11-05-2016, 11:38 AM
I have to get this off my chest! Grr!
Last night, the preparation for an important match - the last ever game at the Boleyn - was the worst I have ever seen! Seriously!
I have been watching and been involved with football since the early 70s (yes, I am THAT old, lol) and don't think I have ever seen such a cock up!
So, it was the last match at a fairly large stadium, with a large crowd expected. So what do the powers that be at United do? Arrange to turn up just about ONE HOUR before kick off! surely, they should have thought a bit about what was going to happen and request the use of some of the Hammer's facilities and arrive really early. say around 4pm or 5pm?
Turning up so late, so that all the roads around the ground were mobbed was just asking for trouble! The crowds were pissed and excited, so were always going to be fun, to say the least.
But this isn't the first time we were 'caught out' this season, when we turned up late for the Spurs game! Amateur!
The late arrival meant there was no proper preparation for the match. what about the gentle warm up, rub downs, etc before even going on to the pitch for the team warm up??? No time. OK, so the tactics (there were some??) should have been discussed and in place, but a motivating team talk... Oh, what am I saying??
For me, Ed Woodward and LVG must go. They are inept at this level and are just embarrassing United. We looked like a non league side whose coach had broken down en-route.
On the pitch, some players looked like scared rabbits in headlights, while others just seemed way out of their depth (Blind, Herrera and Rojo). And what did LVG do to change things? NOTHING!
While I will always support the lads on the pitch, I would expect something back from them. and once the match is over, I want my turn to speak up.
Rant over. And breathe!
Last night, the preparation for an important match - the last ever game at the Boleyn - was the worst I have ever seen! Seriously!
I have been watching and been involved with football since the early 70s (yes, I am THAT old, lol) and don't think I have ever seen such a cock up!
So, it was the last match at a fairly large stadium, with a large crowd expected. So what do the powers that be at United do? Arrange to turn up just about ONE HOUR before kick off! surely, they should have thought a bit about what was going to happen and request the use of some of the Hammer's facilities and arrive really early. say around 4pm or 5pm?
Turning up so late, so that all the roads around the ground were mobbed was just asking for trouble! The crowds were pissed and excited, so were always going to be fun, to say the least.
But this isn't the first time we were 'caught out' this season, when we turned up late for the Spurs game! Amateur!
The late arrival meant there was no proper preparation for the match. what about the gentle warm up, rub downs, etc before even going on to the pitch for the team warm up??? No time. OK, so the tactics (there were some??) should have been discussed and in place, but a motivating team talk... Oh, what am I saying??
For me, Ed Woodward and LVG must go. They are inept at this level and are just embarrassing United. We looked like a non league side whose coach had broken down en-route.
On the pitch, some players looked like scared rabbits in headlights, while others just seemed way out of their depth (Blind, Herrera and Rojo). And what did LVG do to change things? NOTHING!
While I will always support the lads on the pitch, I would expect something back from them. and once the match is over, I want my turn to speak up.
Rant over. And breathe!