fact I thought Mark Winnington was going to go on at half time and give us a demo of bowls. Only joking but the pitch is fantastic and the groundstaff are but then we all know they are the best anyways in non league footie circles.